Novel Environmental Microbial Species and Genomic Characteristics
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 1059
Editor
Interests: microbial symbiosis; extremophiles; microbial photosensors; evolutionary microbiology; biochemistry; NGS; metagenomics; fungal genomics; algal biofuels and algal biology
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Dear Colleagues,
There are an estimated 1030 microorganisms in the world, and we depend on them, for our health and for our environment. The importance of a healthy gut microbiome on health conditions like obesity, diabetes, heart health and even mental health is well known, but microbes in every environment are crucial for waste removal and nutrient recycling on the planet.
We live in a microbial world. However, of all these bacteria, we have only discovered and studied less than 2% of the estimated number of species that are out there. Similarly, for fungi, it is estimated that 90% of species on the planet are still unknown. Even with increased genomic sequencing capabilities in the last decades, there is a large number of bacterial and fungal species, especially from less studied or more extreme environments, for which the whole genomes have not been sequenced. A larger variety of whole genome sequences of diverse species is needed to better understand the diversity and evolution of life on the planet at a molecular level.
Having more completed whole genome and metabolic analysis is also crucial to support the growing number of metagenomic studies of human, animal, plant and ecological environments. Many such metagenomic studies suffer from the lack of whole genome data to perform the taxonomic and metabolic in-depth analysis that is needed to validate these studies.
We invite the submission of high-quality whole genomes and their in-depth analysis from novel microbial (bacterial and fungal) species from interesting environments or conditions, to further understand the variety of life in general.
Dr. John Kyndt
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- whole-genome sequencing
- microbial diversity
- extremophiles
- evolution of life
- genome data analysis
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