Microorganisms | Collaboration with the Hellenic Society Mikrobiokosmos (MBK)

In 2021, Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607) established a new collaboration with the Hellenic Society Mikrobiokosmos (MBK). As part of this collaboration, all affiliated MBK members will enjoy a discount on the Article Processing Charges (APC) when submitting articles to Microorganisms.

Mikrobiokosmos (microbial world in Greek) is a Hellenic Scientific Society that was established in 2007 with the mission to research, explore, and exploit national microbial resources. Microorganisms have endured and thrived from the beginning of life on our planet, and this makes them the most resourceful biology “story-tellers” of all living beings. They play key roles in biogeochemical cycling in different environmental compartments, with reciprocal and cascading effects in agriculture and animal, human, and plant health. They are important for sustainable agriculture, as microbial pesticides, biofertilizers, or bioremediating agents, and mediate in environmental cleanup and biodepuration. They support life in lakes and oceans, affecting all aquatic organism yields, and have an overall impact on the climate; they, indeed, regulate climate change. They contribute to food production, preservation, and safety, and thus to animal and human health and nutrition. They constitute an invaluable source of cellular and molecular material for exploitation in biotechnology and bioenergy production. Last but not least, they constitute an important and integral part of all other living organisms: the microbiome. Thus, the role of the microbial world—“mikrobiokosmos” in Greek—is considered more crucial than ever in the “One Health” and “One Planet” schools of thought—i.e., the emerging concepts advocating the intertwining of healthy global ecosystems with healthy living beings.

The Hellenic Society Mikrobiokosmos has more than 100 members and associated members from universities and public research centers with diverse expertise in the above-mentioned microbiology fields covering agriculture/fisheries/aquaculture, food/nutrition, environment, bioengineering, and biotechnology/bioenergy.

The Hellenic Society Microbiokosmos is a member of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) and the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS).

Microorganisms provides an advanced forum for studies related to prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms, viruses, and prions. The journal publishes original scientific research articles, comprehensive reviews, comments, commentaries, perspectives, etc. The journal is covered by leading indexing services, including the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus, PubMed, PMC, and many other databases.

Microorganisms is looking forward to a very fruitful collaboration with MBK.