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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Gene–drug potency screening in M. tuberculosis570
Sickle cell trait enhances malaria transmission372
Metabolic sensing tips the balance of drug tolerance in fungal meningitis360
Author Correction: DART takes aim at community editing279
Rebound virus in the cerebrospinal fluid reveals a possible HIV-1 reservoir257
Cytoplasmic contractile injection systems mediate cell death in Streptomyces252
Molecular factors shaping whether HCMV infection is productive or latent248
Horizontal gene transfer explains unusual traits of Armillaria fungi243
Dietary exclusion of major food groups shapes the gut microbiome and may influence health208
Single mutation makes Escherichia coli an insect mutualist205
Rational design of a hospital-specific phage cocktail to treat Enterobacter cloacae complex infections204
Assessing critical thresholds in terrestrial microbiomes200
The structure of the complete extracellular bacterial flagellum reveals the mechanism of flagellin incorporation198
Aspergillus fumigatus dsRNA virus promotes fungal fitness and pathogenicity in the mammalian host194
Structure of a functional archaellum in Bacteria of the Chloroflexota phylum179
Particular genomic and virulence traits associated with preterm infant-derived toxigenic Clostridium perfringens strains178
Appressorium-mediated plant infection by Magnaporthe oryzae is regulated by a Pmk1-dependent hierarchical transcriptional network175
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein O-phosphorylation landscape173
Flipping the magic switch to persistence via GTP depletion163
Explainable artificial intelligence evolves antimicrobial peptides160
Therapeutic efficacy of monoclonal antibodies and antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 in Syrian hamsters157
The Parkinson’s disease drug entacapone disrupts gut microbiome homeostasis via iron sequestration154
Host range, transmissibility and antigenicity of a pangolin coronavirus153
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli infection-induced epithelial trained immunity impacts urinary tract disease outcome152
Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and humans for Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia152
Double-stranded RNA sequencing reveals distinct riboviruses associated with thermoacidophilic bacteria from hot springs in Japan148
Organ-on-chip models for infectious disease research147
Climate extremes disrupt fungal–bacterial interactions147
Recent gene selection and drug resistance underscore clinical adaptation across Candida species146
Candida albicans extracellular vesicles trigger type I IFN signalling via cGAS and STING139
Ancient origin and constrained evolution of the division and cell wall gene cluster in Bacteria139
A high-throughput and low-waste viability assay for microbes138
Mechanistic basis for potent neutralization of Sin Nombre hantavirus by a human monoclonal antibody135
Mycobacterium abscessus pathogenesis identified by phenogenomic analyses134
Proteins containing photosynthetic reaction centre domains modulate FtsZ-based archaeal cell division133
A dynamic subpopulation of CRISPR–Cas overexpressers allows Streptococcus pyogenes to rapidly respond to phage130
Microbiome association with coral growth and survival129
The fast-evolving FIKK kinase family of Plasmodium falciparum can be inhibited by a single compound128
Integrated host-microbe plasma metagenomics for sepsis diagnosis in a prospective cohort of critically ill adults127
Pseudomonas syringae subpopulations cooperate by coordinating flagellar and type III secretion spatiotemporal dynamics to facilitate plant infection127
OPENPichia: licence-free Komagataella phaffii chassis strains and toolkit for protein expression127
Exceeding expectations out in the cold with Colwellia127
Decoding the impact of nuclear organization on antigenic variation in parasites126
CRISPR-influenced symbiosis126
Rational attenuation of RNA viruses with zinc finger antiviral protein126
Regulators unite to enable plant entry124
Publisher Correction: Breastfeeding promotes bifidobacterial immunomodulatory metabolites123
Prioritizing mentorship117
Mineral-eating microorganisms at extinct hydrothermal vents117
Call for papers on the clinical microbiome116
Risk–reward trade-off during carbon starvation generates dichotomy in motility endurance among marine bacteria112
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus induces mitochondrial fission to evade host immune responses and promote viral production110
Blockade of endothelin receptors mitigates SARS-CoV-2-induced osteoarthritis110
Bacteroides fragilis uses toxins for gut success109
Extracellular vesicles block viral entryways108
Neutralization mechanism of a human antibody with pan-coronavirus reactivity including SARS-CoV-2107
SAMPL-seq reveals micron-scale spatial hubs in the human gut microbiome107
Transforming tuberculosis diagnosis107
Synthesis of lipid-linked precursors of the bacterial cell wall is governed by a feedback control mechanism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa107
Intragenic viral silencer element regulates HTLV-1 latency via RUNX complex recruitment106
Dietary- and host-derived metabolites are used by diverse gut bacteria for anaerobic respiration104
Expanding known viral diversity in the healthy infant gut103
Coronavirus sampling and surveillance in bats from 1996–2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis101
Using animation to mediate scientific discourse101
Streptomyces polyketides mediate bacteria–fungi interactions across soil environments101
Switching on cyclic di-GMP heterogeneity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms100
SARS and synapses100
Placental Streptococcus agalactiae DNA is associated with neonatal unit admission and foetal pro-inflammatory cytokines in term infants98
Publisher Correction: Identification and structure of an extracellular contractile injection system from the marine bacterium Algoriphagus machipongonensis97
Dietary fibre counters the oncogenic potential of colibactin-producing Escherichia coli in colorectal cancer97
Publisher Correction: 2021 in review97
Combining antibiotics to tackle antimicrobial resistance97
SARS-CoV-2 infection induces pro-fibrotic and pro-thrombotic foam cell formation97
Parasite and vector circadian clocks mediate efficient malaria transmission96
Non-canonical start codons confer context-dependent advantages in carbohydrate utilization for commensal E. coli in the murine gut95
CryoEM reveals that ribosomes in microsporidian spores are locked in a dimeric hibernating state93
From farm to factory to fork93
The gut–liver axis in HCV infection92
Hunting emerging viruses through participatory community science92
Increased small particle aerosol transmission of B.1.1.7 compared with SARS-CoV-2 lineage A in vivo91
Genome-resolved metagenomics reveals microbiome diversity across 48 tick species90
Characterization of inositol lipid metabolism in gut-associated Bacteroidetes89
A nitrogen-fixing bacterium forms symbioses on land and at sea89
Cell envelope diversity and evolution across the bacterial tree of life89
Phages with a broad host range are common across ecosystems88
Self-assembling viral histones are evolutionary intermediates between archaeal and eukaryotic nucleosomes88
Outbreak dynamics of foodborne pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus over a seventeen year period implies hidden reservoirs88
Mycobacterium tuberculosis as teacher87
Sensitive poliovirus detection using nested PCR and nanopore sequencing: a prospective validation study86
Dynamic diel proteome and daytime nitrogenase activity supports buoyancy in the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium84
Clinical implications of preterm infant gut microbiome development83
Species- and site-specific genome editing in complex bacterial communities83
Therapeutics for COVID-1983
Bacteriophages avoid autoimmunity from cognate immune systems as an intrinsic part of their life cycles82
Connecting microbiome and menopause for healthy ageing82
Plasmodium falciparum resistant to artemisinin and diagnostics have emerged in Ethiopia82
An expanded metabolic pathway for androgen production by commensal bacteria82
Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss80
Discovery of an orally active benzoxaborole prodrug effective in the treatment of Chagas disease in non-human primates80
Escherichia coli integrates chemotaxis and quorum sensing pathways in vivo78
A year of microbiology77
TOLLIP inhibits lipid accumulation and the integrated stress response in alveolar macrophages to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection76
Non-equivalent genomes in polyploid prokaryotes75
Achilles’ heel of antibiotic resistance75
Live-attenuated vaccine sCPD9 elicits superior mucosal and systemic immunity to SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters75
GprC of the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys flagrans activates mitochondria and reprograms fungal cells for nematode hunting74
Growth rate is modulated by monitoring cell wall precursors in Bacillus subtilis73
Mining the microbiota for antibiotics73
Guiding phage therapy with genomic surveillance72
Bacteria can shed a layer when phages turn up the heat72
Reproductive justice must be considered in the scientific community71
A framework for automated scalable designation of viral pathogen lineages from genomic data70
Widespread stop-codon recoding in bacteriophages may regulate translation of lytic genes69
Vertical and horizontal gene transfer shaped plant colonization and biomass degradation in the fungal genus Armillaria69
Safety and immunogenicity of a prefusion non-stabilized spike protein mRNA COVID-19 vaccine: a phase I trial69
mRNA-encoded Cas13 can be used to treat dengue infections in mice68
Siderophores mediate antibiotic resistance68
A vision for spaceflight microbiology to enable human health and habitat sustainability68
Identified receptors shed light on Epstein–Barr virus infection67
Mapping phyllosphere microbiota interactions in planta to establish genotype–phenotype relationships67
Inflammation-associated nitrate facilitates ectopic colonization of oral bacterium Veillonella parvula in the intestine66
Human microbiome myths and misconceptions66
Gut microbial factors predict disease severity in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis66
Bacteria modulate microalgal aging physiology through the induction of extracellular vesicle production to remove harmful metabolites66
The cell biology of archaea65
Metabolic modelling reveals the aging-associated decline of host–microbiome metabolic interactions in mice65
The gut microbiota contributes to the pathogenesis of anorexia nervosa in humans and mice64
Environmental stress mediates groundwater microbial community assembly64
Coffee consumption is associated with intestinal Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus abundance and prevalence across multiple cohorts64
Parabacteroides distasonis uses dietary inulin to suppress NASH via its metabolite pentadecanoic acid63
Microbial metabolites in the marine carbon cycle61
Shining light on the coral photosymbiont family Symbiodiniaceae61
CD8+ T cell depletion does not induce an expansion of viral reservoir in HIV model61
Migrant health matters60
Amplifying diverse voices in microbiology60
A method to detect origin of transfer sequences for plasmid conjugation59
We must learn from past outbreaks58
A haem-sequestering plant peptide promotes iron uptake in symbiotic bacteria57
Rottlerin inhibits La Crosse virus-induced encephalitis in mice and blocks release of replicating virus from the Golgi body in neurons56
AMR, One Health and the environment56
Tecovirimat is effective against human monkeypox virus in vitro at nanomolar concentrations56
Comprehensive transcription terminator atlas for Bacillus subtilis55
Improving local prevalence estimates of SARS-CoV-2 infections using a causal debiasing framework55
Genomic epidemiology reveals multidrug resistant plasmid spread between Vibrio cholerae lineages in Yemen55
Inactivated whole-virion vaccine BBV152/Covaxin elicits robust cellular immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern55
Metabolites from intact phage-infected Synechococcus chemotactically attract heterotrophic marine bacteria55
Sulfated glycosaminoglycans are host epithelial cell targets of the Candida albicans toxin candidalysin55
Identifying an evolutionary origin for morbilliviruses in bats54
Diet switch pre-vaccination improves immune response and metabolic status in formerly obese mice54
Retracing a tangled tree of archaeal evolution54
Phase transition of GvpU regulates gas vesicle clustering in bacteria54
Differential stress responsiveness determines intraspecies virulence heterogeneity and host adaptation in Listeria monocytogenes54
BacterAI maps microbial metabolism without prior knowledge53
Addressing gaps in author and reviewer gender diversity53
Gut bacteria degrade purines via the 2,8-dioxopurine pathway53
Taurolithocholic acid protects against viral haemorrhagic fever via inhibition of ferroptosis53
Staphylococcal virulence factor HlgB targets the endoplasmic-reticulum-resident E3 ubiquitin ligase AMFR to promote pneumonia52
SARS-CoV-2 Africa dashboard for real-time COVID-19 information52
Preclinical evaluation of the SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitor RAY1216 shows improved pharmacokinetics compared with nirmatrelvir51
The microbiome of a bacterivorous marine choanoflagellate contains a resource-demanding obligate bacterial associate51
Multinational epidemiological analysis of oral human papillomavirus incidence in 3,137 men51
Mycobacterial nucleoid-associated protein Lsr2 is required for productive mycobacteriophage infection51
Characterizing extracellular vesicles of human fungal pathogens51
Molecular organization of the New World arenavirus spike glycoprotein complex50
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 escape mutations during Bamlanivimab therapy in a phase II randomized clinical trial50
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway50
Dairy cows develop protective immunity against reinfection with bovine H5N1 influenza virus50
Iron-limitation light switch50
Bacillus subtilis biofilm matrix components target seed oil bodies to promote growth and anti-fungal resistance in melon50
Genome-wide protein–DNA interaction site mapping in bacteria using a double-stranded DNA-specific cytosine deaminase50
Chromosome architecture in an archaeal species naturally lacking structural maintenance of chromosomes proteins49
Microbes and the water nexus49
Enterococcus faecalis-derived adenine enhances enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli Type 3 Secretion System-dependent virulence49
A high-quality genome compendium of the human gut microbiome of Inner Mongolians49
Translating between science and politics as a government adviser49
Sex, gender and infectious disease48
Cooperative virulence via the collective action of secreted pathogen effectors48
Integrons are anti-phage defence libraries in Vibrio parahaemolyticus48
The human archaeome in focus48
Nasal Staphylococcus aureus carriage promotes depressive behaviour in mice via sex hormone degradation48
Colonic goblet cell-associated antigen passages mediate physiologic and beneficial translocation of live gut bacteria in preweaning mice48
Exploiting the fitness cost of metallo-β-lactamase expression can overcome antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens48
Metabolic reprogramming enhances the susceptibility of multidrug- and carbapenem-resistant bacteria to antibiotics47
Targeting the mosquito prefoldin–chaperonin complex blocks Plasmodium transmission46
Understanding emerging and re-emerging viruses to facilitate pandemic preparedness46
Remote control designer probiotics46
Longitudinal profiling of low-abundance strains in microbiomes with ChronoStrain46
Identification and structure of an extracellular contractile injection system from the marine bacterium Algoriphagus machipongonensis45
Dual inhibition of innate immunity and apoptosis by human cytomegalovirus protein UL37x1 enables efficient virus replication45
Understanding the biology of monkeypox virus to prevent future outbreaks45
Metagenomic characterization of viruses and mobile genetic elements associated with the DPANN archaeal superphylum45
Carotenoids bind rhodopsins and act as photocycle-accelerating pigments in marine Bacteroidota45
Human gut bacteria bioaccumulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances45
The GATE glycoprotein complex enhances human cytomegalovirus entry in endothelial cells45
Publisher Correction: Divergent SARS-CoV-2 variant emerges in white-tailed deer with deer-to-human transmission45
Clostridium sporogenes uses reductive Stickland metabolism in the gut to generate ATP and produce circulating metabolites44
Acquired amphotericin B resistance leads to fitness trade-offs that can be mitigated by compensatory evolution in Candida auris44
Structural insights into light harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea43
Author Correction: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi heterokaryons have two nuclear populations with distinct roles in host–plant interactions43
The host–parasite–virus triad43
Small organisms with big climate impact43
Introducing Microbe Matters43
Moving from hype to hope in diet–microbiome interactions43
Factors associated with oral HPV infection among a large multinational cohort of men43
Talented microbes unlatch peatland carbon43
Microplastic research must consider microbes42
CRISPR-based oligo recombineering prioritizes apicomplexan cysteines for drug discovery42
A non-human primate model for human norovirus infection42
Parkinson’s disease kinase LRRK2 coordinates a cell-intrinsic itaconate-dependent defence pathway against intracellular Salmonella42
Microbiome–metabolite linkages drive greenhouse gas dynamics over a permafrost thaw gradient42
Multigenerational proteolytic inactivation of restriction upon subtle genomic hypomethylation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa42
Use microbes to tackle food insecurity42
The unusual cell wall of the Lyme disease spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi is shaped by a tick sugar42
Intestinal crypt microbiota modulates intestinal stem cell turnover and tumorigenesis via indole acetic acid41
Chromosomal barcodes for simultaneous tracking of near-isogenic bacterial strains in plant microbiota41
Chromosome organization affects genome evolution in Sulfolobus archaea41
FungAMR: a comprehensive database for investigating fungal mutations associated with antimicrobial resistance41
Epigenetic silencing by the SMC5/6 complex mediates HIV-1 latency41
Mycobiota and diet-derived fungal xenosiderophores promote Salmonella gastrointestinal colonization41
Genome-wide association study identifies human genetic variants associated with fatal outcome from Lassa fever41
Vientovirus capsid protein mimics autoantigens and contributes to autoimmunity in Sjögren’s disease41
Identification of structurally diverse menaquinone-binding antibiotics with in vivo activity against multidrug-resistant pathogens40
Leaf microbiome dysbiosis triggered by T2SS-dependent enzyme secretion from opportunistic Xanthomonas pathogens40
Microbiome alterations in autism spectrum disorder40
Author Correction: Genetic mapping of microbial and host traits reveals production of immunomodulatory lipids by Akkermansia muciniphila in the murine gut40
scRNA-seq reveals transcriptional plasticity of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum for host immune avoidance40
Continental-scale associations of Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere members with host genotype and drought39
Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in the murine central nervous system drives viral diversification39
Persistent viral RNA and protein contribute to post-acute pathology39
Gut microbiota-derived hexa-acylated lipopolysaccharides enhance cancer immunotherapy responses39
Drug–Fc conjugate CD388 targets influenza virus neuraminidase and is broadly protective in mice39
Structural insights into tecovirimat antiviral activity and poxvirus resistance39
Viral biogeography of the mammalian gut and parenchymal organs39
Cysteine dependence of Lactobacillus iners is a potential therapeutic target for vaginal microbiota modulation38
Prediction of strain level phage–host interactions across the Escherichia genus using only genomic information38
DMSOP-cleaving enzymes are diverse and widely distributed in marine microorganisms38
Longitudinal population-level HIV epidemiologic and genomic surveillance highlights growing gender disparity of HIV transmission in Uganda38
Seed-borne bacteria drive wheat rhizosphere microbiome assembly via niche partitioning and facilitation38
Methane-dependent complete denitrification by a single Methylomirabilis bacterium38
An acidophilic fungus promotes prey digestion in a carnivorous plant37
Shigella handcuffs caspases37
A trove of Asgard archaeal viruses37
Primal FEAR protects against infection37
Centenarians have a diverse gut virome with the potential to modulate metabolism and promote healthy lifespan37
A new malaria gene regulator37
Redefining success37
Connecting the dots from viral infection to disease37
Sexually transmitted infections and female reproductive health37
Fungal dysbiosis and survival after allo-HCT37
Knowledge synthesis through scientific visualization37
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