2^nd International Congress on Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases (Bacteriology-2014) was held during November 17-19, 2014 at Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Chicago-North Shore, USA. The conference was marked with the attendance of Editorial Board Members of supported OMICS Group Journals, Scientists, young and brilliant researchers, business delegates and talented student communities representing more than 25 countries, who made this conference fruitful and productive.

This conference was based on the theme “Current concepts and diagnosis in bacteriology” which included the following scientific tracks:  

• Bacterial Pathogenesis, Virulence & Countermeasures
• News in Bacterial Structure, Morphology & Metabolism
• Natural Microbial Defenses & Host Immunity
• Plant-Microbe Symbiosis & Pathology
• Multi-Pathogen Infections & Post-Infection Sequelea
• Epidemiology, Emerging Infectious Diseases & Public Response Planning
• Medical Microbiology - From Benchtop to Clinic
• Animal Modeling and Veterinary Bacteriology
• Advances in Antimicrobials, Vaccines & Therapeutics
• Microbial Genomics, Systems Biology and Bioinformatics
• Industrial and Applied Bacteriology

Bacteriology-2014 is moderated by Dr. Gregory A. Buck from Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

We are thankful to our below Honourable guests and Keynote Speakers for their generous support and suggestions.

• Michael Y. Galperin– National Center for Biotechnology Information, USA
• Ed T Buurman - AstraZeneca, USA
• Massimo Cecaro - EIC, National Councilor of Italian Medical Press, Italy
• Stephen Hanessian - University of Montreal, Canada
• Marcelo E. Tolmasky - California State University Fullerton, USA
• Akira Kaji - University of Pennsylvania, USA

The conference proceedings were carried out through various Scientific-sessions and plenary lectures, of which the following topics were highlighted as Keynote-presentations:

·         Diversity of the Human Vaginal Microbiome:  Gregory A. Buck, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

·         Functional annotation of bacterial genomes one COG at a time: Michael Y. Galperin– National Center for Biotechnology Information, USA

• Negamycin induces translational stalling and miscoding by binding to the small subunit head domain of the Escherichia coli ribosome: Ed T Buurman - AstraZeneca, USA
• Emerging infectious diseases: Anthropozoonoses and global change: Massimo Cecaro - EIC, National Councilor of Italian Medical Press, Italy
• RNA binding molecules: Structure, function and synthesis: Stephen Hanessian - University of Montreal, Canada
• Multidrug resistant bacterial pathogens: the need for action: Marcelo E. Tolmasky - California State University Fullerton, USA
• Ribosome recycling in prokaryotes and eukaryotes: Akira Kaji - University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Various sessions were chaired and co chaired by: Phillip E. Klebba, Kansas State University, USA,    Abu Salim Mustafa, Kuwait University, Kuwait; Kei Amemiya, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, USA, Joyce A. Sutcliffe, Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, USA; Thea Sesardic, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, UK, Kwang Poo Chang, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, USA; Eric T. Harvill, Penn State University, USA, Wanda C. Reygaert, Oakland University, USA

·         Poster Session was judged by Michael Y. Galperin– National Center for Biotechnology Information, USA  and Ilaria Ferlenghi, Novartis Vaccines Research Centre, Italy

OMICS Group has taken the privilege of felicitating Bacteriology-2014 Organizing Committee, Editorial Board Members and Keynote Speakers who supported for the success of this event.

The esteemed guests, Keynote speakers, well-known researchers and delegates shared their innovative research and vast experience through their fabulous presentations at the podium of grand Bacteriology-2014. We are glad to inform that all accepted abstracts for the conference have been published in OMICS Group Journal of Bacteriology and Parasitology as a special issue.

We are also obliged to various delegate experts, company representatives and other eminent personalities who supported the conference by facilitating active discussion forums. We sincerely thank the Organizing Committee Members for their gracious presence, support, and assistance. With the unique feedback from the conference, OMICS Group would like to announce the commencement of the “3^rd International Conference on Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases" to be held August 4-6, 2015 at Melia Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Let us meet Again @ Bacteriology-2015