Microbiology and Immunology is a multidisciplinary journal aimed at providing insight into the study of microbes and the host immune, biological and physiological responses, and therapeutics.

The journal publishes reports of significant results as high quality original articles and notes dealing with advanced research in all fields of bacteriology, virology, and immunology, and related fields; pathogenic infections in humans, various animals including invertebrates, and plants; pathogenicity and virulence factors such as microbial toxins and cell-surface components; factors involved in host defense, inflammation, development of vaccines; antimicrobial agents and drug resistance of microbes; genomics and proteomics.

Microbiology and Immunology also features review and mini-review articles targeted broader audience, not limited to researchers in these fields.

EDITORS IN CHIEF
Bacteriology
Yutaka Terao, Niigata University, Niigata
Virology
Makoto Takeda, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
Immunology
Kazuyoshi Kawakami, Tohoku University, Sendai

EDITORIAL BOARD
Bacteriology
Hiroji Chibana, Chiba University, Chiba
Yukako Fujinaga, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa
Tetsuya Hayashi, * University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki
Dong Liang Hu, Kitasato University, Towada
Yumi Imanishi-Shimizu, Kanto Gakuin University, Yokohama
Kazuyuki Ishihara, Tokyo Dental College, Tokyo
Ken Kikuchi, * Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo
Hitoshi Komatsuzawa, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima
Makoto Kuroda, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
Teruo Kuroda, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima
Sohkichi Matsumoto, Niigata University, Niigata
Tomoshige Matsumoto, Osaka Anti-Tuberculosis Association Osaka Hospital, Neyagawa
Masami Miyake, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka
Shin-ichi Miyoshi, Okayama University, Okayama
Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama*, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
Hiroki Nagai, Gifu University, Gifu
Masataka Oda,Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto
Naoya Ohara,Okayama University, Okayama
Ro Osawa,Kobe University, Kobe
Takashi Sugita,Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose
Akira Takahashi,Tokushima University, Tokushima
Toru Tobe, Osaka University, Osaka
Haruaki Tomioka, Yasuda Women's University, Hiroshima
Shinya Watanabe,Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke
Shin-ichi Yokota,Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo
Akihiro Yoshida,Matsumoto Dental University, Matsumoto