Anaerobe is essential reading for those wishing to remain at the forefront of discoveries relating to life processes of strict anaerobes. Created especially for the international community, it addresses the needs of those working on a group of organisms of exceptional academic, economic, medical, and veterinary importance. The journal is multi-disciplinary, and provides a unique forum for those investigating infections caused by anaerobic bacteria in humans and animals.
 
Anaerobe publishes original research articles, notes and case reports. Reviews and mini reviews are welcome at the invitation of the editor. Relevant topics fall into the broad categories of Anaerobes in human and animal diseases, Anaerobes in the microbiome, Anaerobes in the environment, Diagnosis of anaerobes in clinical microbiology laboratories, Molecular biology, Genetics, Pathogenesis, Toxins and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Anaerobic Bacteria.
 
Papers describing innovative methodologies, technologies, and applications to investigate strict anaerobic bacteria are also of interest. Manuscripts describing new species of obligate anaerobes will be reviewed if the description of the new species also includes information showing novel phenotypic characteristics, pathogenicity and/or unique metabolic activity within the microbiome from which it was isolated. New anaerobic species that are only different from other related members of a genus based on genomic information will not be reviewed.
 
Please note:

Anaerobe is no longer accepting manuscripts on descriptive, sequence-based surveys of microbiomes, even if the environments of the sampled ecosystems select for anaerobic species. However, when studies such as these are accompanied by direct, mechanistic assays of strictly anaerobic components, they will be considered for publication.
Anaerobe will also not consider manuscripts that deal only with descriptive accounts of the beneficial effects of potentially novel probiotic strains, unless such strains belong to strictly anaerobic species that have previously not been associated with probiotic features. Anaerobe will continue to consider manuscripts for publication that address determinations of the specific mechanism(s) of action of all strictly anaerobic probiotic strains.

original papers

Editor-in-Chief
Professor E. Nagy
Professor E. Nagy
University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Associate Editors
Molecular Biology and Genetics
M.J. Gillespie
M.J. Gillespie
Southern Illinois University System, Alton, Illinois, United States
D. Lyras
D. Lyras
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
V. O. Rotimi
V. O. Rotimi
Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine, Safat, Kuwait
Anaerobes in the Microbiome
E. Allen-Vercoe
E. Allen-Vercoe
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
A.B. Onderdonk
A.B. Onderdonk
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Clinical Microbiology
L. Boyanova
L. Boyanova
Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
W. Jamal
W. Jamal
Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait
A. Schuetz
A. Schuetz
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Anaerobes in Human Infections
(including dental/oral infections)
Y. W. Han
Y. W. Han
Columbia University, New York, New York, United States
R.M.C.P Domingues
R.M.C.P Domingues
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
K. Tanaka
K. Tanaka
Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
Anaerobes in Animal Disease
T.G. Nagaraja
T.G. Nagaraja
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
F.A Uzal
F.A Uzal
California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, San Bernardino, California, United States
Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Anaerobic Bacteria
P. I. Eke
P. I. Eke
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States
J. Soki
J. Soki
University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
C. difficile
S. Johnson
S. Johnson
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Illinois, United States
P. Mastrantonio
P. Mastrantonio
National Institute of Health, Roma, Italy
M. Rupnik
M. Rupnik
National Laboratory of Health Environment and Food, Maribor, Slovenia
Pathogenesis and Toxins
C. Coursodon Boyiddle
C. Coursodon Boyiddle
Ventana Medical Systems Inc, Tucson, Arizona, USA Companion Diagnostics Assay Development, A Member of the Roche Group
Anaerobes in the Environment
K.L. Kovács
K.L. Kovács
University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Case Reports
E.J.C. Goldstein
E.J.C. Goldstein
Alden Research Laboratory Inc, Culver City, California, United States
H. Pituch
H. Pituch
Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
Publication Committee
E.J.C. Goldstein
E.J.C. Goldstein
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), R.M. Alden Research, Culver City, California, United States
S.G. Jenkins
S.G. Jenkins
NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, New York, New York, United States
C.E. Nord
C.E. Nord
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
H. Mikamo
H. Mikamo
Aichi Medical University, Aichi-Gun, Japan
Editorial Board
V.R. Abratt
Rondebosch, South Africa
D. Aronoff
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
E. Bezirtzoglou
Orestiada, Greece
M.C. Claros
Rotkreuz, Switzerland
G. Conrads
Aachen, Germany
M. Cox
Morgan Hill, California, United States
L.M Cox
Morgan Hill, California, United States
L. Dubreuil
Lille cedex, France
R. Fagan
Sheffield, United Kingdom
E. Ferreira
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
R. N. Fichorova, MD, PhD
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
D. N. Fredricks
Seattle, Washington, USA
D.W. Hecht
Maywood, Illinois, United States
M. Hedberg
Umeå, Sweden
S. Hillier
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
H. Insam
Innsbruck, Austria
E.A Johnson
Madison, Wisconson, United States
S. Johnson
Maywood, Illinois, United States
W-C Ko
Tainan, Taiwan
E. Kononen
TURKU, Finland
S. Lau
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
B. Lorber
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
M.H. Malamy
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
H. Marchandin
Montpellier, France
J. Marrazzo
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
B. McClane
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
T. Morris
Cardiff, United Kingdom
J. Papaparaskevas
Athina, Greece
D. Raoult
Paris, France
E. R. Rocha
Greenville, North Carolina, United States
J.I. Rood
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
C. Sears
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Y. Song
Los Angeles, California, United States
T.B. Stanton
Ames, Iowa, United States
D. Stevens
Boise, Idaho, United States
K.L Tyrrell
Culver City, California, USA
E. Urbán
Szeged, Hungary
J.S. Weese
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
H.M. Wexler
Los Angeles, California, United States