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Feature Papers in Food Microbiology

edited by

Giuseppe Comi

Antonio Bevilacqua

and Francesca Coppola

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7371 | Submission Open

Keywords: new products; functional food; starter cultures and bioprotection; metagenomics and metabolomics; new identification methods; food waste recycling; novel pre-pro-syn-postbiotic applications; foodborne pathogens; innovations in traditional and new fermented foods; microorganisms in food ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Bioproduction of Functional and Bioactive Ingredients: State of the Art and Technological Advances

edited by Gustavo Molina

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7335 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial metabolic engineering; upscale technology; bioprocess optimization; agroindustrial residues; functional ingredients; bioactive compounds; probiotics and prebiotics; antimicrobial peptides; vitamins and antioxidants; industrial biotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Diet, Supplements, Lifestyle and Human Microbiota: Impacts on Health and Disease

edited by

Valerio Pazienza

and

Concetta Finocchiaro

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7191 | Submission Open

Keywords: human microbiome; dysbiosis; cancer; vaginal microbiota; sport; nutrition; lifestyle; pathological condition; infertility; IVF

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

The Central Role of Microbiota in Eye Health

edited by

Francesco Petrillo

and

Elisa Zanotto

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7119 | Submission Open

Keywords: eye health; microbiota; next-generation sequencing; immune system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Advanced Research on Antimicrobial Activity of Natural Products

edited by

Anca Zanfirescu

and Corina Andrei

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7045 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial activity; pathogens; infectious disorders; natural products; anti-infective agents

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

Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Viral Infections

edited by

Alexandro Guterres

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5884 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral infections; molecular diagnostics; antiviral therapies; RNA-based vaccines; point-of-care testing; emerging viruses; drug resistance; immunotherapy; viral biomarkers; prevention strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Biofilm: Formation, Control, and Applications

edited by Huan Gu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5799 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofilm formation; material properties; cell-to-cell interactions; prevention; removal; control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biofilm)

Pathogens in Aquaculture Environments

edited by Eduardo Quiroz-Gúzman

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5511 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacterial pathogens; bacterial pathogen database; aquaculture; disease; bacterial fish pathogens; bacterial shrimp pathogens; bacterial adhesion; bacterial colonization; virulence factor; pathogen– host interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Advancing Microbial Taxonomy and Genomics: Bridging Diversity and Functionality

edited by

Sathiyaraj Srinivasan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5487 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial taxonomy; genomics; extremophiles; unculturable microorganisms; hybrid sequencing; microbial communities; functional genomics; culture-independent methods; comparative genomics; prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

Pathogenic Biofilms: Physiology, Molecular Mechanisms and Counter Strategies

edited by

Domenico Franco

and

Laura Maria De Plano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5374 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogenic biofilm; planktonic and sessile cells; antiadhesive and antifouling strategies; quorum sensing; quorum quenching; extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs); phage therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biofilm)

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Diagnostics and Genomic/Molecular Epidemiology of Multidrug-Resistant Isolates

edited by

Anna Baraniak

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5244 | Submission Open

Keywords: enterobacterales; antibiotic resistance; ß -lactamases; carbapenemases; multidrug-resistant isolates; epidemiology

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

State-of-the-Art Environmental Microbiology in China 2025

edited by

Zhiyong Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5198 | Submission Open

Keywords: structure and function of microbial communities; microbial community genetics; transcriptomics; proteomics and metabolomics; microbial interaction; microbial communication; microbial ecology; microbial population biology; biogeochemical processes (C; N; P; S cycles); microbial life in extreme environments; evolutionary processes of microbial communities; biofilm formation and the surfaces of microbes; metabolic flux analysis and stable isotope probing (DNA; RNA and protein); microbiome biology of environmental habitats (e.g.; soil; rhizosphere or aquifer); microbial treatment: microbial biodegradation; microbial bioremediation; microbial and waste recycling; microbial pesticide; microbial fertilizer; and others; microbial pollution: pathogenic microorganisms in the environment (water/soil/air/food); microbial metabolism; environmental pollution (e.g.; microbial toxin); and others; microbiological monitoring: testing method and monitoring technique development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Gut Microbes—Second Edition

edited by

Oleg Paliy

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4467 | Submission Open

Keywords: probiotics; prebiotics; gut microbes; host health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

Fungus: Diversity, Genomics and Genetics

edited by

Isabel Antonieta Iturrieta-González

and Patrício Christian Godoy-Martínez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4238 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal diversity; fungal genomics; phylogenetics; fungal taxonomy; Ascomycota; Basidiomycota; phylogeny; cryptic species; taxonomy; phytopathogenic fungi

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Advances in Toxoplasma gondii and Toxoplasmosis

edited by

Maria Luz Galván-Ramírez

and Jorge Enrique Gómez Marín

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4227 | Submission Open

Keywords: Toxoplasma gondii; toxoplasmosis; immune response; diagnosis; treatment; epidemiology

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

Microbes in Aquaculture

edited by

Jiasong Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3954 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture microbiomes; probiotics in aquaculture; gut microbiota; disease management; pathogen and host interaction; water quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

The Vaginal Microbiome in Health and Disease

edited by

Zohar Nachum

and

Enav Yefet

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3382 | Submission Open

Keywords: vaginal flora; pathogenesis; therapeutic approaches; health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Feature Paper in Plant–Microbe Interactions in Asia

edited by

Congyan Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3251 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant; microbe; interactions; community structure; growth performance; metabolic activity

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

Phytoplasmas and Phytoplasma Diseases

edited by

Carmine Marcone

and

Assunta Bertaccini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3174 | Submission Open

Keywords: yellows and decline diseases; ‘ Candidatus Phytoplasma’ species; 16Sr group/subgroups; Phytoplasma taxonomy; symptomatology; epidemiology; fruit trees; forest trees; shrubs; herbaceous crops; flower crops; weeds

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

Viral Infection on Swine: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Control

edited by Liwei Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3106 | Submission Open

Keywords: swine virus infection; variability; virulence; monoclonal antibody; diagnosis; surveillance; epidemiology; therapy; vaccine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Research on Mosquito-Borne Pathogens

edited by

Diego Peres Alonso

and Paulo Eduardo Martins Ribolla

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3024 | Submission Open

Keywords: mosquito vector; mosquito pathogens; genetics; developmental biology; mosquito– pathogen interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Pathogenic Microbes in the Environment and Infectious Disease Control

edited by

Panagiotis Karanis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2949 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogens; bacteria; viruses; fungi; parasites; environment; epidemiology; control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Advances in Plant–Soil–Microbe Interactions

edited by

Zelaya Molina Lily Xochilt

and

Sergio de los Santos Villalobos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2870 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– soil– microbe interactions; rhizosphere microbiome; sustainable agriculture; environmental stressors; microbial inoculants

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

The Notion of Microorganisms-Based Bio-Refinery: Transitioning from Wastewater Treatment to By-Products Recovery

edited by Giovanni Antonio Lutzu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2503 | Submission Open

Keywords: microalgae; mixotrophy; heterotrophy; bio-products; wastewater treatment; nutraceuticals; pharmaceuticals; biostimulants; bioplastics; biodiesel

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Soil Health and Plant Microbiome–Bioeffectors Relationship in Sustainable Agriculture, 2nd Edition

edited by

Nikolay Vassilev

and

Stefan Shilev

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2411 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant-associated microbiome; plant– microbiome bioeffectors; microbial diversity; soil health; sustainable agriculture; circular bioeconomy

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

Microbial Fermentation in Food Processing

edited by

Wenchao Cai

and Qin Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2361 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial fermentation; food processing; flavor development; fermentation kinetics; microbial communities; metabolic pathways; food safety; sensory attributes; nutritional enhancement; food science and technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Marine Microbes, Biocontamination and Bioremediation

edited by

Hideyuki Kanematsu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2358 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofouling; biofilm; marine bacteria; marine structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Insights into Microbial Infections, Co-Infections, and Comorbidities

edited by

Zilungile Mkhize-Kwitshana

and

Veron Ramsuran

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2303 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; cancer; cardiovascular diseases; co-infections; comorbidities; complex disease profiles; diabetes; infection pathogenesis; immune modulation; microbiome and co-infections; noncommunicable diseases; pathogen interactions; pneumonia; pulmonary infections; sepsis; stress tolerance; therapeutics; vaccine development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Plant Microbiome: Pioneering Microbiome-Driven Strategies for Climate-Resilient Agriculture

edited by

Dilfuza Egamberdieva

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2238 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– microbe interactions; climate change mitigation; carbon sequestration; soil health; greenhouse gas reduction; microbial inoculants; sustainable agriculture

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

Microorganisms: Climate Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems

edited by

Tengxiang Lian

and Xin Sui

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2218 | Submission Open

Keywords: global change biology; nitrogen depostion; soil microbial divesity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Accelerated Topics in Public Health Microbiology and Microbial Food Safety

edited by

Aliyar Fouladkhah

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2127 | Submission Open

Keywords: public health microbiology; microbial food safety; water safety; infectious disease; climate change

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

Selected Papers from the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Microbiology (ECM 2025)

edited by

Nico Jehmlich

Theodoros Varzakas

and

Ute Römling

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2013 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microbiota; foodborne pathogens and food safety; antimicrobial agents and resistance; emerging infectious diseases; microbiome and soil science; microbial characterization and bioprocess; microbe-plant interactions

Applied Gut Molecular Microbiology Technology

edited by

Donglei Sun

and

Yi-Zhou Gao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1819 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microorganisms; applied microbiology; probiotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

The Microbial Pathogenesis

edited by

Tingting Wang

and Canfeng Hua

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1761 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial pathogenesis; virulence factors; host– pathogen interactions; antibiotic resistance; immune evasion; bacterial genomics; fungal infections; viral pathogenesis; molecular microbiology; host immune response

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

New Trends in Medical Bacteriology: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention—Second Edition

edited by

Norma Velazquez-Guadarrama

and Ma. Guadalupe Aguilera-Arreola

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1453 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical bacteria; diagnosis; treatment; prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Transcriptional Regulation in Bacteria, 2nd Edition

edited by

Tomohiro Shimada

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1364 | Submission Open

Keywords: transcription; gene regulation; genome regulation; regulatory network; RNA polymerase; sigma factor; transcription factor; nucleoid

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

Plant-Microbe Interactome: The Green Dialogue Within the Plant Holobiont

edited by

Annamaria Bevivino

Alessia Fiore

and

Silvia Tabacchioni

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1352 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microbiome; plant holobiont; one health; sustainable agriculture

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

Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Foodborne Microbial Pathogens, Second Edition

edited by

Gabriel Augusto Marques Rossi

Marcia Nitschke

and

Juliano Gonçalves Pereira

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1267 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofilms; Clostridium spp.; Escherichia coli; foodborne; Listeria monocytogenes; outbreaks; parasites; prions; Salmonella spp.; Staphylococcus aureus; Vibrio spp.; viruses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Resource Utilization of Microorganisms: Fermentation and Biosynthesis

edited by Shoushuai Feng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1160 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial microorganisms resources; microbial physiological traits; fermentation optimization; synthetic biology; sustainability application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Interplays Between Gut Microbiome and Animal Health, Disease and Production Performance

edited by Shi-Yi Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1150 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microbiota; host health and disease; production traits; domestic animals; microbiability; microbial heritability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Microbiome- and Host-Mediated Effects of Prebiotics in Foods and Feeds

edited by

Ian Connerton

and Adam Lee

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1070 | Submission Open

Keywords: prebiotics; gut microbiota; gut health; gut architecture; gut immunomodulation; beneficial microbes; oligosaccharides; microbiome manipulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Fungi and Health

edited by

Jialing Bao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1033 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungi; human health; human pathogenic fungi; Aspergillus fumigatus; Cryptococcus neoformans and gattii; Candida albicans spp.; Coccidioides spp.; Microsporidia phylum; diagnostic methods; clinical data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Host–Microbiome Cross-Talk in Cancer Development and Progression

edited by

Subhadeep Das

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 983 | Submission Open

Keywords: dietary factors; epigenetic responses; bioinformatic and deep learning techniques; therapy; tumor microenvironment; microbiome-targeted therapies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

The Pathogenesis, Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases in Livestock Animals, 2nd Edition

edited by

Selwyn Arlington Headley

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 961 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogenesis; epidemiology; diagnosis; livestock animals; infectious diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Research on Airborne Microbial Communities

edited by

Changliang Nie

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 878 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric microorganisms; bioaerosol; microbial community; air pollutant; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

The Host Response to Animal Virus Infection

edited by Liwei Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 864 | Submission Open

Keywords: respiratory virus; coronavirus; emerging pathogens in animals; host immune response; innate immunity; neutralizing antibody; non-coding RNA; viral infection; antiviral agents; antiviral strategy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Advances in Novel Antibacterial Agents, 2nd Edition

edited by Mariateresa Vitiello

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 815 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacterial infections; multidrug-resistant bacteria; antimicrobials; natural products; resistance mechanisms

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

Beneficial Microbes: Food, Mood and Beyond—Third Edition

edited by

Mohamed Zommiti

and

Marc G. J. Feuilloley

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 714 | Submission Open

Keywords: prebiotics; probiotics; postbiotics; parabiotics; psycho-biotics; food; mood; benefactions; safety; antibiotics; neurotransmitters; humans; animals

Novel Sequencing Technologies for the Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

edited by

Costas C. Papagiannitsis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 678 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genomics; next-generation sequencing (NGS); mobile genetic elements (plasmids/transposons); resistome profiling; One Health surveillance; metagenomic AMR detection; long-read sequencing (e.g.; Nanopore/PacBio); bioinformatic pipelines for AMR; nosocomial pathogen transmission; precision antimicrobial stewardship

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

Microbiota and Microbiomes in Plants, Animals and Environment: A One Health Perspective—Second Edition

edited by Moussa Diarra and

Wen Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 636 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiota/microbiome; antimicrobial; disease and health; environment; climate; One Health approach

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