Geomicrobiology: Latest Advances and Prospects (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 21
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Interests: cultural heritage; air pollution; geochemistry; biodeterioration; geomicrobiology; environmental microbiology
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Dear Colleagues,
Geomicrobiology is the study of the role of microbes in the geosphere, and it encompasses the interaction of microbial life with the Earth. Awareness of a deep microbial biosphere has advanced over the last few decades due to the application of molecular techniques and the discovery of an incredible variety of genotypes and species in habitats above or below the Earth’s surface. In the last few decades, geomicrobiology has evolved into a broad field encompassing a wide range of environmental and geochemical significant processes, such as those occurring in deep-sea hydrothermal vents, marine and lacustrine sediments, ore deposits, petroleum reservoirs, deep terrestrial subsurfaces, mines, extremely acidic environments, etc.
Over the past decade, considerable attention has been paid to the study of pristine and show caves all over the word, and various aspects of their geomicrobiology have been revealed. The 2nd Edition of this Special Issue encourages researchers active in the field to submit their work and share the latest advances, some examples of which can be found in the First Edition.
This Special Issue, titled “Geomicrobiology: Latest Advances and Prospects (2nd Edition)”, will provide a collection of innovative contributions focusing on current research, new methodologies, and recent advances in the field. We invite researchers to contribute original research articles and review articles that discuss new trends regarding innovative geomicrobiological approaches. The keywords below are not meant to be limiting at all, and we will consider geomicrobiology in its widest sense in this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- geomicrobiology of caves
- geomicrobiology of the deep biosphere
- geomicrobiology of extreme environments
- geomicrobiology of the built environment
- microbe–mineral interactions
- microbialites formation
- biomineralization
- bioleaching
- biomining and bioremediation
- aquatic geomicrobiology
- biogeochemical cycles
- microbial origins of life
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