Microorganisms and Public Health: Natural Compounds and Modern Technologies to Study for Their Control
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2024) | Viewed by 951
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biofilms; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Candida spp.; food safety; foodborne pathogenic bacteria; clinical devices; natural compounds; quorum sensing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit an article to the Special Issue “Microorganisms And Public Health: Natural Compounds And Modern Technologies To Study For Their Control”.
In recent years, the spread of antibiotic resistance in the environment and in communities where many microorganisms (as well as producer biofilms) are involved has stimulated the development of innovative strategies that can solve this problem.
Polymicrobial infections caused by a mixture of bacteria and fungi are a complex public health problem, and they represent an additional challenge to find an efficient treatment strategy. Many infections are caused by microorganisms that resist response to conventional treatment. This ongoing process poses the most dangerous threat to the effectiveness of existing antibiotics and antifungal substances, which is why research is needed to find more effective alternative treatments.
It is necessary to develop new antimicrobial agents and new technologies capable of inhibiting the formation or destroying mature biofilms, thereby increasing the susceptibility of microbes to antibiotics.
Dr. Valeria Di Onofrio
Dr. Emilia Galdiero
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- antibiotic resistance
- public health
- polymicrobial infections
- biofilms
- antimicrobial agents
- new technologies
