Microbial Evolution collection – open for submissions
28 September 2022
This year the Microbiology Society celebrates the 75th anniversary of Microbiology, and 75 years of publishing for the community. As part of this celebration, we will be continuing to release important themed collections, highlighting the breadth of microbiology and showcasing why microbiology matters.
This month, in line with the Understanding and Predicting Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics Focussed Meeting, we are pleased to share the Microbial Evolution collection which is guest edited by and is guest edited by Michael Brockhurst (University of Manchester, UK), Jenna Gallie (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany), James Hall (University of Liverpool, UK), and Stineke Van Houte (University of Exeter, UK).
Microbes are everywhere, living inside and around us, often within complex and dynamic communities that underpin the health of our bodies and of natural ecosystems. The need to understand and predict microbial evolutionary dynamics has never been more urgent. The rise of antimicrobial resistance is a crisis caused by the evolutionary adaptation of microbes to our use of antibiotics. How microbes respond to global change will shape critical biogeochemical processes in oceans and soils. Solutions to these and many other emerging issues will require an in-depth understanding of the evolutionary dynamics of microbial communities, to enable us to predict and manage their responses to selective pressures and to design robust biotechnological solutions. This collection will highlight microbial evolution research papers from the Microbiology archives and feature new primary research and review articles arising from the Understanding and Predicting Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics Focussed Meeting held in Manchester 22-23 November 2022.
This collection is open for new submissions from all researchers across the full breadth of the microbial evolution field.
Explore the articles in the Microbial Evolution collection. Authors wishing to submit to the collection should do so via the online submission system and note in the cover letter that their submission is intended for the Microbial Evolution collection. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
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