Climate change and its effect on microbial diversity of extreme environments and infectious diseases outbreaks

Subject Areas : Environmental Microbiology

Sepideh Meidaninikjeh ¹ , Parisa Mohammadi ² , Afsaneh Khanbabakhani ³

1 - PhD student of Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate professor of Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Laboratory technician, Department of Phytology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2020-11-10 Accepted : 2021-04-12 Published : 2021-05-22

Keywords: Climate Change, Drug resistance, Secondary metabolites, COVID-19, Emerging diseases,

Abstract :

Climate change is one of the most important issues that has attracted a great deal of attention and caused many environmental problems for health systems and global economy. Studies have shown that during climate change, microorganisms also change significantly resulted in many problems including the recurrence and spread of infectious diseases, emerging diseases (COVID-19 pandemic), and antibiotic resistance. Climate change has led to famine, drought, floods, and global warming that threatens the lives of many people. famine, drought, floods, and global warming that threatens the lives of many people. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, especially the use of less fossil fuels in industry, can be a preventative way. Therefore, it is significant to have plans to deal with climate change consequences in the environment. In this review paper, 71 articles from 1992 to 2020 were reviewed by mentioned keywords. Some        specific extreme environments that are rich in valuable secondary metabolites and microorganisms but are fragile to climate change and also their microorganism’s diversity and population which have been changed during climate change were reviewed.