International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation《国际生物腐蚀与生物降解》(一年10期). International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation publishes original research papers and reviews on the biological causes of deterioration or degradation. Papers on all aspects of cause, mode of action, treatment, protection and prevention, analysis and testing, detoxification, upgrading, commercial implications, biocides and substitutes and related areas are welcome. However, papers that are strictly related to engineering aspects of biotechnological processes and those that aim at developing or assessing mathematical-based predictive models used in the designing of biotechnological processes are excluded.