Nature Reviews Microbiology

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Microbiology is 18. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
SARS-CoV-2 variants, spike mutations and immune escape2815
Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations1728
Antibiotic resistance in the environment1127
Infectious disease in an era of global change758
SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis551
Transmissibility and transmission of respiratory viruses513
The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation502
The evolution of SARS-CoV-2476
Tackling the emerging threat of antifungal resistance to human health472
Tolerance and resistance of microbial biofilms460
Life and death in the soil microbiome: how ecological processes influence biogeochemistry416
Molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance revisited400
An evolving view on biogeochemical cycling of iron393
Prevotella diversity, niches and interactions with the human host337
The human virome: assembly, composition and host interactions323
Horizontal gene transfer and adaptive evolution in bacteria319
Structural biology of SARS-CoV-2 and implications for therapeutic development315
Pathogenesis of human cytomegalovirus in the immunocompromised host304
Electromicrobiology: the ecophysiology of phylogenetically diverse electroactive microorganisms299
Interactions between bacterial and phage communities in natural environments286
Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward285
Bile acids and the gut microbiota: metabolic interactions and impacts on disease284
Soil microbiomes and one health279
The role of vaccines in combatting antimicrobial resistance278
Microbial volatile organic compounds in intra-kingdom and inter-kingdom interactions273
The biofilm matrix: multitasking in a shared space264
SARS-CoV-2 variant biology: immune escape, transmission and fitness263
Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation and social interactions263
Pseudomonas aeruginosa adaptation and evolution in patients with cystic fibrosis262
Beyond horizontal gene transfer: the role of plasmids in bacterial evolution253
Priority effects in microbiome assembly245
Skeletal infections: microbial pathogenesis, immunity and clinical management242
The stringent response and physiological roles of (pp)pGpp in bacteria235
Biology and evolution of bacterial toxin–antitoxin systems229
Influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2: pathogenesis and host responses in the respiratory tract222
Nutritional immunity: the battle for nutrient metals at the host–pathogen interface221
Microbial diversity in extreme environments219
Bacterial motility: machinery and mechanisms218
Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) in the gut microbiome216
Microbiome-based therapeutics212
Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics in microbiome investigations211
Anti-tuberculosis treatment strategies and drug development: challenges and priorities205
Infections at the maternal–fetal interface: an overview of pathogenesis and defence202
Staphylococcus aureus host interactions and adaptation200
The microbiome-shaping roles of bacteriocins197
The rumen microbiome: balancing food security and environmental impacts196
Immune evasion and provocation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis191
Epstein–Barr virus and multiple sclerosis181
Evasion of plant immunity by microbial pathogens181
Examining horizontal gene transfer in microbial communities179
The dynamic lung microbiome in health and disease175
Treatment strategies for cryptococcal infection: challenges, advances and future outlook173
Microbial evolution and transitions along the parasite–mutualist continuum173
SARS-CoV-2 variant evasion of monoclonal antibodies based on in vitro studies172
Human papillomaviruses: diversity, infection and host interactions170
Microbial production of advanced biofuels162
Physical properties of the bacterial outer membrane154
Antibiofilm activity of host defence peptides: complexity provides opportunities151
Composition and functions of bacterial membrane vesicles148
Trichoderma: a multipurpose, plant-beneficial microorganism for eco-sustainable agriculture144
Salmonella Typhimurium and inflammation: a pathogen-centric affair141
The WHO fungal priority pathogens list as a game-changer141
When anaerobes encounter oxygen: mechanisms of oxygen toxicity, tolerance and defence136
Ecology and impacts of white-nose syndrome on bats129
Ecology, evolution and spillover of coronaviruses from bats129
Architecture of bacterial respiratory chains128
The marine nitrogen cycle: new developments and global change127
The highly diverse antiphage defence systems of bacteria127
Microbially mediated metal corrosion125
Toxoplasma gondii infection and its implications within the central nervous system125
The interplay between microbial communities and soil properties123
The ecological roles of bacterial chemotaxis119
Gradients and consequences of heterogeneity in biofilms116
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on community respiratory virus activity113
Influenza lineage extinction during the COVID-19 pandemic?104
Host specificity of the gut microbiome103
Architecture of the dynamic fungal cell wall103
Revisiting the rules of life for viruses of microorganisms102
The gut–liver axis and gut microbiota in health and liver disease102
Diversity and evolution of the animal virome101
Multimodal interactions of drugs, natural compounds and pollutants with the gut microbiota101
Antigenic evolution will lead to new SARS-CoV-2 variants with unpredictable severity99
Structural biology of CRISPR–Cas immunity and genome editing enzymes98
Microbiota succession throughout life from the cradle to the grave96
Microbiota-mediated colonization resistance: mechanisms and regulation95
Marine biofilms: diversity, interactions and biofouling94
Staphylococcus epidermidis and its dual lifestyle in skin health and infection94
Cells within cells: Rickettsiales and the obligate intracellular bacterial lifestyle92
Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection92
Towards SARS-CoV-2 serotypes?90
Monkeypox virus: a neglected zoonotic pathogen spreads globally89
Structural insights into RNA polymerases of negative-sense RNA viruses87
Bacterial defences: mechanisms, evolution and antimicrobial resistance87
A lasting symbiosis: how the Hawaiian bobtail squid finds and keeps its bioluminescent bacterial partner87
Clostridioides difficile toxins: mechanisms of action and antitoxin therapeutics86
A lasting symbiosis: how Vibrio fischeri finds a squid partner and persists within its natural host79
Antibiotic perturbations to the gut microbiome79
Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges77
The physiology and genetics of bacterial responses to antibiotic combinations76
Mutualistic interplay between bacteriophages and bacteria in the human gut75
Giant virus biology and diversity in the era of genome-resolved metagenomics75
Author Correction: Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations74
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics73
Physiological limitations and opportunities in microbial metabolic engineering71
Soil viral diversity, ecology and climate change68
Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus65
Structure and function of retroviral integrase63
Forest microbiome and global change63
Optimizing antimicrobial use: challenges, advances and opportunities63
Population bottlenecks and founder effects: implications for mosquito-borne arboviral emergence62
Innate immune evasion strategies of SARS-CoV-261
Plasmids, a molecular cornerstone of antimicrobial resistance in the One Health era59
The oral microbiome: diversity, biogeography and human health59
The rapid emergence of antifungal-resistant human-pathogenic fungi57
Lassa fever — the road ahead56
From the soil to the clinic: the impact of microbial secondary metabolites on antibiotic tolerance and resistance55
Interspecific hybridization as a driver of fungal evolution and adaptation54
Microbial oxidation of atmospheric trace gases54
Alternative functions of CRISPR–Cas systems in the evolutionary arms race53
Type VII secretion systems: structure, functions and transport models51
Lipid biomarkers: molecular tools for illuminating the history of microbial life51
The gut microbiota and its biogeography50
Respiratory syncytial virus infection and novel interventions50
Shaping bacterial gene expression by physiological and proteome allocation constraints48
RNA-targeting CRISPR–Cas systems47
Author Correction: Plant–microbiome interactions: from community assembly to plant health47
Disinfectants and antiseptics: mechanisms of action and resistance43
Impact of enteric bacterial infections at and beyond the epithelial barrier43
Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection43
The soil plastisphere42
Machine learning for microbiologists40
The biogeography of infection revisited38
Drug delivery strategies for antibiofilm therapy37
Surveying membrane landscapes: a new look at the bacterial cell surface34
Bacterial DNA excision repair pathways34
Insights into the assembly and regulation of the bacterial divisome32
The importance of molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases in low-resource settings29
Structural and functional diversity of type IV secretion systems28
SARS-CoV-2 biology and host interactions26
The cellular lives of Wolbachia25
Types and functions of heterogeneity in mycobacteria25
Effects of climate change and human activities on vector-borne diseases24
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors24
Antibiotic-induced collateral damage to the microbiota and associated infections24
Translating eco-evolutionary biology into therapy to tackle antibiotic resistance24
Cell entry and release of quasi-enveloped human hepatitis viruses23
Burkholderia pseudomallei and melioidosis23
Intracellular lifestyle of Chlamydia trachomatis and host–pathogen interactions23
Roles of the gut microbiome in weight management22
The honeybee microbiota and its impact on health and disease22
The wound microbiota: microbial mechanisms of impaired wound healing and infection21
A molecular understanding of alphavirus entry and antibody protection21
Sewage surveillance of antibiotic resistance holds both opportunities and challenges21
The microbial landscape of colorectal cancer20
Utilization of the microbiome in personalized medicine20
Author Correction: Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-1920
Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses20
Alternative therapeutic strategies to treat antibiotic-resistant pathogens19
Towards an integrative view of virus phenotypes18
Beneficial applications of biofilms18
Emergence, transmission dynamics and mechanisms of artemisinin partial resistance in malaria parasites in Africa18
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