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Bar soap would contain more bacterium as it is usually handled by more than one person. Liquid soap is not handled at all.

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Yes, bacteria can live on a sponge, towel or dish cloth and transfer from dish to dish.

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Yes, so long as there is sufficient nutrients bacteria can grow pretty much anywhere. Pseudomonas spp. are particularly notorious for growing in chlorhexidine surgical scrub soap.

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