Meet the Neighbors You’ll Never See - Issue 29: Scaling
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Last week, microbiologists took to Twitter to find a catchy name for the millions of microbes in our residences, offices, and schools. Microbes within us—our microbiomes—have gotten years of play. But considerably less is said of the microbes within a built environment, the places where we spend our time. (Candidates for the monikers include #MicrobiHome, #MicroMetropolis, and #TinyNeighbors.) People who live in cities might care most about the microbial content of buildings. Every tenant in an apartment complex and every employee at a company ushers in their own set of bugs according to their lifestyle, diet, and the contents of their abodes. Therefore, their choices affect the microbes around you, too. Click on the windows in the following interactive graphic to reveal how microbes (...)