Salmonella and Food Safety
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 38
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular epidemiology; Salmonella enterica; strain typing; fungi; biotechnology
Interests: molecular epidemiology; Salmonella enterica; comparative genomics; stress resistance; antibiotic resistance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Salmonella enterica is a worldwide animal and human pathogen responsible for gastrointestinal infections but also it can cause acute infections in other parts of the body. This bacterial species can survive for long periods of time outside its host, by colonizing inorganic and organic surfaces, waiting for the chance to enter a host body through an oral route. Because of its global public health relevance, it is important to understand its colonization strategies and biofilm development, stress tolerance and its relationship with virulence factors determinants, and antibiotic resistance. Physiological, biochemical, and molecular genetic studies associated with S. enterica physiological plasticity are relevant to gain knowledge on its mechanisms for preservation inside and outside of the host and resulting illnesses. Strategies to prevent biofilm formation, diagnosis of contamination of food matrices, and characterization of serotypes and genotypes of food isolates are also relevant in the analysis of S. enterica in the production chain. Studies of this nature, along the food chain, from farm to the fork, and even inside the host, are the focus of this Special Issue. Both original articles and reviews on the subject are welcome.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Isolation of Salmonella enterica strains along the food chain and their biochemical, molecular, and/or physiological characterization;
- Methods for identifying S. enterica along the food chain;
- S. enterica serotypes and/or genotypes incidence along the food chain;
- Omics and multiomics analysis of S. enterica strains isolated along the food chain;
- Stress resistance mechanisms of S. enterica strains isolated along the food chain;
- Antibiotic resistance in S. enterica strains isolated along the food chain.
Dr. Gerardo Vazquez-Marrufo
Prof. Dr. Ma Soledad Vázquez Garcidueñas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Salmonella enterica
- serotype
- genotype
- stress resistance
- biofilm
- food contamination
- virulence determinants
- antibiotic resistance
- omics studies
- diagnostics
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