Culture Collections as Hidden Sources of Microbial Biomolecules and Biodiversity
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2024) | Viewed by 13630
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microbial ecology of polar environments; biotechnology of cold-adapted bacteria; bacterial associations with benthic filter feeders; relationships between prokaryotes and chemical contamination
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2. National Research Council, Institute of Polar Sciences, Messina, Italy
Interests: microbial ecology; microbial pathogens; biotechnologies; bioremediation; bioactive compounds
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting you to consider submitting a manuscript to Diversity for a Special Issue on “Culture Collections as Hidden Sources of Microbial Biomolecules and Biodiversity”. The application of modern advanced techniques in molecular biology is revealing unexpected high levels of microbial diversity and complexity. However, the invisible loss of microbial diversity in the environment deriving, for example, from global changes and anthropogenic activities, is not really perceived. In this context, culture collections worldwide has become a valuable resource for the sustainable use of microbial diversity and its conservation. They provide pure cultures and genetic materials that are required for a number of research (including systematics) and teaching purposes, as well as for bioprospecting aims (i.e., the search for novel bioproducts) and their subsequent exploitation in biotechnological fields (e.g., pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmeceutical, agricultural, and food industries, as well as biorestoration).
For this Special Issue, we are looking for experimental studies and reviews relating to any aspect of the diversity, physiology, conservation, molecular biology, and biotechnology of prokaryotes and eukaryotes from microbial collections.
Thank you for your consideration.
Dr. Angelina Lo Giudice
Dr. Carmen Rizzo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Microbial isolates
- Culture collections
- Biotechnological value
- Biodiversity conservation
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