Space and Infectious Disease
Very interesting stuff. However, it is important to sterilize your hands after handling such subjects. Plants harbor hundreds of thousands of bacteria making the risk of infection much higher.
Sanitizing in space is difficult for a number of reasons. First is that soap and water is not a viable combination as floating droplets of water could short various electrical systems during flight. The second is that, again, antimicrobial resistance is prevalent in a lot of pathogens during spaceflight making those kinds of sanitizers difficult. This means alcohol based hand sanitizers are common to clean astronauts hands.
Sanitizing in space is difficult for a number of reasons. First is that soap and water is not a viable combination as floating droplets of water could short various electrical systems during flight. The second is that, again, antimicrobial resistance is prevalent in a lot of pathogens during spaceflight making those kinds of sanitizers difficult. This means alcohol based hand sanitizers are common to clean astronauts hands.