Microparasites: Diversity, Phylogeny and Molecular Characterization
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 765
Special Issue Editor
Interests: parasitology; paleoparasitology; paleogenetic; molecular taxonomy; integrative taxonomy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Parasitism is an ecological phenomenon, and parasites include any life form capable of multiplying and that finds its ecological niche in another life form. The study of parasites from a spatiotemporal perspective has been supported primarily by classical taxonomy, but also by genetic data that provide a more accurate overview of diversity in an evolutionary sense.
In this Special Issue, we encourage researchers to submit their contributions to the study of microparasite diversity, supported by molecular characterization and/or phylogenetic analysis. We consider studies on microparasites concerning viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa. Issues such as integrative taxonomy, ecology, molecular epidemiology, paleogenetics, and genomics, which contribute to the knowledge of host–parasite–environment relationships, are welcome.
Dr. Alena Mayo Iniguez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- parasitology
- diversity
- molecular biology
- phylogeny
- genomics
- paleogenetics
- taxonomy
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