Blog post – Tackling big environmental problems with the smallest organisms

Could the smallest living organisms, working in tiny communities in every environment, be used to solve large global challenges?

https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2023/June/Big-problems-small-organisms

This blog post discusses the research of the CSIRO microbiome team in addressing large environmental challenges in innovate ways. The key points of the blog are:

• We’re using microbial communities, known as microbiomes, to find answers to some very challenging environmental issues.
• We’re using microbes to break down ‘forever’ chemicals in the environment and investigate new ways to stop antibiotic resistant genes spreading from the environment to humans.
• Enhancing the microbiome of biosolids, when used as a fertiliser, can increase crop productivity and break down contaminants.

Read the blog post here: Tackling big environmental problems with the smallest organisms – CSIRO

Find out more about how they are using microbiomes to find solutions to ‘forever’ chemicals, the sustainable use of biosolids and antibiotic resistant gene spread by visiting their research pages: Contaminated environment microbiomes – Microbiomes (csiro.au)