Welcome to the Bacteria Division

History

A group of SIP members interested in the formation of a Division of Bacteriology met at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology held at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, in 1995. Brian Federici, USA, was selected to draft the By-Laws for the Division and, following a sollicitation published in the SIP Newsletter, 130 SIP members signed up as "charter" members of the Division

Initially named Division of Bacteriology, the Bacteria Division was formally established at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the SIP in Cordoba, Spain. Its By-Laws were approved at the Annual Meeting of the SIP which took place in Banff, Alberta, Canada in 1997.

The initial officers of the Division were André Klier, France (Chair), Barbara Knowles,UK (Chair-Elect), who resigned owing to other responsibilities and was replaced by David Ellar, UK, William Moar, USA (Secretary/Treasurer), Elizabeth Davidson, USA and Susan MacIntosh, USA (both Members-at-large).