Scanning Electron Microscope image of cells of the bacteria Vibrio tasmaniensis KLE1213 (a close relative of Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera). The strain was cultured from intertidal sand grains from a beach in Nahant, MA, USA (image courtesy of the Lewis Lab at Northeastern University USA; image created by Anthony D’Onofrio, William H. Fowle, Eric J. Stewart and Kim Lewis and retrieved via Flickr; the image was modified by MIC). The cover is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.