Super pathogens from environmental biotechnologies threaten global health

作     者：Yong Xiao Feng Zhao Josep Pe?uelas Qiansheng Huang Yong-Guan Zhu Yong Xiao;Feng Zhao;Josep Pe(n)uelas;Qiansheng Huang;Yong-Guan Zhu

作者机构：CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion Institute of Urban Environment Chinese Academy of Sciences CSIC Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB CREAF Autonomous University of Barcelona CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health Institute of Urban Environment Chinese Academy of Sciences State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences 

出 版 物：《National Science Review》 (国家科学评论(英文版))

年 卷 期：2021年第8卷第9期

页      面：20-22页

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学科分类：083002[工学-环境工程] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 08[工学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51878640 and42021005) the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences(2018344) 

主　　题：GENES 

摘      要：Microbial pathogens are viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa infecting humans,animals or plants. Super pathogens (also known as superbugs) able to resist multiple antimicrobials and cause fatal infections have been increasingly considered an emerging threat to global health [1].The COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 3.8 million deaths as of 15 June2021, reminding us that we should always be alert to the next pandemic caused by super pathogens. We know little, however, about the origin and transmission of super pathogens in the environment.Among the various potential sources of super pathogens, special attention should be paid to environmental biotechnologies (EBTs) for treating wastewater.