The Urban Microbiome

Dear Colleagues,

Microorganisms is now inviting manuscripts for a Special Issue entitled "The Urban Microbiome". The Issue is dedicated to researching microbial communities in all urban environments, including building surfaces and in air, water/sewage, soil, plants, etc. Research on the urban microbiome has greatly advanced our understanding of the factors determining microbial community structure in these environments. A better understanding of the role of the urban microbiome in the functioning of cities and the health of city dwellers may facilitate urban design that takes microbial diversity into account.

Original articles, (meta)genome reports, perspectives/opinions/commentaries, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses are all eligible for publication. Topics of interest include environmental microbiology, evolutionary microbiology, microbial ecology, microbial genetics and genomics, bioinformatics tools and databases, and others related to the urban microbiome. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed.

Dr. Haruo Suzuki
Dr. Soojin Jang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Microorganisms is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.