Genomic Insights into Microbial Pathogens
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology and Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 233
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food and waterborne pathogens; nosocomial infections; molecular typing & phylogeny; high-throughput sequencing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Infectious diseases continue to pose a significant threat to global health and are driven by pathogen (re)emergence, rapid evolution leading to high genetic variability and antimicrobial resistance, travel, migration, conflict, global trade, and climate change. In this context, microbial genomics has become an essential tool for understanding the underlying mechanisms of pathogenicity, transmission, and adaptation of pathogens affecting human and animal health.
This Special Issue of Microorganisms is dedicated to microbial genomics studies (bacteria, viruses, and fungi) on human and zoonotic pathogens, with a focus on—but not limited to—transmission mechanisms, pathogenicity and virulence, (micro)evolution and host adaptation, chemotherapeutic agent resistance, molecular epidemiology and phylogeny. Key topics include employing high-throughput sequencing technologies to generate data used for pathogen detection and outbreak investigation, for elucidating transmission dynamics, and to gain insights supporting the development of diagnostic tools, therapeutics, and preventive strategies.
The Guest Editors welcome original research articles, reviews, and short communications, covering topics such as, but not limited to, the following: pathogen genome sequencing and analysis; comparative and functional genomics; molecular epidemiology; metagenomics; genomic insights into pathogenicity, virulence, and resistance to chemotherapeutic agents; and microbial genomic mechanisms underpinning host–pathogen interactions. In addition, the application of genomic findings within a One Health context is highly encouraged.
Dr. Mihaela Oprea
Dr. Sorin Dinu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- human and zoonotic pathogens
- transmission
- pathogenicity
- virulence
- antimicrobial resistance
- antiviral resistance
- phylogeny
- whole genome sequencing
- typing, molecular epidemiology
- metagenomics
- host–pathogen interaction
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