Microbial Natural Products as a Source of Novel Antimicrobials, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Novel Antimicrobial Agents".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 702
Special Issue Editors
2. Linking Landscape Environment Agriculture and Food Research Center (LEAF), Associated Laboratory TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: biopreservatives; bioactive compounds; antimicrobial peptides; antimicrobial; antioxidant
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2. CBIOS—Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies, Universidade Lusófona, 1749-024 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: formulation of cosmetics; health products and nutraceutics; antimicrobial natural products; new ingredients from byproducts
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We have published a successful Special Issue titled “Microbial Natural Products as a Source of Novel Antimicrobials”. This result encouraged us to open a second edition on the same topic.
Microbial natural products are of great interest in the development of new antimicrobial agents. In recent decades, several microbial secondary metabolites, such as antimicrobial peptides, bacteriocins, and mycocins, have been identified for their potential applications in the food, agriculture, and pharmaceutical industries. However, only a few, like nisin and natamycin in food products, have been adopted as viable alternatives to traditional antimicrobial agents.
It is essential to meet the increasing demand for natural and eco-friendly biocides and preservatives in food, crops, and cosmetics, while also advancing the development and implementation of novel, less toxic, broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents.
This second edition still seeks reviews, research papers, and communications that can improve on the existing knowledge about microbial natural products with the potential to be an effective and less toxic alternative to the usual antibiotics, biocides, or chemical preservatives used nowadays. Thus, research related to the discovery of antimicrobial peptides, bacteriocins, and mycocins and their mode of action and application in food safety, food microbial control, agriculture, cosmetics, and human and animal health is welcome.
We encourage you to read the published papers in the first Special Issue entitled Microbial Natural Products as a Source of Novel Antimicrobials.
Dr. Patricia Branco
Dr. Elisabete Muchagato Mauricio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antimicrobial peptides
- mycocins
- bacteriocins
- antimicrobial activity
- biopreservatives
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