Researchers produce first map of New York City subway system microbes

Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 15:30 in Biology & Nature

The microbes that call the New York City subway system home are mostly harmless, but include samples of disease-causing bacteria that are resistant to drugs—and even DNA fragments associated with anthrax and Bubonic plague—according to a citywide microbiome map published today by Weill Cornell Medical College investigators.

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