Microbial communities refer to a structural unit comprising various microbial populations, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, algae, and viruses, within a certain area or habitat. While microbial community research has found broad applications across diverse fields, its integration into environmental engineering systems remains relatively underexplored. Advances in microbial analysis technologies and methods are enabling better integration of microbial research findings into the design and optimization of environmental engineering systems.
This Research Topic is dedicated to collecting microbial data from various engineering systems utilizing microbial communities to treat waste and waste streams, including sewage sludge, animal manure, and water/wastewater from different sources. The goal is to enhance our understanding of microbial communities' roles in contaminant biotransformation, resource recovery, and antibiotic resistance, thereby promoting more efficient and effective treatment processes.
We welcome submissions of various manuscript types, including Original Research, Method articles, Reviews and Perspectives.
Relevant topics Include:
o The role of microbial communities in solid waste treatment systems.
o The role of microbial communities in water and wastewater treatment systems.
o Microbial community involvement in the spread or control of antibiotic resistance.
o Dynamics of microbial communities in ecosystems relevant to engineering system design.
We look forward to your contributions that will collectively advance the integration of microbial research into environmental engineering, fostering innovative solutions for global environmental challenges.
Please note that Microbiotechnology does not consider descriptive studies solely based on amplicon (e.g. 16S rRNA) profiles. Contributions should be driven by a clear hypothesis and experimentation, and provide insights into the microbiological system or process being studied.
Keywords:
Microbial communities, Environmental engineering systems, Waste treatment, Water treatment, Antibiotic resistance
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Microbial communities refer to a structural unit comprising various microbial populations, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, algae, and viruses, within a certain area or habitat. While microbial community research has found broad applications across diverse fields, its integration into environmental engineering systems remains relatively underexplored. Advances in microbial analysis technologies and methods are enabling better integration of microbial research findings into the design and optimization of environmental engineering systems.
This Research Topic is dedicated to collecting microbial data from various engineering systems utilizing microbial communities to treat waste and waste streams, including sewage sludge, animal manure, and water/wastewater from different sources. The goal is to enhance our understanding of microbial communities' roles in contaminant biotransformation, resource recovery, and antibiotic resistance, thereby promoting more efficient and effective treatment processes.
We welcome submissions of various manuscript types, including Original Research, Method articles, Reviews and Perspectives.
Relevant topics Include:
o The role of microbial communities in solid waste treatment systems.
o The role of microbial communities in water and wastewater treatment systems.
o Microbial community involvement in the spread or control of antibiotic resistance.
o Dynamics of microbial communities in ecosystems relevant to engineering system design.
We look forward to your contributions that will collectively advance the integration of microbial research into environmental engineering, fostering innovative solutions for global environmental challenges.
Please note that Microbiotechnology does not consider descriptive studies solely based on amplicon (e.g. 16S rRNA) profiles. Contributions should be driven by a clear hypothesis and experimentation, and provide insights into the microbiological system or process being studied.
Keywords:
Microbial communities, Environmental engineering systems, Waste treatment, Water treatment, Antibiotic resistance
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.