MicrobiologyOpen is a peer reviewed, fully open access, broad-scope, and interdisciplinary journal delivering rapid decisions and fast publication of microbial science, a field which is undergoing a profound and exciting evolution in this post-genomic era.     
The journal aims to serve the research community by providing a vehicle for authors wishing to publish quality research in both fundamental and applied microbiology. Our goal is to publish articles that stimulate discussion and debate, as well as add to our knowledge base and further the understanding of microbial interactions and microbial processes.  
MicrobiologyOpen gives prompt and equal consideration to articles reporting theoretical, experimental, applied, and descriptive work in all aspects of bacteriology, virology, mycology and protistology, including, but not limited to:
agriculture
antimicrobial resistance
astrobiology
biochemistry
biotechnology
cell and molecular biology 
clinical microbiology 
computational, systems, and synthetic microbiology
environmental science
evolutionary biology, ecology, and systematics
food science and technology
genetics and genomics
geobiology and earth science
host-microbe interactions
infectious diseases
natural products discovery
pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry
physiology 
plant pathology
veterinary microbiology
         
We will consider submissions across unicellular and cell-cluster organisms: prokaryotes (bacteria, archaea) and eukaryotes (fungi, protists, microalgae, lichens), as well as viruses and prions infecting or interacting with microorganisms, plants and animals, including genetic, biochemical, biophysical, bioinformatic and structural analyses. 
The journal features Original Articles (including full Research articles, Method articles, and Short Communications), Reviews, and Commentaries. Original papers must report well-conducted research with conclusions supported by the data presented in the article. We also support confirmatory research and aim to work with authors to meet reviewer expectations.   

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
  
 
Sonja-Verena Albers, University of Freiburg, Molecular Biology of Archaea, Germany
  
Eric Cascalès, CNRS - Aix-Marseille Université, Mediterranean Institute of Microbiology, France
  
Jennifer Cavet, University of Manchester, UK
  
Victor J. Cid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
  
Luyan Ma, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  
Jonathan Shaw, University of Sheffield, UK
  
Mark S. Thomas, University of Sheffield, UK
        
Simon C. Andrews, University of Reading, UK
  
Scott Beatson, University of Queensland, Australia
   
Wilbert Bitter, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  
Jesús Blazquez, CSIC, Spain
   
Daniel Charlier, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
  
Pierre Cornelis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
    
Eric Dézièl, INRS-Laval, Canada
       
Cristina Dorador, University of Antofagasta, Chile
  
Friedrich Götz, University of Tübingen, Germany
  
Roland Lloubès, Université Aix-Marseille, France
  
Jose L. Martinez, CSIC, Spain
  
Skorn Mongkolsuk, Mahidol University, Thailand
  
Cheryl A. Nickerson, Arizona State University, USA
  
Wim J. Quax, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
  
Edson Rocha, East Carolina University, USA
  
Lígia Saraiva, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, UNL, Portugal
  
Stephen Spiro, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
  
Alain Stintzi, University of Ottawa, Canada
  
Laurence Van Melderen, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
  
Cynthia Whitchurch, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia