5 February 2026
Acknowledgment to the Reviewers of Bacteria in 2025
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The editorial office of Bacteria would like to extend its sincere gratitude to all reviewers who contributed to the improvement of the journal quality by providing their expert opinion and evaluation of the submitted research.
We appreciate that thorough peer review demands considerable time and intellectual investment from our reviewers. In 2025, Bacteria received 393 review reports from contributors across 54 countries and territories, demonstrating the breadth of international expertise and scholarly engagement that has strengthened our publication standards.
The reviewers who agreed to have their names published this year are listed below in alphabetical order by first name. The editorial team acknowledges with gratitude all reviewers, named and anonymous alike, for their vital role in maintaining the scholarly standards of Bacteria.
| Ana Margarida Henriques | Mohammed M. Danouche |
| Anca Gheorghe | Moustafa Kardjadj |
| André Farkouh | Muhammad Humza |
| Andrei Viktorovich Chaplin | Muhammed Duman |
| Andrés Humberto Uc-Cachón | Natalia Belkova |
| Anica Petrovic | Nidia Aréchiga-Ceballos |
| Anna Wierzbicka-Woś | Nilakshi Barua |
| Artem Olegovich Rozhin | Noura Ahmed |
| Aseer Manilal | Olli H. Tuovinen |
| Assunta Bertaccini | Penka Petrova |
| Aygun Israyilova | Pragya Tiwari |
| Azza SalahEldin El-Demerdash | Rania M. S. El-Malt |
| Bharathi Devaraj | Ranjit Ranbhor |
| Bhavana Gangwar | Roberta Battistini |
| Cesar Jaramillo-Paez | Rosie Yagmur Yegin |
| Chibuzo Valentine Nwokafor | Salma Latique |
| Chinmay Saha | Santosh Paudel |
| Christian Anumudu | Silvestre Bongiovanni Abel |
| Chunyi Zhou | Silvia Giono Cerezo |
| Dasantila Golemi-Kotra | Sotirios N. Kiokias |
| Fangchi Shao | Srinivasan Sathiyaraj |
| Fangfang Guo | Steven Earl Lindow |
| Gaddafi Mohammed Sani | Sung-Min Kang |
| Ghazala Muteeb | Surajit De Mandal |
| Güzin Kaban | Thando Ndlovu |
| Hangliang Cheng | Tsvetelina Paunova-Krasteva |
| Harleen Kaur Chela | Vasco Azevedo |
| Hicham Wahnou | Verónica Oliveira |
| Holly Anne Martin | Vimalin Jeyalatha Mani |
| Hong Zhou | Vinaya Kumar Golla |
| Hongzhi Wu | Vincent Anthony Bielinski |
| Iraj Alipourfard | Vincenzo Cuteri |
| Jakub Korkus | Violetta Katarzyna Macioszek |
| Jan Bocianowski | Viorel Dragos Radu |
| Josilene Lima Serra | Virginia Helena Albarracín |
| Karolina Stojowska-Swędrzyńska | Vivek Kumar |
| Kenji Ikehara | William Bains |
| Kirill Sharshov | Wongsakorn Phongsopitanun |
| Leonard Koolman | Yana Igolkina |
| Lin Walker | Yanwen Xiong |
| Lisa Ryno | Younes M. Rashad |
| Magdalena Anna Karaś | Yu Zhou |
| Manzar Alam | Yuan-Yeu Yau |
| Márcia Dinis | Yukun Zhang |
| Mikhail Pyatibratov | Yurii Syromiatnykov |
| Milan Kolar |