Rappuoli Rino, Young Paul, Ron Eliora, Pecetta Simone, Pizza Mariagrazia
Monoclonal Antibody Discovery (MAD) Lab, Fondazione Toscana Life Sciences, Siena, Italy.
Present address: Fondazione Biotecnopolo di Siena, Siena, Italy.
One Health Outlook. 2023 Mar 6;5(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s42522-023-00077-2.
Our planet is populated by at least a trillion species of microorganisms. Every life form is sustained by them and they make the planet habitable. Only a minority of them, about 1400 species, cause infectious diseases that are responsible for human morbidity, mortality, pandemics and the resulting huge economic losses. Modern human activities, environmental changes and the attempt to control infectious agents using broad spectrum antibiotics and disinfectants jeopardize the global microbial diversity. The International Union of the Microbiological Societies (IUMS) is launching a call to action to mobilize all microbiological societies globally to promote the development of sustainable solutions to control infectious agents while preserving the global microbial diversity and the healthy life of our planet.
我们的星球上至少有一万亿种微生物。每种生命形式都由它们维系，它们使地球适宜居住。其中只有少数，约1400种，会引发传染病，这些疾病导致人类发病、死亡、引发大流行并造成巨大经济损失。现代人类活动、环境变化以及使用广谱抗生素和消毒剂控制传染源的尝试，正危及全球微生物多样性。国际微生物学会联合会（IUMS）正在发起一项行动呼吁，动员全球所有微生物学会，以促进可持续解决方案的开发，在控制传染源的同时，保护全球微生物多样性和我们星球的健康生态。
