DeLong Edward F
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.e-mail:
Nat Rev Microbiol. 2007 Oct;5(10):755-7. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro1762.
Marine microbiology is a vital area of biological research that has important implications for the environment, climate change, ecology and biotechnology. Here, Edward DeLong discusses the selection of articles in this Focus issue, in the context of the challenges and opportunities that face microbial oceanographers today.
海洋微生物学是生物学研究的一个重要领域，对环境、气候变化、生态学和生物技术都有着重要影响。在此，爱德华·德龙在当今微生物海洋学家所面临的挑战与机遇的背景下，讨论了本期专题文章的选编情况。
