Researchers reveal the average house has 8,000 different types of bacteria and bugs

A study of 40 houses in North Carolina used genomic technologies to document the inhabitants. It found more than 8,000 bacterial and archaeal taxa. Another study of 50 houses in the same state described more than 750 types of arthropods, including insects and spiders An examination of 11 houses in California found a great variety of fungus among us. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3013693/The-intruders-home-Researchers-reveal-average-house-8-000-different-types-bacteria-bugs.html