Ecophysiology and Diversity of Soil Microbial Communities in Terrestrial Ecosystems
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Soil".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2022) | Viewed by 7038
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microscopy; soil science; soil ecology
Interests: ecology; climate change; environmental science; soil fertility
Interests: soil science; biogeochemistry; nutrient cycling; soil ecology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil is considered from modern positions as the main natural bank of microorganisms with properties necessary for humans. The phenomenon of uncultivated microorganisms suggests that the true diversity of the soil biota significantly exceeds the currently existing estimates. The elucidation of the properties of soils that contribute to the formation and preservation of biodiversity, obtaining cultures of microorganisms with biotechnological potential (the ability of nitrogen fixation, hydrolytic activity of natural polymers and xenobiotics, synthesis of secondary metabolites, antagonist substances) is the most important scientific problem of modern biology and soil science. Soils and soil-related substrates are an inexhaustible source of strains with useful properties for biotechnology; a source for the discovery and description of many unknown life forms. For the conservation of biodiversity, the protective function of the soil is of great importance—the conservation of a viable state of various surviving stages of organisms. An important problem facing soil microbiologists is the study and preservation of the uncultivated part of the microbial community of extreme and anthropogenically undisturbed (territory of nature reserves, forest areas and sanctuaries) soil habitats. The problem is of both practical (identification of BAS producers) and theoretical interest (study of new previously unexplored taxa).
The scope of the Special Issue is the assessment of the phylogenetic and functional features of soil microbial communities under forests, and the survival of prokaryotic and fungal microbial soil components under the influence of anthropogenic (hydrocarbons, heavy metals, polymers) and abiogenic (temperature, humidity, salinity, pH) factors.
Prof. Dr. Natalia Manucharova
Dr. Evgenia Blagodatskaya
Dr. Lev Pozdnyakov
Dr. Elena V. Demkina
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microbiology
- soil science
- ecology
- metagenomics
- molecular biology
- terrestrial ecosystems
- soils under forest
- ecophysiology of microbes
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