Microbiology is an is an international peer reviewed journal that covers a wide range of problems in the areas of fundamental and applied microbiology. The journal publishes experimental and theoretical papers, reviews on modern trends in different fields of microbiological science, and short communications with descriptions of unusual observations. The journal welcomes manuscripts from all countries in the English or Russian language.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Nikolai V. Pimenov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
DEPUTY EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Vladimir K. Plakunov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Svetlana N. Dedysh
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
EDITORIAL BOARD
Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Vladimir G. Debabov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Russian Scientific Centre «Kurchatov Institute», Moscow, Russia
Marina V. Donova
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
Valery F. Galchenko
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Marina Yu. Grabovich
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia
Peter N. Golyshin
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, United Kingdom
Vladimir M. Gorlenko
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Ruslan N. Ivanovskii
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Irina B. Ivshina
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Perm Federal Research Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Perm, Russia
Olga V. Karnachuk
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Department of Biology San Diego State University, California, USA
Svetlana M. Ozerskaya
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
Aleksandr I. Slobodkin
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Dmitrii Yu. Sorokin
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Victor Sourjik
Prof., Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany
Michael М. Yakimov
Prof., Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute for Coast Marine Envronment, Rome, Italy
STAFF EDITOR
Nadezhda V. Grigor’eva
EDITOR OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Pavel A. Sigalevich