Originally founded as the "Annales de l'Institut Pasteur", Research in Microbiology has been a leading source of up-to-date information in the field of microbiology for more than a century. It publishes papers based on original research in fundamental and applied biology of bacteria, archaea and lower eukaryotes. It covers all aspects of the microbial taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology, physiology and metabolism, molecular genetics and genomics, as well as the interactions between microbes and interactions of microbes with their environment. Research in Microbiology currently publishes 10 issues a year, including an annual Forum issue, original articles, reviews, and letters to the Editor.

一個(gè)多世紀(jì)以來，微生物學(xué)研究一直是微生物學(xué)領(lǐng)域最新信息的主要來源。它發(fā)表的論文基于細(xì)菌、古生菌和低等真核生物的基礎(chǔ)和應(yīng)用生物學(xué)的原始研究。它涵蓋了微生物分類學(xué)、系統(tǒng)學(xué)、生態(tài)學(xué)、生理學(xué)和代謝學(xué)、分子遺傳學(xué)和基因組學(xué)的所有方面，以及微生物之間的相互作用和微生物與環(huán)境的相互作用。《微生物學(xué)研究》目前每年出版10期，包括每年一期的論壇、原創(chuàng)文章、評論和給編輯的信。