Introducing the Mangrove Microbiome Initiative: Identifying Microbial Research Priorities and Approaches To Better Understand, Protect, and Rehabilitate Mangrove Ecosystems.
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Allard, Sarah MCosta, Matthew T
Bulseco, Ashley N
Helfer, Véronique
Wilkins, Laetitia G E
Hassenrück, Christiane
Zengler, Karsten
Zimmer, Martin
Erazo, Natalia
Mazza Rodrigues, Jorge L
Duke, Norman
Melo, Vânia M M
Vanwonterghem, Inka
Junca, Howard
Makonde, Huxley M
Jiménez, Diego Javier
Tavares, Tallita C L
Fusi, Marco

Daffonchio, Daniele

Duarte, Carlos M.

Peixoto, Raquel S

Rosado, Alexandre S
Gilbert, Jack A
Bowman, Jeff
KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionBioscience Program
Extreme Systems Microbiology Lab
Marine Science Program
Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
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2020-10-20Submitted Date
2020-07-13Permanent link to this record
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Mangrove ecosystems provide important ecological benefits and ecosystem services, including carbon storage and coastline stabilization, but they also suffer great anthropogenic pressures. Microorganisms associated with mangrove sediments and the rhizosphere play key roles in this ecosystem and make essential contributions to its productivity and carbon budget. Understanding this nexus and moving from descriptive studies of microbial taxonomy to hypothesis-driven field and lab studies will facilitate a mechanistic understanding of mangrove ecosystem interaction webs and open opportunities for microorganism-mediated approaches to mangrove protection and rehabilitation. Such an effort calls for a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach, involving chemists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, microbiologists, oceanographers, plant scientists, conservation biologists, and stakeholders, and it requires standardized methods to support reproducible experiments. Here, we outline the Mangrove Microbiome Initiative, which is focused around three urgent priorities and three approaches for advancing mangrove microbiome research.Citation
Cavicchioli, R., Ripple, W. J., Timmis, K. N., Azam, F., Bakken, L. R., Baylis, M., … Webster, N. S. (2019). Scientists’ warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 17(9), 569–586. doi:10.1038/s41579-019-0222-5Sponsors
We thank Jonathan Eisen (ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0159-2197) and the microBEnet platform for the full and kind support provided to the BMMO network and its initiatives. M.F. acknowledges funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC grant NE/S006990/1).Publisher
American Society for MicrobiologyJournal
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10.1128/msystems.00658-20
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