Journal of Bacteriology

*Journal of Bacteriology*
Discipline	Microbiology
Language	English
Edited by	George A. O'Toole Jr.
Publication details
History	1916–present
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology (United States)
Frequency	Monthly
Open access	Delayed, after 6 months; Hybrid
Impact factor	2.7 (2023)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	J. Bacteriol.
Indexing;
CODEN	JOBAAY
ISSN	0021-9193 (print); 1098-5530 (web);
LCCN	sg16000091
OCLC no.	474775920
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access; Online archive;

The Journal of Bacteriology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1916. It is published by the American Society for Microbiology and the editor in chief is George A. O'Toole Jr. (Dartmouth College). The journal is delayed open access: content is available for free at the journal's website and at PubMed Central after a six-month embargo. The journal is also hybrid open access allowing authors to pay an article processing fee for their articles to be available for free immediately.