Antimicrobial Resistance and Molecular Tracing of Foodborne Pathogens 2.0
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 2129
Special Issue Editors
Interests: beta lactamase; Enterobacteriaceae; E.coli; antibiotic resistances
Interests: bacteriophages (phages); plasmids; horizontal gene transfer; antimicrobial resistance; genomics; zoonoses; ESKAPE-bacteria
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is the continuation of our 2019 Special Issue "Antimicrobial Resistance and Molecular Tracing of Foodborne Pathogens".
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/microorganisms/special_issues/AMR_molecular_tracing_foodborne
Foodborne-associated pathogens pose a serious health risk in developing countries and remain widespread throughout high-income regions worldwide. In the European Union (EU), more than 200,000 human cases are reported every year, but the real incidence is thought to be significantly higher. To improve food safety, detailed information on pathogens, their most important sources, as well as critical steps of the food production chain that are mainly involved in contamination of food products are needed. In contrast to culture-dependent bacterial detection procedures, molecular tracing methods are on the rise as they provide more detailed information which is relevant for the assessment of target bacteria. The use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) strategies for genomic and/or metagenomic analysis allows the highest resolution of the genetic configuration of target bacteria and/or information on the composition of the bacterial load of a sample, respectively. In this context, comprehensive genetic information (i.e., specific clonal lineages, antimicrobial/biocide resistance and virulence genes, mobile genetic elements) was collected.
In addition to information on the presence and absence of specific foodborne bacteria, many countries have implemented phenotypic antimicrobial resistance (AMR) testing in their annual monitoring programs to determine trends in AMR development. However, phenotypic resistance data often do not provide enough information to understand the dynamics of the diversity and vertical/horizontal dissemination of resistance determinants. As individual resistance determinants represent different impacts for human and animal health, detailed information on the genetic basis of a resistance, as well as the localization of the determinant within the bacterial genome is desired.
This Research Topic will deal with ongoing information on the use of molecular tracing data and/or the description of antimicrobial resistances in foodborne pathogens. As mobile genetic elements are important drivers for resistance dissemination, reports on the occurrence, modular composition, diversity, and properties of AMR-carrying plasmids are welcome. We encourage the submission of research articles, genome descriptions (foodborne bacteria and their plasmids, temperate phages and transposons/integrons), and reviews that examine and/or assess the biology and ecology of foodborne pathogens and/or AMR plasmids. We are also interested in novel technical approaches for molecular tracing of bacteria and mobile genetic elements data.
Manuscripts within this Research Topic should provide insight into at least one of the following subjects:
- Use of molecular methods for foodborne pathogen tracing;
- Occurrence and distribution of foodborne bacteria in the food chain (i.e., livestock, food products);
- Prevalence and surveillance studies of bacteria or bacteria carrying important resistances against antibiotics/biocides;
- Dissemination and transmission of plasmid types that are associated with important antimicrobial resistances;
- Novel bacterial clones (clonal lineages) that are associated with antimicrobial resistances or that are hosts of prevalent plasmid prototypes.
Dr. Isidro García-Meniño
Dr. Jens André Hammerl
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- foodborne pathogens
- food safety
- occurrence
- distribution
- detection
- transmission
- antimicrobial resistance
- next-generation sequencing
