International Journal of Microbiology

Coping with the Environment: How Microbes Survive Environmental Challenges


Publishing date
15 Oct 2011
Status
Published
Submission deadline
15 Apr 2011

Lead Editor
Guest Editors

1Institute of Microbiology and College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China

2Department of Biology, The University of Texas, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA

3Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA


Coping with the Environment: How Microbes Survive Environmental Challenges

Description

Microorganisms are exposed to constantly changing environments in their natural habitats in either planktonic form or microbial communities. Examples of these environmental changes encompass nutrient limitation, temperature change, and presence of harmful agents such as excessive amount of salt or heavy metals. Investigation of the mechanisms and strategies employed by microbes to survive these challenges could improve our understanding of microbial physiology and potentially lead to discoveries of practical value in the field of health care and environment protection.

We invite authors to submit original research and review articles that seek to define the mechanisms by which microbes cope with environment changes. Note that microbial responses to antimicrobial agents have received extensive attention and thus would not be the focus of this issue. We aim to highlight environmental challenges with physiological relevance. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Characterization of molecular components involved in stress responses and adaptation
  • Signal transducing systems triggered by environmental cues
  • Understanding of microbial stress responses at genomic, proteomic, and metabolomic levels
  • Microbial metabolism on uncommon substrates, such as metals
  • Stress responses of microbial communities
  • Effect of environmental challenges on microbial diversity

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijmb/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable:


Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 379519
  • - Editorial

Coping with the Environment: How Microbes Survive Environmental Challenges

Haichun Gao | Tao Weitao | Qiang He
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 712618
  • - Research Article

The Effect of Sub-MIC β-Lactam Antibiotic Exposure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains from People with Cystic Fibrosis in a Desiccation Survival Model

I. J. Clifton | M. Denton | ... | D. G. Peckham
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 753758
  • - Research Article

The Sulfate-Rich and Extreme Saline Sediment of the Ephemeral Tirez Lagoon: A Biotope for Acetoclastic Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria and Hydrogenotrophic Methanogenic Archaea

Lilia Montoya | Irma Lozada-Chávez | ... | Irma Marín
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 863623
  • - Review Article

Stress Responses of Shewanella

Jianhua Yin | Haichun Gao
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 107023
  • - Research Article

Exposure to Glycolytic Carbon Sources Reveals a Novel Layer of Regulation for the MalT Regulon

Sylvia A. Reimann | Alan J. Wolfe
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 435281
  • - Research Article

Detection of Bacterial Endospores in Soil by Terbium Fluorescence

Andrea Brandes Ammann | Linda Kölle | Helmut Brandl
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