The Microbe
Last updated ISSN 2950-1946
The Microbe is published by Elsevier BV in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is open access. The article processing charge is $2,150.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Microbe concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Gut microbiota and health
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2950-1946 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $2,150 |
| Indexed in | DOAJ |
| Articles published | 790 |
| Publishing since | 2023 |
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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