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期刊名称:FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

ISSN:0168-6496
版本:SCI-CDE
出版频率:Monthly
出版社:OXFORD UNIV PRESS, GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD, ENGLAND, OX2 6DP
  出版社网址:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
期刊网址:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1574-6941
影响因子:4.194
主题范畴:MICROBIOLOGY

期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    编辑部信息(Editorial Board)   



About the journal

As one of the five FEMS, free to publish, print and online journals, FEMS Microbiology Ecology offers rapid review and publication of high-quality papers that are original and provide a significant contribution to the understanding of microbial ecology.

The Editors of FEMS Microbiology Ecology aim to ensure efficient publication of outstanding Research Articles and MiniReviews, on fundamental aspects of the ecology of microorganisms in natural soil, aquatic and atmospheric habitats, including extreme environments, and in artificial or managed environments. Research papers on pure cultures and in the areas of plant pathology and medical, food or veterinary microbiology will be published where they provide valuable generic information on microbial ecology. Papers can deal with culturable and non-culturable forms of any type of microorganism: bacteria, archaea, filamentous fungi, yeasts, protozoa, cyanobacteria, algae or viruses.

The editorial policy for FEMS Microbiology Ecology states that all submitted papers should be complete in themselves and adequately supported by experimental detail; they should not be preliminary versions of communications to be published elsewhere. Descriptions of new methods are acceptable, and the Editors welcome papers that put forward new hypotheses. However, papers that provide confirmatory evidence or merely extend observations firmly established in one species or field site to another will not be accepted unless there are strong reasons for doing so. Members of the Editorial Boards and other appropriate experts will referee the papers. Editors handling papers will independently make decisions on acceptance, revision or rejection based on the referees’ reports. The Chief Editors or Editors will usually reject papers outside the scope of the journal with an immediate decision. Authors who feel that there are substantial grounds for disagreement with an Editor’s decision should contact the Chief Editor, whose decision will be final. Authors who wish to withdraw their manuscript (at any stage of the process) should contact their Editor.

If you think your work is of a high standard and fits within the scope of the journal, then FEMS Microbiology Ecology welcomes your submission.


 

Aims and Scope


Papers can deal with culturable and unculturable forms of any type of microorganism: bacteria, archaea, filamentous fungi and yeasts, protozoa, algae or viruses. The following topics illustrate, non-exclusively, the interests of the journal:

• Microbial growth, activity, survival and response to environmental stress
• Growth and activity of attached organisms and biofilms
• Microbial population ecology
• Application of ecological theory to microbial ecology
• Interactions and signalling between microorganisms and with plants and animals
• Interactions between microorganisms and their physicochemical enviornment
• Microbial aspects of biogeochemical cycles and processes
• Microbial community ecology
• Phylogenetic and functional diversity of microbial communities
• Evolutionary biology of microorganisms
• Microbial aspects of environmental pollution
• Application of molecular and genomic technologies in microbial ecology
• The ecology of viruses
• The role of microorganisms in climate change
• Deep sea microbiology

Keywords


FEMS Microbiology Ecology, microbiology, ecology, environmental microbiology, environment, micro-organisms

Abstracting and Indexing Information


 

  • Abstracts in Anthropology (Baywood Publishing)
  • Academic Search (EBSCO)
  • Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
  • AGRICOLA Database (National Agricultural Library)
  • ASFA: Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts (CSA/CIG)
  • BIOBASE (Elsevier)
  • Biological Abstracts® (Thomson ISI)
  • BIOSIS Previews® (Thomson ISI)
  • CAB Abstracts ()
  • CAB HEALTH (CABI)
  • CABDirect (CABI)
  • CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  • Chemoreception Abstracts (Online Edition)
  • CSA Biological Sciences Database (CSA/CIG)
  • CSA Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database (CSA/CIG)
  • CSA Microbiology Databases (CSA/CIG)
  • CSA Technology Research Database (CSA/CIG)
  • Current Abstracts (EBSCO)
  • Current Contents® (Thomson ISI)
  • Current Contents®/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences (Thomson ISI)
  • Ecology Abstracts (Elsevier)
  • EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (Elsevier)
  • Embiology (Elsevier)
  • Environment Abstracts (LexisNexis)
  • Environmental Issues & Policy Index (EBSCO)
  • GEOBASE/Geographical & Geological Abstracts (Elsevier)
  • IBIDS: International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements ()
  • Index Medicus/MEDLINE (NLM)
  • Index Veterinarius (CABI)
  • InfoTrac ()
  • Ingenta Select ()
  • Irrigation and Drainage Abstracts ()
  • Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition (Thomson ISI)
  • MEDLINE/PubMed (NLM)
  • Neurosciences Abstracts (CSA/CIG)
  • Oceanic Abstracts (CSA/CIG)
  • ProtoZoological Abstracts (Elsevier)
  • Review of Medical and Veterinary Mycology ()
  • Science Citation Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch®)
  • Science Citation Index® (Thomson ISI)
  • Soils and Fertilizer Abstracts (CABI)
  • Soybean Abstracts Online (coverage dropped)
  • Veterinary Bulletin (CABI)

Instructions to Authors

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FEMS EDITORIAL POLICY

All submitted papers should be complete in themselves and adequately supported by experimental detail; they should not be preliminary versions of communications to be published elsewhere. Descriptions of new methods are acceptable, and the Editors welcome papers that put forward new hypotheses. However, papers that provide confirmatory evidence or merely extend observations firmly established in one species or field site to another will not be accepted unless there are strong reasons for doing so. Members of the Editorial Boards and other appropriate experts will referee the papers. Editors handling papers will independently make decisions on acceptance, revision or rejection based on the referees’ reports. The Chief Editors or Editors will usually reject papers outside the scope of the journal with an immediate decision. Authors who feel that there are substantial grounds for disagreement with an Editor’s decision should contact the Chief Editor, whose decision will be final. Authors who wish to withdraw their manuscript (at any stage of the process) should contact their Editor.

ARTICLE TYPES

Research Articles: There is no maximum length for papers, but the length should be justified by the content and authors are urged to be concise. Excessively long reference lists should be avoided. Repetition of information in the text and illustrations should not occur.
Supplementary data is published free of charge.

MiniReviews are concise articles covering topics of current interest or controversial aspects of subjects within the scope of the journal. The style for MiniReviews is the same as for research papers or research letters with the following amendments: the maximum length of the text is about 7000 words; a combined total of six figures and tables is allowed. Colour figures or diagrams are encouraged and will be printed free of charge providing the Editor agrees that the use of colour adds value to the MiniReview. There is no rigid format for MiniReviews but they should generally include an Abstract and a brief Introduction in which the background to the article is presented. The remainder of the text should be arranged under a single, or a maximum two levels of subheading, finishing with a Conclusion or Outlook section.

MiniReviews are normally invited, but prospective authors are encouraged to contact Ian Head (i.m.head@ncl.ac.uk) to discuss possible contributions:

Letters to the Editor are brief communications focusing on an article that has been published in the journal within the previous six months. They should focus on some aspect(s) of the paper that is, in the author’s opinion, incorrectly stated or interpreted, controversial, misleading or in some other way worthy of comment. All Letters to the Editor must address a scientific issue in an objective fashion, should be fewer than 1000 words, and will be externally refereed. If acceptable for publication, they will be offered to the original authors for comment.

Short Communications are similar to a short paper but without the limitations of subdivisions into Introductions, Methods, etc. They should include the title page and the abstract and not exceed 1600 words. References should be kept to a minimum, one table or illustration is acceptable. Please choose the manuscript type ‘Letter to the Editor’ or ‘Other’ when uploading through the online submission system.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES

Manuscripts should be submitted through ScholarOne Manuscripts® http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/femsec. Instructions for the submission procedure can be found under ‘FEMS Submission Instructions’, reached via the ‘Instructions and Forms’ button at the top right of all ScholarOne Manuscripts pages.

Revised manuscripts

Manuscripts may be returned to authors for modification of the scientific content and/or for shortening and language corrections. Revised versions must be submitted online through ScholarOne Manuscripts. You can simply click on the link to upload a revised manuscript provided in your decision letter. Alternatively, you will need to click on the ‘‘create a revision’’ button in your submitting author centre. At this stage, we require a source file of your text and tables (.doc or .rtf format, but not .pdf). You must clearly indicate in the designated place and/or cover letter the changes that have been made. Figures should be uploaded in separate files and at sufficient resolution (see section on Preparation of data). All obsolete files of the previous version should be deleted from the revised submission. If a paper that is returned to the authors for amendment is not resubmitted in revised form within two months it will be regarded as withdrawn. Any revised version received subsequently will be treated as a newly submitted manuscript and the date of receipt will be altered accordingly.

PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Language

Manuscripts should be in English (consistent with either British or American spelling). Authors who are unsure of correct English usage should have their manuscripts checked by someone proficient in the language. You are strongly advised to ensure that the English is of a publishable standard prior to submission. Manuscripts that are deficient in this respect may be returned to the author without peer review.

Pre-submission English-language editing

Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscript professionally edited before submission to improve the English. A list of independent suppliers of editing services can be found at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/english_language.asp. All services are paid for and arranged by the author, and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication.

Layout of manuscripts

FEMS strongly recommends that you compile your manuscript in MS Word and save it as a .doc file, using the following layout.

a) Title page, followed by the abstract, main text in one single column and references.

b) Tables, each on a separate page.

c) Figure legends.

d) Figures, putting each figure on a separate page and ensuring that the figure is at least the size it will be in the printed document. Include the figure number (e.g. Fig. 1) and legend well outside the boundary of the space occupied by the figure. If you wish to upload separate figure files, ScholarOne Manuscripts will combine your manuscript main body and figure files into one online .pdf file. Please ensure that you upload the figures only once, i.e. either embedded at the end of the text document or as separate files.

e) Include page and line numbering (continuous).

f) The right-hand margin justification should be switched off. Artificial word breaks at the end of lines must be avoided.

g) If you do not use MS Word then save in MS Word format in the word processor that you use. Rich text (.rtf) format may also be used.

h) Use standard fonts (Arial, Times New Roman, Symbol, Helvetica, Times). In your Word document, on the Tools menu, click Options, select the Embed TrueType fonts check box and then click the Save tab.

Length

One journal page is about three manuscript pages, each table is about 0.3 of a printed page and each figure is about 0.25 of a printed page. There is no maximum length for papers, but the length should be justified by the content and authors are urged to be concise. Excessively long reference lists should be avoided. Repetition of information in the text and illustrations should not occur. Very short papers (Short Communications) may be published in these journals only if they offer a significant, though small, increase in knowledge or understanding of the field.

Title, authors, keywords and running title

The manuscript should not form part of a numbered series but should be headed by a concise, informative title. Authors are reminded that titles are widely used in information-retrieval systems. The title should be followed by the name(s) of the author(s) (with first or middle names in full and including all initials) and by the name(s) and address(es) of the institute(s) where the work was performed. For multiple authors with different affiliations, please indicate the relevant affiliations. The name, full postal address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of one corresponding author should be provided in a footnote. FEMS journals have one corresponding author. Shared or equal contribution of authors should be mentioned at the end of the article. A list of three to six keywords must be included on the first page. Authors are requested to consult the subject indices of the individual journals or the list of subject headings from Index Medicus for preferred synonyms and standard abbreviations. Plural terms should be avoided. Try to avoid duplicating keywords already used in the title. General terms, such as ‘Enzyme’, ‘Membrane’, ‘Transport’, etc., should not be used unless qualified, e.g. ‘Enzyme activation’, ‘Membrane phosphorylation’, ‘Ion transport’.
Please supply a short running title of up to 60 characters (including spaces).

General organisation of manuscripts

Materials and methods and Results are normally written in the past tense and the present tense is occasionally used in the Introduction and Discussion.

a) Abstract. This should be a single paragraph of fewer than 200 words and must be intelligible without reference to the full paper. Ideally, references are not cited.

b) Abbreviations should be avoided, but if necessary, they must be defined the first time they are used in the main text. Do not abbreviate genus in the title, keywords, or at first use in the Abstract and Introduction.

c) Introduction. This should state the aims and objectives, but should not contain a summary of the results.

d) Materials and methods. Sufficient detail must be provided to allow the work to be repeated. Suppliers of materials and a brief address should be mentioned if this might affect the results.

e) Results (the presentation of data is described below).

f) Discussion. This should not simply recapitulate the Results. Combined Results and Discussion sections are encouraged when appropriate.

g) Acknowledgements can be made to funding agencies, colleagues who assisted with the work or the preparation of the manuscript, and those who contributed materials or provided unpublished data.

h) References.

Preparation of Supporting Information

Electronic Supporting Information may be provided, free of charge, to support and enhance your manuscript with, e.g. supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets or sound clips. Supporting files will be published, subject to editorial approval, online alongside the electronic version of your article. Authors should submit the Supporting Information at the same time as the manuscript, but in separate file(s). Select ‘Supplemental files’, ‘Supporting Document’ or ‘MultiMedia’ for the file designation when uploading through the online submission system. Upload a separate .doc file listing concise and descriptive captions for each file uploaded as Supporting Information. Please indicate that you have uploaded these files in your cover letter and state clearly whether they are intended for eventual online publication as Supporting Information, or are for peer review purposes only.

Presentation of data

Do not tabulate or illustrate points that can be adequately and concisely described in the text. Do not repeat information in both tables and figures. Figures and tables, along with their legend (and/or footnote), should be understandable in their own right without having to refer to the main text. Tables should be supplied in Word or Excel format, and must be editable (not pasted in as a picture).

(a) Tables. Explanatory footnotes should be related to the legend or table using superscript, lower-case letters. All abbreviations should be defined after the footnotes below the table.

(b) Line art

- Figures should be supplied at twice their final size with wide margins.

- A single column figure is 80 mm, two-thirds page width is 114mm and two-column width is 168 mm.

- Grid lines should not be used.

- Symbols in the figure itself should be 3mm in diameter. Lines drawn to accompany the points should not go through hollow symbols. - Grid lines should not be used.

- All lines should be drawn at 1.5 point (0.5 mm wide), broken line styles may be used to differentiate multiple plot lines if desired.

- Letters and numbers should be 16 point (capitals 4mm high) non-serif. - Symbols in the figure itself should be 3mm in diameter. Lines drawn to accompany the points should not go through hollow symbols. - Grid lines should not be used.

- Numbers used as axis labels should have minimum significant figures; amounts less than unity must carry a preceding zero (e.g. 0.5 not .5).

- Larger composite figures may be designed to occupy two columns when this can achieve an overall saving in space. The character, line and symbol sizes should be adjusted accordingly to achieve the same sizes on the printed page.

(c) Half-tone and colour figures. Magnification should be indicated where appropriate by inclusion of a bar marker. Photographs of electropherograms, etc., in which there is poor contrast may be better replaced by line drawings, but in this case the photographs should be submitted for scrutiny by the Editor. If photographs have been digitally processed to enhance their quality, this should be stated. Colour illustrations will be published free of charge online, and in print provided that the colour is deemed essential for interpretation of the figure. Please note that colour figures will appear in colour in the online article, regardless of whether colour was deemed essential for the print copy. Suggestions for cover illustrations for the journal are also welcome.

(d) Electronic submission of figures. High-quality figures are required when the final version of the manuscript is uploaded through ScholarOne Manuscripts, and should be prepared using the guidelines at http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/faq.asp

(e) Figure legends. Legends should consist of a preliminary sentence constituting a title, followed by a brief description of the way the particular experiment was carried out, and any other necessary description of symbols or lines. All abbreviations must be defined.

Reproducibility of results and statistical tests

Authors should state how many times experiments were repeated and whether mean or representative results are shown. Variability should be indicated statistically wherever possible as part of, but not in place of, a proper statistical analysis. If results are expressed as percentages, the absolute value corresponding to 100% must be stated. Avoid values with unjustified numbers of significant figures; in most cases three significant figures is consistent with the accuracy attained in microbiological experiments.

Results of statistical tests should be presented wherever possible as evidence for conclusions reached. Such information must be presented concisely to illuminate the results, but not to dominate them. The tests used should be briefly described in the Materials and methods section. Details of the diagnostic checks made for the assumptions of the statistical tests and for the validity of any transformations used should be stated clearly. Further information can be found in the following references: (a) Sokal, R.R. and Rohlf, F.J. (1981) Biometry. W.H. Freeman, San Francisco; (b) Fry, J.C. (1993) Biological Data Analysis: A Practical Approach. IRL Press, Oxford.

Description of New Species

Papers describing the isolation of new bacterial strains or species will be considered for publication providing they meet the standards specified for such descriptions as outlined in: B.J. Tindall, R. Rosselló-Móra, H.-J. Busse, W. Ludwig, and P. Kämpfer, Notes on the characterization of prokaryote strains for taxonomic purposes, Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2010 60: 249-266 (see http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/60/1/249), and that the strain is deposited in at least one recognized public culture collection.

In the submission letter the authors should state why the description merits publication in the FEMS Microbiology Ecology journal rather than publication in a specialized taxonomic journal such as International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology or Systematic and Applied Microbiology.

Nomenclature, abbreviations and units

Authors should follow internationally accepted rules and conventions. Authors should provide evidence for the thorough identification of new isolates and use the most recent acceptable name.

Prokaryotes. The spelling of bacterial names should follow the list of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/. If there is a reason to use a name that does not have standing in nomenclature, the name should be printed in roman type and enclosed in quotation marks and an appropriate statement concerning the nomenclatural status of the name should be made in the text (for an example, see Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30: 547–556).

Fungi. The authors should use recently accepted binomials controlled by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/iapt/nomenclature/code/SaintLouis/0000St.Luistitle.htm). Scientific names of yeasts can be found in: The Yeasts: a Taxonomic Study, 4th ed. (C. P. Kurtzman and J.W. Fell, ed., Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1998). Taxonomic texts should cite nomenclatural authorities at the first time a name is mentioned. For abbreviation of authors’ names, see http://www.indexfungorum.org/AuthorsOfFungalNames.htm. All bacterial taxa should be italicized

Viruses. Names used for viruses should be those approved by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/. If desired, synonyms may be added parenthetically when the name is first mentioned. Approved generic (or group) and family names may also be used.

Enzymes. For enzymes, use the recommended (trivial) name assigned by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology as described in Enzyme Nomenclature http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iubmb/enzyme/.

Genes. Genetic nomenclature should essentially follow the recommendations of Demerec et al. (Genetics (1966) 54: 61–76), and those given in the instructions to authors of the Journal of Bacteriology and Molecular and Cellular Biology (January issues). Biochemical compounds. Consult the European Journal of Biochemistry or the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iubmb/).

Abbreviations should only be used as an aid to the reader and their use should be strictly limited. Define each abbreviation and introduce it in parentheses the first time it is used: e.g. ‘cultures were grown in Eagle minimal essential medium (MEM)’. Eliminate abbreviations that are not used at least six times in the manuscript. In addition to abbreviations to the international system of units of measurements, other common units (e.g., bp, kb, Da), chemical symbols for the elements, and the standard biochemical abbreviations (see Eur. J. Biochem.) should be used without definition. Standard chemical symbols and trivial names or their symbols (folate, Ala, Leu, etc.) may be used for terms that appear in full in the neighbouring text. Abbreviations other than those recommended by the IUPAC-IUB (Biochemical Nomenclature and related Documents, 1978) should be used only when a case can be made for necessity, such as in tables and figures. A short guide on the use of common abbreviations can be found on the Author page on the FEMS website (http://www.fems-microbiology.org/website/nl/page125.asp).

Reporting numerical data. The international system of units (SI) should be used; mL is acceptable in place of cm3 for liquid measures. The form for units is mg mL_1 and not mg/mL, parentheses should be used to improve clarity, e.g. mL (g drywt soil)_1 h_1. The prefixes k, m, m, n, and p should be used in combination with the standard units for reporting length, weight, volume and molarity for 103, 10_6, 10_9, and 10_12, respectively. Use mg mL_1 or mg g_1 instead of the ambiguous ppm. Units of temperature are presented as follows: 37 °C or 324 K.



References

Reference citations in the text follow the name and date system. References should be inserted in parentheses in date order, as follows: (Brown, 1996; Brown & Smith, 1997; Smith et al., 1998). The reference list itself must be in alphabetical order according to the first-named author, then by number of authors, then chronologically within the one-author group, alphabetically within the two-author group and chronologically within the three or more author group. The title of the article must be included. For papers with ten or fewer authors, all authors must be listed. For papers with eleven or more authors, the first three names should be listed, followed by ‘et al.’. Standard abbreviations of journal titles should be given; please use the ISI Journal Title Abbreviations list. The following formats should be followed:

O’Donnell CM & Edwards C (1992) Nitrosating activity in Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett 95: 87–94.
Dinter Z & van Morein B (1990) Virus Infections in Ruminants. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
McCarthy AJ (1989) Thermomonospora. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Vol. 4 (Williams ST, Sharpe ME & Holt JG, eds), pp. 2552-2572. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD.
Tang CR (2001) Cloning of a new ice nucleation active gene for insect pest control. PhD Thesis, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing.

Reference should not be made to work ‘in press’ unless it has been accepted for publication; a DOI number should then be provided. Unpublished results and personal communications may be mentioned within the text itself provided that (a) the names and initials of all the persons involved are listed, and (b) they have all granted permission for the citation. In the case of an online journal publication the DOI number of the reference should be used.

Nucleotide and amino acid sequences

Any new nucleotide or amino acid sequences must be deposited in an appropriate data bank. Authors are encouraged to use the EMBL Data Library but can also use other archives, such as GenBank. An accession number must be obtained before submission to the Editors and this fact should be mentioned in the covering letter. Authors should include the accession number in the appropriate figure legend. Authors wishing to enable other scientists to use the accession numbers cited in their papers via links to these sources, should type this information in bold, underlined text. Letters in the accession number should always be capitalised (e.g. GenBank accession nos. AI631510, AI631511, AI632198 and BF223228). Authors are advised to check accession numbers very carefully. An error in a letter or number can result in a dead link. In the final version of the printed article, the accession number text will not appear bold or underlined. In the final version of the electronic copy, the accession number text will be linked to the appropriate source in the NCBI databases enabling readers to go directly to that source from the article.

ONLINEOPEN

OnlineOpen is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With OnlineOpen the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers upon publication via Wiley InterScience, as well as deposited in the funding agency's preferred archive. For the full list of terms and conditions, see http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/authorresources/onlineopen.html

OnlineOpen terms

Any authors wishing to send their paper OnlineOpen will be required to complete the payment form available from our website at: https://secure.interscience.wiley.com/funded_access.html

Prior to acceptance there is no requirement to inform an Editorial Office that you intend to publish your paper OnlineOpen if you do not wish to. All OnlineOpen articles are treated in the same way as any other article. They go through the journal's standard peer-review process and will be accepted or rejected based on their own merit.

PROOFS AND AUTHOR SERVICES

Author Services enables authors to track their article – once it has been accepted – through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production. The author will receive an e-mail with a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added to the system. Please ensure that a complete e-mail address is provided when submitting the manuscript. Visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/ for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.

When proofs have been produced, the corresponding author will receive an e-mail alert from the Publisher containing a link to a web site. It is therefore essential that the e-mail address of the corresponding author is working and current. The proof can be downloaded as a PDF file from this site Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read this file. This software can be downloaded (free of charge) from the following web site: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. This will enable the file to be opened, read on screen or printed out. Further instructions will be sent with the proof regarding how to indicate and communicate any changes to the Publisher. Hard copy proofs will be posted if no e-mail address is available. Queries will be addressed to the corresponding author. Excessive changes made by the author in the proofs, excluding typesetting errors, may be charged for separately. The Editors reserve the right to make minor alterations to the text without altering the scientific content.

OFFPRINTS

A PDF offprint of the online published article will be provided free of charge to the corresponding author, and may be distributed subject to the Publisher’s terms and conditions. Paper offprints of the printed published article may be purchased if ordered via the method stipulated on the instructions that will accompany the proofs. Printed offprints are posted to the correspondence address given for the paper unless a different address is specified when ordered. Note that it is not uncommon for printed offprints to take up to eight weeks to arrive after publication of the journal.

ETHICAL AND RELATED ASPECTS

The Editors expect that new and variant organisms, viruses and vectors described in FEMS journals will be made available, under written request and for their own use, to all qualified members of the scientific community. If delays in strain or vector distribution are anticipated or if they are available from sources other than the authors, this should be indicated. The Editors encourage authors to deposit important strains in publicly accessible culture collections and to refer to the collections and strain numbers in the text. In the case of materials that have been distributed by individuals, authors should indicate the laboratory strain designations and name and address of the donor as well as the original culture collection identification number, if any.

When suggesting reviewers for your manuscript, please nominate suitably qualified scientists with no close affiliation who can give an objective view of the manuscript. Please provide professional email addresses rather than private ones. The Editors retain the right to use their discretion to select reviewers they deem appropriate, which may or may not include those nominated by authors.

Papers describing experimental work with humans must include a statement that the Ethical Committee of the institution in which the work was done has approved it, and that the subjects gave informed consent to the work. Experiments with animals or with genetically manipulated organisms must have been undertaken in accordance with the legal requirements of the relevant local or national authority. Procedures must be such that experimental animals do not suffer unnecessarily.

Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review or academic thesis, in which case reference should be made in a footnote to the title) and that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The corresponding author must ensure that its publication has been approved by all co-authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities in the laboratories where the work was carried out and that all persons entitled to authorship have been named. If accepted, the article must not be published elsewhere in the same form in either the same or another language, without the consent of the Editor and Publisher.

Each named author must be responsible for at least the part describing his or her contribution and must have seen the entire final text before submission and any substantial subsequent revisions. Authorship should be dealt with carefully and all authors should agree with it at the submission stage. FEMS journals do not permit adding or removing of authors or rearranging their order after acceptance. The Editors must be notified in writing by the corresponding author of any deviation from these rules. Should any author become aware of a breach of ethics he/she should contact the Chief Editor of the journal who will endeavour to retract the article. Articles published in FEMS journals represent the scientific findings and opinions of the authors. Whilst the Editors and Publisher make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all published matter, they can accept no responsibility or liability, collectively or individually, for any erroneous, misleading or unintentionally damaging statements, which may appear in the journal. Authors must draw attention in the Materials and methods to any chemical or biological hazards that may be involved in the experiments described.

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