Climate-Driven Effects on the Human Microbiome and Public Health
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 1384
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neuroscience; neuropharmacology; depression; substance use disorders; public health; microbiology; bioinformatics
Interests: human microbiome; human virome; host-microbe interactions; microbial pathogenesis; public health; neuroscience; multi-omics approaches; systems bioinformatics; computational modeling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will explore how climate change alters the human microbiome and the downstream effects on public health. It will highlight the bidirectional relationship between environmental shifts and human microbial ecosystems, emphasizing both risks and opportunities for mitigation. Topics of interest include the following: climate-induced changes in the human gut, skin, oral, and respiratory microbiomes; the role of microbiome shifts in emerging infectious diseases and zoonotic pathogen dynamics; the effects of temperature, humidity, and extreme weather events on human-associated microbial communities; interactions between diet changes due to climate stress and gut microbiota composition; the vulnerability of microbiomes in climate-affected populations, including low-resource settings; microbial resilience and adaptation—implications for health interventions and therapeutics; the influence of pollutants and climate-driven environmental toxins on the human microbiome; and policy and public health strategies to mitigate the health effects of microbiome disruption due to climate change. This Special Issue aims to bring together multidisciplinary perspectives, including microbiology, environmental science, bioinformatics, epidemiology, and public health, to address the complex interplay between climate change, the human microbiome, and health outcomes.
Dr. Panos Zanos
Dr. Anna Onisiforou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- human microbiome
- public health
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