Bacteria altered by climate change

In 2015, 200,000 saiga antelopes mysteriously died and scientists have recently found the reason why. The team of scientists working to figure this out, concluded that the antelopes had a fatal blood poisoning caused by Pasteurella multocida type B bacteria. This bacteria is a normal inhabitant in the snouts of the saiga antelopes and usually do not do any harm to them, but due to the humidity and warmer temperatures, the bacteria turned deadly.

If this can happen in antelopes, how do we know what other bacteria the changing climate can alter. I think more research should be done to prevent this from happening to any more species or totally obliterating one.

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  1. chrheaFebruary 2, 2018 at 1:03 PM

    If bacteria are being altered... I just feel like it's all over. :(

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2018 at 7:04 AM

    Not good! It is interesting to see that even the most basic type of organisms are being changed by the climate.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2018 at 6:31 PM

    Its so interesting that climate change can cause the bacteria to be altered. But how specifically does climate change and bacteria relate?

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2018 at 3:38 AM

    It's kind of scary that a harmless bacteria living on the antelopes for so long can suddenly turn deadly. If something like this happens to the antelopes, how many other organisms has or will this happen to? I definitely think more research should be done into exactly how this happened and the likelihood of a similar situation occurring.

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