TABLE 1.
A suggestion of transdisciplinary topics related to microbiology.
| Exemplificative Topics | Transdisciplinary Dimension |
|---|---|
| microbiological commons (7, 8) | economics, law, values/ethics/philosophy |
| economic value of micro-biodiversity | economics, planning, values/ethics |
| microbial digestion for biomass energy production | industry, law, values/ethics |
| ethno(micro)biology and ethnomedicine | agriculture/medicine, planning, values/ethics |
| starter cultures for food fermentations | industry/commerce, law, values/ethics |
| social media in biology education (17) | economy, politics, values/ethics/philosophy |
| microbial ecology models for social behaviours (1) | economy, politics, values/ethics/philosophy |
| quorum and anti-quorum sensing | medicine, design, values/ethics |
| microbiological autochthonous resources regimen in food geographical indications (3) | economy, law, values |
| gut microbiota | medicine, design, values/ethics |
| kairomones, allomones, and synomones; vertebrate-prokaryote chemical communication (18) | medicine, design, values/ethics |
| predictive microbiology | engineering, design, values/ethics |
| management of microbiological safety | medicine, planning/law, values/ethics |
| plant growth-promoting bacteria | agriculture, design, values/ethics |
| forestry biotechnology | forestry, planning, values/ethics/philosophy |
| bacterial resistance to antibiotics | medicine, planning/politics, values/ethics |
| microbial fuel cells | engineering, design, values/ethics |
| agricultural biotechnology and the poor (16) | economics, planning, values/ethics/philosophy |
| microbial synthesis of hydrocarbons | engineering, design, values/ethics |
| systemic design in microbiological resources production | economics, design, values/ethics |
| ex-situ conservation of micro-biodiversity and of related microbiological genetic resources | economics/agriculture, planning, values/ethics |
| microbes and climate changes | economics/agriculture, politics, values/ethics/philosophy |
| humans and microbes in history (11) | medicine/planning/ philosophy |
Note: In all cases, the first-level discipline is Biology, often coupled with other disciplines of the same level.