The Official Journal of the Anaerobe Society of the Americas and the Japanese Association for Anaerobic Infection Research

Anaerobe is essential reading for those who wish to remain at the forefront of discoveries relating to life processes of strictly anaerobes. The journal is multi-disciplinary, and provides a unique forum for those investigating strictly anaerobic organisms that cause infections in humans and animals, as well as anaerobes that play roles in microbiomes or environmental processes. Anaerobe will consider manuscripts on anaerobic bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists as well as bacteriophages of anaerobes.

Relevant topics fall into the broad categories of:
Anaerobes in human and animal diseases
Anaerobes in the microbiome
Anaerobes in the environment
Anaerobes in industrial processes (including biofuels and waste management)
Microbial ecology of anaerobes
Clinical microbiology involving anaerobes
Pathogenesis of anaerobic organisms (including their toxins)
Molecular biology and genetics of anaerobes
Taxonomy of anaerobes
Physiology of anaerobes


Papers describing innovative methodologies, technologies and applications to investigate anaerobic microorganisms are also of interest. Manuscripts describing novel species of obligate anaerobes will be reviewed, if the description of the new species also includes information showing novel phenotypic characteristics, pathogenicity and/or unique metabolic activity within the microbiome from which it was isolated. Manuscripts describing novel anaerobic species that are only different from other related members of a genus based on genotype will not be reviewed.

original papers

Editor-in-Chief
Professor E. Nagy
Professor E. Nagy
University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Associate Editors
Molecular Biology and Genetics
M.J. Gillespie
M.J. Gillespie
Southern Illinois University System, Alton, Illinois, United States
D. Lyras
D. Lyras
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
V. O. Rotimi
V. O. Rotimi
Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine, Safat, Kuwait
Anaerobes in the Microbiome
E. Allen-Vercoe
E. Allen-Vercoe
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
A.B. Onderdonk
A.B. Onderdonk
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Clinical Microbiology
L. Boyanova
L. Boyanova
Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
W. Jamal
W. Jamal
Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait
A. Schuetz
A. Schuetz
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Anaerobes in Human Infections
(including dental/oral infections)
Y. W. Han
Y. W. Han
Columbia University, New York, New York, United States
R.M.C.P Domingues
R.M.C.P Domingues
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
K. Tanaka
K. Tanaka
Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
Anaerobes in Animal Disease
T.G. Nagaraja
T.G. Nagaraja
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
F.A Uzal
F.A Uzal
California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, San Bernardino, California, United States
Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Anaerobic Bacteria
P. I. Eke
P. I. Eke
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States
J. Soki
J. Soki
University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
C. difficile
S. Johnson
S. Johnson
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Illinois, United States
P. Mastrantonio
P. Mastrantonio
National Institute of Health, Roma, Italy
M. Rupnik
M. Rupnik
National Laboratory of Health Environment and Food, Maribor, Slovenia
Pathogenesis and Toxins
C. Coursodon Boyiddle
C. Coursodon Boyiddle
Ventana Medical Systems Inc, Tucson, Arizona, USA Companion Diagnostics Assay Development, A Member of the Roche Group
Anaerobes in the Environment
K.L. Kovács
K.L. Kovács
University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Case Reports
E.J.C. Goldstein
E.J.C. Goldstein
Alden Research Laboratory Inc, Culver City, California, United States
H. Pituch
H. Pituch
Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
Publication Committee
E.J.C. Goldstein
E.J.C. Goldstein
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), R.M. Alden Research, Culver City, California, United States
S.G. Jenkins
S.G. Jenkins
NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, New York, New York, United States
C.E. Nord
C.E. Nord
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
H. Mikamo
H. Mikamo
Aichi Medical University, Aichi-Gun, Japan
Editorial Board
V.R. Abratt
Rondebosch, South Africa
D. Aronoff
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
E. Bezirtzoglou
Orestiada, Greece
M.C. Claros
Rotkreuz, Switzerland
G. Conrads
Aachen, Germany
M. Cox
Morgan Hill, California, United States
L.M Cox
Morgan Hill, California, United States
L. Dubreuil
Lille cedex, France
R. Fagan
Sheffield, United Kingdom
E. Ferreira
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
R. N. Fichorova, MD, PhD
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
D. N. Fredricks
Seattle, Washington, USA
D.W. Hecht
Maywood, Illinois, United States
M. Hedberg
Umeå, Sweden
S. Hillier
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
H. Insam
Innsbruck, Austria
E.A Johnson
Madison, Wisconson, United States
S. Johnson
Maywood, Illinois, United States
W-C Ko
Tainan, Taiwan
E. Kononen
TURKU, Finland
S. Lau
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
B. Lorber
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
M.H. Malamy
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
H. Marchandin
Montpellier, France
J. Marrazzo
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
B. McClane
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
T. Morris
Cardiff, United Kingdom
J. Papaparaskevas
Athina, Greece
D. Raoult
Paris, France
E. R. Rocha
Greenville, North Carolina, United States
J.I. Rood
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
C. Sears
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Y. Song
Los Angeles, California, United States
T.B. Stanton
Ames, Iowa, United States
D. Stevens
Boise, Idaho, United States
K.L Tyrrell
Culver City, California, USA
E. Urbán
Szeged, Hungary
J.S. Weese
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
H.M. Wexler
Los Angeles, California, United States