Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Microorganisms in 2018

Rigorous peer-review is the corner-stone of high-quality academic publishing. The editorial team greatly appreciates the reviewers who contributed their knowledge and expertise to the journal’s editorial process over the past 12 months. In 2018, a total of 127 papers were published in the journal, with a median time to first decision of 17 days and a median time to publication of 41 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their cooperation and dedication in 2018:

Abraham, Wolf-Rainer	Lanza, Giuseppe
Abu-Niaaj, Lubna	Leekitcharoenphon, Pimlapas
Adhya, Sanka	Lemos, Manuel L.
Aitken, Michael D.	Leuko, Stefan
Alduina, Rosa	Li, Hongchun
Alessi, Anna	Li, Yvonne
Al-Fatimi, Mohamed	Lima, Nelson
Alterskjær Sundset, Monica	Lingwood, Clifford
Anand, Deepak	Lucchesi, Paula
Ancona-Contreras, Veronica	Luedtke, Brandon
Andersen-Ranberg, Emilie U.	Łukaszewicz, Marcin
András, Abonyi	Luna, Gian Marco
Andreoni, Francesca	Luthra, Amit
Antoninka, Anita	Lyu, Zhe
Antunes, André	Macrae, Jean D.
Arthur, Terrance M.	Madrid, Cristina
Arunkumar, Abhiram	Makarewicz, Oliwia
Asensio, Miguel	Maki, James
Atashgahi, Siavash	Malins, Lara
Auchtung, Thomas	Mancianti, Francesca
Azman, Samet	Mancini, Ines
Bader, Oliver	Mandyam, Keerthi
Bae, Taeok	Marcos, Jose F.
Bagnoud, Alexandre	Mariño, Eliana
Baldassarre, Maria Elisabetta	Mariottini, Gian Luigi
Baleja, James	Marnocha, Cassandra
Bansal, Namita	Martinson, Guntars O.
Bansil, Rama	McArthur, Simon
Barba, Francisco J.	McDevitt, Sylvia Franke
Barja, Juan L.	McDowell, Andrew
Baxter, Bonnie	McEwan, Neil
Beblo-Vranesevic, Kristina	McHardy, Ian
Becerra, Manuel	Mei, Chuansheng
Bej, Asim	Mellbye, Brett L.
Benítez-Páez, Alfonso	Mellies, Jay
Bergen, Martin	Memarzadeh, Kaveh
Bernal, Patricia	Menendez, Esther
Berrue, Fabrice	Menon, Vipin
Bersch, Beate	Mercier-Bonin, Muriel
Bevilacqua, Antonio	Mercier-Bonin, Muriel
Biedendieck, Rebekka	Metanis, Norman
Bomberg, Malin	Meziti, Alexandra
Bosi, Paolo	Mirza, Babur S.
Bosilevac, Joseph	Moll, Gert N.
Bosma, Elleke F	Morgan, Roderick
Brautaset, Trygve	Moschou, Panagiotis N.
Brazelton, William	Moxley, Rodney
Briandet, Romain	Muschiol, Jan
Brumm, Phillip J.	Mußmann, Marc
Bultman, Tom	Mutharia, Lucy M.
Callaway, Todd Riley	Nakai, Ryosuke
Campana, Raffaella	Nakajima, Masami
Caneiras, Cátia	Naughton, Lynn
Cardona, Lluis	Nett, Markus
Carella, Philip	Nett, Markus
Carson, Christine F.	Neubauer, Peter
Caruso, Gabriella	Nguyen, Peter
Cassard-Doulcier, Anne Marie	Nguyen, Van Khanh
Castanera, Raúl	Nicaud, Jean-Marc
Cataldi, Angel	Nicoletti, Vincenzo G.
Cavalca, Lucia	Nielsen, Peter E.
Cenci-Goga, Beniamino T.	Nilsson, Henrik
Cerenius, Lage	Nishiyama, Keita
Ceriotti, Aldo	Niu, Dongyan
Chandler, Michael	Noack, Stephan
Charpentier, Xavier	Ogunade, Ibukun
Chen, Haoyuan	Osorio, Carlos
Chistoserdova, Ludmila	Ouwerkerk, Diane
Chronopoulou, Myrsini	Overy, David P.
Cizeikiene, Dalia	Pace, Fabio
Collins, James	Palmer, Jon
Compant, t Stephane	Palmer, Robert J.
Conti, Stefania	Panico, Antonio
Cooney, Charles L.	Papamichael, Emmanuel
Corfield, Anthony P.	Park, Hyun-Woo
Corfield, Tony	Parrilli, Ermenegilda
Covasa, Mihai	Pascual, Javier
Cox, Jonathan A.G.	Patarata, Luís
Cuesta, Isabel	Paterson, Russell
Curtis, Wayne	Patil, Sonal
Da Costa, Milton	Phalen, David
Daly, Kristian	Pieper, Robert
Dalziel, Julie E	Popp, Denny
Dame, Remus T.	Porro, Danilo
D'Argenio, Valeria	Porta, Amalia
David, Michael Z.	Postec, Anne
De Berardinis, Piergiuseppe	Potter, Beth
Dearing, Denise	Purkamo, Lotta
Degenkolb, Thomas	Puzon, Geoffrey J.
Desmet, Tom	Raap, Jan
Dimitrellou, Dimitra	Radcliff, Fiona Jane
Dionisio, Giuseppe	Rahman, Khondokar Mizanur
Dishaw, Larry	Rai, Navneet
Dong, Xiyang	Rajala, Pauliina
Dörr, Mark	Ramirez-Paredes, Jose Gustavo
Dramsi, Shaynoor	Ratkowsky, David A.
Drosinos, Eleftherios H.	Ravi, Anuradha
Dunfield, Peter	Reed, David W.
Economou, Vangelis	Reed, Kevin F. M.
Edwards, Martin	Rehman, Junaid U.
El Aidy, Sahar	Reid, Christopher W.
Ellegaard, Marianne	Rendueles, Manuel
Elleuche, Skander	Richard, Peter
El-Matbouli, Mansour	Rizzo, Peter J.
Enjalbert, Francis	Rocha-Martin, Javier
Erb, Tobias	Rodrigo, Sara Morales
Eyice-Broadbent, Ozge	Rogozhin, Eugene
Falconi, Maurizio	Ruffino, Barbara
Fardeau, Marie-Laure	Ruiz, Nicolas
Feil, Edward J.	Russo, Pasquale
Fein, Jeremy B.	Sabet, Shereen
Fernandez-Martinez, Lorena	Sadykov, Marat R.
Ferreira, Rui M.	Sagona, Antonia
Fioretto, Antonietta	Sambri, Vittorio
Fischer, Doreen	Sanso, Andrea Mariel
Fleshner, Monika	Santiago-Rodriguez, Tasha Marie
Forsyth, Christopher B.	Sass, Henrik
François Pouchus, Yves	Savino, Francesco
Freimoser, Florian	Scala, Valeria
Fujiwara, Shinsuke	Schäberle, Till F.
Futoma-Kołoch, Bożena	Schimek, Christine
Gabriel, Kyle	Schoepp-Cothenet, Barbara
Garbowska, Monika	Seetharam, Arun
Geerlof, Arie	Segura, Ana
Gomes, Maria S.	Setzer, William N.
Gómez, Fernando	Shcherbakova, Viktoria
Gómez, Marisa	Sherchan, Samendra
Gonçalves, Paula	Shoguchi, Eiichi
González-Siso, María-Isabel	Shoham, Menachem
Goossens, Karen	Shubitz, Lisa F.
Gornik, Sebastian	Simões, Nelson
Graziano, Giuseppe	Singh, Om V.
Greetham, Darren	Skaar, Ida
Grellier, Philippe	Smedile, Francesco
Grosjean, Henri	Smith, Kirsty
Grosse, Stephan	Smith, Sinead M.
Gundogdu, Ozan	Smith, Thomas J.
Hahn, Martin	Spanbauer, Trisha
Hale, Vanessa L.	Stadler, Marc
Hammer, Katherine	Stanford, Kim
Hansford, Karl	Stenberg, Reidun
Harada, Kazuki	Stevens, Cole
Hardwidge, Philip	Stingl, Uli
Harijan, Rajesh K.	Stokke, Runar
Hendry, Tory A.	Stromberg, Zachary
Henry, Kathene Johnson	Talon, Régine
Herrero, Enrique	Tan, Zhongping
Holmes, Dawn E	Tani, Akio
Holt, Scott M.	Tassou, Chrysoula
Homayouni, Aziz	Tengs, Torstein
Hötzinger, Matthias	Thies, Stephan
Hovde, Carolyn	Thornton, David
Hrdý, Jiří	Thullner, Martin
Huang, I-Hsiu	Tigini, Valeria
Huang, Linfeng	Tiscar, Pietro G.
Hurley, James	Tischler, Dirk
Iatsenko, Igor	Tkavc, Rok
Iebba, Valerio	Tohno, Masanori
Insam, Heribert	Tolker-Nielsen, Tim
Ishaq, Suzanne Lynn	Torres, Adrian Gabriel
Jay-Russell, Michele	Treuner-Lange, Anke
Jehmlich, Nico	Treusch, Alexander H.
Jena, Prasant Kumar	Tuovinen, Olli
Jenkins, Claire	Turnau, Katarzyna
Jorand, Frédéric P.A.	Turroni, Silvia
Joseph, Susan	Turton, Jane
Ju, Kou-San	Urbanczyk, Henryk
Kalatzis, Panos G.	Vallini, Giovanni
Kallas, Toivo	Van Kranenburg, Richard
Kalsi, Megha	Vavitsas, Konstantinos
Kamo, Kathryn	Vega Gutierrez, Sarath
Kanamori, Takao	Velin, Dominique
Karayanni, Hera	Villaverde, Antonio
Katsifas, Efstathios A.	Villena, Julio
Katyal, Priya	Viñas, Miguel
Kaushik, Ashlesha	Waldbieser, Geoffrey C
Kelly, Vincent	Waller, Ross
Kim, Chyer	Wang, Yiming
Kim, Hoon	Wang, Yuqi
Kim, Kyung Mo	Wasmund, Kenneth
Kimura, Ken-ichi	Wemheuer, Bernd
Kleiner, Manuel	Wheelhouse, Nick
Klemenčič, Marina	Whiteson, Katrine
Kneil, Kali	Whitworth, David E.
Knott, Emily	Wielgoss, Sébastien
Köck, Robin	Wilharm, Gottfried
Kocsubé, Sándor	Wojtyczka, Robert
Köller, Manfred	Wong, Adam
Komaki, Hisayuki	Wood, James B.
Koulenti, Despoina	Wöstemeyer, Johannes
Kovbasnjuk, Olga	Wu, Naicheng
Kowalczyk, Paweł	Wu, Zuowei
Kracher, Daniel	Yamamoto, Ken
Kuenz, Anja	Yan, Xia
Lajhar, Salma A.	Yang, Weishan
Lalor, Stephen J.	Yilmaz, Bahtiyar
LaMontagne, Michael G.	Zhang, Ruiyong
Lang, Elke	Zhu, Jingen
Langley, Sean	Ziarno, Małgorzata