Ecological Networks: Interactions between fungi and bacteria, viruses, or archaea within complex microbiomes

This Research Topic aims to unravel the structure, dynamics, and functional impacts of ecological networks formed between fungi and bacteria, viruses, or archaea in diverse environmental and host-associated microbiomes. Utilizing multi-omics, cultivation, bioinformatic modeling, and experimental validation, the goal is to identify general principles guiding network assembly, keystone taxa, metabolite exchange, and emergent properties. These insights will help explain microbiome resilience, stability, and dysbiosis, advancing our ability to manage microbial communities for health, agriculture, and environmental sustainability.Microbiomes are complex ecosystems where fungi, bacteria, viruses, and archaea form intricate ecological networks essential to ecosystem health and stability. Recent advances in multi-omics and integrative approaches have unveiled the depth of 2 cross-kingdom interactions that drive microbiome assembly, community stability, and function. Exploring these dynamic networks across diverse environments and hosts is pivotal to understanding microbial ecology and its application in health, agriculture, and environmental sustainability. This Research Topic seeks contributions that illuminate these complex interactions, offering new insights into the mechanisms shaping microbial communities and their emergent properties. We invite submissions that investigate the diverse interactions among fungi, bacteria, viruses, and archaea within environmental and host-associated microbiomes. Topics of interest include microbial community formation, functional inter-dependencies, metabolic interactions, and factors influencing stability and change in microbial assemblies. Studies employing meta-omics, metabolomics, or single-cell techniques to uncover molecular mechanisms are particularly encouraged. Contributions examining network stability or tipping points across various systems such as soils, oceans, plant rhizospheres, animal/human guts, or engineered environments are welcome. We also seek novel computational tools or databases developed for cross-kingdom microbiome analysis. Submitted manuscripts should clearly specify the study system, highlight methodological innovations, and discuss the ecological implications of the findings. Topic editors: Lingling Yu, Ali Rahnavard, Daniel Cerqueda-García, Lihui Xu Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/74598/ecological-networks-interactions-between-fungi-and-bacteria-viruses-or-archaea-within-complex-microbiomes