Opinion

The Editors of Letters in Applied Microbiology will, at their discretion, publish invited and submitted ' Opinions ' on subjects in the general area of Applied Microbiology. They will not be subjected to the normal refereeing procedures and reprints will not be provided. The ' Opinions ' will not necessarily represent the views of the Society for Applied Bacteriology or of the Editors. The Editors may invite or readers may submit ' Responses ' to published ' Opinions ', provided that they are not merely polemics, and these will also be published at the discretion of the Editors. ' Responses ' will be treated precisely like ' Opinions '. They should clearly indicate, in their first sentence, the ' Opinion ' to which they are a response.