# MBio

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{{Short description|Scientific journal of microbiology}}
{{Lowercase title|italic=yes}}
{{Infobox journal
| italic title = no
| title = mBio
| cover = 
| former_name = 
| abbreviation = mBio
| discipline = [Microbiology](/source/Microbiology)
| editor = Marvin Whiteley
| publisher = [American Society for Microbiology](/source/American_Society_for_Microbiology) in association with the [American Academy of Microbiology](/source/American_Society_for_Microbiology)
| country = 
| history = 2010–present
| frequency = Bimonthly
| openaccess = Yes
| license = [CC-BY 4.0](/source/CC-BY_4.0)
| impact = 4.7
| impact-year = 2024
| ISSN = 
| eISSN = 2150-7511
| CODEN = MBIOCL
| JSTOR = 
| LCCN = 2011205834
| OCLC = 969766323
| website = http://mbio.asm.org/
| link1 = http://mbio.asm.org/content/current
| link1-name = Online access
| link2 = http://mbio.asm.org/content/by/year
| link2-name = Online archive
}}
'''''mBio''''' is a bimonthly [peer-reviewed](/source/peer-reviewed) [open access](/source/open_access) [scientific journal](/source/scientific_journal) published by the [American Society for Microbiology](/source/American_Society_for_Microbiology) in association with the [American Academy of Microbiology](/source/American_Society_for_Microbiology). It covers all aspects of the [microbiological sciences](/source/Microbiology), including [virology](/source/virology), [bacteriology](/source/bacteriology), [parasitology](/source/parasitology), [mycology](/source/mycology), and allied fields. 

The journal was established in 2010 with [Arturo Casadevall](/source/Arturo_Casadevall) as founding [editor-in-chief](/source/editor-in-chief).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mbio.asm.org/site/misc/profile_casadevall.xhtml |title=mBio Founding Editor in Chief professional profile |publisher=American Society for Microbiology |accessdate=2010-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002165706/http://mbio.asm.org/site/misc/profile_casadevall.xhtml |archive-date=2011-10-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of 2025, the editor-in-chief is Marvin Whiteley (Georgia Institute of Technology). <ref>{{Cite web |title=The American Society for Microbiology Announces New Editors in Chief |url=https://asm.org/press-releases/2025/february/asm-announces-new-editors-in-chief |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=ASM.org |language=en}}</ref>

==Abstracting and indexing==
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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* [BIOSIS Previews](/source/BIOSIS_Previews)<ref name=ISI>{{cite web |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=[Clarivate Analytics](/source/Clarivate_Analytics) |work=Intellectual Property & Science |accessdate=2017-04-15 |archive-date=2017-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926150543/http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [Chemical Abstracts Service](/source/Chemical_Abstracts_Service)<ref name=CASSI>{{cite web|url=http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160515120119/http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-05-15 |title=CAS Source Index |publisher=[American Chemical Society](/source/American_Chemical_Society) |work=[Chemical Abstracts Service](/source/Chemical_Abstracts_Service) |accessdate=2017-04-15 }}</ref>
* [Index Medicus](/source/Index_Medicus)/[MEDLINE](/source/MEDLINE)/[PubMed](/source/PubMed)<ref name=MEDLINE>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101519231 |title=mBio |work=NLM Catalog |publisher=[National Center for Biotechnology Information](/source/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information) |accessdate=2017-04-15}}</ref>
* [ProQuest databases](/source/ProQuest)
* [Science Citation Index Expanded](/source/Science_Citation_Index_Expanded)<ref name=ISI/>
* [Scopus](/source/Scopus)<ref name=Scopus>{{cite web |url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/19700188403 |title=Source details: mBio |publisher=[Elsevier](/source/Elsevier) |work=Scopus preview |accessdate=2017-04-15}}</ref>
}}
According to the ''[Journal Citation Reports](/source/Journal_Citation_Reports)'', the journal has a 2024 [impact factor](/source/impact_factor) of 4.7.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2025 |chapter=mBio |title=[2024 Journal Citation Reports](/source/Journal_Citation_Reports) |publisher=[Clarivate](/source/Clarivate) |edition=Science |via=[Web of Science](/source/Web_of_Science)}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://mbio.asm.org/}}

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Category:Microbiology journals
Category:Academic journals established in 2010
Category:Bimonthly journals
Category:English-language journals
Category:American Society for Microbiology academic journals

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