How to care for kitchen sponges that they are always clean

Kitchen sponges have to deal with all kinds of dirt - with everything that is deposited on the surface of the shell. As a result, the sponge becomes one of the dirtiest things in the house. A group of German scientistsMicrobiome analysis and confocal microscopy of used kitchen sponges reveal massive colonization by Acinetobacter, Moraxella and Chryseobacterium species. analyzed the bacterial medium 14 kitchen sponges, some of which are regularly sanitized, while the other one never disinfected.

Who lives on the sponge

The results showed that even the most clean sponge inhabits a huge number of microorganisms, including pathogens. However, the percentage of potentially harmful bacteria on the lips, they are looked after, was much lower.

Every time we destroy most of the bacteria in their places of accumulation, we do not eliminate them once and for all. Bacterial population is reduced, but there may be fluctuations in species composition: some bacteria may become more others - less.

However, there is no need to panic: even the most "dangerous" because these bacteria are actually quite harmless and do not pose a serious threat to human health with normal immunity.

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But this does not mean that the sponge does not require regular cleansing.

How to return the jaws purity

The most popular way to restore the purity of the lips - is to wash them in the washing machine with powder and disinfectant.

In addition, researchers from the University of MichiganSanitizing kitchen sponges. recommend other effective methods of combating bacteria.

• Heating the wet sponge in a microwave oven for one minute at the highest power.
• Washing sponges in the dishwasher at the very long program at the maximum heating and drying mandatory.
• Soak in diluted chlorine bleach for one minute.

Since the composition of bacteria living on the sponge, it changes over time, it is necessary to periodically change to a new kitchen sponge, and used to wash the old plumbing or other household needs.