Advances in Marine Microbial Processes

Dear Colleagues,

Marine microbes (viruses, bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, and other protists) have evolved by exploiting a multitude of environmental resources, including water currents, light availability, pressure, temperature, and nutrients. They account for a majority of the global biodiversity and mediate the major biogeochemical processes in the World Ocean covering over 70% of the Earth’s surface, including primary production and carbon degradation under oxic and anoxic conditions. Despite the impressive importance of marine microbes and the advances that have been made in studying microbial processes, the mechanisms that underlie the participation of microorganisms in marine food webs and biogeochemical cycles are poorly understood. This Special Issue aims to highlight key research on marine microbial processes occurring on our blue planet in the widest range of scales, from micron to global. Authors are invited to submit papers relating, but not limited, to the following topics: carbon cycle and global climate change; microbial light utilization and primary production; microbial growth, biomass production, and control; degradation of organic matter and microbial ‘loop’; predation and protists; ecology of viruses and viral ‘shunt’; processes in anoxic environments; genomes and meta-omics for microbial processes.

Dr. Vladimir Mukhanov
Dr. Vladislav Evstigneev
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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