期刊名称：ARCHIVES OF 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
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Archives of Microbiology publishes papers on all areas of basic research in microbiology.
Research papers must make a significant and original contribution to microbiology and be of interest to a broad readership. The results of any experimental approach that meets these objectives are welcome, particularly biochemical, molecular genetic, physiological, and/or physical investigations into microbial cells and their interactions with their environments.
Mini-reviews in areas of special topical interest are also published.Theoretical papers and those that report analysis of 'mining' of data are acceptable in principle if new information, interpretation, or hypotheses emerge. |
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Instructions to Authors
Archives of Microbiology publishes papers on all areas of basic research in microbiology.
Research papers must make a significant and original contribution to microbiology and be of interest to a broad readership. The results of any experimental approach that meets these objectives are welcome, particularly biochemical, molecular genetic, physiological, and/or physical investigations into microbial cells and their interactions with their environments.
Mini-reviews in areas of special topical interest are also published.
Theoretical papers and those that report analysis of 'mining' of data are acceptable in principle if new information, interpretation, or hypotheses emerge.
Types of papers published
Submission of a new manuscript
Submission of a revised manuscript
Editorial Office
Arrangement of the manuscript
Figures and tables
General instructions
Electronic supplementary material
Further technical instructions
Templates
Proofs
Legal requirements
Types of papers published
Full-length papers and short communications contain original research that has not been published previously.
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Full-length papers
have no length limitations; however, manuscripts should be clearly and concisely written.
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Short communications
should not be longer than 3? printed pages (10?2 pages of double-spaced typescript, including tables and figures). The editors reserve the right to decide what constitutes a short communication.
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Mini-reviews
cover recent discoveries of topics of current interest that have not been reviewed recently and should be no longer than 4-6 printed pages. They are not extensive reviews; the history and background of the topic should be kept to the minimum required to introduce and understand the subject. Authors should send the title, abstract, and a list of their publications in the topic area to the Editorial Office for approval before submitting a mini-review. As for research manuscripts, mini-reviews are also peer-reviewed.
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Submission of a new manuscript
Since December 1st, it is strongly recommended to submit manuscripts online. If you do not have Internet access, contact the Editorial Office for instructions.
1.Have the following material ready for uploading or pasting in:
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Entire manuscript (text, references, tables, figures) in one file (pdf or word-processing format; the latter will be converted to a pdf file) [upload file]; refer to the instructions further below for manuscript preparation
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Cover letter [upload file]
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Authors?names and addresses
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Title [paste in]
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Abstract [paste in]
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Keywords [paste in]
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Reviewer suggestions
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When applicable: nucleotide sequence data [upload file] if a functional database accession number is not yet given in the manuscript
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Optional: electronic supplementary material [upload file]
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2.Log in at the URL below using your User ID and password. First-time users should create a new account; forgotten User ID and/or password can be obtained by checking for an existing account or contacting the Editorial Office (arch.microbiol@uni-konstanz.de).
Go to the “Author Center?and follow the step-by-step instructions. Enter all required information.
3.Successful submission of a manuscript is confirmed by e-mail; the decision letter and evaluations are sent to the corresponding author by e-mail. For manuscripts returned for revision, an annotated manuscript will be made available for the authors on the journal’s on-line submission site.
SUBMIT ONLINE
Submission of a revised manuscript
1.Have the following files ready for uploading:
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Entire revised manuscript (text, references, tables, and figures), with all changes marked in color, in one file (pdf or word-processing format)
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Cover letter containing the authors?point-by-point response to the points raised, indicating page and line numbers of major changes made in the manuscript
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Text of the revised manuscript (text, references, tables) without the changes marked, in word-processing format
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·Individual high-resolution files of figures in graphics format (see Technical Instructions below)
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2.Log in at the URL below using your User ID and password. Go to the “Author Center?and follow the instructions for revised manuscripts. Enter all required information.
3.If you are informed of the manuscript’s acceptance, send a signed Copyright Transfer Statement to Springer-Verlag by fax [+49-(0)6221-487-8686].
SUBMIT ONLINE
Editorial Office
Correspondence concerning editorial matters should be directed to the Editorial Office:
E-mail: Arch.Microbiol@uni-konstanz.de
Fax: +49-7531-88-4047
Editorial Assistant: Vanessa Litherland
Editorial Manager: Karen A. Brune
Arrangement of the manuscript
Manuscripts must be written in English. All pages must be numbered consecutively, starting with the title page. The lines on each page of the text should also be numbered. Manuscripts submitted to Archives of Microbiology should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
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Title page
The title page should comprise: title of paper, first name(s) and surname(s) of author(s), full postal addresses of all authors, the fax number and e-mail address of the corresponding author. Present addresses of authors should appear as a footnote.
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Abstract
The abstract should be informative and completely self-explanatory, briefly present the topic, state the scope of the experiments, indicate significant data, and point out major findings and conclusions. The abstract should not exceed 200 words, or 100 in the case of short communications. Complete sentences, active verbs, and the third person should be used, and the abstract should be written in the past tense. Standard nomenclature should be used and abbreviations should be avoided. No literature should be cited.
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Keywords
Immediately following the abstract, three to ten keywords should be supplied; these will be used for indexing purposes.
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Abbreviations
Definitions of non-standard abbreviations should be provided, but in general, abbreviations should be used only when the full term is very long and used often. Each abbreviation should be spelled out and introduced in parentheses the first time used in the text. Standard abbreviations need not be defined.
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The Introduction
should be concise and define the scope of the work in relation to other work done in the same field without giving an exhaustive review of the literature.
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Materials and methods
should give sufficient detail to allow the experiments to be reproduced. However, only truly new procedures should be described in detail; previously published procedures should be cited, and important modifications should be mentioned briefly. Subheadings should be used.
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Results
should be presented with clarity and precision, and written in the past tense. Previously published findings should be written in the present tense. Results should be explained, but largely without referring to the literature. Subheadings can be used.
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The Discussion
should be confined to interpretation of the results (without repetition), also in light of the pertinent literature on the subject. Subheadings can be used. When appropriate, the Results and Discussion sections can be combined.
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Acknowledgements
follow the Discussion section. Personal acknowledgements should only be made with the permission of the person(s) named.
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References
In the text, references to the literature should be by author and year; where there are two authors, both should be named, but with three or more, only the first author's name plus "et al." should be given. Citations of "unpublished results" or "personal communications" or manuscripts "in preparation" should be cited in the text as such (e.g., J. Smith, University of Illinois-Urbana, unpublished results), and not listed in the reference list. Reference to a paper "in press" implies that it has been accepted for publication. A privately circulated report cannot be regarded as a publication.
The reference list follows the acknowledgements, and references in the list should be cited as follows: journal papers ?names and initials of all authors, year in parentheses, full title, journal as abbreviated in Chemical Abstracts, volume number, first and last page numbers, and the Digital Object Identifier (DOI), if available; for papers published only on-line, provide the DOI; books (as applicable) ?names and initials of all authors, year, chapter title, all editors, book title, edition, publisher, place of publication.
Examples:
Brejning J, Jespersen L, Arneborg N (2003) Genome-wide transcriptional changes during the lag phase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Arch Microbiol 179:278?94, DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0527-6
Gottschalk G (1986) Bacterial metabolism, 2nd edn. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York
Widdel F, Hansen TA (1992) Dissimilatory sulfate- and sulfur-reducing bacteria. In: Balows A, Trüper HG, Dworkin M, Harder W, Schleifer KH (eds) The prokaryotes, 2nd edn. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 583-624
References should be arranged alphabetically by the name of the first author. When two or more papers by the same author are cited, the order is chronological; papers by two authors should be arranged alphabetically according to the first and second authors; for three or more authors, the papers are arranged in chronological order.
Authors are solely responsible for the accuracy and correct citation of the references.
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Figures and tables
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Figures and tables should be mentioned in the text and numbered with Arabic numerals. They should be the minimum needed to illustrate the points made, to summarize, or to record important quantitative results. The same data should not be presented in both table and graph form or repeated in the text.
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Tables
Each table should be on a separate page and supplied with a heading and a legend, which should be self-explanatory without reference to the text. The details of the methods used in the experiments should preferably be described in the legend instead of in the text. There should be as few footnotes as possible. Each column in a table must have a heading, and abbreviations, when necessary, should be defined in the legend.
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Figures
are only justified if they clarify or reduce the text. Previously published illustrations are usually not accepted. A brief descriptive legend should be provided for each figure; information given in legends should not be repeated in the text. Legends should be separate from the figures.Refer to recent issues of the journal for the general style of figures. Failure to comply with the specifications below or with the general style of the figures will require correction by the authors.
Symbols used in the figures should be defined in the legend and not in the figure. Use any of the following symbols in graphs: open circle, open square, open triangle, open inverted triangle, open diamond, filled circle, filled square, filled triangle, filled inverted triangle, filled diamond. Letters and symbols used in the figures must be consistent. Figure parts should be identified by lower-case Roman letters
(a, b, c, etc.). Appropriately sized numbers, letters, and symbols should be used so that, after reduction, they are no smaller than 2 mm high. The figures will be reduced or enlarged to approximately single-column width (8.6 cm), two-thirds-page width (13.1 cm), or full-page width (17.6 cm), and should be planned accordingly. The total printing area of a page is 17.6?3.6 cm.
Figures must be of high quality: curves, lines, and lettering must be smooth, and half-tone illustrations must be well-contrasted.
In micrographs, a bar should be used as a size reference, with the length of the bar indicated in the figure legend. A magnification factor given in the legend is not acceptable.
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Illustrations in digital form must be in accordance with the Technical Instructions below.
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Color illustrations
are encouraged; however, authors of research papers are expected to make a contribution (€ 485.00, US $ 534, plus 16 % VAT) towards the extra costs, irrespective of the number of color figures. Note that color illustrations provided as supplementary electronic material in the correct format (see below) will be published free of charge on the Springer Link. There is no charge for color figures in mini-reviews.
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General instructions
The genus, species, and variety name (in italics), strain number, and culture collection number and source of all strains under investigation should be given in the Materials and methods section. The scientific names should be given in full (e.g., Escherichia coli) in the title, in the abstract, and the first time referred to in the text. When a new bacterial name is proposed, an international authority on nomenclature should be contacted, and the name should be approved by sending a letter to the editor-in-chief of International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Newly isolated microorganisms must be deposited in an internationally recognized culture collection if the scientific content of the manuscript is essentially dependent on the strain. Publication of an article in Archives of Microbiology is subject to the understanding that authors will distribute freely any strains, clones, or antibodies described therein for use in academic research.
Nucleotide sequences are not published; citation of the database accession number in the text suffices. However, the sequence data, separate from the manuscript, must be provided for reviewing if a functional EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ database accession number is not yet given in the manuscript; the accession number must be provided before acceptance.
Standard nomenclature should be used according to the following sources:
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Bacterial names
DSMZ Bacterial Nomenclature up-to-date (http://www.dsmz.de/bactnom/bactname.htm); validation lists of the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
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Genetics
Genetics (1966) 54:61-76; J Bacteriol (first issue of each year); Microbiol Mol Biol Rev (1998) 62:814-984 (Escherichia coli K-12); Microbiol Rev (1988) 52:485-532 (Salmonella typhimurium); Microbiol Rev (1985) 49:158-179 (Bacillus subtilis); Annu Rev Microbiol (1986) 40:79-105 (Pseudomonas); Microbiol Rev (1982) 46:426-570 (Neurospora crassa); Nature (1997) 387 (6632 Suppl):67-73 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae).
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Chemistry/Biochemistry
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB; http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iubmb/); International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC; http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iupac/index.html); Enzyme Handbook (1990) Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York; Enzyme Nomenclature (1992) Academic Press, London New York.
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Electronic supplementary material
Electronic supplementary material consists of information that is more convenient in electronic form, data that is not essential but yet of interest, or information that cannot be printed; the material must be peer-reviewed with the manuscript, and if accepted, will be published free of charge on the Springer Link.
Further technical instructions
Layout guidelines
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Use a normal, plain font (e.g., Times Roman) for text.
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Other style options:
-for textual emphasis use italic types.
-for special purposes, such as for mathematical vectors, use boldface type.
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Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
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Do not use field functions.
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For indents use tab stops or other commands, not the space bar.
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Use the table functions of your word processing program, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
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Use the equation editor of your word processing program or MathType for equations.
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Place any figure legends or tables at the end of the manuscript.
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Submit all figures as separate files and do not integrate them within the text.
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Illustrations
The preferred figure formats are EPS for vector graphics exported from a drawing program and TIFF for halftone illustrations. EPS files must always contain a preview in TIFF of the figure. The file name (one file for each figure) should include the figure number. Figure legends should be included in the text and not in the figure file.
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Scan resolution: Scanned line drawings should be digitized with a minimum resolution of 800 dpi relative to the final figure size. For digital halftones, 300 dpi is usually sufficient.
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Color illustrations: Store color illustrations as RGB (8 bits per channel) in TIFF format.
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Vector graphics: Fonts used in the vector graphics must be included. Please do not draw with hairlines. The minimum line width is 0.2 mm (i.e. 0.567 pt) relative to the final size.
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Save your file in two formats:
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RTF (Rich Text Format) or Microsoft Word compatible formats.
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pdf (a single pdf file including text, tables and figures).
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Templates
The template is available:
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via ftp:
Address: ftp.springer.de
User ID: ftp
Password: your own e-mail address
Directory:/pub/Word/journals
File names: sv-journ.zip or sv-journ.doc and sv-journ.dot
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via browser:
ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/Word/journals
File names: sv-journ.zip or sv-journ.doc and sv-journ.dot
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The zip file should be sent unencoded.
Proofs
The proofs of accepted manuscripts should be checked carefully. If extensive changes in the proofs are unavoidable, the correction costs will be charged to the author. Note added in proof can be added to the manuscript only with the consent of the editor.
Offprints
Twenty-five (25) offprints of each contribution are supplied free of charge. Additional offprints can be ordered when the corrected proofs are returned. Those ordering additional offprints are then entitled to a pdf file of their article for personal use.
download template
Legal requirements
Copyright. The author(s) transfer(s) the copyright to his/their article to Springer-Verlag effective if and when the article is accepted for publication. The copyright covers the exclusive and unlimited rights to reproduce and distribute the article in any form of reproduction (printing, electronic media or any other form); it also covers translation rights for all languages and countries. For U.S. authors, the copyright is transferred to the extent transferable.
The "Copyright Transfer Statement" must be completed and signed by the corresponding author of accepted manuscripts. This form is regularly published in this journal or can be downloaded below. The form must be sent to Springer-Verlag by fax [+49-(0)6221-487-8686] when the manuscript is accepted or at the latest, returned with the proofs.
Editorial Board
Editors in Chief:
Erhard Bremer
Philippps University, Marburg, Germany
Michael T. Madigan
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill., USA
Robert K. Poole
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Bernhard Schink
University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Mini-Reviews Editor:
Lars Hederstedt
Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Submission of manuscripts
For USA and Canada, by mail:
Michael T. Madigan
Department of Microbiology
Mailcode 6508, 1125 Lincoln Drive
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901-6508, USA
All other manuscripts submitted by mail, and all manuscripts submitted electronically should be sent to:
Editorial Office
Archives of Microbiology
Universität Konstanz
Fach M643
78457 Konstanz, Germany
E-mail: Arch.Microbiol@uni-konstanz.de
Correspondence concerning editorial matters should be directed to the Editorial Office:
E-mail: Arch.Microbiol@uni-konstanz.de
Fax: +49-7531-88-4047
Editorial Assistant: Vanessa Litherland
Editorial Manager: Karen A. Brune
Editors:
Markus Aebi
Zurich, Switzerland
Saccharomyces cerevisiae; fungal genetics; fungal development; cell wall biogenesis; protein glycosylation
Mary M. Allen
Wellesley, Mass., USA
Cyanobacteria; ultrastructure; microbial physiology and biochemistry; nitrogen metabolism
Garabed Antranikian
Hamburg, Germany
Extremophilic archaea and bacteria; biocatalysis; polymer-degrading enzymes
David Archer
Nottingham, UK
Filamentous fungi, protein secretion, stress responses, molecular genetics, biotechnology
Pierre Béguin
Paris, France
Plant cell wall degradation; degradation of petroleum and gasoline compounds
Terry J. Beveridge
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Ultrastructure; electron microscopy; metal interactions; biofilms
Axel A. Brakhage
Hannover, Germany
Molecular biology and physiology of filamentous fungi; fungal secondary metabolism; fungal molecular biotechnology; pathogenic fungi
Andreas Brune
Marburg, Germany
Microbial physiology and ecology; invertebrate gut microbiology; symbiosis
Wolfgang Buckel
Marburg, Germany
Bacterial metabolism; enzymology; stereochemistry; anaerobes
Gregory M. Cook
Dunedin, New Zealand
Microbial physiology; acid resistance and pH homeostasis; bioenergetics;
extremophiles
Christoph Dehio
Basel, Switzerland
Bacterial pathogenesis; cellular microbiology; type IV secretion; transcriptomics; gene regulation, Bartonella spp.
Timothy Donohue
Madison, Wisc., USA
Electron transport; bioenergetics; cytochromes; respiration; photosynthesis; gene expression; C-1 metabolism
Arnold J. M. Driessen
Groningen, The Netherlands
Solute transport; membrane proteins; protein transport; membrane biogenesis
Scott A. Ensign
Logan, Utah, USA
Enzymology; metalloproteins; hydrocarbon metabolism; C-1 metabolism
Stuart J. Ferguson
Oxford, UK
Bioenergetics; cytochromes; reduction of nitrate, nitrite, nitric oxide, and nitrous oxide; periplasmic processes
Theo A. Hansen
Groningen, The Netherlands
Bacterial physiology; sulfate reduction; C-1 metabolism; anoxygenic phototrophs
Robert P. Hausinger
East Lansing, Mich., USA
Metalloenzymes; metallocenter biosynthesis; nickel metabolism; biodegradation
Harald Huber
Regensburg, Germany
Extremophilic archaea and bacteria, bacterial taxonomy and systematics, environmental microbiology, bacterial leaching
Mike S. M. Jetten
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Nitrogen and sulfur metabolism; amino acid production
Reinhard Krämer
Köln, Germany
Transport across biological membranes
Joseph A. Krzycki
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology; methanogens; C-1 metabolism; anaerobic metabolism
Mark J. McBride
Milwaukee, Wisc., USA
Bacterial motility; gliding motility; chemotactic signal transduction; molecular genetics
John C. Meeks
Davis, Calif., USA
Cyanobacteria; symbiosis; nitrogen metabolism; microbial development
Jan R. van der Meer
Lausanne, Switzerland
Genetic adaptation mechanisms; bacterial gene regulation; molecular ecology; metabolism of xenobiotics
Jorge Membrillo-Hernández
Mexico City, Mexico
Bacterial metabolism; oxidative stress; biofilm formation; molecular genetics; bacterial stress responses
William W. Metcalf
Urbana, Ill., USA
Methanogenesis; phosphorus metabolism; microbial genetics; microbial metabolism and physiology
Jörg Overmann
München, Germany
Anoxygenic photosynthesis; anaerobic metabolism of sulfur compounds; microbial ecology; symbiosis; paleomicrobiology
Jean-Luc Pernodet
Paris, France
Molecular biology of Streptomyces; mobile genetic elements; secondary metabolism; antibiotic biosynthesis and resistance
Ursula Priefer
Aachen, Germany
Symbiotic nitrogen fixation; nitrogen metabolism; anaerobiosis; bacterial gene regulation; pH and salt stress; molecular genetics; bacterial ecology
Stephen W. Ragsdale
Lincoln, Neb., USA
Bacterial metabolism; enzymology; methanogenesis; acetogenesis; dehalorespiration; metallobiochemistry; anaerobic bacteria; autotrophic pathways; carbon monoxide metabolism
Lutgarde Raskin
Urbana, Ill., USA
Water and wastewater microbiology; molecular tools in environmental microbiology; microbial ecology; environmental microbiology
Walter Reineke
Wuppertal, Germany
Metabolism of xenobiotics
Paul D. Rick
Bethesda, Md., USA
Bacterial cell surfaces; glycolipids; polysaccharides
Alfred M. Spormann
Stanford, Calif., USA
Bacterial physiology and biochemistry; anaerobic metabolism of xenobiotics; functional genomics; motility
Jan P.M. Tommassen
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Outer membrane proteines; outer membrane biogenesis; protein secretion; phosphate metabolism; bacterial genetics
Geoffrey Turner
Sheffield, UK
Fungal genetics; genomics; fungal cell biology; secondary metabolism; fungal metabolism; fungal biotechnology; fungal gene expression
Friedrich Widdel
Bremen, Germany
Bacterial physiology; anaerobic and lithotrophic bacteria
Ann P. Wood
London, UK
Oxidation of organic and inorganic sulfur compounds; chemolithotrophy; C-1 metabolism; methylotrophy; environmental microbiology
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