Antibiotics Science: Molecular Insights, Detection Strategies, Resistance Challenges and Interdisciplinary Applications
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 November 2025 | Viewed by 30
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Dear Colleagues,
Antibiotics are essential and critical tools that have revolutionized modern medicine and remain indispensable in fighting and treating infectious diseases, and in controlling, suppressing and preventing the development of microbial contamination. Beyond clinical use, antibiotics play crucial roles in agriculture, veterinary medicine, aquaculture, and food preservation. However, the escalating emergence of antibiotic resistance, environmental contamination, and bioaccumulation poses urgent global challenges, demanding innovative scientific and technological solutions. Therefore, the wide-ranging and diverse area of antibiotics—including their discovery, modes of action, resistance development, environmental effects, sophisticated detection and monitoring techniques—is the focus of this Special Issue of IJMS.
We invite authors to submit contributions covering molecular design and synthesis of new antibiotics, novel therapeutic strategies, molecular interactions, mechanisms of action, and resistance mechanisms at the genetic and biochemical levels. Contributions on environmental fate and persistence, food safety, degradation pathways, and cutting-edge sensing technologies for their detection are also welcome. Both experimental and theoretical studies are welcome, including reviews and original research, with the aim of providing a comprehensive overview of current progress and emerging directions in antibiotic-related science. Studies involving clinical diagnostics, therapeutic monitoring, regulatory aspects, and real-world applications are also highly encouraged—this issue aims to reflect the current challenges and future directions in antibiotic science across all relevant disciplines, providing a comprehensive platform for interdisciplinary research.
Dr. Lidia Magerusan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antibiotics
- antibiotic molecular design and synthesis
- antibiotic action mechanism
- antibiotics resistance
- environmental contamination
- therapeutic monitoring
- antibiotic sensing and detection
- food and environmental safety
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