Microbial Community Structure and Functions in Marine Sediments
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 15
Special Issue Editor
Interests: microbial ecology; metagenomics; marine genomics; biogeochemical cycles; deep-sea; extremophiles; microbe-host interactions; ecological networks
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue welcomes original research articles, reviews, and short communications that explore the diversity, structure, and ecological roles of microbial communities in marine sediments. We invite studies that investigate bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic microbial assemblages using culture-dependent or -independent methods, including high-throughput sequencing, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and other omics approaches.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Microbial community dynamics across spatial and temporal gradients.
- Responses of sediment microbiomes to environmental drivers, such as salinity, oxygen availability, organic matter, and pollution.
- Microbe-mediated biogeochemical processes in marine and coastal sediments (e.g., carbon, nitrogen, methane, sulfur cycles).
- The role of microbes in ecosystem functioning and resilience.
- Microbial interactions and network structures within sediment habitats.
- Comparative studies between natural and human-impacted systems.
- Microbial indicators of ecosystem health or environmental change.
Submissions focusing on both continental shelves and deep-sea sediments are encouraged. Both field-based and experimental studies are welcome. This Special Issue aims to advance our understanding of sedimentary microbial ecology and its relevance to global environmental challenges.
Dr. Asunción Lago-Lestón
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sediment microbiome
- marine microbial ecology
- deep-sea sediments
- coastal sediments
- biogeochemical cycles
- metagenomics
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