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    Influenza pandemics occur with some frequency, as indicated by the recent outbreak of swine flu (influenza A (H1N1)). Learn more about influenza, previous 'flu pandemics, preventative measures against 'flu and how the spread of disease can be modelled and possibly predicted with these selected Nature Reviews MicrobiologyandNature Reviews Geneticsarticles.

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    Microbial symbioses include beneficial, harmful and neutral relationships and are important in animal and plant health, immunity and disease and in ecology and the environment. This special Focus issue highlights exciting advances in our understanding of partnerships between organisms and their environments.

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    In the past decade, global climate change has come to the forefront of the political and social agenda owing to the growing realization that the Earth's resources are being used in an unsustainable fashion. To highlight the central role of microbial processes in sustainable development, Nature Reviews MicrobiologyandThe ISME Journalpresent a specially commissioned set of articles that highlight the importance of microorganisms in climatic processes and research the generation of new energy sources.

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    Systems microbiology aims to integrate basic biological information with genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, glycomics, proteomics and other data to create an integrated model of how a microbial cell or community functions. Microorganisms are ideal for systems biology studies because they are easy to manipulate and have crucial roles in the biosphere and human health. This series examines some of the latest developments in this fast-moving field.

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    In the past decade marine microbiology has emerged as an important and dynamic discipline. To mark the significant progress enjoyed by this exciting field, Nature Reviews Microbiologyhas specially commissioned a collection of articles that highlight the latest advances and how they are leading to a new understanding of biodiversity, ecology and biogeochemistry.

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    Vaccines are among the most useful and cost-effective tools for reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with infectious diseases. This special Focus issue highlights some of the latest progress in vaccine development and the pitfalls that have been encountered along the way.

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    In recent years, it has become increasingly evident that HGT is central to microbial activities that influence both our health and the environment - it is also clear that the exploitation of HGT holds great promise as an instrument for their improvement.

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    Metagenomics is based on the genomic analysis of microbial DNA that is extracted directly from communities in environmental samples.Metagenomics could also unlock the massive uncultured microbial diversity present in the environment to provide new molecules for therapeutic and biotechnological applications.