Aquatic Microbial Ecology: Microbial Diversity, Structuring and Functioning
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 1880
Special Issue Editor
Interests: environmental microbiology; microbial diversity; extremophiles; metabolism of extremophilic procaryotes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
All aquatic environments are inhabited by a wide range of diverse microorganisms. Microbial communities actively participate in all biogeochemical processes, providing macro- and microelement cycling, and determine the functional potential of ecosystems. Microorganisms play an essential role in relationships with aquatic macroorganisms; however, the mechanisms of their symbiotic interactions are still very poorly understood. Moreover, microbial consortia are a vast source of valuable metabolites for industrial applications; on the other hand, they are also a source of toxins that can affect water quality. Thus, studies into the structure and functional potential of microbial communities are at the cutting edge of a wide spectrum of scientific fields. This Special Issue of Water, titled “Aquatic Microbial Ecology: Microbial Diversity, Structuring and Functioning", will accept the manuscripts of original studies related to the characteristics of aquatic microbial communities, such as taxonomic or gene composition, diversity and abundance assessed by various molecular and cultural methods, as well as the identification of interactions between microbial community structure and microbial processes, in all types of aquatic ecosystems.
Dr. Alexandra A. Klyukina
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aquatic ecosystems
- molecular ecology
- microbial communities
- microbial distribution in water systems
- phylogenetic diversity
- NGS
- microbial functions and activities in ecosystems
- microbial metabolic diversity
- genetic analysis of ecosystems
- bioactive compounds
