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Current challenges and future directions in virology

Guest Editors
Levon Abrahamyan, PhD, Université de Montréal, Canada
Shriyansh Srivastava, MPharm, Galgotias University, India

Submission Status: Open until 28 February 2026

Current trends and future directions in mycology

Guest Editors
Ruvishika Jayawardena, PhD, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
Ejaj Pathan, PhD, Symbiosis International University, India
Nalin N. Wijayawardene, PhD, Qujing Normal University, China

Submission Status: Open until 30 January 2026

The skin microbiome

Guest Editors
Barry Murphy, PhD, Unilever Research and Development, UK
Holly Wilkinson, PhD, Hull York Medical School, UK

Submission Status: Open until 30 January 2026

One Health approach: zoonotic disease and microbiome research

Guest Editors
João Pedro Rueda Furlan, PhD, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
Marwan Osman, PhD, MPH, SM(ASCP), Yale School of Medicine, USA
Zhi Ruan, PhD, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China
Krzysztof Skowron, Dr Hab. Eng., Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

Submission Status: Open until 31 October 2025

Digitalization in infectious disease control measures

Guest Editors:
Fardad Haghpanah, PhD, One Health Trust, USA
Gary Lin, PhD, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, USA

Submission Status: Open until 30 September 2025

Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in microbiology

Guest Editors
Edoardo Pasolli, PhD, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Bei-Wen Ying, PhD, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Submission Status: Open until 31 July 2025

Plant-growth promoting microorganisms

Guest Editors
Frederik Bak, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Luz Bashan, PhD, Bashan Institute of Science, USA
Gustavo Santoyo, PhD, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Mexico

Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2025

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Phage therapy in the age of antimicrobial resistance

Guest Editors:
Vijay Singh Gondil, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center, USA
Neelam Jain, PhD, Amity University Rajasthan, India
Mianzhi Wang, PhD, Yangzhou University, China

Cell biology of infection

Guest Editors
Leslie Chavez-Galan, PhD, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico
Chunfu Zheng, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada

The impact of gut microbiota on human health

Guest Editors:
Yongbo Kang, PhD, Shanxi Medical University, China
Anand Kumar, DVM, PhD, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Chunlong Mu, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada

Synthetic and systems biology approaches applied to microbial engineering

Guest Editors:
Mingfeng Cao, PhD, Xiamen University, China
Sang Jun Lee, PhD, Chung-Ang University, South Korea

Microbial secondary metabolites for plant growth regulation and stress management

Guest Editors:
Chetan Keswani, PhD, FLS, FSPR, Southern Federal University, Russia
Estibaliz Sansinenea, PhD, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México

Bacterial defense systems

Guest Editors:
Prasanth Manohar: Texas A&M University, USA
Jumei Zeng: Sichuan University, China

Plants and their pathogens

Guest Editors:
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola: North-West University, South Africa
Manoj Kumar Solanki: University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Alok K Srivastava: National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, India
Manoj Kr Tripathi: Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, India

Microbiome dynamics in human diseases

Guest Editors:
Animesh Acharjee: Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Mangesh Suryavanshi: Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, USA

Zoonoses and emerging pathogens

Guest Editors:
Katarzyna Grudlewska-Buda: Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
Faham Khamesipour: Research Center for Hydatid Disease in Iran, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Krzysztof Skowron: Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

Biofilms and its impact on disease

Guest Editors:
Vijay Singh Gondil: University of Rochester, USA
Bindu Sajan: Long Island University, USA

Biocontrol strategies: an eco-smart tool for integrated pest & diseases management

Guest Editors:
Suresh Janardhan Gawande: ICAR-Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research, Pune, India
Durgesh Kumar Jaiswal: Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), India
Ram Krishna: ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, India
Soumia P. S.: ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, India
Anukool Vaishnav: University of Zurich, Switzerland

Antimicrobial resistance: genes, genomes and emerging technologies

Guest Editors:
Abd El-Latif Hesham: Beni-Suef University, Egypt
Youxiong Que: Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Divakar Sharma: Lady Hardinge Medical College, India

Microbiome and cancer - Cross journal collection

Guest editors: Prof. Christopher Staley, Dr. Jacques Ravel and Dr. Sean Devlin.

2019

Cross journal collection
Veterinary antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use
Submission deadline: 30 March 2019

2016

Cross journal collection
Genome engineering tools, methods, and applications
Submission deadline: 31 May 2016