Functional Microbial Communities in Soil Health and Pollution Mitigation

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue focuses on the pivotal roles of functional microbial communities in maintaining soil health and facilitating pollution mitigation. Soil microbiomes drive essential processes such as nutrient cycling, organic matter decomposition, and pollutant transformation, critically influencing soil ecosystem stability and functionality. Recent advances in molecular biology and omics technologies have deepened our understanding of microbial community composition, functional genes, metabolic pathways, assembly mechanisms, and their responses to environmental stressors. We welcome contributions on microbial community structure, functional genes, metabolic pathways, community assembly, and applications in the remediation of combined pollution by heavy metals, organic pollutants, antibiotics, and more. This Special Issue aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and promote the application of soil microbial ecology in environmental governance and sustainable development.

Dr. Qichun Zhang
Guest Editor

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