Use social media, talks, blogs and podcasts to raise awareness about antimicrobial resistance and push for wider access to life-saving phage treatments, writes Sabrina Green.

Correction to: Nature Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-01969-x, published online 26 March 2025.

Mathematical models can distil complex systems into their key components, posit theories that spark experimental research and forecast future events. We discuss the power of models to address pressing issues related to microbiology and our editorial perspective on this fast-evolving discipline.

Correction to: Nature Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-01961-5, published online 17 March 2025.

Correction to: Nature Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-01937-5, published online 19 February 2025.

It is increasingly clear that microplastic pollution can be detrimental to human, animal and environmental health. More research is needed to determine if and how our microbial partners are also negatively impacted, and what this means for host and ecosystem health.

Correction to: Nature Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01918-0, published online 4 February 2025.

Correction to: Nature Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01820-9, published online 22 October 2024.

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