Microbes of New York

January 2016 4:56 min

Inspired by The Secret World Inside You exhibition, a project began to document some of the thousands of microbial species that inhabit New York City. Here are five of their stories.

The organisms featured in this video were all found on PathoMap—a project from Weill Cornell Medical College researcher Chris Mason and colleagues that collected genetic samples from all over public spaces in New York to learn which microbes call the city home.