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Coeditors-in-Chief Juan Aguirre, Prince Edward Island University, Canada General Information José Berenguer (Madrid), Autonomous University of Madrid Ricardo Amils, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain Ricardo Guerrero (Barcelona), University of Barcelona Miguel A. Asensio, University of Extremadura, Caceres, Spain International is a quarterly, open-access, peer-reviewed jour- Creative Commons Associate Editors Shimshon Belkin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel nal in the fields of basic and applied microbiology. It publishes two kinds of Mercedes Berlanga, University of Barcelona Albert Bordons, University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain papers: research articles and complements (editorials, perspectives, books, The journal is published under a Creative Commons Attribution- Mercè Piqueras, Catalan Association for Science Communication Albert Bosch, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain reviews, etc.). NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. Wendy Ran, International Microbiology Javier del Campo, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Secretary General Victoriano Campos, Pontificial Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile Aims and scope http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Jordi Mas-Castellà, International Microbiology Josep Casadesús, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain Rita R. Colwell, Univ. of Maryland & Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA International Microbiology, the official journal of the SEM, is a -peer-re Managing Coordinator viewed, open access journal whose aim is to advance and disseminate informa- Katerina Demnerova, Inst. of Chem. Technology, Prague, Czech Republic Carmen Chica, International Microbiology tion in the fields of basic and applied microbiology among scientists around the Esteban Domingo, CBM, CSIC-UAM, Cantoblanco, Spain world. The journal publishes research articles and complements (short papers Specialized Editors Mariano Esteban, Natl. Center for Biotechnol., CSIC, Cantoblanco, Spain dealing with microbiological subjects of broad interest such as editorials, per- Josefa Antón, University of Alicante Mariano Gacto, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain spectives, book reviews, etc.). A feature that distinguishes it from many other Susana Campoy, Autonomous University of Barcelona Juncal Garmendia, Institute of Agrobiotechnology, Pamplona, Spain microbiology journals is a broadening of the term “microbiology” to include All articles in International Microbiology will be available on the Internet Ramón Díaz, CIB-CSIC, Madrid to any reader at no cost. The journal allows users to freely download, copy, Josep Guarro, University Rovira i Virgili Olga Genilloud, Medina Foundation, Granada, Spain eukaryotic (protists, yeasts, molds), as well as the publication Enrique Herrero, University of Lleida Steven D. Goodwin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA of articles related to the history and sociology of microbiology. print, distribute, search, and link to the full text of any article provided the Emili Montesinos, University of Girona Juan C. Gutiérrez, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain authorship and source of the published article is cited, it is not used for com- José R. Penadés, Inst. of Mountain Livestock-CSIC, Castellon Johannes F. Imhoff, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany International Microbiology, offers high-quality, internationally-based infor- mercial purposes and it is not remixed, transformed, or built upon. We recom- mend authors read about the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommer- Jordi Vila, University of Barcelona Juan Imperial, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain mation, short publication times (<3 months), complete copy-editing service, and online open access publication available prior to distribution of the printed cial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License before submitting their paper. John L. Ingraham, University of California, Davis, CA, USA Digital Media Coordinator journal. Open access and article processing charges Juan Iriberri, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain Rubén Duro, International Microbiology The journal encourages submissions in the following areas: Roberto Kolter, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA • Microorganisms (prions, viruses, , archaea, protists, yeasts, molds) Open access publishing provides immediate, permanent, free online access Webmaster Germán Larriba, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain to the full texts of all the journal’s peer-reviewed research articles. It allows Jordi Urmeneta, University of Barcelona • Microbial (taxonomy, genetics, morphology, , ecology, Rubén López, Center for Biological Research, CSIC, Madrid, Spain pathogenesis) all interested readers to view, download, print, and/or redistribute any article Addresses Bernard M. 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