Molecular Microbiology
A section of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067).
Section Information
The Molecular Microbiology section of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) aims to rapidly publish papers contributing to a deeper understanding of molecular principles underlying physiological processes and regulatory mechanisms in microorganisms. Molecular studies of archaea, bacteria, eukaryotic microorganisms, and viruses are welcome.
Topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Antibiotic resistance mechanisms;
- Biosynthesis of macromolecules;
- Cell division and cell wall structure;
- Gene expression and its regulation;
- Gene transfer mechanisms;
- Host–pathogen interactions including host responses;
- Induction of cell death by microorganisms;
- Membrane biogenesis and function;
- Pathogenicity mechanisms;
- Posttranslational modifications;
- Protein delivery (secretion and trafficking);
- Signaling pathways and networks;
- Systems biology;
- Vaccines;
- Virulence factors.
Keywords
- bacteriophages
- biomembranes
- fungi
- lipidomics
- metabolomics
- molecular biology
- molecular microbiology
- nucleic acid–protein interactions
- prokaryotes
- protein–protein interactions
- proteomics
- signal transduction and regulation
- synthetic biology
- toxin–antitoxin systems
- transcriptomics
- viruses
- yeasts
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Molecular Insights in Antivirals and Vaccines (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Gut Microbiota Derived Metabolites in Cardiovascular Health and Disease (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Gut Microbiota in Human Disease and Health (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Molecular Research on Host-Parasite Interactions (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Pathogenesis and Immunology of Cytomegalovirus (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Molecular Progression of Gut Microbiota (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Molecular Insights into Antifungal Resistance and Virulence (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Bioremediation of Soils with Organic Pollutants by Microorganisms (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Gut Microbiota in Disease and Health 3.0 (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Antimicrobial Resistance, Molecular Mechanisms and Fight Strategies: 4th Edition (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Paradox of Salmonella Survival and Host Defense Strategies (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Microbial Infections and Novel Biological Molecules for Treatment (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Advances in Yeast Engineering and Stress Responses (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Molecular Biology of Chagas Disease, Leishmaniasis, and West Nile Virus Vectors in the Old and New World (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Viral Infections and Host Immune Responses (Deadline: 28 April 2025)
- Antimicrobial Effects and Immunological Mechanisms of Natural Products (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Bile Acids and Bile Acid Modifications in Health and Disease (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Molecular Studies on the Impact of Microbiome on Anticancer Drug Resistance (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Cell and Molecular Biology of Archaea (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Molecular Engineering of Viral-Like Particles for Targeted Therapeutic Applications (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Emerging Biotechnological Approaches for Natural Antiviral Molecules Discovery (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Genetic Engineering in Microbial Biotechnology (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- The Inflammatory and Immune Response to Helicobacter pylori Infection (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Bioactive Materials with Antimicrobial Properties: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Molecular Genetics and Biosynthesis of Biotechnological Products by Filamentous Fungi and Yeasts (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Molecular Research on Rhizobia (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Molecular Perspectives in the Diagnosis, Prevention, Treatment, and Vaccination Against Parasitic Diseases (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Extremophilic Bacteria and Their Potential Applications in Biotechnology (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Respiratory Virus Infection (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Coronaviruses (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Advanced Perspectives on Virus–Host Interactions (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Advances in Research on Antifungal Resistance (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Microorganisms in the Environment (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Gut Microbiota and Nutrition in Human Health (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Advanced Research on Malaria: Molecular and Biochemical Perspectives (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Recent Research in Probiotic Yeasts: Molecular Aspects (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Advances in Molecular Biology on Mycobacteria: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- New Insight into Bacteriophage and Their Potential Applications (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Molecular Insights into Antimicrobial Activity (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- New Insights into Nutritional Regulation on Gut Microbiota (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Innovative Advances and Applications in Medical and Molecular Virology (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Novel Antivirals against Respiratory Viruses (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Molecular Advances in Helicobacter pylori Infections and Treatments (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- The Microbiota and Its Association with Cellular Transformation and Metabolic Changes, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Current Advances in Antivirals and Vaccines (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Role of Microorganisms and Their Metabolites in Agriculture, Food and the Environment: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Mechanisms in Biofilm Formation, Tolerance and Control: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- New Strategies to Improve the Detection of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Persisting Infections (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Molecular Research in Infective Mycobacteria (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Engineered Probiotics in the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Cancer, Infections, and Metabolic Disorders (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Viral Infections: Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Microbiome Modulation Through Probiotics: Molecular Insights and Therapeutic Applications (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Chemical Tools for Microbial Functionalization: Bridging Organic Chemistry and Biotechnology (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- New Insight into Microbial Pathogens in Diseases (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Advanced Research of Gut Microbiota and Toxins (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Probiotics in Health and Disease (Deadline: 25 June 2025)
- The Regulation of Microorganisms on Human Endocrine and Metabolic Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Microbial Omics: Decoding Microbial Life (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Microbiome and Bioactive Compounds: Insights into Health, Disease, and Therapeutic Potential (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Production of Bioactive Compounds by Microbes: Biosynthetic Pathway Elucidation and Metabolic Engineering (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Recent Advances in Herpesviruses (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Microalgal Molecules and Enzymes: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Recent Advances in Molecular Pathology, Drug Resistance and Diagnostics of Human Fungal Diseases (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Role of RNA Decay in Bacterial Gene Regulation (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Antimicrobial Resistance—New Insights, 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- The Role of Dysbiosis in Chronic Diseases (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Antibacterial Activity against Drug-Resistant Strains, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- New Insights into the Effects of Microbiome-Derived Metabolites on Health and Disease (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Molecular Research of Gut Microbiota in Human Health and Diseases (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Decontamination of Emerging Contaminants and Disinfection of Pathogenic Microorganisms (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- New Advances in Medical Microbiology (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Cell Envelope Biogenesis and, Molecular Strategies to Maintain Cellular Homeostasis in Bacteria (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Host-Pathogen Interaction, 6th Edition (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Current Advances in Gut Microbiota in Human Diseases and Health (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Pathogenic Mechanisms of Candida auris (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Molecular Research on Human Retrovirus Infection: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- New Insights in Bacterial Infection Research: From Mechanisms to Therapies (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Microbiome (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Molecular Insights into Zoonotic Diseases (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Molecular and Immune Mechanisms in Pathogenic Mycobacteria Infections (Deadline: 25 July 2025)
- Advances in Plant Nematology Research (Deadline: 25 July 2025)
- Pathogenicity and Antibiotic Resistance of Helicobacter pylori (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Recent Advances in Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Resistance and Antibiotic Therapy (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Molecular Research on Parasitic Infection (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Gut Microbiome Stability in Health and Disease (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Mechanism Research on Listeria monocytogenes and Its Control (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- The Interaction Between Cell and Virus, 3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- The Role of the Gut and Oral Microbiota in Neurodevelopment: Molecular Biological Insights (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Revolutionizing Antifungal Therapeutics: From Understanding to Intervention (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Characteristics of Bacteria Colonizing Animals in the Light of the "One Health" Concept (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Bacteriophage: Molecular Ecology and Pharmacology, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Viral Infection and Virology Methods (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Exploring Phage–Host Interactions: Novel Findings and Perspectives (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Microbial Resistance Mechanisms in Biotechnology: From Extremes to Applications (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Pathogenic Microorganisms, Viruses and Therapeutic Strategies (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Gastrointestinal Microbes: Implications for Health and Disease (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Microbial Pathogens and Drug Resistance in the Environment (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Molecular Techniques to Study Food Safety Challenges (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Microbial Genomics in the Omics Era (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Microbiome-Immunity Crosstalk and Its Role in Health and Disease (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Viruses as Therapeutic Tools: Medical and Biotechnological Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Microbial Metabolism: From Pathway Analysis to Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Plant-Microbe Interaction Studies (Deadline: 10 September 2025)
- Current Advances and Perspectives in Microbial Genetics and Genomics (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Molecular Advances in Parvovirus (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Fungal Pathogen-Host Interactions (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Molecular Research on Bacteria (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Molecular Research of the Regulation of Expression Associated with the Mechanism of Multidrug-Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Intestinal Microbiome and Its Function (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Research Advances in Antibiotic Resistance (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Microbial Mediators: The Bridge Between Soils, Plants, and Animal Infectious Diseases (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Microbial Interactions with Insect Hosts: Mechanisms, Evolution and Ecological Implications (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Molecular Advances in Detection and Analysis of Microbial Pathogens (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- New Molecular Insights into Antimicrobial Photo-Treatments (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Host Responses to Virus Infection (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Antimicrobial Agents: Natural Products or Synthetic Compounds 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Molecular Pathogenesis of Mycobacteria (Deadline: 24 October 2025)
- The Evolution, Genetics and Pathogenesis of Viruses (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- The Use of Molecular Biology in the Targeted Prevention, Diagnosis and Therapy of Microbial Infections (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
