Becker, A. (2018). “How to Count Colonies in Microbiology.” Sciencing. Retrieved January 15, 2022, from https://sciencing.com/count-colonies-microbiology-17859.html
Chen, Y., Jackson, K., Chea, F., & Schaffner, D. (2000). Quantification and Variability Analysis of Bacterial Cross-Contamination Rates in Common Food Service Tasks. International Association for Food Protection, (Vol. 64, 72 - 80)
Dawson, P. (2015). “Explainer: is it really OK to eat food that’s fallen on the floor?” The Conversation. Retrieved January 14, 2022, from https://theconversation.com/explainer-is-it-really-ok-to-eat-food-thats-fallen-on-the-floor-45541
Delozier, R. [bionerdery]. (2014, September 19). Standard Error of the Mean in Google Sheets [Video]. YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIDa16kRYqc
Guarino, B. (2016). “The ‘five-second rule’ for eating food? Scientists just demonstrated how gross it is.” Washington Post. Retrieved January 16, 2022, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/13/the-five-second-rule-for-eating-food-scientists-just-demonstrated-how-gross-it-is/
Laramore, S. (2017). BACTERIAL PLATING INSTRUCTIONS AND INTERPRETATION. Shellfish Bacterial Workshop.
Lindberg, S. (2019). “Is the 5-Second Rule an Urban Legend?” Healthline. Retrieved January 15, 2022, from https://www.healthline.com/health/5-second-rule#rule-explanation
Ministry of Health (2018). Food-borne Diseases. Communicable Diseases Surveillance SINGAPORE 2018, 55-72
Naish, J. (2016). “Why eating food off the floor can be good for you: Scientists have warned anything that touches the floor is at risk of E.coli or salmonella - but are they right?” Daily Mail. Retrieved January 14, 2022, from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3518327/Why-eating-food-floor-good-Scientists-warned-touches-floor-risk-E-colli-salmonella-right.html
Praderio, C. (2016). “What Happens If You Eat Food That Fell on the Floor?” Prevention. Retrieved January 14, 2022, from https://www.prevention.com/food-nutrition/healthy-eating/a20456949/what-happens-if-you-eat-food-that-fell-on-the-floor/
United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition. (2020) “Call for experts - WHO initiative to estimate the global burden of foodborne diseases.” United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition. Retrieved January 15, 2022, from https://www.unscn.org/en/news-events/recent-news?idnews=2102
Washington University in St. Louis. “Optimization of Microbial Colony Enumeration: A MATLAB Approach.” (2022). Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved January 18, 2022, from https://sites.wustl.edu/marlinstarr/home/background/
Yahoo News (2014) “New research suggests five-second rule exists.” Yahoo News. Retrieved January 14, 2022, from https://sg.news.yahoo.com/research-suggests-five-second-rule-exists-171025149.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJlqA_LySr4cNX9-MVuHBV4-DJFf2h_0Qh-jnq718NwlEj_8lLdT-cXycz9WI47llZ8DhT7EhV1-G9Eqj3fkGvn0GxmLG4CV__VN-HZ1s6fd6XYozfslhq_TJuXjz8Wnzf7dcD6pi9EtNOg-LD5ZnpL_Yk3ThErpIiNCvk4dv0UQ&guccounter=2