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.