Editorial: Systems biology and ecology of microbial mat communities
Klotz M, Bryant D, Fredrickson J, Inskeep W, Kuhl M. 2016. Editorial: Systems biology and ecology of microbial mat communities. Frontiers
The goals of systems biology and microbial ecology are to gain a predictive understanding of how microbial communities function in dynamic systems, inclusive of interactions among community members and spatiotemporal changes in the physicochemical environment. Microorganisms in natural systems experience cycles of environmental change over different periodicities and amplitudes, and these processes are reflected in the composition, genetic repertoire and activity of microbial community members, and community function as a whole. A primary emphasis of this research topic was to focus on reports of tractable microbial communities in extreme environments (e.g., temperature, salinity, light, pH) where a foundation of genome sequence and other molecular (-omic) and geochemical measurements provide evidence of specific functional attributes of individual community members, which are directly linked with spatiotemporal changes in key environmental variables as well as the metabolic dynamics of other community members.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Klotz, Martin; Bryant, Donald; Fredrickson, Jim; Inskeep, William; Kuhl, Michael
- Date of Issue
- 2016-05-09
- Publisher
- Frontiers
- Units
- YELL
- Keywords
- chemotrophy, diel cycling, metabolomics, metagenomics, microbial mats, microsensors, photosynthesis, proteomics