The Journal of Microbiological Methods publishes original articles, notes and review articles on novel and/or state-of-the-art methods as well as significant improvements to existing methods. Interesting applications of current methods will also be published. All aspects of microbiology excluding virology are covered. These include analytical microbiology, biotechnology, biochemical microbiolgy, clinical microbiology, computer applications as applied to microbiology research, diagnostics (including PCR, fingerprinting and typing), environmental microbiology, food, genomics, proteomics, ground water microbiology, infectious diseases, microbial ecology, microbial genetics, microbial pathogenesis and immunology, microbial physiology, microbial ultrastructure, molecular microbiology, mycology, parasitology, plant-microbe interactions, public health, rumen microbiology, and veterinary microbiology.