From the Editors

December 2016 cover

Going with the flow. Image by Hannes Peter. Cover design by Samantha Whitham

Hydraulic conditions result in selective taxonomic pressures determining the formation of biofilm or aggregate communities in experimental fluvial systems.

Refers to "Attached biofilms and suspended aggregates are distinct microbial lifestyles emanating from differing hydraulics" by Niederdorfer et al.

Nature Microbiology, 1: 16178 (2016)