Trends in Microbiology

Papers
(The TQCC of Trends in Microbiology is 20. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
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Advisory Board and Contents211
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RNase III-CLASH brings bacterial RNA networks into focus126
Loading and unloading plasmid cargoes116
Projecting global biological N2 fixation under climate warming across land and ocean113
Unearthing terrestrial extreme microbiomes for searching terrestrial-like life in the Solar System104
Geminiviruses also encode small proteins with specific functions102
Senescent cell: the ‘factory of viral amplification’101
The HIPS 2024 symposium: highlighting advances in pharmaceutical sciences in infection research99
Cross-correlation of virome–bacteriome–host–metabolome to study respiratory health98
Sulfur traits in the plant microbiome: implications for sustainable agriculture96
Disease-causing human viruses: novelty and legacy92
Tradeoffs and constraints on the evolution of tailocins87
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 486
Programming therapeutic probiotics by self-tunable sense-and-respond genetic circuits86
The roles of calcium signaling and calcium deposition in microbial multicellularity82
Klebsiella pneumoniae emerging anti-immunology paradigms: from stealth to evasion80
Early-life chemical exposome and gut microbiome development: African research perspectives within a global environmental health context79
Nuclear antiviral innate responses at the intersection of DNA sensing and DNA repair76
Starvation helps transition to abundance – a ferrosome story76
Reductive biomining of pyrite by methanogens75
Biological interactions with Prochlorococcus: implications for the marine carbon cycle74
Better together? Lessons on sociality from Trichodesmium74
Molecular mechanisms and drivers of pathogen emergence73
Revisiting AMPylation through the lens of Fic enzymes72
Metabolic flux phenotyping of secondary metabolism in cyanobacteria71
Masking of typical TLR4 and TLR5 ligands modulates inflammation and resolution by Helicobacter pylori70
Likelihood of amyloid formation in COVID-19-induced ARDS67
Toward an integrative framework for microbial community coalescence67
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Advisory Board and Contents66
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Revisiting methane-dependent denitrification65
Bacterial dual phototrophy was demystified63
Fast phages outcompete by depleting host resources61
Moonlighting antibiotics: the extra job of modulating biofilm formation59
A role for bacterial experimental evolution in coral bleaching mitigation?59
When ferroptosis meets pathogenic infections58
Cutting-edge tools for unveiling the dynamics of plasmid–host interactions57
Advisory Board and Contents57
Exploring the shared pathogenic strategies of independently evolved effectors across distinct plant viruses56
On the biological meaning of the population pangenome55
Interplay between endogenous and exogenous human retroviruses53
Disentangling the microbial ecological factors impacting honey bee susceptibility to Paenibacillus larvae infection53
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Retaining African networks is urgent for global health52
Aspergillus nidulans51
The ambivalent role of Bacteroides in enteric infections51
HCV egress – unconventional secretion of assembled viral particles51
CIFAR humans and the microbiome: Banff meeting report51
Severe respiratory viral infections: T-cell functions diverging from immunity to inflammation50
Microbiome selection and evolution within wild and domesticated plants50
Cysteine and resistance to oxidative stress: implications for virulence and antibiotic resistance50
Recent advances in modelling Shigella infection48
Microbial nanowires: type IV pili or cytochrome filaments?47
Deep-sea microbial genetic resources: new frontiers for bioprospecting47
Cap-tivating findings provide insight into bacterial cell division46
Deciphering bacterial protein functions with innovative computational methods46
Synergy between microalgae and microbiome in polluted waters46
Exploring emerging drug responses in Cryptococcus45
The conserved AvrE family of bacterial effectors: functions and targets during pathogenesis45
Genetics of dengue epidemics45
Sickly Sweet – How Sugar Utilization Impacts Pneumococcal Disease Progression44
Membrane lipid composition defines membrane protein spectrum44
Chitinase-assisted winner: nematodes antagonize symbiotic microbes44
Rethinking microbially driven methane formation in mangrove wetlands44
Symbiotic bacteria and pest control: plant toxins, chemical pesticides, and fungal entomopathogens43
From advisors to mentors: fostering supportive mentorship in academia43
SNAREs: a double-edged sword for intravacuolar bacterial pathogens within host cells43
Diagnosing arthropod-borne flaviviruses: non-structural protein 1 (NS1) as a biomarker42
Endogenous retroviruses in development and health41
Modeling nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in zebrafish41
Adaptations of intracellular bacteria to vacuolar or cytosolic niches40
Gut microbiome-mediated mechanisms for reducing cholesterol levels: implications for ameliorating cardiovascular disease40
Future focuses of enzymatic plastic degradation40
Models are useful until high-resolution structures are available40
Respiration-induced biofilm formation as a driver for bacterial niche colonization40
Phage tRNAs: decoding the enigma40
Regulation of microbial gene expression: the key to understanding our gut microbiome40
Plasmid-mediated colistin-resistance genes: mcr39
Focus on the pathogen defense arsenal39
Small intestinal microbiota: from taxonomic composition to metabolism39
Sex shapes gut–microbiota–brain communication and disease39
A framework for understanding and predicting orthohantavirus functional traits38
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Broadening the targetable space: engineering and discovery of PAM-flexible Cas proteins37
A unique bacterial family strikes again!37
Advisory Board and Contents37
Hypermutator fungal pathogens: from threat to meltdown36
Flagellar evolution and flagella-independent motility in Actinobacteria36
C4 cereal and biofuel crop microbiomes36
Role of metabolism in uropathogenic Escherichia coli36
Advisory Board and Contents35
T6SS: killing two bugs with one stone35
Pseudomonas fluorescens35
Breaking bad nucleotides: understanding the regulatory mechanisms of bacterial small alarmone hydrolases35
The abortive infection functions of CRISPR-Cas and Argonaute35
Current advances on Vip3 highlight the promising potential of bacterial insecticidal proteins34
ARGuing the case for (or against) probiotics34
Reference errors in microbiology literature: 'pyroptosis' and others34
Epigenetic maneuvering: an emerging strategy for mycobacterial intracellular survival34
Tracking contemporary microbial evolution in a changing ocean34
The role of cyclic nucleotides in bacterial antimicrobial resistance and tolerance33
Pseudomonas aeruginosa: persistence beyond antibiotic resistance33
Human–gut bacterial protein–protein interactions: understudied but impactful to human health33
Participatory antimicrobial stewardship: fostering patient and public engagement to counter antimicrobial resistance33
Anaerocellum (f. Caldicellulosiruptor) bescii33
New perspectives into the vaginal microbiome with systems biology33
The emerging role of bacterial regulatory RNAs in disease33
Cellular roadmaps of viroid infection32
Diverse molecular mechanisms underpinning Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants32
Inorganic polyphosphate in host and microbe biology32
A structural understanding of influenza virus genome replication31
Harnessing CRISPR-Cas for oomycete genome editing31
Should I stay or should I go: transmission trade-offs in phages and plasmids31
Lignocellulolytic microbiomes for augmenting lignocellulose degradation in anaerobic digestion31
Cutting-edge tools for structural biology: bringing AlphaFold to the people31
Ecology of the respiratory tract microbiome30
Bacterial peptidoglycan recycling30
Gut microbiota–bile acid–skeletal muscle axis29
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Advisory Board and Contents29
Broadening oncological boundaries: the intratumoral microbiota29
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Neutrophils – an understudied bystander in dengue?28
NCR peptides in plant–bacterial symbiosis: applications and importance28
Rickettsia parkeri28
Bacterial quorum sensing and phenotypic heterogeneity: how the collective shapes the individual28
Structural diversity and modularity of photosynthetic RC−LH1 complexes28
Exploiting enzymes as a powerful tool to modulate the gut microbiota28
Advisory Board and Contents28
Antiphage small molecules produced by bacteria – beyond protein-mediated defenses28
Methane-dependent denitrification by Methylomirabilis: an indirect nitrous oxide sink?28
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The biosynthesis and role of phosphorylcholine in pathogenic and nonpathogenic bacteria27
Modeling soil bacterial diversity: challenges and opportunities27
Intentional and unintentional benefits of minority writing accountability groups27
Protein biomethanation: insight into the microbial nexus27
Expanding diversity and ecological roles of RNA viruses27
RNA modifications in plant pathogenic fungi: from epitranscriptomics to antifungal strategies26
Towards efficient immunotherapy for bacterial infection26
Microbial life in slow and stopped lanes26
Beyond butyrate: microbial fiber metabolism supporting colonic epithelial homeostasis26
Advisory Board and Contents25
Strategies for developing phages into novel antimicrobial tailocins25
Ecological principles of fecal microbiota transplantation25
Extracellular vesicles: new bullets in the fungal armory25
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Genome-powered classification of microbial eukaryotes: focus on coral algal symbionts25
HIV-1-induced translocation of CPSF6 to biomolecular condensates25
Immune evasion strategies of major tick-transmitted bacterial pathogens25
Two-step recognition of HIV-1 DNA in the cytosol24
Microbes guide corals looking to find a home24
Advances in host-directed therapy for tuberculosis and HIV coinfection: enhancing immune responses24
Impacts of trophic interactions on carbon accrual in soils23
Colonization factors of human and animal-specific enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)23
Epulopiscium spp.23
Gonococcal PorB: a multifaceted modulator of host immune responses23
Targeting gut microbiota to counteract acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury23
Exploiting predatory bacteria as biocontrol agents across ecosystems23
Podospora anserina23
Microbial biostimulants – the need for clarification in EU regulation22
Enhancing agroecosystem nitrogen management: microbial insights for improved nitrification inhibition22
Current trends in electromicrobiology of methane oxidation22
How hepatitis E virus invades hepatocytes: the mystery of viral entry22
Trade-offs in microbial-assisted restoration under recurring drought22
Host cell environments and antibiotic efficacy in tuberculosis22
Why do hosts malfunction without microbes? Missing benefits versus evolutionary addiction22
Emerging Patterns of Microbial Functional Traits22
Viral manipulation of host cell necroptosis and pyroptosis21
Advisory Board and Contents21
FtsK and SpoIIIE, coordinators of chromosome segregation and envelope remodeling in bacteria21
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CRISPR-Cas: a game-changer in vaccine development and the fight against viral infections21
New views on PII signaling: from nitrogen sensing to global metabolic control20
Matching metabolic supply to demand optimizes microbial growth20
Anaerobic oxidation of short-chain volatile alkanes20
Monocyte regulation by gut microbial signals20
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue: the anaerobic microbial ancestry of aerobic respiration20
New tools for the new bug Candida auris20
Polymorphic microbes: a new emerging hallmark of cancer20
Toll-like receptor 4 – a multifunctional virus recognition receptor20
Novel technologies are turning a dream into reality: conditionally replicating viruses as vaccines20
Not all RNAs are created equal for the antiviral RNase ISG2020
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