Novel Interventions for Control of Human Pathogens
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 5873
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The evolution of antimicrobial-resistant bacterial pathogens in recent years has created concern in both the medical and agricultural fields. Novel antimicrobial chemotherapies and other control methods are needed to keep pace with these ever-evolving pathogens. The Special Issue “Novel Interventions for Control of Human Pathogens” is seeking research papers that address all aspects of the development of novel antimicrobials or other emerging interventions (such as probiotics) in the fields of human medicine, food science and food safety technology, and both pre-harvest and post-harvest agricultural interventions that address the control of human pathogens contaminating meats, vegetables, dairy products and spices. Certain human pathogens, such as Salmonella and Campylobacter, can colonize the gastrointestinal tract of meat animals without causing apparent disease in the animal, yet may contaminate meat during slaughter and not be completely rinsed off the meat during the processing of the cuts. Similarly, vegetables and spices can become contaminated with toxigenic Escherichia coli or other pathogens before harvesting. Certain human medical conditions, such as necrotizing enterocolitis, have benefited from probiotic treatment. Listeria monocytogenes, transmitted primarily in ready-to-eat meats and other refrigerated foods, can cause a potentially fatal infection in severe cases. Listeria monocytogenes has been known to form recalcitrant biofilms in food processing plants and can grow even under refrigerated conditions. New interventions for these and other examples would be pertinent topics for this Special Issue.
Dr. Peter M. Rubinelli
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antimicrobials
- antibiotics
- antimicrobial resistance
- probiotics
- prebiotics
- food safety
- meats
- vegetables
- dairy products
- spices
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