The Journal of Basic Microbiology (JBM) publishes primary research papers on both procaryotic and eucaryotic microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, algae, protozoans, phages, viruses, viroids and prions.

Papers published deal with:

microbial interactions (pathogenic, mutualistic, environmental),
ecology,
physiology,
genetics and cell biology/development,
new methodologies, i.e., new imaging technologies (e.g. video-fluorescence microscopy, modern TEM applications)
novel molecular biology methods (e.g. PCR-based gene targeting or cassettes for cloning of GFP constructs).
Types of publication:

Original research papers, method papers, reviews.

Editor-in-Chief	Erika Kothe
Jena, Germany
Honorary Editor	Horst Malke
Jena, Germany
Senior Editors	
Prokaryotes

Physiology
Maria Julia Amoroso, Tucumán, Argentina
Medical Microbiology
Ewald B. M. Denner, Vienna, Austria
Genetics
Christian Dimkpa, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA
Microbial Interactions
Surjit S. Dudeja, Haryana, India
Biotechnology
Donghui Yan, Beijing, China

Eukaryotes

Biotechnology
Frank Kempken, Kiel, Germany
Microbial Interactions
Erika Kothe, Jena, Germany
Medical Mycology
Sven Krappmann, Erlangen, Germany
-omics Technologies
Tamás Emri, Debrecen, Hungary
Genetics
Marjatta Raudaskoski, Turku, Finland

Advisory Board	
Yasser Refaat Abdel-Fattah, Egypt
L. Caetano M. Antunes, Canada
Ahmet Asan, Turkey
Peter Bergquist, Australia
Gregory Bryan, New Zealand
Martin Hofrichter, Germany
Hans Dieter Janke, Germany
Elmar Kannenberg, Georgia, USA
Christian Kubicek, Austria
Christine Lang, Germany
Aimin, Ma , China
Maria Mittag, Germany
Madhavan Nampoothiri, India
Neeru Hisar Narula, India
Katharina Pawlowski, Schweden
Yong Peng, USA
Stefanie Pöggeler, Germany
Anjali Prashar, UK
Dietmar Schlosser, Germany
Wolfgang Schumann, Germany
Anke Timm, Germany
Karl-Heinz van Pee, Germany
Kerstin Voigt, Germany
Anna Wilkolazka, Polen