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Adaptation of microbial communities to climate change

Edited by:
Professor Joy Watts, PhD, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: 2 December 2024 


Environmental Microbiome is calling for submissions to our Collection on 'Adaptation of microbial communities to climate change.' This collection aims to enhance our understanding of the intricate relationships between microbial communities and climate change, providing invaluable insights for conservation and management of ecosystems under unprecedented environmental challenges. 

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About the Collection

Environmental Microbiome is calling for submissions to our Collection on 'Adaptation of microbial communities to climate change.'

Climate change is one of the most critical challenges of our time, with far-reaching impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity. Microbial communities play a pivotal role in maintaining ecological balance and ecosystem function. This collection will explore how microbial communities respond, evolve, and adapt to changing climatic conditions. Topics of interest include but are not limited to, the impact of rising temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and extreme weather events of microbial diversity, distribution, and metabolic processes. Additionally, studies investigating the role of microbial communities in mediating climate change effects such as carbon cycling, greenhouse gas emissions, and biogeochemical interactions are also welcome.

By bringing together cutting-edge research in this field, this collection aims to enhance our understanding of the intricate relationships between microbial communities and climate change, providing invaluable insights for conservation and management of ecosystems under unprecedented environmental challenges. 

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  1. Despite that climate change is currently one of the most pervasive challenges, its effects on the plant-associated microbiome is still poorly studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the in...

    Authors: Daniel Hoefle, Milena Sommer, Birgit Wassermann, Maria Faticov, Demetrio Serra, Gabriele Berg, Ayco J.M. Tack and Ahmed Abdelfattah
    Citation: Environmental Microbiome 2024 19:62
    Content type: Research Published on:

  2. Climate change and anthropogenic activities intensify salinity stress impacting significantly on plant productivity and biodiversity in agroecosystems. There are naturally salt-tolerant plants (halophytes) tha...

    Authors: Mohamed R. Abdelfadil, Sascha Patz, Steffen Kolb and Silke Ruppel
    Citation: Environmental Microbiome 2024 19:49
    Content type: Research Published on:

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of Research and Review articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. 

Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. Please, select the appropriate Collection title “Adaptation of microbial communities to climate change" under the “Details” tab during the submission stage. 

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published. The Editor has no competing interests with the submissions which are handled through the peer-review process. The peer-review of any submissions for which the Editor has competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.