Microbes play significant roles in aquatic systems' diverse pathways of biogeochemical (C, N, P, S, metallic element). In addition, these aquatic systems include different water environmental, sediments/activated sludge, and microbial communities associated with water bodies. Thus, the water body's nutritional status and other conditions may primarily affect microbiome assemblages and interspecific interaction.
For example, the study of active bacterial communities in reservoir ecosystems reinforces recent findings on the link between environmental factors and functional bacterial community interactions during stratification in deep drinking water reservoirs. In addition, some studies comprehensively explore the combined effects of seasonal variation and overnight standstill on chemical and microbiological water quality parameters at municipal water points. The results of the current work provide new insights into how tap water quality is affected by seasonal variation and overnight standstill. Finally, the study of active microbial communities in activated sludge and biofilms can provide new insights into the regulation and improvement of comprehensive wastewater treatment plants to meet increasingly stringent discharge standards for pollutants (e.g. N, P).
This Research Topic seeks to address recent advances and challenges in the microbial ecology of aquatic systems. We seek contributions from authors that include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
(1) Relationship between water quality parameters and microbiome assemblage;
(2) Functional microbial communities (e.g., cable bacteria, aerobic denitrifying bacteria, and anammox) in different water bodies and sediments;
(3) Modelling of ecosystems-based water quality data and microbiome function based multi-omic analyses;
(4) Functional microbial communities in activated sludges and biofilms;
(5) The relationship between microbial communities in drinking water pipelines and reactors;
The Topic Editors welcome the submission of all article types accepted in Frontiers in Microbiology, including original research articles, reviews, protocols, and methods.
Microbes play significant roles in aquatic systems' diverse pathways of biogeochemical (C, N, P, S, metallic element). In addition, these aquatic systems include different water environmental, sediments/activated sludge, and microbial communities associated with water bodies. Thus, the water body's nutritional status and other conditions may primarily affect microbiome assemblages and interspecific interaction.
For example, the study of active bacterial communities in reservoir ecosystems reinforces recent findings on the link between environmental factors and functional bacterial community interactions during stratification in deep drinking water reservoirs. In addition, some studies comprehensively explore the combined effects of seasonal variation and overnight standstill on chemical and microbiological water quality parameters at municipal water points. The results of the current work provide new insights into how tap water quality is affected by seasonal variation and overnight standstill. Finally, the study of active microbial communities in activated sludge and biofilms can provide new insights into the regulation and improvement of comprehensive wastewater treatment plants to meet increasingly stringent discharge standards for pollutants (e.g. N, P).
This Research Topic seeks to address recent advances and challenges in the microbial ecology of aquatic systems. We seek contributions from authors that include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
(1) Relationship between water quality parameters and microbiome assemblage;
(2) Functional microbial communities (e.g., cable bacteria, aerobic denitrifying bacteria, and anammox) in different water bodies and sediments;
(3) Modelling of ecosystems-based water quality data and microbiome function based multi-omic analyses;
(4) Functional microbial communities in activated sludges and biofilms;
(5) The relationship between microbial communities in drinking water pipelines and reactors;
The Topic Editors welcome the submission of all article types accepted in Frontiers in Microbiology, including original research articles, reviews, protocols, and methods.
