Disaster mycology
Natural and human-made disasters have long played a role in shaping the environment and microbial communities, also affecting non-microbial life on Earth. Disaster microbiology is a new concept based on the notion that a disaster changes the environment causing adaptation or alteration of microbial...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:87a3b9eaeaaa41279cbbd05474c3fe86 2023-10-09T21:49:06+02:00 Disaster mycology Daniel F. Q Smith Arturo Casadevall 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.6943 https://doaj.org/article/87a3b9eaeaaa41279cbbd05474c3fe86 EN ES eng spa Instituto Nacional de Salud https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/6943 https://doaj.org/toc/0120-4157 0120-4157 doi:10.7705/biomedica.6943 https://doaj.org/article/87a3b9eaeaaa41279cbbd05474c3fe86 Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, Vol 43, Iss Sp. 1, Pp 267-277 (2023) mycology fungi climate change candida auris natural disasters Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.6943 2023-09-24T00:42:21Z Natural and human-made disasters have long played a role in shaping the environment and microbial communities, also affecting non-microbial life on Earth. Disaster microbiology is a new concept based on the notion that a disaster changes the environment causing adaptation or alteration of microbial populations –growth, death, transportation to a new area, development traits, or resistance– that can have downstream effects on the affected ecosystem. Such downstream effects include blooms of microbial populations and the ability to colonize a new niche or host, cause disease, or survive in former extreme conditions. Throughout history, fungal populations have been affected by disasters. There are prehistoric archeological records of fungal blooms after asteroid impacts and fungi implicated in the fall of the dinosaurs. In recent times, drought and dust storms have caused disturbance of soil fungi, and hurricanes have induced the growth of molds on wet surfaces, resulting in an increased incidence of fungal disease. Probably, the anticipated increase in extreme heat would force fungi adaptation to survive at high temperatures, like those in the human body, and thus be able to infect mammals. This may lead to a drastic rise of new fungal diseases in humans. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Biomédica 43 Sp. 1 267 277 |
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Natural and human-made disasters have long played a role in shaping the environment and microbial communities, also affecting non-microbial life on Earth. Disaster microbiology is a new concept based on the notion that a disaster changes the environment causing adaptation or alteration of microbial populations –growth, death, transportation to a new area, development traits, or resistance– that can have downstream effects on the affected ecosystem. Such downstream effects include blooms of microbial populations and the ability to colonize a new niche or host, cause disease, or survive in former extreme conditions. Throughout history, fungal populations have been affected by disasters. There are prehistoric archeological records of fungal blooms after asteroid impacts and fungi implicated in the fall of the dinosaurs. In recent times, drought and dust storms have caused disturbance of soil fungi, and hurricanes have induced the growth of molds on wet surfaces, resulting in an increased incidence of fungal disease. Probably, the anticipated increase in extreme heat would force fungi adaptation to survive at high temperatures, like those in the human body, and thus be able to infect mammals. This may lead to a drastic rise of new fungal diseases in humans. |
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