微生物是地球上最丰富的生命体，对地球上生命的方方面面都至关重要。无论是细菌、病毒、古细菌还是真核生物，微生物都会影响它们所居住的每一个生态位的动态和功能，包括宿主相关的生态位和环境生态位。它们的无所不在，再加上它们多样的代谢体系，意味着它们的活动对于规模巨大的变化过程至关重要:从驱动全球元素生物地球化学循环，到调节单个细胞的功能。自然微生物学对微生物的各个方面都很感兴趣，无论是微生物的进化、生理还是细胞生物学;与宿主或环境的相互作用;或者他们的社会意义。《自然微生物学》为所有对微生物感兴趣的研究人员和决策者提供了一个场所，他们可以在这里共同了解该领域最成功和最重要的进展，并讨论当前的热点问题。作为一份仅供在线阅读的月刊，我们广泛的研究范围确保了所发表的研究成果能够接触到尽可能多的微生物学家。与所有的自然品牌杂志一样，《自然微生物学》的特点是拥有一支专业的编辑团队、公平严谨的同行评审流程、高标准的编辑和生产、快速出版和编辑独立性。除了发表原创研究，《自然微生物学》还将发表与微生物相关的各个学科的评论、评论、新闻和观点、特征以及通信。
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