About the Journal of Bacteriology

The Journal of Bacteriology, established in 1916, keeps pace with the times by advancing and disseminating fundamental knowledge of bacteria and other microorganisms. Articles report on developments in fast-moving areas, making the journal invaluable reading for busy researchers.

Sections include:

• Instructions to Authors (January issue)
  
• Guest Commentaries
• Dialog
• Minireviews
• Meeting Reviews
• Meeting Presentations
• Computational Biology
• Structural Biology
• Genomics and Proteomics
• Molecular Biology of Pathogens
• Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids
• Signal Transduction
• Microbial Communities and Interactions
• Gene Regulation
• Microbial Cell Biology
• Plant Microbiology
• Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Physiology and Metabolism
• Enzymes and Proteins
• Population Genetics and Evolution
• Genome Announcements

Twice monthly. 9,150 pages in 2008. Print ISSN: 0021-9193. Online ISSN: 1098-5530.

JB has an impact factor of 4.013 according to the Institute for Scientific Information's 2007 Journal Citation Reports. It is ranked #17 by impact factor out of 94 journals in the Microbiology category.

Indexed/Abstracted in: Agricola, BIOSIS, Chemical Abstracts, Current Contents, Index Medicus, EMBASE, Science Citation Index, and more.