Extending conservation to include Earth's microbiome.

Autor: Redford, Kent H.1 (AUTHOR) redfordkh@gmail.com
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Zdroj: Conservation Biology. Jun2023, Vol. 37 Issue 3, p1-2. 2p.
Abstrakt: Although recent advances are changing this, microbes are harder to count with traditional conservation methods (they cannot be observed via satellite), making them even further outside the comfort zone for traditional conservation. Keywords: bacteria; conservation; microbes; microbial world; virus EN bacteria conservation microbes microbial world virus 1 2 2 05/31/23 20230601 NES 230601 Global assessments of biodiversity pay scant attention to the microbial world, and many conservation organizations are largely uninterested in extending their work to microbes. Finally, engage with the synthetic biology community in collaborative work on potential conservation applications of engineered microbes and the imperative to invest in microbial conservation. [Extracted from the article]
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