BMC Microbiology

Announcement

As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

Find a selection of articles published across Springer Nature, as well as additional commentary and books relevant to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.

Feeding and the gut microbiome

When is the right time to introduce complementary food to your infant? A recent study evaluated the gut microbiome changes with early switching and potential consequences. Read the full article here.

How much attention do you pay to your dog’s oral health?

This study looks at canine oral microbiome variation and diversity over time to identify biomarkers that would aid in their dental health. Read the full study here.

How to keep the honeybees healthy during winter?

This recent study finds that feeding the honeybees sucrose during the winter alters their gut microbiome helping them survive the cold.

BMC Series Focus Issues

May: Gut microbiome and digestive health

To commemorate World Digestive Health Day that is celebrated annually on 29^th of May, this month we focus on Gut microbiome and digestive health. Here is a selection of manuscripts from different BMC Series Journals focusing on either gut microbiome or on digestive health in insects, animals and humans.

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Collection: Veterinary antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use

BMC Microbiology and BMC Veterinary Research are happy to join forces and present a cross-journal collection that focuses on veterinary antimicrobial resistance. Click to view and read the articles in the collection.

Effect of donor-recipient relatedness on the plasmid conjugation frequency: a meta-analysis

Authors: Jesse B. Alderliesten, Sarah J. N. Duxbury, Mark P. Zwart, J. Arjan G. M. de Visser, Arjan Stegeman and Egil A. J. Fischer

Content type: Research article

26 May 2020
Nanopore sequencing reveals genomic map of CTX-M-type extended-spectrum β-lactamases carried by Escherichia coli strains isolated from blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) in Norway

Authors: Didrik H. Grevskott, Francisco Salvà-Serra, Edward R. B. Moore and Nachiket P. Marathe

Content type: Research article

25 May 2020
In vitro conjugation kinetics of AmpC, broad spectrum and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli donors and various Enterobacteriaceae recipients

Authors: Eva-Maria Saliu, Jürgen Zentek and Wilfried Vahjen

Content type: Research article

25 May 2020
LipF increases rifampicin and streptomycin sensitivity in a Mycobacterium tuberculosis surrogate

Authors: Ana Leticia Arriaga-Guerrero, Carlos E. Hernández-Luna, Joyce Rigal-Leal, Rene J. Robles-González, Laura Adiene González-Escalante, Beatriz Silva-Ramírez, Roberto Mercado-Hernández, Javier Vargas-Villarreal, Mario Bermúdez de León and Katia Peñuelas-Urquides

Content type: Research article

25 May 2020
Hydrogen peroxide-producing pyruvate oxidase from Lactobacillus delbrueckii is catalytically activated by phosphotidylethanolamine

Authors: Louis P. Cornacchione and Linden T. Hu

Content type: Research article

24 May 2020

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The Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio of the human microbiota changes with age

Authors: D Mariat, O Firmesse, F Levenez, VD Guimarăes, H Sokol, J Doré, G Corthier and J-P Furet

Content type: Research article

9 June 2009
Fungal-specific PCR primers developed for analysis of the ITS region of environmental DNA extracts

Authors: Kendall J Martin and Paul T Rygiewicz

Content type: Methodology article

18 May 2005
Protein secretion systems in bacterial-host associations, and their description in the Gene Ontology

Authors: Tsai-Tien Tseng, Brett M Tyler and João C Setubal

Content type: Review

19 February 2009
Standardisation of disk diffusion results for antibiotic susceptibility testing using the sirscan automated zone reader

Authors: Michael Hombach, Reinhard Zbinden and Erik C Böttger

Content type: Research article

8 October 2013
Overproduction of Toxoplasma gondii cyclophilin-18 regulates host cell migration and enhances parasite dissemination in a CCR5-independent manner

Authors: Hany M Ibrahim, Maki Nishimura, Sachi Tanaka, Walaa Awadin, Hidefumi Furuoka, Xuenan Xuan and Yoshifumi Nishikawa

Content type: Research article

25 March 2014

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Aims and scope

BMC Microbiology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on analytical and functional studies of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms, viruses and small parasites, as well as host and therapeutic responses to them and their interaction with the environment.

Call for Papers: New Section Launches

The Editors of BMC Microbiology are pleased to announce the launch of two new sections to acknowledge the growing field of microbiology research. The new sections are:
- Microbiome
- Microbial biotechnology

Submit your manuscript to these sections here

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Open data badge Pilot

BMC Microbiology is currently participating in a pilot project in which all accepted papers are evaluated for eligibility to receive an Open data badge.

Click here to see all articles that have been awarded an Open data badge.

Editor

Akila Sridhar, BioMed Central, UK

Manuscript Editor

Anna Melidoni, BioMed Central, UK

Assistant Editor

Stuart Weir, BioMed Central, UK

Section Editors

Stéphane Aymerich, INRA
Ralf Heermann, Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz
Igor Mokrousov, St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute
Hirotada Mori, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
David Nelson, University of Rhode Island
Marco Ventura, University of Parma
Jizhong Zhou, University of Oklahoma

Igor Mokrousov, Section Editor

Igor Mokrousov, PhD, DSc/HDR is Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics at St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute, Russia. Dr. Mokrousov joined the BMC Microbiology Editorial Board initially in 2009, as Associate Editor; since 2014, he serves as Section Editor.