| Data scadenza invio manoscritto | May 31 2022 |
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| Nome rivista | Antibiotics |
| Link a sito della rivista | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antibiotics |
| Impact factor della rivista | 4.639 |
| Guest Editor socio SIMGBM e eventuali Co-editors | Elena Perrin, Department of Biology, University of Florence |
| Titolo della Special Issue | Microbial Biofilms: From Molecular Mechanisms and Structure to Antimicrobial Therapy |
| Breve descrizione della Special issue (max 200 caratteri in inglese) | The close link between antibiotic efficacy and bacterial metabolism emerged in recent years. Indeed, currently used antibiotics target a narrow spectrum of macromolecular biosynthetic processes, perturbing also bacterial metabolism and contributing to cell death. Furthermore, is more and more evident, that also the metabolic state of bacteria influences their susceptibility to antibiotics. In particular, cells with a reduced metabolism (for example during the stationary phase of growth, or persisters or cells embedded in biofilm), show higher resistance to the action of antibiotics. Consequently, antibiotic efficacy could be enhanced by altering the metabolic state of bacteria. This Special Issue welcomes submissions from different research fields that deepen the relationship between bacterial metabolism and antibiotic efficacy, to find new way to overcome the problem of antibiotic resistance. |
| Link alla pagina web della Special Issue | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antibiotics/special_issues/Bacterial_Metabolism_Antibiotics |
Questa sezione contiene un elenco di Special Issues curate da soci SIMGBM.
| Data scadenza invio manoscritto | 31/01/2022 |
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| Nome rivista | Microorganisms |
| Link a sito della rivista | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/microorganisms |
| Impact factor della rivista | IF= 4.152 |
| Guest Editor socio SIMGBM e eventuali Co-editors | Paolo Landini, Dipartimento Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano Jaione Valle, CSIC-GN- Instituto de Agrobiotecnologia (IDAB), Pamplona, Spagna |
| Titolo della Special Issue | Microbial Biofilms: From Molecular Mechanisms and Structure to Antimicrobial Therapy |
| Breve descrizione della Special issue (max 200 caratteri in inglese) | The study of microbial biofilms represents a thriving field in every aspect of microbiology, as biofilms play a pivotal role in medical microbiology, environmental microbiology, and microbial biotechnology alike. The investigation of the basic molecular mechanisms leading to biofilm formation, maintenance, and break-up, in different microorganisms, has led to the discovery of some of the most sophisticated signaling and regulatory pathways known to exist in the microbial world. In this Special Issue of Microorganisms, we invite scientists with an interest in microbial (i.e., both bacterial and fungal) biofilms to send contributions concerning any aspect related to this field: from the role of mixed biofilms in different ecological niches, including industrial settings and complex microbial communities associated with the human body, to development of novel antimicrobial agents with antibiofilm activity, to investigations on microbial virulence linked to biofilm formation, to the basic regulatory mechanisms presiding over the various steps of the biofilm/planktonic cells cycle, to investigations on the impact of microbial biofilms on human health. |
| Link alla pagina web della Special Issue | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/microorganisms/special_issues/microbial_biofilms_molecular_mechanisms_structure_therapy |
| Data scadenza invio manoscritto | 31/12/2021 |
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| Nome rivista | ANTIBIOTICS |
| Link a sito della rivista | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antibiotics |
| Impact factor della rivista | 3.893 |
| Guest Editor socio SIMGBM e eventuali Co-editors | Domenico Schillaci, Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy |
| Titolo della Special Issue | "The Global Need for New Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Agents" |
| Breve descrizione della Special issue (max 200 caratteri in inglese) | Modern medicine and even the structure of society are established on the ability to control infectious diseases. Antibiotics and vaccines represent the two fundamental pillars on which the ability to manage and fight pathogens is based. However, one of the two pillars falters due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Bacterial resistance may develop at cellular level (mutations or horizontal gene transfer) and sessile community, based on adaptive resistance and tolerance involving shift from free-living cells to a biofilm community. It is estimated that, in clinical settings, at least 60% of infections are due to biofilms, which are often the cause of polymicrobial and chronic infections. Moreover, in many cases, antimicrobials used in agriculture and animal breeding are equal to the ones used in clinical settings, increasing the risk of the rise and spread of resistant bacteria, including common pathogens for both animals and humans. Reducing antibiotic usage in farms and replacing it with new molecules could be a short-term approach to facing AMR. New antimicrobials that are able to hit resistant pathogens and biofilm are strongly needed. It is time for action in order to address antibiotic-resistant strains, especially carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA), which are resistant to last-resort antibiotics. This Special Issue is aimed at researchers who focus their scientific interest on drug discovery strategies to develop new molecules with antimicrobial action and antibiofilm. Potential topics may include but are not limited to antimicrobial peptides of various organisms, natural substances, nanoparticles of microbial origin, and small synthetic organic molecules. Topics such as strategies aimed at improving the efficiency of conventional antibiotics through nano/micro-release and micro-release systems with functionalized polymers are also welcome. |
| Link alla pagina web della Special Issue | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antibiotics/special_issues/Global_Antimicrobials |
| Data scadenza invio manoscritto | 31 December 2021 |
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| Nome rivista | Antibiotics |
| Link a sito della rivista | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antibiotics |
| Impact factor della rivista | 3.893 |
| Guest Editor socio SIMGBM e eventuali Co-editors | Rosa Alduina PhD, Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy Dr. Rungroch Sungthong, Laboratory of Hydrology and Geochemistry of Strasbourg (LHyGeS), University of Strasbourg – French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Strasbourg Cedex 67084, France |
| Titolo della Special Issue | Novel Antibiotics and Novel Modes of Action to Fight Infectious Diseases in Antimicrobial Resistance Era |
| Breve descrizione della Special issue (max 200 caratteri in inglese) | This Special Issue provides a platform for exchanging and updating our new insights into the discovery of novel antibiotics from various yet unexplored and underexplored sources to defeat infectious diseases in the antimicrobial resistance era and the hidden modes of action of currently available bioactive molecules using advanced in silico screening approaches and/or lab-based techniques. All types of articles falling within the scope of the above research areas are welcome. |
| Link alla pagina web della Special Issue | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antibiotics/special_issues/novel_mode_anti |
| Data scadenza invio manoscritto | 10/12/2021 |
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| Nome rivista | Biology (MDPI) |
| Link a sito della rivista | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/biology |
| Impact factor della rivista | 3.796 |
| Guest Editor socio SIMGBM e eventuali Co-editors | Nicole Grandi (leading guest editor), Enzo Tramontano (co-guest editor) |
| Titolo della Special Issue | Endogenous Retroviruses: Contribution to Human Evolution and Physiopathology |
| Breve descrizione della Special issue (max 200 caratteri in inglese) | A growing body of evidence indicates that evolutionary interaction with endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) has played a fundamental role in shaping mammalian evolution. For example, ERV-derived proteins and regulatory sequences have been shown to play a pivotal role in mammalian development, and several lines of evidence support a role for ERVs in the antiviral immunity evolution. Intriguingly, viral infection can trigger the expression of otherwise silenced ERV loci, suggesting that ERVs might serve as strategic orchestrators of antiviral defenses. ERVs are also considered possible drivers of pathological conditions, and it is likely that the loss of balance between the control of ERV expression and its domestication to the host physiology (e.g., in disorders characterized by immune and epigenetics dysregulation) can contribute to complex diseases. The post-genomic era provides unprecedented possibilities to investigate ERV contribution to mammalian development and physiopathology. Unfortunately, however, ERV research remains fraught with misconceptions and challenged by complications in dealing with highly repetitive sequences. This Special Issue aims to provide an updated survey of ERV interplay with the host biology, with particular attention to clarifying fundamental misconceptions and controversies regarding the evolutionary origins of ERVs in the human genome and their possible contributions to human evolution and pathogenesis. |
| Link alla pagina web della Special Issue | https://www.mdpi.com/si/64259 |
| Data scadenza invio manoscritto | 30 November 2021 |
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| Nome rivista | Microbiology-MDPI |
| Link a sito della rivista | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/microorganisms |
| Impact factor della rivista | 4.152 |
| Guest Editor socio SIMGBM e eventuali Co-editors | Prof. Dr. Annamaria Bevivino Prof. Dr. Maria Maddalena Del Gallo |
| Titolo della Special Issue | Beneficial Microbiomes in Agriculture and Human Health: The Food Connection |
| Breve descrizione della Special issue (max 200 caratteri in inglese) | Many studies support the role of beneficial microbiomes for improving agri-food production and human health. Only during the last decade, we have begun to gain insights into the composition and functional of microbiomes as a consequence of major advances in High Throughput DNA sequencing (HTS) technologies. Microbiomes occupy a central position in the “One Health” framework. They can colonize almost all biological niches including plants and humans providing benefits to the planet as a whole and everything that lives on and in it. Plant-associated bacteria can be found in fact on leaves, roots or in the internal tissues as well as human-associated bacteria can reside on or within human. The application of beneficial microbes into agriculture can contribute to providing healthy food in a sustainable manner by reducing the amount of fertilizer, pesticides and herbicides. Given the food link, microbes from vegetable-diet can also have a direct and indirect effects on human health. In this special Issue, we kindly invite the research community to submit original research papers and reviews that provide newest insights into the structure and dynamics of the core microbiomes across the food system (from soil to plants, and from foods to human) and to better investigate how we can use or manipulate microbiomes for achieving enhanced crop production and/or improving human health. Keywords: Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganisms; Probiotics; Sustainable agriculture; Food system; Plant-food microbiome; Gut microbiome; Host-microbe interaction; Human health; Dysbiosis; Heathy diet |
| Link alla pagina web della Special Issue | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/microorganisms/special_issues/Beneficial_Microbiomess |
| Data scadenza invio | Contact annamaria.bevivino@enea.it or the editorial office (queena.chen@mdpi.com) if you and your colleagues are interested in submitting a manuscript for this special issue. |