The holobiont concept extends a central organism to include the microbes in, on and around it. With this idea, it's no simple task determining where an organism ends and the outside world begins.

Virologists discuss the future of microbiology, highlighting the importance of vaccines, models and translational research to combat SARS-CoV-2 and emerging viruses.

The findings in peer-reviewed journals don’t always reflect the realities of research. A new journal welcomes important science, like null results and replication studies, from basic, applied and clinical microbiology.