Journal Title：Geomicrobiology Journal

Geomicrobiology Journal is a unified vehicle for research and review articles in geomicrobiology and microbial biogeochemistry. One or two special issues devoted to specific geomicrobiological topics are published each year. General articles deal with microbial transformations of geologically important minerals and elements, including those that occur in marine and freshwater environments, soils, mineral deposits and rock formations, and the environmental biogeochemical impact of these transformations. In this context, the functions of Bacteria and Archaea, yeasts, filamentous fungi, micro-algae, protists, and their viruses as geochemical agents are examined.

Articles may stress the nature of specific geologically important microorganisms and their activities, or the environmental and geological consequences of geomicrobiological activity.

The Journal covers an array of topics such as:

microbial weathering;

microbial roles in the formation and degradation of specific minerals;

mineralization of organic matter;

petroleum microbiology;

subsurface microbiology;

biofilm form and function, and other interfacial phenomena of geological importance;

biogeochemical cycling of elements;

isotopic fractionation;

paleomicrobiology.

Applied topics such as bioleaching microbiology, geomicrobiological prospecting, and groundwater pollution microbiology are addressed. New methods and techniques applied in geomicrobiological studies are also considered.

Geomicrobiology Journal 是一个统一的工具，用于研究和审查地球微生物学和微生物生物地球化学方面的文章。每年出版一两期专门针对特定地球微生物学主题的特刊。一般文章涉及地质重要矿物和元素的微生物转化，包括发生在海洋和淡水环境、土壤、矿藏和岩层中的微生物转化，以及这些转化对环境生物地球化学的影响。在此背景下，研究了细菌和古生菌、酵母、丝状真菌、微藻、原生生物及其病毒作为地球化学物质的功能。

文章可能会强调特定的具有重要地质意义的微生物的性质及其活动，或地球微生物活动的环境和地质后果。

该杂志涵盖了一系列主题，例如：

微生物风化;

微生物在特定矿物质的形成和降解中的作用；

有机物的矿化；

石油微生物学；

地下微生物学；

生物膜的形态和功能，以及其他具有地质意义的界面现象；

元素的生物地球化学循环；

同位素分馏；

古微生物学。

解决了生物浸出微生物学、地球微生物勘探和地下水污染微生物学等应用主题。还考虑了应用于地球微生物研究的新方法和新技术。