MicrobialLife disseminates original research that advances understanding across diverse areas of microbiology, including fundamental microbial physiology, microbial ecology, molecular and genetic mechanisms at the basis of microbial life, and investigations addressing microbiological phenomena of practical relevance. The journal provides a scholarly forum for studies that elucidate core microbiological concepts, essential microbial functions, and foundational issues in general and applied microbiology.
MicrobialLife welcomes original and impactful contributions spanning the full breadth of microbiological research, encompassing both foundational investigations and studies with translational relevance. Areas of interest include primarily the following topics:

• Antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance
• Biodegradation and microbial-driven bioprocesses
• Environmental microbiology and ecosystem-level microbial processes
• Eukaryotic microbiology
• Evolutionary, comparative, and genomic microbiology
• Food-associated microbiology and microbial safety
• Geomicrobiology and microbe–mineral interactions
• Industrial and applied microbiology
• Medical, veterinary, and clinical microbiology
• Methodological and technological innovations advancing basic and applied microbiological research
• Microbial biotechnology and bioengineering
• Microbial ecology, population dynamics, and evolutionary processes
• Microbial genetics and molecular microbiology
• Microbial physiology and metabolism
• Microbiology of viruses, including ecological, evolutionary, public health, industrial, and biotechnological perspectives
• System microbiology

Interdisciplinary studies of fundamental problems are particularly welcome.
MicrobialLife publishes a variety of formats including Original Research Articles, Short Reports, Reviews, Perspectives, Commentaries, Meta-analyses and Opinions.