Van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics, awarded by the University of Queensland

The Senate of the University of Queensland on the recommendation of the International Committee for Systematics of Prokaryotes is pleased to present the Van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2006–2008 to Professor Matthew David Collins in recognition of the contributions made to the field of bacterial systematics. The award, established by Professor V. B. D. Skerman of the University of Queensland, honours the contribution of scholarship in the field of microbiology of Professor Cornelis Bernardus van Niel.