Current Opinion in Microbiology

Article	Citations
Editorial overview: Fungal diversity: Now for something completely different	135
Editorial Board	128
In vivo studies on Citrobacter rodentium and host cell death pathways	124
Commensal inter-bacterial interactions shaping the microbiota	116
Synthetic microbial communities for studying and engineering the tree microbiome: challenges and opportunities	107
Vertebrate and invertebrate animal infection models of Candida auris pathogenicity	93
Genetic mechanisms governing sporulation initiation in Clostridioides difficile	84
PhoU: a multifaceted regulator in microbial signaling and homeostasis	83
Innovative approaches in the discovery of terpenoid natural products	78
Genetic and environmental factors shape the host response to Helicobacter hepaticus: insights into IBD pathogenesis	77
Editorial overview: Antibiotics special issue	77
The mass spectrometry of microbiome-mediated metabolism of food: challenges and opportunities	76
The mycobiome: interactions with host and implications in diseases	76
Citrobacter rodentium(ϕStx2dact), a murine infection model for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli	76
Convergence in domesticated fungi used for cheese and dry-cured meat maturation: beneficial traits, genomic mechanisms, and degeneration	74
Renal implications of coronavirus disease 2019: insights into viral tropism and clinical outcomes	68
Editorial Board	67
Seizing the moment: now is the time for integrated global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in wastewater environments	67
Insights into Alphaproteobacterial regulators of cell envelope remodeling	66
The impact of the host microbiota on Candida albicans infection	65
Manipulation of host cell plasma membranes by intracellular bacterial pathogens	64
Co-opting bacterial viruses for DNA exchange: structure and regulation of gene transfer agents	63
Editorial overview: Unraveling microbiome complexity	63
Coevolution of a generalist pathogen with many hosts: the case of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	62
Control of bacterial second messenger signaling and motility by heme-based direct oxygen-sensing proteins	61

Crosstalk between (p)ppGpp and other nucleotide second messengers	59
Fungus–insect interactions beyond bilateral regimes: the importance and strategy to outcompete host ectomicrobiomes by fungal parasites	58
Ca2+-calmodulin signalling at the host-pathogen interface	57
Function of autophagy genes in innate immune defense against mucosal pathogens	55
Fungal effectors: past, present, and future	55
Increasing the PACE of characterising novel transporters by functional genomics	55
Citrobacter rodentium infection at the gut–brain axis interface	53
Molecular basis of synchronous replication of malaria parasites in the blood stage	53
Advances in regulation of homeostasis through chromatin modifications by airway commensals	53
Defining the expanding mechanisms of phage-mediated activation of bacterial immunity	52
Assembly of the exosporium layer in Clostridioides difficile spores	52
Editorial overview: Human fungal pathogens: An increasing threat	52
Neuroinvasion and neurotropism of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection	52
Bottlenecks and opportunities in antibiotic discovery against Mycobacterium tuberculosis	50
Soterobionts: disease-preventing microorganisms and proposed strategies to facilitate their discovery	50
Group 3 innate lymphoid cells mediate host defense against attaching and effacing pathogens	49
Connecting microbial community assembly and function	48
Innovative and potential treatments for fungal central nervous system infections	47
Antifungal drug-resistance mechanisms in Candida biofilms	47
Editorial Board	46
Editorial overview: Bacterial microcompartments to the fore as metabolism is put in its place	45
Activation of complement-like antiparasitic responses in Anopheles mosquitoes	44
Pain killers: the interplay between nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and Clostridioides difficile infection	43
How do interactions between mobile genetic elements affect horizontal gene transfer?	42
Host control by SPβ phage regulatory switch as potential manipulation strategy	42
Toward merging bottom–up and top–down model-based designing of synthetic microbial communities	40
The human vaginal microbiota: from clinical medicine to models to mechanisms	39
The maternal gut microbiome during pregnancy and its role in maternal and infant health	39
Conditionally unutilized proteins and their profound effects on growth and adaptation across microbial species	39
The power of the small: the underestimated role of small proteins in bacterial and archaeal physiology	38
Protein stoichiometry, structural plasticity and regulation of bacterial microcompartments	38
What’s for dinner? How Citrobacter rodentium’s metabolism helps it thrive in the competitive gut	38
Differences and similarities between innate immune evasion strategies of human coronaviruses	37
Ready, STAT3, Go! Bacteria in the race for M2 macrophage polarisation	37
Cell cycle regulation in Escherichia coli: from governing principles, checkpoints, and control variables to molecular mechanisms	36
The longitudinal and cross-sectional heterogeneity of the intestinal microbiota	36
Toothpicks, logic, and next-generation sequencing: systematic investigation of bacteriophage-host interactions	36
Dissecting skin microbiota and microenvironment for the development of therapeutic strategies	36
Bacteriophage communities are a reservoir of unexplored microbial diversity in neonatal health and disease	35
Ecological and functional roles of bacteriophages in contrasting environments: marine, terrestrial and human gut	34
Editorial overview: Turtles all the way down: Bacterial cell regulation across scales	34
Environmental adaptation and diversification of bacterial two-component systems	34
Editorial overview: There and back again: a phage’s tale	33
Phage transmission strategies: are phages farming their host?	33
A tale of two nitrous oxide reductases: a cautionary perspective	33
Editorial Board	33
The intricate organizational strategy of nucleus-forming phages	33
Antibiotic tolerance: targeting bacterial survival	32
Second messenger signaling in Clostridioides difficile	32
Regulation of para-cresol production in Clostridioides difficile	32

Reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance in the context of One Health	31
Cell cycle-regulated ApiAP2s and parasite development: the Toxoplasma paradigm	31
Virulence-associated factors as targets for phage infection	30
New targets for antimalarial drug discovery	30
Biological and bioinformatic tools for the discovery of unknown phage–host combinations	30
Investigating bacterial evolution in nature with metagenomics	30
The importance of persistence and dormancy in Trypanosoma cruzi infection and Chagas disease	30
Editorial overview: Recent advances in fundamental and translational research on parasitic protists	30
PII-like signaling proteins: a new paradigm in orchestrating cellular homeostasis	29
Beyond resistance: antifungal heteroresistance and antifungal tolerance in fungal pathogens	29
Is Cryptococcus neoformans a pleomorphic fungus?	29
Chemical communication in plant–microbe beneficial interactions: a toolbox for precise management of beneficial microbes	29
SOS-independent bacterial DNA damage responses: diverse mechanisms, unifying function	28
The metabolic pathways and transporters of the plastid organelle in Apicomplexa	28
Emergence and adaptation of the cellular machinery directing antigenic variation in the African trypanosome	28
Archaeal key-residents within the human microbiome: characteristics, interactions and involvement in health and disease	27
Editorial overview: Return of the phages — a new golden era of molecular discovery and synthetic biology	27
Mycoviruses and their role in fungal pathogenesis	27
Activation of the extracytoplasmic function σ factor σV by lysozyme in Clostridioides difficile	26
Editorial overview: emerging avenues in antimicrobial research	26
Strains to go: interactions of the skin microbiome beyond its species	26
Can a microbial community become an evolutionary individual?	26
Deciphering mechanisms and implications of bacterial translocation in human health and disease	25
Evolutionary ecology theory — microbial population structure	25
Predicting the evolution of antibiotic resistance	25
Temporospatial control of topoisomerases by essential cellular processes	24
Horizontal gene transfer and beyond: the delivery of biological matter by bacterial membrane vesicles to host and bacterial cells	24
Gram-positive pathogens, inflammation, and the host lipid environment	24
Surface-displayed glycopolymers of Clostridioides difficile	24
Clostridioides difficile peptidoglycan modifications	24
Host genetics regulate the plant microbiome	23
Editorial overview: Microbial cell regulation across multiple scales	23
Microbiome rescue: directing resilience of environmental microbial communities	23
Immune-metabolic interactions between Leishmania and macrophage host	23
Cooperative defenses during enteropathogenic infection	23
Editorial Board	23
Evolutionary relationships among shell proteins of carboxysomes and metabolosomes	22
The ribosome as a small-molecule sensor	22
Plasmids of Clostridioides difficile	22
Prokaryote pangenomes are dynamic entities	22
The multifaceted roles of Myb domain–containing proteins in apicomplexan parasites	21
Editorial Board	21
Flagellotropic phages: common yet diverse host interaction strategies	21
Editorial overview: Niche-specific and species-specific host-fungal interactions — how do they impact human health?	21
The promise of CRISPR-associated transposons for bacterial functional genomics	21
Phage defense origin of animal immunity	21
Editorial overview: current state and future of the microbiome field: why context matters	21
Host-directed therapies for malaria: possible applications and lessons from other indications	21
Brownian ratchet mechanisms for carboxysome positioning in bacteria	20
Metabolic flexibility in Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes: implications for persistence and drug sensitivity	20
Encapsulins: catalysis inside a shell	20
Engineering genetic circuits: advancements in genetic design automation tools and standards for synthetic biology	20
The spatial organization of microbial communities during range expansion	20
Microbiomes for sustainable biomanufacturing	20
Molecular mechanisms of cellular quiescence in apicomplexan parasites	20
Interplay of emerging and established technologies drives innovation in natural product antibiotic discovery	20
Recent advances in applying cell-free systems for high-value and complex natural product biosynthesis	19
Drugging the microbiome: targeting small microbiome molecules	19
Innate immune response to Candida auris	19
Immunometabolism shapes chronic Staphylococcus aureus infection: insights from biofilm infection models	19
Role of pollution on the selection of antibiotic resistance and bacterial pathogens in the environment	19
Listeriosis, a model infection to study host-pathogen interactions in vivo	19
The promise of copper ionophores as antimicrobials	19
Putting microbial interactions back into community contexts	18
Aeromonas: the multifaceted middleman in the One Health world	18
Antibiotics from rare actinomycetes, beyond the genus Streptomyces	18
Colonization resistance: metabolic warfare as a strategy against pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae	17
Cell wall synthesizing complexes in Mycobacteriales	17
Dissecting S-itaconation at host–pathogen interactions with chemical proteomics tools	17
Accessing nutrients as the primary benefit arising from chemotaxis	17
How pathogens drive adipose tissue loss in the host	16
Pseudomonas aeruginosa: an antibiotic resilient pathogen with environmental origin	16
Addressing antibiotic resistance: computational answers to a biological problem?	16
Hierarchical and simultaneous utilization of carbon substrates: mechanistic insights, physiological roles, and ecological consequences	16
Posttranslational modifications in bacteria during phage infection	16
Targeting Helicobacter pylori for antibacterial drug discovery with novel therapeutics	16
Yeast synthetic biology advances biofuel production	16
Within-host evolution of bacterial pathogens during persistent infection of humans	16
Hybrids unleashed: exploring the emergence and genomic insights of pathogenic yeast hybrids	15
Editorial Board	15

Climate change and plant pathogens	15
Cardiac damage and tropism of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2	15
Yersinia interactions with regulated cell death pathways	15
Archaea oxidizing alkanes through alkyl-coenzyme M reductases	15
Present and future outlooks on environmental DNA-based methods for antibiotic discovery	15
Capers with caspases: Toxoplasma gondii tales of inflammation and survival	15
Functional ecology of bacteriophages in the environment	15
Editorial Board	14
Use of pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic approaches for dose optimization: a case study of plazomicin	14
Argonaute proteins confer immunity in all domains of life	14
From a parts list to assembly instructions and an operating manual: how small host models can re-write microbiome theory	14
A brief guide to machine learning for antibiotic discovery	14
Clostridioides difficile spore germination: initiation to DPA release	14
It's complicated: relationships between integrative and conjugative elements and their bacterial hosts	14
Making sense of drug-efflux transporters in the physiological environment	14
Inflammasome activation by Salmonella	13
Interactions of Vibrio phages and their hosts in aquatic environments	13
Synthesizing microbial biodiversity	13
The yin and yang of the universal transcription factor NusG	13
Dividing lines: compartmentalisation and division in Streptomyces	13
Advances in constraint-based models: methods for improved predictive power based on resource allocation constraints	13
Emergent CRISPR–Cas-based technologies for engineering non-model bacteria	13
Histone code: a common language and multiple dialects to meet the different developmental requirements of apicomplexan parasites	13
The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, as a model vector-borne pathogen: insights on regulation of gene and protein expression	12
Recent insights into type-3 secretion system injectisome structure and mechanism of human enteric pathogens	12
Transcriptional and metabolic regulation of EHEC and Citrobacter rodentium pathogenesis	12
Human milk oligosaccharides and the infant gut microbiome from an eco-evolutionary perspective	12
Antibacterial particles and predatory bacteria as alternatives to antibacterial chemicals in the era of antibiotic resistance	12
Interkingdom interactions between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans affect clinical outcomes and antimicrobial responses	12
Dirammox (direct ammonia oxidation) to nitrogen (N2): discovery, current status, and perspectives	12
Symbioses between fungi and bacteria: from mechanisms to impacts on biodiversity	12
Toxin–antitoxin systems as mediators of phage defence and the implications for abortive infection	12
From dusty shelves toward the spotlight: growing evidence for Ap4A as an alarmone in maintaining RNA stability and proteostasis	12
Contributions of diverse models of the female reproductive tract to the study of Chlamydia trachomatis-host interactions	12
Editorial Board	12
Microbial assimilation of lignin-derived aromatic compounds and conversion to value-added products	12
Editorial Board	12
CTP switches in ParABS-mediated bacterial chromosome segregation and beyond	12
What’s metal got to do with it? Transition metals in Clostridioides difficile infection	12
Artificial selection of microbial communities: what have we learnt and how can we improve?	11
Time to switch gears: how long noncoding RNAs function as epigenetic regulators in Apicomplexan parasites	11
Antibiotic persistence and tolerance: not just one and the same	11
Genome reconstructions of metabolism of Plasmodium RBC and liver stages	11
Pathogen adaptation to lung metabolites	11
Immune evasion runs in the family: two surface protein families of Plasmodium falciparum–infected erythrocytes	11
Engineering natural microbial communities: harnessing synthetic communities for bioremediation	11
Clostridioides difficile – phage relationship the RNA way	11
Mechanisms and impact of antimicrobial resistance in Clostridioides difficile	11
Microbiome engineering for sustainable agriculture: using synthetic biology to enhance nitrogen metabolism in plant-associated microbes	11
Innate immune responses and monocyte-derived phagocyte recruitment in protective immunity to pathogenic bacteria: insights from Legionella pneumophila	11
Human and mouse NAIP/NLRC4 inflammasome responses to bacterial infection	11
Editorial overview: AMR in the environment — too complex for surveillance?	10
Bioremediation of the herbicide glyphosate in polluted soils by plant-associated microbes	10
Pathogenic Aspergillus and Fusarium as important causes of blinding corneal infections — the role of neutrophils in fungal killing, tissue damage and cytokine production	10
Evolution and synthetic biology	10
Selective drivers of simple multicellularity	10
Arginine sensing in intracellular parasitism of Leishmania	10
Sensing and responding to host-derived stress signals: lessons from fungal meningitis pathogen	10
Microbial communities and their enzymes facilitate degradation of recalcitrant polymers in anaerobic digestion	10
The multifaceted lifestyle of enterococci: genetic diversity, ecology and risks for public health	10
Toll/interleukin-1 receptor domains in bacterial and plant immunity	10
The mystery of persistent, asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections	10
Multi-layered genome defences in bacteria	10
Glycan processing in gut microbiomes	10
Are microbes colimited by multiple resources?	10
Human microbiome variance is underestimated	10
Forgotten fungi: the importance of the skin mycobiome	9
Nutritional control of bacterial DNA replication	9
Compartmentalization during bacterial spore formation	9
From genome structure to function: insights into structural variation in microbiology	9
A cell–cell atlas approach for understanding symbiotic interactions between microbes	9
Editorial overview: Two to tango: The intricate communications between host and bacteria	9
Antibiotic resistance in the commensal human gut microbiota	9
Long-chain fatty acids as nutrients for Gram-negative bacteria: stress, proliferation, and virulence	9
Skin models for studying vector-borne kinetoplastid infections	9
The emerging complexity of Chlamydia trachomatis interactions with host cells as revealed by molecular genetic approaches	9
Lessons from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal genomes	9
Co-ordinated assembly of the multilayered cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria	9
Nothing makes sense in drug resistance except in the light of evolution	9
Editorial Board	9
Human intestinal organoids as models to study enteric bacteria and viruses	9
The role of nucleoid-associated proteins in mediating responses to environmental changes	9