Editorial: Microbial ecology and function of the aquatic systems

Microbes are significant elements of aquatic ecosystem as they play a critical role in the biogeochemical (C, N, P, S, and metallic element) cycling pathways, transportation of nutrients, and mitigation of pollutants (Simon et al., 2002; Sang et al., 2018; Huang et al., 2022). The community composition can vary, which gives them different ecological and environmental functions. The function of microbial communities is closely related to biogeochemical processes such as the transport of substance and energy, the degradation of organic matter, and the recycling of nutrients, which makes microbial communities essential for the maintenance of healthy aquatic ecosystems (Chen et al., 2019; Ma et al.; Zhang et al., 2023a,b). The study of active bacterial communities in aquatic ecosystems strengthens the links between environmental factors and the interactions among functional bacterial communities (Adyasari et al., 2019). Recently, molecular microbial ecology research is developing rapidly, including high-throughput sequencing technologies, multi-omics, bioinformatics and their integrated analysis (Berg et al., 2016; Yan et al., 2020; Matar et al., 2021; Huang et al., 2022).

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