The Response of Microorganisms to Anthropogenic Disturbance and Global Change

Dear Colleagues,

Microbial communities possess tremendous diversity and resilience to environmental change, a result of their long evolutionary history in a dynamic global environment. Nevertheless, in today’s world, microorganisms are faced with a novel set of challenges. Human activities are perturbing Earth’s carbon and nutrient cycles and altering many of the physical, chemical, and biological parameters that affect microbial distributions and activities. Currently it is uncertain how the microbial communities that are the foundation of Earth’s life support system will be influenced by these many anthropogenic changes. Nor is it clear how human activities may influence the dispersal and activity of microorganisms of biomedical relevance such as pathogens and environmental reservoirs of antibiotic resistance. In this Special Issue of Microorganisms, we invite you to send contributions concerning all aspect of microbial responses to anthropogenic disturbance and global change. Contributions may include primary research or up-to-date syntheses pertaining to the physiological, ecological, and evolutionary responses of microbes, ranging from individual organisms to whole communities.

Dr. David Walsh
Guest Editor

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