Microbiology has been at the forefront of many people’s minds during February as the new coronavirus outbreak is tracked on a global scale with major efforts to control its spread. Daily updates on infection numbers, transmission rates, genome sequences and efforts to develop rapid diagnostics and a vac- cine are keeping our field in the news. However, despite the unprecedented gathering and sharing of knowledge, stopping the spread of the virus still seems almost impossible in our global 21st- century world. You can keep up to date with news from the Microbiology Society (@MicrobioSoc) or follow leg- endary US microbiologist Richard Lenski’s (@RELenski) blog (https:// telliamedrevisited. wordpress. com/).
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