Microbiota: From the Environment to Humans, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbiomes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 6349
Special Issue Editor
Interests: soil microbiome; gut microbiome; metaproteome; holobiont
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Dear Colleagues,
Microbiota (referring to Bacteria, Archaea, Fungi, and viruses) are defined as the whole microbial communities associated with humans, animals, and plants, where each individual and its microbiota generate a holobiont. The homeostasis of the holobiont depends upon the host modulation of the microbiota populating the diverse surfaces and tissues. Most members of these microbial communities are not restricted to their holobionts and can be found in the microbiota of terrestrial and marine environments and in foods. The interaction between the host and its associated microbiota is so intimate as to determine its state of health or disease. Furthermore, the outcome of this dynamic balance is continuously influenced by the surrounding environment.
Microbiomes are the genomes associated with these microbial communities, and the metaproteome is the whole proteome expressed by these genomes. Thanks to the “omic” technologies, it is now possible to investigate both the genetic traits and the biological functions expressed by these complex microbial systems. Although the relationship between the host’s characteristics and its associated microbial communities has been extensively studied, the effects of one on the other are largely unknown.
The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of the significance of microbial community fluxes from natural and built environments to humans, microbial community fluxes across foods, the effects of microbiota on host biology, and the integrated functions operating inside the holobiont.
Dr. Elisa Bona
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microbial community
- holobiont
- environment
- food
- metagenome
- metaproteome
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