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Host–Virus Co-Evolution in Aquatic Species: Insights into Disease Dynamics

edited by

Myung-Hwa Jung

and

Min Sun Kim

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: host– virus interactions; co-evolution; aquatic disease dynamics; immune response; viral pathogenesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

The Evolution of Foodborne Pathogens in the 4.0 Era: A Food Safety Perspective

edited by

Maxsueli Machado

Eduardo Eustáquio de Souza Figueiredo

Pedro Panzenhagen

and

Vinicius Silva Castro

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: food Safety; foodborne pathogens; whole-genome sequencing (WGS); proteomics; CRISPR technology; infectious disease outbreaks; antimicrobial resistance; genomics; public health surveillance; pathogen evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Food Microbiology: State-of-the-Art Research in Spain

edited by

David Rodríguez-Lázaro

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: food microbiology; pathogenic microorganisms; foodborne pathogens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Diversity of Plant Pathogens

edited by

Jevtić Radivoje

Vesna Župunski

and Emil Rekanovic̈

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant pathogens; host– pathogen interactions; disease management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Microbe Interactions)

Microbiomes in Human Health and Diseases

edited by Xiangning Bai

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiome; health and disease; immunity; metabolism; microbiome-directed diagnostics and therapeutics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

Advances in the Plant Microbiome: Rhizosphere, Endosphere and Phyllosphere, Second Edition

edited by

Gustavo Santoyo

and

Ma. Del Carmen Orozco-Mosqueda

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: PGPR; plant– microbe interactions; biocontrol; plant growth promotion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Microbe Interactions)

Microbial Genome Analysis and Interpretation Using Computational Approaches—Third Edition

edited by

Rajeev K. Azad

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial genome; whole-genome sequencing; bioinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

State-of-the-Art Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance Research in the USA

edited by

Maria King

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacteria; microbiome; biofilm; bioaerosols; antimicrobials; antimicrobial resistance (AMR); antibiotics; antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARBs); antibiotic-resistant genes (ARGs); membrane channels; ligands; receptors; molecular dynamics (MD) modeling; biolayer interferometry (BLI)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance)

Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mycobacterial Infections

edited by Hung-Ling Huang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycobacterial infection; tuberculosis; latent TB infection; nontuberculous mycobacterial infection; immunity; transmission; drug resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Microbial Responses to Nutrient and Trace Metal Stress in Marine and Extreme Environments

edited by

Annarita Ricciardelli

and Bernardo Barosa

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine microbes; extremophiles; nutrient; trace metal stress; biogeochemical cycles; biogeochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Microbial Metabolism and Application in Biodegradation—Second Edition

edited by

Ronnie Lubbers

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioremediation; utilization of renewable resources; carbon and nitrogen metabolism; aromatic compounds; microbial plastic degradation; lignin; pollutants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Pros and Cons of Microorganisms in Plant Tissue Culture

edited by

Ewa Joanna Hanus-Fajerska

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant tissue culture; micropropagation; disinfection protocols; plant beneficial microbes; microbial contamination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Microbe Interactions)

Microbial Interactions Including Candida Concerning Health and Disease (2nd Edition)

edited by Tomoko Ohshima

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial interkingdom interaction; microbiota; microbiome; epidemiology; oral and intestinal candidiasis; novel means for diagnosis; novel remedy for candidiasis; drug-resistant

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Advances in Candida and Candidiasis

edited by

Arja Kullaa

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: Candida; microorganism; Candidiasis; fungal diseases; dysbiosis; cancer; metabolic diseases; oral diseases; systemic diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Advances in Rumen Microbiome Science: Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Livestock Production

edited by

Simone Peletto

and

Lorenzo Danilo Granados-Rivera

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: ruminal microbiome; metagenomics; methanogenesis; feed efficiency; multi-omics; host– microbe interactions; microbial ecology; rumen fermentation; climate mitigation; precision livestock

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Immune Modulation to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination and Infection (Second Edition)

edited by

Fabio Fiorino

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; infection; immune response; antibody response; memory cells; vaccine; vaccine delivery; route of immunization; immune persistence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology and Immunology)

Beneficial Microbes in Fermentation, Functional Foods and the Modulation of Gut Microbiota

edited by

Christian Anumudu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: beneficial microorganisms; probiotic strains; food-associated microbes; fermented foods; gut microbiota modulation; functional foods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Tailored Therapies and Targeted Diagnostics: The Role of AI in Precision Medical Microbiology

edited by

Yash Gupta

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in medical microbiology; machine learning for pathogen detection; automation in clinical diagnostics; high-throughput screening in drug discovery; AI-augmented MALDI-TOF MS; next-generation sequencing (NGS)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Food Microbiology: State-of-the-Art Research in China

edited by

Jingyu Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: food microbiology; pathogenic microorganisms; foodborne pathogens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Pathogen Surveillance in Wastewater

edited by

Afsatou Ndama Traore

and

Natasha Potgieter

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: microorganisms; wastewater; public safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health Microbiology)

Endophytic Fungus as Producers of New and/or Bioactive Substances, Second Edition

edited by Cecilia Veronica Nunez

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: endophytic fungus; natural products ; terpenes ; alkaloids ; flavonoids ; peptides ; nuclear magnetic resonance ; bioactivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Diet, Microbiome, and Immune Function

edited by

Kurtis Budden

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: diet; nutrition; microbiome; immunity; inflammation; immunometabolism; infection; chronic disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

Microbial Diversity in Different Environments

edited by Silvena B. Boteva

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial diversity; species identification; metagenomics; metabolomics; metaproteomics; culture methods; ecosystem function; ecosystem structure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

State-of-the-Art Advances of Medical Virology in Italy

edited by

Massimiliano Galdiero

Arnaldo Caruso

Enzo Tramontano

and

Guido Antonelli

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: virology; viral pathogenesis; viral entry; viral replication; antivirals; viral diseases; viral vaccines; viral immunology; virus-host interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Research on Bacterial Pathogens in Fish

edited by

Guilherme Tavares

and

Peter Charrie Janampa-Sarmiento

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacterial pathogens; aquaculture; immune; antimicrobial resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Structural Studies of RNA Virus Replication

edited by Ming Luo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: crystal; cryoEM; cryoET; genome; polymerase; replication; transcription; RNA synthesis; assembly; entry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Antibiotic Resistance and Alternatives

edited by Emil Tîrziu and

Iulia Maria Bucur

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; MDR; XDR; resistance genes; alternative therapy; new antimicrobials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance)

Advances in Arenaviruses Research

edited by Cheng Huang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus infection; virus replication; tropism; pathogenesis; immune response; animal models; therapeutics; vaccines; diagnostics; reservoir; epidemiology; phylogenetics; transmissions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Antibiotic Resistance in the Aquatic Environment: One Health and Environmental Health Perspectives

edited by

Mariana Erasmus

and

Robert Bragg

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystems; environmental health; antibiotic resistance; resistance genes; microbial ecology; waterborne pathogens; biofilms; wastewater; One Health; ecotoxicology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance)

Tackling Gut Parasites: A One Health Perspective

edited by Rosa Maria Bermúdez-Cruz

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut parasites; detection methods; immune system evasion; genetic variation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

The Unseen Link: Climate Change and Parasite Dynamics

edited by Isaia Symeonidou

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal parasites; climate change; parasitic diseases; vector-borne diseases; One Health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health Microbiology)

Environmental Microorganisms in Sediments

edited by Henrik Sass

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: community; gradients; ; adaptation; ecophysiology; deep biosphere; glacial deposits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Microbiota and Animal Diseases

edited by

Monika Łukasiewicz-Mierzejewska

Paweł Solarczyk

and Wojciech Wójcik

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal microbiota; immune modulation; animal health; microbial therapeutics; microbiota transplantation; microbiome-based diagnostics; host– microbiome interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Microbial Life: Ecology, Health, and Sustainability

edited by

Christopher E. Mason

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial diversity and ecology; secondary metabolism and natural products; microbe– environment interactions; microbe– host interactions; technological and computational advances; planetary and translational microbiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Advances in Viral Metagenomics, 2nd Edition

edited by

Antonio Charlys Da Costa

, Tania Regina Tozetto Mendoza and Maria Cássia Mendes-Correa

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus; metagenomics; virosphere; virome; viral diversity; viral evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Advanced Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Detection

edited by Jeannette Wadula, Khine Swe Han and Prathna Bhola

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: multidrug-resistant; gram-positive bacteria; gram-negative bacteria; pathogens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance)

Advances in Human Respiratory Viruses: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and the Interplay with Host Immunity

edited by Federica Novazzi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: human respiratory viruses; epidemiology; pathogenesis; host immunity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Gut Microbiota and Patient Outcomes: Emerging Implications Across Surgical Specialties

edited by Theodoros Mariolis-Sapsakos

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microbiota; host– microbiome interactions; surgical complications; surgical pathologies; perioperative outcomes; microbiome modulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

Bacterial Cell Biology and Development: Ionic Homeostasis, Nutritional Immunity, and Pathogenesis

edited by

Jeong Min Chung

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: ion homeostasis; nutritional immunity; ion transporters; virulence regulation; host– pathogen interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology and Immunology)

Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles in Host Pathophysiology: Characteristics, Functions and Stress Tolerance

edited by

Junhua Xie

, Dingkang Wang and

Xiayu Liu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial extracellular vesicles; interaction; immunity; stress tolerance; pathophysiology; therapy; diagnosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health Microbiology)

Functional Foods from Microbes

edited by Xiaofan Wang and Xiaoyuan Wei

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbe; health; nutrients; metabolites; multi-omics; animals; functional food; molecular biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Microbiota and Gastrointestinal Diseases

edited by

Lorena Elena Melit

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 12952 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microbiota; gastrointestinal diseases; gastrointestinal microbiome; dysbiosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

One Health Research on Zoonotic Tick-Borne Pathogens

edited by

Chien-Ming Shih

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10411 | Submission Open

Keywords: tick-borne pathogens; zoonotic infections; epidemiology; diagnostics; surveillance; prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health Microbiology)

Oral Microbiota: Diseases, Health, and Beyond

edited by

Federica Di Spirito

and

Maria Pia Di Palo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7049 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral microbiota; oral bacteria; oral viruses; oral fungi; oral protozoa; oral health; oral disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Advances in Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion: Mechanisms, Microbial Communities, Early Detection and Control Strategies

edited by Yingchao Li and

Laura L. Machuca

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6454 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofilms; corrosion; microbial communities; microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC); biofilm inhibition and control; early detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Immunity and Viral Immune Evasion Strategies: Recent Insights

edited by

Carolina Scagnolari

and Federica Frasca

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5646 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus– host interactions; viral immunopathogenesis; innate immunity; cellular immunity; viral genetic variability; inflammation; viral immune evasion strategies; antiviral responses; biomarker discovery; virulence determinants; immune signalling pathways; viral persistence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Gut Microbiota: Metagenomics to Study Ecology, 2nd Edition

edited by

Lifeng Zhu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5204 | Submission Open

Keywords: metagenomics; ecology; multi-omics; metagenomic assembled genomes; function; host– microbe interactions; behavior; local adaptation; biodiversity conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

Exploring Microbial Evolution: From Cellular Dynamics to Phylogenetic Branching

edited by

Nobuyuki Haga

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4164 | Submission Open

Keywords: taxonomy; evolution; phylogeny; molecular systematics; microbial genomics; symbiosis; ciliates; protists; cellular evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology and Immunology)

Microbial Communities in Soil: Drivers of Terrestrial Ecosystem Processes

edited by Xiawei Peng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4135 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microbiome assembly; microbial functional traits; ecological networks; metagenomics; plant– soil feedback; climate change adaptation; microbiome engineering; ecosystem services; sustainable land management; soil biodiversity conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

One Health Perspectives on the Detection and Control of Foodborne Pathogens

edited by Cristiana Maurella

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3936 | Submission Open

Keywords: foodborne pathogens; epidemiology; food safety; One Health; pathogen detection; diagnostic technologies; WGS; genome sequencing; bioinformatic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

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