Presence of Microorganisms in Soil and Water

Dear Colleagues,

The presence of microorganisms is one of the determinants of soil and water quality, which also influences the processes occurring in them. An increase in the environmental pollution level and the possibility of the appearance of new substances of anthropogenic origin in the environment makes it necessary to monitor the changes that occur in aquatic and soil microorganisms. Therefore, a multidisciplinary approach combining knowledge and experience from different fields, such as microbiology, biotechnology, environmental engineering, toxicology, environmental chemistry, hydrology, and bioinformatics should be implemented.

An important issue is the identification of biotic and abiotic factors influencing the microbial composition of soils and surface/groundwaters. Such biomonitoring provides spatial-temporal information on substance loads (pollutants, water/soil quality parameters, nutrients, chemical oxygen demand, etc.), as well as water/soil quality assessment and information provision for pollution mitigation and ecological sustainability. The cognition of the above issues necessitates the use of various analytical, statistical, and bioinformatics techniques to collect reliable results on the one hand and to analyze and process them properly on the other.

Therefore, this Special Issue is open to extensive review papers and innovative research studies on problems related to the identification and impact of pollutants affecting microbial biodiversity of soils and waters. Subject areas of the Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

• Microorganisms in surface/groundwater and soil;
• Sources of soil and water pollution;
• Biomonitoring of pollution of water and soil environment;
• Techniques for the analysis of occurrence, behavior, and transport of pollutants;
• Methods of assessing biodiversity and species abundance;
• Assessment of the impact of pollutants on microorganisms of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems;
• Water quality and ecological risk assessment;
• Ecohydrology.

Dr. Elżbieta Wołejko
Dr. Agata Jabłońska-Trypuć
Dr. Urszula Wydro
Guest Editors

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