Editorial Board

Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.

Members

Division of Microbiology, Brewing and Biotechnology, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 5RD, UK
Interests: foodborne disease; bacteriology; bacteriophages; probiotics; prebiotics; antimicrobial resistance; host-pathogen interactions; enzymology
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Sylvius Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Interests: microbial molecular genetics and metabolic engineering; applied genomics and systems biology; control of nutrient signalling and transport in baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae; identification of novel enzymes in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger; molecular mechanisms of stress and solvent tolerance in Pseudomonas putida
Department of Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece
Interests: physiology of oleaginous microorganisms; microbial lipids; yarrowia lipolytica; microalgae; polyunsaturated fatty acids; biodiesel; valorization of agro-industrial by-products
1. CIIMAR/CIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixoes, Av. General Norton de Matos, S/N, 4450-208 Porto, Portugal
2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
Interests: genomics (from animals to microorganisms); evolution, molecular ecology; conservation; biotechnology; bioinformatics
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IRTA- Food Safety and Functionality Programme, 17121 Monells, Girona, Spain
Interests: food microbiology; natural antimicrobials; alternative thermal and non-thermal food technologies; active packaging; food-borne pathogens and spoilage, biofilm; cleaning and disinfection; molecular microbiology; real-time PCR; metagenomics and whole genome sequencing
Faculty of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z, Canada
Interests: infectious diseases; microbiology; nano medicine; host-pathogen interaction
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Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Weymouth DT4 8UB, UK
Interests: marine microbiology; vibrios; climate changes; waterborne infectious disease; biological oceanography; human pathogens
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Engineering Technology Department, College of Technology, University of Houston-Sugarland, Houston, TX 77479, USA
Interests: biofuels; biomass conversion; microbial fermentation; bioenergy; microalgae
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
Interests: bioremedation; metagenomics; metal removal
Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Interests: Helicobacter pylori; bacteria motility; live-cell microscopic imaging and tracking; hydrodynamic modeling of bacteria swimming; chemotaxis; gastric mucus; mucin; gelation; rheology; microrheology; microfluidics
Faculty of Science, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Interests: food fermentation; dairy; wine fermentation; food safety; probiotics; functional foods; food processing; lactic acid bacteria; yeast; table olives; biofilm; predictive microbiology
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Laboratory of Soil Biology, Department of Biology, University of Neuchatel, 2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland
Interests: oomycete plant pathogens; phytophthora; biotechnological applications of fungal enzymes
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Institute of Microbiology and Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Rebenring 56, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Interests: recombinant proteins; Bacillus megaterium; Bacillus; recombinant plasmids; genetic engineering; applied microbiology; co-cultivations
Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygien, Universityy of Tuebingen, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany
Interests: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; resistance mechanisms; Type VI and Type III secretion; virulence mechanisms; outer membrane proteins; biogenesis; murein endopeptidases and other enzymes peptidoglycan recycling; Yersinia; adhesion factors; host cell interaction with bacteria; gram-negative bacteria
Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Facultat d'Enologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Campus Sescelades N4, c/ Marcel.lí Domingo, 1, 43007 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Interests: lactic acid bacteria; wine; Oenococcus; food microbiology; fermented foods
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Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7005, Australia
Interests: bacterial response to stress; lactic acid bacteria; degradation of toxic pollutants; Actinobacteria; Corynebacteriales; cell surface biology; probiotics
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Department of Agricultural, Food and Environment, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: food microbiology; lactic acid bacteria; yeast; probiotic; water treatment; antibiotic resistance
Parasitology Reference and Research Laboratory, National Centre for Microbiology, Health Institute Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Spain
Interests: zoonotic diseases; protist; helminth; cryptosporidium; giardia; blastocystis; enterocytozoon; echinococcus; diagnosis, molecular epidemiology; transmission dynamics; evaluation socioeconomic impact
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Institute of Polar Sciences (ISP), National Research Council, Spianata S. Raineri, 98122 Messina, Italy
Interests: marine microbiology; microbial ecology; environmental quality; marine monitoring; biogeochemical cycles; microbial enzymes; microbial viability; substrate colonization; plastisphere; bacterial pathogens; rapid detection methods; fish microflora and physiology; temperate and polar ecosystems
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Department of Microbiology, College of Natural Sciences, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
Interests: food biotechnology; fermentation; fermented foods; bioconversion of natural compounds; glycosides; carbohydrate-active enzymes; extremophiles; extremozymes; archaea
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
Interests: natural products; secondary metabolites; actinomycetes; antibiotics; adaptive laboratory evolution; systems biology; multi-omic data analysis; mathematical modeling of metabolic networks
Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy, University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus, Reading RG6 6AP, UK
Interests: food waste valorisation; biotechnology; fermentation; biopolymers; prebiotic carbohydrates; food formulation; enzymes; green technologies; platform chemicals
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Department of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Via R. Balzarini 1, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Interests: microbial ecology; molds; mycotoxin; biofilms; antimicrobial compounds; fermented food
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Department of Oral Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Ave., Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Interests: host-pathogen interactions; cellular microbiology; bacterial virulence and secretion systems; biology of bacterial persister/dormant cells; antibiotic persistence and resistance; bacterial evolution and pathogenicity; biofilm; gene regulation; functional genomics
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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
Interests: zoonoses; antimicrobial resistance; Brucella spp.
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CNR-Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Naples, Italy
Interests: natural products; biosynthesis; lipids; microbial metabolism; biofuels; diatoms; hyperthermophiles
Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care and Internal Medicine 'G. D'Alessandro', University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 133, I-90127 Palermo, Italy
Interests: enteric viruses’ molecular characterization (Rotavirus, Norovirus, Astrovirus)
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NemaLab-ICAAM, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Évora, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal
Interests: plant nematology; plant pathology (phytopathology); forest pathology; biological control; phytochemistry
Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Laval, QC H7V 1B7, Canada
Interests: sociomicrobiology; Pseudomonas; Burkholderia; quorum sensing; secondary metabolites; biosurfactants; rhamnolipids; antibiotics; swarming motility
School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS 7250, Australia
Interests: gut health; mucosal immunology; IBD; colitis; colorectal cancer; probiotic; prebiotics
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