Microbiomes of the built environment

Communities of microorganisms that live in human constructed environments

Microbiomes of the built environment is a field of inquiry into the communities of microorganisms that live in human constructed environments like houses, cars and water pipes. It is also sometimes referred to as microbiology of the built environment.The field has accelerated somewhat in recent years, with significant funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and with the increase attention being given to microbiomes and communities of microbes generally. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine of the USA is conducting a study of this field with the study entitled "Microbiomes of the Built Environment: From Research to Application". The American Association for the Advancement of Science ran a symposium on the topic in 2014. The American Academy of Microbiology had a colloquium on this topic in September 2015 and published a report "Microbiology of Built Environments".

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