應用微生物學和生物技術主要研究原核或真核細胞、相關酶和蛋白質;應用遺傳學和分子生物技術;基因組學和蛋白質組學;應用微生物和細胞生理學;環境生物技術;過程和產品等等。該雜志歡迎新產品、新工藝和新技術的長篇論文和小型評論。

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology focusses on prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells, relevant enzymes and proteins; applied genetics and molecular biotechnology; genomics and proteomics; applied microbial and cell physiology; environmental biotechnology; process and products and more. The journal welcomes full-length papers and mini-reviews of new and emerging products, processes and technologies.