Collections and calls for papers

Exploring Fungi-Plant Interactions in Microbial Ecology

The intricate relationships between fungi and plant organisms are fundamental components of terrestrial ecosystems, playing pivotal roles in nutrient cycling, disease resistance, and overall plant health. Th...

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Open

Submission deadline

12 September 2024

Food security and sustainability from a microbiology perspective

The journals Animal Microbiome, Annals of Microbiology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Archives of Microbiology,Current Microbiology, Environmental Microbiome, Fungal Biology and Biotechnology, Inte...

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Closed

Functional human microbiome

In this Collection, we present recent publications in Microbial Ecology that showcase significant advancements in the human microbiome space, including looking at novel diseases, understudied populations of ...

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Open

Submission deadline

Ongoing

Microbial Recovery and Recycling of Critical and Rare Earth Elements from Wastes

Metals such as lithium (Li), copper (Cu), palladium (Pd), gold (Au), indium (In), beryllium (Be), and other essential and rare earth elements are present in end of life electronic wastes, industrial discharg...

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Open

Submission deadline

30 April 2024

Pollution, Bioremediation and the Environment

It is now clear that we are seeing an increase in environmental pollution as a result of chemical wastes, heavy metals, fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides among others being released. Bioremediation is a...

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Closed

Special Issue: Emerging Pathogens, Food Security and One Health

Global change has resulted in a significant reduction of biodiversity on all trophic levels in our environment, often allowing for an invasion of new species, which change ecosystem properties. Changes in ec...

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Closed

Special Issue: The Role of Microbial Genomics in Restoration Ecology

For two centuries, microbiologists have recognized that the organisms they study share complex ecological relationships as well as carry out critical roles in the environment. For most of this time, gaining ...

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Closed

The Ocean Microbiome

Our oceans and seas harbor microbial communities which are critical to the health of earth. Microbes are found in many natural and unnatural ocean environments including on corals, in mangroves and associate...

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Open

Submission deadline

10 January 2025