Cover photograph (Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.): Transmission electron micrograph of the telomeric temperate phage found in the pandemic strain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in southern Chile. Its presence increases the UV sensitivity of the lysogenized cells and could have a significant role in reducing the survival and propagation capability of the V. parahaemolyticus pandemic strain in the ocean. Photo by Jochen Reetz, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany. (See related article on page 1697.)