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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Gene–drug potency screening in M. tuberculosis577
Sickle cell trait enhances malaria transmission373
Metabolic sensing tips the balance of drug tolerance in fungal meningitis282
Author Correction: DART takes aim at community editing270
Molecular factors shaping whether HCMV infection is productive or latent260
Rebound virus in the cerebrospinal fluid reveals a possible HIV-1 reservoir260
Horizontal gene transfer explains unusual traits of Armillaria fungi254
Dietary exclusion of major food groups shapes the gut microbiome and may influence health224
Structure of a functional archaellum in Bacteria of the Chloroflexota phylum214
Cytoplasmic contractile injection systems mediate cell death in Streptomyces211
The structure of the complete extracellular bacterial flagellum reveals the mechanism of flagellin incorporation210
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein O-phosphorylation landscape202
Candida albicans extracellular vesicles trigger type I IFN signalling via cGAS and STING197
Proteins containing photosynthetic reaction centre domains modulate FtsZ-based archaeal cell division186
Recent gene selection and drug resistance underscore clinical adaptation across Candida species182
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli infection-induced epithelial trained immunity impacts urinary tract disease outcome178
Aspergillus fumigatus dsRNA virus promotes fungal fitness and pathogenicity in the mammalian host177
Flipping the magic switch to persistence via GTP depletion173
Explainable artificial intelligence evolves antimicrobial peptides168
The Parkinson’s disease drug entacapone disrupts gut microbiome homeostasis via iron sequestration160
Microbiome association with coral growth and survival158
Double-stranded RNA sequencing reveals distinct riboviruses associated with thermoacidophilic bacteria from hot springs in Japan157
The fast-evolving FIKK kinase family of Plasmodium falciparum can be inhibited by a single compound157
Climate extremes disrupt fungal–bacterial interactions155
Assessing critical thresholds in terrestrial microbiomes154
Mechanistic basis for potent neutralization of Sin Nombre hantavirus by a human monoclonal antibody153
Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and humans for Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia152
OPENPichia: licence-free Komagataella phaffii chassis strains and toolkit for protein expression148
A high-throughput and low-waste viability assay for microbes145
Host range, transmissibility and antigenicity of a pangolin coronavirus144
Ancient origin and constrained evolution of the division and cell wall gene cluster in Bacteria142
Organ-on-chip models for infectious disease research142
A dynamic subpopulation of CRISPR–Cas overexpressers allows Streptococcus pyogenes to rapidly respond to phage140
Single mutation makes Escherichia coli an insect mutualist135
Rational design of a hospital-specific phage cocktail to treat Enterobacter cloacae complex infections134
Mycobacterium abscessus pathogenesis identified by phenogenomic analyses134
The IFIT2–IFIT3 antiviral complex targets short 5’ untranslated regions on viral mRNAs for translation inhibition134
Prodrug florfenicol amine is activated by intrinsic resistance to target Mycobacterium abscessus133
Therapeutic efficacy of monoclonal antibodies and antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 in Syrian hamsters131
Particular genomic and virulence traits associated with preterm infant-derived toxigenic Clostridium perfringens strains130
Integrated host-microbe plasma metagenomics for sepsis diagnosis in a prospective cohort of critically ill adults130
Pseudomonas syringae subpopulations cooperate by coordinating flagellar and type III secretion spatiotemporal dynamics to facilitate plant infection129
Exceeding expectations out in the cold with Colwellia129
Publisher Correction: Breastfeeding promotes bifidobacterial immunomodulatory metabolites127
Mineral-eating microorganisms at extinct hydrothermal vents127
CRISPR-influenced symbiosis127
Prioritizing mentorship122
Call for papers on the clinical microbiome119
Blockade of endothelin receptors mitigates SARS-CoV-2-induced osteoarthritis118
Bacteroides fragilis uses toxins for gut success118
Extracellular vesicles block viral entryways114
Synthesis of lipid-linked precursors of the bacterial cell wall is governed by a feedback control mechanism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa113
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus induces mitochondrial fission to evade host immune responses and promote viral production112
Intragenic viral silencer element regulates HTLV-1 latency via RUNX complex recruitment112
Risk–reward trade-off during carbon starvation generates dichotomy in motility endurance among marine bacteria112
SAMPL-seq reveals micron-scale spatial hubs in the human gut microbiome112
Rational attenuation of RNA viruses with zinc finger antiviral protein111
Dietary- and host-derived metabolites are used by diverse gut bacteria for anaerobic respiration110
Decoding the impact of nuclear organization on antigenic variation in parasites109
Transforming tuberculosis diagnosis106
Archaeal symbioses all the way down105
The complex path towards herpesvirus vaccines105
Streptomyces polyketides mediate bacteria–fungi interactions across soil environments104
Neutralization mechanism of a human antibody with pan-coronavirus reactivity including SARS-CoV-2103
Switching on cyclic di-GMP heterogeneity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms102
Expanding known viral diversity in the healthy infant gut102
Coronavirus sampling and surveillance in bats from 1996–2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis102
SARS and synapses101
Placental Streptococcus agalactiae DNA is associated with neonatal unit admission and foetal pro-inflammatory cytokines in term infants100
Publisher Correction: 2021 in review99
Publisher Correction: Identification and structure of an extracellular contractile injection system from the marine bacterium Algoriphagus machipongonensis99
CryoEM reveals that ribosomes in microsporidian spores are locked in a dimeric hibernating state98
From farm to factory to fork98
SARS-CoV-2 infection induces pro-fibrotic and pro-thrombotic foam cell formation97
Mycobacterium tuberculosis as teacher97
A nitrogen-fixing bacterium forms symbioses on land and at sea96
Genome-resolved metagenomics reveals microbiome diversity across 48 tick species96
The gut–liver axis in HCV infection94
Connecting microbiome and menopause for healthy ageing94
Hunting emerging viruses through participatory community science94
Sensitive poliovirus detection using nested PCR and nanopore sequencing: a prospective validation study93
Therapeutics for COVID-1992
Using animation to mediate scientific discourse91
Phages with a broad host range are common across ecosystems91
Parasite and vector circadian clocks mediate efficient malaria transmission91
Self-assembling viral histones are evolutionary intermediates between archaeal and eukaryotic nucleosomes90
An expanded metabolic pathway for androgen production by commensal bacteria89
Anoxia activates CRISPR–Cas immunity in the mouse intestine89
Combining antibiotics to tackle antimicrobial resistance88
Plasmodium falciparum resistant to artemisinin and diagnostics have emerged in Ethiopia88
Cell envelope diversity and evolution across the bacterial tree of life86
Characterization of inositol lipid metabolism in gut-associated Bacteroidetes85
Dynamic diel proteome and daytime nitrogenase activity supports buoyancy in the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium85
Bacteriophages avoid autoimmunity from cognate immune systems as an intrinsic part of their life cycles84
Discovery of an orally active benzoxaborole prodrug effective in the treatment of Chagas disease in non-human primates83
Clinical implications of preterm infant gut microbiome development83
Species- and site-specific genome editing in complex bacterial communities82
Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss81
Precipitation legacy effects on soil microbiota facilitate adaptive drought responses in plants79
Increased small particle aerosol transmission of B.1.1.7 compared with SARS-CoV-2 lineage A in vivo78
Outbreak dynamics of foodborne pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus over a seventeen year period implies hidden reservoirs77
Non-canonical start codons confer context-dependent advantages in carbohydrate utilization for commensal E. coli in the murine gut77
Escherichia coli integrates chemotaxis and quorum sensing pathways in vivo76
Dietary fibre counters the oncogenic potential of colibactin-producing Escherichia coli in colorectal cancer76
A year of microbiology75
TOLLIP inhibits lipid accumulation and the integrated stress response in alveolar macrophages to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection75
GprC of the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys flagrans activates mitochondria and reprograms fungal cells for nematode hunting74
Mining the microbiota for antibiotics74
Guiding phage therapy with genomic surveillance73
Bacteria can shed a layer when phages turn up the heat72
Reproductive justice must be considered in the scientific community71
Safety and immunogenicity of a prefusion non-stabilized spike protein mRNA COVID-19 vaccine: a phase I trial70
Non-equivalent genomes in polyploid prokaryotes70
Metabolic modelling reveals the aging-associated decline of host–microbiome metabolic interactions in mice70
mRNA-encoded Cas13 can be used to treat dengue infections in mice70
A vision for spaceflight microbiology to enable human health and habitat sustainability70
Siderophores mediate antibiotic resistance70
Bacteria modulate microalgal aging physiology through the induction of extracellular vesicle production to remove harmful metabolites69
Growth rate is modulated by monitoring cell wall precursors in Bacillus subtilis69
Human microbiome myths and misconceptions69
A framework for automated scalable designation of viral pathogen lineages from genomic data69
Vertical and horizontal gene transfer shaped plant colonization and biomass degradation in the fungal genus Armillaria68
Mapping phyllosphere microbiota interactions in planta to establish genotype–phenotype relationships68
Inflammation-associated nitrate facilitates ectopic colonization of oral bacterium Veillonella parvula in the intestine67
Live-attenuated vaccine sCPD9 elicits superior mucosal and systemic immunity to SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters66
The cell biology of archaea66
Microbial metabolites in the marine carbon cycle65
Activity-targeted metaproteomics uncovers rare syntrophic bacteria central to anaerobic community metabolism65
Identified receptors shed light on Epstein–Barr virus infection65
Gut microbial factors predict disease severity in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis64
Environmental stress mediates groundwater microbial community assembly63
Coffee consumption is associated with intestinal Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus abundance and prevalence across multiple cohorts62
Widespread stop-codon recoding in bacteriophages may regulate translation of lytic genes62
The gut microbiota contributes to the pathogenesis of anorexia nervosa in humans and mice60
Parabacteroides distasonis uses dietary inulin to suppress NASH via its metabolite pentadecanoic acid59
Migrant health matters58
CD8+ T cell depletion does not induce an expansion of viral reservoir in HIV model58
Amplifying diverse voices in microbiology58
Shining light on the coral photosymbiont family Symbiodiniaceae58
A method to detect origin of transfer sequences for plasmid conjugation57
Diet switch pre-vaccination improves immune response and metabolic status in formerly obese mice57
We must learn from past outbreaks57
Molecular organization of the New World arenavirus spike glycoprotein complex57
Differential stress responsiveness determines intraspecies virulence heterogeneity and host adaptation in Listeria monocytogenes57
Phase transition of GvpU regulates gas vesicle clustering in bacteria56
Metabolites from intact phage-infected Synechococcus chemotactically attract heterotrophic marine bacteria56
Characterizing extracellular vesicles of human fungal pathogens56
Identifying an evolutionary origin for morbilliviruses in bats56
Mycobacterial nucleoid-associated protein Lsr2 is required for productive mycobacteriophage infection56
Staphylococcal virulence factor HlgB targets the endoplasmic-reticulum-resident E3 ubiquitin ligase AMFR to promote pneumonia56
Retracing a tangled tree of archaeal evolution56
BacterAI maps microbial metabolism without prior knowledge56
Comprehensive transcription terminator atlas for Bacillus subtilis55
The microbiome of a bacterivorous marine choanoflagellate contains a resource-demanding obligate bacterial associate55
Addressing gaps in author and reviewer gender diversity54
Multinational epidemiological analysis of oral human papillomavirus incidence in 3,137 men54
Preclinical evaluation of the SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitor RAY1216 shows improved pharmacokinetics compared with nirmatrelvir54
SARS-CoV-2 Africa dashboard for real-time COVID-19 information54
A haem-sequestering plant peptide promotes iron uptake in symbiotic bacteria53
Genomic epidemiology reveals multidrug resistant plasmid spread between Vibrio cholerae lineages in Yemen53
Gut bacteria degrade purines via the 2,8-dioxopurine pathway53
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 escape mutations during Bamlanivimab therapy in a phase II randomized clinical trial53
Sulfated glycosaminoglycans are host epithelial cell targets of the Candida albicans toxin candidalysin52
Bacillus subtilis biofilm matrix components target seed oil bodies to promote growth and anti-fungal resistance in melon52
Inactivated whole-virion vaccine BBV152/Covaxin elicits robust cellular immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern52
Improving local prevalence estimates of SARS-CoV-2 infections using a causal debiasing framework52
Dairy cows develop protective immunity against reinfection with bovine H5N1 influenza virus52
AMR, One Health and the environment51
Tecovirimat is effective against human monkeypox virus in vitro at nanomolar concentrations51
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway51
Genome-wide protein–DNA interaction site mapping in bacteria using a double-stranded DNA-specific cytosine deaminase50
Iron-limitation light switch50
Translating between science and politics as a government adviser50
Taurolithocholic acid protects against viral haemorrhagic fever via inhibition of ferroptosis50
Microbes and the water nexus50
Sex, gender and infectious disease49
The human archaeome in focus49
Colonic goblet cell-associated antigen passages mediate physiologic and beneficial translocation of live gut bacteria in preweaning mice49
The GATE glycoprotein complex enhances human cytomegalovirus entry in endothelial cells48
Understanding emerging and re-emerging viruses to facilitate pandemic preparedness48
Acquired amphotericin B resistance leads to fitness trade-offs that can be mitigated by compensatory evolution in Candida auris48
Dipeptidase 1 is a functional receptor for a porcine coronavirus48
Carotenoids bind rhodopsins and act as photocycle-accelerating pigments in marine Bacteroidota48
Targeting the mosquito prefoldin–chaperonin complex blocks Plasmodium transmission48
Identification and structure of an extracellular contractile injection system from the marine bacterium Algoriphagus machipongonensis48
Chromosome architecture in an archaeal species naturally lacking structural maintenance of chromosomes proteins48
Longitudinal profiling of low-abundance strains in microbiomes with ChronoStrain48
Publisher Correction: Divergent SARS-CoV-2 variant emerges in white-tailed deer with deer-to-human transmission47
Human gut bacteria bioaccumulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances47
Remote control designer probiotics47
Nasal Staphylococcus aureus carriage promotes depressive behaviour in mice via sex hormone degradation47
Enterococcus faecalis-derived adenine enhances enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli Type 3 Secretion System-dependent virulence46
Metagenomic characterization of viruses and mobile genetic elements associated with the DPANN archaeal superphylum46
Understanding the biology of monkeypox virus to prevent future outbreaks46
Exploiting the fitness cost of metallo-β-lactamase expression can overcome antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens46
Metabolic reprogramming enhances the susceptibility of multidrug- and carbapenem-resistant bacteria to antibiotics46
Cooperative virulence via the collective action of secreted pathogen effectors46
Dual inhibition of innate immunity and apoptosis by human cytomegalovirus protein UL37x1 enables efficient virus replication46
Introducing Microbe Matters45
Structural insights into light harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea45
Integrons are anti-phage defence libraries in Vibrio parahaemolyticus45
A high-quality genome compendium of the human gut microbiome of Inner Mongolians45
Clostridium sporogenes uses reductive Stickland metabolism in the gut to generate ATP and produce circulating metabolites45
Moving from hype to hope in diet–microbiome interactions44
Small organisms with big climate impact44
The host–parasite–virus triad44
Author Correction: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi heterokaryons have two nuclear populations with distinct roles in host–plant interactions44
Talented microbes unlatch peatland carbon44
Persistent viral RNA and protein contribute to post-acute pathology43
Parkinson’s disease kinase LRRK2 coordinates a cell-intrinsic itaconate-dependent defence pathway against intracellular Salmonella43
Use microbes to tackle food insecurity43
Factors associated with oral HPV infection among a large multinational cohort of men43
Chromosomal barcodes for simultaneous tracking of near-isogenic bacterial strains in plant microbiota43
A non-human primate model for human norovirus infection43
Genome-wide association study identifies human genetic variants associated with fatal outcome from Lassa fever43
Identifying rare and active species that drive carbon turnover in complex microbiotas42
Microbiome–metabolite linkages drive greenhouse gas dynamics over a permafrost thaw gradient42
Prediction of strain level phage–host interactions across the Escherichia genus using only genomic information41
Microplastic research must consider microbes41
Discovery and artificial intelligence-guided mechanistic elucidation of a narrow-spectrum antibiotic41
Author Correction: Genetic mapping of microbial and host traits reveals production of immunomodulatory lipids by Akkermansia muciniphila in the murine gut41
Methane-dependent complete denitrification by a single Methylomirabilis bacterium41
Identification of structurally diverse menaquinone-binding antibiotics with in vivo activity against multidrug-resistant pathogens41
Leaf microbiome dysbiosis triggered by T2SS-dependent enzyme secretion from opportunistic Xanthomonas pathogens41
Viral biogeography of the mammalian gut and parenchymal organs41
Seed-borne bacteria drive wheat rhizosphere microbiome assembly via niche partitioning and facilitation41
Longitudinal population-level HIV epidemiologic and genomic surveillance highlights growing gender disparity of HIV transmission in Uganda41
Mycobiota and diet-derived fungal xenosiderophores promote Salmonella gastrointestinal colonization41
Structural insights into tecovirimat antiviral activity and poxvirus resistance41
Microbiome alterations in autism spectrum disorder40
Cysteine dependence of Lactobacillus iners is a potential therapeutic target for vaginal microbiota modulation40
scRNA-seq reveals transcriptional plasticity of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum for host immune avoidance40
Intestinal crypt microbiota modulates intestinal stem cell turnover and tumorigenesis via indole acetic acid40
Continental-scale associations of Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere members with host genotype and drought40
The unusual cell wall of the Lyme disease spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi is shaped by a tick sugar40
Vientovirus capsid protein mimics autoantigens and contributes to autoimmunity in Sjögren’s disease40
Multigenerational proteolytic inactivation of restriction upon subtle genomic hypomethylation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa40
Drug–Fc conjugate CD388 targets influenza virus neuraminidase and is broadly protective in mice40
Gut microbiota-derived hexa-acylated lipopolysaccharides enhance cancer immunotherapy responses40
FungAMR: a comprehensive database for investigating fungal mutations associated with antimicrobial resistance39
DMSOP-cleaving enzymes are diverse and widely distributed in marine microorganisms39
Redefining success39
Chromosome organization affects genome evolution in Sulfolobus archaea39
Connecting the dots from viral infection to disease39
Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in the murine central nervous system drives viral diversification39
CRISPR-based oligo recombineering prioritizes apicomplexan cysteines for drug discovery39
Epigenetic silencing by the SMC5/6 complex mediates HIV-1 latency39
Knowledge synthesis through scientific visualization39
Broadly therapeutic antibody provides cross-serotype protection against enteroviruses via Fc effector functions and by mimicking SCARB238
Assessing microbiome population dynamics using wild-type isogenic standardized hybrid (WISH)-tags38
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