Half the DNA on the NYC Subway Matches No Known Organism

[Bob Schroeck]

Massive project to sequence the DNA of bacteria and other microorganisms found on the New York Subway discovers that half the stuff they've analyzed was previously unknown to science.  Gizmodo article here.  Project report here.  The Gizmodo article has interesting side links, such as one to an interactive map showing what strains are where.

Oh, and this great quote:

Initial database searches with subway DNA, for instance, turned up false matches to the Tasmanian devil, the Himalayan yak and the Mediterranean fruit fly—all creatures highly unlikely to be found in a New York transit system.

Given my thirty-five years of experience with Manhattan, I wouldn't be so sure.  

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.