Role of Microorganisms and Their Metabolites in Agriculture, Food and the Environment 2.0

Dear Colleagues,

Even though people have been using microorganisms for thousands of years, they still surprise us with their possibilities.

The production of fermented foods is one of the oldest food processing technologies and has been known since ancient times. Nowadays, microorganisms are used in the production of foods not only as a strategy for food preservation but also for improving specific characteristics, such as flavor, aroma, texture and digestibility.

The antagonistic activity of microorganisms is widely used, both in biological plant protection to reduce environmental degradation due to the widespread use of fungicides and against food-borne pathogens to prevent disease.

In turn, the ability of microorganisms to adsorb, accumulate and degrade common and emerging pollutants has attracted the use of biological resources in treating contaminated food, feed and the environment.

This Special Issue will attempt to shed light on the molecular aspects and enhance the current research in the field of new high-throughput technologies, such as genomics, metagenomics, transcriptomics, metatranscriptomics and metabolomics, allowing a more thorough description of the microbial constituents of the different environments.

As volume 1 of the Special Issue “Role of Microorganisms and Their Metabolites in Agriculture, Food and the Environment” was successful, we reopen this issue again in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms, ISSN 1422-0067, IF 5.6, JCR Category Q1). This second Special Issue, “Role of Microorganisms and Their Metabolites in Agriculture, Food and the Environment 2.0”, welcomes original manuscripts and review articles addressing this hot topic.

Prof. Dr. Barbara Sokolowska
Guest Editor

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• fermentation
• biopreservation
• biocontrol
• biodegradation
• bioremediation
• bioaugmentation
• omic-technologies

• Role of Microorganisms and Their Metabolites in Agriculture, Food and the Environment in International Journal of Molecular Sciences (9 articles)