Editorial board

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

Executive Editors:
Environmental microbiology
Pankaj Bhatt, PhD, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
herbicide, biodegradation, gas chromatography, derivatization

Secondary metabolites
Chris Franco, PhD, Flinders University, Australia
microbiome, soil microbiology, rhizosphere, DNA sequence analysis, nucleic acid hybridization

Virology
Ran Wang, DM, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University
microcephaly, dengue virus, zika virus, viral disease, japanese encephalitis

Bioremediation
Sunita Varjani, PhD, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong
biodegradation, composting, waste treatment

Phylogenomics
Wen-Jun Li, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
DNA sequence analysis, nucleic acid hybridization
Dmitriy V. Volokhov, D.V.M., Ph.D., US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, USA
Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Infectious Diseases, Vaccinology, Pathology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, Toxicology, Immunology, Medical Biotechnology and Vaccinology, Molecular Biology, Bacteria and Virus Taxonomy and Systematics, Veterinary Medicine

Associate 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
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
Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar, PhD, Gorgan Univ Agr Sci & Nat Resources, Iran
fisheries science, immunology, food microbiology and safety, antimicrobials, fertilizers
Reinhard Krämer, PhD, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
Transport across biological membranes
Huayue Li, PhD, Ocean University of China, China
Natural products, genome mining, biosynthesis, metabolomics, marine microorganisms, secondary metabolites, antibiotics
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
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
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
Javad Sharifi-Rad, PhD, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, , Ecuador
Natural products, Oxidative stress, Cancer, Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry of herbal drugs
Arindam Naha, PhD, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, United States 
Vibrio Cholerae, Cholera, Bacterial Cell Biology, Uracil, DNA Repair, RNA Biology, Post-transcriptional gene regulation 

Advisory Board

Adriano Gomes da Cruz, PhD, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Kandasamy Saravanakumar, PhD, Department of Bio-Health Convergence, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
Govarthanan Muthusamy, PhD, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
Nour El-Gendy, PhD, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
Sekar Vijayakumar, PhD, PGDSP, Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, P.R. China  
Stefanie Kampmeier, DM, Institute of Hygiene, Münster, Germany

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