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Chlamydiae and Chlamydia-Like Infections

edited by

Servaas A. Morré

and Stephan Verweij

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 28304 | Submission Open

Keywords: Chlamydiales; Chlamydia infection; molecular and cell biology; genetics and genomics; host– pathogen interaction; diagnostics; vaccine development; epidemiology; prevention and policy; zoonosis; Chlamydia-like; model systems to study Chlamydiae and Chlamydia-like infections

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

One Health Research on Zoonotic Tick-Borne Pathogens

edited by

Chien-Ming Shih

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12637 | Submission Open

Keywords: tick-borne pathogens; zoonotic infections; epidemiology; diagnostics; surveillance; prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Public Health Microbiology)

Biofilm: Formation, Control, and Applications

edited by Huan Gu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12552 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofilm formation; material properties; cell-to-cell interactions; prevention; removal; control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biofilm)

Oral Microbiota: Diseases, Health, and Beyond

edited by

Federica Di Spirito

and

Maria Pia Di Palo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10353 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral microbiota; oral bacteria; oral viruses; oral fungi; oral protozoa; oral health; oral disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Advances in Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion: Mechanisms, Microbial Communities, Early Detection and Control Strategies

edited by Yingchao Li and

Laura L. Machuca

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8115 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofilms; corrosion; microbial communities; microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC); biofilm inhibition and control; early detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Gut Microbiota: Metagenomics to Study Ecology, 2nd Edition

edited by

Lifeng Zhu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7734 | Submission Open

Keywords: metagenomics; ecology; multi-omics; metagenomic assembled genomes; function; host– microbe interactions; behavior; local adaptation; biodiversity conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

Immunity and Viral Immune Evasion Strategies: Recent Insights

edited by

Carolina Scagnolari

and Federica Frasca

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7721 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus– host interactions; viral immunopathogenesis; innate immunity; cellular immunity; viral genetic variability; inflammation; viral immune evasion strategies; antiviral responses; biomarker discovery; virulence determinants; immune signalling pathways; viral persistence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Effect of Microbial Communities for Environmental Protection and Development of Agriculture, Second Edition

edited by Alejandro Rodriguez-Sanchez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6452 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental microbial communities; environmental protection; agriculture potentiation; bioremediation; ecosystem functioning; biotic and abiotic stresses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

One Health Perspectives on the Detection and Control of Foodborne Pathogens

edited by Cristiana Maurella

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6340 | Submission Open

Keywords: foodborne pathogens; epidemiology; food safety; One Health; pathogen detection; diagnostic technologies; WGS; genome sequencing; bioinformatic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Exploring Microbial Evolution: From Cellular Dynamics to Phylogenetic Branching

edited by

Nobuyuki Haga

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6262 | Submission Open

Keywords: taxonomy; evolution; phylogeny; molecular systematics; microbial genomics; symbiosis; ciliates; protists; cellular evolution

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

Microbial Communities in Soil: Drivers of Terrestrial Ecosystem Processes

edited by Xiawei Peng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5567 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microbiome assembly; microbial functional traits; ecological networks; metagenomics; plant– soil feedback; climate change adaptation; microbiome engineering; ecosystem services; sustainable land management; soil biodiversity conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Sustainable Approaches to Mitigate Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment

edited by

Emma Murphy

and

Gustavo Fehrenbach

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5465 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; environment; probiotics; antibiotic; bioremediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

The Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Stress-Adaptive Responses in Bacteria

edited by

Ewa Laskowska

and

Arumugam Priya

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4243 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofilms; strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance; bacterial stress adaptation

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

Probiotics, Gut Microbiota, and Health

edited by

Massimiliano Marazzato

and Claudio de Simone

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3534 | Submission Open

Keywords: probiotic; gut microbiota; intestinal microbiome; host health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

New Advances in Microalgae Biotechnology—Increasing Productivity Towards Achieving a More Profitable Production Chain

edited by

Carlos Yure B. Oliveira

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3323 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; food; nutraceuticals; biorefinery; bioeconomy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

AI in Developing Diagnostics, Antiviral Therapies, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Vaccines for Viral Diseases in Humans, Animals, and Birds

edited by

Maged Gomaa Hemida

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3277 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; viral diagnostics; antiviral drug discovery; vaccine development; genomic surveillance; machine learning; computational virology; predictive modeling; immune response prediction; One Health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Advances in Soil Microbial Ecology, 3rd Edition

edited by Jie Wang and

Yadong Xu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3260 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microorganisms; microbial ecology; microbial community; microbial diversity; microbial interactions; soil ecosystem; nutrient cycle

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Bacterial Motility

edited by

Rama Bansil

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3141 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacterial movement; bacterial motility; technological and biomedical applications; bacteria motors; chemotaxis; swarming motility; hydrodynamics of bacteria swimming mechanisms; biomimetic swimmers

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

Mycosis and Antifungal Agents

edited by Victor Silva and Patrício Christian Godoy-Martínez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2951 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycosis; antifungal agents; antifungal resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

The Role of Probiotics in Animal Health

edited by

Jose Manuel Silvan

and

Gintare Zakariene

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2309 | Submission Open

Keywords: probiotic strains; microbiota– host interaction; feed additive; antibiotic resistance; animal health; growth performance; meat quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Emerging Viruses: Detection, Genomic Analysis and Antiviral Activities

edited by

Tiago Souza Salles

and Monica Ferreira Moreira

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2215 | Submission Open

Keywords: arbovirus; dengue; chikungunya; Zika; yellow fever; Ilheus fever; St. Louis encephalitis; West Nile fever; genomics; transcriptomics; vector– virus interactions; vector control; insecticides and insecticide resistance; discovery of antivirals from natural products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

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

edited by

Felicia Trofin

and

Olivia Dorneanu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2198 | 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)

Infectious Diseases in Animals

edited by Lilian Gregory and Huber Rizzo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2190 | Submission Open

Keywords: neosporosis; tuberculosis; coxiellosis; dengue; emerging diseases due to climate changes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Pseudomonas Biology and Biodiversity

edited by

Dimitris Mossialos

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2156 | Submission Open

Keywords: Pseudomonas; biodiversity; omic technologies; community structure; phylogenomics; metagenomics; biotechnological applications

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

Emerging Trends in Arboviral Research: Surveillance, Diagnostics, Virus–Host Interactions, and Therapeutic Strategies

edited by Flávia Barreto Dos Santos and

Priscila Conrado Guerra Nunes

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1665 | Submission Open

Keywords: arthropod-borne viruses; diagnostics; surveillance; vector– host interactions; pathogenesis; viral evolution; therapeutic strategies; antivirus

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

Microbial Biotechnology: The Biodiversity, Properties and Benefits of Microorganisms in Medical, Clinical, Food and Environmental Fields, 2nd Edition

edited by

Marcelo Andrés Umsza-Guez

and

Karina Teixeira Magalhães-Guedes

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1661 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial biotechnology; microorganism diversity; biotechnological applications; functional foods; pathogen control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Advances in Host Gut Microbiota—2nd Edition

edited by

Jean-Paul Motta

and Marion Garofalo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1577 | Submission Open

Keywords: host– microbiota interactions; infectious and inflammatory gut disorders; microbiota ageing; intestinal epithelium

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

Advances in Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria Microcosm Mapping and Its Interrelation Within the Food Production Setting

edited by

Marios Mataragas

Nikolaos D. Andritsos

and

Spiros Paramithiotis

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1535 | Submission Open

Keywords: foodborne pathogenic bacteria; food processing; next-generation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Plant Extracts and Antimicrobials, Third Edition

edited by

Paola Angelini

Giancarlo Angeles Flores

and

Roberto Venanzoni

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1296 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibacterials; antifungals; antivirals; bioactive compounds; biofilms; dermatophytes; drug resistance; food; beverages and supplements; pathogenics; mode of action; plant extracts; screening; spices

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

Research of Soil Microbial Communities

edited by Rodrigo Gouveia Taketani

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1270 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microbial community; biogeochemical cycle; carbon sequestration; sustainable agriculture; microbial ecology; soil fertility; metagenome; nutrient cycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Virulence-Associated Genes, Pathogenesis and Immunoevasion Mechanisms of African Swine Fever Virus

edited by

Lihua Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1175 | Submission Open

Keywords: African swine fever; African swine fever virus; virulence-associated gene; pathogenesis; immunoevasion; antiviral strategy; vaccine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Advances in Magnetotactic Bacteria

edited by Hongmiao Pan

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1155 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetotactic bacteria; multicellular magnetotactic prokaryotes; magnetically responsive protists; magnetosome; biomineralization; culture; genome; evolution; environmental adaptability strategy; ecological function; magnetofossil; metagenome assembled genomes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Antifungal Resistance: Challenges in Diagnosis and Management

edited by

Aditya K. Gupta

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1146 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycoses; antifungal agents; drug resistance; fungal microbial sensitivity tests; antimicrobial stewardship; One Health

(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 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1007 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

Coronavirus: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis and Control

edited by

Ivo Nikolaev Sirakov

Stoyan Angelov Shishkov

and Kalina Shishkova

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 917 | Submission Open

Keywords: coronaviruses; epidemiology; SARS-CoV-2; hosts; molecular methods; diagnostics; serology; pandemic spread; post-pandemic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Virology)

State-of-the-Art Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance Research in Germany

edited by

Catalina-Suzana Stingu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 743 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobials; antimicrobial resistance (AMR); antibiotics; antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARBs); antibiotic-resistant genes (ARGs); antimicrobial peptides; bacteriophage therapy

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

Gut Microbiota and Diseases

edited by

Kyunam Kim

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 684 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microbiota; small intestinal bacterial overgrowth; intestinal inflammation; microbial metabolites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

Renaissance of Kinetic Studies in Modern Microbiology

edited by

Nicolai S. Panikov

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 629 | Submission Open

Keywords: growth curves; kinetics; latent and stationary phase; survival and death; product formation; spontaneous mutations; genetic sweeps; cell cycles; differentiation into subpopulations; mathematical simulations; genome-scale models; transcriptomics; proteomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Neurotropic and Latent Viruses in Animal Hosts: Ecology, Persistence, and Zoonotic Potential

edited by

Jelena Prpić

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 592 | Submission Open

Keywords: herpesviruses; One Health; neurotropic viruses; latent viruses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Microbiota in Human Health and Disease, 2nd Edition

edited by Claire Morgan and

Paul D. Facey

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 552 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiota; probiotics; prebiotics; synbiotics; biotherapeutics; probiogenomics; health and disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Bacteriophages in Diverse Environments—Physiology, Genetics, and Potential Biotechnological Applications

edited by

Alicja Wegrzyn

and

Łukasz Grabowski

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open

Keywords: biology of bacteriophages; biodiversity of bacteriophages; regulation of bacteriophage development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Microbial Visualization and Biosensing

edited by

Tianyu Jiang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 432 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial visualization; imaging tools; bioluminescence; fluorescence; colorimetric; biosensing in metabolic engineering; biosensing in medicine and pharmacology; biosensing in environmental health monitoring; biosensing in food safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)

Advancements in Pathogenic Bacteria: Detection, Genomic Analysis, and Antibiotic Resistance—2nd Edition

edited by Vlademir Vicente Cantarelli

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacterial infections; immunocompromised patients; identification methods; mass spectrometry; genomic analysis; antimicrobial resistance (AMR); faster detection methods; pathogenic bacteria; new bacterial pathogens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Experimental and Clinical Treatment of Leishmaniasis

edited by Katharine Carter and

Ramona Hurdyal

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug treatment; immunotherapy; non-drug-based treatment methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Bioaerosols and Their Health Impacts

edited by

Mingyu Wang

Changliang Nie

, Xueyun Geng and Ling Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 361 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioaerosols; pathogens; human health; risk assessment; exposure assessment; dose– response model; allergy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)

Probiotics: The Current State of Scientific Knowledge (2nd Edition)

edited by

Jacek Piatek

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiota modification; microbiological techniques for identifying microorganisms; probiotics in therapy; probiotics and antibiotic resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gut Microbiota)

HTLV Infection and Associated Neurological Diseases

edited by Abelardo de Queiroz Campos Araujo and Marcus Tulius Teixeira da Silva

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open

Keywords: HTLV-I Infections; HTLV-II Infections; tropical spastic paraparesis; myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis; neurologic manifestations; virus integration; disease progression; epidemiology; immunopathology; antiviral agents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)

Leptospira and Leptospirosis: Pathogenesis and Biology Research

edited by

Cristiane Rodrigues Guzzo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: leptospirosis; zoonoses; virulence; pathogenesis; diagnosis; outer membrane vesicles (OMVs); treatment; signaling; structural biology; bioinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)

Food Microbiology: State-of-the-Art Research in Italy

edited by

Antonio Bevilacqua

and

Vincenzina Fusco

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 247 | Submission Open

Keywords: food microbiology; foodborne pathogens; food safety; food preservation; molecular methods; genomics; probiotics; predictive microbiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)

State-of-the-Art Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance Research in France

edited by Olivier Chesneau

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance (AMR); antibiotic discovery; One Health approach; emerging resistance mechanisms; AMR surveillance; novel antimicrobial agents; bacterial virulence factors; therapeutic alternatives; molecular epidemiology; antimicrobial stewardship

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

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