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Tackling Gut Parasites: A One Health Perspective
edited by Rosa Maria Bermúdez-Cruz
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open
Keywords: gut parasites; detection methods; immune system evasion; genetic variation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)
Antibiotic Resistance in the Aquatic Environment: One Health and Environmental Health Perspectives submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 75 | 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)
Antibiotic Resistance and Alternatives
edited by Emil Tîrziu and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; MDR; XDR; resistance genes; alternative therapy; new antimicrobials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance)
Environmental Microorganisms in Sediments
edited by Henrik Sass
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open
Keywords: community; gradients; ; adaptation; ecophysiology; deep biosphere; glacial deposits
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
The Unseen Link: Climate Change and Parasite Dynamics
edited by Isaia Symeonidou
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal parasites; climate change; parasitic diseases; vector-borne diseases; One Health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health Microbiology)
Advances in Viral Metagenomics, 2nd Edition
edited by , Tania Regina Tozetto Mendoza and Maria Cássia Mendes-Correa
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open
Keywords: virus; metagenomics; virosphere; virome; viral diversity; viral evolution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)
Advances in Human Respiratory Viruses: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and the Interplay with Host Immunity
edited by Federica Novazzi
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open
Keywords: human respiratory viruses; epidemiology; pathogenesis; host immunity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)
Microbiota and Animal Diseases
edited by , and Wojciech Wójcik
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 65 | 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 submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 64 | 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)
Advanced Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Detection
edited by Jeannette Wadula, Khine Swe Han and Prathna Bhola
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open
Keywords: multidrug-resistant; gram-positive bacteria; gram-negative bacteria; pathogens  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance)
Gut Microbiota and Patient Outcomes: Emerging Implications Across Surgical Specialties
edited by Theodoros Mariolis-Sapsakos
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 51 | 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
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 44 | 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 , Dingkang Wang and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 43 | 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 23 | 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
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 12168 | 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
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9996 | 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 submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6755 | 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
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6220 | 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 and Federica Frasca
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5290 | 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
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4897 | 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)
Microbial Communities in Soil: Drivers of Terrestrial Ecosystem Processes
edited by Xiawei Peng
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3951 | 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)
Exploring Microbial Evolution: From Cellular Dynamics to Phylogenetic Branching
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3899 | 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)
One Health Perspectives on the Detection and Control of Foodborne Pathogens
edited by Cristiana Maurella
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3317 | 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)
Effect of Microbial Communities for Environmental Protection and Development of Agriculture, Second Edition
edited by Alejandro Rodriguez-Sanchez
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3309 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental microbial communities; environmental protection; agriculture potentiation; bioremediation; ecosystem functioning; biotic and abiotic stresses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
Sustainable Approaches to Mitigate Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3221 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; environment; probiotics; antibiotic; bioremediation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
New Advances in Microalgae Biotechnology—Increasing Productivity Towards Achieving a More Profitable Production Chain submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2461 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass; food; nutraceuticals; biorefinery; bioeconomy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)
Bacterial Motility
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2295 | Submission Open
Keywords: bacterial movement; bacterial motility; technological and biomedical applications; bacteria motors; chemotaxis; swarming motility; hydrodynamics of bacteria swimming mechanisms; biomimetic swimmers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology and Immunology)
Probiotics, Gut Microbiota, and Health
edited by and Claudio de Simone
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1879 | Submission Open
Keywords: probiotic; gut microbiota; intestinal microbiome; host health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)
Pseudomonas Biology and Biodiversity
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1615 | Submission Open
Keywords: Pseudomonas; biodiversity; omic technologies; community structure; phylogenomics; metagenomics; biotechnological applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Microbe Interactions)
Mycosis and Antifungal Agents
edited by Victor Silva and Patrício Christian Godoy-Martínez
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1506 | Submission Open
Keywords: mycosis; antifungal agents; antifungal resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)
AI in Developing Diagnostics, Antiviral Therapies, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Vaccines for Viral Diseases in Humans, Animals, and Birds
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1421 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; viral diagnostics; antiviral drug discovery; vaccine development; genomic surveillance; machine learning; computational virology; predictive modeling; immune response prediction; One Health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)
Emerging Trends in Arboviral Research: Surveillance, Diagnostics, Virus–Host Interactions, and Therapeutic Strategies
edited by Flávia Barreto Dos Santos and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1163 | Submission Open
Keywords: arthropod-borne viruses; diagnostics; surveillance; vector– host interactions; pathogenesis; viral evolution; therapeutic strategies; antivirus
(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)
The Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Stress-Adaptive Responses in Bacteria submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1129 | Submission Open
Keywords: biofilms; strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance; bacterial stress adaptation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance)
Advances in Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria Microcosm Mapping and Its Interrelation Within the Food Production Setting submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1086 | Submission Open
Keywords: foodborne pathogenic bacteria; food processing; next-generation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)
Research of Soil Microbial Communities
edited by Rodrigo Gouveia Taketani
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 628 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil microbial community; biogeochemical cycle; carbon sequestration; sustainable agriculture; microbial ecology; soil fertility; metagenome; nutrient cycling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
Silver Nanoparticles as Antimicrobial Agents submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 626 | Submission Open
Keywords: silver nanoparticles; antimicrobial; antibiotic; mechanism; resistance; infection prevention; biocompatibility; biofilm
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance)
Advances in Magnetotactic Bacteria
edited by Hongmiao Pan
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 500 | Submission Open
Keywords: magnetotactic bacteria; multicellular magnetotactic prokaryotes; magnetically responsive protists; magnetosome; biomineralization; culture; genome; evolution; environmental adaptability strategy; ecological function; magnetofossil; metagenome assembled genomes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
Milk, Microbes, and Medicine: The Triad Shaping Infant Health submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 450 | Submission Open
Keywords: human milk; breast milk; microbiome; breastfeeding; infant; gut microbiota; microorganisms; maternal-infant biome; immunity; antibodies; bacteria
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)
Renaissance of Kinetic Studies in Modern Microbiology
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 447 | Submission Open
Keywords: growth curves; kinetics; latent and stationary phase; survival and death; product formation; spontaneous mutations; genetic sweeps; cell cycles; differentiation into subpopulations; mathematical simulations; genome-scale models; transcriptomics; proteomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)
Infectious Diseases in Animals
edited by Lilian Gregory and Huber Rizzo
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 332 | Submission Open
Keywords: neosporosis; tuberculosis; coxiellosis; dengue; emerging diseases due to climate changes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)
Emerging Viruses: Detection, Genomic Analysis and Antiviral Activities
edited by and Monica Ferreira Moreira
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open
Keywords: arbovirus; dengue; chikungunya; Zika; yellow fever; Ilheus fever; St. Louis encephalitis; West Nile fever; genomics; transcriptomics; vector– virus interactions; vector control; insecticides and insecticide resistance; discovery of antivirals from natural products
(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)
Microbial Visualization and Biosensing
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbial visualization; imaging tools; bioluminescence; fluorescence; colorimetric; biosensing in metabolic engineering; biosensing in medicine and pharmacology; biosensing in environmental health monitoring; biosensing in food safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)
Experimental and Clinical Treatment of Leishmaniasis
edited by Katharine Carter and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open
Keywords: drug treatment; immunotherapy; non-drug-based treatment methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)
Bacteriophages in Diverse Environments—Physiology, Genetics, and Potential Biotechnological Applications submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open
Keywords: biology of bacteriophages; biodiversity of bacteriophages; regulation of bacteriophage development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
Bioaerosols and Their Health Impacts
edited by , , Xueyun Geng and Ling Li
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioaerosols; pathogens; human health; risk assessment; exposure assessment; dose– response model; allergy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
HTLV Infection and Associated Neurological Diseases
edited by Abelardo de Queiroz Campos Araujo and Marcus Tulius Teixeira da Silva
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open
Keywords: HTLV-I Infections; HTLV-II Infections; tropical spastic paraparesis; myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis; neurologic manifestations; virus integration; disease progression; epidemiology; immunopathology; antiviral agents
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)
Probiotics: The Current State of Scientific Knowledge (2nd Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbiota modification; microbiological techniques for identifying microorganisms; probiotics in therapy; probiotics and antibiotic resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)
Coronavirus: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis and Control
edited by , and Kalina Shishkova
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open
Keywords: coronaviruses; epidemiology; SARS-CoV-2; hosts; molecular methods; diagnostics; serology; pandemic spread; post-pandemic
(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)
Advances in Soil Microbial Ecology, 3rd Edition
edited by Jie Wang and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil microorganisms; microbial ecology; microbial community; microbial diversity; microbial interactions; soil ecosystem; nutrient cycle
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
State-of-the-Art Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance Research in France
edited by Olivier Chesneau and Didier Hocquet
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial resistance (AMR); antibiotic discovery; One Health approach; emerging resistance mechanisms; AMR surveillance; novel antimicrobial agents; bacterial virulence factors; therapeutic alternatives; molecular epidemiology; antimicrobial stewardship
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance)
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