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Home sweet microbe: what lives in your dust?

The humble dust collecting in the average American household harbors a teeming menagerie of bacteria and fungi, and as CU postdoctoral scientist Albert Barberán andÌýEBIO Associate Professor have discovered, it may be able to predict not only the geographic region of a given home, but the gender ratio of the occupants and the presence of a pet as well. .

Household dust under a microscope. Photo by NAIAD.