Microbes in Central Park soil: If they can make it there, they can make it anywhere
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 23:02
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have uncovered more than 167,000 kinds of bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes in the soil beneath one of the nation's iconic urban environments. That’s 260 times as many species of birds, plants and invertebrates that live in New York City's Central Park -- combined.