Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Foodborne Microbial Pathogens, Second Edition

A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Microbiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 432

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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Vila Velha, Vila Velha 29102-920, ES, Brazil
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; dairy; food microbiology; foodborne pathogens; meat
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São Carlos Institute of Chemistry (IQSC), University of São Paulo, Trabalhador São-Carlense Av., 400, P.O. Box 780, São Carlos 13560-970, SP, Brazil
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School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Distrito de Rubião Jr, BotucatuSão Paulo 18618-970, SN, Brazil
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is a continuation of our previous Special Issue, “Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Foodborne Microbial Pathogens” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/microorganisms/special_issues/4RR92E8761).

According to the World Health Organization, “each year worldwide, unsafe food causes 600 million cases of foodborne diseases and 420,000 deaths”. They have also predicted that “30% of foodborne deaths occur among children under 5 years of age”. Thus, understanding the epidemiology, prevention methods, and control of microorganisms causing foodborne diseases is essential for public health. A detailed comprehension of these areas allows the most prevalent pathogenic agents (bacteria, parasites, prions, and viruses) and their transmission routes to be characterized and monitored, enabling the development of effective strategies in order to prevent the contamination of food intended for consumption and consequently outbreaks. This significantly reduces the incidence of diseases, lessens the burden on the healthcare system, and avoids economic losses associated with treatment and productivity loss of affected individuals. Additionally, controlling the spread of pathogens to consumers is crucial for industries which face significant economic impacts during outbreaks or when recalls are necessary.

Therefore, this Special Issue aims to collate scientific research studies and literature reviews that provide relevant contributions that improve our understanding of the main routes of food contamination by pathogens and their prevention and control. This includes studies on genetic characterization (PCR, NGS, and other techniques), as well as evaluations of the effectiveness of various strategies for the prevention and control of pathogen contamination along all steps of food production chains.

Potential topics that may be relevent within the scope of our Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Bacillus cereus;
  • Biofilm control;
  • Clostridium spp.;
  • Disinfection procedures;
  • Epidemiology;
  • Escherichia coli;
  • Foodborne outbreaks;
  • Listeria monocytogenes;
  • Molecular epidemiology;
  • Non-thermal treatments;
  • Next-generation sequencing;
  • Parasites;
  • Salmonella spp.;
  • Viruses.

Prof. Dr. Gabriel Augusto Marques Rossi
Prof. Dr. Marcia Nitschke
Prof. Dr. Juliano Gonçalves Pereira
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Keywords

  • biofilms
  • Clostridium spp.
  • Escherichia coli
  • foodborne
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • outbreaks
  • parasites
  • prions
  • Salmonella spp.
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Vibrio spp.
  • viruses

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Staphylococcus aureus in Foodborne Diseases and Alternative Intervention Strategies to Overcome Antibiotic Resistance by Using Natural Antimicrobials
by Anna Phan, Sanjaya Mijar, Catherine Harvey and Debabrata Biswas
Microorganisms 2025, 13(8), 1732; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13081732 - 24 Jul 2025
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Foodborne diseases are the most common causes of illness worldwide. Bacterial pathogens, including Staphylococcus aureus, are often involved in foodborne disease and pose a serious threat to human health. S. aureus is commonly found in humans and a variety of animal species. [...] Read more.
Foodborne diseases are the most common causes of illness worldwide. Bacterial pathogens, including Staphylococcus aureus, are often involved in foodborne disease and pose a serious threat to human health. S. aureus is commonly found in humans and a variety of animal species. Staphylococcal enteric disease, specifically staphylococcal food poisoning (SFP), accounts for numerous gastrointestinal illnesses, through the contamination of food with its enterotoxins, and its major impact on human health imposes a heavy economic burden in society. Commonly, antibiotics and antimicrobials are used to treat SFP. However, a range of complications may arise with these treatments, impeding the control of S. aureus diseases specifically caused by methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Natural alternative options to control S. aureus diseases, such as bacteriophages, plant-based antimicrobials, nanoparticle-based or light-based therapeutics, and probiotics, are promising in terms of overcoming these existing problems as they are environmentally friendly, abundant, unlikely to induce resistance in pathogens, cost-effective, and safe for human health. Recent findings have indicated that these alternatives may reduce the colonization and infection of major foodborne pathogens, including MRSA, which is crucial to overcome the spread of antibiotic resistance in S. aureus. This review focuses on the present scenario of S. aureus in foodborne disease, its economic importance and current interventions and, most importantly, the implications of natural antimicrobials, especially probiotics and synbiotics, as alternative antimicrobial means to combat pathogenic microorganisms particularly, S. aureus and MRSA. Full article
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