Ying Zhang  Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Jian Chen  Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China

Zixin Deng  Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Rongxiang Fang  Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Patrick Forterre  Institut Pasteur, Bourg La Reine, France

Li Huang  Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Nianzhi Jiao  Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Derek R. Lovley  University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

Feng Shao  National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China

Qirong Shen  Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

James Tiedje  Michigan State University, Michigan, USA

Jianguo Xu  National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing, China

Xian-En Zhang  Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Guoping Zhao  CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai, China

Yong-Guan Zhu  Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, China

Ikuro Abe  The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Ivan Berg  University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Ye Deng  Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Hailiang Dong  China University of Geosciences-Beijing, Beijing, China

Gustavo H. Goldman  Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Chenli Liu  Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China

Frank E. Löffler  University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

Zhao-Qing Luo  The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

Michael J. Smanski  University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, USA

Fengzhu Sun  University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Yi-Wei Tang  Danaher Diagnostic Platform, New York, USA

Chuanwu Xi  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Hua Xiang  Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Jian Xu  Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess Technology, CAS, Qingdao, China

Jianping Xu McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Yunfeng Yang  Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Cheng-Cai Zhang  Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China

Lianhui Zhang  South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Fangjie Zhao  Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Fangqing Zhao  Beijing Institutes of Life Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Liping Zhao  Rutgers University, Princeton, USA

Ning-Yi Zhou Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Linquan Bai  Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Yang Bai  Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, Beijing, China

Kristian Koefoed Brandt  University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Lei Cai  Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Yihua Chen  Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Shi Chen  Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Tao Dong  Southern University of Science and Technology, Shengzhen, China

Li-Lin Du  National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China

Wenbin Du  Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Deyin Guo  Guangzhou Laboratory, Guangzhou, China

Qiang He  University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

Yongqun He  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Zhili He  Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai, China

Wei Huang  University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Fan Jin  Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China

Zhaosheng Kong  Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Eugene V. Koonin  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

Mart Krupovic  Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Maggie C.Y. Lau Vetter  Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, CAS, Sanya, China

Meng Li  Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China

Wen-Jun Li  Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Ruoyu Li  Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China

Hongwei Liu  Institute of Microbiology, CAS, Beijing, China

Shuang-Jiang Liu  Shandong University, Qingdao, China

Ji-Long Liu  ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China

Yang-Yu Liu  Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Huiqiang Lou  China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Juncai Ma  Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Guoliang Qian  Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Zhongjun Qin  CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai, China

Robert A. Sanford  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA

Philippe J. Sansonetti S  Shanghai Institute of Immunity and Infection, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Brajesh K. Singh  Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia

Chaomin Sun  Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China

Vittorio Venturi  International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy

Fengping Wang  Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Qinhong Wang  Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China

Linqi Wang  Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Jue D. Wang  University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA

Xiaoxue Wang  South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

William B. Whitman  University of Georgia, Athens, USA

Bian Wu  Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Xiao-Lei Wu  Peking University, Beijing, China

Ping Xu  Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Liang Yang  Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China

Huimin Zhao  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA

Yu-Zhong Zhang  Shandong University, Qingdao, China

Sang Sun Yoon  Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea