Tiwari Pragya, Park Kyeung-Il
Department of Horticulture & Life Science, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea.
J Fungi (Basel). 2024 Jul 22;10(7):506. doi: 10.3390/jof10070506.
The present era has witnessed an unprecedented scenario with extreme climate changes, depleting natural resources and rising global food demands and its widespread societal impact. From providing bio-based resources to fulfilling socio-economic necessities, tackling environmental challenges, and ecosystem restoration, microbes exist as integral members of the ecosystem and influence human lives. Microbes demonstrate remarkable potential to adapt and thrive in climatic variations and extreme niches and promote environmental sustainability. It is important to mention that advances in fungal biotechnologies have opened new avenues and significantly contributed to improving human lives through addressing socio-economic challenges. Microbe-based sustainable innovations would likely contribute to the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) by providing affordable energy (use of agro-industrial waste by microbial conversions), reducing economic burdens/affordable living conditions (new opportunities by the creation of bio-based industries for a sustainable living), tackling climatic changes (use of sustainable alternative fuels for reducing carbon footprints), conserving marine life (production of microbe-based bioplastics for safer marine life) and poverty reduction (microbial products), among other microbe-mediated approaches. The article highlights the emerging trends and future directions into how fungal biotechnologies can provide feasible and sustainable solutions to achieve SDGs and address global issues.
当今时代见证了前所未有的情景，包括极端气候变化、自然资源枯竭、全球粮食需求上升及其广泛的社会影响。从提供生物基资源到满足社会经济需求、应对环境挑战和恢复生态系统，微生物作为生态系统不可或缺的成员存在并影响着人类生活。微生物在适应气候变化和极端生态位以及促进环境可持续性方面展现出巨大潜力。必须提到的是，真菌生物技术的进展开辟了新途径，并通过应对社会经济挑战为改善人类生活做出了重大贡献。基于微生物的可持续创新可能通过提供负担得起的能源（通过微生物转化利用农业工业废料）、减轻经济负担/提供可负担的生活条件（通过创建生物基产业创造可持续生活的新机会）、应对气候变化（使用可持续替代燃料减少碳足迹）、保护海洋生物（生产基于微生物的生物塑料以实现更安全的海洋生物）和减少贫困（微生物产品）等微生物介导的方法，为联合国可持续发展目标（SDGs）做出贡献。本文重点介绍了真菌生物技术如何为实现可持续发展目标和解决全球问题提供可行和可持续解决方案的新兴趋势和未来方向。
