Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Microorganisms in 2017

Peer review is an essential part in the publication process, ensuring that Microorganisms maintains high quality standards for its published papers. In 2017, a total of 77 papers were published in the journal. Thanks to the cooperation of our reviewers, the median time to first decision was 18 days and the median time to publication was 45 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their time and dedication in 2017:

Addington, Caroline	Kirst, Henning
Afonso, Clélia N.	Klewicka, Elzbieta
Alber, Birgit E.	Klose, Holger
Alexeyev, Oleg	Kolodkin-Gal, Ilana
Alspaugh, J. Andrew	Kuberski, Tim
Álvarez, María S.	Kubicek, Christian
Antunes, André	Kuuskeri, Jaana
Argyri, Anthoula A.	LaMontagne, Michael
Arroyo-Lopez, Francisco Noe	LaPointe, Gisèle
Asensio, Miguel	Lauder, Bob
Avrani, Sarit	Lauerma, Antti
Axel, Claudia	Lauzon, Carol R.
Axmann, Ilka Maria	Lea-Smith, David
Aymerich, Teresa	Lefticariu, Liliana
Baldwin, Susan	Lev, Sophie
Barral Silva, Maria	Lewis, Jeffrey A.
Barriuso, Jorge	Llanes, Catherine
Bassi, Daniela	Luna, Gian M.
Baumgartner, Kendra	Lyons, Jennifer L.
Bemer, Pascale	Lytton, Timothy
Benedetti, Anna	Maciá-Vicente, Jose G.
Benito, Santiago	Maki, James
Bevilacqua, Antonio	McBain, Andrew
Bignell, David	McDowell, Andrew
Bird, Amanda	Menendez, Esther
Bizukojc, Marcin	Mercer, Jason
Blacutt, Alex	Moreira, Cristiana
Bleve, Gianluca	Moriarty, Thomas Fintan
Boll, Joseph	Morley, Krista
Bomberg, Malin	Muzzalupo, Innocenzo
Bonfield, Tracey L.	Nagata, Yuji
Bongiorni, Lucia	Nakajima, Masami
Borges, Frédéric	Nemerow, Glen
Borghese, Roberto	Nishiyama, Keita
Brand, Larry	Nobre, Tania
Brown, Amanda	Oelschlägel, Michel
Casotti, Raffaella	Olesen, Kjeld
Cassier-Chauvat, Corinne	Olson, Michael E.
Céline, Laroche	Östman, Örgan
Cenci-Goga, Beniamino T.	Panagiotopoulos, Ioannis A.
Chai, Yunrong	Patrauchan, Marianna A.
Ciofu, Oana	Pérez-Tanoira, Ramón
Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro	Petrova, Olga E.
Cole, Jeff	Placido, Jersson
Collett, Andrew	Pruess, Birgit M.
Congestri, Roberta	Pucciarelli, Sandra
Conti, Heather	Quirós, Luis M.
Cordero, Radamés J.B.	Radek, Renate
Cuesta, Isabel	Ramakrishnan, Srinivasan
De Curtis, Filippo	Ranadheera, C. Senaka
De La Fuente-Núñez, César	Remize, Fabienne
Delbarre-Ladrat, Christine	Richard, Peter
Dhami, Navdeep Kaur	Rivilla, Rafael
Dien, Bruce	Rodriguez, Francisco
Domingues, Sara	Roselli, Marianna
Donovan, Sharon	Saleem, Muhammad
Drosinos, Eleftherios	Salmerón, Ivan
Duh, Pin-Der	Sanches, Sandra
Dunfield, Peter	Sánchez Mainar, María
Durazzo, Alessandra	Sanford, Robert
Ehrmann, Matthias A.	Satora, Pawel
El Khalloufi, Fatima	Schaberle, Till F.
Elisashvili, Vladimir	Schröder, Carola
Ene, Iuliana Veronica	Serrano, Aurelio
Engelen, Aschwin	Shafer, William M.
Enjalbert, Francis	Shalaby, Samer
Evilia, Caryn	Shemesh, Moshe
Farnoud, Amir	Shoenfeld, Yehuda
Farrell, Hazel	Shumway, Sandy
Fetissov, Sergueï O.	Siddiqui, Khawar
Filannino, Pasquale	Silva, Gabriela Jorge
Finley, Rita L.	Sinha, Rohita
Fiocco, Daniela	Sipponen, Mika Henrikki
Fixen, Kathryn	Skraban, Jure
Forsyth, Christopher B.	Sommer, Stephan
Fothergill, Joanne	Spano, Giuseppe
Fraga, Irene	Spillmann, Dorothe
Galanis, Alex	Stella, Simone
Gile, Gillian	Stępień, Krzysztof
Giron, Jorge Alberto	Strangman, Wendy
Gonzalez, Aridane	Strobel, Gary A.
Gorrell, Rebecca	Suda, Shoichiro
Grbin, Paul	Tan, Kai Soo
Grosse, Stephan	Taylor, Joe
Gustafson, John	Terzi, Valeria
Hallsworth, John E.	Thompson, Andrew
Hanson, Buck	Tirloni, Erica
Hare, Kim	Titz, Alexander
Hauge, Sigrun J.	Topakas, Evangelos
Hebert, E.M.	Torriani, Sandra
Hemp, James	Tripathi, Ashootosh
Hennequin, Claire	Tseng, Chun-Chieh
Hill, Darryl	Tuovinen, Olli
Hillmann, Falk	Uppuluri, Pyria
Holmes, Dawn E	Van Bambeke, Françoise
Horie, Masanori	Van Laar, Tricia
Hosório, Hugo	Van, Thi Thu Hao
Hu, Honghua	Vaneechoutte, Mario
Hu, Qing	Varela, Marta
Ianieri, Adriana	Verma, Madan
Ibrahim, Fandi	Von Bergen, Martin
Insam, Heribert	Wan, Xuehua
Iorizzo, Massimo	Wasmund, Kenneth
Jackson, Andrew	Weighardt, Heike
Jackson, Stephen A.	Wemheuer, Franziska
Janbon, Guilhem	White, James
Jass, Jana	Wojcieszyńska, Danuta
Jehmlich, Nico	Wolf-Rainer, Abraham
Jennings, Jessica	Wozniak, Karen
Johnston, Simon	Ximenes, Eduardo
Jorand, Frédéric P.A.	Yan, Aixin
Jordao, Luisa	Yokawa, Ken
Kaminskyj, Susan G.W.	Zan, Jindong
Kenyon, Willian	Zonaro, Emanuele