Cell Host & Microbe

Article	Citations
Selenium nanoboosting of plant-beneficial microbiome	602
Waste as an antibacterial weapon	341
Sowing the seeds of infection	300
Microbial genome mining expedition unearths trove of antiviral defenses	291
Candidalysin: An unlikely aide for fungal gut commensalism	280
Functional map of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease reveals tolerant and immutable sites	241
Engineered bacteria recycle tumor metabolic waste to boost immunotherapy	236
When predators meet the matrix: Natural resistance via amyloid fibers	214
Crosstalk between three CRISPR-Cas types enables primed type VI-A adaptation in Listeria seeligeri	211
Microbial byproducts determine reproductive fitness of free-living and parasitic nematodes	207
Combatting superbugs using the evolutionary record of microbial warfare	198
Pseudomonas infections persisting after CFTR modulators are widespread throughout the lungs and drive lung inflammation	197
Cohabitation facilitates microbiome shifts that promote isoflavone transformation to ameliorate liver injury	193
Breathe and bloom: Gut hypoxia limits C. albicans growth	189
Secretory IgA: Linking microbes, maternal health, and infant health through human milk	181
A secondary metabolite drives intraspecies antagonism in a gut symbiont that is inhibited by cell-wall acetylation	171
Metatranscriptomics uncovers diurnal functional shifts in bacterial transgenes with profound metabolic effects	168
Diverse events have transferred genes for edible seaweed digestion from marine to human gut bacteria	158
MFSD6 is an entry receptor for respiratory enterovirus D68	155
The bacterial effector GarD shields Chlamydia trachomatis inclusions from RNF213-mediated ubiquitylation and destruction	153
Comprehensive analyses of a large human gut Bacteroidales culture collection reveal species- and strain-level diversity and evolution	150
Proteobacteria impair anti-tumor immunity in the omentum by consuming arginine	150
Epithelial hypoxia maintains colonization resistance against Candida albicans	149
There and back again: Discovering antiviral and antiphage defenses using deep homology	148
Enhanced cultured diversity of the mouse gut microbiota enables custom-made synthetic communities	148

How hosts accurately command bacteria for gut health	145
Tactical terminase: How a Salmonella prophage navigates oxidative stress	144
A bacterial signal coordinates plant-microbe fitness trade-off to enhance sulfur deficiency tolerance in plants	140
Uniting against enteric invaders: IgA meets its microbial ally	139
From top to bottom: Staphylococci in atopic dermatitis	139
Two-for-one: Dual host-microbe functions of S. epidermidis Sph	131
A broadly distributed predicted helicase/nuclease confers phage resistance via abortive infection	128
Beta-carbolines suppress vaginal inflammation	127
Immunity to fungi and vaccine considerations	127
Virulence factors perforate the pathogen-containing vacuole to signal efferocytosis	118
Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.75 variant	117
Antibiotic treatment ignites a fire that lasts	116
Select symbionts drive high IgA levels in the mouse intestine	113
Gut microbial β-glucuronidases influence endobiotic homeostasis and are modulated by diverse therapeutics	112
Cad1 turns ATP into phage poison	109
Conspecific versus heterospecific transmission shapes host specialization of the phyllosphere microbiome	109
Subtle, persistent shaping of the gut microbiome by host genes: A critical determinant of host biology	108
Impact of a 7-day homogeneous diet on interpersonal variation in human gut microbiomes and metabolomes	106
Help from commensals: β-hex to regulate gut immunity	106
Cross-regulation of antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and commensal microbiota via molecular mimicry	105
BCAA-producing Clostridium symbiosum promotes colorectal tumorigenesis through the modulation of host cholesterol metabolism	105
Lost and found: Reconstituting PRR immune function through co-receptor transfer	104
Overcoming drug resistance, the natural way	103
A lung pathobiont story: Thinking outside the Koch’s postulate box	101
Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineages BA.1, BA.1.1, and BA.2	100
Antibiotics fire up inflammation to cool vaccine responsiveness	99
RSV and rhinovirus increase pneumococcal carriage acquisition and density, whereas nasal inflammation is associated with bacterial shedding	99
Location matters in RSV protection	97
One population, multiple lifestyles: Commensalism and pathogenesis in the human mycobiome	95
The gut microbiome: Bridging medications and clinical outcomes post stem cell transplantation	95
Gut IgA: Never fear, the super inducers are here	95
“AHR-ming” host defense against cryptosporidiosis	95
Microbiota alert: Proteobacteria consume arginine to dampen omental antitumor immunity	94
Enhanced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 and XBB sub-lineages by a tetravalent COVID-19 vaccine booster	94
A mucin-regulated adhesin determines the spatial organization and inflammatory character of a bacterial symbiont in the vertebrate gut	94
Predator-prey interplay: When chemical conversation turns deadly	94
Decline in nitrosative stress drives antibiotic persister regrowth during infection	93
Global translational induction during NLR-mediated immunity in plants is dynamically regulated by CDC123, an ATP-sensitive protein	93
A single-cell liver atlas of Plasmodium vivax infection	93
MX2 forms nucleoporin-comprising cytoplasmic biomolecular condensates that lure viral capsids	93
Dietary environmental factors shape the immune defense against Cryptosporidium infection	93
Multiple introductions and recombination events underlie the emergence of a hyper-transmissible Cryptosporidium hominis subtype in the USA	91
On-person adaptive evolution of Staphylococcus aureus during treatment for atopic dermatitis	90
Intestinal microbiota programming of alveolar macrophages influences severity of respiratory viral infection	89
A key genetic factor governing arabinan utilization in the gut microbiome alleviates constipation	88
Microbiota-dependent proteolysis of gluten subverts diet-mediated protection against type 1 diabetes	85
Precision modulation of dysbiotic adult microbiomes with a human-milk-derived synbiotic reshapes gut microbial composition and metabolites	84
SARS-CoV-2 human T cell epitopes: Adaptive immune response against COVID-19	84
Longitudinal profiling of the microbiome at four body sites reveals core stability and individualized dynamics during health and disease	83
Exclusive enteral nutrition initiates individual protective microbiome changes to induce remission in pediatric Crohn’s disease	83

A counterintuitive antibody cocktail disrupts coxsackievirus	83
Bacteria exploit viral dormancy to establish CRISPR-Cas immunity	82
When NOD ligands become antidotes	82
Pseudomonads coordinate innate defense against viruses and bacteria with a single regulatory system	81
Enteric virome negatively affects seroconversion following oral rotavirus vaccination in a longitudinally sampled cohort of Ghanaian infants	81
E. coli prophages encode an arsenal of defense systems to protect against temperate phages	80
AI in microbiome research: Where have we been, where are we going?	78
Infant gut DNA bacteriophage strain persistence during the first 3 years of life	78
Immune chromatin reader SP140 regulates microbiota and risk for inflammatory bowel disease	78
Bacteroides sphingolipids promote anti-inflammatory responses through the mevalonate pathway	77
A surface-receptor-coupled G protein regulates plant immunity through nuclear protein kinases	76
Maternal antibiotic prophylaxis during cesarean section has a limited impact on the infant gut microbiome	75
Multi-arming ourselves against drug-resistant bacteria	75
Bifidobacterium longum promotes postoperative liver function recovery in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma	74
Neutralization and durability of 2 or 3 doses of the BNT162b2 vaccine against Omicron SARS-CoV-2	74
Strong humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 Spike after BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination with a 16-week interval between doses	74
Long-chain unsaturated fatty acids released during immune responses stimulate host-microbe trans-kingdom communication	73
The gut microbiome associates with phenotypic manifestations of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome	72
GOSpel for tiny allies	71
On track to tackle dengue: History and future of NS4B ligands	70
Methylglyoxal is an antibacterial effector produced by macrophages during infection	70
The gut microbiome molecular complex in human health and disease	70
Salmonella re-engineers the intestinal environment to break colonization resistance in the presence of a compositionally intact microbiota	68
Systems virology as a cornerstone for pandemic responsiveness: A G2P-Japan perspective	68
Obesity-enriched gut microbe degrades myo-inositol and promotes lipid absorption	67
Rethinking next-generation vaccines for coronaviruses, influenzaviruses, and other respiratory viruses	67
Deficient butyrate-producing capacity in the gut microbiome is associated with bacterial network disturbances and fatigue symptoms in ME/CFS	67
Widespread RNA-based cas regulation monitors crRNA abundance and anti-CRISPR proteins	67
Memory profiles distinguish cross-reactive and virus-specific T cell immunity to mpox	67
Host-microbe interaction paradigms in acute and recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis	66
“Indole-gence” for the mind	65
Cutibacterium acnes evolution: One pore at a time	65
Targeted inhibition of pathobiont virulence factor mitigates alcohol-associated liver disease	65
Antibiotic-induced gut microbiome perturbation alters the immune responses to the rabies vaccine	63
Fungal sensing enhances neutrophil metabolic fitness by regulating antifungal Glut1 activity	63
All systems go: CRISPR crosstalk for enhanced immunity	63
Metabolic cross-feeding of a dietary antioxidant enhances anaerobic energy metabolism by human gut bacteria	63
Thanks, but no thanks: Cholera pathogen keeps incoming DNA at bay	63
MRSA lineage USA300 isolated from bloodstream infections exhibit altered virulence regulation	62
Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern link to increased spike cleavage and virus transmission	62
Assembling symbiotic bacterial species into live therapeutic consortia that reconstitute microbiome functions	61
Commensal microbe regulation of skin cells in disease	61
A target expression threshold dictates invader defense and prevents autoimmunity by CRISPR-Cas13	60
Symbiotic Firmicutes establish mutualism with the host via innate tolerance and resistance to control systemic immunity	60
Gut microbiome development and childhood undernutrition	60
A global survey of taxa-metabolic associations across mouse microbiome communities	60
The Africa COVID-19 legacy—Improved vaccinology for pandemic preparedness	60
Rethinking healthy eating in light of the gut microbiome	58
An interplay between human genetics and intratumoral microbiota in the progression of colorectal cancer	58
Gut bacteria help the brain with an oil change	57
Microbial Cgr2 will let your Th17 cells ROR(γT)	57
Conversation between host and gut microbiota unveils a “silver bullet” therapeutic option for chemotherapy	57
Environmental and maternal imprints on infant gut metabolic development	56
The NSP4 T492I mutation increases SARS-CoV-2 infectivity by altering non-structural protein cleavage	56
Spatially resolved lipidomics shows conditional transfer of lipids produced by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron into the mouse gut	55
Antigenic cartography of well-characterized human sera shows SARS-CoV-2 neutralization differences based on infection and vaccination history	55
Oncomicrobial vaccines: The potential for a Fusobacterium nucleatum vaccine to improve colorectal cancer outcomes	55
The RNA landscape of the human commensal Segatella copri reveals a small RNA essential for gut colonization	55
Cytomegalovirus-vaccine-induced unconventional T cell priming and control of SIV replication is conserved between primate species	55
Maternal gestational diabetes mellitus associates with altered gut microbiome composition and head circumference abnormalities in male offspring	55
Bacteroides methylmalonyl-CoA mutase produces propionate that promotes intestinal goblet cell differentiation and homeostasis	54
Dynamics of the normal gut microbiota: A longitudinal one-year population study in Sweden	54
Ruminococcus gnavus plays a pathogenic role in diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome by increasing serotonin biosynthesis	54
Bacterial homologs of innate eukaryotic antiviral defenses with anti-phage activity highlight shared evolutionary roots of viral defenses	54
Growing up: A NOD2 our microbes	53
Mother-to-infant microbiota transmission and infant microbiota development across multiple body sites	53
A. baumannii’s nutrient tug-of-war	52
Mycobacterial phage TM4 requires a eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr protein kinase to silence and escape anti-phage immunity	51
Walking down the phosphorylation path to root immunity	51
MAMPs: A devil tamed becomes an angel	51
Even old foes can learn sweet new tricks	51
Host cells subdivide nutrient niches into discrete biogeographical microhabitats for gut microbes	50
The gut-brain axis goes viral	50
Antiretroviral therapy reveals triphasic decay of intact SIV genomes and persistence of ancestral variants	49
Viral mimicry protects from infection when you’re expecting	49
Susceptible bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract without evolving resistance	49
Homotypic antibodies target novel E glycoprotein domains after natural DENV 3 infection/vaccination	49
Deep learning helps fight against antibiotic resistance	49
Host stress drives tolerance and persistence: The bane of anti-microbial therapeutics	48
Linking E. coli to fibrosis in Crohn’s disease	48

Multi-armed antibiotics for Gram-positive bacteria	48
The Toxoplasma effector GRA28 promotes parasite dissemination by inducing dendritic cell-like migratory properties in infected macrophages	48
Going viral: The role of mobile genetic elements in bacterial immunity	48
Pangenomes of human gut microbiota uncover links between genetic diversity and stress response	48
Microbiota metabolism of intestinal amino acids impacts host nutrient homeostasis and physiology	48
An expanded arsenal of immune systems that protect bacteria from phages	48
Comprehensive analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomes reveals genetic variations in bacterial virulence	47
Pre-existing humoral immunity to human common cold coronaviruses negatively impacts the protective SARS-CoV-2 antibody response	47
Birthmode and environment-dependent microbiota transmission dynamics are complemented by breastfeeding during the first year	47
Host-specific microbiome and genomic signatures in Bifidobacterium reveal co-evolutionary and functional adaptations across diverse animal hosts	46
Acetylation of the NS3 helicase by KAT5γ is essential for flavivirus replication	46
The vagina question: Can maternal vaginal fluid impact the infant gut microbiome and neurodevelopment?	46
Stoking inflammasome fires in the COVID-19 neighborhood	46
Mimicry games: NPC-like MX2 condensates trap viruses	46
Lactate production by tumor-resident Staphylococcus promotes metastatic colonization in lung adenocarcinoma	46
Fungal resistance in rice is restored by interfamily transfer of an evolutionarily lost co-receptor	45
Characterization of the rotavirus assembly pathway in situ using cryoelectron tomography	45
Lymph node dendritic cells harbor inducible replication-competent HIV despite years of suppressive ART	45
Prenatal antibiotics reduce breast milk IgA and induce dysbiosis in mouse offspring, increasing neonatal susceptibility to bacterial sepsis	45
Type IV-A3 CRISPR-Cas systems drive inter-plasmid conflicts by acquiring spacers in trans	44
The bacterial defense system MADS interacts with CRISPR-Cas to limit phage infection and escape	44
Gut microbial enzymes and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: Function, mechanism, and therapeutic prospects	44
The microbial metabolite imidazole propionate modulates hypothalamic activity and stress-induced behaviors	43
The developing infant gut microbiome: A strain-level view	43
Common mycorrhizal networks facilitate plant disease resistance by altering rhizosphere microbiome assembly	43
A gB nanoparticle vaccine elicits a protective neutralizing antibody response against EBV	43
The impact of COVID-19 on children and lessons for pandemic preparedness	42
Broad receptor tropism and immunogenicity of a clade 3 sarbecovirus	42
Bacteria block host cell death by protein cut-and-paste	41
The Mouse Gastrointestinal Bacteria Catalogue enables translation between the mouse and human gut microbiotas via functional mapping	41
Dosing a synbiotic of human milk oligosaccharides and B. infantis leads to reversible engraftment in healthy adult microbiomes without antibiotics	41
Commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis contributes to skin barrier homeostasis by generating protective ceramides	41
Engineered probiotic ameliorates ulcerative colitis by restoring gut microbiota and redox homeostasis	40
Differences in carbon metabolic capacity fuel co-existence and plasmid transfer between Salmonella strains in the mouse gut	39
A new piece of the microbiota pie: Mining ‘omics for DNA inversion states	39
Stitching together a healthy gut microbiome with fiber	38
Oh, how we have grown!	38
BCG: From veins to correlates	38
One size might fit all: Indole-3-propionic acid potentiates pan-cancer immunotherapy	38
Mg and the microbiome: A liver-protective duo	37
Compensating P. falciparum artemisinin resistance	37
Pregnancy-associated morbidity and mortality during pandemics: Looking to the past in order to prepare for the future	37
Bacterial molecular syringe for drug delivery	36
It takes a plant village to raise a microbiome	36
Bacteria renew an OLD protein to cleave host tRNAs and block phage translation	35
Metagenomic selections reveal diverse antiphage defenses in human and environmental microbiomes	35
Individual leaf microbiota tunes a genetic regulatory network to promote leaf growth	35
Designing boosting immunogens for HIV-1 vaccine development	35
Antibody escape and cryptic cross-domain stabilization in the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike protein	35
Gut microbiota and metabolites drive chronic sickle cell disease pain in mice	35
Response, resistance, and recovery of gut bacteria to human-targeted drug exposure	34
Bioengineered gut bacterium synthesizing levodopa alleviates motor deficits in models of Parkinson’s disease	34
Caudovirales bacteriophages are associated with improved executive function and memory in flies, mice, and humans	34
The HY5-NPR1 module governs light-dependent virulence of a plant bacterial pathogen	34
Fiber-deficient diet inhibits colitis through the regulation of the niche and metabolism of a gut pathobiont	34
Molecular basis for inhibition of type III-B CRISPR-Cas by an archaeal viral anti-CRISPR protein	34
Cytoplasmic calcium influx mediated by plant MLKLs confers TNL-triggered immunity	33
Keystone Pseudomonas species in the wheat phyllosphere microbiome mitigate Fusarium head blight by altering host pH	33
RTS,S today and tomorrow’s science	33
Charting a phage genome atlas	33
Gut dopamine kick: How gut microbes turn on host receptors to fight pathogens	33