Microbial Metabolites to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance

Researchers worldwide were encouraged to focus on improving awareness, understanding, and surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in addition to developing mitigation measures to reduce the use of antibiotic drugs for human and animal health. Probiotics, defined as “live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit to the host”, have routinely been suggested as antibiotic alternatives for a variety of human and animal disease states and conditions.

This Research Topic encourages studies that highlight the molecular, cellular and physiological mechanisms through which probiotics and postbiotics exert their beneficial effects.

We welcome contributions that provide insights into the development and application of novel probiotic strains and their metabolites (small molecules, bacteriocins, peptides, etc.), evaluate their efficacy in different animal and human health environments, and identify challenges and solutions for their implementation.

The scope of this Research Topic includes, but is not limited to, the following sub-themes:

• The impact of probiotics on the animal or human gut microbiome and resistome

• Mechanistic studies on how probiotics confer health benefits on the host, including enhanced immune response and disease resistance

• Probiotics and postbiotics as alternatives of antibiotic therapy

• The antimicrobial compounds produced by lactic acid bacteria (LAB), Bacillus subtilis and other GRAS microorganisms

• The eventual medical applications of LAB and GRAS microorganisms derived antimicrobials

• Safety aspects of probiotics and their metabolites

In this Research Topic we welcome the following article types: Hypothesis & Theory, Methods, Mini Review, Opinion, Original Research, Perspective, Review, Systematic Review, Technology and Code.

Article types and fees

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• FAIR² DATA Direct Submission
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
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Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• FAIR² DATA Direct Submission
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Review
• Systematic Review
• Technology and Code

Keywords: Probiotics, Postbiotics, Lactic Acid Bacteria, Antimicrobial Resistance, Quorum Sensing, Human and Animal Health

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.