Global Emerging Microbial Issues in the Anthropocene Era

Ian L. Pepper; Charles P. Gerba; Terry J. Gentry

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-394626-3.00031-4

Global Emerging Microbial Issues in the Anthropocene Era

Ian L. Pepper, Charles P. Gerba, Terry J. Gentry

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the major global microbial issues that have been impacted by human activities. First, there is a discussion of microbial contributions to climate change via nitrous oxide emissions from soil, and methane emissions from landfills. Following this, the influence of global change on microbial infectious disease is discussed, including El Niño effects and the effects of urbanization and deforestation. A dramatic example of human activities affecting microbial issues is documented through an evaluation of oil spills within oceans as epitomized by the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989 and the BP Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010. The chapter concludes with a discussion of antibiotic-resistant bacteria including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Environmental Microbiology
Subtitle of host publication	Third Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	677-688
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9780123946263
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-394626-3.00031-4
State	Published - 2015

Keywords

Anthropocene
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Climate change
Exxon Valdez oil spill
Landfill emissions
Microbial emissions of methane
Microbial emissions of nitrous oxide
Microbial infectious disease

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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