Still following the recent article on Science about Frankenstein-materials for civil engineering
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/frankenstein-material-can-self-heal-reproduce
that are being study by a researcher that participates in a book that i´m editing to be published soon https://www.elsevier.com/books/bio-based-materials-and-biotechnologies-for-eco-efficient-construction/pacheco-torgal/978-0-12-819481-2
and also remembering a previous book https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319092867
that somehow help to direct some research efforts to the field of the built environment microbiome https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0087093
see a recent paper by French researchers online 4 days ago in the journal Environmental Microbiome that asks: could the microbiome associated with natural materials cause disease in building occupants? https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40793-019-0350-6
P.S - On a different field but also interesting is the recent article in Science "The microbes in your gut could predict whether you’re likely to die in the next 15 years"
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/microbes-your-gut-could-predict-whether-you-re-likely-die-next-15-years
