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    Microbes have significant potential to improve environmental health - they can degrade persistent pollutants, convert waste into less harmful substances, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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    2025 marks 200 years since the birth of Henry Walter Bates, who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in butterflies.

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    The gut microbiome plays a crucial role in cancer development and progression, by influencing the host immune system and metabolism.

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    Detailed method reporting is essential for research reproducibility and trust in published results.

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    Nature Reviews Microbiology is 20! To celebrate this milestone, we have curated a special 20th Anniversary Collection.

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    The year 2023 marks the mid-point of the 15-year period envisaged to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, targets for global development adopted in September 2015 by all United Nations Member States.

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    Selected, recent articles from across the Nature Portfolio that document the recent progress in understanding the biology of EV-mediated cell–cell communication and advances in clinical translation of EVs.

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    Plastic is ubiquitous in our lives and the environment.

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    Following the recent declaration from the World Health Organization that the ongoing monkeypox (now named mpox) outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the editorial teams at Nature Portfolio have curated a collection of relevant articles.

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    The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has led to substantial disease and millions of deaths worldwide, with devastating socio-economic impacts. This Series contains articles from Nature Reviews Microbiology that explore the basic biology, epidemiology, emergence, evolution and pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 and pathogenic coronaviruses, as well as options for the control and prevention of COVID-19.

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