Microbes in mass extinction: an accomplice or a savior?
作者机构:State Key Laboratory of Geobiology and Environmental Geology China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
出 版 物:《National Science Review》 (国家科学评论(英文版))
年 卷 期:2024年第11卷第1期
页 面:12-15页
核心收录:
学科分类:070903[理学-古生物学与地层学(含:古人类学)] 0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学]
基 金:supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41821001, 42293292and 42330201) the 111 Project of Ministry of Education of China (BP0820004)
主 题:AFTERMATH
摘 要:Microbes include various types of organisms that are invisible to the naked eye,e.g. bacteria, archaea and microeukaryotes. Although the precise number remains largely unknown, microbes are recognized as the unseen majority of our biosphere [1]. As a group of organisms classified by body size, microbes cover a considerable spectrum of metabolisms,