We're excited to reveal the Specialty Chief Editors' top Research Topic picks for 2025 for Frontiers in Microbiology, Food Microbiology.
The following Research Topics will be led by experts in their field and contribute to the scientific understanding of Food Microbiology. These Research topics will be published in the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Microbiology, as open access articles.
Frontiers' Research Topics are peer-reviewed article collections around cutting-edge research themes.
Learn more about how these Research topics work. Want to contribute to one of these topics? Just email us and we'll be in touch. The below are topics scheduled for 2025 for this specialty section:
Final list to be announced
Antimicrobial Resistance: Tracking and Tackling in the Food Chain - led by Teresa Semedo-Lemsaddek, Narjol González-Escalona, Byeonghwa Jeon & Marta Laranjo
Microbial Derived Metabolites as Emerging Functional Ingredients in Food - led by Riadh Hammami, Harsh Mathur, Caitriona M Guinane, Mehran Moradi, Paul David Cotter & Fiona Fouhy
Biofilm Control for Food Safety: From Processing to Packaging - led by Nidia León-Sicairos & Xianqin Yang
Microbial Dynamics and Safety in Cheese Production and Aging - led by Photis Papademas, Francesco Fancello & Thomas Bintsis
Transforming Food Waste Through Fermentation: A Dual Approach to Sustainability and Probiotic Innovation - led by Antonio Bevilacqua, Mutamend M. Ayyash, Ilaria Mannazzu & Cinzia Lucia Randazzo
Biotechnological Applications of Microbial Strains from Fermented Foods - led by Fengli Zhang, Analia Graciela Abraham & Joaquin Bautista-Gallego
Advances in Microbial-Based Solutions: Food Coloring, Flavoring and Fragrance - led by Laurent Dufossé, Bekzhan D. Kossalbayev, Rakesh Kumar & Anju Kumari
Impact of Environmental Change on Microbial Ecology and Food Safety - Abd El-Latif Hesham, Tanja Kostic & Nadia Oulahal
Innovative Methods to Combat Foodborne Spore-forming Pathogens - Antonio Bevilacqua & Kathleen Ann Glass
Genomic Insights into Antibiotic Resistance Transfer in Fermented Foods - Jiyuun Li & Polly Soo Xi Yap
Bacteriophages in Controlling Foodborne Pathogens - David Rodriguez-Lazaro & Alicja Wegrzyn
Microbial Preservation Techniques for Fresh Produce - Mehdi Razzaghi-Abyaneh, Achour Amiri, Andrea Gomez-Zavaglia & Marcia Oliveira
Innovations in Non-Alcoholic Fermented Beverages - Angela Capece
Rapid Pathogen Detection in Food Supply Chains - Arun K Bhunia, Dario De Medici, Alexandre Leclercq & Gloria Sanchez Moragas
Microbial Dynamics in Vegetable Fermentation - Ioanna Mantzourani & Jae-Hyung Mah
Managing Aflatoxin Risks in the Context of Climate Change - Giancarlo Perrone, Jovana Kos & Tihomir Kovac
CRISPR Applications in Food Microbiology: Enhancing Safety & Quality - Vasco Ariston De Carvalho Azevedo, Christian Anumudu & Vellaichamy Chelladurai
Want to contribute? Just email us at microbiology@frontiersin.org and we'll be in touch.