Nature Reviews Microbiology

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Microbiology is 1. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Adapting to host life3543
Honey bee symbiont gives larvae a boost1188
Schistosomes go single cell1186
Gender justice and prioritizing women and girls in the HIV response1087
Viruses on the move1056
Finding the lock to fit the key: Ebola virus entry1045
Viral spillback933
Author Correction: Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges766
Sticky Candida auris738
Measles is resurging in the Americas and the world is watching622
Gut–brain axis in ageing607
Impacts of climate extremes on plant pathogens, microbiomes and plant health596
Commensalism and pathogenesis of Candida albicans at the mucosal interface571
Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites546
The soil plastisphere519
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic517
Designer viral receptors501
Parasitic control of wolf behaviour479
Viruses unveil the mechanisms of nuclear entry476
Scavenging a pyrimidine to thrive466
Taking the jump to humans445
Indirect intervention431
The intruders that stole the master key411
A microbial metabolite to master inflammation385
Harnessing the microbiome for cancer therapy366
Pioneering microbiome engineering361
Sewer biofilms and SARS-CoV-2349
Microorganisms, climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress and challenges336
Microbial secondary metabolites: advancements to accelerate discovery towards application326
Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection313
The human skin microbiome: from metagenomes to therapeutics308
Bacteria like it soft297
Phages get snappy295
Microbial adaptability in changing environments287
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors279
Phage host range: determinants, dynamics and applications265
Rediscovering plasmid-dependent phages263
Bacterial siderophores: diversity, uptake pathways and applications259
The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance256
Translating eco-evolutionary biology into therapy to tackle antibiotic resistance253
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics246
Avian influenza takes flight in humans by evading restriction240
Copper contraceptive induces dysbiosis230
Engineered Mycoplasma fight lung infections222
Anti-defence islands in plasmids218
Defending against plasmids214
A molecular decoy for phage defence210
Fitting into your niche205
How flaviviruses infect both humans and insects204
Coronavirus research: knowledge gaps and research priorities204
The gut microbiome in solid-organ and haematopoietic-stem-cell transplantation192
Challenges and strategies for addressing antibacterial drug resistance in LMICs188
Microplastics impair seabird gut microbiomes185
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreak in cattle: the knowns and unknowns182
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world179
The gut–airway microbiome axis in health and respiratory diseases177
Bacterial small molecule metabolites implicated in gastrointestinal cancer development176
Enterocloster undermine cancer immunotherapy175
A manipulating pair173
Outgrowing antibiotic action162
PrEPping the skin159
A gut bacterium trims mucosal immunity158
Uropathogenic E. coli creates a memory155
Addressing the fungal diagnostic gap in LMICs154
Extracellular niche establishment by plant pathogens152
Intelligent bacteria for IBD151
A soothing bite for chikungunya148
Illuminating microbial defence systems in extreme environments143
Whisperings from not so silent mutations138
Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses134
A transcription factor that links domains132
Author Correction: Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection128
Present and future distribution of human pathogens in global soils128
The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation127
The rapid emergence of antifungal-resistant human-pathogenic fungi127
Aspergillus fumigatus biology, immunopathogenicity and drug resistance126
In tandem towards resistance123
Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria123
H. pylori evolution during disease122
Metagenomics distilled: new k-mer-based methods120
From soil to battling antimicrobial resistance120
Blurred lines in the mycorrhiza world117
Climate change and antimicrobial resistance111
Anthropogenic impacts on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere111
Immune evasion and provocation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis110
The microbial carbon pump and climate change108
Spreading out of the lung105
Cross-kingdom defence proteins101
Off to a new host99
The rising mpox crisis98
Bee-saving symbionts97
Skin-deep AMR hotspots in nursing homes96
Oral–gut bacterial transport drives chronic liver disease94
Blasting away a fungal pathogen94
Capturing glycans91
Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe90
Reviving colistin89
Monitoring pathogens in wastewater86
Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers84
A tale of two codes84
Author Correction: Examining the healthy human microbiome concept80
Building climate-resilient agriculture through science and local action79
Emergence, transmission dynamics and mechanisms of artemisinin partial resistance in malaria parasites in Africa78
The honeybee microbiota and its impact on health and disease77
A driver of monkeypox virus evolution?76
Recording the gut transit75
Preventing programmed destruction74
Mapping the microbiome milieu73
Viral emergence and pandemic preparedness in a One Health framework72
Microbial phosphorus cycling in terrestrial ecosystems68
Coordinated action by individuals orchestrates infection through the division of labour68
Campylobacter spreads colorectal cancer67
Quality MAGnified66
Varicella zoster virus and the central nervous system65
Bacterial architects build the biofilm structures64
The gut microbiota and its biogeography63
Epstein–Barr virus pathogenesis and emerging control strategies62
Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward61
Lactobacilli biology, applications and host interactions58
Antimicrobial peptides: structure, functions and translational applications56
Long-term control of HIV55
Chemotaxis in the ocean53
Settling with the motion51
Bioplastic builders49
M. tuberculosis regulatory evolution levels up transmission and resistance48
Lassoing bacterial ribosomes48
Infectious diseases and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress, challenges and future directions47
Keep calm with ammonia-producing microbiota47
Warming waters, declining Prochlorococcus46
Splitting the population in the gut46
Microbiome shift in degrading soil45
Reverse vaccinology 3.043
The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein: structure, function and interactions with neutralizing antibodies42
The pathobiology of human fungal infections42
The bodily distribution of monkeypox virus41
A potential new player in gastric cancer41
Unravelling the genome of giants40
Testing fast with uRAST40
Gut phages fuel food addiction39
Zoonotic threats hidden in wildlife37
Unearthing the story of the first antifungal drugs37
Hyphae promote Candida albicans fitness and commensalism in the gut37
The aquatic plastisphere: ecology, pathogen dissemination and antimicrobial resistance36
Oomycete plant pathogens: biology, pathogenesis and emerging control strategies34
Shigella sonnei: epidemiology, evolution, pathogenesis, resistance and host interactions34
Forest microbiome and global change33
Pertussis vaccines, epidemiology and evolution32
Insights into the assembly and regulation of the bacterial divisome32
Interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements31
The dynamic lung microbiome in health and disease27
Reaching your destination26
Microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease: mechanisms of disease and therapeutic opportunities26
Commensals find their niche25
Hunting archaeal viruses23
Twenty years of Nature Reviews Microbiology23
Putting a twist in syphilis vaccine development22
Machine learning sheds light on microbial dark proteins19
Methanogens implicated by DNA evidence17
Current and projected effects of climate change in cryosphere microbial ecosystems17
Clinical metagenomics for diagnosis and surveillance of viral pathogens16
Alternative therapeutic strategies to treat antibiotic-resistant pathogens15
Microbial extracellular polymeric substances in the environment, technology and medicine15
Harnessing the plant microbiome for sustainable crop production15
SARS-CoV-2 biology and host interactions15
A solution for mercury pollution?14
Fibre-deprived Akkermansia worsens food allergy14
Gut commensals activate digestion14
Routes of soil microbiome dispersal14
The mycobiota feeds into bacterial infections13
An amoeba and a cyanobacterium walk into a bar...13
A trapped polymerase hastens avian influenza virus evolution12
Co‐evolution of early Earth environments and microbial life12
RNA evolution shapes SARS-CoV-2 success11
Drug delivery strategies for antibiofilm therapy11
Immune targeting of HIV-1 reservoir cells: a path to elimination strategies and cure11
A misplaced microbiome11
The evolution of SARS-CoV-211
The origins of pathogenesis10
Phages to the rescue9
Achieving sustainable access to antibiotics is more than just a last mile challenge9
Fitness cost of antifungal resistance9
Drosophila sperm sabotage by Wolbachia prophage9
Dispersing biofilm myths9
Fungi feed bacteria for biodegradation9
Plasmid and phage lifestyles in crAssphage8
Unveiling plasmid diversity in nature8
Bacterial allies against food anaphylaxis8
A gut microbiome-restoring diet8
The HIV epidemic 40 years on8
Cross-linking gut bacteria to cancer8
Conservation and similarity of bacterial and eukaryotic innate immunity7
A molecular understanding of alphavirus entry and antibody protection7
Beneficial applications of biofilms6
Effects of climate change and human activities on vector-borne diseases6
Roles of the gut microbiome in weight management6
Motivation for exercise from the gut5
Pili go with the flow5
Lassa fever — the road ahead5
A new wrinkle in biofilm structure5
ESKAPE pathogens: antimicrobial resistance, epidemiology, clinical impact and therapeutics5
A deadly escape5
Stopping Marburg virus in its tracks4
Staphylococcus aureus gets itchy4
Erythrocyte invasion in malaria: from molecular mechanisms to rational vaccines4
Restoring soil and sediment microbiomes in the Anthropocene4
Cellular souvenirs in viral luggage4
No viral rebound4
Shaking up that sick feeling with biofilm sugars4
Publisher Correction: The marine nitrogen cycle: new developments and global change4
SURFing SARS-CoV-2 inhibition4
Flipping the drug resistance switch4
Inheriting traits4
Author Correction: Molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance revisited4
Visualizing cell division3
Gut bugs disrupt cancer drugs3
Long-acting therapy for HIV shows promise in African trial3
Degrading the matrix3
Staphylococcus epidermidis and its dual lifestyle in skin health and infection3
Tick-borne viruses: discovery, clinical aspects, influencing factors and control3
Human microbiome acquisition and transmission3
The gut–liver axis and gut microbiota in health and liver disease3
Antibodies versus P. aeruginosa3
Black Death unravelled3
Tricking plants into starvation3
A small coat for satellites3
Iron gatekeeper in malaria3
Insights into infectious diseases through ancient pathogen genomics3
The wound microbiota: microbial mechanisms of impaired wound healing and infection3
Bile acids and the gut microbiota: metabolic interactions and impacts on disease3
Leaving the wall behind to escape3
Discovering untapped biochemistry in microorganisms from hidden corners3
A kill switch for tuberculosis3
Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges3
The path of more resistance3
When Helicobacter pylori spells gastric cancer3
Clostridioides difficile pathogenesis and control3
Multi-viral defence in one sweep2
Disentangling metabolic interactions within bacterial communities2
A long-lost species2
Harnessing symbiotic bacteria for disease control2
Tearing CRISPR apart2
SARS-CoV-2 variants: biology, pathogenicity, immunity and control2
The indoors microbiome and human health2
The type VI secretion system and associated effector proteins2
Waning resistance2
Candida albicans steals magnesium and Pseudomonas aeruginosa unleashes resistance2
Author Correction: Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations2
An intercellular bridge for chikungunya virus transmission2
Self-sacrificing cell death to thwart phage infection2
Inactive vents, active producers2
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