Microbiota and Microbiomes in Plants, Animals and Environment: A One Health Perspective—Second Edition

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is the continuation of our previous Special Issue "Microbiota and Microbiomes in Plants, Animals and Environment: A One Health Perspective".

Productivity and health are linked to inputs and environmental conditions, which are key factors in shaping the compositional structure and function of host microbiota while influencing their environment. Accordingly, agricultural farming, food processing, and clinical practices are accompanied by the emission of and exposure to environmental pollutants. Pathogens living in changing environmental conditions (e.g., temperature, precipitation, humidity, CO₂, ammonium concentrations, greenhouse gases, etc.) must adapt and evolve. Their virulence potential may spread through horizontal gene transfer, a major mechanism of the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) gene acquisition, which increases with temperature. Therefore, health, climate change, and AMR are interlinked and should be addressed to protect humans, livestock, and plants. A “One Health approach,” using “omics” in the control and surveillance under public health policies, is needed to understand and mitigate the impacts of climate change on the environment, the evolution of microbiomes, and their relationships with health and productivity.

Thus, this Special Issue entitled “Microbiota and Microbiomes in Plants, Animals and Environment: A One Heath Perspective—Second Edition”. Original research or review articles and short communications dealing with microbiomes in humans, the environment, plants, farm animals, and food production are welcome.

We look forward to receiving your manuscript for review. 

Dr. Moussa Diarra
Dr. Wen Chen
Guest Editors

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