Genomics and Eco-Physiology of Food-Related Microorganisms

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit original articles or reviews to a Special Issue of Foods titled “Genomics and Eco-Physiology of Food-Related Microorganisms”.

The aim of this Special Issue of Foods is to use state-of-the-art genomics technologies such as whole-genome sequencing and RNA sequencing to study foodborne bacterial pathogens under different food processing or intervention conditions. In recent years, next-generation sequencing has opened unprecedented opportunities. In food safety, whole-genome sequencing and metagenomics have been successfully applied to trace back sources of contamination, investigate reservoirs of foodborne pathogens, assess the likelihood and magnitude of food safety hazards to cause illness, study the effects of intervention strategies on the microbiome, and predict the likelihood of pathogen/gene transfer.

Original and review papers related to bacterial stress responses are also welcome for inclusion in this Special Issue of Foods.

Dr. Yanhong Liu
Dr. Pina M. Fratamico
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Foods is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.