主题词：Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology; Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity; Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions; Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics; Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies; Bacteriophages and microbial interactions; Gut microbiota and health; Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis; Polar Research and Ecology; Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology; Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases; Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies; Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena; Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts; Fecal contamination and water quality; Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies; Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis; Marine and coastal plant biology; Marine Sponges and Natural Products; Marine and coastal ecosystems; Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production; Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants; Protist diversity and phylogeny; Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal; Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics