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Wine Microbiology: Current Status and Perspectives

edited by Carmen Tenorio and

Rocío Fernández

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial biogeography; sensory profiles ; omics sciences ; non-saccharomyces yeasts; antimicrobial metabolites ; precision winemaking ; microbial consortia ; microbiological alterations ; lactic acid bacteria ; acetic acid bacteria

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Healthcare-Associated Infection Surveillance and Control

edited by

Anna Różańska

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiological diagnostics of infection; antimicrobial resistance; treatment of infections; emerging pathogens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Agroecosystem Health and Microbes: From Agroecology to Sustainable Management

edited by

Vlad Stoian

Roxana Vidican

and

Sandor Mignon

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microbiome; plant– microorganism interactions; sustainable agriculture; microbial indicators; soil health; agroecology; ecosystem services; microbial diversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Environmental Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance: Genomic and Metagenomic Insights

edited by

Changliang Nie

and

Mingyu Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; antibiotic resistance genes; genomics; metagenomics; horizontal gene transfer; resistome and mobilome; environmental pathogens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

The Application Potential of Microbial Biotechnology

edited by

Tomislav Ivankovic

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial biotechnology; applied microbiology; microbial ecology; biofilms; metagenomics; microbial interactions; antibiotic resistance; microbial physiology; biotechnology; microbial diversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Disorders of Gut–Brain Interaction and the Connection with Consuming Processed Foods

edited by Francesca Bianco

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut– brain interaction (DGBI); irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); processed food (PF); probiotics; dysbiosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

Novel Strategies Against Microbial Biofilms

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofilm; bacteria; fungi; antimicrobial; drug resistance; nanoparticles; delivery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biofilm)

Glycans, Microbiomes and Host Immunity

edited by Rômulo F. Carneiro

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: glycans; microbiomes; host; immunity

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

Microbial Solutions for Sustainable Resource Recovery and Environmental Remediation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Chunqiao Xiao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioleaching; microbial resource recovery; bioremediation; nutrient recycling; sustainable bioprocesses; synthetic biology; bioenergy; wastewater treatment; biodegradation; microbial electrochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Diagnostic Strategies and Evolutionary Insights into Small Ruminant Lentiviruses

edited by

Angela Ostuni

and Alfonso Bavoso

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLV); caprine arthritis encephalitis virus; Maedi Visna virus; molecular epidemiology; viral evolution; immunopathogenesis; diagnosis; control strategies; phylogenetics; genotypic variability; SRLV phylogeography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Infectious Diseases in Aquaculture, 2nd Edition

edited by

Cesar Marcial Escobedo-Bonilla

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture; infectious diseases; pathogens; diagnostics; control methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Microbial Biotechnologies and Microorganism Interactions for Sustainable Agriculture, Second Edition

edited by

Dario Rafael Olicón-Hernández

and

Guerra-Sanchez Guadalupe

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial biotechnologies; sustainable agriculture; biofertilizers; biopesticides; bioformulations; microbial interactions; biocontrol mechanisms; ecosystem health; omics technologies; plant growth promotion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Trichophyton: Emergence, Global Spread, and Therapeutic Challenges of a New Dermatophyte

edited by

Carmen Rodríguez-Cerdeira

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: Trichophyton; Trichophyton indotineae; dermatophytosis; emerging pathogen; antifungal resistance; terbinafine resistance; SQLE mutations; molecular epidemiology; global spread; clinical management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Interactions Between Probiotics and Host, Second Edition

edited by Sávio Henrique De Cicco Sandes

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 72 | 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)

Natural Products and Isolated Bioactive Compounds: Perspectives Against Pathogenic Microorganisms

edited by

Norma Rivera-Fernández

and Teresa I. Fortoul

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; bioactive compounds; antimicrobial; antifungal; antiparasitic

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

Gut Microbiota Axes and Human Health

edited by

Peter C. Konturek

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1128 | Submission Open

Keywords: irritable bowel syndrome; chronic inflammatory bowel diseases; chronic liver diseases; skin diseases; cancer immuntherapy; chronic diseaes; autoimmune diseases; gut metabolites; gut barrier disturbance; allergic diseases; post-COVID-19; chronic lung diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Humans and Animals

edited by

Glenn S. Tillotson

and Kelly Reveles

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3198 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiota transplantation; humans; food animals; domestic animals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

Diagnosis and Treatment of Microbial Infections in Pets

edited by

Cristina-Elena Horhogea

and

Cristina-Mihaela Rîmbu

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: companion animals; microbial infections; molecular diagnostics; rapid pathogen detection; emerging pathogens; zoonotic transmission; innovative medical devices; classical and alternative therapies; antimicrobial hydrogels; nanoparticles; phytocompounds; ona health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Microbial Communities in Polar and High-Altitude Environments

edited by Miguel Ángel Fernández Martínez

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: polar microbiology; third pole; high-altitude environments; polar biotechnology; polar fauna diseases; ice microbiology; astrobiology; icy moon terrestrial analogs; climate change; environmental applications of artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Probiotics in Human Health and Disease

edited by

Francesco Celandroni

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microbiota; homeostasis; probiotics; in vitro model; gut-brain axis; probiotic treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

Deciphering Host–Parasite Dynamics: Exploring Epigenetic, Transcriptional, and Molecular Mechanisms in Intestinal Parasitic Infections

edited by Manasi Sawant and

Gabriela Certad

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: intestinal parasites; host– parasite interactions; epigenetics; gene regulation; immune response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

Probiotics, Prebiotics and Pet Health

edited by

Bing Han

and

Lihong Zhao

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12112 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microbiome; prebiotics; probiotics; pet nutrition; dysbiosis; host– microbe interactions; microbial bioactive; microbial therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Salmonella and Food Safety

edited by

Gerardo Vazquez-Marrufo

and

Ma Soledad Vázquez Garcidueñas

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9411 | 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)

Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, Second Edition

edited by

Giusto Trevisan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6689 | Submission Open

Keywords: Lyme disease; Borrelia; diagnosis; tick-borne infections; relapsing fever

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Diagnostics, Drug Resistance and Molecular Epidemiology

edited by

Juliana Maíra Watanabe Pinhata

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5393 | 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)

Advances in Fungal Plant Pathogens: Diagnosis, Resistance and Control

edited by Micael F. M. Gonçalves

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5350 | 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)

Bio-Convergence: Microorganism Usage for Sustainability Applications

edited by Yuval Dorfan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3523 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio-convergence; synthetic biology; sustainability; non-biological applications; proteomics; metabolomics; biofilm; microorganisms; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): From the Environment to Health

edited by

Zhigang Yu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3417 | 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)

Emerging Perspectives in Lyme Disease: Microbial Interactions, Host Responses, and Therapeutic Innovations

edited by Georgi Todorov Popov

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3414 | Submission Open

Keywords: lyme disease; tick-borne; immune response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Bioproducts from Cyanobacteria and Microalgae: Current Trends and Future Perspectives

edited by

Estel Rueda

and

Beatriz Altamira-Algarra

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3230 | 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)

Microbiomes in Human Health and Diseases

edited by Xiangning Bai

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3017 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

Advances in Microbial Genomics in the AMR Field

edited by

Rosalba Troncoso-Rojas

and

María Elena Báez-Flores

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2775 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance (AMR); microbial genomics; AMR genomic surveillance; CRISPR-Cas systems and AMR; phage therapy in AMR; One Health framework and AMR; artificial intelligence in AMR; AMR monitoring tools; machine learning in AMR; bioinformatics for AMR study

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

Milk, Microbes, and Medicine: The Triad Shaping Infant Health

edited by

Felicia Trofin

and

Olivia Dorneanu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2709 | Submission Open

Keywords: human milk; breast milk; microbiome; breastfeeding; infant; gut microbiota; microorganisms; maternal-infant biome; immunity; antibodies; bacteria

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

Advances in Clinical Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance

edited by

Sally Cheuk Ying Wong

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2679 | Submission Open

Keywords: multidrug resistant organisms; antimicrobial resistance; clinical infections; resistant genes; antimicrobial stewardship; infection control; novel therapies

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

Microorganisms in Silage—2nd Edition

edited by

Musen Wang

Marcia De Oliveira Franco

Qing Zhang

Siran Wang

and

Chunsheng Bai

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2436 | Submission Open

Keywords: ensiling; microbial community; microbial contamination; functional lactic acid bacteria; fermented feed

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Microbial Diversity in Different Environments

edited by Silvena B. Boteva

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2348 | 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)

Beneficial Biofilms: From Mechanisms to Applications

edited by

Tianpei Huang

and

Miłosz Tkaczyk

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2148 | Submission Open

Keywords: beneficial biofilms; microbial ecology; biofilm formation; environmental remediation; agricultural sustainability; industrial biotechnology; probiotic communities; quorum sensing; synthetic biology; sustainable solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biofilm)

Diversity of Plant Pathogens

edited by

Jevtić Radivoje

Vesna Župunski

and Emil Rekanovic̈

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2083 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant pathogens; host– pathogen interactions; disease management

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

Endophytic Fungus as Producers of New and/or Bioactive Substances, Second Edition

edited by Cecilia Veronica Nunez

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1918 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Microbial Genome Analysis and Interpretation Using Computational Approaches—Third Edition

edited by

Rajeev K. Azad

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1556 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial genome; whole-genome sequencing; bioinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiomes)

Silver Nanoparticles as Antimicrobial Agents

edited by

Karen Pillay

and

Suresh Babu Naidu Krishna

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1501 | Submission Open

Keywords: silver nanoparticles; antimicrobial; antibiotic; mechanism; resistance; infection prevention; biocompatibility; biofilm

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

Microbial Fermentation, Food and Food Sustainability, 2nd Edition

edited by

Marco Montemurro

and

Carlo Giuseppe Rizzello

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1216 | Submission Open

Keywords: food; production; fermentation; microbial community; bioprocesses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

New Crucial Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals, Communities, Hospitals and the Environment in the One Health Context

edited by Xuewen Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1215 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; one health; emerging contaminants; evolution; mutation

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

Advances in Viral Metagenomics, 2nd Edition

edited by

Antonio Charlys Da Costa

, Tania Regina Tozetto Mendoza and Maria Cássia Mendes-Correa

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1113 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus; metagenomics; virosphere; virome; viral diversity; viral evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Structural Studies of RNA Virus Replication

edited by Ming Luo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1043 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Functional Foods from Microbes

edited by Xiaofan Wang and Xiaoyuan Wei

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 898 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbe; health; nutrients; metabolites; multi-omics; animals; functional food; molecular biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Advances in Mechanisms of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

edited by

Yongxin Jin

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 619 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial resistance evolution; multidrug-resistant bacteria; resistance mechanisms; innovative drug development

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

Dietary and Animal Gut Microbiota, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yu Pi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 486 | Submission Open

Keywords: dietary; animal nutrition; gut microbiota; microbial metabolism; gut health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Probiotics: Innovations and Future Directions

edited by

Luis M. Cintas

and

Javier Feito

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 374 | Submission Open

Keywords: next-generation probiotics; engineered microorganisms; omics technologies; probiotic-based personalized medicine; probiotic-based precision nutrition; advanced probiotic delivery systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Viral Coinfections in Respiratory Diseases: Epidemiology, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Implications

edited by

Luis Adrián De Jesús-González

and

Moises Leon-Juarez

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 351 | Submission Open

Keywords: respiratory viruses; viral coinfection; epidemiology; immunopathogenesis; virus– virus interactions; host– pathogen interactions; respiratory syncytial virus; influenza virus; SARS-CoV-2; diagnostic methods; antiviral therapy; disease severity; viral seasonality; multiplex PCR; clinical outcomes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

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