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The goal of this website is to serve as a resource for learning about how common, everyday bacteria in West Philadelphia may offer insights and solutions for problems local flora faces, as well as answers to more vast questions in the world today, and present research as evidence for the roles these bacteria play in finding answers. This website will aim to answer the questions:

• How are bacteria found in soil samples from West Philly significant to understanding the health of its green areas?
• How could these bacteria be significant in future biotechnology applications? Does studying them seem relevant to future discoveries?

Conclusion:

Studying common bacteria such as those found in West Philadelphia has already aided scientists around the world in both understanding complex ecological relationships and identifying biological markers of plant or soil health. These plentiful bacteria may also offer important insights into solutions for the many plights Philadelphia's native flora faces, as well as acting as catalysts for future cultivations. They have also already played important roles in biotechnology solutions, from creating more resilient, self-healing concrete to better fertilizing industrial crops such as soybeans, to even cleaning up oil spills. They even offer insights into how microbes could survive the cold vacuum of space. Clearly, studying common bacteria's functions and properties has not only offered solutions for current and near-future problems, but will become more important as new and more complex issues arise, ranging from your local garden, to industrial applications, to the vast questions scientists of the future will seek to answer.