Molecular Biology of Foodborne Pathogens: Genomics, Resistance, and New Perspectives
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: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 249
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food safety; food microbiology; antibiotic resistance; virulence factors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Foodborne pathogens remain a major global concern, causing outbreaks, economic losses, and serious threats to public health. Advances in molecular biology provide powerful tools for understanding their genetics, virulence factors, stress responses, and resistance mechanisms.
This Special Issue will present the latest research on the molecular biology on foodborne pathogens, with emphasis on genomics, antibiotic resistance, virulence mechanisms, adaptation and changes induced by stress factors, as well as new methods for the detection and characterization of foodborne pathogens. Emerging perspectives in the field will also be highlighted.
We warmly encourage authors to submit review papers or original research articles addressing these topics.
Dr. Joanna Gajewska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- foodborne pathogens
- antibiotic resistance
- virulence factor
- virulence genes
- gene expression
- bioinformatics
- whole geomic sequencing
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