Microbial Evolution of Cryosphere and Biosecurity Concerns

Authors

Jingyang XU, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaFollow
Qianggong ZHANG, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Yi SHI, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaFollow

Keywords

cryosphere; microbes; climate change; pathogens; virus; biosecurity

Document Type

S & T and Society

Abstract

The unique and extreme ecological environment of cryosphere acts as a gigantic reservoir of microorganisms, which preserves precious records of the diversity and evolutionary history of ancient microbes. Climate change and human activities have made significant impacts on the ecological system. Global warming causes melting of the cryosphere that remained frozen for thousands of years and releases microorganisms, some of them are recovered to life and constitute a potential threat to the ecological environment and human health. It is urgent to combine multidisciplinary research forces to investigate the microbial ecology of cryosphere, analyze the microbe pathogenesis and transmission mechanisms, as well as evaluate the biosecurity risks caused by the reboot of dormant microorganisms.

First page

632

Last Page

640

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

XU, Jingyang; ZHANG, Qianggong; and SHI, Yi (2021) "Microbial Evolution of Cryosphere and Biosecurity Concerns," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 36 : Iss. 5 , Article 19.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20210407005
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol36/iss5/19