How Microbes Grow

Microbes 101

Faster than a speeding microbes
Just because you can’t always see bacteria on surfaces doesn’t mean it isn’t there. On an unprotected pool surface, bacteria can double in number every 20 minutes!

In the video demonstration below, a confocal imaging microscope is used to produce time lapse photography of bacteria growth on an unprotected surface and a surface with Microban^® antimicrobial protection over a 24 hour period. 
 

After viewing these images, you can see how Microban^® protection begins to work immediately, disrupting key bacterial cell functions so that the bacteria are unable to grow or reproduce on the surface. While on the unprotected surface, bacteria quickly multiply.