Editorial: Microbial Ecotoxicology

Editorial: Hydrothermal microbial ecosystems

The papers in the " Hydrothermal Vent " research topic cover a range of microbiological research in deep and shallow hydrothermal environments, from high temperature " black smokers, " to diffuse flow habitats and episodically discharging subsurface fluids, to the hydrothermal plumes. Together they provide a snapshot of current research interests in a field that has evolved rapidly since the di...

Ecotoxicology.

Editorial: Microbial Exopolysaccharides: From Genes to Applications

Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources, Technische Universität München, Straubing, Germany, 2 Laboratorio de Biotecnología Fúngica, Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos-CONICET, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, Cátedra de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Catamarca, San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Argentina, 4 Institut...

Editorial: Proteomics of Microbial Human Pathogens

Despite remarkable advances in treatment and prevention, infectious diseases remain amongst the leading causes of death worldwide, particularly in the developing world, and drug resistant pathogens are ominously on the rise. By way of one specific example, the global incidence of human tuberculosis (TB) disease—caused by infection with the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis—is estimated to be ...

Editorial: Microbial Responses to Environmental Changes

Earth is teeming with taxonomically, phylogenetically, and metabolically highly diverse microorganisms ; organisms that are crucial for sustaining life on our planet in that they carry out processes of great biogeochemical significance. The processes and mechanisms underlying their diversity and distribution are, thus, of great interest, yet—despite their importance—only poorly understood. Micr...