Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Microbial Molecular Genetics
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology and Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 27
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Alzheimer’s disease; yeast models; ageing; stress responses; drug mechanisms; drug resistance; microbial genomics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: molecular genetics; bioinformatics; genome analysis; antimicrobial proteins (bacteriocins); protein (bio)chemistry; oral microbiomes; next-generation DNA sequencing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microbial molecular genetics focuses on the study of the genetic material and processes in microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, as well as their regulation and expression. This field plays a critical role in understanding the molecular mechanisms behind microbial functions, including microbial evolution, pathogenesis, and adaptation to different environments. By studying the genetic make-up of microorganisms at the molecular level, researchers can gain insights into how these organisms interact with their environment and how they contribute to human health and disease.
The scope of microbial molecular genetics is vast, covering a wide range of topics such as gene regulation, genetic variation, DNA replication, mutation, recombination and horizontal gene transfer. By studying these processes in microbes, scientists can identify new therapeutic targets to combat infectious diseases and develop novel biotechnology applications in areas such as agriculture, food production and environmental remediation.
This special issue comes from Editorial Board members who have witnessed (or are knowledgeable about) the emergence of this discipline and the transformations that have ensued. Huge advances have been made! Articles in this issue describe the background to these transformations as well as their impacts. Some of these advances include the discovery of the genetic code(s), linking genes to their products, advances in DNA and RNA sequencing, whole genome analyses, discovery of enzymes from thermophiles, discovery of the microbiome, and insights into unculturable microbes.
Prof. Dr. Ian Macreadie
Dr. Nick Heng
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- microbial molecular biology
- genetics
- heredity
- genomes
- DNA and RNA sequencing
- gene editing
- greatest discoveries in biology
