Nitrogen Cycles and Non-CO₂ Greenhouse Gases in Aquatic Ecosystem: Microbial Process, Mechanisms, and Effects

Dear Colleagues,

Over the past century, carbon dioxide [CO₂] levels have steadily increased and global temperatures have risen accordingly. The climate is predicted to continually change with weather patterns becoming more erratic and extreme. Microbes are the main players in greenhouse gas production and consumption (e.g., carbon dioxide [CO₂], methane [CH₄], and nitrous oxide [N₂O]) in Aquatic ecosystems. Since the carbon cycles around CO₂ have been studied a lot, microbial processes, mechanisms, and effects of the nitrogen cycles and non-CO₂ greenhouse gases need to be explored.

In this Research Topic, we would like to explore the critical roles of microorganisms in the Aquatic ecosystems, especially for those researches provide new insights into the relations between microbes and N₂O and CH₄, and researches provide new ways in mitigating non-CO₂ greenhouse gases.

We hope those researches would contribute to the future control and regulation of non-CO₂ gases in different ecosystems. We invite researchers to submit Original Research articles, Reviews, Methods, Perspectives, Mini-Reviews, and Opinions on microbial communities involved in Nitrogen cycles and Non-CO₂ greenhouse gases in Aquatic Ecosystem. Subtopics include, but are not limited to:

1. Microbial processes and dominant species in the production and consumption of non-CO₂ greenhouse gases;
2. New strategies and biotechnologies in mitigating the non-CO₂ greenhouse gases;
3. Microbial and ecological responses to the climate change.

Prof. Dr. Xuliang Zhuang
Dr. Shanghua Wu
Guest Editors

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