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Advances in Neonatal Pathogen Infection

edited by

Vito Mondı̀

and

Serena Salomè

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 367 | Submission Open

Keywords: neonatal infection; epidemiology; therapy; prevention; antimicrobial stewardship; bacteria; fungi; viruses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

The Immunosocial Approach to Emerging and Re-emerging Microbial Infections

edited by

Yiu Wing (Jason) Kam

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 358 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial infections ; immunosocial approach ; public health

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

Rotavirus Infections: Prevention, Control and Treatment

edited by Shubhankar Sircar

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 336 | Submission Open

Keywords: rotavirus; gastroenteritis; vaccine; treatment; prevention

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

Coral Microbiome and Coral Microbes

edited by

Deborah Leite

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open

Keywords: coral reefs; coral microbiome; coral microbes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Microbial Electrolysis Cells and Microbial Fuel Cells

edited by Shuyao Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioelectrochemical systems; microbial fuel cell; microbial electrolysis cell; pollution control; cleaner energy production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Cholera: The Global Battle Against Vibrio cholerae

edited by Soler-Bistue Alfonso

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open

Keywords: Vibrio cholerae; cholera pathogenesis and antimicrobial resistance; genome dynamics; environmental persistence; horizonal gene transfer

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

Environmental Mycology and Human Health

edited by

Anna Biedunkiewicz

and

Mariusz Dyląg

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacteria; microfungi; environment; health; human

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

Contribution of Microalgae and Cyanobacteria in One Health Approach

edited by Sufia Hena

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open

Keywords: microalgae; cyanobacteria; One Health Approach; ecosystem

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Microalgal Ecology and Biotechnology

edited by Jong-Hee Kwon

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: microalgae cultivation; biofuel production; carbon sequestration; environmental sustainability; bioresource utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Synthetic Biology in Modulation and Application of Biofilms

edited by Jiaofang Huang,

Zhenbo Xu

and

Yanrui Ye

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial biofilms; synthetic biology; bioremediation; living materials; biocatalysis; biofilm control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biofilm)

Plant Pathogens: Monitoring, Identification and Biological Control, 2nd Edition

edited by

Damir Dermic

Stefania Tegli

and

Sara Godena

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant pathology; biological control; plant protection

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

HTLV Infection and Associated Neurological Diseases

edited by Abelardo de Queiroz Campos Araujo and Marcus Tulius Teixeira da Silva

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 171 | 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)

Microbial Interactions and Growth Enhancement Strategies in Microalgal Cultivation Systems

edited by

Jiangyu Zhu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: microalgae; microbial engineering; microalgae– bacteria interactions; biotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Helicobacter pylori Infection: Pathogenesis, Immunity, and Therapy

edited by

Raffaela Pero

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: Helicobacter pylori ; virulence factors; pathogenicity; human infections; host– pathogen interactions; microbiology; antibiotics; antibiotic resistance

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

Coronavirus: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis and Control

edited by

Ivo Nikolaev Sirakov

Stoyan Angelov Shishkov

and Kalina Shishkova

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 129 | 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)

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi–Plant–Rhizosphere Microbial Interactions: Mechanisms and Applications

edited by

Yunjian Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; plant– microbe interactions; rhizosphere microbiome; sustainable agriculture; nutrient uptake; symbiosis; soil health; microbial ecology; crop resilience; biotic stress

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

Mechanism of Antibiotic Resistance of Foodborne Salmonella

edited by Chunmei Jiang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: foodborne Salmonella; antibiotic resistance mechanisms; antimicrobial resistance genes; horizontal gene transfer; biofilm and quorum sensing; food safety and public health

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

Detection Techniques and Assay Development for Bacterial Susceptibility and Resistance

edited by Pavel Ivanoff Reyes

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial treatments; chemical assays; susceptibility; resistance

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

Ecology, Evolution, and Epidemiology of Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Infectious Disease

edited by Marta Giovanetti

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: zoonotic diseases; vector-borne pathogens; eco-epidemiology

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

Novel Strategies in the Research of the Human Gut Microbiota

edited by Carlos Hoyos Vadillo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut; microbiota; human health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

Innovations in Stem Cell-Enhanced Oncolytic Virotherapy

edited by Boris R. Minev

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: stem cells; oncolytic virotherapy; cancer treatment; tumor targeting; immunotherapy; viral vectors; clinical trials; therapeutic synergy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Current Insight into the Evolving Landscape of Respiratory Infections in a Post-Pandemic Era

edited by

Anamarija Jurčev-Savičević

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: respiratory infections surveillance; respiratory infections in migrants and refugees; current perspectives in testing and diagnosis; vaccination strategies; preventive measures

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

Microorganisms in Functional Foods: 2nd Edition

edited by

Jadranka Frece

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6131 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional food; probiotics; prebiotics; fermentation; food microbiology; health promotion; gut diversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens—from Understanding to Control

edited by

Larissa Almeida Martins

and

Andrea Fogaça

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4961 | Submission Open

Keywords: tick biology; tick-borne pathogens; transmission-block vaccines; tick control; tick– host interactions; tick saliva; tick immunology; tick virus; tick microbiome; tick vaccine development

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

One Health Perspectives on the Detection and Control of Foodborne Pathogens

edited by Cristiana Maurella

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2318 | 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)

Lactic Acid Bacteria in Food Fermentation and Biotechnology

edited by

Spiros Paramithiotis

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1311 | Submission Open

Keywords: genomics; transcriptomics; metabolomics; cell factories; bioactive compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Rhizosphere Microbial Community, 4th Edition

edited by

Taegun Seo

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 746 | Submission Open

Keywords: rhizosphere; endophytes; plant-microbe interactions

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

Advances in Magnetotactic Bacteria

edited by Hongmiao Pan

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 80 | 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)

Viral Diseases: Current Research and Future Directions

edited by

Sherif T.S. Hassan

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 23592 | Submission Open

Keywords: RNA viruses; DNA viruses; virus– host interactions; immune evasion strategies; host immune response; viral epidemiology; biology and pathogenesis; virus diagnosis; viral diseases; prevention; management and treatment strategies; antiviral therapeutics; vaccine development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Recent Advances on Microbial Interactions with Materials and Their Applications

edited by

Ruiyong Zhang

Hongwei Liu

and Fang Guan

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 23353 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiologically influenced corrosion; biofouling; biomineralization and bioleaching; elements cycle; microbial degradation.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Genomics Approaches in Microbial Ecology

edited by Hugo César Ramírez-Saad and César Hernández-Rodríguez

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17043 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microorganisms; microbes associated with plants; microbes associated with animals; microbial ecology; omics approaches; microbiomes; microbial communities; microbial symbioses; bacteria; archaea; fungi; algae; protists; viruses

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

Feature Papers in Microbiomes

edited by

Pabulo Rampelotto

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15757 | Submission Open

Keywords: human microbiome; animal microbiome; environmental microbiome; marine microbiome; plant microbiome; soil microbiome; bioinformatics and computational tools; microbial interactions and functions; microbiome-associated diseases; microbiome-omics technologies; multi-omics integration; microbial network; host– microbiome interactions; microbiome-based therapies; emerging trends

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

Research on Biology of Dinoflagellates

edited by

Marco Villanueva

, Tania Islas-Flores and Estefanía Morales-Ruiz

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14660 | Submission Open

Keywords: dinoflagellate; molecular biology; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Advances in Veterinary Microbiology

edited by

Simone Peletto

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 11988 | Submission Open

Keywords: African Swine Fever Virus; Bluetongue Virus; Arboviruses; Microbiota; Metagenomics; Brucellosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Overview of Healthcare-Associated Infections

edited by

Tun-Chieh Chen

and

Yusen Eason Lin

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11943 | Submission Open

Keywords: infection; healthcare; public health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Gut Microbiota in Health and Diseases: The Role of Pro-/Pre-/Syn-/Post-Biotics in the Gut–Liver–Brain Axis

edited by Mohamad Khalil and

Piero Portincasa

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 11919 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microbiome; gut– liver– brain axis; gastrointestinal tract; digestion; metabolism; immune function

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

Contemporary Perspectives on Bacterial Virulence Factors

edited by Matthew Jackson and Kevin Theis

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11252 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacterial pathogens; virulence factors; immune response; staphylococcus aureus; pseudomonas aeruginosa

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

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in Animals, 2nd Edition

edited by

Ángeles Sonia Olmeda

and

Félix Valcárcel

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10458 | Submission Open

Keywords: tick ecology; identification; tick-borne pathogen; vectorial role and capacity; laboratory and field control; new acaricides

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Microbial Nitrogen Cycle

edited by

Volker Brozel

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10027 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial nitrogen cycle; nitrogen fixation; nitrification; denitrification; ammonification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Microbiome in Fish and Their Living Environment

edited by

Yongjun Chen

and

Gang Yang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 9600 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish species; gut microbiome; dietary modification; water environment; immunity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Molecular Ecology of Microalgae and Cyanobacteria

edited by

Burkhard Becker

, Karin Glaser and Ekaterina Pushkareva

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9454 | Submission Open

Keywords: microalgae; cyanobacteria; molecular omics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Research on Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

edited by Geovana Dotta,

Guilherme Tavares

and

Fabiana Pilarski

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8569 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation and welfare of aquatic animals; ecotoxicology of aquatic environments; amphibian health and diseases; crustacean health and diseases; fish health and diseases; health and diseases of bivalve mollusks; health and diseases of other aquatic animals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Gut Microbiota of Food Animal

edited by

Benoit St Pierre

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8498 | Submission Open

Keywords: food animals; gut health; microbiota; microbial ecology; metagenomics; bioinformatics; metabolomics; culturomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Advances in Research on Waterborne Pathogens

edited by Ashwini S. Kucknoor

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8386 | Submission Open

Keywords: waterborne pathogens; pathogen detection; antimicrobial resistance; public health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Legionella pneumophila: A Microorganism with Thousand Faces, 2nd Edition

edited by

Teresa Maria Assunta Fasciana

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7738 | Submission Open

Keywords: Legionella pneumophila; virulence factors; biofilm; disinfection strategy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Fungal Metabolites: Powering Pharmacological and Agricultural Frontiers

edited by

Maja Karaman

and

Ewa Zapora

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7234 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungi; fungal metabolites; polysaccharides; pharmacological applications; agricultural innovations; crop productivity; stress tolerance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Bacterial Plant Communities: Diversity, Molecular Interactions, and Plant Growth Promotion, 3rd Edition

edited by

José David Flores-Félix

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7198 | Submission Open

Keywords: rhizobacteria; endophytes; epiphytes; rhizosphere; phyllosphere; plant growth-promoting bacteria; plant microbiome; plant– microbe transcriptomic; plant– microbe interactions; culturomic microbiote; quorum sensing

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

Advances in Viral Disease Epidemiology and Molecular Pathogenesis

edited by

José Arellano-Galindo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7194 | Submission Open

Keywords: epidemiology; molecular pathogenesis; host– virus interactions; genetic variation; viral transmission; vaccines and antivirals; zoonotic viruses; environmental reservoirs.

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

Plant Growth—Promoting Bacteria and Plant—Soil Interactions in Harsh Environments, 2nd Edition

edited by

Blanca R. López

and

Luz De-Bashan

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7077 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant growth-promoting bacteria; endophytes; environmental stress; nitrogen fixing bacteria; P and K solubilizing bacteria; mechanisms of plant growth; PGPB-plant interaction soil microbial communities; soil rehabilitation; bacterial inoculants and biosafety

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

Nutrition and Gut Microbiome

edited by

Giuseppe Merra

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6856 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrition; gut microbiome; diet; microbial diversity; pro-; pre- and post-biotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

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