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Editor in Chief:
Yusuf Akhter, PhD, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India
yusuf@daad-alumni.de

Executive Editors :
Pankaj Bhatt, PhD, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
Chris Franco, PhD, Flinders University, Australia
Ran Wang, DM, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University
Sunita Varjani, PhD, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong
Wen-Jun Li, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Dmitriy V. Volokhov, D.V.M., Ph.D.​​​​​​​, US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research​​​​​​​, USA

Editors:
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola, PhD, North-West University, South Africa
microbial ecology, soil biology, biofertilizers, phylogenetic analysis, sequencing
Kristina Beblo-Vranesevic, PhD, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Köln, Germany
Archaeensystematics, astrobiology, stress response
Nadia Benaroudj, PhD, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Regulation of gene expression, oxidative stress, Spirochetes, Leptospira, bacterial infection and virulence, molecular chaperones, heat shock proteins, protein degradation, biochemistry, structural biology
Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, DM, PhD, University of Genoa, Canada
clinical epidemiology, public health, veterinary medicine, omics sciences, scientometrics, bibliometrics
Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, PhD, Regional University of Cariri - URCA, Brazil
bacterial antibiotic resistance; antibiotics; antibacterial drugs; efflux pumps; antibacterial natural products
Adriano Gomes da Cruz, PhD, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
probiotics, food microbiology and safety, food technology
Kuldeep Dhama, MVSc, PhD, ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, India
veterinary microbiology, viruses, diagnosis, molecular detection, immunology, vaccines
Nour El-Gendy, PhD, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
Environmental pollution, wastewater treatment, biofuels, petroleum upgrading, green chemistry, nanobiotechnology, valorization of wastes and biocorrosion
El-Sayed R. El-Sayed, PhD, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt
Nanoparticles, secondary metabolites of fungi
Gharieb S. El-Sayyad, PhD, Drug Radiation Research Department, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt
Nanotechnology, Medical Microbiology, Nano-drug Formulation, Microbial Biotechnology, and Control of Infection Diseases
Antonio Evidente, PhD, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, Napoli, Italy
Bacterial and fungal metabolites; chemistry and biological activity; spectroscopy; structure-activity relationships
Govarthanan Muthusamy, PhD, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
Soil microbiome analysis, soil/plant, microbial community analysis, and their functional analysis
Johann Heider, PhD, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Enzymes and metabolites involved in the degradation of aromatic pollutants in anaerobic bacteria
Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar, PhD, Gorgan Univ Agr Sci & Nat Resources, Iran
fisheries science, immunology, food microbiology and safety, antimicrobials, fertilizers
Stefanie Kampmeier, DM, Institute of Hygiene, Münster, Germany
Infection control and prevention, hospital hygiene, infection epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance and public health
Reinhard Krämer, PhD, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
Transport across biological membranes
Mallavarapu Megharaj, PhD, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Bioremediation, Ecotoxicology, Pollutant-microbe interactions, Soil health, Emerging contaminants, Microalgae 
Jorge Membrillo-Hernández, PhD, Bio-Systemas Sustentables, Mexico City, Mexico
Bacterial metabolism, oxidative stress, biofilm formation, molecular genetics, bacterial stress Responses
Markus Nett, PhD, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
Secondary metabolism, biosynthesis and biotechnology of antibiotics, genome mining; predatory bacteria
R. Nischitha, PhD, National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI), Biodiversity & Palaeobiology (Fungi) Group, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Endophytic Fungi, Plant- microbe interaction, Phyto and Myco-chemistry, Fungal Diversity, Molecular Biology, Bioactive Compounds, Bioprospection, Metabolite profiling, Molecular docking, Biostatistics and Seed Technology
Ram Prasad, PhD, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, India
Microbial nanobiotechnology, endophytes, plant-microbe interaction, agriculture microbiology, and sustainability 
Arivalagan Pugazhendhi, PhD, School of Technology, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Nanotechnology with microbiology - Biomedical Applications (Antioxidants, antimicrobial, anticancer, antidiabetic etc.), Microbial Bioremediation, Microbial dye degradation, Microbes for Renewable Energy, Phycoremediation, Microalgal biofuels, Plant-microbe interactions & extraction of phytochemicals.
Praveen Rahi, PhD, Institut Pasteur, France
bacteriology, phylogeny/phylogenetics, genomics
Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, DM, HonDSc, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas, Colombia
Arbovirus, Dengue, chikungunya, Zika, yellow fever, SARS-CoV-2, monkeypox, Plasmodium, Trypanosoma, Leishmania
Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira, PhD, Institute of Technology and Research (ITP), Tiradentes University (UNIT) , Brazil
Wastewater treatment, biodegradation, enzymes, nanobiotechnology, ecotoxicology, microbial biotechnology, agricultural microbiology, anaerobic digestion, bioprocess.
Michael Rother, PhD, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Sulfat-reducing prokaryotes, acetogens, methanogenesis, physiology, genetics, Selen-metabolism, enzyme chemistry
Kandasamy Saravanakumar, PhD, Department of Bio-Health Convergence, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
Fungal and plants interactions, bioremediation, bioactive materials, organic and inorganic, nanoparticles, and microbiology
Sanjai Saxena, PhD, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (deemed-to-be-university), Patiala, Punjab, India
Mycology; Fungal Enzymes & primary metabolites; Fungal Secondary Metabolites/ Bioactive compounds; Plant-fungus interactions (signal molecules & plant adaptogens); Biological control (Biopesticides); Fungal systematics and taxonomy
Maulin P. Shah, PhD, Enviro Technology Limited, Ankleshwar, India
Environmental pollution, wastewater treatment, biofuels, petroleum upgrading, green chemistry, nanobiotechnology, valorization of wastes and biocorrosion
Javad Sharifi-Rad, PhD, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, , Ecuador
Natural products, Oxidative stress, Cancer, Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry of herbal drugs
Marina D Soković, PhD, University of Belgrade, Serbia
phytopathology, antioxidants, mushrooms, pathogens, antimicrobials, pharmacology
Lorena Tomé-Poderti, PhD, Université de Tours, Tours Cedex, France
Viral Evolution, Viral Replication, Viral Structure, Viral Tropism, Viral Vaccines, Pathogens, Bacteriophages
Sekar Vijayakumar, PhD, PGDSP, Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, P.R. China  
Nanopharmacology and Nanotoxicology, Nanobiotechnology, Biomaterials, Biofilms, Infectious Diseases, Ecotoxicology, Aquaculture, Immunology and Phytomedicine
Gokhan Zengin, PhD, ISelcuk University, Turkey
phytochemicals, antioxidants, chromatography, HPLC, plant biotechnology

Editors Emeriti
Erko Stackebrandt
, PhD, Leibniz Institute DSMZ, Braunschweig, Germany, Editor Emeriti

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