Review
Environmental Sciences
Baskaran Abirami, Manikkam Radhakrishnan, Subramanian Kumaran, Aruni Wilson
Summary: Global warming has various effects on ocean ecosystems, including temperature, acidification, oxygen content, circulation, stratification, and nutrient inputs, posing a serious threat to the metabolism and distribution of marine microbes and affecting the overall ecosystem functioning.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Review
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Q. T. Easter, B. Fernandes Matuck, B. M. Warner, K. M. Byrd
Summary: The human mouth serves as a connection between external and internal environments, and colonization of dental, oral, and craniofacial tissues by bacteria and viruses can impact various diseases and disorders systematically. A comprehensive understanding of host-microbial interactions in different contexts is crucial to comprehend the establishment and persistence of viral reservoirs within the human body. The lack of complete understanding in this area hinders research and precision care for microbial-induced or microbial-influenced diseases, emphasizing the importance of studying these phenomena, especially in the context of acute and chronic microbial infections of dental, oral, and craniofacial tissues. The review also highlights the impact of post-acute infectious syndromes and the potential role of dental, oral, and craniofacial tissues in systemic conditions.
JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chunlei Han, Rongbin Xu, Yajuan Zhang, Wenhua Yu, Zhongwen Zhang, Lidia Morawska, Jane Heyworth, Bin Jalaludin, Geoffrey Morgan, Guy Marks, Michael Abramson, Liwei Sun, Shanshan Li, Yuming Guo
Summary: This study aimed to develop a novel indicator to assess air pollution control efficacy across countries, and found that the indicator was associated with important population health indicators, explaining international variations in life expectancy, infant mortality rate, and under-five year of age mortality rate.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
Review
Ecology
Gil Rilov, Joao Canning-Clode, Tamar Guy-Haim
Summary: Invasive species, particularly those known as 'ecosystem engineers', significantly alter the new environment in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and their impacts can be both positive and negative. This review examines the various types of impacts that invasive ecosystem engineers have in different ecological realms, and highlights the importance of understanding their effects on ecosystem services and their potential for restoring functions in the face of climate change.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marco Springmann, Rita Van Dingenen, Toon Vandyck, Catharina Latka, Peter Witzke, Adrian Leip
Summary: Dietary changes towards more plant-based diets can lead to meaningful reductions in air pollution, improve health, and increase economic output. Incentivizing these dietary changes is especially valuable in regions with intensive agriculture and high population density.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Lydia Katsini, Satyajeet Bhonsale, Simen Akkermans, Styliani Roufou, Sholeem Griffin, Vasilis Valdramidis, Ourania Misiou, Konstantinos Koutsoumanis, Carlos Andre Munoz Lopez, Monika Polanska, Jan F. M. Van Impe
Summary: This paper emphasizes the necessity of building a quantitative framework to evaluate the impacts of climate change on microbial food safety. The available tools from climate modeling and predictive microbiology are analyzed, and knowledge gaps and data needs are identified. The mechanisms regarding food microbial contamination and the role of climatic variables remain poorly understood.
TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiangjin Shen, Yiwen Liu, Liyuan Wu, Rong Ma, Yanji Wang, Jiaqi Zhang, Lei Wang, Binhui Liu, Xianguo Lu, Ming Jiang
Summary: This study shows that global grassland greening has significant effects on surface temperatures, with cooling effects in areas south of 50 degrees N and warming effects in areas north of 50 degrees N.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
A. Zorzi, S. M. Tikoo, G. C. Beroza, N. H. Sleep
Summary: The impacts associated with the Marquez Dome and Boltysh craters were too small to cause hyperthermal-like temperature changes, and large impacts are predicted to be uncommon during the Cenozoic era.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Robin J. Pakeman, David O'Brien, David Genney, Rob W. Brooker
Summary: Attributing biodiversity trends to individual drivers is crucial for conservation and restoration strategies. In Scotland, trends in bryophyte and lichen species were linked to specific drivers, such as temperature change, nitrogen pollution, and land use intensity. Positive trends were observed in bryophyte species from heathlands and woodlands, while lichen species from these habitats showed negative trends. Furthermore, drier habitats and locations tended to have more positive trends, while wetter habitats tended to have negative trends.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Camille Courcoul, Josephine Leflaive, Jessica Ferriol, Stephanie Bouletreau
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the impact of dry period intensity and water warming on the sensitivity of aquatic biofilms to agricultural runoff pollution. It was found that the combination of dry period intensity and water warming significantly altered the sensitivity of biofilms to pollutants.
Review
Environmental Studies
Aloyce Amasi, Maarten Wynants, William Blake, Kelvin Mtei
Summary: Hydropower reservoirs in East Africa play a crucial role in climate-neutral development, but are threatened by human activities causing decreased water storage capacity. Understanding sediment delivery dynamics is key for efficient sediment mitigation strategies. Implementing sediment budgets under different scenarios of land use and climate change is essential for sustainable dam location and management strategies.
Article
Biology
R. Iestyn Woolway, Sapna Sharma, John P. Smol
Summary: Climate change has significant impacts on aquatic ecosystems, including reduced ice cover, longer summer stratified seasons, and a cascade of ecological consequences. These consequences affect water temperature, mixing and water levels, dissolved oxygen, algal blooms, and cold-water fisheries' habitat. Climate change also affects freshwater supplies, water quality, biodiversity, and the ecosystem benefits they provide to society.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hemraj Bhattarai, Amos P. K. Tai, Maria Val Martin, David H. Y. Yung
Summary: Surface ozone is a significant air pollutant and greenhouse gas that poses risks to human health, vegetation, and climate. This study examines the impacts of land use change, climate, and emissions on global ozone levels, highlighting the complex interactions and the need for comprehensive strategies to control air pollution effectively.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Liyin He, Jing Wei, Yuan Wang, Quanbiao Shang, Junjie Liu, Yi Yin, Christian Frankenberg, Jonathan H. Jiang, Zhanqing Li, Yuk L. Yung
Summary: The study reveals the critical role of particulate and ozone pollution in regulating interannual variations of crop yields in China. Despite the increase in ozone levels in the North China Plain, particulate pollution mitigation during 2010-2018 outweighed the negative impacts of climate change, resulting in a nationwide net yield increase of 0.5%-1.9%. However, looking to the future, the impacts of climate change, particularly surface temperature increase, will dominate and significantly reduce maize and rice yields.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Cascade Tuholske, Benjamin S. Halpern, Gordon Blasco, Juan Carlos Villasenor, Melanie Frazier, Kelly Caylor
Summary: The pressures on coastal marine ecosystems from human activities are mainly from agricultural pollution and human sewage inputs, impacting both the ecosystems and the health and economic activities of coastal communities. There is a lack of comprehensive understanding on the impacts of human wastewater, necessitating further research and attention to address these pressing issues.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Richard L. Carney, Mark V. Brown, Nachshon Siboni, Jean-Baptiste Raina, Tim Kahlke, Simon M. Mitrovic, Justin R. Seymour
Article
Environmental Sciences
Khandaker Rayhan Mahbub, William L. King, Nachshon Siboni, Viet Khue Nguyen, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Mallavarapu Megharaj, Justin R. Seymour, Ashley E. Franks, Maurizio Labbate
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2020)
Review
Plant Sciences
P. Dadd-Daigle, K. Kirkby, P. Roy Chowdhury, M. Labbate, Toni A. Chapman
Summary: Verticillium dahliae is a major soil-borne phytopathogen causing Verticillium wilt in many important crops globally, including cotton. In Australia, the billion-dollar cotton industry is increasingly impacted by the disease. Different strains of V. dahliae exhibit varying levels of damage to crops in Australian fields, highlighting the need for ongoing research and management strategies to control the disease.
AUSTRALASIAN PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Aurore Trottet, Christaline George, Guillaume Drillet, Federico M. Lauro
Summary: The increasing global population has led to heightened urbanization of coastal areas, posing challenges for sustainable food production and security. Aquaculture has emerged as a viable option to ensure food security, but it also comes with environmental impacts and challenges. Effective planning and collaboration are key in addressing the development of aquaculture in urban areas like Singapore.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
Viet Khue Nguyen, William L. King, Nachshon Siboni, Khandaker Rayhan Mahbub, Md Hafizur Rahman, Cheryl Jenkins, Michael Dove, Wayne O'Connor, Justin R. Seymour, Maurizio Labbate
Summary: The study investigated the dynamics of the microbiota in Sydney rock oysters before and during a QX disease outbreak. It found significant shifts in the microbiota of QX-positive oysters before and after the disease outbreak, suggesting a potential relationship between the microbiota composition and the health state of oysters.
Article
Ecology
Molly A. Moynihan, Nathalie F. Goodkin, Kyle M. Morgan, Phyllis Y. Y. Kho, Adriana Lopes dos Santos, Federico M. Lauro, David M. Baker, Patrick Martin
Summary: Despite low N-2 fixation rates, coral-associated diazotrophs supply a significant portion of the holobiont's nitrogen demand, particularly in the endolithic community. The activity of diazotrophs is mainly controlled by oxygen, with endolithic microbes playing a major role in coral nitrogen cycling.
Article
Ecology
M. Mozammel Hoque, Parisa Noorian, Gustavo Espinoza-Vergara, Pradeep Manuneedhi Cholan, Mikael Kim, Md Hafizur Rahman, Maurizio Labbate, Scott A. Rice, Mathieu Pernice, Stefan H. Oehlers, Diane McDougald
Summary: Predation by heterotrophic protists drives the emergence of adaptive traits in bacteria, particularly Vibrio cholerae, by selecting for mutations in flagellar transcriptional regulator flrA, leading to enhanced survival and competitive fitness in amoebae and improved colonization in eukaryotic organisms such as zebrafish. These adaptive traits evolved in response to environmental predatory pressure impact the colonization of eukaryotic organisms by these pathogens.
Article
Microbiology
Pauliina Rajala, Dong-Qiang Cheng, Scott A. Rice, Federico M. Lauro
Summary: The study found that metal corrosion in deep-sea environments is driven by both biotic and abiotic processes, with microbially induced corrosion playing a key role, which differs significantly from the microbial communities in the surrounding sediment, dominated by sulfur-cycling bacteria.
Article
Plant Sciences
Pearl Dadd-Daigle, Damian Collins, Karen Kirkby, Sharlene Roser, Peter Lonergan, Piklu Roy Chowdhury, Maurizio Labbate, Toni A. Chapman
Summary: This study confirms the existence of VCG2A and VCG1A isolates of Verticillium dahliae in Australia that can cause significant damage to cotton plants. The use of ISSR analysis helps to distinguish these isolates from other population and is important for disease diagnosis and confirmation.
AUSTRALASIAN PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Md Hafizur Rahman, Khandaker Rayhan Mahbub, Gustavo Espinoza-Vergara, Angus Ritchie, M. Mozammel Hoque, Parisa Noorian, Louise Cole, Diane McDougald, Maurizio Labbate
Summary: Protozoal predation enhances lateral gene transfer (LGT) in Vibrio cholerae, resulting in genetic variants with increased capacity to survive grazing. The food vacuole may serve as a hot spot for LGT, driving genetic diversification and evolution.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Kelly King, Anna R. Bramucci, Maurizio Labbate, Jean-Baptiste Raina, Justin R. Seymour
Summary: The research demonstrates the heterogeneous interactions between the environmental strain of V. cholerae (serogroup 24) and different phytoplankton species, with a relationship to the dissolved organic carbon released by the phytoplankton. These findings highlight the complexity of the interactions between environmental strains of V. cholerae and phytoplankton communities, which should be considered in predicting outbreaks of this pathogen.
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Khandaker Rayhan Mahbub, Caroline Chenard, Steven Batinovic, Steve Petrovski, Federico M. Lauro, Md Hafizur Rahman, Mallavarapu Megharaj, Ashley E. Franks, Maurizio Labbate
Summary: This study compared the genomes of three metal-resistant bacteria isolated from mercury-contaminated soil. Diverse and novel mobile genetic elements (MGEs) were found, with evidence of lateral gene transfer (LGT) events shaping the genomic structure and heavy metal resistance. The strains Sphingobium sp SA2 and Sphingopyxis sp SE2 were resistant to multiple metals, while Pseudoxanthomonas sp SE1 showed resistance to mercury only. Whole genome sequencing revealed that the Sphingobium and Sphingopyxis strains contained multiple chromosomes and plasmids, while the Pseudoxanthomonas strain had one circular chromosome. Metal resistance genes were associated with various MGEs, including genomic islands (GIs), integrative conjugative elements (ICEs), transposons, insertion sequences (IS), recombinase in trio (RIT) elements, and group II introns. The study highlights the importance of LGT in the evolution of metal resistance in bacteria.
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Winona Wijaya, Zahirah Suhaimi, Cherlyn Xin'Er Chua, Rohan Shawn Sunil, Sandra Kolundzija, Ahmad Muzakkir Bin Rohaizat, Norzarifah Binti Md. Azmi, Nur Hazlin Hazrin-Chong, Federico M. Lauro
Summary: The study investigates the factors influencing the microbial populations in the Johor Strait, which is characterized by low water turnover rates and nutrient build-up. By conducting a temporally-intensive sampling and analysis, the study reveals that microbial community succession is influenced by pulse disturbances from freshwater input and tidal currents, as well as top-down controls from marine viruses and predatory bacteria. The occurrence of harmful algal blooms is likely to happen when there are simultaneous gaps in both top-down and bottom-up controls.
ISME COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wenshu Yap, Adam D. Switzer, Chris Gouramanis, Ezequiel Marzinelli, Winona Wijaya, Yu Ting Yan, Dale Dominey-Howes, Maurizio Labbate, Seshachalam Srinivasalu, Kruawun Jankaew, Federico M. Lauro
Summary: The study shows that microbial communities in overwash deposits are significantly different from those in soils and sediments not derived from overwash processes, indicating the potential for molecular techniques to accurately distinguish between tsunami and storm deposits.
COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Microbiology
William L. King, Nachshon Siboni, Tim Kahlke, Michael Dove, Wayne O'Connor, Khandaker Rayhan Mahbub, Cheryl Jenkins, Justin R. Seymour, Maurizio Labbate
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY
(2020)
