Angela Kent
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States
Editor-in-Chief

Frontiers in Microbiomes is a multidisciplinary journal that focuses on the study of microbiomes and their influence on the world around us. Led by Field Chief Editor Prof Angela Kent (University of Illinois at Urbana...
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States
Editor-in-Chief
University of Arizona
United States
Specialty Chief Editor
Aeromicrobiology and Built Environments
RMIT University
Australia
Specialty Chief Editor
Environmental Microbiomes
Dalhousie University
Canada
Specialty Chief Editor
Omics and Bioinformatics for Microbiomes
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Netherlands)
Netherlands
Specialty Chief Editor
Host and Microbe Associations
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sweden
Associate Editor
Omics and Bioinformatics for Microbiomes
Department of Botany, Mohanlal Sukhadia University
India
Associate Editor
Environmental Microbiomes
University of Rennes 1
France
Associate Editor
Environmental Microbiomes
90 editors · 0 reviewers
Original Research
Published
Huanyao Li · Weimin Zeng · Jin Huang · Shiyong Tan
Frontiers in Microbiomes
doi 10.3389/frmbi.2026.1855343
Original Research
Published
Timothy J. Snelling · Catherine A. Johnson · Helen E. Warren · Jules Taylor-Pickard · James A. Huntington · Liam A. Sinclair
Frontiers in Microbiomes
doi 10.3389/frmbi.2026.1884444
Review
Published
Arpita Das · Praveen Boddana · Priyanka Paul · Padripta Banerjee · Siddhartha Das
Frontiers in Microbiomes
doi 10.3389/frmbi.2026.1884781
Review
Published
Shreya Bhattacharjee · Arnab Mukhopadhyay
Frontiers in Microbiomes
doi 10.3389/frmbi.2026.1872481
Correction
Published
Newton Z. Lupwayi · Nityananda Khanal · Mathew Richards · Rodrigo Ortega Polo
Frontiers in Microbiomes
doi 10.3389/frmbi.2026.1934327
Original Research
Published
Jie Chen · Aolan Li · Weizi Wu · Wanli Xu · Tingting Zhao · Angela R. Starkweather · Leonel Rodriguez · Ming-Hui Chen · Xiaomei S. Cong
Frontiers in Microbiomes
doi 10.3389/frmbi.2026.1884540
Original Research
Published
Kalie F. Beckers · Christopher J. Schulz · Juliet P. Flanagan · Chin-Chi Liu · Gary W. Childers · Isabella N. Faulkner · Jenny L. Sones
Frontiers in Microbiomes
doi 10.3389/frmbi.2026.1881824
Original Research
Published
Noelle Curtis-Joseph · Audra Laubi · Melanie Ortiz-Alvarez de la Campa · Peter Belenky
Frontiers in Microbiomes
doi 10.3389/frmbi.2026.1750320
Frontiers in Microbiomes is a multidisciplinary journal that focuses on the study of microbiomes and their influence on the world around us. Led by Field Chief Editor Prof Angela Kent (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA), this DOAJ indexed journal welcomes submissions that bridge the gap between microbiology and fields such as ecology, genomics, environmental science, and health. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: environmental microbiomes host microbiome human health and disease nutrition, metabolism and the microbiome omics approaches pregnancy and early development. In particular, the journal welcomes submissions which support and advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), notably SDG 3: ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. The journal's scope emphasizes question- or hypothesis-driven research that advances our understanding of how microbiomes generate positive or negative outcomes for their hosts (model and non-model organisms) and environments, both natural and managed systems. Investigations of microbiomes across temporal and/or spatial scales are encouraged. Manuscripts characterizing single microbial isolates, and observational microbiome surveys are outside of the scope of this journal. Frontiers in Microbiomes is committed to advancing developments in the field 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 Microbiomes is a multidisciplinary journal that focuses on the study of microbiomes and their influence on the world around us.
Led by Field Chief Editor Prof Angela Kent (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA), this DOAJ indexed journal welcomes submissions that bridge the gap between microbiology and fields such as ecology, genomics, environmental science, and health. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
environmental microbiomes
host microbiome
human health and disease
nutrition, metabolism and the microbiome
omics approaches
pregnancy and early development.
In particular, the journal welcomes submissions which support and advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), notably SDG 3: ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. The journal's scope emphasizes question- or hypothesis-driven research that advances our understanding of how microbiomes generate positive or negative outcomes for their hosts (model and non-model organisms) and environments, both natural and managed systems. Investigations of microbiomes across temporal and/or spatial scales are encouraged.
Manuscripts characterizing single microbial isolates, and observational microbiome surveys are outside of the scope of this journal.
Frontiers in Microbiomes is committed to advancing developments in the field 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/microbiomes/sections/host-and-microbe-associations
Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiomes/sections/nutrition-metabolism-and-the-microbiome
Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiomes/sections/omics-and-bioinformatics-for-microbiomes
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