Nature Microbiology

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Microbiology is 9. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Rebound virus in the cerebrospinal fluid reveals a possible HIV-1 reservoir561
Sickle cell trait enhances malaria transmission362
Metabolic sensing tips the balance of drug tolerance in fungal meningitis354
Gene–drug potency screening in M. tuberculosis268
Author Correction: DART takes aim at community editing254
Molecular factors shaping whether HCMV infection is productive or latent245
Horizontal gene transfer explains unusual traits of Armillaria fungi241
Dietary exclusion of major food groups shapes the gut microbiome and may influence health239
Microbiome association with coral growth and survival237
The fast-evolving FIKK kinase family of Plasmodium falciparum can be inhibited by a single compound200
A dynamic subpopulation of CRISPR–Cas overexpressers allows Streptococcus pyogenes to rapidly respond to phage200
Explainable artificial intelligence evolves antimicrobial peptides193
The structure of the complete extracellular bacterial flagellum reveals the mechanism of flagellin incorporation193
Flipping the magic switch to persistence via GTP depletion190
Assessing critical thresholds in terrestrial microbiomes188
Climate extremes disrupt fungal–bacterial interactions182
Mycobacterium abscessus pathogenesis identified by phenogenomic analyses171
Proteins containing photosynthetic reaction centre domains modulate FtsZ-based archaeal cell division169
Host range, transmissibility and antigenicity of a pangolin coronavirus166
Double-stranded RNA sequencing reveals distinct riboviruses associated with thermoacidophilic bacteria from hot springs in Japan166
Therapeutic efficacy of monoclonal antibodies and antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 in Syrian hamsters156
A high-throughput and low-waste viability assay for microbes155
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein O-phosphorylation landscape152
Cytoplasmic contractile injection systems mediate cell death in Streptomyces148
OPENPichia: licence-free Komagataella phaffii chassis strains and toolkit for protein expression148
Particular genomic and virulence traits associated with preterm infant-derived toxigenic Clostridium perfringens strains148
Appressorium-mediated plant infection by Magnaporthe oryzae is regulated by a Pmk1-dependent hierarchical transcriptional network147
Recent gene selection and drug resistance underscore clinical adaptation across Candida species145
Single mutation makes Escherichia coli an insect mutualist142
The Parkinson’s disease drug entacapone disrupts gut microbiome homeostasis via iron sequestration139
Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and humans for Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia136
Ancient origin and constrained evolution of the division and cell wall gene cluster in Bacteria135
Candida albicans extracellular vesicles trigger type I IFN signalling via cGAS and STING135
Integrated host-microbe plasma metagenomics for sepsis diagnosis in a prospective cohort of critically ill adults130
Organ-on-chip models for infectious disease research129
Mechanistic basis for potent neutralization of Sin Nombre hantavirus by a human monoclonal antibody128
Exceeding expectations out in the cold with Colwellia126
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli infection-induced epithelial trained immunity impacts urinary tract disease outcome126
Blockade of endothelin receptors mitigates SARS-CoV-2-induced osteoarthritis125
Extracellular vesicles block viral entryways125
Risk–reward trade-off during carbon starvation generates dichotomy in motility endurance among marine bacteria124
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus induces mitochondrial fission to evade host immune responses and promote viral production124
Call for papers on the clinical microbiome124
Bacteroides fragilis uses toxins for gut success124
Prioritizing mentorship122
SAMPL-seq reveals micron-scale spatial hubs in the human gut microbiome121
Regulators unite to enable plant entry120
Mineral-eating microorganisms at extinct hydrothermal vents120
CRISPR-influenced symbiosis120
Publisher Correction: Breastfeeding promotes bifidobacterial immunomodulatory metabolites120
Synthesis of lipid-linked precursors of the bacterial cell wall is governed by a feedback control mechanism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa114
Decoding the impact of nuclear organization on antigenic variation in parasites113
Dietary- and host-derived metabolites are used by diverse gut bacteria for anaerobic respiration109
Coronavirus sampling and surveillance in bats from 1996–2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis109
Pseudomonas syringae subpopulations cooperate by coordinating flagellar and type III secretion spatiotemporal dynamics to facilitate plant infection108
Neutralization mechanism of a human antibody with pan-coronavirus reactivity including SARS-CoV-2106
Intragenic viral silencer element regulates HTLV-1 latency via RUNX complex recruitment105
Rational attenuation of RNA viruses with zinc finger antiviral protein104
Expanding known viral diversity in the healthy infant gut104
Transforming tuberculosis diagnosis103
Publisher Correction: Identification and structure of an extracellular contractile injection system from the marine bacterium Algoriphagus machipongonensis102
Streptomyces polyketides mediate bacteria–fungi interactions across soil environments102
SARS and synapses101
Switching on cyclic di-GMP heterogeneity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms101
Placental Streptococcus agalactiae DNA is associated with neonatal unit admission and foetal pro-inflammatory cytokines in term infants100
Publisher Correction: 2021 in review99
Using animation to mediate scientific discourse98
Discovery of an orally active benzoxaborole prodrug effective in the treatment of Chagas disease in non-human primates97
The gut–liver axis in HCV infection97
Cell envelope diversity and evolution across the bacterial tree of life97
Hunting emerging viruses through participatory community science97
Mycobacterium tuberculosis as teacher96
Sensitive poliovirus detection using nested PCR and nanopore sequencing: a prospective validation study96
CryoEM reveals that ribosomes in microsporidian spores are locked in a dimeric hibernating state94
SARS-CoV-2 infection induces pro-fibrotic and pro-thrombotic foam cell formation94
Characterization of inositol lipid metabolism in gut-associated Bacteroidetes94
Dietary fibre counters the oncogenic potential of colibactin-producing Escherichia coli in colorectal cancer91
Increased small particle aerosol transmission of B.1.1.7 compared with SARS-CoV-2 lineage A in vivo91
Parasite and vector circadian clocks mediate efficient malaria transmission91
Combining antibiotics to tackle antimicrobial resistance90
Self-assembling viral histones are evolutionary intermediates between archaeal and eukaryotic nucleosomes90
Dynamic diel proteome and daytime nitrogenase activity supports buoyancy in the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium89
Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss89
Therapeutics for COVID-1989
Clinical implications of preterm infant gut microbiome development89
An expanded metabolic pathway for androgen production by commensal bacteria88
Connecting microbiome and menopause for healthy ageing86
Bacteriophages avoid autoimmunity from cognate immune systems as an intrinsic part of their life cycles85
Plasmodium falciparum resistant to artemisinin and diagnostics have emerged in Ethiopia85
From farm to factory to fork85
Non-canonical start codons confer context-dependent advantages in carbohydrate utilization for commensal E. coli in the murine gut82
A year of microbiology82
Outbreak dynamics of foodborne pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus over a seventeen year period implies hidden reservoirs82
Species- and site-specific genome editing in complex bacterial communities82
Escherichia coli integrates chemotaxis and quorum sensing pathways in vivo81
Reproductive justice must be considered in the scientific community79
Guiding phage therapy with genomic surveillance79
Mining the microbiota for antibiotics78
Bacteria can shed a layer when phages turn up the heat78
Non-equivalent genomes in polyploid prokaryotes77
mRNA-encoded Cas13 can be used to treat dengue infections in mice76
Achilles’ heel of antibiotic resistance76
A framework for automated scalable designation of viral pathogen lineages from genomic data76
Siderophores mediate antibiotic resistance76
TOLLIP inhibits lipid accumulation and the integrated stress response in alveolar macrophages to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection75
A vision for spaceflight microbiology to enable human health and habitat sustainability75
Mapping phyllosphere microbiota interactions in planta to establish genotype–phenotype relationships74
Coffee consumption is associated with intestinal Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus abundance and prevalence across multiple cohorts74
Vertical and horizontal gene transfer shaped plant colonization and biomass degradation in the fungal genus Armillaria74
Safety and immunogenicity of a prefusion non-stabilized spike protein mRNA COVID-19 vaccine: a phase I trial71
Live-attenuated vaccine sCPD9 elicits superior mucosal and systemic immunity to SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters71
Widespread stop-codon recoding in bacteriophages may regulate translation of lytic genes70
Growth rate is modulated by monitoring cell wall precursors in Bacillus subtilis69
Environmental stress mediates groundwater microbial community assembly68
GprC of the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys flagrans activates mitochondria and reprograms fungal cells for nematode hunting68
Gut microbial factors predict disease severity in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis67
Human microbiome myths and misconceptions67
Metabolic modelling reveals the aging-associated decline of host–microbiome metabolic interactions in mice66
Bacteria modulate microalgal aging physiology through the induction of extracellular vesicle production to remove harmful metabolites65
Microbial metabolites in the marine carbon cycle65
Inflammation-associated nitrate facilitates ectopic colonization of oral bacterium Veillonella parvula in the intestine64
Shining light on the coral photosymbiont family Symbiodiniaceae64
Amplifying diverse voices in microbiology64
The gut microbiota contributes to the pathogenesis of anorexia nervosa in humans and mice64
Parabacteroides distasonis uses dietary inulin to suppress NASH via its metabolite pentadecanoic acid64
A method to detect origin of transfer sequences for plasmid conjugation64
The cell biology of archaea64
CD8+ T cell depletion does not induce an expansion of viral reservoir in HIV model64
Migrant health matters64
We must learn from past outbreaks63
Retracing a tangled tree of archaeal evolution63
Addressing gaps in author and reviewer gender diversity63
SARS-CoV-2 Africa dashboard for real-time COVID-19 information62
Genome-wide protein–DNA interaction site mapping in bacteria using a double-stranded DNA-specific cytosine deaminase60
Identifying an evolutionary origin for morbilliviruses in bats59
Metabolites from intact phage-infected Synechococcus chemotactically attract heterotrophic marine bacteria57
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 escape mutations during Bamlanivimab therapy in a phase II randomized clinical trial57
Characterizing extracellular vesicles of human fungal pathogens56
Dairy cows develop protective immunity against reinfection with bovine H5N1 influenza virus56
Taurolithocholic acid protects against viral haemorrhagic fever via inhibition of ferroptosis56
Inactivated whole-virion vaccine BBV152/Covaxin elicits robust cellular immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern55
Mycobacterial nucleoid-associated protein Lsr2 is required for productive mycobacteriophage infection54
Gut bacteria degrade purines via the 2,8-dioxopurine pathway54
Comprehensive transcription terminator atlas for Bacillus subtilis54
Staphylococcal virulence factor HlgB targets the endoplasmic-reticulum-resident E3 ubiquitin ligase AMFR to promote pneumonia54
Phase transition of GvpU regulates gas vesicle clustering in bacteria54
Bacillus subtilis biofilm matrix components target seed oil bodies to promote growth and anti-fungal resistance in melon54
Molecular organization of the New World arenavirus spike glycoprotein complex53
Multinational epidemiological analysis of oral human papillomavirus incidence in 3,137 men53
Preclinical evaluation of the SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitor RAY1216 shows improved pharmacokinetics compared with nirmatrelvir53
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway53
AMR, One Health and the environment52
Sulfated glycosaminoglycans are host epithelial cell targets of the Candida albicans toxin candidalysin52
The microbiome of a bacterivorous marine choanoflagellate contains a resource-demanding obligate bacterial associate52
Diet switch pre-vaccination improves immune response and metabolic status in formerly obese mice51
Tecovirimat is effective against human monkeypox virus in vitro at nanomolar concentrations51
Genomic epidemiology reveals multidrug resistant plasmid spread between Vibrio cholerae lineages in Yemen51
A haem-sequestering plant peptide promotes iron uptake in symbiotic bacteria51
BacterAI maps microbial metabolism without prior knowledge51
Differential stress responsiveness determines intraspecies virulence heterogeneity and host adaptation in Listeria monocytogenes50
Improving local prevalence estimates of SARS-CoV-2 infections using a causal debiasing framework50
Rottlerin inhibits La Crosse virus-induced encephalitis in mice and blocks release of replicating virus from the Golgi body in neurons50
Translating between science and politics as a government adviser50
Chromosome architecture in an archaeal species naturally lacking structural maintenance of chromosomes proteins49
Iron-limitation light switch49
Publisher Correction: Divergent SARS-CoV-2 variant emerges in white-tailed deer with deer-to-human transmission49
Microbes and the water nexus49
Genomics, social media and mobile phone data enable mapping of SARS-CoV-2 lineages to inform health policy in Bangladesh49
Enterococcus faecalis-derived adenine enhances enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli Type 3 Secretion System-dependent virulence49
Integrons are anti-phage defence libraries in Vibrio parahaemolyticus48
Exploiting the fitness cost of metallo-β-lactamase expression can overcome antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens48
Structural insights into light harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea48
A high-quality genome compendium of the human gut microbiome of Inner Mongolians48
Metabolic reprogramming enhances the susceptibility of multidrug- and carbapenem-resistant bacteria to antibiotics47
Targeting the mosquito prefoldin–chaperonin complex blocks Plasmodium transmission47
Colonic goblet cell-associated antigen passages mediate physiologic and beneficial translocation of live gut bacteria in preweaning mice47
Longitudinal profiling of low-abundance strains in microbiomes with ChronoStrain47
Understanding emerging and re-emerging viruses to facilitate pandemic preparedness47
Remote control designer probiotics47
The human archaeome in focus47
The GATE glycoprotein complex enhances human cytomegalovirus entry in endothelial cells47
Metagenomic characterization of viruses and mobile genetic elements associated with the DPANN archaeal superphylum46
Identification and structure of an extracellular contractile injection system from the marine bacterium Algoriphagus machipongonensis46
Sex, gender and infectious disease45
Clostridium sporogenes uses reductive Stickland metabolism in the gut to generate ATP and produce circulating metabolites45
Cooperative virulence via the collective action of secreted pathogen effectors45
Dual inhibition of innate immunity and apoptosis by human cytomegalovirus protein UL37x1 enables efficient virus replication45
Acquired amphotericin B resistance leads to fitness trade-offs that can be mitigated by compensatory evolution in Candida auris45
Human gut bacteria bioaccumulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances45
Understanding the biology of monkeypox virus to prevent future outbreaks45
Author Correction: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi heterokaryons have two nuclear populations with distinct roles in host–plant interactions44
Introducing Microbe Matters44
The host–parasite–virus triad44
Talented microbes unlatch peatland carbon44
Epigenetic silencing by the SMC5/6 complex mediates HIV-1 latency43
Moving from hype to hope in diet–microbiome interactions43
Factors associated with oral HPV infection among a large multinational cohort of men43
Chromosome organization affects genome evolution in Sulfolobus archaea43
Use microbes to tackle food insecurity43
CRISPR-based oligo recombineering prioritizes apicomplexan cysteines for drug discovery42
The unusual cell wall of the Lyme disease spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi is shaped by a tick sugar42
A non-human primate model for human norovirus infection42
Persistent viral RNA and protein contribute to post-acute pathology42
Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in the murine central nervous system drives viral diversification42
Viral biogeography of the mammalian gut and parenchymal organs41
Mycobiota and diet-derived fungal xenosiderophores promote Salmonella gastrointestinal colonization41
scRNA-seq reveals transcriptional plasticity of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum for host immune avoidance41
FungAMR: a comprehensive database for investigating fungal mutations associated with antimicrobial resistance41
Microbiome alterations in autism spectrum disorder41
Genome-wide association study identifies human genetic variants associated with fatal outcome from Lassa fever41
DMSOP-cleaving enzymes are diverse and widely distributed in marine microorganisms41
Small organisms with big climate impact41
Author Correction: Genetic mapping of microbial and host traits reveals production of immunomodulatory lipids by Akkermansia muciniphila in the murine gut41
Identification of structurally diverse menaquinone-binding antibiotics with in vivo activity against multidrug-resistant pathogens40
Gut microbiota-derived hexa-acylated lipopolysaccharides enhance cancer immunotherapy responses40
Structural insights into tecovirimat antiviral activity and poxvirus resistance40
Parkinson’s disease kinase LRRK2 coordinates a cell-intrinsic itaconate-dependent defence pathway against intracellular Salmonella40
Longitudinal population-level HIV epidemiologic and genomic surveillance highlights growing gender disparity of HIV transmission in Uganda40
Seed-borne bacteria drive wheat rhizosphere microbiome assembly via niche partitioning and facilitation39
Microplastic research must consider microbes39
Drug–Fc conjugate CD388 targets influenza virus neuraminidase and is broadly protective in mice39
Leaf microbiome dysbiosis triggered by T2SS-dependent enzyme secretion from opportunistic Xanthomonas pathogens39
Continental-scale associations of Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere members with host genotype and drought39
Chromosomal barcodes for simultaneous tracking of near-isogenic bacterial strains in plant microbiota39
Cysteine dependence of Lactobacillus iners is a potential therapeutic target for vaginal microbiota modulation39
Intestinal crypt microbiota modulates intestinal stem cell turnover and tumorigenesis via indole acetic acid39
Microbiome–metabolite linkages drive greenhouse gas dynamics over a permafrost thaw gradient38
Knowledge synthesis through scientific visualization38
Methane-dependent complete denitrification by a single Methylomirabilis bacterium38
Connecting the dots from viral infection to disease38
Prediction of strain level phage–host interactions across the Escherichia genus using only genomic information38
A trove of Asgard archaeal viruses37
Shigella handcuffs caspases37
An acidophilic fungus promotes prey digestion in a carnivorous plant37
Fungal dysbiosis and survival after allo-HCT37
Toxoplasma protein export and effector function37
Primal FEAR protects against infection37
Redefining success37
A new malaria gene regulator37
Broadly therapeutic antibody provides cross-serotype protection against enteroviruses via Fc effector functions and by mimicking SCARB236
Author Correction: Soil microbiome indicators can predict crop growth response to large-scale inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi36
Streptomyces uses both polar and dispersed cell wall synthesis during exploratory growth36
Expanding the diversity of origin of transfer-containing sequences in mobilizable plasmids36
Computational discovery of dynobactin antibiotics36
Deep learning reveals antibiotics in the archaeal proteome36
Neutralizing antibody activity in convalescent sera from infection in humans with SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern36
Autophagy restricts Mycobacterium tuberculosis during acute infection in mice35
Cytosolic sorting platform complexes shuttle type III secretion system effectors to the injectisome in Yersinia enterocolitica35
Quantitative principles of microbial metabolism shared across scales35
Genetic mapping of microbial and host traits reveals production of immunomodulatory lipids by Akkermansia muciniphila in the murine gut35
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