Prokaryotic Stress Responses – their diversity and regulation

Microorganisms encounter a wide range of stresses and environmental changes in diverse scenarios including infection, ecological and biotechnological scenarios. By definition, stress is a driver of diversity, evolution and phenotypic heterogeneity. There are a wide range of prokaryotic stress responses, including antibiotic, envelope, host-derived, metabolic, starvation, environmental, redox, temperature, solvent and DNA damage stress responses. Microbes are also able to sense chemical stress, either via sensors at the cell surface or by cytoplasmic transcriptional regulators. Systems that have been identified in stress response research have been exploited for new treatments or increased productivity are welcomed. This collection aims to celebrate the responses induced by various stresses on diverse microbial taxa and the enabling technologies allowing their investigation including transcriptomics, metabolomics, biophysics and imaging.

This collection will feature new primary research and review articles arising from the “Prokaryotic Stress Responses – their diversity and regulation” symposium held at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2024 in Edinburgh, 8-11 April 2024.

The collection is also open for new submissions from all researchers across the prokaryotic stress responses field. Please indicate within your submission that it is intended for the collection.

Guest Editors: Nick Tucker (University of Suffolk, UK); Dany Beste (University of Surrey, UK)

Status: Open for submissions
Deadline for submissions: 7th October 2024
Journal submissions link: Microbiology Editorial Manager