2nd Edition of Diversity of Soil Fungal Communities
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 2426
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil communities; microbial ecology; molecular ecology; mycology; extreme environments; Antarctica; Arctic
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Interests: mycology; microbial ecology; soil communities; extreme environments; antarctica; arctic; cultural heritage
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
After the success of the previous Special Issue, “Diversity of Soil Fungal Communities”, we are glad to invite researchers to contribute to its second edition. Similarly, the aim of this Special Issue is to collect a series of articles related to fungal diversity in all possible terrestrial environments.
Fungi, acting as symbionts (mycorrhizae, endophytes, and lichens), pathogens, and decomposers, dominate the microbial biomass in all terrestrial environments. They play key roles in the functioning of ecosystems, influencing plant primary production, elements mineralization and sequestration, soil structure, and fertility and regulating of the soil carbon balance. Recently, the number of fungal species on Earth was estimated to be around 12 million, the majority of which have not yet been discovered. A number of novel taxa have been established in the last decade, and high-throughput sequencing techniques are expected to reveal this potential enormous diversity in the near future. Besides the fungal diversity, the mechanisms governing the microbial community processes and how they influence the ecological communities also remain poorly understood. These gaps make this research field of extreme interest, particularly in the light of the wide metabolic potential already demonstrated for soil fungi. Additionally, due to the still limited knowledge of this kingdom, it is difficult to comprehensively assess the influence of environmental changes on terrestrial fungal communities of different biomes in terms of the adaptation, migration, acclimatization, and extinction of their components.
This Special Issue encourages the submission of original research papers and review manuscripts dealing with the composition, evolution, and adaptations of soil fungal communities and the environmental conditions determining their establishment and survival, aiming to gain the widest possible vision of these ecosystems.
Dr. Fabiana Canini
Prof. Dr. Laura Zucconi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ecology
- mycology
- soil communities
- adaptation
- evolution
