Microbial Responses to Nutrient and Trace Metal Stress in Marine and Extreme Environments
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microorganisms inhabiting marine and extreme environments are frequently exposed to fluctuating or limiting concentrations of nutrients and trace elements such as iron, manganese, cobalt, and nickel. These elements are essential cofactors in key metabolic processes, and their availability strongly influences microbial physiology, community dynamics, and ecological function. Understanding how microbes sense, adapt to, and overcome such elemental stress is essential for deciphering their roles in natural biogeochemical cycles and for identifying functional traits relevant to resilience and adaptation.
This Special Issue welcomes original research articles, reviews, and perspectives addressing microbial strategies under nutrient or trace metal limitation, metal homeostasis mechanisms, molecular and physiological responses to elemental stress, and the broader ecological implications in marine or other extreme ecosystems. Interdisciplinary contributions that integrate omics approaches, environmental microbiology, molecular ecology, or biogeochemistry are particularly encouraged.
Dr. Annarita Ricciardelli
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- marine microbes
- extremophiles
- nutrient
- trace metal stress
- biogeochemical cycles
- biogeochemistry
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