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Advances in Human and Zoonotic Dermatophytoses

edited by

Yvonne Gräser

and Pietro Nenoff

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9732 | Submission Open

Keywords: dermatomycology; epidemiology; dermatophytes; resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Yeasts with Probiotic and Postbiotic Potential

edited by Paola Maturano and Graciela Garrote

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1580 | Submission Open

Keywords: yeast; probiotic; postbiotic; health; fermentation; functional foods

Rust Fungi

edited by Peng Zhao and Izumi Okane

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11593 | Submission Open

Keywords: Pucciniales; rust flora; species delimitation; life cycle; phytopathogens; host parasite coevolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Evolution, Biodiversity and Systematics)

Advanced Research of Ascomycota

edited by

Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe

and

Sajeewa Maharachchikumbura

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10592 | Submission Open

Keywords: diversity of ascomycota; taxonomic systematics; molecular phylogeny; ecological significance; biotechnological applications; geographic distribution; climate change impacts; environmental sensitivity; conservation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Evolution, Biodiversity and Systematics)

Fungal Metabolomics and Genomics

edited by Chengwei Liu,

Jianzhao Qi

and

Xiuzhang Li

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 8686 | Submission Open

Keywords: metabolomics; genomics; multi-omics; metabolic pathway; biosynthesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Genomics, Genetics and Molecular Biology)

Fungal Diseases in Animals, 3rd Edition

edited by

Francesca Mancianti

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7303 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycoses; mycotoxicoses ; fungal zoonoses ; fungi ; molds ; yeasts ; dimorphic fungi ; microsporidia ; algae ; oomycetes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Diagnosis and Treatment of Superficial Fungal Infections

edited by Suzana Otašević and Aleksandra Ignjatović

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5862 | Submission Open

Keywords: superficial fungal infection; mucosal fungal infection; otomycoses; fungal keratitis; diagnostics; antifungal susceptibility; treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Fungal Infections: Immune Defenses and New Therapeutic Strategies

edited by

Sandro Rogério de Almeida

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2084 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal infection; immune response; immunotherapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Pathogenic Fungal–Plant Interactions

edited by Sebastián Alberto Stenglein

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1895 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal– plant interaction; control; management; fungal disease; resistance; pathogenesis; mycotoxins; diagnosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Plant Pathogens and Mycotoxins

edited by

Martín Gustavo Theumer

and

José Sebastián Dambolena

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1482 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– pathogen interactions; fungal secondary metabolites; phytopathogenic fungi; mycotoxins; mycoviruses; hypovirulence

Mycoviruses: Emerging Investigations on Virus-Fungal Host Interaction, 2nd Edition

edited by

Robert H. A. Coutts

and

Ioly Kotta-Loizou

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 671 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycoviruses; mycovirus infection; mycovirus-mediated phenotypes; mycovirus– fungal host interactions; mycovirus RNA silencing

Fungi and the Sixth Extinction

edited by Leif Tibell and Sanja Tibell

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 288 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungi; extinction; biodiversity; ecology; ecosystems

Fungal Infections in Organ Transplant Recipients

edited by

Seyed M. Hosseini-Moghaddam

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: epidemiology; transplant recipients; diagnostic techniques; diagnostic techniques; prophylaxis; treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Yeasts Genetics and Biotechnology

edited by

Ivan-Kresimir Svetec

and

Marina Svetec Miklenić

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: Saccharomyces cerevisiae; conventional yeasts; non-conventional yeasts; genetics; genome stability; genetic recombination; DNA repair; gene expression; strain construction; genetic transformation; targeted genetic modification; biotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

New Research on Mycorrhizal Fungi

edited by

Jaime Marcial-Quino

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; host plants; plant– mycorrhizal interactions; morphological studies; molecular studies; omics in mycorrhizae; mycoremediation; ecology of mycorrhizal fungi; mycorrhiza applications

Fungal Biofilms, 3rd Edition

edited by

Célia F. Rodrigues

and

Lucia Černáková

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungi; infection; biofilm; Candida; Aspergillus; Cryptococcus; antifungal; resistance; matrix

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Stress Research in Filamentous Fungi and Yeasts

edited by

István Pócsi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15727 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal stress biology; environmental stress; stress sensing; signaling and adaptation; stress defense system; new-type antimycotics; industrial strain development; food chain safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Genomics, Genetics and Molecular Biology)

Monascus spp. and Their Relative Products

edited by

Fusheng Chen

and Yanchun Shao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8984 | Submission Open

Keywords: Monascus spp.; red yeast rice; Hongqu; secondary metabolites

Leveraging Yeast Genetics to Model Evolutionarily Conserved Aspects of Human Disease

edited by

John L Hartman IV

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7831 | Submission Open

Keywords: yeast genetics; human disease; S. cerevisiae; S. pombe; phenomic modeling; integrative biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Genomics, Genetics and Molecular Biology)

Innovative Applications and Biomanufacturing of Fungi

edited by

Gen Zou

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5953 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnology; biomolecule; Innovative application; genetic mechanism

Biodiversity, Systematics, and Evolution of Plant Pathogenic Fungi

edited by

Xiangyu Zeng

Haixia Wu

and

Yong Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3846 | Submission Open

Keywords: diversity; ecology; evolution; fungal pathogens; novel taxa; phylogeny; systematics; taxonomy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Evolution, Biodiversity and Systematics)

Personalized Mycology

edited by

Valentina Arsic Arsenijevic

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2655 | Submission Open

Keywords: skin and nail fungal infection; mucosal fungal infection; fungal sinusitis; personalized diagnosis; questioner for risks calculation; disease screening and control innovative tools

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Diseases, 2nd Edition

edited by

Dong-Gun Lee

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2404 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasive fungal diseases; new diagnostic methods; antifungal resistance; PCR; rapid kit

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Crop Fungal Diseases Management

edited by Leandro José Dallagnol and Alfonso Daniel Victoria Arellano

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2305 | Submission Open

Keywords: resistant cultivar; fungicides; food safety; food security; plant pathogens; resistance induction; crop rotation; mineral nutrition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Recent Advances in Systemic and Emerging Mycoses

edited by

Carlos Pelleschi Taborda

and Gabriel Davi Marena

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 811 | Submission Open

Keywords: vaccines and nanovaccines; antifungal therapy; diagnosis; fungal resistance; endemic and emerging systemic infections; immune response; alternative in vivo infection models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Fungi in Focus: Enzyme and Protein Production in Filamentous Fungi

edited by

Ronnie Lubbers

and

Craig Faulds

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 566 | Submission Open

Keywords: protein and enzyme production; novel fungal enzymes; filamentous fungi; production strategies; strain development; co-culturing for protein expression; comparative expression of fungal proteins

The Potential of Trichoderma, SynCom and Their Metabolites for Enhancing Crop Yield and Resistance

edited by

Jie Chen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 559 | Submission Open

Keywords: trichoderma; functional metabolites; microbiome; metabolome

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Recent Advances in Fungal Aquaporins: Diversity, Function and Structure

edited by

Jean Stéphane Venisse

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 413 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaporin; peroxyporin; osmoregulation; cell volume regulation; adaptation and evolution; structure– function correlation; expression; transgenic fungi; mutants; stress resistance; inhibitor and regulator-related research

New Insights into the Current Understanding of Host–Fungal Interactions, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jürgen Löffler

Agostinho Carvalho

and Thomas Rogers

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 370 | Submission Open

Keywords: host– fungal interactions; new insights; immune response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Pediatric Fungal Infections, 2nd Edition

edited by

Elias Iosifidis

and

Maria Kourti

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: pediatrics; invasive fungal infections; immunocompromised

Candida and Candidemia

edited by Daniel Archimedes da Matta

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: candidemia; fungemia; treatment; Candida species; Pichia species; Nakaseomyces glabratus; antifungal resistance; fungal infection diagnosis; molecular identification; MALDI-TOF

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Current Trends in Mycological Research in Southeast Asia

edited by

Putarak Chomnunti

, Rungtiwa Phookamsak and

Sinang Hongsanan

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9383 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; fungal bioprospecting; fungal bioremediation; mycorrhizal associations; novel fungal species; endophytic fungi; biotechnological potential; conservation; biological control; entomopathogenic fungi

Plant Pathogenic Fungi: Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Morphology，2nd Edition

edited by

Xiuguo Zhang

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular phylogeny; fungal taxonomy; biodiversity; fungal genetics; molecular biology; interactions of microbes; filamentous fungi; oomycetes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Evolution, Biodiversity and Systematics)

Fungal Development and Interactions Under Hostile Environments

edited by Domingo Martínez-Soto,

Ernestina Castro-Longoria

and Candy Carranza-Alvarez

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal development under hostile environments; fungal– plant interactions under hostile environments; fungal response to contaminated conditions; fungal– plant interaction for bioremediation; bioremediation by fungal consortia; mycoremediation; bioremediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Ecological Interactions of Fungi)

Genetic, Genomics and Big Data Analysis of the Interaction Between Pathogenic Fungi and Plants—Second Edition

edited by

Houxiang Kang

, Zhigang Li and Wei Li

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic; genomics; big data analysis; pathogenic fungi; plant– pathogen interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Genomics, Genetics and Molecular Biology)

Current Research in Soil Borne Plant Pathogens

edited by

Andrew Chen

and Elizabeth Aitken

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5865 | Submission Open

Keywords: soilborne pathogens; Fusarium spp.; Phytophthora spp.; Pythium spp.; Sclerotinia spp.; Verticillium spp.; Rhizoctonia spp.; Thielaviopsis spp.; pathogen population genetics; pathogen diagnostics; biological control of soilborne diseases; plant-pathogen interactions; host resistance to soilborne pathogens; characterization of pathogen effectors; genomic and transcriptomic characterisation of these pathogens

Utilizing Fungal Diversity for Sustainable Biotechnology

edited by

Gerardo Vazquez-Marrufo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3304 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal strain characterization; diversity; biotechnology; intraspecific variation; biotechnological potential

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Protein Research in Pathogenic Fungi

edited by

Justyna Karkowska-Kuleta

and

Dorota Satala

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1134 | Submission Open

Keywords: protein characterization; fungal proteomics; enzymatic activity; protein– protein interactions; host– pathogen interactions; environmental stress response; differential protein expression; virulence factors; antifungal resistance; signaling; protein structure

Plant Fungal Diseases and Crop Protection, 2nd Edition

edited by

Ofir Degani

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 849 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocontrol; crop protection; diagnosis; disease resistance; endophytes; fungicides; integrated disease management; pest control; plant health; host– pathogen interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Growth and Virulence of Plant Pathogenic Fungi, 2nd Edition

edited by Guanghui Wang,

Dongfang Ma

and

Xiaofeng Liang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 551 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant pathogenic fungi; fungal biology; mycotoxin; pathogenesis; host– pathogen interactions; environmental factors

Respiratory Fungal Infections, 2nd Edition

edited by

Aleksandra Barac

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 344 | Submission Open

Keywords: pulmonary; sinonasal; respiratory; fungal infections; COVID-19

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Biology of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Mechanisms of Interaction with the Host

edited by

Andrea Ardizzoni

and

Eva Pericolini

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open

Keywords: Saccharomyces cerevisiae; microbiota; probiotics; postbiotics; yeasts; fungal-host interactions

Mycological Research in Mexico

edited by

Liliana Aguilar-Marcelino

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 330 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycology in Mexico; fungal biodiversity; ethnomycology; edible and medicinal mushrooms; fungal taxonomy and ecology; molecular tools in mycology; sustainable agriculture; bioremediation; food security; conservation of fungal biodiversity

Postharvest Fungi: Control of Fungal Diseases in Fruit and Vegetables

edited by

Lucia Landi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative treatments; control diseases; fruit and vegetables decay; fungal detection; induced resistance; mycotoxin; natural compounds; pathogenic fungi; physiological factors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Advances in the Control of Plant Fungal Pathogens

edited by

Paloma Sánchez-Torres

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant diseases; fungicides; plant pathogenic fungi

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Fungi in Vulvovaginal Infections

edited by Jose Martinez-de-Oliveira and

‪Joana Rolo‬

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3872 | Submission Open

Keywords: Vulvovaginal Candidosis; Candida; pathogenic yeasts; molecular analysis; fungal pathogenesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Biological Control of Fungal Plant Pathogens

edited by Marta Cristina Corsi De Filippi and

Premila Achar

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2197 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; biological control; disease suppression; integrated pest management; effectors; resistance induction; plant defense; growth promotion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Fungal Growth and Development Based on Functional Genomics and Microbiomics

edited by

Caihong Dong

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2287 | Submission Open

Keywords: growth and development; functional genomics; microbiomics; interaction; fungi

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Genomics, Genetics and Molecular Biology)

Soil Fungi and Their Role in Plant Growth

edited by

Malgorzata Jedryczka

and

Magdalena Frąc

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9298 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fungi; fungi– plant interactions; soil pathogenic fungi; soil beneficial fungi; mycorrhiza; plant growth; plant health

Fungal Infections in Intensive Care Medicine

edited by Ayman O. Soubani

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3932 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal infections; critically ill; ICU; Candida spp.; Aspergillus spp.; PJP; Mucor spp.; antifungal therapy; antifungal resistance; new antifungal agents

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