微生物是地球上最豐富的生命體，對地球上生命的方方面面都至關重要。無論是細菌、病毒、古細菌還是真核生物，微生物都會影響它們所居住的每一個生態位的動態和功能，包括宿主相關的生態位和環境生態位。它們的無所不在，再加上它們多樣的代謝體系，意味著它們的活動對于規模巨大的變化過程至關重要:從驅動全球元素生物地球化學循環，到調節單個細胞的功能。自然微生物學對微生物的各個方面都很感興趣，無論是微生物的進化、生理還是細胞生物學;與宿主或環境的相互作用;或者他們的社會意義。《自然微生物學》為所有對微生物感興趣的研究人員和決策者提供了一個場所，他們可以在這里共同了解該領域最成功和最重要的進展，并討論當前的熱點問題。作為一份僅供在線閱讀的月刊，我們廣泛的研究范圍確保了所發表的研究成果能夠接觸到盡可能多的微生物學家。與所有的自然品牌雜志一樣，《自然微生物學》的特點是擁有一支專業的編輯團隊、公平嚴謹的同行評審流程、高標準的編輯和生產、快速出版和編輯獨立性。除了發表原創研究，《自然微生物學》還將發表與微生物相關的各個學科的評論、評論、新聞和觀點、特征以及通信。

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