Microbe–Host Interactions: Molecular Mechanisms and Applications
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology and Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 60
Special Issue Editors
Interests: disease mechanisms & therapeutic targets; bio-macromolecule therapeutics; germ cell fate specification; embryonic epigenetic programming; RNA-binding proteins & proteostasis
Interests: microbial isolation and classification; microecology and microevolution
Interests: synergism between multi-pseudomonas and cutinase for biodegradation of crude oil-based derivatives; lipids fatty acids phospholipids lipid analysis lipid metabolism metabolism nutrition fat lipid extraction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue entitled "Microbe–Host Interactions: Molecular Mechanisms and Applications" aims to present recent research on any aspect of experimentally validated microbe–host relationships across medical, agricultural, and environmental systems. Some of its focal points include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Molecular Mechanisms of Host–Microbe Dialogue: Functional characterization of probiotics/pathogens, epigenetic/metabolic cross-talk, and host immune modulation in gut/skin/respiratory/oral niches.
- Host-Specific Phenotype Applications: Engineered interventions for symbiosis reprogramming, microbial consortia for disease therapy/crop enhancement, and validated functional outcomes in model hosts.
- Innovative Methodologies: Standardized workflows for 16S/ITS/metagenomics, large-scale pangenome construction, and cross-omics data integration, predictive modeling of strain functionality through machine learning, and scalable solutions for microbial risk assessment.
Reviews, original research, and communications are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Dahua Chen
Dr. Xiao Chu
Dr. Zheng-Fei Yan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- host-microbe crosstalk
- microbe therapeutics
- multi-omics integration
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