Friday, November 6, 2015

Colored Shared Microbe Map!

M. Wardeh et al.Scientific Data 2015
Drawing connections between microbes and the type of species they inhabit, or live on, researchers from Liverpool have created a beautiful image showing those connections in vivid detail. The closer the colored line, the more microbes that species has in common with another. As you can see, humans share the most in-common microbes with dogs and cattle! Head on over to the Science News webpage to learn more!

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