Trends in Microbiology

Papers
(The median citation count of Trends in Microbiology is 5. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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Likelihood of amyloid formation in COVID-19-induced ARDS401
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Klebsiella pneumoniae emerging anti-immunology paradigms: from stealth to evasion125
Sulfur traits in the plant microbiome: implications for sustainable agriculture121
The HIPS 2024 symposium: highlighting advances in pharmaceutical sciences in infection research102
Senescent cell: the ‘factory of viral amplification’95
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Revisiting AMPylation through the lens of Fic enzymes93
RNase III-CLASH brings bacterial RNA networks into focus91
Starvation helps transition to abundance – a ferrosome story88
Transposon-Associated CRISPR-Cas System: A Powerful DNA Insertion Tool87
Geminiviruses also encode small proteins with specific functions83
Projecting global biological N2 fixation under climate warming across land and ocean83
Programming therapeutic probiotics by self-tunable sense-and-respond genetic circuits81
Loading and unloading plasmid cargoes80
Unearthing terrestrial extreme microbiomes for searching terrestrial-like life in the Solar System79
Nuclear antiviral innate responses at the intersection of DNA sensing and DNA repair77
Disease-causing human viruses: novelty and legacy76
Better together? Lessons on sociality from Trichodesmium75
The roles of calcium signaling and calcium deposition in microbial multicellularity73
Masking of typical TLR4 and TLR5 ligands modulates inflammation and resolution by Helicobacter pylori72
Molecular mechanisms and drivers of pathogen emergence71
Tradeoffs and constraints on the evolution of tailocins70
Metabolic flux phenotyping of secondary metabolism in cyanobacteria69
Early-life chemical exposome and gut microbiome development: African research perspectives within a global environmental health context68
Emerging Role for MAIT Cells in Control of Antimicrobial Resistance68
Cross-correlation of virome–bacteriome–host–metabolome to study respiratory health68
Reductive biomining of pyrite by methanogens68
Biological interactions with Prochlorococcus: implications for the marine carbon cycle67
Toward an integrative framework for microbial community coalescence64
Deep-sea microbial genetic resources: new frontiers for bioprospecting62
Advisory Board and Contents61
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HCV egress – unconventional secretion of assembled viral particles60
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Revisiting methane-dependent denitrification59
Moonlighting antibiotics: the extra job of modulating biofilm formation58
Recent advances in modelling Shigella infection58
Cutting-edge tools for unveiling the dynamics of plasmid–host interactions58
Advisory Board and Contents57
CIFAR humans and the microbiome: Banff meeting report56
Aspergillus nidulans56
Interplay between endogenous and exogenous human retroviruses55
Exploring the shared pathogenic strategies of independently evolved effectors across distinct plant viruses54
Synergy between microalgae and microbiome in polluted waters54
Microbiome selection and evolution within wild and domesticated plants53
Microbial nanowires: type IV pili or cytochrome filaments?53
Severe respiratory viral infections: T-cell functions diverging from immunity to inflammation53
A role for bacterial experimental evolution in coral bleaching mitigation?51
Bacterial dual phototrophy was demystified51
The ambivalent role of Bacteroides in enteric infections49
When ferroptosis meets pathogenic infections49
Disentangling the microbial ecological factors impacting honey bee susceptibility to Paenibacillus larvae infection48
From advisors to mentors: fostering supportive mentorship in academia47
Carbapenem and Colistin Resistance in Enterobacter: Determinants and Clones47
Deciphering bacterial protein functions with innovative computational methods47
Cap-tivating findings provide insight into bacterial cell division47
Diagnosing arthropod-borne flaviviruses: non-structural protein 1 (NS1) as a biomarker47
Models are useful until high-resolution structures are available47
Cysteine and resistance to oxidative stress: implications for virulence and antibiotic resistance47
Rethinking microbially driven methane formation in mangrove wetlands47
Modeling nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in zebrafish45
Crosstalk between sIgA-Coated Bacteria in Infant Gut and Early-Life Health45
Regulation of microbial gene expression: the key to understanding our gut microbiome45
Membrane lipid composition defines membrane protein spectrum44
Small intestinal microbiota: from taxonomic composition to metabolism44
Exploring emerging drug responses in Cryptococcus44
Future focuses of enzymatic plastic degradation44
Chitinase-assisted winner: nematodes antagonize symbiotic microbes43
SNAREs: a double-edged sword for intravacuolar bacterial pathogens within host cells43
The conserved AvrE family of bacterial effectors: functions and targets during pathogenesis43
Plasmid-mediated colistin-resistance genes: mcr42
Endogenous retroviruses in development and health42
Shaping the Future of Probiotics and Prebiotics42
Sex shapes gut–microbiota–brain communication and disease41
Gut microbiome-mediated mechanisms for reducing cholesterol levels: implications for ameliorating cardiovascular disease41
Sickly Sweet – How Sugar Utilization Impacts Pneumococcal Disease Progression40
Adaptations of intracellular bacteria to vacuolar or cytosolic niches40
Respiration-induced biofilm formation as a driver for bacterial niche colonization40
Focus on the pathogen defense arsenal39
Advisory Board and Contents39
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C4 cereal and biofuel crop microbiomes38
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Flagellar evolution and flagella-independent motility in Actinobacteria37
T6SS: killing two bugs with one stone36
Pseudomonas fluorescens36
Breaking bad nucleotides: understanding the regulatory mechanisms of bacterial small alarmone hydrolases36
Role of metabolism in uropathogenic Escherichia coli36
The abortive infection functions of CRISPR-Cas and Argonaute36
Broadening the targetable space: engineering and discovery of PAM-flexible Cas proteins36
A unique bacterial family strikes again!36
A framework for understanding and predicting orthohantavirus functional traits36
Advisory Board and Contents36
Cellular roadmaps of viroid infection35
Current advances on Vip3 highlight the promising potential of bacterial insecticidal proteins35
New perspectives into the vaginal microbiome with systems biology34
Diverse molecular mechanisms underpinning Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants34
Should I stay or should I go: transmission trade-offs in phages and plasmids34
Reference errors in microbiology literature: 'pyroptosis' and others34
Host Factors and Pathways Involved in the Entry of Mosquito-Borne Alphaviruses33
Anaerocellum (f. Caldicellulosiruptor) bescii33
The role of cyclic nucleotides in bacterial antimicrobial resistance and tolerance33
Bacterial peptidoglycan recycling32
Human–gut bacterial protein–protein interactions: understudied but impactful to human health32
Tracking contemporary microbial evolution in a changing ocean32
Harnessing CRISPR-Cas for oomycete genome editing32
Ecology of the respiratory tract microbiome31
Lignocellulolytic microbiomes for augmenting lignocellulose degradation in anaerobic digestion31
The emerging role of bacterial regulatory RNAs in disease31
A structural understanding of influenza virus genome replication31
Broadening oncological boundaries: the intratumoral microbiota31
ARGuing the case for (or against) probiotics31
Epigenetic maneuvering: an emerging strategy for mycobacterial intracellular survival31
Microbial Taxonomy Run Amok31
Participatory antimicrobial stewardship: fostering patient and public engagement to counter antimicrobial resistance31
Inorganic polyphosphate in host and microbe biology30
Gut microbiota–bile acid–skeletal muscle axis30
Expanding diversity and ecological roles of RNA viruses30
Advisory Board and Contents30
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Rickettsia parkeri30
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Microbial life in slow and stopped lanes29
Antiphage small molecules produced by bacteria – beyond protein-mediated defenses28
Protein biomethanation: insight into the microbial nexus28
Exploiting enzymes as a powerful tool to modulate the gut microbiota28
Neutrophils – an understudied bystander in dengue?28
Intentional and unintentional benefits of minority writing accountability groups28
NCR peptides in plant–bacterial symbiosis: applications and importance28
Antimicrobial Resistance and Bacteriophages: An Overlooked Intersection in Water Disinfection28
Modeling soil bacterial diversity: challenges and opportunities27
Immune evasion strategies of major tick-transmitted bacterial pathogens27
Methane-dependent denitrification by Methylomirabilis: an indirect nitrous oxide sink?27
Beyond butyrate: microbial fiber metabolism supporting colonic epithelial homeostasis27
Structural diversity and modularity of photosynthetic RC−LH1 complexes26
Bacterial quorum sensing and phenotypic heterogeneity: how the collective shapes the individual26
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The biosynthesis and role of phosphorylcholine in pathogenic and nonpathogenic bacteria25
CRISPR-Cas: a game-changer in vaccine development and the fight against viral infections25
Towards efficient immunotherapy for bacterial infection25
Gonococcal PorB: a multifaceted modulator of host immune responses24
Microbes guide corals looking to find a home24
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Impacts of trophic interactions on carbon accrual in soils24
Genome-powered classification of microbial eukaryotes: focus on coral algal symbionts24
Ecological principles of fecal microbiota transplantation24
Exploiting predatory bacteria as biocontrol agents across ecosystems24
Two-step recognition of HIV-1 DNA in the cytosol24
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HIV-1-induced translocation of CPSF6 to biomolecular condensates23
Extracellular vesicles: new bullets in the fungal armory23
Colonization factors of human and animal-specific enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)23
Epulopiscium spp.23
Podospora anserina23
Targeting gut microbiota to counteract acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury23
Strategies for developing phages into novel antimicrobial tailocins22
Host cell environments and antibiotic efficacy in tuberculosis22
Viral manipulation of host cell necroptosis and pyroptosis22
Current trends in electromicrobiology of methane oxidation22
Why do hosts malfunction without microbes? Missing benefits versus evolutionary addiction22
Advisory Board and Contents22
Microbial biostimulants – the need for clarification in EU regulation22
Enhancing agroecosystem nitrogen management: microbial insights for improved nitrification inhibition22
Emerging Patterns of Microbial Functional Traits21
FtsK and SpoIIIE, coordinators of chromosome segregation and envelope remodeling in bacteria21
Advisory Board and Contents21
How hepatitis E virus invades hepatocytes: the mystery of viral entry21
Not all RNAs are created equal for the antiviral RNase ISG2020
Novel technologies are turning a dream into reality: conditionally replicating viruses as vaccines20
New views on PII signaling: from nitrogen sensing to global metabolic control20
Polymorphic microbes: a new emerging hallmark of cancer20
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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
Glycans in HIV-1 vaccine design – engaging the shield20
Toll-like receptor 4 – a multifunctional virus recognition receptor20
Paenibacillus polymyxa19
Coxsackie B virus19
Matching metabolic supply to demand optimizes microbial growth19
Tea plant microorganisms in the improvement of tea quality19
Inclusion and diversity through a geographical lens19
The Sialoglycan Binding Adhesins of Mycoplasma genitalium and Mycoplasma pneumoniae19
Lysinibacillus sphaericus19
Anticipatory Stress Responses and Immune Evasion in Fungal Pathogens19
Datathons: fostering equitability in data reuse in ecology18
Acinetobacter baumannii18
Emerging roles of RNA modifications in the rice blast fungus18
ISG15: its roles in SARS-CoV-2 and other viral infections18
The diversity, pathogenic spectrum, and ecological significance of arthropod viruses18
Abortive infection antiphage defense systems: separating mechanism and phenotype18
Scripting a new dialogue between diazotrophs and crops18
Axenic and gnotobiotic insect technologies in research on host–microbiota interactions18
The Lost Kingdom: commensal protists in the gut microbiota18
Cells under pressure: how yeast cells respond to mechanical forces18
Chemosynthesis: a neglected foundation of marine ecology and biogeochemistry17
Control of host mitochondria by bacterial pathogens17
Chilean biocrusts: an impetus for national park management17
QseB/QseC: a two-component system globally regulating bacterial behaviors17
Exploiting root exudates to manage soil-borne disease complexes in a changing climate17
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Advisory Board and Contents17
Immunopeptidomics for next-generation bacterial vaccine development17
Mutagenesis techniques for evolutionary engineering of microbes – exploiting CRISPR-Cas, oligonucleotides, recombinases, and polymerases17
Spores-on-a-chip: new frontiers for spore research17
Magnaporthe oryzae16
Advances in the bacterial organelles for CO2 fixation16
Advisory Board and Contents16
TldR: TnpB’s evolutionary shift from transposon nucleases to RNA-guided transcriptional regulators16
Microbiota regulation of viral infections through interferon signaling16
Bacterial genome structural variation: prevalence, mechanisms, and consequences16
Neisseria meningitidis16
The Oral Host–Microbial Interactome: An Ecological Chronometer of Health?16
Short-chain fatty acids in viral infection: the underlying mechanisms, opportunities, and challenges15
Microbial Modulation of the Development and Physiology of the Enteric Nervous System15
Supramolecular assemblies in bacterial immunity: an emerging paradigm15
Effectors and environment modulating rice blast disease: from understanding to effective control15
Efflux pumps in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their inhibition to tackle antimicrobial resistance15
Schizochytrium sp.15
The double play of a phage HTH regulator14
Advisory Board and Contents14
Structural and functional diversity of sensor domains in bacterial transmembrane receptors14
Clostridium perfringens14
Dual species biofilms are enhanced by metabolite cross-feeding14
Providencia stuartii14
Bacteria manipulate host cells with channel-forming effectors14
Getting ahead of human-associated microbial decline in Africa: the urgency of sampling in light of epidemiological transition14
Species–area relationships in microbial-mediated mutualisms14
STING negatively regulates antifungal immunity14
Factors affecting antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae following vaccination introduction14
CRISPR-Cas and restriction–modification team up to achieve long-term immunity14
Paleovirology of the DNA viruses of eukaryotes13
How does speciation in marine plankton work?13
Novel monoclonal antibody-based therapies: implications for the treatment and prevention of HCMV disease13
Geminiviruses boost active DNA demethylation for counter-defense13
Microbial drought resistance may destabilize soil carbon13
High-specificity local and global c-di-GMP signaling13
Interferon system deficiencies exacerbating severe pandemic virus infections13
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Unravelling animal–microbiota evolution on a chip12
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Deciphering Fc-effector functions against SARS-CoV-212
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