Scientists' call to action: Microbes, planetary health, and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Address: Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zürich 8092, Switzerland; Restor Eco AG, Zürich 8001, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].; Fondazione Biotecnopolo di Siena, Siena 53100, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].; Department of Materials, Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona 60131, Italy; National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo 90133, Italy.; National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo 90133, Italy; Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona 60131, Italy.; Wisconsin Energy Institute, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA.; Department of Freshwater and Marine Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 94240, the Netherlands.; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada.; Institute of Political Science, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79085, Germany; Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081, the Netherlands.; Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig 38106, Germany.; Center for Genomic Science Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA; Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.; Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas 1433, Norway.; Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Cheshire, Neston CH64 7TE, UK.; Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.; Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7004, Australia.; Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zürich 8092, Switzerland.; School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA.; Biological Sciences Division, Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.; Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3125, USA.; Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.; Department of Food Science and Technology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.; Department of Life Sciences, CBRB Center, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK.; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Granada 18008, Spain.; School of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, UK.; Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.; Center of Microbiome Science, Byrd Polar and Climate Research, and Microbiology Department, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43214, USA.; Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-5704, USA.; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.; Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA.; Departments of Microbiology and Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering, Center of Microbiome Science, and EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.; Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD 4810, Australia; School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.; Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7004, Australia; Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD 4810, Australia; Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.; Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zürich 8092, Switzerland; Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN), Dover, DE 19901, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].