Environmental conditions and host plant species affect the assembly of fungal endophytes in marsh plant roots.
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Through the Adopt a Bacterium methodology, students integrated geek culture into microbiology education, exploring Escherichia coli as a hero and villain to enhance engagement, science communication, and awareness of antibiotic misuse.
Genomic analysis of eight multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli from domestic wastewater treatment plants in Costa Rica reveals that most antibiotic resistance genes underlying the resistant phenotype are located within plasmids and integrons, alongside key virulence-associated genes.
Using core genome data to predict Salmonella serovars.
This study shows the alarming rate of prevalence of antibiotic-resistant that harbour extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in chicken sold in Malaysia that can seriously threat human health.
Manure and straw as new sources of Bacillus spp. isolates for sustainable crop protection.
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This study shows that archiving sieved soil at −20°C allows for long-term and repeated experimentation on preserved physiologically active microbial communities.
The existence of cigR gene inhibited the pathogenicity of Salmonella Paratyphi A.
In this survey in Belgium we found that the prevalence of Neisseria bacilliformis was higher in adults than children and had remarkably reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone.
A novel genus within the family Haloferacaceae, and four novel species of the genus Haloplanus were isolated from diverse commercial coarse salts produced in China.
Our findings suggest a stable overall microbiome diversity and composition in lung cancer patients’ lung tissues, despite tumour growth, but indicate modified microbial interactions within the tumour.
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As of January 2024, FEMS has flipped four of its journals to fully open access (OA), making six out of its seven journals OA. FEMS Microbiology Letters remains a subscription journal and free to publish in.
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The FEMS Journals are the perfect home for your Microbiology research
FEMS is committed to helping support microbiologist do their work, promote the best in microbiology research and knowledge to the world, and bring microbiologists together to share that knowledge.
Authors provide scientific content and are what make a journal exist in the first place. Publishing with a FEMS journal means you are investing in science. Together with Oxford University Press, and thanks to the hard work of our editors, there are a series of benefits and initiatives that we offer to ensure a smooth and successful submission process.
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Instructions to authors
FEMS Microbiology Letters gives priority to concise papers that merit rapid publication by virtue of their originality, general interest, and contribution to new developments in microbiology. All aspects of microbiology, from the Bacteria and the Archaea to microbial Eukarya, viruses, viroids, etc. are covered. The journal is divided into the following sections.
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Calls for Papers from FEMS Microbiology Letters
FEMS Microbiology Letters publishes a variety of thematic issues covering a diverse range of topics. Discover our current calls for papers for upcoming thematic issues.
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Thematic Issues
New Insights on the Nitrogen Cycle 2024
This thematic issue in FEMS Microbiology Letters is made in collaboration with the 26th European Nitrogen Cycle Meeting held in Norway (13–15 September 2023). It focuses on the most relevant pathways of the bacterial nitrogen cycle pathways, including denitrification, nitrification, dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonia, anaerobic ammonium oxidation, nitrate assimilation and nitrogen fixation.
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Empowering learning
This thematic issue from FEMS Microbiology Letters, titled ‘Empowering learning’, brings together discussions of the current drivers of education that aim to support learners in becoming self-regulated and realising their full potential, irrespective of their background, and throughout their lifelong learning journey.
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EU-Funded Yeast Biotechnology Project
FEMS Microbiology Letters and FEMS Yeast Research have collaborated to create this thematic issue featuring articles from biotechnology projects funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme.
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Microbial Food and Feed Ingredients
This thematic issue from FEMS Microbiology Letters is in partnership with the MiFFI conference series and presents highlights from the cancelled 2020 event. The research published in this issue centers around three major themes: functionality of food cultures, pro- and pre-biotics, and microalgae as feed ingredients.
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Virtual Special Issues
Landmarks in Microbiology: Anammox
FEMS Journals are pleased to share the first collection in our ‘Landmarks in Microbiology’ Series. Explore a variety of papers that have developed from the first description of Anammox in FEMS Microbiology Ecology in 1995.
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Six Key Topics in Microbiology
Explore the latest research trends in the field in our new Virtual Issue covering six key topics in Microbiology. Featuring articles from across all 7 FEMS journals, the collection showcases the high quality and diverse research that FEMS provide.
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Education, Wherever We Are
This virtual special issue presents a number of articles in the FEMS Microbiology Letters Professional Development Section that cover good practice in terms of online tools to support blended learning, and how to adapt to remote teaching.
Conference on Physiology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi (PYFF7)
Read a collection of yeast and fungal research, following the Conference on Physiology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi (PYFF7).
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Editor's Choice Articles
FEMS Microbiology Letters has been publishing Letters and Short Communications since 1977, highlighting topics of general interest and new developments in microbiology. Explore the Editor's Choice articles selected from the journal.
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2023 FEMS Journals Article Award Winners: FEMS Microbiology Letters
Congratulations to the winning author of the 2023 FEMS Microbiology Letters Article Award: Barbara R Heard for her article, 'Supporting students with blindness and visual impairments in microbiology'.
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The Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) is made up of an active and diverse network of around 30,000 professionals who are committed to advancing microbiology for the benefit of society in the areas of health, energy, food, materials, and the environment. Set up in 1974, FEMS is now a growing coalition of 56 Member Societies from 40 countries.
FEMS commitment is to help support microbiologists do their work, promote the best in microbiology research and knowledge to the world, and bring microbiologists together to share that knowledge.
Thank You To All 2024 Reviewers
We are grateful to over 1,100 scientists who contributed to the peer review of manuscripts in the FEMS Journals in 2024. Peer review is an essential component of academic research, and these individuals’ contributions have played a critical role in improving the quality of the papers we publish, furthering knowledge and discussion in microbiology.
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FEMS is delighted to present a series of webinars where we discuss key research published in the FEMS journal portfolio as a way to bring some of the benefits of scientific conferences to the comfort of your own home. This series of webinars is part of our commitment to creating a connected, collaborative community of microbiologists.
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