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Anthropogenic activities are considered the main responsible for the increasing concentration of either organic or inorganic xenobiotics in almost every ecological niche, representing a serious concern worldwide from both environmental and human health perspective. Thanks to the catabolic repertoire of microorganisms, as well as their known adaptability to the most disparate environmental conditions, the use of bacteria capable of facing toxic man-made pollutants – some of them are even able to exploit such compounds as the only source of carbon and energy – is gaining growing interest. As for inorganic [i.e., metal(loid)s] compounds, it is known the role of bacteria in the biogeochemical cycle of such substances, yet we are still learning about the biological reasons behind the mechanism(s) elicited by microbes to cope with metal(loid)s derived toxicity, as well as their proficiency in generating valuable nanomaterial products holding relevant biotechnological properties.

Recent advances on both microbial genomics and wet biology studies for such a matter have highlighted some interesting features regarding the biological strategies adopted by bacteria in processing either inorganic or organic xenobiotics, transforming them, in the best-case scenario, into less toxic and less bioavailable compounds, as well as in value-added products (i.e., biogenic nanomaterials, lipid storage compounds, to name a few).

Thus, for this Special Issue of AIMS Microbiology, researchers are kindly invited in contributing with original studies encompassing any aspects related to microbial physiological and genetic aspects inherent to their capability of handling the toxicity derived from either inorganic or organic xenobiotics.

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AIMS Microbiology (http://www.aimspress.com/journal/microbiology) is an international Open Access journal devoted to publishing peer-reviewed, high quality, original papers in the field of Microbiology. AIMS Microbiology is indexed by Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI - Web of Science), Scopus and PubMed (PMC).

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