Journal of & Letters in Applied Microbiology are two of the flagship research journals of the Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM). For more than 75 years they have been publishing top quality research and reviews in the broad field of applied microbiology. The journals are provided to all SfAM members as well as having a global online readership totalling more than 500,000 downloads per year in more than 200 countries. Submitting authors can expect fast decision and publication times, averaging 33 days to first decision and 34 days from acceptance to online publication. There are no page charges.
Journal of Applied Microbiology publishes high quality full-length research and review papers on novel aspects of applied microbiology in relation to agriculture and soils, animals and animal health, biodefence, biotransformation, biodegradation and bioremediation, biotechnology (except where the principal thrust of the work is optimization), environment, food and beverages, medicine and public health, mycology (except where work is concerned with the macro-fungi), pharmacy, plants and plant health, probiotics and the intestine and water of all types.

Papers reporting work on all micro-organisms, including viruses, are welcomed as are those reporting the use of newer technologies and approaches provided they demonstrate new findings of significance to the field as a whole.