Microbial Diversity and Function in Aquatic Environments
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 230
Special Issue Editors
Interests: groundwater; aquatic microbes; nitrogen cycling; biodiversity and biogeochemistry
Interests: groundwater microbiology; hydrochemistry; microbial diversity and function; biogeochemical cycle
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Dear Colleagues,
Water resources are fully connected to multiple layers of the earth's surface, including atmosphere, lithosphere, etc., and are essential carriers of elements cycling, energy conversion, and information transmission. The aquatic environment is highly variable, from oligotrophic groundwater to eutrophic rivers and lakes, from low-salinity freshwater to high-salinity seawater and underground brine, and from glaciers to thermal springs. The aquatic environment harbors countless microorganisms, and these invisible microbes possess abilities beyond imagination. Microorganisms accept, adapt, and alter their living environment. As hydrochemical factors vary (e.g., temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, salinity, electron donors and acceptors, redox substances), acidophilic, thermophilic, and salt-tolerant microorganisms aggregate accordingly in response to different survival stress in specific aquatic environments. Microorganisms widely participate in element migration, transformation, and cycling in aquatic environments. Through competitive and cooperative interactions, microorganisms connect the cycles of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, iron, and other elements within aquatic ecosystems. The exploration of the multifunctionality of microorganisms in aquatic systems through metagenomics and other methods can support the study of element cycling and interrelationships between elements. Our exploration of “Microbial Diversity and Function in Aquatic Environments” will be ongoing. In this Special Issue, therefore, advances in understanding the biodiversity, distribution, functional groups, and interactions between microorganisms and aquatic environments are welcomed and will be presented, striving to update and improve our knowledge of regional or global microbial diversity and function, biogeochemical cycles, biotechnology development, and the exploration of unknown biological resources in aquatic environments.
Dr. Liang Guo
Dr. Xianglong Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aquatic environment
- microbial diversity and function
- element biogeochemical cycle
- interaction between microorganisms and aquatic environments
- metaomic approaches
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