Microorganisms in Food – Two Sides of One Story

Dear Colleagues,

Microorganisms exert both beneficial and deleterious effects on food products, and the studies in the area of food microbiology are constantly evolving. On the one hand, in response to consumer preferences there are new products obtained with the participation of microorganisms. On the other, products and the food environment are niches that can be contaminated by microorganisms, both well-known and new species of bacteria, yeasts and molds.

This Special Issue of Microorganisms will be dedicated to the (1) use of microorganisms in food production (traditional and novel products); (2) food contamination by well-known and new species of bacteria, yeasts, and molds; (3) characteristics of microorganisms in food industry; (4) strategies of food preservation and antimicrobial agents with potential usage in food industry.

We would like to invite researchers to submit both research or review articles to this Special Issue of Microorganisms.

Dr. Hubert Antolak
Guest Editor

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