Effects of Global Warming on Vibrio Ecology.

Vezzulli, Luigi; Pezzati, Elisabetta; Brettar, Ingrid; Höfle, Manfred; Pruzzo, Carla

dc.contributor.author	Vezzulli, Luigi
dc.contributor.author	Pezzati, Elisabetta
dc.contributor.author	Brettar, Ingrid
dc.contributor.author	Höfle, Manfred
dc.contributor.author	Pruzzo, Carla
dc.date.accessioned	2016-03-08T10:45:59Z	en
dc.date.available	2016-03-08T10:45:59Z	en
dc.date.issued	2015-06	en
dc.identifier.citation	Effects of Global Warming on Vibrio Ecology. 2015, 3 (3): Microbiol Spectr	en
dc.identifier.issn	2165-0497	en
dc.identifier.pmid	26185070	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1128/microbiolspec.VE-0004-2014	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10033/600850	en
dc.description.abstract	Vibrio-related infections are increasing worldwide both in humans and aquatic animals. Rise in global sea surface temperature (SST), which is approximately 1 °C higher now than 140 years ago and is one of the primary physical impacts of global warming, has been linked to such increases. In this chapter, major known effects of increasing SST on the biology and ecology of vibrios are described. They include the effects on bacterial growth rate, both in the field and in laboratory, culturability, expression of pathogenicity traits, and interactions with aquatic organisms and abiotic surfaces. Special emphasis is given to the effect of ocean warming on Vibrio interactions with zooplankters, which represent one of the most important aquatic reservoirs for these bacteria. The reported findings highlight the biocomplexity of the interactions between vibrios and their natural environment in a climate change scenario, posing the need for interdisciplinary studies to properly understand the connection between ocean warming and persistence and spread of vibrios in sea waters and the epidemiology of the diseases they cause.
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.title	Effects of Global Warming on Vibrio Ecology.	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.contributor.department	Helmholtz Centre for infection research, Inhoffenstr. 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.	en
dc.identifier.journal	Microbiology spectrum	en
refterms.dateFOA	2018-06-13T02:29:49Z
html.description.abstract	Vibrio-related infections are increasing worldwide both in humans and aquatic animals. Rise in global sea surface temperature (SST), which is approximately 1 °C higher now than 140 years ago and is one of the primary physical impacts of global warming, has been linked to such increases. In this chapter, major known effects of increasing SST on the biology and ecology of vibrios are described. They include the effects on bacterial growth rate, both in the field and in laboratory, culturability, expression of pathogenicity traits, and interactions with aquatic organisms and abiotic surfaces. Special emphasis is given to the effect of ocean warming on Vibrio interactions with zooplankters, which represent one of the most important aquatic reservoirs for these bacteria. The reported findings highlight the biocomplexity of the interactions between vibrios and their natural environment in a climate change scenario, posing the need for interdisciplinary studies to properly understand the connection between ocean warming and persistence and spread of vibrios in sea waters and the epidemiology of the diseases they cause.