Editor in Chief
L. Nicholas Ornston (2011)
Yale University

Minireview Editor
Volker Müller (2014)
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Editors
Axel A. Brakhage (2011)
HKI and University of Jena

Daniel Cullen (2012)
USDA Forest Products Laboratory

Harold L. Drake (2012)
University of Bayreuth

Katharine J. Gibson (2011)
DuPont Experimental Station

Lone Gram (2011)
Technical University of Denmark

Mansel W. Griffiths (2010)
University of Guelph

Sophia Kathariou (2012)
North Carolina State University

Michael J. Larkin (2012)
The Queen's University of Belfast

Laura G. Leff (2011)
Kent State University

Frank E. Löffler (2013)
Georgia Institute of Technology

Charles R. Lovell (2010)
University of South Carolina

Ellen L. Neidle (2012)
University of Georgia

Douglas H. Ohlendorf (2011)
University of Minnesota

Matthew R. Parsek, Cover Editor (2014)
University of Washington

Donald W. Schaffner (2010)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Janet L. Schottel (2013)
University of Minnesota

Alfred M. Spormann (2011)
Stanford University

Marylynn V. Yates (2014)
University of California—Riverside

Jizhong Zhou (2013)
University of Oklahoma

Chairman, Publications Board
Thomas E. Shenk

Director, Journals
Barbara M. Goldman

Production Editor
Barbara S. Slinker

Assistant Production Editors
Ellie Ghatineh
Michael E. Lerman

Editorial Board
Yousef Abu Kwaik (2011)
Luis A. Actis (2011)
Eric Altermann (2009)
Gary Andersen (2010)
Thomas Andlid (2010)
Adam Arkin (2009)
Beate Averhoff (2010)
Andrea Azcarate-Peril (2009)
Felix J. Baerlocher (2009)
Michael Bagdasarian (2009)
Bert Bago (2010)
Christopher E. Bagwell (2011)
Alan Bakalinsky (2009)
Katherine H. Baker (2009)
József Baranyi (2010)
Tamar Barkay (2011)
Florian Bauer (2009)
Gwyn A. Beattie (2011)
Harry Beller (2009)
Andrew K. Benson (2009)
Peter L. Bergquist (2009)
Tom Besser (2010)
Arvind A. Bhagwat (2009)
K. Johanna Bjorkroth (2010)
Rafael Blasco (2010)
Eckhard Boles (2009)
Paola Bonfante (2009)
Violaine Bonnefoy (2010)
Kathryn J. Boor (2010)
Katherine A. Borkovich (2009)
James Borneman (2011)
Dulal Borthakur (2009)
Thomas L. Bott (2009)
Kostas Bourtzis (2009)
Gesche Braker (2011)
Michael G. Bramucci (2011)
Byron Brehm-Stecher (2010)
Frederick Breidt, Jr. (2010)
Neil C. Bruce (2010)
Alison Buchan (2011)
George Bullerjahn (2010)
William Burkhardt III (2010)
H. J. Busscher (2010)
Mark P. Buttner (2009)
Murulee Byappanahalli (2009)
Douglas R. Call (2010)
Terri A. Camesano (2009)
Russell W. Carlson (2010)
Michael J. Carter (2010)
Jinru Chen (2011)
Shicheng Chen (2011)
Wilfred Chen (2009)
Yi Chen (2011)
Michael L. Chikindas (2010)
Luca Cocolin (2010)
James Cole (2010)
Michael T. Collins (2010)
James M. Cregg (2009)
Patricia Cruz (2010)
Tom Curtis (2010)
Rolf Daniel (2009)
Steven L. Daniel (2011)
Michelle Danyluk (2010)
Atin R. Datta (2010)
Frank B. Dazzo (2010)
Angelo DePaola, Jr. (2009)
Ronald P. de Vries (2011)
Alan DiSpirito (2011)
Jan Dolfing (2010)
Daniel P. Dougherty (2009)
Irina S. Druzhinina (2011)
Doris d'Souza (2011)
Nicole Dubilier (2010)
Siobain Duffy (2010)
Nancy DuTeau (2011)
Richard Eaton (2010)
Leo Eberl (2011)
T. S. Edrington (2010)
Henry L. Ehrlich (2010)
Christopher Elkins (2011)
Marie Elliot (2011)
David Emerson (2009)
K.-D. Entian (2010)
Slava Epstein (2010)
Danilo Ercolini (2009)
David Faguy (2011)
Joseph O. Falkinham III (2010)
Brian Federici (2009)
Juan Ferré (2009)
Matthew W. Fields (2011)
Turlough Finan (2010)
Steven E. Finkel (2010)
Madilyn Fletcher (2011)
Steven Foley (2011)
Christopher Francis (2010)
James A. Fraser (2009)
Herbert L. Fredrickson (2010)
Masao Fukuda (2009)
Rebecca Gast (2011)
Manuela Giovannetti (2009)
Mark Gomelsky (2011)
Heidi Goodrich-Blair (2009)
Lawrence Goodridge (2009)
Joerg Graf (2011)
Irene R. Grant (2010)
Leslie Gregg-Jolly (2011)
Jean Guard-Bouldin (2010)
Mary Lou Guerinot (2011)
Martin W. Hahn (2010)
Theo A. Hansen (2010)
Hauke Harms (2010)
Steven Harris (2011)
Valerie J. (Jody) Harwood (2009)
Terry C. Hazen (2010)
Qiang He (2010)
Zhili He (2010)
Brian Hedlund (2011)
Hermann Heipieper (2011)
Alfredo Herrera-Estrella (2011)
David Hibbett (2011)
Russell T. Hill (2011)
Dallas G. Hoover (2009)
David J. Hopper (2010)
Hor-Gil Hur (2009)
Fumio Inagaki (2010)
Douglas Inglis (2009)
Janet K. Jansson (2010)
Lee-Ann Jaykus (2009)
Tom Jeffries (2011)
Paul R. Jensen (2011)
Carlos A. Jerez (2011)
Mike Jetten (2010)
D. Barrie Johnson (2011)
Yves Jouanneau (2009)
Ari Jumpponen (2009)
Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes (2009)
David Kaplan (2010)
Levente Karaffa (2009)
Boran Kartal (2011)
Charles W. Kaspar (2010)
James E. Keen (2010)
Martin Keller (2009)
John J. Kelly (2009)
Robert M. Kelly (2011)
Angela Kent (2010)
Lee Kerkhof (2009)
Philip J. Kersten (2010)
Mary Jo Kirisits (2010)
Maia Kivisaar (2010)
Staffan Kjelleberg (2011)
Martin G. Klotz (2011)
Allan Konopka (2011)
Joel E. Kostka (2010)
George Kowalchuk (2009)
Lee Krumholz (2009)
Indira Kudva (2010)
Kirsten Kuesel (2010)
Timothy M. LaPara (2009)
Laurie LaPat-Polasko (2009)
Giséle LaPointe (2010)
Luis Larrondo (2011)
Jared Leadbetter (2010)
Yin-Won Lee (2010)

Editorial Board
Mary Beth Leigh (2010)
Jeffrey T. LeJeune (2009)
Michael Lemke (2011)
Tine Rask Licht (2011)
Celeste Linde (2011)
Markus Linder (2011)
Nic D. Lindley (2010)
John T. Lisle (2009)
Shuang-Jiang Liu (2011)
Wen-Tso Liu (2010)
Jon Lloyd (2010)
G. T. Macfarlane (2011)
Sandra Macfarlane (2011)
Robert Mach (2009)
Walter F. Mahaffee (2011)
Antonio Maldonado (2011)
Mike Manefield (2011)
Helene Marquis (2009)
Terence L. Marsh (2011)
Andrew P. Martin (2011)
Maria Esperanza Martínez-Romero (2010)
Jan Martinussen (2011)
Juergen Marxsen (2011)
Harold D. May (2010)
J. Vaun McArthur (2011)
Katherine McMahon (2009)
Brian McSpadden-Gardener (2010)
Rick Meinersmann (2009)
Jianghong Meng (2009)
William Metcalf (2011)
Patricia D. Millner (2009)
Donald K. Milton (2009)
Kiwamu Minamisawa (2011)
William W. Mohn (2011)
Sylvain Moineau (2011)
Istvan Molnar (2011)
Melanie Mormile (2010)
Peter Muriana (2011)
Yuji Nagata (2009)
István Nagy (2010)
Cindy H. Nakatsu (2010)
Diane G. Newell (2010)
Walter G. Niehaus, Jr. (2010)
Brendan A. Niemira (2009)
Hideaki Nojiri (2009)
Kenneth M. Noll (2011)
Norbert Nowotny (2009)
George-John Nychas (2009)
Mark R. O'Brian (2009)
Kevin P. O'Connell (2011)
Ronald S. Oremland (2009)
Mark Osborn (2010)
Joerg Overmann (2010)
Hans Paerl (2011)
Rebecca Ehrlich Parales (2011)
Jakob Pernthaler (2009)
M. Julia Pettinari (2011)
Gregg Pettis (2011)
Laurent Philippot (2011)
Flynn Picardal (2010)
Roger W. Pickup (2010)
James L. Pinckney (2011)
Anton F. Post (2010)
Rolf Prade (2009)
Jim I. Prosser (2011)
Cheryl L. Quinn (2009)
John P. Quinn (2009)
Jos M. Raaijmakers (2011)
Gerald R. Reeck (2010)
Bernd Rehm (2009)
Gregor Reid (2009)
Walter Reineke (2010)
Geoffrey D. Robson (2011)
Margie Romine (2011)
Neil Rowan (2011)
Edward G. Ruby (2010)
Michael J. Sadowsky (2010)
Daâd A. Saffarini (2011)
Badal C. Saha (2010)
Andrew D. Sails (2010)
Sima Sariaslani (2009)
Brian Sauders (2010)
Patrick D. Schloss (2009)
Andreas Schmid (2011)
Andreas Schramm (2010)
Bernhard Seiboth (2011)
Verena Seidl (2009)
Gordon Shephard (2010)
Simon D. Silver (2011)
Pascal Simonet (2009)
Mitch Singer (2011)
Randall S. Singer (2009)
Brajesh Singh (2010)
Kaarina Sivonen (2011)
Joan L. Slonczewski (2011)
Kornelia Smalla (2009)
Hauke Smidt (2011)
Patricia A. Sobecky (2010)
John Spear (2010)
Andrew Spiers (2010)
Dirk Springael (2009)
Eric Stabb (2010)
Lucas J. Stal (2009)
Alfons J. M. Stams (2010)
Robert J. Steffan (2010)
Alexander Steinbüchel (2011)
Craig Stephens (2009)
John Stolz (2010)
Wolfgang Streit (2009)
Marc Strous (2011)
Joseph Sturino (2010)
Marcelino Suzuki (2010)
Zuzana Sýkorová (2011)
Ken Takai (2010)
Ralph Tanner (2011)
Gerald W. Tannock (2011)
Ron Teather (2010)
Andreas Teske (2009)
Chris M. Thomas (2009)
Michael G. Thomas (2009)
Ian P. Thompson (2011)
Tim Tolker-Nielsen (2009)
Eva M. Top (2009)
Effie Tsakalidou (2010)
Masataka Tsuda (2009)
Jos Vanderleyden (2010)
Wouter van der Star (2011)
Paul van der Wielen (2011)
Kumar Venkitanarayanan (2011)
Alain Vertes (2010)
Anne K. Vidaver (2011)
Adrián A. Vojnov (2010)
Gerrit Voordouw (2011)
Carmen Wacher (2010)
Michael Wagner (2010)
Irene Wagner-Döbler (2011)
Suzanne Walker (2009)
Judy D. Wall (2009)
Peng G. Wang (2009)
Todd Ward (2010)
Bart Weimer (2010)
Elizabeth M. Wellington (2010)
Alan Welman (2009)
Marvin Whiteley (2010)
Martin Wiedmann (2011)
Steve Wilhelm (2009)
Rolf-M. Wittich (2011)
Mark J. Wolcott (2010)
K. Eric Wommack (2009)
Thomas K. Wood (2011)
Randy Worobo (2010)
Michael Wyman (2009)
Dong Xu (2011)
Jian Xu (2010)
Jagjit Yadav (2011)
Ching-Hong Yang (2011)
Suleyman Yildirim (2011)
Jill Zeilstra-Ryalls (2011)
Chuanlun Zhang (2009)
Qijing Zhang (2011)
Erwin G. Zoetendal (2009)
Angeles Zorreguieta (2010)