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Molecular Studies of Microorganisms in Plant Growth and Utilization

edited by Chunhui Ma,

Fanfan Zhang

and

Rongzheng Huang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1657 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria; abiotic stress; crop utilization; ensiling

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

BioWarriors Unleashed: Exploring Nature's Arsenal Against Pathogenic Microorganisms

edited by Rômulo F. Carneiro

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1572 | Submission Open

Keywords: multidrug-resistant bacteria; antiviral effects; tropical infectious diseases (malaria; leishmaniasis; and chagas disease); antifungal agents; antimicrobial action mechanisms; characterization of antimicrobial molecules; synergistic combinations

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

Salmonella and Food Safety

edited by Gerardo Vazquez-Marrufo and

Ma Soledad Vázquez Garcidueñas

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1499 | Submission Open

Keywords: Salmonella enterica; serotype; genotype; stress resistance; biofilm; food contamination; virulence determinants; antibiotic resistance; omics studies; diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Microbial-Sourced Nutritional Supplements for Human and Animal

edited by

Zhi Wang

and

Yafan Cai

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1196 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial-sourced; nutritional supplements; biosynthesis; fermentation; enzymes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

The Application Potential of Microalgae in Green Biotechnology, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zivan Gojkovic

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 1107 | Submission Open

Keywords: microalgae; green biotechnology; biomass; biofuel; biofertilizer; bioremediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

New Strategies for Antimicrobial Treatment

edited by Chen Fu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1092 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial treatments; antimicrobial resistance; innovative strategies; new antimicrobial agents; clinical applications; alternative therapies; resistance mechanisms; combination therapies

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

Genomics of Marine and Aquatic Bacteria: A Focus on Novel Taxa, Diversity and Biotechnological Potential, 3rd Edition

edited by

Alexander Machado Cardoso

and

Marina Isaeva

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 918 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacteria; diversity; bacterial communities; novel taxa; phylogeny; genome analysis; marine and aquatic environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Microbial Safety of Animal-Derived Foods

edited by

Etna Aída Peña-Ramos

and

Martín Valenzuela-Melendres

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 556 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal-derived foods; foodborne illness; microbial safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): From the Environment to Health

edited by

Zhigang Yu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance (AMR); environmental resistome; horizontal gene transfer; resistance evolution; virulence and adaptation; One Health; AMR surveillance; disinfection; metagenomics; wastewater-based epidemiology

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

Aspergillus Infections in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

edited by Maria Noni and Stavros E. Doudounakis

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open

Keywords: cystic fibrosis; fungal infections; CFTR modulators; respiratory infections; Aspergillus spp.; allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; fungal bronchitis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Climate Warming and Eutrophication on Phytoplankton Ecology: Effects and Restoration

edited by

Marcelo Marinho

Vanessa Becker

and

Luciana Rangel

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoplankton ecology; eutrophication; climate change; harmful algal blooms; phytotoxins; water quality; restauration; trophic interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Advances in Fungal Plant Pathogens: Diagnosis, Resistance and Control

edited by Micael F. M. Gonçalves

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal plant pathogens; disease diagnosis; plant resistance; biocontrol strategies; sustainable disease management

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

Yeast Metabolic Engineering and Fermentation Technology

edited by

Yongjun Wei

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open

Keywords: yeasts cell factories; metabolic engineering; synthetic biology; reprogramming; fermentation technology; multi-omics; machine learning; bioreactor engineering; engineering biotechnology; bioactive compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Research on Fungal Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance

edited by Maryam Roudbary

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal infections; drug-resistance; mechanism of resistance; fungi– host interaction; immunomodulators; whole-genome sequencing; novel antifungals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Microbial Contamination in Indoor Environments

edited by

Carla Viegas

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor air quality; occupational exposure; microbial contamination; contextual information; sampling methods; assays

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Immune System and Commensal Microbiota

edited by

Yoshinobu Eishi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: commensal microbiota; immune system; mechanisms of immune tolerance; microbial metabolites; therapeutic strategies

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

Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Diagnostics, Drug Resistance and Molecular Epidemiology

edited by

Juliana Maíra Watanabe Pinhata

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; tuberculosis diagnostics; drug-resistant tuberculosis; multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB); molecular epidemiology; whole-genome sequencing; tuberculosis molecular typing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

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 104 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

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

edited by

David Rodríguez-Lázaro

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

Keywords: food microbiology; pathogenic microorganisms; foodborne pathogens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Pathogen Infections in Aquatic Animals—Advanced Detection Technologies, Precision Identification, and Pathogenic Mechanisms

edited by

Lu-Sheng Xin

and

Changming Bai

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

Keywords: aquatic pathogen; pathogen detection; omics technology; bacteriostasis; seafood safety; bio-safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mycobacterial Infections

edited by Hung-Ling Huang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 62 | 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 Genome Analysis and Interpretation Using Computational Approaches—Third Edition

edited by

Rajeev K. Azad

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial genome; whole-genome sequencing; bioinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

Advances in Candida and Candidiasis

edited by

Arja Kullaa

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 53 | 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)

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 53 | 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)

Microbiomes in Human Health and Diseases

edited by Xiangning Bai

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

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

Bioproducts from Cyanobacteria and Microalgae: Current Trends and Future Perspectives

edited by

Estel Rueda

and

Beatriz Altamira-Algarra

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyanobacteria; microalgae; bioproducts; biotechnology; biorefinery; process optimisation; genetic and metabolic engineering; wastewater treatment; cultivation systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental 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 37 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

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

edited by

Maria King

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 36 | 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)

Pathogens, Infections, and Public Health

edited by Vlademir Cantarelli

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance (AMR); infectious disease surveillance; molecular diagnostics; emerging and re-emerging infections; pathogen– host interactions; public health preparedness; global health security; zoonotic pathogens; epidemiology of infectious diseases

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

Research on Bacterial Pathogens in Fish

edited by

Guilherme Tavares

and

Peter Charrie Janampa-Sarmiento

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacterial pathogens; aquaculture; immune; antimicrobial resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Pros and Cons of Microorganisms in Plant Tissue Culture

edited by

Ewa Joanna Hanus-Fajerska

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 34 | 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 Diversity in Different Environment

edited by Silvena B. Boteva

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 32 | 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)

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

edited by

Yash Gupta

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 29 | 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)

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

edited by

Annarita Ricciardelli

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental 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 26 | 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)

Diagnosis, Characterization and Treatment of Emerging Pathogens, Third Edition

edited by

Shengxi Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging pathogens; detection; characterization treatment; infectious diseases; viruses; bacteria; protozoa; fungi

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

Detection and Immunity of Avian Viruses

edited by Qiaoyang Teng,

Dawei Yan

and

Xue Pan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: avian viruses; detection techniques; immune response; poultry health; zoonotic pathogens; vaccine development; host genetics; diagnostic advances; viral evolution; disease control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

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 24 | 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)

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

edited by

Jingyu Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: food microbiology; pathogenic microorganisms; foodborne pathogens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Diet, Microbiome, and Immune Function

edited by

Kurtis Budden

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

Antibiotic Resistance and Alternatives

edited by Emil Tîrziu and

Iulia Maria Bucur

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

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

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

Pathogen Surveillance in Wastewater

edited by

Afsatou Ndama Traore

and

Natasha Potgieter

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: microorganisms; wastewater; public safety

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

Structural Studies of RNA Virus Replication

edited by Ming Luo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

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 13 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by Federica Novazzi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 11 | 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

Monika Łukasiewicz-Mierzejewska

Paweł Solarczyk

and Wojciech Wójcik

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 10 | 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)

Advances in Arenaviruses Research

edited by Cheng Huang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 10 | Submission Open

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

(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 7 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Massimiliano Galdiero

Arnaldo Caruso

Enzo Tramontano

and

Guido Antonelli

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 6 | 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)

Environmental Microorganisms in Sediments

edited by Henrik Sass

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

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