Cities have a unique microbiome, just like your gut
By swabbing the subway systems in 60 cities, researchers were able to figure out each city’s unique microbial signature and uncover a treasure trove of new bacterial and viral species never found before.
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Posted: May 28, 2021 5:02 PM ET | Last Updated: May 28
Dr. Chris Mason, on the right, and his team do some swabbing at a New York City subway station. (Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Weill Cornell Medicine)
Quirks and Quarks8:32By swabbing subways researchers discover the municipal microbiome of cities worldwide
Researchers swabbing subway stations for microbial life have created the first worldwide catalogue of urban microbial ecosystems, and in the process discovered thousands of bacterial and viral species completely new to science.
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