The term ‘environmental biotechnology’ encapsulates a wide and dynamic spectrum of topics including bioremediation, biofiltration, wastewater treatment, biodegradation, waste management, and biofuel production. All these disciplines are underpinned by complex interacting microbial communities; hence exciting research has been undertaken and increasingly driven by cutting-edge ecogenomic techniques. However, understanding of microbial diversity, population, and structure for sustainable environmental management remains largely a “Black box.” Thus, exciting findings identified new knowledge gaps and, inevitably, engendered novel research questions with inventive methodologies.

Therefore, we invite contributions of original research manuscripts and review articles that will i) present a critical and succinct appreciation of the environmental biotechnology state-of-the-art, ii) identify emerging areas of research, iii) illustrate the applications of innovative molecular techniques, and iv) update the established protocols.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Understanding of environmental biotechnologies gained as a result of microecophysiology techniques
• Knowledge gaps despite advances in ecogenomic-informed investigations
• Emerging issues in environmental biotechnologies
• Novel applications of new ecogenomic techniques
• The role of ‘culturing the unculturables’