Aims and scope
Discover Bacteria is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal that supports multidisciplinary research and policy developments across all fields relevant to bacteriology. The journal aims to be a resource for researchers, policy makers and the general public for recent advances in bacteriology, and its uses in research development and society. As a fully open access journal, we ensure that our research is highly discoverable and instantly available globally to everyone. The journal particularly welcomes work that aims to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially Life on Land; Zero Hunger; Good Health and Well-Being.
Topics
Topics welcomed at Discover Bacteria include but are not limited to the following:
- Bacterial Genomics
- Bacterial Evolution
- Bacterial Physiology
- Systems Biology of Bacteria
- Bacterial Adaptation and Development
- Bacterial Structural Biology
- Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immune Evasion
- Bacterial Metabolism
- Bacterial Transformation and Transcription
- Bacterial Secretion and Toxins
- Bacterial Ecology
- Antibacterial Drugs and Antibiotics
- Probiotics and Antibacterial Peptides
- Bacteriophages
- Bacteria in Diverse Environments
- Bacterial Applications
Content types
Discover Bacteria welcomes full-length Research articles as well as Brief Communications of empirical findings, Reviews, Perspectives, Comments, Case Studies, Registered Reports, and Data Notes from across the full range of disciplines concerned with bacteriology. The journal also publishes guest-edited Topical Collections of relevance to all aspects of bacteriology. For more information, please follow up with our journal publishing contact.