article_snippet: The various organisms living in homes and other indoor spaces rarely has been researched, with sparse studies of rodents and German cockroaches, researchers say.
article_snippet: A study of 40 houses in North Carolina used genomic technologies to document the inhabitants.
article_snippet: A study of 40 houses in North Carolina found more than 8,000 bacterial and archaeal taxa.
article_snippet: Another study of 50 houses in the same state described more than 750 types of arthropods, including insects and spiders .
article_snippet: An examination of 11 houses in California found a great variety of fungus among us.
article_snippet: The various organisms living in homes and other indoor spaces rarely has been researched, with sparse studies of rodents and German cockroaches, for example, from the pest management field, or public health perspectives on microbes.
article_snippet: A study of 40 houses in North Carolina used genomic technologies to document more than 8,000 bacterial and archaeal taxa; another study of 50 houses in North Carolina described more than 750 types of arthropods, including insects and spiders; and an examination of 11 houses in California found a great variety of fungus among us.
highlights_snippet: Study of 40 North Carolina homes   found 8,000 bacterial and archaeal taxa .
  
highlights_snippet: 11 houses in California revealed a great variety of fungus among us .