应用与环境微生物学?(AEM)发表的研究成果，对应用微生物研究、基础微生物生态学研究以及具有实用价值的微生物主题的遗传和分子研究做出了重大贡献。
Applied and Environmental Microbiology? (AEM) publishes study results that make significant contributions to applied microbial research, basic microbial ecology research, and genetic and molecular investigations of microbial topics of practical value.