Epidemiology of Bacteria-Fungi Interactions
A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Ecological Interactions of Fungi".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 5107
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In our relatively short history as Homo sapiens that started between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago, we have been deeply affected by our interactions with other organisms. Indeed, recent studies on mycobiota and microbiota show that the interaction between an individual and their fungal or bacterial flora has utmost consequences in health and disease.
Today, we know that fungi have existed from very early in the history of life on Earth, about one billion years ago. Bacteria appeared a little bit later between 419.2 million and 358.9 million years ago. The relationship between bacteria and fungi is more than 1000 times longer than the relationship of human beings with their microbiota. It is obvious that, as in the case of all long relationships, bacteria and fungi have been best friends and fierce foes throughout history.
The human body consists of billions of bacteria and fungi. The interaction between fungi and bacteria in the body is very complex and depends on numerous microorganism and host factors. The outcome of the interactions may result in improving health status, causing mild and severe disease, and probably recovering from different types of diseases. It is known that the characteristics of the interaction and the outcome are largely dependent on the genus, species, and even virulence factor level of the fungi and bacteria involved. It is therefore crucial to bring light to this complex scientific field and describe the interactions between fungi and bacteria. One of the important starting points in clinical implementation of information in this field is to describe the epidemiology of fungi and bacteria in disease and health. In the present Special Issue of the Journal of Fungi, we describe the epidemiology of bacteria–fungi interactions.
Dr. Volkan Özenci
Guest Editor
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