Food Microbiota and Food Safety
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2024) | Viewed by 1514
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food safety; biofilms; antimicrobial resistance; disinfection; microbial ecology; foodborne bacteria; OMICS
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Interests: food safety, food protection, biofilm, antimicrobial, probiotic, functional food, lactic acid bacteria, LAB
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, many scientific studies focus on the human microbiota and its role in shaping the health and general well-being of the individual. Less attention is paid to the microbiota of food, and food products also have a natural, product-specific set of microbes. Bacteria occurring naturally in food affect the formation of the sensory characteristic properties of a given product. However, as in humans, the food microbiota undergoes dynamic changes due to factors such as temperature, pH or salinity. Among the natural microbiota of food, bacteria can be divided into good and bad, but it should be remembered that food must meet safety criteria, including microbiological safety, so as not to threaten the health and life of consumers. Therefore, it is reasonable to monitor changes in the food microbiota at various stages of food turnover in order to maintain food safety. On the other hand, the natural microbiota of food also contains microorganisms (e.g., lactic acid bacteria (LAB)) that show antagonism towards foodborne pathogens, protecting food against contamination and ensuring food safety. Therefore, we invite scholars to share their knowledge of the food microbiota and its impact on food safety in our Special Issue.
Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- The influence of food storage conditions (temperature, pH, oxygen, time, etc.) on changes in food microbiota and/or on the multiplication of undesirable microorganisms in food.
- New insight into interspecies interactions between bacteria providing protection against contamination.
- The identification of natural food microbiota metabolites as potential antimicrobials protecting against pathogen invasion.
- Evaluation of the microbiological quality of food in light of applicable provisions of food law.
Original research articles and reviews are welcome. We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Pedro Rodríguez-López
Dr. Aleksandra Maria Kocot
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food microbiota
- food safety
- food protection
- bacterial interaction
- foodborne pathogen
- antimicrobial
- contamination
- lactic acid bacteria
- LAB