Novel Antimicrobial Agents
A section of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Section Information
Welcome to the Novel Antimicrobial Agents section. This section intends to cover and publish all aspects related to new antimicrobials. This section includes, but is not limited to, new antimicrobials, its modifications, new sources of antimicrobials, antimicrobial detection methods and alternative uses of antimicrobials, such as preservatives.
New uses or applications of common antimicrobials are welcome, as well as biological fight as the use of fagos or probiotic bacteria to control pathogenic bacterial populations everywhere, or even the use of new genomic tools to fight against pathogenic bacteria, including new mechanisms of antimicrobial action or mechanisms with effect against virulence factors of bacteria, as is the biofilm formation control.
Moreover, it welcomes reports on synergistic treatments which can increase the power of classical antimicrobials or enlarge the range of microorganisms covered. Likewise, the bacterial resistance development and resistance determinants to new compounds or the bacteria behavior regarding antimicrobial strategies are also in the scope of the section as well as the fight against multidrug resistant bacteria.
Finally, in the COVID-19 era, great attention is now being dedicated to the fight against viruses, particularly COVID-19, with new compounds or strategies to fight against the survival of these agents, or as therapeutic alternatives. This wide scope can attract a lot of new and exciting ideas for a better control of microorganisms in a densely populated world.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Multitalented Synthetic Antimicrobial Compounds: From Design to Effect (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advancing the Discovery and Development of New Antibiotics through Drug Repurposing (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Antibacterial Compounds (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Antimicrobial Activities of Bioactive Components from Honeybee Products (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Interdisciplinary Applications of Micro- and Nano-Antimicrobials (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Novel Approaches for the Treatment of Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Green Antimicrobials in Biomedical Engineering: Recent Advances Proposal (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Discovery and Design of New Antimicrobial Agents (Deadline: 5 August 2025)
- Antimicrobial Applications of Green Nanotechnology in Biomedicine and the Environment (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Ionic Liquids as Novel Antimicrobial Agents (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Discovery and Development of Novel Antibacterial Agents—2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Antimicrobial Activity of Extracts from Plants, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Discovery and Development of the Novel Antimicrobial Agent—2nd Volume (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- Strategies for the Design of Hybrid-Based Antimicrobial Compounds (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: New Strategies to Overcome Antibiotic Resistance (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Metal-Based Complexes as Novel Antimicrobial Strategies (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Antimicrobial Bioactives from Invertebrates (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- A Themed Issue in Honor of Prof. Dr. Rob Capon—Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Anti-Infectives (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Innovative Antimicrobial Strategies to Combat Antibiotic Resistance (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Honey: Antimicrobial and Anti-infective Function (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Nanotechnology-Based Antimicrobials and Drug Delivery Systems (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Metal-Based Antibiotics and Therapeutics (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Antimicrobials Agents: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Microbial Natural Products as a Source of Novel Antimicrobials, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Strategies to Combat Antibiotic Resistance and Microbial Biofilms (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Antimicrobial Agents for Drug-Resistant Infections: From Identification to Preclinical and Clinical Trials (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- The Discovery of Novel Antimicrobial Agents to Combat Infections (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Natural Compounds as Antimicrobial Agents, 3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Tackling Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria with New Antimicrobial Strategies (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Design and Synthesis of Novel Antibiotics, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Discovery and Synthesis of Antimicrobial Compounds Against Multidrug Resistance (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Innovations in Antibacterial Agents: Combating Resistance, Improving Efficacy and Exploring New Mechanisms (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Antibiotic Synthesis, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
