Vita Microbiology is a newly launched international open-access journal with the Vita brand, dedicated to publishing high-quality research across fundamental and applied microbiology within the broader life sciences landscape. The journal is published by Higher Education Press and hosted by the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The Editor-in-Chief is Prof. Zixin Deng, with Prof. Tiangang Liu serving as Executive Editor-in-Chief.