Korean Journal of Microbiology (Korean J. Microbiol., KJM) is published quarterly(March, June, September, and December) by the Microbiological Society of Korea (MSK) since 1963. The journal publishes sound achievements in microbial researches.

Copyright of the Journal is reserved by MSK.

Full text is freely available from: www.kjom.org.

Publications of this journal are supported in part by the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) Grant funded by the Korean Government.

Paper submission should be made electronically via the website http://www.kjom.org/submission. All queries regarding the submission should be directed to the Editorial office.

Korean Journal of Microbiology (Korean J. Microbiol., KJM) publishes papers that deal with research on microorganisms, including archaea, bacteria, yeasts, ungi, microalgae, protozoa, and simple eukaryotic microorganisms. Topics considered for publication include biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, genomics, molecular biotechnology, virology, immunology, microbial pathogenesis, ecology, environmental microbiology, molecular systematics, ioinformatics, chemical or physical characterization of microbialstructures or products and basic biological properties of organisms.

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