Marine diseases and the Anthropocene: Understanding microbial pathogenesis in a rapidly changing world

Autor: Jennifer Hudson, Suhelen Egan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Microbial Biotechnology, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1751-7915
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.14397
Popis: Abstract Healthy marine ecosystems are paramount for Earth's biodiversity and are key to sustaining the global economy and human health. The effects of anthropogenic activity represent a pervasive threat to the productivity of marine ecosystems, with intensifying environmental stressors such as climate change and pollution driving the occurrence and severity of microbial diseases that can devastate marine ecosystems and jeopardise food security. Despite the potentially catastrophic outcomes of marine diseases, our understanding of host‐pathogen interactions remains an understudied aspect of both microbiology and environmental research, especially when compared to the depth of information available for human and agricultural systems. Here, we identify three avenues of research in which we can advance our understanding of marine disease in the context of global change, and make positive steps towards safeguarding marine communities for future generations.
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