Acknowledgement to Reviewers The Editors of Microbiology wish to thank all those listed below, and any other reviewer whose name has been inadvertently omitted, for giving their time and expertise to review papers submitted for publication in this journal in 2014. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the following list; we apologise for any errors and omissions.

A Gruss A M Cashmore A. M. Fusco-Almeida Abdel-Naser Zohri Abdul N. Hamood Abelardo Margolles Abraham Minsky Adam P Roberts Adam Roberts Adel M. Talaat Adriano Brandelli Aigle Bertrand Airi M Palva Ajith Anand Akihiro Saito Akira Ishihama Alain L Servin Alan B MacDonald Alan Collmer Alan Wolfe Alejandro De Las Peñas Alessandra Carattoli Alessandro Giuffre Alexander Horswill Alexander S. Beliaev Alexander SteinbŸchel Alexander Van Parys Alfredo Torres Alicia M Muro-Pastor Alison Thorburn Ana Lucia T O Nascimento Ana M. Calvo Anders Johansson Anders Sjostedt Andrea Battistoni Andrea Hamann Andreas Bechthold Andreas P. Loibner Andreas Reisner Andreas Tauch Andrei Sibirny Andres Mae

Andrew Lang Andrew DS Cameron Andrew Millard Andrew Neish Andrew W. B. Johnston Andrey P. Anisimov Angela Nobbs Angela Silva Barbosa Angelica C Cibrian Angelika Grundling Aniko Varnai Anil Ojha Anna Tischler Anne Farewell Anne Liza McCartney Anne Meyer Anne Moir Annette Hynes António Veríssimo Anthony Baughn Anthony Clarke Anthony M Buckley Antje Flieger Anton Hartmann Antonia Herrero Antonio Juárez Antonio Oliver Aoife Boyd Ariel Grostern Arnaud Javelle Arnold J. M. Driessen Arnoud H. M. van Vliet Arul Jayaraman Arun K Bhunia Ashu Sharma Ashutosh Verma Asunción Contreras Axel A. Brakhage Axel Müller Barbara Waidner Bastiaan P. Krom Bavesh Kana

Beate Averhoff Beatrice Vitali Beatriz Ernestina Cabilio Guth Beiyan Nan Bela Nagy Ben Raymond Benjamin A. Horwitz Beny Spira Berl Oakley Bernard La Scola Bernardo Gonzalez Bernd Masepohl Bernhard Hube Bertha González-Pedrajo Bettina Tudzynski Birgit E Alber Birgit E Scharf Bjorn A Espedido Blaise Boles Bo Hu Bob D Turner Boris Görke Brett Froelich Brian Stevenson Brigitte Brunel Brigitte Meunier-Gontero Bruno Gonzalez-Zorn Carl Erik Nord Carlos Martin Carlos R Vazquez de Aldana Carmen Buchrieser Carolina Mehaffy Caroline L. Monteil Caroline S. Harwood Cecile Arrieumerlou Cecília M. Arraiano Cedric Montanier Celeste J. Brown Celine M Levesque Chad Rappleye Charles J. Dorman Charles M Dozois

Chengping Lu Chiara Schiraldi Chih-Horng Kuo Chris Rensing Christa Ewers Christiane Forestier Christine Pourcel Christoph Lämmler Christoph Mayer Christoph Schuller Christophe Beloin Christophe Grangeasse Christopher Penfold Christopher G. Dowson Christopher Lefevre Christopher M. Thomas Christopher McDevitt Christopher P Randall Chrystala Constantinidou Chung-Dar Lu Claire Jenkins Clara Maria Ausiello Claude Gaillardin Claude Gutierrez Claudia Häse Claudio Avignone-Rossa Concetta Compagno Conrad Mullineaux Constance Jeffery Constantin Felix Urban Cormac Gahan Craig Winstanley Cynthia M. Sharma Dale Noel Dan Walker Daniel E Voth Daniel Hassett Daniel Lopez Daniel Muller Daniel R Neill Daniel R Zeigler Daniela Billi Daniela Ceccarelli Daniela F. Hozbor Daniele Daffonchio Daniele Provenzano Danton O'Day Dany JV Beste Dariusz Bartosik

Darja Bertok David A Haake David B. Archer David Bates David Engelthaler David Fredricks David J Leak David J. Clarke David J. McGee David L Popham David M Weller David M. Gordon David R. Nelson David Thanassi David Weiss Dean Scholl Deborah Hogan Debra L Milton Deepak Kaushal Delin You Delphine L Caly Dennis Gross Dhanalakshmi Nair Dhruba Chattoraj Dieter Jahn Digby Warner Dindial Ramotar Dirk Bumann Dirk Schneider Djamel Drider Dominic Stoll Donald M Gardiner Dongsheng Zhou Dorina Timofte Douglas G. Storey Douglas J Fraser-Pitt Douwe D van Sinderen Douwe Molenaar Dov J Stekel Duncan A Rouch Dusan Benč•ina E Fidelma Boyd Edmund RS Kunji Edouard Galyov Eduardo Rodriguez Eduardo A Espeso Edward Chan Edze Westra Ehud Banin

Elaine E. M. Haase Eliora Z. Ron Elisabeth M Bik Elizabeth M Wellington Elke Schweda Elliot Crooke Ely Nahas emilia lopez-solanilla Emily J Fleming Enrico Schleiff Enrique Flores Eric Adetutu Eric Cascales Eric Massé Eric R Lafontaine Erick Denamur Erika Kothe Erwin Schneider Erzsébet Sándor Essaid Ait Barka Esther Angert Ethan Hack Eugenio Parente Everett Pesci Ewa Zastempowska Ezio Ricca F. Nazzaro Fabian Grein Fabienne Vailleau Fabio Rindi Fabrizio Pantanella Felicity Alcock Felipe Cava Felix J Sangari Fengxia Qi Fernanda Gomes Fernando C. Soncini Fernando Rojo Feth-el-Zahar Haichar Fiona Achcar Flora Banuett Florence Abram Floris Bikker Francesca Turroni Francisco Estruch Franck Chauvat Franck Pasta Françoise Jacob-Dubuisson Frank Francesco Madeo

Frans M Klis Frédérique Van Gijsegem Freya Harrison Friedhelm Meinhardt Friedrich Widdel Fumiyasu Fukumori G. Marcela Rodriguez Gail Gasparich Galina V. Mukamolova Gaozhong Shen Gary M Dunny Gary P. Moran Gary Rowley Geelsu Hwang Georg Fuchs George Michael Taylor Gerald Tannock Giovanni Delogu Gireesh Rajashekara Glenn W. Kaatz Gloria Soberón-Chávez Gopal Kedia Gordon Ramage Govindan Rajamohan Graham Hatfull Graham Stafford Grazyna Jagura-Burdzy Gregory Anderson Gregory M. Cook Gregory Palmer Gregory Paul Priebe Grzegorz Wegrzyn Grzegorz Czerwonka Guangyong Li Guido Werner Guiqing Wang Guojie Cao Guoqing Xia Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad Gustavo Cordero-Bueso Gyanu Lamichhane H.A.B. Wosten Haike Antelmann Hai-Ping Cheng Hank Seifert Hannah M Wexler Hansel M. Fletcher Hans-Peter E. Kohler Harold D. May

Haruo Suzuki Haruyoshi Tomita Haruyuki Atomi Hassan B. Hartman He Quishui Heath O'Brien Héctor M Mora Montes Hee-Moon Park Helena Mendes-Soares Helene Eisenman Henar Valdivieso Henk J. Busscher Henning Seedorf Herbert P. Schweizer Heribert Cypionka Hideaki Takano Hideo Yonezawa Hilde Smith Hirofumi Hara Hitoshi Nakamoto Holly Algood Hongwei David Yu Hsien-Chung Tseng Hui Wu Huw D Williams Iain Lamont Ian Booth Ian R McDonald Ian R. Henderson Ifor Rhys Beacham Ignacio Luque Ilse Jacobsen Imrich Barak Inaki Comas Inés Contreras Ingolf F Nes Irene de Bruijn Iris Maldener Isabelle J Schalk Isabelle Leduc Ivan A Berg Ivan Matic Ivan Mijakovic Ivana Marova Izabela Sitkiewicz J Seshu J. Christopher Fenno J. Colin Murrell J. Gowrishankar

J.Maxwell Dow Jörg Stülke jae won kim Jaime Cubero James B Bliska Jan Dijksterhuis Jan Dolfing Jan Kormanec Jan Kuever Jan Potempa Jane Burns Jane Schwebke Janet I MacInnes Janet Quinn Jan-Willem Veening Jaques Ravel Jaroslaw Krol Jason Sahl Javier Palma-Guerrero Jayna Ditty Jean Celli Jean Paul Latge Jeanine S Geelhoed Jean-Marie Lacroix Jed William Fahey Jeff Bose Jeff Ebersole Jeff Schertzer Jeffrey A. Cole Jeffrey Green Jennifer Bomberger Jennifer K. Spinler Jenny A Herbert Jens Kreth Jeremy D. Semrau Jesús A. G. Ochoa de Alda Jessica Jennings Jesus Blazquez Jesús Pla Ji Yang Jian Ping Xie Jie Zhou Jim Imlay Jim Mitchell Joan Tilburn Joanna B Goldberg Joanna Potrykus Joanna S Brooke João Andrade

Joaquin Ariño Karen Wassarman Joe Aduse-Opoku Karin Stensjö Joe Lutkenhaus Karl Drlika Joël Renaudin Karl Forchhammer Joel S Griffits Karla Satchell Joerg Overhage Karthik M Krishnan Johan Leveau Kasumi Takeuchi John Belisle Katarzyna Brzostek John C. Meeks Kate Louise Seib John Greenman Katherine A. Borkovich John Parkinson Kathleen Postle John R Battista Kathryn Jones John Smit Katja Bettenbrock Jon Hobman Kazunori Oishi Jonathan David Todd Kazuya Morikawa Jonathan Dennis Keith Miller Jonathan Warawa Kelli Palmer Joost M.J. Teixeira de Mattos Kendra Rumbaugh Jorge Castro-Garza Kênia Valéria dos Santos Jorgelina Ottado Kent Hill Jos Houbraken Ke-Qian Yang Jos Raaijmakers Kevin A. Kavanagh Jose A Bengoechea Kevin D Young Jose Arguello Kevin M. Devine José Eduardo gonzález-pastor Kim Lewis Jose Lemos Kim Heylen Jose Manuel Guillamon Kirsten Jung Jose Martinez Klaus Fütterer Jose Siverio Klaus Hantke Joseph S Lam Klaus Ruckdeschel Joseph Shiloach Klaus Winzer Joseph Strauss Knud Nierhaus Joseph Wade Knud Poulsen Josephine Chandler Knut Jahreis Joyoti Basu Konstantin Brodolin Judith Behnsen Kozo Ochi Juergen Heinisch Krishnamurthy Natarajan Juergen W Wendland Kristin Hegstad Julius S. Lolkema Kyu Rhee Jung-Hye Roe L. Jeannine Brady Jurgen Prell Lars Andrup Justin Merritt Lars Dietrich Justin Nodwell Laura Alcazar-Fuoli Justin Powlowski Laura Selan Jyl S. Matson Laurence Van Melderen Kai Hilpert Lee R Lynd Kalimuthusamy Natarajaseenivasan Leendert Hamoen Kan Wang Leiv Sigve Havarstein Karen Jakes Leo Eberl

Leo van Overbeek Les Dethlefsen Lesley Hoyles Liliana Rodriguez Lindsey N Shaw Lisa F Dawson Lisa Y Stein Lise Schreuder Liu Shuyu Lorena Tuchscherr Lothar H. Wieler Lotte Sogaard-Andersen Louis Sherman Lourdes Girard Ludmila Roze Luigina Cellini Luis A Actis Luis R Martinez Luiz E. Bermudez M Ilbert M. Esperanza Cerdán Maciek Antoniewicz Makoto Miyata Makoto Nishiyama Malini Rajagopalan Manfred Zinn Manish Mahawar Manuel Espinosa Marc Bramkamp Marc Solioz Marc Stevens Marcin Grabowicz Marco Bellinzoni Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino Marco Fraaije Marco J. van Belkum María Auxiliadora Prieto Maria Diez-Aguilar Maria Hadjifrangiskou Maria Jesus Garcia Maria Ribeiro Mariana Pinho Marie Nishimura Marija Cvijovic Mario Alberto Flores-Valdez Mario Jacques marjon hj wells-bennik Mark A Jepson Mark A Webber

Mark C. Herzberg Mark Chambers Mark E. Shirtliff Mark Eppinger Mark R. O'Brian Mark S. Paget Mark S. Thomas Mark van der Giezen Markus Schuppler Marta M Martin Martin Ekman Martin G Marinus Martin Günter Klotz Martin Hagemann Martin Keller Martin Lohr Martin S. Pavelka, Jr. Martin Warren Martin Welch Martine Bassilana Masaaki Iwaki Masaaki Wachi Masanobu Nakata Masayuki Igarashi Massimo Reverberi Mathew Upton Mathias Schmelcher Matteo Bonazzi Matthew Chapman Matthew J Wargo Max Mergeay Max Teplitski Melanie J Filiatrault Michael Mauel Michael Cashel Michael Duchene Michael F. Hynes Michael Freitag Michael Ginger Michael Hecker Michael J. Franklin Michael John Christensen Michael Kahn Michael L Vasil Michael L. Chikindas Michael Myre Michael Schurr Michael Summers Michael Wilkins

Michal Skruzny Michelle A O'Malley Michiko M Nakano Mickael Desvaux Miguel A Valvano Miguel Penalva Mikael Skurnik Mike Hornsey Milan Certik Milan Maric Milton A Typas Min-Kyu Oh Minna Männistö Miria Ricchetti Mitchell Singer Mitsuo Ogura Monica Gandia Monique Bolotin-Fukuhara Montserrat Elías-Arnanz Morten Kjos Motoki Takagi N. Louise Glass Nancy E Freitag Nancy I. Lopez Nancy Kleckner Nancy Wang Naotake Ogasawara Nat F Brown Natalia Battchikova Nathalie Norais Nathan Rigel Nathaniel Cady Natividad Ruiz NE Labrou Neil Fairweather Nicholas Jakubovics Nick Read Nicola Stanley-Wall Nicolaas de Groot Nicole Cotte-Pattat Nicole Frankenberg-Dinkel Nicole Kruh-Garcia Nir Keren Nora Ausmees Nuri Rodríguez-del Valle Odile Berge Ok Bin Kim Olivier Clermont Olivier Vincent

Oscar Quijada Pich Otto Holst Pablo Radicella Paloma Liras Paola Branduardi Paolo Landini Parul Vatsa Pat J. Blackall Patrice Courvalin Patricia Totten Patrick CY Woo Patrick Eichenberger Patrick Hallenbeck Patrick Van Dijck Paul D. Fey Paul Golby Paul Tudzynski Paul Wigley Paul Williams Paula O'Connor Paula Lima Gaspar Paula V. Morais Pauline D Scanlan Pavel Dibrov Pavla Krizova Penelope Higgs Per Ljungdahl Peter McGlynn Peter A. H. M. Bakker Peter A. Lund Peter Bron Peter Graumann Peter Lau Peter P Mullany Petra Dersch Petra Levin Philippe Gaudu Philippe H Noirot Philippe Mazodier Pierre Cornelis Pierre Golstein Pieter Stragier Pietro Buzzini Pilar Garcia Pina Fratamico Prasun K Mukherjee Pratik Datta Qijing Zhang Qingfang He

R. Gary Sawers Rachael Jayne Thomas Rachel Whitaker Rafael A Garduno Rafael Rivilla Ramon Diaz-Orejas Ramon Gonzalez Randall Basaraba Ray Borrow Raymond J. St. Leger Reinhard Kraemer Reinhold Brückner Reynald Gillet Richard A Holley Richard Daniel Richard Guerrant Rizlan Bernier-Latmani Robert A Kingsley Robert A Nicholas Robert Britton Robert D. Perry Robert G Quivey Robert Heinzen Robert J. C. McLean Robert K Poole Robert M. Q. Shanks Robert McFeeters Robert Niederman Robert P Ryan Robert Wilson W Jackson Roberta Fulthorpe Roberto Docamp Roberto Motterlini Robin May Rodney Welch Roger Dumke Roger Marchant Roger R. Lew Rosa Hermosa Roy Chaudhuri Roy Curtiss Ruanbao Zhou Rudi Knut Russell Karls Russell M. Paterson Ruth C Massey Rutilio Fratti Sam Abraham Sang Sun Yoon

Sanjai Saxena Sarah Anna Kuehne Sarah Lebeer Sarah Seneviratne Staniland Sascha Ott Saswati Biswas Scott A Rice Scott Gold Scott Samuels Scott Stibitz Sean Callahan Sean Crosson Seeichi Taguchi Seok Hoon Jeong Sergio Casas-Flores Sergio R Filipe Shabarinath Srikumar Sheng-Hua Ying Shigeki Ehira Shin-Ichi Aizawa Shin-ichi Miyoshi Shinichi Takaichi Shinji Tsuyumu Shinji Yamasaki Shouguang Jin Simon C. Andrews Simon Silver Sivaramesh Wigneshweraraj Skye Barendt Slade Jensen Smita Sachin Zinjarde Sneh Lata Panwar Song F Lee Sonja Oehmcke Sophie Octavia Sören Schubert Sourabh Dhingra Staffan Kjelleberg Stefania Spano Stefanie Mak Stephan Parche Stephen Bornemann Stephen D. Bentley Stephen Giovannoni Stephen P Diggle Steven D Bowden Steven J Geary Steven L Kelly Steven L Porter

Sujoy K Das Gupta Susan H Fisher Susan S. Golden Susanne Fetzner Susanne Zeilinger Susumu Okamoto Sven Hammarschmidt Sven Krappmann Svetlana Kamazolova Svetlana N Yurgel Sylvia Franke McDevitt Sylvie Dequin Sylvie Reverchon Tadao Hasegawa Taina Tyystjärvi Takashi Osanai Takeaki Tezuka Takeshi Hosaka Takeshi Zendo Tam Mignot Tânia A T Gomes Tapan K. Dutta Tatiana Kulakovskaya Teresa Thiel Teresa A Coutinho Teresa de Kievit Theodore C. White Therese Markow Thierry Clavel Thilo M Fuchs Thomas Brüser Thomas C Zahrt Thomas Candela Thomas Dandekar Thomas Loerger Thomas Lie Thomas Vorup-Jensen Thomas Wood Thorsten Mascher Tian Zhang Tige Rustad Tillmann Lueders Timo K Korhonen Timothy J Foster Timothy R Hoover Tina Lütke-Eversloh Tino Krell Tjakko Abee Tobias Tenenbaum

Todd Gray Todd Kitten Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama Tom Clarke Tony Michael Tor Lea Torsten Waldminghaus Tracy Raivio Trevor Charles Tsuey-Ching Yang Turgay Tekinay Turlough M Finan Ulysses Lins Ursula Bilitewski Ute Bertsche Uttam Babu Shrestha Uwe Bornscheuer Uwe H Stroeher Valerie Culotta Valerie R Abratt Valley Stewart Venkatesh Balan

Veronica Guariglia-Oropeza Victor de Lorenzo Vincent Fischetti Violaine Bonnefoy Virander Chauhan Vittorio Venturi Viveka Vadyvaloo Vladimir Farkas Vladimir Mrsa Vladimir Sentchilo Volkmar Passoth W. Edward Swords Waldemar Rymowicz Warish Ahmed Wayne Young Wiep Klaas Smits Wilf Mitchell Wilfried J.J. Meijer Willem van Schaik William Navarre William Shafer William Picking

William Shafer Winfried Boos Wolfgang Fischer Wolfgang Hess Wolfgang Knogge Wolfram Siede Won-Bo Shim Xudong Xu Yasutaro Fujita Yean-Sung Jung Yeong-Jae Seok Yoshimitsu Hamano Younes Smani Yuejin Hua Yuji Morita Yuri Churin Yuriy Knirel Zhen Cai Zhonghua Ma Zhongming Li