Nature Reviews Microbiology

Nature Reviews Microbiology

http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/

Publisher: Nature Publishing Group

The advent of new technologies and growing recognition of the enormous
degree of microbial diversity has revolutionized our understanding of
microbiology as a discipline. Microbiology is moving into a new era that
focuses less on specific organisms and more on the processes and mechanisms
that link them. 

Nature Reviews Microbiology will embrace this new era by encompassing the
discipline in its broadest sense. We will take an integrated approach to
microbiology, bridging fundamental research and its clinical, industrial and
environmental applications to create a single information resource for all
who share an interest in microbial life.

Nature Reviews Microbiology will publish the highest-quality reviews and
perspectives highlighting important developments in our understanding of
bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoan parasites, their interaction with
their environments, how these organisms are harnessed in human endeavour and
their impact on society.

Also featured will be timely summaries of significant published papers and
exciting new findings, as well as updates on the latest advances in
fast-moving areas, including microbial genomics. In line with our ongoing
ambition to overcome the traditional barriers between bacteriology,
virology, mycology and parasitology, articles will be tailored to appeal to
microbiologists of every persuasion and at every level.

The scope of the journal will encompass, but will not be limited to, the
following fields pertaining to bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoan
parasites:

    * Biochemistry, physiology and molecular biology
    * Genetics and genomics
    * Ecology, evolution and biodiversity
    * Cellular microbiology
    * Environmental microbiology
    * Pathogenesis and host defence
    * Clinical and diagnostic microbiology
    * Infectious diseases
    * Antimicrobial therapies and vaccines
    * Epidemiology and public health microbiology
    * Applied and industrial microbiology
    * Microbiology education
    * Microbiology and society.
 
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Current Issue:  July 2004 Vol 2 No 7
 
Date: 29 June 2004