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Rotavirus Infections: Prevention, Control and Treatment
edited by Shubhankar Sircar
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 282 | 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
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 259 | 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 240 | 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 227 | 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 submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 214 | 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 191 | 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 173 | Submission Open
Keywords: microalgae cultivation; biofuel production; carbon sequestration; environmental sustainability; bioresource utilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)
Molecular Epidemiology, Virulence and Drug Resistance Mechanisms of Bacteria
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open
Keywords: bacterial epidemiology; virulence; antimicrobial resistance; clinical microbiology; multidrug resistant bacteria; global clones
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology and Immunology)
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 140 | 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)
Synthetic Biology in Modulation and Application of Biofilms
edited by Jiaofang Huang, and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbial biofilms; synthetic biology; bioremediation; living materials; biocatalysis; biofilm control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biofilm)
Oral Bacteria, Viruses, and Fungi: Oral Health, Disease, and Systemic Links
edited by , and Nicoletta Capuano
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open
Keywords: oral microbiota; host– microbe interactions; antimicrobial resistance; therapeutic approaches; probiotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)
Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: Innovations and Strategies, Second Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial agents; antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial stewardship
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance)
Helicobacter pylori Infection: Pathogenesis, Immunity, and Therapy
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 98 | 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)
Plant Pathogens: Monitoring, Identification and Biological Control, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant pathology; biological control; plant protection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Microbe Interactions)
Parasitic Infection and Host Immunity, 3rd Edition submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open
Keywords: infectious diseases; parasite infection; host-parasite interaction; immunomodulation; immunopathology; epidemiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)
Coronavirus: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis and Control
edited by , and Kalina Shishkova
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 76 | 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)
Microbial Interactions and Growth Enhancement Strategies in Microalgal Cultivation Systems
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open
Keywords: microalgae; microbial engineering; microalgae– bacteria interactions; biotechnology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)
Innovations in Stem Cell-Enhanced Oncolytic Virotherapy
edited by Boris R. Minev
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 63 | 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)
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi–Plant–Rhizosphere Microbial Interactions: Mechanisms and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 63 | 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)
Advances in Neonatal Pathogen Infection submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open
Keywords: neonatal infection; epidemiology; therapy; prevention; antimicrobial stewardship; bacteria; fungi; viruses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)
Mechanism of Antibiotic Resistance of Foodborne Salmonella
edited by Chunmei Jiang
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 60 | 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 56 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial treatments; chemical assays; susceptibility; resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance)
Novel Strategies in the Research of the Human Gut Microbiota
edited by Carlos Hoyos Vadillo
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open
Keywords: gut; microbiota; human health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)
Ecology, Evolution, and Epidemiology of Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Infectious Disease
edited by Marta Giovanetti
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open
Keywords: zoonotic diseases; vector-borne pathogens; eco-epidemiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health Microbiology)
Current Insight into the Evolving Landscape of Respiratory Infections in a Post-Pandemic Era submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 41 | 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)
Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens—from Understanding to Control submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3933 | 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)
Microorganisms in Functional Foods: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2948 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional food; probiotics; prebiotics; fermentation; food microbiology; health promotion; gut diversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food 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 1579 | 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 submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 929 | 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
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 464 | 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 44 | 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)
Recent Advances on Microbial Interactions with Materials and Their Applications
edited by , and Fang Guan
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 21373 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbiologically influenced corrosion; biofouling; biomineralization and bioleaching; elements cycle; microbial degradation.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
Viral Diseases: Current Research and Future Directions
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 20626 | 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)
Genomics Approaches in Microbial Ecology
edited by Hugo César Ramírez-Saad and César Hernández-Rodríguez
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14283 | 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)
Research on Biology of Dinoflagellates
edited by , Tania Islas-Flores and Estefanía Morales-Ruiz
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12771 | Submission Open
Keywords: dinoflagellate; molecular biology; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomic
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
Feature Papers in Microbiomes
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12412 | 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)
Contemporary Perspectives on Bacterial Virulence Factors
edited by Matthew Jackson and Kevin Theis
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9352 | Submission Open
Keywords: bacterial pathogens; virulence factors; immune response; staphylococcus aureus; pseudomonas aeruginosa
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology and Immunology)
Microbial Nitrogen Cycle
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8736 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbial nitrogen cycle; nitrogen fixation; nitrification; denitrification; ammonification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
Advances in Veterinary Microbiology
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 8709 | Submission Open
Keywords: African Swine Fever Virus; Bluetongue Virus; Arboviruses; Microbiota; Metagenomics; Brucellosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary 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
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8679 | Submission Open
Keywords: gut microbiome; gut– liver– brain axis; gastrointestinal tract; digestion; metabolism; immune function
(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)
Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in Animals, 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8659 | 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)
Molecular Ecology of Microalgae and Cyanobacteria
edited by , Karin Glaser and Ekaterina Pushkareva
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8609 | Submission Open
Keywords: microalgae; cyanobacteria; molecular omics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
Overview of Healthcare-Associated Infections submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8345 | Submission Open
Keywords: infection; healthcare; public health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)
Research on Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
edited by Geovana Dotta, and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6857 | 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)
Legionella pneumophila: A Microorganism with Thousand Faces, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6409 | Submission Open
Keywords: Legionella pneumophila; virulence factors; biofilm; disinfection strategy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)
Microbiome in Fish and Their Living Environment
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 6232 | Submission Open
Keywords: fish species; gut microbiome; dietary modification; water environment; immunity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)
Plant Growth—Promoting Bacteria and Plant—Soil Interactions in Harsh Environments, 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6108 | 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)
Bacterial Plant Communities: Diversity, Molecular Interactions, and Plant Growth Promotion, 3rd Edition submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6006 | 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 Research on Waterborne Pathogens
edited by Ashwini S. Kucknoor
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5863 | Submission Open
Keywords: waterborne pathogens; pathogen detection; antimicrobial resistance; public health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
Gut Microbiota of Food Animal
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5758 | Submission Open
Keywords: food animals; gut health; microbiota; microbial ecology; metagenomics; bioinformatics; metabolomics; culturomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)
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