Beyond breakpoint - reconceptualising AMR as a symptom of planetary stress

Kirchelle Claas; Adam Roberts

doi:10.1038/s44259-025-00128-w

Beyond breakpoint - reconceptualising AMR as a symptom of planetary stress

Kirchelle Claas
, Adam Roberts

Tropical Disease Biology

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Abstract

Planetary boundaries range from climate change to biosphere integrity. They define the safe space for humanity. Ecosystem impacts on microbes are missing from a recent assessment showing six of nine boundaries are breached. Microbes represent enormous phylogenetic diversity and underpin multiple planetary systems. Here, we suggest that reconceiving AMR as a sign of ecosystem stress may enable us to steward our wider microbial commons, protecting planetary systems from being breached.

Original language	English
Article number	57
Journal	npj antimicrobials and resistance
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s44259-025-00128-w
Publication status	Published - 19 Jun 2025

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