Cosmopolitan microbes -- hitchhikers on Darwin's dust

Scientists have analysed aerial dust samples collected by Charles Darwin and confirmed that microbes can travel across continents without the need for planes or trains - rather bacteria and fungi hitch-hike by attaching to dust particles.

If you want to include this story in your blog, copy and paste this formatted text:

<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news115984914.html">Cosmopolitan microbes -- hitchhikers on Darwin's dust</a></p> <p>Scientists have analysed aerial dust samples collected by Charles Darwin and confirmed that microbes can travel across continents without the need for planes or trains - rather bacteria and fungi hitch-hike by attaching to dust particles.</p>