Journal of Bacteriology
Last updated ISSN 0021-9193
Journal of Bacteriology is published by American Society for Microbiology in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Bacteriology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Enzyme Structure and Function
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Key facts
| Publisher | American Society for Microbiology |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0021-9193, 1067-8832, 1098-5530 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 55,338 |
| Publishing since | 1883 |
| Journal website | jb.asm.org/ |
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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