Symbiotic Systems and Viral Diversity: From Marine Organisms to Human Pathogenesis
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is with great pleasure that I invite you to contribute to this Special Issue entitled “Symbiotic Systems and Viral Diversity: From Marine Organisms to Human Pathogenesis”. Advances in sequencing technology have enabled unprecedented insights into the viral communities present in a multitude of organisms, including humans. While viruses can be pathogenic, it has become increasingly apparent that they can also exist in a symbiotic and even beneficial relationship with the host organism.
This Special Issue welcomes contributions exploring symbiotic viral–host systems and how these viromes play multifaceted roles in symbiosis with their host organisms. Contributions can be original research articles or reviews on viral communities present in marine organisms, humans, and non-marine metazoans. In addition, contributions on the symbiotic relationship between viruses and fungi, protists, and bacteria are also encouraged. Novel and useful computational or experimental (wet lab) tools and approaches to investigate the complex interplay between viruses and their hosts are also welcome.
Thank you, and we look forward to your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Padmanabhan Mahadevan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- viral diversity
- virome
- symbiosis
- genomics
- pathogenesis
- metagenomics
- sequencing
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