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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">In light of the effects of the pandemic-related recession on public finances affecting universities and research bodies,
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Open Access rates</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://comms.microbiologysociety.org/t/5PSO-1X5N-N55E0-10TV6-1/c.aspx"><span style="color:#333333">Publish and Read</span></a>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://comms.microbiologysociety.org/t/5PSO-1X5N-N55E0-10TV7-1/c.aspx"><span style="color:#333333">Article Processing Charges (APC)</span></a>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://comms.microbiologysociety.org/t/5PSO-1X5N-N55E0-10TV8-1/c.aspx"><b><span style="color:#333333">Subscription rates</span></b></a>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Tier structure remains unchanged -
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<span style="color:#333333">find out more</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">As we navigate a changing landscape for the university, library and research, science and medical sectors, all feeling the societal and financial effects of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic;
the Society’s decision in April 2020, to temporarily drop the paywall in front of all of its content, has been reviewed. Except for articles in the
<a href="https://comms.microbiologysociety.org/t/5PSO-1X5N-N55E0-10TVA-1/c.aspx">
<span style="color:#333333">COVID-19 collection</span></a>, which shall remain openly accessible until further notice, we will re-establish the paywall from 1 September at the start of the renewal season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D">Best wishes,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-wrap: break-word;word-break:break-word"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D">The Journal Sales and Customer Services Team</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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