International Journal of Medical Microbiology (IJMM) is a fully Gold Open Access journal. Authors who publish in IJMM will be able to make their work immediately, permanently, and freely accessible.

Pathogen genome sequencing projects have provided a wealth of data that need to be set in context to pathogenicity and the outcome of infections. In addition, the interplay between a pathogen and its host cell has become increasingly important to understand and interfere with diseases caused by microbial pathogens. IJMM meets these needs by focussing on genome and proteome analyses, studies dealing with the molecular mechanisms of pathogenicity and the evolution of pathogenic agents, the interactions between pathogens and host cells ("cellular microbiology"), and molecular epidemiology. More recently, IJMM now welcomes virological submissions.

To help the reader keeping up with the rapidly evolving new findings in the field of medical microbiology, IJMM publishes original articles, case studies and topical, state-of-the-art mini-reviews in a well balanced fashion. All articles are strictly peer-reviewed. Special Issues are welcome on important and emerging topics. In addition, at irregular intervals, current opinions on recent or future developments in medical microbiology are presented in an editorial section.

Editor-in-Chief
Sebastian Suerbaum
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany Email Sebastian Suerbaum
Associate Editors
Carmen Buchrieser
Institute Pasteur, Paris, France
Mathias Frosch
University of Würzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
Michael S. Gilmore
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jürgen Heesemann
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
Timo Korhonen
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Oliver Kurzai
Julius Maximilians University Wurzburg Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, Wurzburg, Germany
Peter Sebo
Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic
Paul Williams
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Advisory Board
Mark Achtman
Coventry, United Kingdom
Klaus Aktories
Freiburg, Germany
Ingo Autenrieth
Tubingen, Germany
Trinad Chakraborty
Gießen, Germany
Nick Cianciotto
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Pascale Cossart
Paris, France
Patrice Courvalin
Paris, France
Christoph Dehio
Basel, Switzerland
Xavier Didelot
London, United Kingdom
Ulrich Dobrindt
Munster, Germany
Charles Dorman
Dublin, Ireland
Levente Emödy
Pecs, Hungary
B Brett Finlay
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Bernhard Fleischer
Hamburg, Germany
Werner Goebel
Wurzburg, Germany
Friedrich Götz
Tubingen, Germany
Rainer Haas
Munich, Germany
Jörg Hacker
Halle, Germany
Sven Hammerschmidt
Greifswald, Germany
Michael Hecker
Greifswald, Germany
Toshiya Hirayama
Nagasaki, Japan
Barbara Kahl
Munster, Germany
Helge Karch
Munster, Germany
Stefan Kaufmann
Berlin, Germany
Camille Locht
Lille, France
Anja Lührmann
Erlangen, Germany
Martin Maiden
Oxford, United Kingdom
D. Scott Merrell
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Thomas Meyer
Berlin, Germany
Michel Monod
Lausanne, Switzerland
Cesare Montecucco
Padova, Italy
Rino Rappuoli
Siena, Italy
Eliora Ron
Tel Aviv, Israel
Philippe Sansonetti
Paris, France
Stefan Schild
Graz, Austria
Eberhard Straube
Jena, Germany
Catharina Svanborg
Lund, Sweden
Burkhard Tümmler
Hannover, Germany
Bernt Eric Uhlin
Umeå, Sweden
Wolfgang Witte
Wernigerode, Germany