The Microbiology, Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Foodborne Pathogens
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 3118
Special Issue Editor
Interests: viable but nonculturable bacteria; bacterial dormancy; ionic liquids; microbial diagnostics; food safety
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Foodborne pathogens are an important reason for deaths, hospitalizations, and illnesses. In the European Union (EU) alone, infections of the top five bacterial zoonoses resulted in 326.000 cases, 40.000 hospitalizations and 500 deaths in 2019. Despite the increase in food safety measures from both government agencies and industry, this significant health burden highlights the continued need for research aimed to understand the microbiology, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance of foodborne pathogens. With there being already numerous research topics available focusing on genetic alteration due to mutations and recombination as well as the prevalence and spread of antimicrobial resistance or virulence genes, the role and impact of phenotypic variation of foodborne pathogens are less understood. Phenotypic variation describes the fact that even genetically identical organisms will often behave differently because the same genotype can lead to many different phenotypes. This happens because of environmental factors and the organism’s history and the different phenotypes can significantly differ in terms of their growth behavior, antimicrobial resistance profile, or virulence.
Therefore, this Special Issue will focus on bacterial phenotypes that influence the survival, persistence, or virulence of foodborne pathogens along the food chain. The Special Issue will consist of 15–20 manuscripts, which may include original qualitative and quantitative research, review articles, case series, and opinion papers to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge and ongoing research initiatives.
Dr. Patrick-Julian Mester
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- foodborne pathogens
- phenotype
- phenotypic variation
- virulence
- antimicrobial resistance
- food safety