We are entering a new and exciting era of microbiological study and application. Recent advances in the now established disciplines of genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics, together with extensive cooperation between academic and industrial concerns have brought about an integration of basic and applied microbiology as never before. The Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology (JMMB) aims to reflect this development by publishing original research papers from all areas of microbiology and biotechnology. It also features written symposia on selected topics, timely reviews and minireviews. Theoretical approaches and descriptions of novel, microbiologically relevant software is also considered. Contributions and ideas from large segments of the scientific community are welcome to make JMMB a viable, much-needed and up-and-coming forum for current basic and applied microbiological research.

Editors-in-Chief
Ralf Rabus – Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany
Milton H. Saier – University of California, CA, USA

Senior Editors
Melissa H. Brown – Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Josef Deutscher – CNRS/AgroParisTech/INRA, Thiverval-Grignon, France
Guillermo Gosset Lagarda – Univ. Nacional Autónoma México, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Peter Graumann – LOEWE-Zentrum für Synthetische Mikrobiologie, Marburg, Germany
Ian Paulsen – Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
R.Gary Sawers – Martin Luther Universität, Halle/Saale, Germany
Yunde Zhao – Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Editorial Board
Gert Bange – LOEWE Center for Synthetic, Marburg, Germany
Frédéric Barras – LCB-CNRS, Marseille, France 
Douglas H. Bartlett – University of California, La Jolla, CA, USA
Pierre Béguin – Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Matthias Boll – Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Ian Booth – University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
L. Jeannine Brady – University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Yong Joon Chung – Jeonju University, Chonrabukdo, South Korea
Fabian M. Commichau – University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Patrice Courvalin – Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Charles J. Dorman – University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Jeremy S. Edwards – University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Karl Forchhammer – Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Michael Y. Galperin – National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
André Goffeau – Univ. Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Claudio F. Gonzalez – University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Michael Gribskov – Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Graham F. Hatfull – University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Peter J.F. Henderson – University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Sueharu Horinouchi – The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Anne-Kristin Kaster – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Gabriele Klug – Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany
Graciela Liliana Lorca – University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Joe Lutkenhaus – University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, USA
Wensheng Qin – Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
Bhaskara Lakshmi Reddy – National University Ontario, Ontario, CA, USA
Vamsee S. Reddy – Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Dmitry A. Rodionov – Sandford Burnham Prebys, La Jolla, CA, USA
Michael Rother – Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Christian K. Schuster – Lenzing AG, Lenzing, Austria
Maulin P. Shah – Enviro Technology Limited, Ankleshwar, India
Wolfgang Streit – University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Fritz Titgemeyer – University of Applied Sciences, Münster, Germany
Tsai-Tien Tseng – Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, USA
Ake Vastermark – University of California, La Jolla, CA, USA
Rafael Vazquez-Duahlt – Universidad Nacional, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Thomas Williams, Lane Cove North, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hans Wolf-Watz – University of Umea, Umea, Sweden
Wen Zhang – Jersey City, NJ, USA
Xiaohui Zhou – Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA