September 2025 - Strategies for Sustainability
This special issue features content from across The Microbiologist on initiatives to increase sustainability in mirobiology, from lab research to policy, and frameworks for sustainable development. The issue will be updated across the month and include news, features, careers and opinion. If you would like to feature your work in this issue, please contact the editorial team.
News in Sustainable Strategies
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Features
Under the Microscope: Increasing lab sustainability
Green Impact, an award-winning initiative, aims to support anyone trying to make their lab more environmentally friendly, currently working with over 2000 organisations (within 7 countries), including various hospitals and universities, to increase and support sustainable practices.
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FeaturesHow microbes can detoxify heavy metal pollution in the ocean
Researchers have successfully used microbes to reduce the heavy metal toxicity of soils and wastewater through bioremediation. Could they eventually use a similar approach to target heavy metals in the ocean?
FeaturesHarnessing Microbial Power to Create Eco-Friendly Fabric Dyes
Discover how microorganisms are birthing the next generation of clothing.
FeaturesMicrobiology’s role in sustainable gastronomy
Designated on 21 December 2016 by the UN General Assembly, Sustainable Gastronomy Day is about the celebration of the food that sustains our lives regardless of culture and geology.
Sustainable Strategies in Careers
Meet the Global Ambassadors: our Q&A with Durgesh Kumar Jaiswal
My PhD Experience: Collaborations between academia and industry in the microbial bioremediation of marine oil pollution
Meet the Global Ambassadors: Our Q&A with Suni Mathew
The Microbial EcoGenomics and Biotechnology Lab (MEGBLab)
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Opinions on Sustainable Strategies
The problem of microplastics in the oceans: it’s time for effective solutions
Future Feedstocks: Unlocking the Potential of Biofuels
Madonna, Mass Consumption and Microbes
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Our special issue for October 2025 will be entitled Forensic Microbiology. If you would like to feature your work in the next issue, please contact the editorial team. Access to previous special issues can be found here.