Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/ Tulipán s/n, 28933, Móstoles, Spain.
ICREA-Complex Systems Lab, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Dr Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.
Microb Biotechnol. 2017 Sep;10(5):1250-1253. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.12832. Epub 2017 Aug 22.
We briefly review how microbial biotechnology can contribute to improve activities aiming to restore degraded drylands and to combat their desertification, which are an integral part of the Sustainable Development Goal 15 of the 2030 Agenda. Microbial biotechnology offers notable promise to improve restoration actions based on the use of biocrust-forming engineered cyanobacteria, which play key roles in maintaining ecosystem structure and functioning in drylands worldwide. Advances in our understanding of microbiome associated to biocrusts and of the signalling involved in the communication among their constituents can also potentially enhance the outcome of restoration activities in drylands.
我们简要回顾了微生物生物技术如何有助于改善旨在恢复退化旱地和防治荒漠化的活动，而这些活动是 2030 年议程可持续发展目标 15 的组成部分。微生物生物技术为改善基于使用生物结皮形成工程蓝细菌的恢复行动提供了显著的前景，这些蓝细菌在维持全球旱地生态系统结构和功能方面发挥着关键作用。我们对与生物结皮相关的微生物组以及其组成部分之间的信号传递的理解的进步，也有可能增强旱地恢复活动的效果。
