{"title":"The city microorganisms we miss","authors":"Bangxiao Zheng","doi":"10.1038/s44284-025-00257-3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Cities teem with life, yet urban isolation grows. Microbiologist and urban ecologist Bangxiao Zheng proposes that embracing invisible microbial companions through probiotic urban design and smart technology can help to restore our lost connections — with nature, and with each other.","PeriodicalId":501700,"journal":{"name":"Nature Cities","volume":"2 7","pages":"566-567"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature Cities","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-025-00257-3","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Cities teem with life, yet urban isolation grows. Microbiologist and urban ecologist Bangxiao Zheng proposes that embracing invisible microbial companions through probiotic urban design and smart technology can help to restore our lost connections — with nature, and with each other.