BMC Microbiology
Last updated ISSN 1471-2180
BMC Microbiology is published by BioMed Central in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is open access. The article processing charge is $2,990.
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What it publishes
Recent work in BMC Microbiology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Gut microbiota and health
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Escherichia coli research studies
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
Key facts
| Publisher | BioMed Central |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1471-2180 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $2,990 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 7,768 |
| Publishing since | 1887 |
| Journal website | bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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