Society for General Microbiology
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The '''Society for General Microbiology''' ('''SGM''') is a scientific organisation based in the [[United Kingdom]] but with members in more than 60 countries. With approximately 5000 members, it is the largest microbiological society in [[Europe]]. Interests of its members include basic and applied aspects of [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], [[rickettsia]]e, [[mycoplasma]], [[fungus|fungi]], [[algae]] and [[protozoa]], and all other aspects of [[microbiology]]. Its headquarters are near [[Reading, Berkshire]]. The society's executive secretary is Dr Ron Fraser.
==History==
The society was founded on [[16 February]] [[1945]]; its first president was [[Alexander Fleming|Sir Alexander Fleming]].<ref name="SGM_history">[http://www.socgenmicrobiol.org.uk/about/history.cfm About SGM: History: A Short History of the SGM]</ref><ref name="Postgate_TIM">Postgate, J. (1995) Fifty years of the SGM. ''Trends Microbiol.'' 3: 249–250</ref> The SGM's first academic meeting was in July of that year,<ref name="SGM_history" /> and its first journal, the ''Journal of General Microbiology'' (later renamed ''Microbiology'') came out in 1947.<ref name="SGM_history" /><ref name="Postgate_TIM" /> A symposium series followed in 1949, and a sister journal, the ''Journal of General Virology'', in 1967.<ref name="Postgate_TIM" /> The society purchased its own headquarters in Reading in 1971, after sharing accommodation with the [[Biochemical Society]] in [[London]], moving to its present location just outside Reading in 1991.<ref name="SGM_history" />
The SGM's stable of journals later increased to four, with the acquisitions of the ''International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology'' (later renamed ''International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology'') from the [[American Society for Microbiology]] (1998) and the ''Journal of Medical Microbiology'' from the [[Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland]] (2001–4).<ref name="SGM_history" />
==Activities==
The SGM currently organises two academic meetings a year. It publishes a magazine, ''Microbiology Today'' (formerly ''SGM Quarterly''),<ref name="SGM_history" /> and four academic journals in virology and microbiology:
*''[[International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology]]''
*''[[Journal of General Virology]]''
*''[[Journal of Medical Microbiology]]''
*''[[Microbiology (journal)|Microbiology]]''
==References==
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==Further reading==
*Postgate, J (1995) ''Society for General Microbiology – Fifty Years On'', Society for General Microbiology
== External links ==
* [http://www.socgenmicrobiol.org.uk/ Society for General Microbiology website]
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