In-Depth Understanding of Bacteria in Seawater
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 December 2022) | Viewed by 1920
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bacteria; marine microbiology; environmental microbiology; isolation and culture of microorganisms; metabolism of microorganisms; microbial active substances; special life processes of microorganisms
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The sea covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. Bacteria are found at all depths in the seawater column, and in the sediments; some are aerobic and others anaerobic. Bacteria in seawater are the primary contributors to ocean productivity, biomass, and diversity. They are the core drivers of ocean biogeochemical cycles, control the emission of radiatively active gases, and constitute the foundations of many marine ecosystems.
On the positive side, bacteria in seawater fundamentally influence the ocean's ability to sustain life on Earth. However, some bacteria living and transported in seawater could also threaten animal and human health. Therefore, bacteria, with both beneficial and detrimental roles in the seawater environment and human society, have many characteristics that still need our in-depth understanding. Yet, our knowledge about their biology is assumedly limited to the minority that have been successfully cultured. Therefore, a better understanding of uncultivated taxa may improve our understanding of bacteria in seawater.
This Special Issue welcomes any studies about bacteria in seawater, as long as they focus on an in-depth understanding of a particular question. Potential topics include but are not limited to: special life processes of marine bacteria, metabolism of marine bacteria, active substances from marine bacteria, pathogenic marine bacteria, evolution of marine bacteria, isolation and culture of marine bacteria, phage in marine bacteria, etc.
Dr. Rui Liu
Dr. Ge Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- marine bacteria
- metabolism of marine bacteria
- isolation and culture of marine bacteria
- active substances form marine bacteria
- special life processes of marine bacteria
- pathogenic marine bacteria
- phage in marine bacteria
- environmental governance by marine bacteria
- evolution of marine bacteria
- microbiome
