The ocean is a vast carbon sink and has a major role in global carbon cycling which could aid in mitigating climate change. With carbon cycling in marine environments, it is important to understand the role of microorganisms and their utilization and transformation of dissolved organic matter, and what factors regulate this.
This Research Topic aims to enhance understanding of carbon cycling in the deep sea and the microorganisms driving it, as well as understanding the metabolic functions and mechanisms of such microorganisms.
Subjects of interest include but are not limited to:
• Investigating the role of microorganisms in carbon cycling in deep marine sediment
• Microorganisms in deep sea carbon cycling such as in hydrothermal vent ecosystems
• Microbial processes driving the carbon cycles in the cold seep environments
• Bacteria and archaea in deep subsurface biosphere and relevance for carbon cycling
• Metagenomic insights into the metabolic and ecological function of carbon cycling microorganisms
This Research Topic encourages submissions of Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles.
The ocean is a vast carbon sink and has a major role in global carbon cycling which could aid in mitigating climate change. With carbon cycling in marine environments, it is important to understand the role of microorganisms and their utilization and transformation of dissolved organic matter, and what factors regulate this.
This Research Topic aims to enhance understanding of carbon cycling in the deep sea and the microorganisms driving it, as well as understanding the metabolic functions and mechanisms of such microorganisms.
Subjects of interest include but are not limited to:
• Investigating the role of microorganisms in carbon cycling in deep marine sediment
• Microorganisms in deep sea carbon cycling such as in hydrothermal vent ecosystems
• Microbial processes driving the carbon cycles in the cold seep environments
• Bacteria and archaea in deep subsurface biosphere and relevance for carbon cycling
• Metagenomic insights into the metabolic and ecological function of carbon cycling microorganisms
This Research Topic encourages submissions of Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles.