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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Adapting to host life3603
Honey bee symbiont gives larvae a boost1217
Gender justice and prioritizing women and girls in the HIV response1212
Viruses on the move1106
Viral spillback1099
Author Correction: Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges1083
Gut–brain axis in ageing971
Microorganisms lock up carbon in soil787
Measles is resurging in the Americas and the world is watching775
Sticky Candida auris660
Finding the lock to fit the key: Ebola virus entry641
Schistosomes go single cell602
Impacts of climate extremes on plant pathogens, microbiomes and plant health580
Commensalism and pathogenesis of Candida albicans at the mucosal interface535
Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites528
The soil plastisphere520
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic499
Designer viral receptors490
Parasitic control of wolf behaviour488
Viruses unveil the mechanisms of nuclear entry455
Scavenging a pyrimidine to thrive446
Taking the jump to humans422
Indirect intervention394
The intruders that stole the master key380
A microbial metabolite to master inflammation366
Microorganisms, climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress and challenges361
Harnessing the microbiome for cancer therapy343
Pioneering microbiome engineering340
Sewer biofilms and SARS-CoV-2319
Microbial secondary metabolites: advancements to accelerate discovery towards application311
Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection309
The human skin microbiome: from metagenomes to therapeutics306
Bacteria like it soft299
Phages get snappy298
Rediscovering plasmid-dependent phages276
Translating eco-evolutionary biology into therapy to tackle antibiotic resistance276
Phage host range: determinants, dynamics and applications273
Microbial adaptability in changing environments270
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors269
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics263
The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance249
Bacterial siderophores: diversity, uptake pathways and applications239
Avian influenza takes flight in humans by evading restriction223
Engineered Mycoplasma fight lung infections221
Copper contraceptive induces dysbiosis221
Anti-defence islands in plasmids220
Defending against plasmids214
A molecular decoy for phage defence214
How flaviviruses infect both humans and insects199
Challenges and strategies for addressing antibacterial drug resistance in LMICs199
Microplastics impair seabird gut microbiomes197
Bacterial small molecule metabolites implicated in gastrointestinal cancer development188
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreak in cattle: the knowns and unknowns185
Coronavirus research: knowledge gaps and research priorities184
The gut microbiome in solid-organ and haematopoietic-stem-cell transplantation182
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world176
The gut–airway microbiome axis in health and respiratory diseases173
Enterocloster undermine cancer immunotherapy171
A manipulating pair166
Outgrowing antibiotic action165
PrEPping the skin164
A gut bacterium trims mucosal immunity161
Uropathogenic E. coli creates a memory157
Whisperings from not so silent mutations154
Intelligent bacteria for IBD153
A soothing bite for chikungunya149
Addressing the fungal diagnostic gap in LMICs142
Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses140
A transcription factor that links domains139
Author Correction: Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection139
Present and future distribution of human pathogens in global soils138
Aspergillus fumigatus biology, immunopathogenicity and drug resistance135
Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria133
Illuminating microbial defence systems in extreme environments133
The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation130
Extracellular niche establishment by plant pathogens126
The rapid emergence of antifungal-resistant human-pathogenic fungi123
In tandem towards resistance121
H. pylori evolution during disease121
From soil to battling antimicrobial resistance120
Blurred lines in the mycorrhiza world115
Anthropogenic impacts on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere114
Metagenomics distilled: new k-mer-based methods111
Climate change and antimicrobial resistance111
Immune evasion and provocation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis107
Spreading out of the lung103
The microbial carbon pump and climate change103
Cross-kingdom defence proteins103
The rising mpox crisis100
Off to a new host100
Bee-saving symbionts97
Skin-deep AMR hotspots in nursing homes96
Blasting away a fungal pathogen95
Reviving colistin92
Monitoring pathogens in wastewater91
A tale of two codes89
Streptomyces deploys an ancient toxin to feast on insects84
Building climate-resilient agriculture through science and local action84
Author Correction: Examining the healthy human microbiome concept84
Capturing glycans83
Oral–gut bacterial transport drives chronic liver disease82
Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers81
Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe79
Emergence, transmission dynamics and mechanisms of artemisinin partial resistance in malaria parasites in Africa78
The honeybee microbiota and its impact on health and disease76
A driver of monkeypox virus evolution?76
Preventing programmed destruction75
Campylobacter spreads colorectal cancer74
Coordinated action by individuals orchestrates infection through the division of labour74
Mapping the microbiome milieu74
Quality MAGnified73
Lactobacilli biology, applications and host interactions68
Varicella zoster virus and the central nervous system67
Epstein–Barr virus pathogenesis and emerging control strategies66
Viral emergence and pandemic preparedness in a One Health framework65
The gut microbiota and its biogeography58
Bacterial architects build the biofilm structures58
Microbial phosphorus cycling in terrestrial ecosystems56
Antimicrobial peptides: structure, functions and translational applications55
Long-term control of HIV54
Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward54
Settling with the motion51
Warming waters, declining Prochlorococcus51
Lassoing bacterial ribosomes51
Bioplastic builders51
Keep calm with ammonia-producing microbiota49
M. tuberculosis regulatory evolution levels up transmission and resistance49
Splitting the population in the gut48
The pathobiology of human fungal infections47
Infectious diseases and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress, challenges and future directions47
Reverse vaccinology 3.047
The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein: structure, function and interactions with neutralizing antibodies46
The bodily distribution of monkeypox virus45
A potential new player in gastric cancer44
Testing fast with uRAST43
Unravelling the genome of giants43
Gut phages fuel food addiction41
Zoonotic threats hidden in wildlife40
Unearthing the story of the first antifungal drugs40
Hyphae promote Candida albicans fitness and commensalism in the gut40
Shigella sonnei: epidemiology, evolution, pathogenesis, resistance and host interactions39
Insights into the assembly and regulation of the bacterial divisome38
The aquatic plastisphere: ecology, pathogen dissemination and antimicrobial resistance37
Pertussis vaccines, epidemiology and evolution37
Oomycete plant pathogens: biology, pathogenesis and emerging control strategies36
Predation in microbial communities: gradients of nutritive killing33
Interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements31
Forest microbiome and global change28
The dynamic lung microbiome in health and disease28
Microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease: mechanisms of disease and therapeutic opportunities27
Reaching your destination25
Commensals find their niche25
Hunting archaeal viruses23
Twenty years of Nature Reviews Microbiology23
Putting a twist in syphilis vaccine development19
Methanogens implicated by DNA evidence18
Machine learning sheds light on microbial dark proteins18
Clinical metagenomics for diagnosis and surveillance of viral pathogens17
Harnessing the plant microbiome for sustainable crop production17
SARS-CoV-2 biology and host interactions17
Current and projected effects of climate change in cryosphere microbial ecosystems16
A solution for mercury pollution?15
Alternative therapeutic strategies to treat antibiotic-resistant pathogens15
Fibre-deprived Akkermansia worsens food allergy15
Microbial extracellular polymeric substances in the environment, technology and medicine15
Routes of soil microbiome dispersal15
The mycobiota feeds into bacterial infections14
An amoeba and a cyanobacterium walk into a bar...14
The origins of pathogenesis14
Gut commensals activate digestion14
RNA evolution shapes SARS-CoV-2 success14
A misplaced microbiome12
A trapped polymerase hastens avian influenza virus evolution11
Drug delivery strategies for antibiofilm therapy11
Achieving sustainable access to antibiotics is more than just a last mile challenge11
Co‐evolution of early Earth environments and microbial life11
Immune targeting of HIV-1 reservoir cells: a path to elimination strategies and cure11
The evolution of SARS-CoV-210
Drosophila sperm sabotage by Wolbachia prophage10
Fungi feed bacteria for biodegradation10
The HIV epidemic 40 years on9
Phages to the rescue9
A gut microbiome-restoring diet9
Fitness cost of antifungal resistance9
Roles of the gut microbiome in weight management8
Dispersing biofilm myths8
Conservation and similarity of bacterial and eukaryotic innate immunity8
Unveiling plasmid diversity in nature8
An invasive plant reveals the importance of mycorrhizal fungi8
Cross-linking gut bacteria to cancer8
Plasmid and phage lifestyles in crAssphage7
Beneficial applications of biofilms6
A molecular understanding of alphavirus entry and antibody protection6
Bacterial allies against food anaphylaxis6
Lassa fever — the road ahead6
Effects of climate change and human activities on vector-borne diseases5
A new wrinkle in biofilm structure5
A deadly escape5
ESKAPE pathogens: antimicrobial resistance, epidemiology, clinical impact and therapeutics5
Pili go with the flow5
Motivation for exercise from the gut5
SURFing SARS-CoV-2 inhibition5
Cellular souvenirs in viral luggage4
Flipping the drug resistance switch4
Ciliate hydrogen organelles fuel rumen methanogenesis4
Stopping Marburg virus in its tracks4
Shaking up that sick feeling with biofilm sugars4
Erythrocyte invasion in malaria: from molecular mechanisms to rational vaccines4
Author Correction: Molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance revisited4
No viral rebound4
Staphylococcus aureus gets itchy4
Restoring soil and sediment microbiomes in the Anthropocene4
Inheriting traits4
A kill switch for tuberculosis3
Black Death unravelled3
Keeping off the weight with Akkermansia3
Iron gatekeeper in malaria3
When Helicobacter pylori spells gastric cancer3
Insights into infectious diseases through ancient pathogen genomics3
The wound microbiota: microbial mechanisms of impaired wound healing and infection3
The path of more resistance3
Tricking plants into starvation3
Staphylococcus epidermidis and its dual lifestyle in skin health and infection3
A small coat for satellites3
Long-acting therapy for HIV shows promise in African trial3
Gut bugs disrupt cancer drugs3
The gut–liver axis and gut microbiota in health and liver disease3
Visualizing cell division3
Discovering untapped biochemistry in microorganisms from hidden corners3
Degrading the matrix3
Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges3
Tick-borne viruses: discovery, clinical aspects, influencing factors and control3
Human microbiome acquisition and transmission3
Clostridioides difficile pathogenesis and control3
Bile acids and the gut microbiota: metabolic interactions and impacts on disease3
Antibodies versus P. aeruginosa3
Self-sacrificing cell death to thwart phage infection2
Inactive vents, active producers2
Harnessing symbiotic bacteria for disease control2
Examining the healthy human microbiome concept2
An intercellular bridge for chikungunya virus transmission2
Iron acquisition by amino acids under flow2
Multi-viral defence in one sweep2
SARS-CoV-2 variants: biology, pathogenicity, immunity and control2
Algal blooms in the ocean: hot spots for chemically mediated microbial interactions2
Tearing CRISPR apart2
Waning resistance2
Microbiota–neuroepithelial signalling across the gut–brain axis2
A phage cocktail for IBD?2
A long-lost species2
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