Paul David Cotter
Seqbiome Ltd
Ireland
Editor-in-Chief

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Seqbiome Ltd
Ireland
Editor-in-Chief
University of Teramo
Italy
Specialty Chief Editor
Food Microbiology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States
Specialty Chief Editor
Extreme Microbiology
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Specialty Chief Editor
Virology
Institut National de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE)
France
Specialty Chief Editor
Infectious Agents and Disease
Virginia Tech
United States
Specialty Chief Editor
Physiology and Metabolism of Microorganisms
Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
United States
Specialty Chief Editor
Microbiological Chemistry and Geomicrobiology
Massey University, School of Veterinary Science
New Zealand
Specialty Chief Editor
Microbiotechnology
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Frontiers in Microbiology is a leading journal in its field, exploring strategies to mitigate the detrimental effects of anthropogenic activities on the abundance, diversity, and activity of microbial communities. Indexed in PubMed Central (PMC), Scopus and the DOAJ, the journal explores the habitable world and the potential of microbial life. Led by Field Chief Editor Prof Paul D. Cotter (Co-founder and CTO of SeqBiome; Senior Principal Research Office, Teagasc Food Research Centre), this multidisciplinary journal welcomes submissions across the entire spectrum of microbiology and advances our understanding of the role microbes play in human lives, from health care to climate change. Topics include, but are not limited to: ancient DNA and forensic microbiology antimicrobials, resistance and chemotherapy aquatic microbiology biology of archaea extreme microbiology food microbiology infectious agents and disease microbe and virus interactions with plants microbial physiology and metabolism microbial symbioses microbiological chemistry and geomicrobiology microbiotechnology microorganisms in vertebrate digestive systems phage biology systems microbiology terrestrial microbiology virology. Manuscripts that focus solely on clinical aspects of diseases, such as treatment outcomes, clinical trials, patient management, and epidemiological studies, are not suitable for publication in this journal. Additionally, studies that are purely descriptive, such as the characterization of bacterial isolates or the description of new methods, without providing significant biological insights, are not within the scope of this journal. Furthermore, papers focused on the study of microscopic structures of macroorganisms that do not specifically focus on microbiological interactions with these structures, are out of scope for Frontiers in Microbiology. Frontiers’ journals require that manuscripts primarily comprising computational studies of public data, must include appropriate validation. Please refer to the Frontiers Standards for research methodology policy, for more information. Manuscripts not adhering to these standards will not be considered. Frontiers in Microbiology is committed to advancing developments in microorganism interactions by allowing unrestricted access to articles and communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike, to enable the scientific breakthroughs of the future.
Frontiers in Microbiology is a leading journal in its field, exploring strategies to mitigate the detrimental effects of anthropogenic activities on the abundance, diversity, and activity of microbial communities. Indexed in PubMed Central (PMC), Scopus and the DOAJ, the journal explores the habitable world and the potential of microbial life.
Led by Field Chief Editor Prof Paul D. Cotter (Co-founder and CTO of SeqBiome; Senior Principal Research Office, Teagasc Food Research Centre), this multidisciplinary journal welcomes submissions across the entire spectrum of microbiology and advances our understanding of the role microbes play in human lives, from health care to climate change.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
ancient DNA and forensic microbiology
antimicrobials, resistance and chemotherapy
aquatic microbiology
biology of archaea
extreme microbiology
food microbiology
infectious agents and disease
microbe and virus interactions with plants
microbial physiology and metabolism
microbial symbioses
microbiological chemistry and geomicrobiology
microbiotechnology
microorganisms in vertebrate digestive systems
phage biology
systems microbiology
terrestrial microbiology
virology.
Manuscripts that focus solely on clinical aspects of diseases, such as treatment outcomes, clinical trials, patient management, and epidemiological studies, are not suitable for publication in this journal. Additionally, studies that are purely descriptive, such as the characterization of bacterial isolates or the description of new methods, without providing significant biological insights, are not within the scope of this journal. Furthermore, papers focused on the study of microscopic structures of macroorganisms that do not specifically focus on microbiological interactions with these structures, are out of scope for Frontiers in Microbiology.
Frontiers’ journals require that manuscripts primarily comprising computational studies of public data, must include appropriate validation. Please refer to the Frontiers Standards for research methodology policy, for more information. Manuscripts not adhering to these standards will not be considered.
Frontiers in Microbiology is committed to advancing developments in microorganism interactions by allowing unrestricted access to articles and communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike, to enable the scientific breakthroughs of the future.
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Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/sections/microbial-symbioses
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