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Reviewer acknowledgement 2014

Contributing reviewers

The editors of BMC Microbiology would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 14 (2014).

Sadanandam Abbagani

India

Akio Abe

Japan

Abu-Bakr Abu-Median

UK

David Ackerley

New Zealand

Victoria Adetunji

Nigeria

Joe Aduse-Opoku

UK

Ameeta Agarwal

USA

Juhee Ahn

South Korea

Jose Ainsa

Spain

Olayinka Aiyegoro

South Africa

Per Ã…kesson

Sweden

Masato Akiba

Japan

Nashwan Al Naiemi

Netherlands

Munirul Alam

Bangladesh

Tiina Alamäe

Estonia

Sebastian Alberti

Spain

Pietro Alifano

Italy

Guenter Allmaier

Austria

Nerino Allocati

Italy

Ibrahim S Almssallem

Saudi Arabia

Juan Alonso

Spain

Francis Alonzo

USA

Hassanain Al-Talib

Malaysia

Christopher Alteri

USA

Adela Alvarez-Buylla

Spain

Sergio Alvarez-Perez

Spain

Artur Alves

Portugal

Ajith Anand

UK

Hany Anany

Canada

Bruno Andrade

Brazil

Antoine Andremont

France

Largus Angenent

USA

Fabrizio Anniballi

Italy

Richard Anthony

Netherlands

Josefa Anton

Spain

Patrícia Antunes

Portugal

Ibone Anza

Spain

Valério Aquino

Brazil

Victor H Aquino

Brazil

Alicia Aranaz

Spain

David Archer

UK

Carmen Ardanuy

Spain

Ronaldo C Argolo Filho

Brazil

Agustin Ariño

Spain

Stefania Arioli

Italy

Glen Armstrong

Canada

Dawn Arnold

UK

Daljit Singh Arora

India

Eva Arrebola

Spain

Kei Asai

Japan

Narito Asanuma

Japan

Gavin Ash

Australia

Diego Assis

Brazil

Stephen Aston

Malawi

Lea Atanasova

Austria

Matias Attene Ramos

USA

Graeme Attwood

New Zealand

Jonathon Audia

USA

Victoria Auerbuch

USA

Tiong Gim Aw

USA

Stéphane Aymerich

France

Parisa Badiee

Iran

Eduardo Bagagli

Brazil

Maria Bagattini

Italy

T Bagchi

India

Fabio Bagnoli

Italy

Linquan Bai

China

Bita Bakhshi

Iran

K Balakrishna

India

Ron Balczon

USA

Pablo Baldi

Argentina

David Baltrus

USA

Dennis Bamford

Finland

Silvia Yumi Bando

Brazil

Ehud Banin

Israel

Martina Barchitta

Italy

Sailen Barik

USA

Rodolphe Barrangou

USA

Matthieu Barret

France

Jennifer Barrila

USA

Hazel Barton

USA

Sylvette Bas

Switzerland

Marek Basler

Switzerland

Wagner Luiz Batista

Brazil

Andreas Baumler

USA

Ifor Beacham

Australia

Doerte Becher

Germany

Karsten Becker

Germany

Alexander Beliaev

USA

Boris Belitsky

USA

Christophe Michel Yves Beloin

France

Joseph Bender

USA

Celso Benedetti

Brazil

José Bengoechea

UK

Torbjörn Bengtsson

Sweden

Richard Bennett

USA

D. Michael Benson

USA

Zachary Bent

USA

Phillip Bergen

Australia

Jean-Marc Berjeaud

France

Michael Bester

South Africa

Rupak Bhadra

India

Ashima Bhardwaj

India

Fantahun Biadglegne

Ethiopia

Massimiliano Biagini

Italy

Piero A. Bianco

Italy

Michael Bidochka

Canada

Gursonika Binepal

Canada

Mina Bizic-Ionescu

Germany

Dominique Blanc

Switzerland

Matthias Bochtler

Poland

Levente Bodrossy

Austria

Patrick Boerlin

Canada

Stephane Bonacorsi

France

Bruno Bonaz

France

Dafne Bongiorno

Italy

Helena Boshoff

USA

Alex Bossers

Netherlands

Marco Bottino

USA

Francois Boudreau

Canada

Emeline Bouffartigues

France

Kostantinos (Kostas) Bourtzis

Austria

Guillaume Bouvet

Canada

Salvatore Bozzaro

Italy

Holger Brüggemann

Denmark

Fabio Braga

Brazil

Alessandra Bragonzi

Italy

Giovanni Brandi

Italy

Bernd Brandt

Netherlands

Catherine Branger

France

Alicia Bravo

Spain

Kelly Brayton

USA

Hans Breeuwer

Netherlands

James Brown

USA

Claude Bruand

France

Myriam Brugna

France

Jacob Bruin

Netherlands

Mark Brynildsen

USA

Maria Jose Buitrago

Spain

Alexander Bukreyev

USA

Irene Burckhardt

Germany

Gaelen Burke

USA

Lori L. Burrows

Canada

Vincent Burrus

Canada

Mary Burtnick

USA

Jeremy Burton

Canada

John Butcher

UK

Michael Calderwood

USA

Todd Callaway

USA

Angelika Callaway

Germany

Cinzia Calvio

Italy

Cesar Camilo

Brazil

Floriana Campanile

Italy

Ana Flávia Canovas Martinez

Brazil

Bin Cao

Singapore

Yongchang

Cao China

Rosa Capita

Spain

Franck Carbonero

USA

Etienne Carbonnelle

France

Silvia Cardona

Canada

Marta Carepo

Portugal

Paul Carlson

USA

Ian Carroll

USA

Katharine Carter

UK

Michelle Qiu Carter

USA

Cecilia Godoy Carvalhaes

Brazil

Irene Castano

Mexico

Luis Castillo

Chile

Angel Cataldi

Argentina

Nuno Cerca

Portugal

Fátima Cerqueira

Portugal

Chanhee Chae

South Korea

Stephane Chaillou

France

Jean Challacombe

USA

Neal Chamberlain

USA

Kok-Gan Chan

Malaysia

Sheela Chandra

India

Changxun Chang

China

Feng-Yee Chang

Taiwan

Wei-Lun Chang

Taiwan

Chien-Chung Chao

USA

Laetitia Chartrain

UK

Subhadeep Chatterjee

India

Pallab Chaudhuri

India

Susana Chavez-Bueno

USA

Chen Chen

USA

Guo-Qiang Chen

China

Shouwen Chen

China

Gongyou Chen

China

Hongxin Chen

Finland

Jiangang Chen

USA

Rachel Chen

USA

Si Chen

China

Xian-Ming Chen

USA

Lei Cheng

China

Luisa Cheng

USA

Yong-Hwa Cheong

South Korea

Chung Cheung

Hong Kong

Luciane Chimetto

Brazil

Bor-Sen Chiou

USA

Theodor Chitlaru

Israel

Yoon-E Choi

South Korea

Youngnim Choi

South Korea

Karuna Chourey

USA

Anuradha Chowdhary

India

Henry Choy

USA

Henrik Christensen

Denmark

Daniel K W Chu

Hong Kong

Duen-Yau Chuang

Taiwan

Patrick Cirino

USA

Rob Clubb

USA

Ahmet Yilmaz Coban

Turkey

Ronald Cobb

USA

Tom Coenye

Belgium

Arnaldo Lopes Colombo

Brazil

Bianca Colonna

Italy

Jan V Colpaert

Belgium

Elena Maria Comelli

Canada

Teresa Conneely

USA

Fernando L Consoli

Brazil

David Conway

UK

Daniel Cook

USA

Paul Cooper

UK

Peter Coote

UK

Victor Corman

Germany

Pierre Cornelis

Belgium

Antonio Correia

Portugal

Naima Gisela Cortes-Perez

France

Maria Costanzo

USA

Frederic Coulon

UK

Mathieu Coureuil

France

Melanie Courtot

Canada

Aurelie Crabbe

USA

Evan Crawford

Canada

Rebecca Creamer

USA

Tania Creczynski Pasa

Brazil

Ana Crespo Sempere

Spain

Tawni Crippen

USA

Oscar Cuevas

Spain

Scott Curry

USA

Patrick Curtis

USA

Sandra Da Re

France

Ana Lucia Darini

UK

Georges Daube

Belgium

Michael David

USA

Claudia D'Avila-Levy

Brazil

Robert Davis

USA

Bruna De Araujo Lima

Brazil

Christophe De Champs

France

Astrid De Greeff

Netherlands

Teresa De Kievit

Canada

Tania De Koning-Ward

Australia

Fernando De La Cruz

Spain

Clara De Los Reyes-Gavilan

Spain

Alejandra De Moreno De Leblanc

Argentina

Hilde De Reuse

France

Wanderley De Souza

Brazil

Annelies Declercq

Belgium

Margaret Deighton

Australia

Julien Delmas

France

Hendrik Cornelis Den Bakker

USA

Ye Deng

China

Xin Deng

USA

Jonathan Dennis

Canada

Ashok Desai

India

David Deshazer

USA

Ruud Deurenberg

Netherlands

Josef Deutscher

France

Kevin Devine

Ireland

Giovanni Di Bonaventura

Italy

Pier Paolo Di Nocera

Italy

Amanda Dias

Brazil

Wanderley Dias Da Silveira

Brazil

Alexander Dikiy

Norway

Mark Dillingham

UK

Yousong Ding

USA

Sylvatrie-Danne Dinzouna-Boutamba

South Korea

Alexander Dmitriev

Russian Federation

Ulrich Dobrindt

Germany

Harshavardhan Doddapaneni

USA

Delfina C. Dominguez

USA

Tao Dong

Canada

Osaana Donkor

Australia

Nicole Donofrio

USA

Timothy Douglas

Belgium

Lorenzo Drago

Italy

Michel Drancourt

France

Lorraine Draper

Ireland

Klaus Dreisewerd

Germany

Brian Driscoll

Canada

Mignon Du Plessis

South Africa

Kangmin Duan

Canada

Jean-Frederic Dubern Dubern

UK

Roger Dumke

Germany

Paul Dunlap

USA

Maya Dymova

Russian Federation

Garth Ehrlich

USA

Michael Ehrmann

Germany

Sigrun Eick

Switzerland

Mohamed Elasri

USA

Karin Elberse

Netherlands

Lindsay Eltis

Canada

Akihito Endo

Finland

Susanne Engelmann

Germany

Matt Erdman

USA

Joachim Ernst

Germany

Benjamin Evans

UK

Matthieu Eveillard

France

Dean Everett

UK

Joana Falcao Salles

Netherlands

Gang Fang

USA

Michael Federle

USA

Wen-Hai Feng

China

Francesco Feo

Italy

Chiara Ferrario

Italy

Ana Sofia Ferreira

Portugal

Ana Cristina Ferreira

Portugal

Susana Ferreira

Portugal

Antonio Ferreira-Pereira

Brazil

Paul Fidel

USA

Tomas Fiedler

Germany

Henri-Pierre Fierobe

France

Ersilia Fiscarelli

Italy

Klas Flardh

Sweden

Antje Flieger

Germany

Michael Flythe

USA

Anthony Fodor

USA

Jason Folster

USA

Anja Forche

USA

Christiane Forestier

France

Jane Foster

Canada

Timothy Foster

Ireland

George Fox

USA

Eelco Franz

Netherlands

Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa

Finland

Stephen Free

USA

Shiri Freilich

Israel

Jason Fritzler

USA

Yong Fu

USA

John Fuerst

Australia

Kenji Fukuda

Japan

Irène Gabriel

France

Gabriela Gago

Argentina

Massimiliano Galdiero

Italy

Rodrigo Galhardo

Brazil

Antonia Gallo

Italy

Giorgio Gambino

Italy

Han Ming Gan

Malaysia

Yunn Hwen Gan

Singapore

Katarzyna Garbacz

Poland

Rozenn Gardan

France

Marcia Garnica

Brazil

Giuliano Garofolo

Italy

Daniel Garrido

Chile

Carlo Garzelli

Italy

Andrew Gates

UK

Patrice Gaurivaud

France

Gregory Gauthier

USA

Purushottam Gawande

Canada

Beilei Ge

USA

Otto Geiger

Mexico

Elke Genersch

Germany

J Georam

China

Herve Gerard

USA

Ralf Gerhard

Germany

Roman Gerlach

Germany

Giovanni Gherardi

Italy

Jean-Christophe Giard

France

Cara Gibson

USA

Mark Gijzen

Canada

Christophe Gilbert

France

Jason Gill

USA

Osnat Gillor

Israel

Osnat Gillor

USA

Philippe Glaser

France

Anthony Glenn

USA

Bernard Glick

Canada

Ralph Goethe

Germany

Dip Kumar Gogoi

India

Mark Gomelsky

USA

Gregório Gomez

Brazil

Oscar Gomez-Duarte

USA

Kiréopori Michel Gomgnimbou

France

Ursula Gonzales-Barron

Portugal

Jesús Gonzalo-Asensio

Spain

David Gordon

Australia

Boris Görke

Austria

Susan Gottesman

USA

Marcelo Gottschalk

Canada

Gustavo Bueno Gregoracci

Brazil

Ashleigh Griffin

UK

Joel Griffitts

USA

Gideon Grogan

UK

Elisabeth Grohmann

Germany

Rita Grosch

Germany

Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu

Romania

Thomas Guillard

France

Hayati Gunes

Turkey

Fei Guo

China

Ulvi Gursoy

Finland

Daniela Gwiazdowska

Poland

Carlton Gyles

Canada

Ã…sa Gylfe

Sweden

Abderrahman Hachani

UK

Ted Hackstadt

USA

Ferry Hagen

Netherlands

Eleni Hagi-Pavli

UK

Matthias Hahn

Germany

George Hajishengallis

USA

Anders Hakansson

USA

Tsuneo Hakoyama

Japan

Lindsay Hall

UK

Ruth Hall

Australia

Michael Hamblin

USA

Lennart Hammarström

Sweden

Brian Hammer

USA

Sven Hammerschmidt

Germany

Melanie Hamon

France

Abdul Hamood

USA

Scott Handley

USA

Anne-Marie Hansen

USA

Eric Hansen

USA

Ryan Hansen

USA

Harapan Harapan

Indonesia

Robert Doug Hardy

USA

Axel Hartke

France

Colin Harwood

UK

Valerie Harwood

USA

Claudia Hase

USA

Bill Hausdorff

Belgium

Finbarr Hayes

UK

Qiang He

USA

Yan He

China

Johannes Hegemann

Germany

John Helmann

USA

Niels Bohse Hendriksen

Denmark

Adriano Henriques

Portugal

Mariana Henriques

Portugal

Stefan Hertwig

Germany

Robert Hettich

USA

Marc Heyndrickx

Belgium

Nawal Hijjawi

Jordan

Thomas Hill

USA

Paul Himes

USA

Tiny Motlatso Hlokwe

South Africa

Chai-Ling Ho

Malaysia

Paulo Ho

Brazil

Ngo Hoa

Viet Nam

Mark Hodson

Australia

Ludwig Eduard Hoelzle

Germany

Monica Hofte

Belgium

Matthew Holden

UK

Nicola Holden

UK

Seok Jong Hong

USA

Yeonchul Hong

South Korea

Gerda Horneck

Germany

Mal Horsburgh

UK

Jacqui Horswell

New Zealand

Alexander Horswill

USA

Olga Horvat

Serbia

Jaroslav Hrabak

Czech Republic

Olga Hruskova-Heidingsfeldova

Czech Republic

Edmond Hsieh

Taiwan

Li-Nan Huang

China

Hairong Huang

China

Xinxiang Huang

China

Bernhard Hube

Germany

Vit Hubka

Czech Republic

Olivier Huck

France

Katalin Hudak

Canada

David Hunnicutt

USA

William J. (Jim) Hunter

USA

Susan Huse

USA

Embriette Hyde

USA

Alexander Idnurm

Australia

Aamer Ikram

Pakistan

Larisa Ikryannikova

Russian Federation

Iliyan Iliev

USA

Fumio Imazeki

Japan

Can Imirzalioglu

Germany

Simon Ip Cho

Denmark

Lourdes Isaac

Brazil

Renata Ivanek

USA

Hiroaki Iwaki

Japan

Masaaki Iwaki

Japan

Radoslaw Izdebski

Poland

Abdul Jabbar

Australia

Robert Jackson

UK

William Jackson

USA

Dan Jacobson

South Africa

George Jacoby

USA

Kang Jae Seung

South Korea

Kaïs Jamoussi

Tunisia

Peter Janssen

New Zealand

Jonathan Jantsch

Germany

Chelliah Jayabaskaran

India

Kee Ching Jeng

Taiwan

Paul Jensen

USA

Hai Jiang

China

Yongqiang Jiang

China

Zhao Jianmin

China

Elena Jimenez-Ruiz

UK

Mona Johannessen

Norway

Timothy Johnson

USA

Antonio Juárez

Spain

Sheryl Justice

USA

Aras Kadioglu

UK

Barbara Kahl

Germany

Ayse Kalkanci

Turkey

Chinnaperumal Kamaraj

India

Susan Kaminskyj

Canada

Tatsuo Kanda

USA

Edna Kaneshiro

USA

Jeffrey Kaplan

USA

Panagiotis Karanis

Germany

Gábor Kardos

Hungary

Petr Karlovsky

Germany

Des Kashyap

USA

Sophia Kathariou

USA

Sandeep Kathju

USA

Yusuke Kato

Japan

Michael Katze

USA

Daniel Kearns

USA

Corinna Kehrenberg

Germany

Rebecca Keller

Germany

David Kelly

UK

Jan Keltjens

Netherlands

Steve Kerrigan

Ireland

Ali Keshavarzian

USA

Krishna Mohan Ketha

USA

Timothy Kidd

Australia

Sebastian Kiewnick

Switzerland

John Kiiru

Kenya

Dong-Eun Kim

South Korea

Nobutada Kimura

Japan

James Kistler

UK

Sakae Kitada

Japan

Motomitsu Kitaoka

Japan

Morten Kjos

Netherlands

Eline Klaassens

Australia

Todd Klaenhammer

USA

Hideo Kobayashi

Japan

Robin Köck

Germany

Gerwald Koehler

USA

Thilo Köhler

Switzerland

Joanna Kolmas

Poland

Anne-Brit Kolsto

Norway

Jian Kong

China

Mirjam Kooistra-Smid

Netherlands

Jens Kreth

USA

Krister Kristensson

Switzerland

Anastasiya Krivoruchko

Russia

Bastiaan Krom

Netherlands

Victor Krylov

Russia

Joanna Kubler-Kielb

USA

Masae Kuboniwa

Japan

Indira Kudva

USA

Hannah Kuhn

Germany

Peter Kuhnert

Switzerland

Ed Kuijper

Netherlands

Purnima Kumar

USA

Surinder Kumar

India

Manikuntala Kundu

India

Souvik Kusari

Germany

Gabriel Kuty Everett

USA

Andrea Kwa

Singapore

Young Min Kwon

USA

Roberto La Ragione

UK

Jouni Laakso

Finland

Michael Lafleur

USA

Erh-Min Lai

Taiwan

Yi-Chyi Lai

Taiwan

Erwin Lamping

New Zealand

Chung-Yu Lan

Taiwan

Ellen Lanckacker

Belgium

Cornelia Landersdorfer

Australia

Frank Landgraf

Germany

Paolo Landini

Italy

Christopher Landowski

Finland

Sue Lang

UK

Jeroen Langereis

Netherlands

Martin Lappann

Germany

Jesper Larsen

Denmark

Emmanuelle Lauber

France

Mark Lawrence

USA

Alain Le Faou

France

Julie Ledford

USA

Isabelle Leduc

USA

Bok Luel Lee

South Korea

Dong-Yup Lee

Singapore

Jintae Lee

South Korea

Jungkwan Lee

South Korea

Lan-Ying Lee

USA

Dong-Woo Lee

South Korea

Hung-Chang Lee

Taiwan

Peter Lee

Japan

Sang-Suk Lee

South Korea

Michael Lehker

USA

Benfang Lei

USA

Julian Leibowitz

USA

James Leigh

UK

Tomasz Leski

USA

Olivier Lesouhaitier

France

Darren Letley

UK

Celine Levesque

Canada

Shawn Lewenza

Canada

Janina Lewis

USA

Huiying Li

USA

Fuli Li

China

Zhou Li

USA

Chunguang Liang

Germany

Lothar Lilge

Canada

Gipsi Lima Mendez

Belgium

Ching-Hsuan Lin

Taiwan

Xiaorong Lin

USA

Peter Lindblad

Sweden

Catharina Lindholm

Sweden

Karin Lindkvist-Petersson

Sweden

Steven Lindow

USA

Ruey-Fen Liou

Taiwan

George Liu

USA

Don Liu

USA

Zheng-Fei Liu

China

Shing-Hwa Liu

Taiwan

Xiufan Liu

China

Karen G Lloyd

Denmark

Jeffrey Locke

USA

Shawn Lockhart

USA

Bettina Löffler

Germany

Catherine Logue

USA

John Londesborough

Finland

Catia Longhi

Italy

Jose Lopez-Bucio

Mexico

Emilia López-Solanilla

Spain

Graciela Lorca

USA

Charles Lovell

USA

Chun Lu

China

Chengping Lu

China

Sangwei Lu

USA

Xiaonan Lu

Canada

Taina Lundell

Finland

Feng Luo

USA

Agnese Lupo

Switzerland

Andriy Luzhetskyy

Germany

David Mabey

UK

Donna Maccallum

UK

Robert Mach

Austria

Andres Mäe

Estonia

Veerle Maervoet

Belgium

Marcello Magri

Brazil

Eshwar Mahenthiralingam

UK

Rehab Mahmoud Abd El-Baky

Egypt

Jim Mahony

Canada

Tim Maisch

Germany

Aparna Maiti

USA

Kira Makarova

USA

Jose Bruno Malaquias

Brazil

Carolina Maldonado

Argentina

Pawan Malhotra

India

Caterina Mammina

Italy

Shannon Manning

USA

Ben Marais

Australia

Marina Marcet-Houben

Spain

Julian Marchesi

UK

Abelardo Margolles

Spain

Marilis Marques

Brazil

Robyn Marsh

Australia

Sara Martí

France

Rebeca Martin Rosique

France

Luis Martinez

USA

Maria Carmen Martinez Cuesta

Spain

Manuel Martinez Garcia

Spain

José Martinez-De-Oliveira

Portugal

Elisabete Martins

Portugal

Ellen Martinson

USA

Julio Massaharu Marubayashi

Brazil

Ramon Massana

Spain

Pedro A. Mateos Gomez

USA

John D Mathews

Australia

William Matias

Brazil

Kazunori Matsuda

Japan

Shigenobu Matsuzaki

Japan

Ann Matthysse

USA

Leena Maunula

Finland

Catherine May

South Africa

Luca Mazzon

Italy

Paul McAdam

UK

Jason McArthur

Australia

Anne McBride

USA

Christine McCartney

UK

John McCulloch

Brazil

Patrick McDermott

USA

Christopher McDevitt

Australia

Michael McShan

USA

Marcela Medina

Argentina

Samina Mehnaz

Pakistan

Marjolein Meijerink

Netherlands

Merit Melin

Finland

Melha Mellata

USA

Angela Melton-Celsa

USA

Tom Mendum

UK

Marco Meola

Switzerland

Elena Mercade

Spain

Muriel Mercier-Bonin

France

Scott Michael

USA

Ivan Mijakovic

Sweden

Katarina Mikusova

Slovakia

William Miller

USA

Kildare Miranda

Brazil

Oskar Modin

Sweden

Anne Moir

UK

James Moir

UK

Igor Mokrousov

Russia

Ian Molineux

USA

Vicente Monedero

Spain

John Moore

South Africa

Giulia Morace

Italy

Jacob Moran-Gilad

Israel

Cristiano Moreira

Brazil

Lilian Moreira

Brazil

Alison Morris

USA

Dimitris Mossialos

Greece

Jerome Mounier

France

David Moyes

UK

Kasey Moyes

USA

Pranab Mukherjee

USA

Suman Mukhopadhyay

USA

Thokur Sreepathy Murali

India

Mariano Jordi Muria Gonzalez

Australia

Ashok Naglot

India

Basavraj Nagoba

India

Shuichi Nakamura

Japan

Tsutomu Nakamura

Japan

Beiyan Nan

USA

Renu Nandakumar

USA

Vinay Nandicoori

India

Christian Napoli

Italy

Kalimuthusamy Natarajaseenivasan

India

William Navarre

Canada

Amadou Ndiaye

Senegal

Luis Nero

Brazil

Joseph Nesme

France

Elisabeth Neumann

Brazil

Danielle Neut

Netherlands

Irene Newton

USA

Dao Nguyen

Canada

Marisa F Nicolás

Brazil

Timo Niedermeyer

Germany

Kaare Magne Nielsen

Norway

Christina Nielsen-Leroux

France

Ludwig Niessen

Germany

Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy

UK

Mikeljon Nikolich

USA

Masayoshi Nishiyama

Japan

Clement Nizak

France

Philippe Noirot

France

Rashed Noor

Bangladesh

Mari Norgren

Sweden

Kazuto Nosaka

Japan

Angela Novais

Portugal

Alvaro Cantini Nunes

Brazil

Silvia Cristina Nunez

Brazil

Tuula Nyman

Finland

David O'Callaghan

France

Mary O'Connell Motherway

Ireland

Marco Rinaldo Oggioni

UK

Michael Oglesbee

USA

Abiodun Ogunniyi

Australia

Mitsuo Ogura

Japan

Elizabeth Ohneck

USA

Anil Ojha

USA

Shiro Okumura

Japan

Manuela Oliveira

Portugal

Richard Oliver

Australia

Stephen G Oliver

UK

Steven Olsen

USA

Madeleine Opitz

Germany

Timothy Opperman

USA

Joaquin Ortega

Canada

Yukio Oshiro

Japan

Radim Osicka

Czech Republic

Carlos Osorio

Spain

Jacobus Ossewaarde

Netherlands

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