Journal of Bacteriology

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The Journal of Bacteriology is an academic journal published by the American Society for Microbiology. The title is commonly abbreviated J. Bacteriol. and the ISSN is 0021-9193 for the print version, and 1098-5530 for the electronic version. The impact factor for the year 2006 was 3.993. Common Journal of Bacteriology sections include:

Guest Commentaries
Dialog
Minireviews
Meeting Reviews
Meeting Presentations
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

The Journal of Bacteriology is a broad-based periodical, established in 1916. It advances and disseminate fundamental knowledge of bacteria and other microorganisms. In 2006 it ranked 16th among 88 journals in the Microbiology category of the 2006 Journal Citation Reports, but excluding review-only journals, J. Bacteriol. ranks 7th among original research journals in the filed of Microbiology (After Clin. Infect. Dis. 6.186, Plos. Path. 6.056, Mol. Micro. 5.634, Cell Microbiol. 5.07, Environ. Microbiol. 4.630, Antimicrob. Agents Chemoth. 4.153)