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Food Microbiology

Published by Elsevier.

ISSN 0740-0020 / 1095-9998

Aims & scope

Food Microbiology publishes peer-reviewed research. Manuscripts pass a technical check and a scope check by the handling editor before going to independent reviewers.

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Identification and characterization of biofilm-degrading aptamers against Escherichia coli by Inhibition-SELEX and analysis of their target proteins and interactions

Deji Gao, Jiangyuan Huang, Wei Yan, Yongming Chen, Lingmin Zhao, Lixing Huang, Qingpi Yan, Jiaen Wang, Qibiao Weng, Jiang Zheng · 2027

DOI 10.1016/j.fm.2026.105328

Functional metagenomics yields insights into the adaptive mechanisms of microbial persistence in beef processing drains

Zachariah A. Vice, Joseph M. Bosilevac, Rong Wang, Sapna Chitlapilly Dass · 2027

DOI 10.1016/j.fm.2026.105330

Detection frequency and characterization of Clostridioides difficile from French slaughterhouses in the pig, cattle, and poultry sectors

Caroline Le Maréchal, Muriel Ehmig, Typhaine Poezevara, Christina Tran, Catherine Malayrat, Thibaut Coadou, Léa Jambou, Sandra Rouxel, Laure Diancourt, Sophie Le Bouquin, Adeline Huneau-Salaün, Rodolphe Thomas, Guillaume Reboul, Carolina Lopez-Rizo, Alain Le Roux, Baptiste Houry, Clémence Bièche-Terrier, Pierre Ledormand, Carole Feurer, Olivier Firmesse, Frédéric Barbut · 2027

DOI 10.1016/j.fm.2026.105347

A cooperative dual-phage cocktail of INFJ1 and INFJ2 for the biocontrol of Yersinia enterocolitica in food matrices

Seongshin Jo, Haejoon Park, Minsuk Kong · 2027

DOI 10.1016/j.fm.2026.105331

Population structure and source associations in 489 sesame-associated Salmonella genomes, and loss of the invA detection target

Mustafa Guzel · 2027

DOI 10.1016/j.fm.2026.105329

Contrasting growth and spoilage traits combined with antagonistic core-periphery network organization reveal distinct ecological strategies among dairy-associated Pseudomonas subgroups

Darina Colcanap, Marcia Leyva Salas, Mohammed Khatbane, Annelore Elfassy, Alexis Dijamentiuk, Noémie Wiatrak, Cécile Mangavel, Anne-Marie Revol-Junelles, Frédéric Borges · 2027

DOI 10.1016/j.fm.2026.105348

Nanozyme engineering of curcumin enables enzyme-like antibacterial photoinactivation for meat preservation

Hao Cheng, Qinlian Li, Yuanlong Chi, Lunjie Huang · 2027

DOI 10.1016/j.fm.2026.105343

Dehydroabietic acid exhibits multi-target antibacterial and anti-biofilm activities against Bacillus cereus and application in milk preservation

Xinrui Li, Jiahao Wang, Ting Huang, Fei He, Xiaoshan Shi, Jingjing Li, Kai Yin, Yanxiang Wang, Junming Tu, Xian Xia · 2027

DOI 10.1016/j.fm.2026.105349

BcBOT1/3/4 contribute to temperature-dependent growth, conidial germination and virulence of Botrytis cinerea on grape berries

Lifang Yuan, Xiaowei Yao, Tinggang Li, Xiangtian Yin, Qibao Liu, Xing Han, Hang Jiang, Yanfeng Wei · 2027

DOI 10.1016/j.fm.2026.105335

Microbial ecology of Baijiu fermentation: Community assembly, functional succession, and environmental feedback in an open solid-state ecosystem

Yan Chen, Huilin Shi, Fengxia Yan, Yiyue Wang, Xingwang Gao, Yonghong Fan, Jiang Zhang · 2027