BMC Microbiology

BMC Microbiology (standard abbreviation BMC Microbiol.) is an open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal published by BioMed Central (a brand of Springer Nature), established in 2001, which publishes research articles across all areas of microbiology.《BMC 微生物学》（BMC Microbiology，标准缩写 BMC Microbiol.）是一本由生物医学中心（BioMed Central，施普林格·自然旗下品牌）出版的开放获取、同行评审学术期刊，创刊于 2001 年，刊载微生物学各领域的研究论文。

Scope

The journal's scope covers all aspects of microbiology, spanning bacteria, archaea, algae and fungi, viruses, unicellular parasites and helminths, with emphasis on the biology and biochemistry of the microorganisms themselves rather than host responses, and its principal sub-topics include:该刊收稿范围覆盖微生物学的各个层面，主题涵盖细菌、古菌、藻类与真菌、病毒、单细胞寄生虫及蠕虫，重点关注微生物自身而非宿主反应的生物学与生物化学，主要包括以下子领域：

• Applied microbiology and microbial biotechnology: environmental applications, soil degradation and bioremediation, food safety and spoilage, and probiotic research, among others.应用微生物学与微生物生物技术： 环境应用、土壤降解与生物修复、食品安全与腐败，以及益生菌研究等。
• Clinical microbiology and vaccines: virology, epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, vaccines and immune responses, approached from the pathogen angle rather than the host response, and including antimicrobial-resistance epidemiological studies.临床微生物学与疫苗： 病毒学、流行病学、抗微生物药物耐药性、疫苗与免疫反应，侧重病原体视角而非宿主反应，并包括耐药性流行病学研究。
• Ecological and evolutionary microbiology: microbial ecology, ecosystems, biodiversity, evolution, population genetics, phylogenetics, microbial communities and biofilms, and marine and freshwater microbiology.生态与进化微生物学： 微生物生态学、生态系统、生物多样性、进化、群体遗传学、系统发生学、微生物群落与生物膜，以及海洋与淡水微生物学。
• Microbe–host interactions and microbial pathogenicity: pathogenic mechanisms, virulence factors, host invasion, immune evasion and the effect on the pathogen, the effect of immunity on the pathogen, and symbiotic interactions.微生物–宿主互作与微生物致病性： 致病机制、毒力因子、宿主侵染、免疫逃逸及其对病原体的影响、免疫对病原体的作用，以及共生关系。
• Microbial biochemistry, physiology and metabolism: enzymology, metabolic pathways and regulation, growth, development and stress responses, and microbial cell biology.微生物生物化学、生理学与代谢： 酶学、代谢途径与调控、生长、发育与应激反应，并涵盖微生物细胞生物学。
• Microbial genetics, genomics and proteomics: microbial genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and systems biology.微生物遗传学、基因组学与蛋白质组学： 微生物基因组学、蛋白质组学、代谢组学与系统生物学。
• Microbiome: human and animal gut, tissue and environmental microbiomes, and also clinical microbiome and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) studies.微生物组： 人类与动物肠道、组织及环境微生物组，同时接收临床微生物组与粪菌移植（FMT）研究。
• Signaling and cellular microbiology: cell growth and division, the cell cycle, membrane biosynthesis and transport, subcellular organization and ultrastructure, signaling pathways, cell-to-cell communication, quorum signaling and chemotaxis.信号转导与细胞微生物学： 细胞生长与分裂、细胞周期、膜生物合成与转运、亚细胞结构与超微结构、信号通路、细胞间通讯、群体感应与趋化。

As a member of the BMC Series, the journal does not base editorial decisions on the perceived interest or potential impact of a study, and considers manuscripts for publication provided they are scientifically valid, with research articles required to pose a clearly defined and sound research question, use appropriate methodology and analysis, and adhere to community-agreed standards relevant to the field.作为 BMC 系列期刊的一员，该刊不以研究的热度或潜在影响力作为编辑决策依据，只要稿件在科学上严谨可靠即纳入考虑，研究论文须具有明确且合理的研究问题、恰当的方法与分析，并遵循本领域公认的规范。^[1]

History

• Founding (2001): the journal was launched by BioMed Central in 2001, with Volume 1 dating to that year, and has adopted a fully open-access, online-only publishing model since its inception, making every article immediately and freely available worldwide.创刊（2001年）： 该刊于 2001 年由生物医学中心（BioMed Central）创办，第 1 卷即始于 2001 年，自创刊起即采用完全开放获取、纯在线的出版模式，全部论文即时免费向全球读者开放。^[2]
• Part of the BMC Series: the journal is a member of the BMC Series and forms, together with sister titles such as BMC Biology and BMC Genomics, a large open-access portfolio spanning many branches of the life sciences, while BioMed Central was founded in 2000, acquired by Springer in 2008, and later integrated into Springer Nature.纳入 BMC 系列： 该刊是 BMC 系列（BMC Series）的成员，与《BMC 生物学》《BMC 基因组学》等姊妹刊共同构成一个覆盖生命科学多个分支的大型开放获取期刊群，生物医学中心成立于 2000 年，于 2008 年被施普林格（Springer）收购，此后随施普林格·自然（Springer Nature）整合。
• Platform and editorial evolution: the journal has long organized its peer review by subject sections, with Section Editors handling areas such as applied microbiology and clinical microbiology and vaccines, and as the BMC Series migrated to the Springer Nature Link platform, its editorial board expanded to hundreds of microbiologists from dozens of countries, with all articles archived in open-access databases such as PubMed Central.平台迁移与编务演进： 期刊长期按学科栏目组织同行评审，设有应用微生物学、临床微生物学与疫苗等栏目，由栏目编辑（Section Editors）分别负责，随着 BMC 系列整体迁入施普林格·自然链接（Springer Nature Link）平台，其编委会亦扩展为来自数十个国家的数百名微生物学专家，全部论文被 PubMed Central 等开放获取数据库收录。
• Editorial recognition: in 2025, editorial board member Sekar Raju received the Springer Nature Editorial Contributions Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the peer-review work of BMC Microbiology.编务荣誉： 2025 年，编委塞卡尔·拉朱（Sekar Raju）因对《BMC 微生物学》同行评审工作的卓越贡献，荣获施普林格·自然编辑贡献奖（Springer Nature Editorial Contributions Award）。^[3]

Editors

The journal operates a peer-review system led by a Lead Editor, organized into subject sections, and supported by a large international editorial board:期刊实行以主编领衔、按学科栏目分工，并依托大型国际编委会的同行评审制度：

• Lead Editor: Vasco Giovagnetti, PhD, MSc, BSc, based at Springer Nature (London, United Kingdom), whose background spans algal–plant biology and microbiology, joined the BMC Series in October 2022 and leads the journal's editorial work.主编（Lead Editor）： 瓦斯科·乔瓦尼耶蒂（Vasco Giovagnetti，博士），任职于施普林格·自然（英国伦敦），研究背景涵盖藻类–植物生物学与微生物学，于 2022 年 10 月加入 BMC 系列并主持本刊编辑工作。
• Senior Editorial Board Members: senior scholars from universities and research institutes in Switzerland, Germany, Russia, China, Canada, Poland and the United States, including Lassaad Belbahri (University of Neuchâtel), Ralf Heermann (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), Igor Mokrousov (Saint Petersburg Pasteur Institute), Sekar Raju (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University), Jennifer Ronholm (McGill University), Ewa Sadowy (Narodowy Instytut Leków, Poland) and Christopher Staley (University of Minnesota), who provide scholarly guidance on complex submissions and ensure alignment with the journal's scope.资深编委（Senior Editorial Board Members）： 由来自瑞士、德国、俄罗斯、中国、加拿大、波兰、美国等国高校与科研机构的资深学者组成，包括拉萨阿德·贝尔巴里（纳沙泰尔大学）、拉尔夫·赫尔曼（美因茨约翰内斯·古腾堡大学）、伊戈尔·莫克罗索夫（圣彼得堡巴斯德研究所）、塞卡尔·拉朱（西交利物浦大学）、珍妮弗·罗诺姆（麦吉尔大学）、埃娃·萨多维（波兰国家药物研究所）与克里斯托弗·斯塔利（明尼苏达大学）等，负责为复杂稿件提供学术指导并确保收稿方向与期刊范围一致。
• Section Editors: who handle manuscripts by subject area, for example Igor Mokrousov has served as Section Editor for clinical microbiology and vaccines since 2014, while other editors cover areas such as applied microbiology, ecological and evolutionary microbiology, and microbial genetics and genomics.栏目编辑（Section Editors）： 按期刊子领域分工处理稿件，例如伊戈尔·莫克罗索夫自 2014 年起担任临床微生物学与疫苗栏目编辑，另有学者分别负责应用微生物学、生态与进化微生物学、微生物遗传学与基因组学等方向。
• Associate and Assistant Editors: in-house professional editors based at Springer Nature (Pune, India) and elsewhere handle the day-to-day processing, peer-review coordination and technical checks of manuscripts, including Sneha Bhogale, Aditi Gupta and Pranitha Pandit, among others.专职编辑团队（Associate and Assistant Editors）： 由施普林格·自然（印度浦那）等地的专职编辑负责稿件的日常处理、审稿协调与技术审核，包括斯内哈·博加莱、阿迪蒂·古普塔、普拉尼塔·潘迪特等多人。
• Editorial Board Members: comprising hundreds of experts from dozens of countries and across all branches of microbiology, who conduct peer review and provide academic oversight, ensuring that the journal maintains rigorous review standards across its broad range of research areas.编委会成员（Editorial Board Members）： 由来自全球数十个国家、覆盖微生物学各分支学科的数百名专家组成，负责稿件的同行评议与学术把关，确保期刊在广泛的研究方向上保持严格的评审标准。^[4]