The baseline is already shifted: marine microbiome restoration and rehabilitation as essential tools to mitigate ecosystem decline

Climate change is turning formerly pristine ecosystems into ever-changing states, causing major disturbance and biodiversity loss. Such impacted marine ecosystems and organisms exhibit clear microbiome shifts that alter their function. Microbiome-targeted interventions appear as feasible tools to su...

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Published inFrontiers in Marine Science Vol. 10
Main Authors Peixoto, Raquel S., Voolstra, Christian R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lausanne Frontiers Research Foundation 30.06.2023
Frontiers Media S.A
Subjects
Anthropogenic factors
anthropogenic impacts
Biodiversity
Climate change
Coral reefs
Disease
Ecosystem resilience
Ecosystems
Environmental conditions
Environmental impact
Marine conservation
Marine ecosystems
microbial therapy
microbiome restoration
Microbiomes
Organisms
Pathogens
Probiotics
R&D
Rehabilitation
Research & development
Restoration
Symbionts
Wildlife conservation
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Summary:Climate change is turning formerly pristine ecosystems into ever-changing states, causing major disturbance and biodiversity loss. Such impacted marine ecosystems and organisms exhibit clear microbiome shifts that alter their function. Microbiome-targeted interventions appear as feasible tools to support organismal and ecosystem resilience and recovery by restoring symbiotic interactions and thwarting dysbiotic processes. However, microbiome restoration and rehabilitation are perceived as drastic measures, since they alter ‘natural relationships’. What is missing from this notion is that microbiomes already drastically differ from any pre-anthropogenic state. As such, our perception and definition of even ‘pristine states’ may in fact represent an already disturbed/derived condition. Following this, we argue that restoring and rehabilitating marine microbiomes are essential tools to mitigate ecosystem and organismal decline.
ISSN:2296-7745
2296-7745
DOI:10.3389/fmars.2023.1218531