Research in Microbiology  publishes papers based on original research in fundamental and applied biology of bacteria, archaea and lower eukaryotes. It covers all aspects of microbial taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology, physiology and metabolism, molecular genetics and genomics, as well as interactions between microbes and interactions of microbes with their environment. Research in Microbiology currently publishes 10 issues a year, including an annual Forum issue, and contains original articles, reviews and letters to the Editor.

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Editor-in-Chief
Dr. E. Dassa
Institut Pasteur, Publications Office, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, FranceEmail Dr. E. Dassa
Review Editors
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Dr. Ph. Bastin
Unité Biologie Cellulaire des Trypanosomes, Institut Pasteur, 25 Rue docteur Roux, 75015, Paris, France Email Dr. Ph. Bastin
Dr. J. Davies
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, British Columbia, Canada Email Dr. J. Davies
Dr. Y. Dessaux
Department of Microbiology, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CNRS - Bat 23, Avenue de la terrasse, 91198, Gif sur Yvette, France Email Dr. Y. Dessaux
Editors
Professor P.N. Bertin
Ecophysiologie Moléculaire des Microorganismes, Université de Strasbourg, 28, rue Goethe, 67000, Strasbourg, France Email Professor P.N. Bertin Microbial genomics, stress response, gene expression
Dr. D. Cabanes
Group of Molecular Microbiology, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180, Porto, Portugal Email Dr. D. Cabanes Molecular microbiology, host-pathogen interactions, bacterial pathogens, virulence determinants, Listeria monocytogenes
Dr. V. Cattoir
Bactériologie-Hygiène hospitalière, Hôpital Pontchaillou, CHU de Rennes, 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux, 35033, Rennes, France Email Dr. V. Cattoir
Professor D. Daffonchio
Dipart. di Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari e Microbiologiche (DISTAM), Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 2, 20133, Milano, Italy Email Professor D. DaffonchioMicrobial diversity, Insect-microbe symbiosis, plant microbe interactions, bioremediation, soil microorganisms, extreme environments
Dr. R.P. de Vries, PhD
CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversiry Centre, Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, Netherlands Email Dr. R.P. de Vries, PhD Comparative genomics and transcriptomics of fungi, fungal carbon metabolism, degradation of polysaccharides, biotechnological applications of fungi (excluding medical), regulation of gene expression in fungi
Dr. C. D'Enfert
Unité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques - INRA USC2019, Institut Pasteur, 25, rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France Email Dr. C. D'Enfert Classical and molecular genetics and genomics of yeasts and filamentous fungi, fungal pathogenesis, biofilms, fungal differentation, signalling
Dr. L. Dijkshoorn
Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Universiteit Leiden, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, Netherlands Email Dr. L. Dijkshoorn Molecular epidemiology, hospital epidemiology, microbial typing, taxonomy (incl. Identification methods), Acinetobacter, antimicrobial resistance mechanisms
Dr. M.S. DuBow
Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC) CEA, Université Paris-Sud (Paris XI), Bâtiment 409, 91405, ORSAY, France Email Dr. M.S. DuBow Environmental genomics, bacterial and bacteriophage genomics, desert/arid ecosystems, atmospheric microbiology
Dr. P.J. Dyson
College of Medicine, Inst. of Life Science, Swansea University, Singleton Park, SA2 8PP, Swansea, UK Email Dr. P.J. Dyson Actinobacteria, Streptomyces, regulation, development, antibiotics, DNA structure and cell division
Dr. C. Elmerich
Email Dr. C. Elmerich Nitrogen fixation, Bacteria-plant interaction, bacterial physiology and molecular genetics
Dr. E. Fabiano
Departamento de Bioquimica y Genomica Microbianas, Instituto de Investigaciones Biologicas Clemente Estable (IIBCE), Av. Italia 3318, 11600, Montevideo, Uruguay Email Dr. E. Fabiano Plant-microbe interaction, metal homeostasis, beta-rhizobia, bacterial iron transport, manganese metabolism
Dr. E. Fabre
UMR, CNRS 7212, Hôpital Saint Louis, INSERM, 1, ave. Claude Vellefaux, 75475, Paris Cedex 10, France Email Dr. E. Fabre Yeast genetics, chromosome biology, nuclear architecture, nuclear periphery, DNA repair
Dr. S. Fanning
UCD-Centre for Food Safety, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Populatio, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland Email Dr. S. Fanning Genetic mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance; biocide tolerance; characterization of food-borne bacteria; molecular epidemiology
Dr. S.R. Filipe
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Email Dr. S.R. Filipe Bacterial cell biology, Bacteria-Host interactions, Bacterial cell surfaces, Chromosome segregation, Antibiotic resistance
Dr. O. Francetic
Laboratoire des Systèmes Macromolécules et Signalisation, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724, Paris cedx 15, France Email Dr. O. Francetic Molecular genetics, protein export, protein secretion, bacterial membrane proteins, fimbriae and surface structures
Dr. J. Gowrishankar
Laboratory of Bacterial Genetics, Center for DNA Fingerprt. & Diagn., Bldg.7, Gruhakalpa, 5-4-399/B, Nampally, 500001, Hyderabad, India Email Dr. J. Gowrishankar Escherichia coli and related Enterobacteriaceae physiology and genetics, water-stress adaptation, spontaneous mutations, interplay between replication-transcription-translation
Dr. S. Gribaldo
Dept. of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du dr Roux, 75015, Paris, France Email Dr. S. Gribaldo Evolution, Archaea, Bacteria, Eukaryotes, Phylogeny
Professor M. Jebbar
Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France Email Professor M. Jebbar Piezophiles, deep sea microbiology, genomics, extremophiles, microbial physiology, molecular ecology, Archaea, molecular microbiology, life in extreme environments
Dr. M. Krupovic
Dept. of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du dr Roux, 75015, Paris, France Email Dr. M. Krupovic Mobile genetic elements, bacterial and archaeal viruses, virus evolution
Dr. D. Mazel
Unité "Plasticité du Génome Bactérien - CNRS URA2171, Dépt. Génome et Génétique, Institut Pasteur, 25, rue dr Dr Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France Email Dr. D. MazelMolecular genetics, plasmids, mobile elements, integrons, horizontal gene transfer, antibiotic resistance mechanisms, toxin-antitoxin systems, Vibrio, cyanobacteria
Dr. B. Nan
Dept. of Biology, Texas A & M University, 3258 TAMU, , College Station, Texas, TX 77843, USA Email Dr. B. Nan Motility, chemotaxis, cell wall, cytoskeleton and super-resolution microscopy
Dr. O. Neyrolles
Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology, 205 route de Narbonne, 31000, Toulouse, France Email Dr. O. Neyrolles Tuberculosis, Mycobacteria, Host-pathogen interactions, Innate immunity, Microbial physiology, Microbial virulence
Dr. J. Nigou
Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Dépt. Tuberculose & Biologie des Infections, Université de Toulouse, 205, route de Narbonne, BP64182, 31077, TOULOUSE cedex 4, France Email Dr. J. Nigou Mycobacteria, Cell wall biosynthesis and interaction with host, Lipids, Glycoconjugates, Structure-function
Dr. S. Nordlund
Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholms Universitet, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden Email Dr. S. Nordlund Physiology, metabolism, nitrogen fixation, ammonium assimilation, photosynthetic bacteria, bacterial photosynthesis
Dr. P. Normand
Lab. d'Ecologie microbienne, UMR CNRS 5557, Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I, 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France Email Dr. P. NormandPhylogeny, taxonomy, diversity, actinobacteria, Frankia, plant microbiology, symbiosis
Dr. V. Paces
Inst. of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, CZ 142 20, Prague 4, Czech Republic Email Dr. V. Paces Genomics, transcription, oncogenes, bioinformatics
Dr. E. Peeters
Research Group of Microbiology (MICR), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium Email Dr. E. Peeters Archaea, extremophiles, transcription, gene regulation, transcription factors, protein-DNA interactions, synthetic biology, systems biology
Dr. J. R. Penadés
College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences; Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Sir Graeme Davies Building; 120 University Place, G12 8TA, Glasgow, UK Email Dr. J. R. Penadés Mobile genetic elements, bacteriophage, pathogenicity island, horizontal gene transfer, host adaptation, SOS response, Staphylococcus aureus
Dr. D. Prangishvili
Unité de recherche biologie moleculaire, Institut Pasteur, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, FranceEmail Dr. D. Prangishvili Life in extreme environments, molecular biology of Archaea, viruses of bacteria and archaea
Dr. L. Riggottier-Gois
UMR Micalis, AgroParisTech, INRA, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France Email Dr. L. Riggottier-Gois
Dr. E. Ron
Dept. of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, IL-69 978, Ramat Aviv, Israel Email Dr. E. Ron Stress response, molecular basis of bacterial pathogenesis
Dr. R.M.Q. Shanks
Depts. of Ophthalmology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, , University of Pittsburgh, 203 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PA 15213, USA Email Dr. R.M.Q. Shanks Biofilms, bacteria-bacteria interactions, bacterial interaction with host cells, bacterial molecular genetics, gene regulation
Dr. P. Simonet
UMR 5005, Equipe 'Génomique Microbienne Environnementale', Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole Centrale de Lyon 36 rue avenue, 69134, Guy de Collongue, Ecully cedex, France Email Dr. P. Simonet Metagenomics, Microbial ecology, Soil and Plant microbiology, bacterial communities and population dynamics, genome evolution, evolution mechanisms and adaptation, horizontal gene transfer, natural transformation, conjugaison
Dr. M. Vaneechoutte
Lab. Bacteriology & Virology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent, de Pintelaan 185, 9000, Gent, Belgium Email Dr. M. Vaneechoutte Chronic infection, biofilm, Bacteriophage therapy, clinical microbiology, DNA-based identification and typing of bacteria and yeasts, study of complex (human) microbiota, Acinetobacter
Dr. B. Vester
Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK 5230, Odense, Denmark Email Dr. B. Vester Antibiotic resistance, antibiotics targeting the ribosome, methylation/modification of ribosomal RNA, ribozymes and DNAzymes
Dr. Y.P Wang
College of Life Sciences, State Key Lab. of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, China Email Dr. Y.P Wang Synthetic biology, Nitrogen fixation, Transcriptional regulation
Dr. T. Zhang
Dept. of Civil Engineering, Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China Email Dr. T. Zhang Metagenomics, Metatranscriptomics, Antibiotics resistance, Wastewater, Biotechnology, Nitrification, Water
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Dr. F. Biville
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G. Camus
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