Molecular Microbiology in the Omics Era: Genomics, Metagenomics and Computational Insights
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 16
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue highlights transformative advances in molecular microbiology driven by omics technologies and computational biology. We welcome studies leveraging genomics, metagenomics, transcriptomics, and bioinformatics to unravel microbial diversity, evolution, host–microbe interactions, and functional mechanisms at the molecular level. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- High-throughput sequencing approaches for pathogen surveillance or microbiome analysis;
- Computational tools for genome annotation, comparative genomics, or metagenomic assembly;
- Molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and virulence;
- Integrative multi-omics strategies to study microbial communities;
- AI and machine learning applications in microbial data analysis.
Both original research and reviews addressing methodological innovations or translational insights are encouraged. By bridging wet-lab experiments with in silico analyses, this Special Issue aims to showcase how omics-driven approaches are redefining microbiology research in the post-genomic era.
Dr. Fei Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microbial genomics
- metagenomics
- computational biology
- antimicrobial resistance
- host–microbe interactions
- multi-omics integration
- bioinformatics tools
- machine learning in microbiology
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