Antimicrobial Metabolites: Discovery, Biosynthesis, High-Yield Production and Antimicrobial Mechanisms
A special issue of Fermentation (ISSN 2311-5637). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Metabolism, Physiology & Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 26 February 2026 | Viewed by 114
Special Issue Editors
Interests: discovery of antiaging and antimicrobial metabolites; biosynthesis pathway
Interests: fungal synthetic biology; natural product chemistry; biosynthetic pathway
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial resistance has emerged as one of the most pressing global health challenges of our time, posing a significant threat to human health and healthcare systems worldwide. The discovery and development of novel antimicrobial agents require the utmost urgency. Antimicrobial metabolites, natural compounds produced by various organisms, hold great promise in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. These metabolites have diverse chemical structures and unique modes of action, offering potential solutions to combat resistant pathogens.
This Special Issue welcomes high-quality papers presenting results that contribute to our understanding of the discovery, biosynthesis, high-yield production, and antimicrobial mechanism of antimicrobial metabolites. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Discovery of antimicrobial metabolites from diverse sources.
- Biosynthetic and metabolic pathways of antimicrobial metabolites.
- High-yield production strategies, including strain engineering and fermentation optimization.
- Analysis of the mechanism of antimicrobial metabolites.
Prof. Dr. Xuekui Xia
Prof. Dr. Chengwei Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural product
- peptide
- antibacterial
- antifungal
- antiviral
- biosynthesis
- high-yield production
- antimicrobial mechanism
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