Environmental Bioengineering and Geomicrobiology

Dear Colleagues,

Environmental microorganisms play key roles in driving the biogeochemical cycles of different elements by catalyzing a large diversity of redox reactions and, thus, contribute greatly to maintaining environmental sustainability. They display highly diverse abilities to catalyze the synthesis, degradation, modification, mobilization, immobilization, oxidation, reduction, mineralization, and weathering of a vast number of different compounds. Therefore, environmental microorganisms have been widely used in bioengineering applications, such as bioremediation, bioleaching, water and groundwater treatment, biofuels, biosynthesis, metabolite production, biofertilizer, solid waste treatment, and wastewater treatment. This Special Issue on “Environmental Bioengineering and Geomicrobiology” will publish original research papers and comprehensive reviews about environmental microorganisms and their functions and applications in bioengineering. Topics for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Redox reactions catalyzed by environmental microorganisms and their roles in biogeochemical cycles. (b) Interactions between microbes and minerals. (c) The biodegradation and transformation of environmental contaminants, including organic and inorganic contaminants, as well as heavy metals. (d) The functional and genetic diversity of environmental microorganisms, revealed via laboratory experiments and metagenomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic analyses. (e) The bioremediation of soils, sediments, surface water, and groundwater. (f) The microbial treatment of solid waste and wastewater. (g) Biofertilizer and interactions between microbes and plants. (h) Extremophilic microorganisms: diversity and functions. (i) Microbial synthesis. (j) Engineered microorganisms.

Prof. Dr. Xian-Chun Zeng
Prof. Dr. Deng Liu
Topic Editors