Antimicrobial Resistance of Foodborne Bacteria and Food Safety
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 10588
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biofilm; bacteriophages; antimicrobial resistance; mechanisms; food safety; gene related to biofilm and AMR; foodborne pathogenic bacteria and virus; public health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Foodborne microbes have a substantial impact on food safety and are the worldwide source of many infectious diseases that affect humans, having a negative effect on both public health and the economy. Bacteria have many benefits for surviving in biofilm growth under a wide range of circumstances. These include host immunological systems, desiccation, UV degradation, and nutritional and mechanical stresses. They also include defenses against antibiotics and antimicrobial drugs. Many of these defense strategies are emerging characteristics that are unique to the biofilm phenotype. The use of commercially available antimicrobial drugs has recently assisted in the management of infectious diseases and microbial pathogenicity. Thus, in recent years, antimicrobial drug resistance has been recognized as posing a serious threat to global health.
In order to adapt to their living habitat, particularly in a hostile environment, bacteria and fungus produce biofilms. As a result of biofilm protection, microbial cells in biofilm develop tolerance to antibiotics and immunological responses, which makes it more challenging to treat biofilm infections clinically. Many biofilm pathogenesis processes remain unsolved despite the huge efforts of academic researchers, doctors, and industry in recent years. Therefore, it is essential to create innovative methods to manage biofilm infections.
This Special Issue will explore the diagnosis and treatment of various biofilm diseases, outline recent advancements in scientific research, and introduce new laboratory developments that may help with the prevention or treatment of biofilm infections.
Dr. Pantu Kumar Roy
Dr. Md. Iqbal Hossain
Guest Editors
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Dr. Pantu Kumar Roy
Dr. Md. Iqbal Hossain
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Antibiotics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- biofilm
- bacteriophages
- antimicrobial resistance
- mechanisms
- food safety
- gene related to biofilm and AMR
- foodborne pathogenic bacteria and virus
- postbiotics
- probiotics
- public health
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