《微生物學(xué)波譜》發(fā)表受委托撰寫的評論文章，內(nèi)容涉及微生物學(xué)的十個領(lǐng)域:古菌;食品微生物學(xué);細菌遺傳學(xué)、細胞生物學(xué)和生理學(xué);臨床微生物學(xué);環(huán)境微生物學(xué)與生態(tài)學(xué);真核微生物;基因組學(xué)、計算學(xué)和合成微生物學(xué);免疫學(xué);發(fā)病機理;和病毒學(xué)。評審是相互關(guān)聯(lián)的，每個評審都鏈接到其他相關(guān)內(nèi)容。一個大型的微生物學(xué)光譜編輯委員會幫助開發(fā)潛在評論的主題，并確定一個或多個編輯，誰負責(zé)管理每個收集。文章由各個領(lǐng)域的主要研究人員撰寫并進行同行評審。雖然評審是委托進行的，微生物學(xué)光譜不接受非應(yīng)邀的文章，但歡迎提出專題意見建議。微生物學(xué)光譜在PubMed、Scopus、新興資源引文索引(Web of Science)、CAS、AGRICOLA以及CAB摘要和全球健康數(shù)據(jù)庫中都有索引。

Microbiology Spectrum publishes commissioned review articles on topics in microbiology representing ten content areas: Archaea; Food Microbiology; Bacterial Genetics, Cell Biology, and Physiology; Clinical Microbiology; Environmental Microbiology and Ecology; Eukaryotic Microbes; Genomics, Computational, and Synthetic Microbiology; Immunology; Pathogenesis; and Virology. Reviews are interrelated, with each review linking to other related content. A large board of Microbiology Spectrum editors aids in the development of topics for potential reviews and in the identification of an editor, or editors, who shepherd each collection. Articles are written and peer-reviewed by leading researchers in each field. Although the reviews are commissioned and Microbiology Spectrum does not accept unsolicited articles, topical idea suggestions are welcomed. Microbiology Spectrum is indexed in PubMed, Scopus, Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science), CAS, AGRICOLA, and the CAB Abstracts and Global Health database.