Journal of Basic Microbiology

Journal of Basic Microbiology publishes primary research on prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms, issued from Weinheim by Wiley-VCH and dating from 1985.《基础微生物学杂志》发表原核与真核微生物的原始研究，由 Wiley-VCH 在魏因海姆出版，可上溯到 1985 年。

The scope runs across bacteria, archaea, fungi, algae, protozoans, phages, viruses, viroids and prions, and it reaches into microbial ecology, physiology, genetics and cell development.该刊范围涵盖细菌、古菌、真菌、藻类、原生动物、噬菌体、病毒、类病毒与朊病毒，并延伸到微生物生态学、生理学、遗传学与细胞发育。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3 and stands in the third quartile of microbiology.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在微生物学类目中列第三区。

Scope

• Primary research papers make up the journal, and a study is expected to report new results rather than to survey a field.原始研究论文构成该刊的主体，考察须报告新结果，而非综述某一领域。

• Prokaryotic microorganisms are treated at length, and work on the bacteria and the archaea is admitted.原核微生物得到细致处理，关于细菌与古菌的工作受到收载。

• Eukaryotic microorganisms are covered on the same footing, and studies of the fungi, the algae and the protozoans are taken.真核微生物以同等地位得到覆盖，关于真菌、藻类与原生动物的研究受到收载。

• The smaller agents appear in the list, and the journal carries work on phages, viruses, viroids and prions.更小的因子也在名单之列，该刊刊载噬菌体、病毒、类病毒与朊病毒方面的研究。

• Microbial interactions are named, and the journal takes work on the pathogenic, the mutualistic and the merely environmental kind alike.微生物相互作用被点名，致病、互利与单纯环境性的相互作用都在收载之列。

• Microbial ecology belongs to the scope, and studies of how a community is put together and how it changes are admitted.微生物生态学属于收稿范围，关于群落如何构成与如何变化的研究也在接纳之列。

• Physiology is treated as a subject, and the journal carries work on how a microbe grows, feeds and responds to stress.生理学自成一个选题，该刊刊载微生物如何生长、摄取养分并回应逆境的工作。

• Genetics forms a strand, and studies of inheritance, of gene regulation and of mutation are taken.遗传学构成一支，关于遗传、基因调控与突变的研究受到收载。

• Cell biology and development are admitted, and the journal carries work on the cell cycle and on differentiation in a microbe.细胞生物学与发育也在接纳之列，该刊刊载微生物细胞周期与分化方面的研究。

• New methodologies are welcomed, and the journal is open to work whose contribution lies in how a question can now be asked.新方法学受到欢迎，该刊对贡献在于让某一问题如今得以如此提出的工作持开放态度。

• Imaging techniques appear among the methodologies, and work on video fluorescence microscopy and on modern electron microscopy is taken.成像技术见于方法学之列，关于视频荧光显微与近代电子显微的工作受到收载。

• Molecular biology methods are admitted, and the journal carries work on techniques such as gene targeting by the polymerase chain reaction.分子生物学方法也在接纳之列，该刊刊载诸如借助聚合酶链反应进行基因打靶之类技术的工作。

• Short communications and method papers are taken beside full articles, along with reviews and mini reviews.除完整论文之外，短篇通讯与方法论文也在收载之列，综述与小型综述亦然。

• Rapid publication is promised, and the journal sets a short interval between acceptance and an article appearing.该刊承诺快速出版，并把录用到文章面世之间的间隔压得较短。

• The journal is read by microbiologists, by biochemists and by geneticists, and it writes for all three.该刊的读者既有微生物学家，也有生物化学家与遗传学家，它为这三类人写作。

• Work on a single species is admitted beside work on a community, since a mechanism is often worked out in one organism first.针对单一物种的工作与针对群落的工作一并收载，因为机制往往先在某一种生物中弄清。

• Papers on antimicrobial resistance appear, though the journal keeps its emphasis on basic rather than applied questions.抗微生物药物耐药性的论文有所出现，但该刊仍把重心放在基础而非应用问题上。

• Metabolism is a subject, and the journal carries work on the pathways by which a microbe obtains energy and carbon.代谢自成一个选题，该刊刊载微生物获取能量与碳的途径方面的工作。

• Studies of the cell surface are taken, and the journal follows the structures by which a microbe meets its surroundings.细胞表面的研究受到收载，该刊追踪微生物与其环境相接的结构。

• The journal carries work on symbiosis and on the associations a microbe forms with a plant or an animal.该刊刊载共生以及微生物与植物或动物结成的种种关系方面的工作。

• Sequencing and genome analysis are admitted, and a paper may rest its case on data rather than on a culture alone.测序与基因组分析也在接纳之列，论文可以凭数据而非仅凭培养来立论。

• Authors are asked to deposit strains in a public collection, so that another group can obtain what was studied.作者须把菌株存入公共保藏机构，使另一团队能取得所研究的材料。

History

• The journal dates from 1985, and its first volume under the present title was numbered volume 25.该刊可上溯到 1985 年，现名之下的第 1 卷编为第 25 卷。

• That numbering shows the title to continue an older German series of general microbiology, and the journal keeps that inheritance in view.这一编号显示该刊承接了一份更早的德文普通微生物学系列，刊物始终记着这份承继。

• The journal was issued at first from Berlin by Akademie-Verlag, and the early volumes carry that imprint.该刊最初由 Akademie-Verlag 在柏林出版，早期各卷带有这一出版信息。

• From 2005 the title has been published from Weinheim by Wiley-VCH, and the house continues to issue it today.自 2005 年起该刊由 Wiley-VCH 在魏因海姆出版，该社一直出版至今。

• Twelve issues are gathered into a year, and the journal now keeps a monthly rhythm.该刊每年汇集十二期，如今保持月刊的节奏。

• The print number is 0233-111X and the electronic number is 1521-4028.印刷版编号为 0233-111X，电子版编号为 1521-4028。

• MEDLINE and PubMed have carried the title from its twenty fifth volume in 1985, and it also appears in Index Medicus.MEDLINE 与 PubMed 自 1985 年的第 25 卷起收录该刊，它也见于 Index Medicus。

• The impact indicator has moved from 2.281 and 2.65 to 3.5 and 2.7, and it stood at 3.3 in the 2025 edition.影响因子从 2.281 与 2.65 变为 3.5 与 2.7，在 2025 年版为 3.3。

• Around one paper in ten is free to read on publication, and the journal runs a hybrid open access model.约每十篇论文中有一篇在出版时即可免费阅读，该刊实行混合开放获取模式。

• The acceptance rate is published as about thirteen per cent, which the journal sets against its promise of a quick decision.该刊公布的录用率约为百分之十三，这与它所作的快速决定承诺相配。

• Special issues are gathered from time to time, and one recent issue took in the interactions between microbes and nanoscale materials.专刊不时成辑，近期一辑收载了微生物与纳米尺度材料之间的相互作用。

• The median time from submission to a first decision is given as about thirteen days, and the journal reports the figure among its metrics.从投稿到首次决定的中位时长记为约十三天，该刊把这一数字列在其指标之内。

• The journal is read in universities and in institutes, and its authors come from many countries.该刊在高校与研究所中被阅读，其作者来自许多国家。

Editors

• The journal is edited by Erika Kothe, who works on the genetics and the ecology of microorganisms.该刊由（Erika Kothe）主持编辑，其研究工作涉及微生物的遗传学与生态学。

• An editorial board supports the editor, and its members cover the several branches of microbiology that the journal takes.一支编委会协助主编，成员覆盖该刊所收微生物学的各个分支。

• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's online system and are sent to independent referees for peer review.稿件通过出版方的在线系统投递，并送交独立审稿人进行同行评审。

• The journal states its expectations for authors in a published set of guidelines, and it asks that a paper be prepared accordingly.该刊在公开的指南中写明对作者的要求，并要求论文照此准备。

• A manuscript that does not follow the guidelines is returned before it enters review, which the journal notes as a way of saving time.不符合指南的稿件会在进入评审之前被退回，该刊说明这是为节省时间。

• Authors are expected to declare competing interests and to follow the published ethics policy of the house.作者须声明利益冲突，并遵循出版方公布的伦理政策。

• Open access publication carries a charge on accepted papers, and the journal sets out the amount and the waiver rules on its pages.开放获取出版对录用的论文收取费用，该刊在页面上说明金额与减免规则。

• Authors are asked to deposit sequence and other data in a public repository, so that a finding can be checked by others.作者须把序列及其他数据存入公共仓，使发现可被他人核验。

• Reviews and mini reviews are commissioned by the editors, and proposals from the field are welcome.综述与小型综述由编辑约稿，学界提出的建议同样受到欢迎。

• The editorial office answers queries by email and guides authors through submission and revision.编辑部以电子邮件答复查询，并引导作者完成投稿与修回。