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EDITORS Kenneth N. Timmis (Editor-in-Chief), Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany. Tel.: [phone]; Fax: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail] Juan L. Ramos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín – CSIC, C/ Prof. Albareda, 1, E-18008 Granada, Spain. Tel.: [phone]; Fax: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail] Willem M. de Vos, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Dreijenplein 10 Building 316, 6703 HB Wageningen, The Netherlands. Tel.: [phone]; Fax: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail] Willy Verstraete, Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. Tel.: [phone]; Fax: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail] Martin Rosenberg, Research & Development, Promega Corporation, 2800 Woods Hollow Road, Madison, WI 53711-5399, USA. e-mail: [e-mail] REVIEWS AND SPECIAL ISSUE EDITOR Juan L. Ramos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Granada, Spain WEB ALERTS Larry Wackett, University of Minnesota, St Paul, USA EDITORIAL BOARD Lars Angenent, USA Steven A. Banwart, UK Shimshon Belkin, Israel Giovanni Bertoni, Italy Ian Booth, UK Uwe Bornscheuer, Germany Michael Bott, Germany Harald Brussow, Switzerland Rita Colwell, USA Milton Costa, Portugal Jiri Damborsky, Czech Replublic Craig Daniels, Canada Eduardo Diaz, Spain Gerrit Eggink, Germany Thomas Egli, Switzerland Romilio Espejo, Chile Manuel Ferrer, Spain Julia Foght, Canada Jim K Fredrickson, USA Michael Galperin, USA Jose Luis Garcia, Spain Harry Gilbert, UK Bernardo Gonzalez, Chile Guido Grandi, Italy Miguel G. Guerrero, Spain Carlos A. Guzman, Germany Ken Hammel, USA Bernhard Hauer, Germany Terry C. Hazen, USA Michael Hecker, Germany Hermann J. Heipieper, Germany Monica Höfte, Belgium Karl-Erich Jaeger, Germany Dieter Jahn, Germany Junichi Kato, Japan Staffan Kjelleberg, Australia Todd R. Klaenhammer, USA Alexander M. Klibanov, USA Rob Knight, USA Tino Krell, Spain Oscar Kuipers, The Netherlands Robert Larossa, USA Sang Yup Lee, Republic of Korea Daniel van der Lelie, USA Steven Lindow, USA Mark van Loosdrecht, The Netherlands Victor de Lorenzo, Spain José M. Luengo, Spain Ben Lugtenberg, The Netherlands Mohamed A. Marahiel, Germany Angel T. Martínez, Spain Michael McInerney, USA Rainer U. Meckenstock, Germany Jan Roelof van der Meer, Switzerland Diego de Mendoza, Argentina Gabriella Molinari, Germany Jens Nielsen, Sweden Per Halkjær Nielsen, Denmark Fergal O'Gara, Ireland Sven Panke, Switzerland David Payne, USA Miguel A. Peñalva, Spain Dietmar Pieper, Germany Korneel Rabaey, Belgium Lutgarde Raskin, USA Fernando Rojo, Spain Wilfred F.M. Röling, The Netherlands Eliora Z. Ron, Israel Sima Sariaslani, USA Uwe Sauer, Switzerland Bernhard Schink, Germany Claudia Schmidt-Dannert, USA Ana Segura, Spain Roland J. Siezen, The Netherlands Douwe van Sinderen, Ireland Hauke Smidt, The Netherlands Gloria Soberón Chávez, México Alexander Steinbüchel, Germany Bas Teusink, The Netherlands Svein Valla, Norway Erick Vandamme, Belgium Jos Vanderleyden, Belgium L. A. M. van der Wielen, The Netherlands Rene H. Wijffels, The Netherlands Roland Wohlgemuth, Switzerland Thomas K. 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