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Advances in Aquaculture and Microorganisms

edited by

Dariano Krummenauer

and

Otávio Pimentel

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 827 | Submission Open

Keywords: recirculating aquaculture systems; nitrifying bacteria; microbial community composition; water quality control; probiotic microorganisms; synbiotic aquaculture system; biofloc technologic system; integrated multitrophic aquaculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Microbial Enzymes—Tools for Biotechnological Processes

edited by

Rita de Cássia Garcia Simão

and

Rosane Marina Peralta

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 819 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular tools; biotechnological applications; enzyme engineering; industrial microbial enzymes; sustainability and circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Prevention, Treatment and Diagnosis of Tuberculosis, Third Edition

edited by Rogelio Hernández Pando

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 649 | Submission Open

Keywords: tuberculosis; anti-TB drugs; therapy; TB vaccines

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

Advances in Diet–Host–Gut Microbiome Interactions: Second Edition

edited by Yancong Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 490 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microbiome; diet; food; nutrition; dysbiosis; host– microbe interactions; microbial bioactivity; multi-omics; microbial therapy; personalized nutrition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

Antimicrobial Resistance: Challenges and Innovative Solutions, 2nd Edition

edited by

Dimitris C. Chatzopoulos

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 487 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; mechanisms of resistance; therapeutic approaches; antimicrobial stewardship; infection control; public health

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

Advances in Microparasite Research

edited by

Sofia Nolasco

and

Inês L. S. Delgado

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 469 | Submission Open

Keywords: microparasites; molecular parasitology; parasitic disease diagnostics; parasitic disease epidemiology; host– parasite interactions; parasite genomics/transcriptomics; drug/vaccine targets; drug resistance; neglected tropical diseases; One Health approach

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

Combating Communicable Diseases: Epidemiological Insights and Preventive Measures

edited by Olga Tsachouridou and

Eirini Christaki

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 406 | Submission Open

Keywords: communicable disease; epidemiology; prevention and control; microbiological techniques; genomic sequencing; emerging pathogens; diagnostic tools; vaccines; antimicrobial agents

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

Oral Biofilms, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zvi Loewy

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 349 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral biofilms; biofilm infections; antibiotic treatment; pathogenesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biofilm)

Microbial Synthesis of Natural Products and Their Potential Applications

edited by Jingyu Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacteria; fungi; cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters; genome mining; natural products; secondary metabolites; drugs; bioactivity; biosynthesis; heterologous expression

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Gut Microbes and Probiotics

edited by

Runan Zhao

Wenjun Wang

and

Yini Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microbe; probiotics; host– microbe interactions; microbiome-based interventions; microencapsulation; targeted delivery system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

Artificial Intelligence as a Tool for Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

edited by

Sergi Maicas

and

Jaume Segura-Garcia

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; AMR; drug discovery; datasets; antibiotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Advances in Aspergillus and Aspergillosis

edited by

Raquel Sabino

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open

Keywords: Aspergillus; Aspergillosis; integrating genomics; immunology; diagnosis; therapeutics; environmental science; antifungal resistance

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

Microbial Biotechnology in the Food Industry: Innovations, Applications, and Future Perspectives

edited by Diana Rocha-Mendoza

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial biotechnology; food fermentation; probiotics; functional foods; microbial metabolites; food safety; biopreservation; synthetic biology; omics technologies in food; food microbiome; precision fermentation; artificial intelligence in food science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Advances in the Use of Electroactive Microbes for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Naoko Yoshida

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open

Keywords: electroactive microbes; microbial fuel cells; wastewater treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Infectious Disease Transmission and Host Immunology

edited by Michele Tomasicchio

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: transmission; vaccine; mucosal immunology; bacteria; viruses

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

Host–Microbiome Interactions: Genomic Analysis of Microbial Community Dynamics in AMR and Immunity

edited by George Popescu,

Mariana Carmen Chifiriuc

and

Veronica Lazar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: metagenomics; metatranscriptomics; machine learning; microbial community dynamics; host– pathogen interaction; microbial gene interaction patterns; microbial networks

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

Advances in Microbial Biotechnological Approaches for Carbohydrate Biosynthesis

edited by Haining Tan, Yuhui Wang and

Lele Liu

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

Keywords: microbial carbohydrate biosynthesis; glycoengineering; synthetic biology; enzyme engineering; glycoconjugate vaccines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Medically Relevant Fungi: Virulence Factors, and New Diagnostic and Treatment Approaches

edited by

Hector M. Mora-Montes

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal virulence factors; medical mycology; antifungal resistance; novel diagnostics; antivirulence therapy; fungal immunotherapies; adhesins; fungal toxins; molecular diagnostics; immunological diagnostics; antifungal targets

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Microbial Communities and Biodegradation

edited by

Urszula Jankiewicz

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial communities; biodegradation; bioremediation; environmental microbiology; pollutant degradation; metagenomics; emerging contaminants; microbial ecology; plastic biodegradation; extremophiles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Advances in Human Papillomavirus Infection Research

edited by

Jacob Bornstein

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

Keywords: human papillomavirus (HPV); E6; E7; HPV vaccine; cervical cancer; HPV latency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Microbiota Dynamics in Environmental and Host Systems: From Ecology to Applications

edited by

George Tsiamis

Spyridon Ntougias

, Soumaya Kouidhi and Mouna Mahjoubi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: environment ; microbiome ; host– microbe interactions ; microbial ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Feature Papers on Respiratory Virus Infections

edited by

Hirokazu Kimura

and Fuminori Mizukoshi

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

Keywords: respiratory viruses; next-generation sequencing; molecular epidemiology; viral evolution; host– pathogen interactions; transmission dynamics; vaccine development; antiviral strategies; genomic surveillance; phylogenetics

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

Oral Microbiomes and Host Health

edited by

Lucinda J. Bessa

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

Keywords: oral microbiome; oral diseases; systemic diseases; dysbiosis; host– microbe interactions; microbial biomarkers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

Fish Nutrition and Microbiology

edited by Denise Schrama and

Márcio Júlio Vicente Moreira

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

Keywords: aquaculture; fish nutrition; microbiology; fish health; sustainability; microorganisms; microbiota; stress; immune response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Advances in Food Antimicrobial Compounds

edited by Jaslyn Jie Lin Lee

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

Keywords: natural antimicrobial; shelf-life extension; preservation; packaging

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

Innovation in Infectious Diseases: Diagnosis, Treatment and Global Challenges

edited by Francesco Cristini, Cristina Seguiti and Paolo Colombini

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial stewardship; multidrug-resistant bacteria; fungal infections; tropical and migration medicine; diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Emerging Fungal Pathogens, Diagnostic Innovations, and Clinical Strategies in the Era of Antifungal Resistance

edited by

Vivian Tullio

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

Keywords: emerging fungal pathogens; common fungal pathogens; resistance; diagnostic innovations; clinical strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Microbiome–Gut–Liver Axis, Liver Diseases and Immunity

edited by

Antonio Riva

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

Keywords: Gut– liver axis; microbiome; liver disease; liver cancers; HCC; CCA; Cirrhosis; MASLD; MetALD; ALD; ArLD; PSC; PBC

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

Advances in Microbial Infections and Rheumatic Diseases

edited by

Rossella Talotta

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

Keywords: rheumatic diseases; microorganisms; host– pathogen interaction; dysbiosis; antibiotics; prebiotics; probiotics; vaccines; biomarkers; drug– drug interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Microorganisms in Extreme Environments

edited by Sergiu Fendrihan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: extremophile; psychrophilic; biotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

The Latest Research on Human Papillomavirus

edited by Johannes Paul Bogers,

Themba G Ginindza

and

Ramokone Lebelo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: HPV; molecular biology; HPV epidemiology; HPV drug resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Advancement in Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) Vaccines

edited by Ann-Mari Svennerholm

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: ETEC vaccine candidates; protective antigens; adjuvants; clinical trial phase 1-2b; ETEC epidemiology; travellers; children in LMIC; ETEC in animals

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

The Role of Microbiota in Cancer Development and Therapy

edited by

Shengxi Chen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiota; microbiome; cancer; tumorigenesis; dysbiosis; inflammation; immune modulation; gut microbiota; tumor microenvironment; cancer therapy; microbial metabolites; probiotics; cancer prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases

edited by Eliete Caló Romero and

Antônio José Magaldi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging infectious diseases; re-emerging infections; tropical diseases; zoonoses; genomic surveillance; molecular epidemiology; One Health; arboviruses; antimicrobial resistance; host– pathogen interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Microbe–Host Interactions: Molecular Mechanisms and Applications

edited by Dahua Chen, Xiao Chu and Zheng-Fei Yan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: host-microbe crosstalk; microbe therapeutics; multi-omics integration

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

Microbial Responses and Adaptations to Environmental Changes

edited by

Qian Chen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial adaptation; environmental stressors; microbial ecology; biogeochemical processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Zoonotic Microparasitic Diseases

edited by

Isabel Mauricio

and

Manuela Calado

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: zoonotic microparasitic diseases; emerging zoonotic microparasites; vector-borne microparasitic diseases; host– microparasite interactions; One Health; epidemiology of zoonotic microparasitic diseases; climate change and zoonotic microparasitic diseases; diagnosis of zoonotic microparasitic diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Diversity and Functions of Microbial Enzymes in Nature and Industry

edited by

Urszula Jankiewicz

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial enzymes; enzyme discovery; industrial applications; enzyme engineering; bioremediation; biodegradation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

One Health: Innovations in Emerging Infectious Disease Research

edited by

Yashavanth Shaan Lakshmanappa

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: One Health; humans; animals; immunology; endemic; epidemic diseases; neglected pathogens

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

Biological Control of Microbial Pathogens in Plants

edited by Leandro Simões Azeredo Gonçalves

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological control; microbial pathogens; plant diseases; biopesticides; sustainable agriculture

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

Microbial and Viral Infections in Organ Transplantation

edited by Renato Pascale

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid organ transplant; bacterial infections; viral infections; immunosuppressive treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Aquatic Microorganisms and Their Application in Aquaculture, 2nd Edition

edited by

Wujie Xu

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 557 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic microorganisms; aquaculture microbiome; microbial water management; microbial additives in feed; pathogenic microorganisms; microbial ecology; biofloc technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Molecular Approaches for the Detection, Phylogeny, and Diagnosis of Amoebic Diseases

edited by

Daniele Corsaro

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogenic amoebae; free-living amoebae; molecular phylogeny; molecular diagnosis; epidemiology; amoebiasis; amoebic encephalitis; amoebic keratitis; gill disease

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

Immune Responses to Toxoplasma Infections

edited by

Andres J. Galisteo Junior

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: toxoplasmosis; vaccine; immune response; mucosal immunity; infection; humoral immunity; cell-mediated immunity; chronic infection; immunocompromised; antigen presentation

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

Interactions Between Probiotics and Host

edited by Sávio Henrique De Cicco Sandes

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19427 | Submission Open

Keywords: probiotics; postbiotics; dysbiosis; beneficial microbes; gastroenterology diseases; skin; gut– brain axis; mucosal and systemic immunology; mucosal barrier; microbiome

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics in Animal Nutrition and Health, and Food Safety

edited by María Esther Ortega-Cerrilla

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 17003 | Submission Open

Keywords: probiotics; prebiotics; synbiotics; animals; food safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Next-Generation Sequencing in Antimicrobial Resistance

edited by

Efthymia Petinaki

, Artemis G. Hatzigeorgiou and Skoulakis Anargyros

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 16586 | Submission Open

Keywords: next-generation sequencing; genome; metagenome; bioinformatics; clinical samples; One Health

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

Salmonella Infections: Trends and Updates

edited by

Taseen Desin

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11815 | Submission Open

Keywords: salmonellosis; epidemiology and surveillance; molecular biology and pathogenesis; antimicrobial resistance; one-health perspectives; prevention and control strategies

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

Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus—Biology, Diagnosis and Prevention

edited by

Yurong Tan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11742 | Submission Open

Keywords: human respiratory syncytial virus; medical microbiology; molecular biology; virus diagnosis; infection prevention

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

Pandemics and Infectious Diseases

edited by

Mohamed Yassin

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11448 | Submission Open

Keywords: infectious disease outbreak; pathogen identification; vaccine development; treatment strategies

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

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