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Microbes without borders: uniting societies for climate action.

J T Lennon, L S Bittleston, Q Chen, V S Cooper, J Fernández, J A Gilbert, M M Häggblom, L V Harper, J K Jansson, N Jiao and 8 more

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Article in mBio, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

J T LennonDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3126-6111
L S BittlestonAmerican Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4007-5405
Q ChenInnovation Research Center for Carbon Neutralization, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
V S CooperAmerican Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7726-0765
J FernándezInstituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, CCT La Plata-CONICET, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0001-7803-5885
J A GilbertDepartment of Pediatrics and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
M M HäggblomDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
L V HarperApplied Microbiology International, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
J K JanssonPacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5487-4315
N JiaoInnovation Research Center for Carbon Neutralization, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
E M KuurstraFederation of European Microbiological Societies, Delft, the Netherlands.
R S PeixotoDivision of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9536-3132
R RappuoliFondazione Biotecnopolo di Siena, Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8827-254X
M A SchembriInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, and School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4863-9260
A VentosaFederation of European Microbiological Societies, Delft, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7573-0556
D L VulloEnvironmental Biotechnology Lab, Area Quimica, Instituto de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional General Sarmiento-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0001-6153-8988
C ZhangGlobal Ocean Negative Carbon Emissions Program, Xiamen, China.
N K NguyenAmerican Academy for Microbiology, Washington, DC, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time, yet the role of microorganisms remains underrecognized in climate science and policy. Microbes are highly sensitive to environmental change and regulate essential biogeochemical processes, while also offering solutions for reducing emissions, restoring ecosystems, and enhancing resilience. Microbiology societies from five continents recently convened in Washington, DC, for the inaugural Global Strategy Meeting on Microbes and Climate Change. The gathering launched a global alliance to position microbial science as a pillar of climate action and identified four priorities: building a coalition, embedding microbes in climate frameworks, transforming communication, and advancing real-world demonstration projects. This initiative marks the beginning of coordinated global action to harness microbial life for climate solutions.

Indexed as

Climate ChangeMicrobiologyEcosystemSocieties, Scientificclimate changeeconomicsindustrymicrobiologypolicy

Identifiers

PMID40985999
PMCPMC12607868

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