Lessons from Microbes: What Can We Learn about Equity from Unculturable Bacteria?
Lessons from Microbes: What Can We Learn about Equity from Unculturable Bacteria?
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DOI：
10.1128/msphere.01046-20
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发表时间：
2020-10-28
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4.8
通讯作者：
Montgomery BL
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作者：
Montgomery BL
许多微生物学家对不可培养的细菌表现出极大的兴趣。这种好奇心可以通过对营养需求的好奇心来表达，以及对最佳温度，氧气水平，最小和最佳光照或其他环境因素等参数的好奇心。微生物学家研究有机体的遗传语言，以及它们的起源环境，以寻找有关基本因素或有机体需要共培养以支持生长和繁荣的线索。我们可以从微生物学家试图了解如何培养不可培养的细菌的方式中学到许多关于公平和基于管理的参与的经验教训，包括了解生物体的语言和社区的重要性，复制起源环境的各个方面，生物体偶尔需要改变其环境的各个方面以保持生存，以及提供一系列培养条件以支持多种生物体的迫切需要。许多微生物学家对不可培养的细菌表现出极大的兴趣。这种好奇心可以通过对营养需求的好奇心来表达，以及对最佳温度，氧气水平，最小和最佳光照或其他环境因素等参数的好奇心。微生物学家研究有机体的遗传语言，以及它们的起源环境，以寻找有关基本因素或有机体需要共培养以支持生长和繁荣的线索。我们可以从微生物学家试图了解如何培养不可培养的细菌的方式中学到许多关于公平和基于管理的参与的经验教训，包括了解生物体的语言和社区的重要性，复制起源环境的各个方面，生物体偶尔需要改变其环境的各个方面以保持生存，以及提供一系列培养条件以支持多种生物体的迫切需要。这些来自细菌世界的教训为解决科学界及其他领域的人类不平等提供了指导。
Many microbiologists exhibit a fascination with unculturable bacteria. This intrigue can be expressed through curiosity about nutrient needs, as well as about parameters such as optimal temperature, oxygen levels, minimum and optimal light, or other such environmental factors. Microbiologists study organisms’ genetic language, as well as their environment of origin, for clues about essential factors or organisms’ need for coculture to support growth and thriving. We can learn many lessons about equity and stewardship-based engagement from the ways that microbiologists seek to understand how to cultivate unculturable bacteria, including the importance of understanding an organism’s language and community, replicating aspects of the environment of origin, an organism’s occasional need to transform aspects of its environment to persist, and the critical needs to provide a range of culture conditions to support diverse organisms. Many microbiologists exhibit a fascination with unculturable bacteria. This intrigue can be expressed through curiosity about nutrient needs, as well as about parameters such as optimal temperature, oxygen levels, minimum and optimal light, or other such environmental factors. Microbiologists study organisms’ genetic language, as well as their environment of origin, for clues about essential factors or organisms’ need for coculture to support growth and thriving. We can learn many lessons about equity and stewardship-based engagement from the ways that microbiologists seek to understand how to cultivate unculturable bacteria, including the importance of understanding an organism’s language and community, replicating aspects of the environment of origin, an organism’s occasional need to transform aspects of its environment to persist, and the critical needs to provide a range of culture conditions to support diverse organisms. These lessons from the bacterial world provide guidance applicable to addressing human inequity in scientific communities, and beyond.