Walking Ecosystems in Microbiome-Inspired Green Infrastructure: An Ecological Perspective on Enhancing Personal and Planetary Health
Walking Ecosystems in Microbiome-Inspired Green Infrastructure: An Ecological Perspective on Enhancing Personal and Planetary Health
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10.3390/challe9020040
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2018-11
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Jake M. Robinson;Jacob G. Mills;M. Breed
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作者：
Jake M. Robinson;Jacob G. Mills;M. Breed
生态学原理适用于无数尺度，包括人体内部以及我们赖以生存的相互交织的宏观和微观生态系统。生态失调（“困境中的生命”）的概念原则也适用于生活的不同领域——我们的微生物组、宏观环境和社会经济领域。将人体视为一个全生物体（宿主加上数十亿微生物有机体共生形成一个功能性生态单元）具有增强个人和地球健康的潜力。我们在论文中讨论了这种生态观点。我们还讨论了重新野化微生物组的建议、受微生物组启发的创新绿色基础设施（MIGI）以及规定“自然剂量”的基础。特别强调 MIGI——创新城市生活特征设计和管理的统称，这些特征可能通过促进健康的微生物相互作用来增强公共健康。这个概念建立在微生物组野化假说的基础上。越来越多的证据表明微生物多样性对于维持良好健康的重要性。此外，事实证明，与自然的联系——无论是身体上还是心理上——都可以增强我们的健康和福祉。然而，我们仍然需要了解潜在的机制以及最佳的暴露类型和水平。这篇论文补充了最近将环境-微生物组-健康轴纳入自然-人类健康研究的其他呼吁。认识到所有形式的生命——包括可见的和不可见的——都以某种方式相互联系（生态、社会、进化），为重视自然与人类关系中的互惠性铺平了道路。正是以整体和共生的视角，我们才能开始整合战略并解决人类和环境健康的相关问题。我们的论文中讨论的前瞻性策略侧重于加强我们与自然世界的联系，最终旨在帮助应对制止和扭转一切表现形式的生态失调的全球挑战。
Principles of ecology apply at myriad scales, including within the human body and the intertwined macro and microscopic ecosystems that we depend upon for survival. The conceptual principles of dysbiosis (‘life in distress’) also apply to different realms of life—our microbiome, the macro environment and the socioeconomic domain. Viewing the human body as a holobiont—a host plus billions of microbial organisms working symbiotically to form a functioning ecological unit—has the potential to enhance personal and planetary health. We discuss this ecological perspective in our paper. We also discuss the proposals to rewild the microbiome, innovative microbiome-inspired green infrastructure (MIGI) and the basis of prescribing ‘doses of nature’. Particular emphasis is given to MIGI—a collective term for the design and management of innovative living urban features that could potentially enhance public health via health-inducing microbial interactions. This concept builds upon the microbiome rewilding hypothesis. Mounting evidence points to the importance of microbial diversity in maintaining favorable health. Moreover, connecting with nature—both physically and psychologically–has been shown to enhance our health and wellbeing. However, we still need to understand the underlying mechanisms, and optimal types and levels of exposure. This paper adds to other recent calls for the inclusion of the environment-microbiome-health axis in nature–human health research. Recognizing that all forms of life—both the seen and the unseen—are in some way connected (ecologically, socially, evolutionarily), paves the way to valuing reciprocity in the nature–human relationship. It is with a holistic and symbiotic perspective that we can begin to integrate strategies and address connected issues of human and environmental health. The prospective strategies discussed in our paper focus on enhancing our connections with the natural world, and ultimately aim to help address the global challenge of halting and reversing dysbiosis in all its manifestations.