Urban Metagenomics
summary
Four labs map city microbes with concrete methods and early surprises: 468 subway stations are swabbed and sequenced revealing 48% unknown sequences and local signals like kimchi-associated bacteria in Koreatown; sewer robots Mario and Luigi sample Cambridge sewers and map viral flows; building studies show mechanically ventilated spaces have low diversity and higher pathogen likelihood than outdoors; beehive metagenomic sensors sample two-mile radii from hive debris, prototypes (sealed trays) are deployed across Brooklyn, Tokyo and 15 hives in Australia.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:20Seeds of Change
- 1:20Shipwrecks
- 3:00Who colonized whom
- 4:00The gut biome
- 5:00Bacteria in the gut
- 6:00Sequencing the genome
- 7:00Metagenomics
- 9:00Invisible Radio Waves
- 10:00Path A Map Project
- 13:00Underworlds
- 14:00Sewer Robots
- 15:00Human Bio Emission
- 18:00Happiness
- 20:00Bee debris
- 21:00Bee poop
- 22:00Optimized hives
- 23:00We need more hives
- 24:00Building the imagination
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