Extremophiles features original research articles, reviews, and method papers on the biology, molecular biology, structure, function, and applications of microbial life at high or low temperature, pressure, acidity, alkalinity, salinity, or desiccation; or in the presence of organic solvents, heavy metals, normally toxic substances, or radiation.

Fields covered:

molecular biology
biodiversity
genetics
genomics
metagenomics
proteomics
bioinformatics
survival strategies
macromolecular structure
biotechnology / fermentation technology
ultrastructure
biotransformation
metabolism
enzymology
biomembranes
bioenergetics
biophysics
physiology
cell biology
symbiosis
ecology
bioremediation
methodologies
evolution
isolation
phylogeny
taxonomy
astrobiology

Founding Editor
Koki Horikoshi, Japan

Chief Editor

Garo Antranikian, Germany

Managing Editors

Haruyuki Atomi, Japan
Isaac Cann, USA
Arnold Driessen, The Netherlands 
Li Huang, China
Marco Moracci, Italy
Aharon Oren, Israel

Reviews Editor
Sonja-Verena Albers, Germany

Editorial Board

Michael W. W. Adams, USA
Thorsten Allers, UK
Douglas H. Bartlett, USA
Peter L. Bergquist, Australia
Kelly Bidle, USA
Ricardo Cavicchioli, Australia
Douglas S. Clark, USA
James Coker, USA
Don Cowan, South Africa
Michael L. Dyall-Smith, Germany
Georges Feller, Belgium
Patrick Forterre, France
Brian P. Hedlund, USA
Matthias Hess, USA
Masahiro Kamekura, Japan
Chiaki Kato, Japan
Robert Kelly, USA
Sang-Jin Kim, Korea
Rudolf Ladenstein, Sweden
Wolfgang Liebl, Germany
Georg Lipps, Switzerland
Jennifer Littlechild, UK
Noha M. Mesbah, Egypt
Volker Müller, Germany
Kenneth Nealson, USA
Kenneth Noll, USA
Tairo Oshima, Japan
Francesca Paradisi, Ireland
Fred A. Rainey, USA
Mosè Rossi, Italy
Dimitry Sorokin, Russia
Karl O. Stetter, Germany
Ken Takai, Japan
John van der Oost, The Netherlands
Antonio Ventosa, Spain
Xiang Xiao, China

Assistants to Chief Editor
Ralf Grote, Germany
Barbara Klippel, Germany