Nature Microbiology

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Microbiology is 34. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Metabolic sensing tips the balance of drug tolerance in fungal meningitis451
Rebound virus in the cerebrospinal fluid reveals a possible HIV-1 reservoir418
Molecular factors shaping whether HCMV infection is productive or latent326
Flipping the magic switch to persistence via GTP depletion265
Prodrug florfenicol amine is activated by intrinsic resistance to target Mycobacterium abscessus242
Climate extremes disrupt fungal–bacterial interactions229
A phosphotransferase system promotes growth of zoonotic Streptococcus species in the brain226
Gut microbial enzymes shape the health benefits of dietary phytonutrients218
Double recombinant nOPV2 vaccine211
Horizontal gene transfer explains unusual traits of Armillaria fungi209
Dietary exclusion of major food groups shapes the gut microbiome and may influence health207
Sickle cell trait enhances malaria transmission207
Mycobacterium abscessus pathogenesis identified by phenogenomic analyses202
Microbiome association with coral growth and survival195
Sulfated bile acid produced by a human gut commensal alleviates paediatric sepsis in mice190
A dynamic subpopulation of CRISPR–Cas overexpressers allows Streptococcus pyogenes to rapidly respond to phage190
Bridging classical and continuous directed evolution189
Salmonella-derived haem inhibits macrophage phagocytosis and promotes infection in mice182
Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and humans for Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia179
Wall teichoic acids regulate peptidoglycan synthesis to maintain rod shape in Bacillus subtilis178
Host range, transmissibility and antigenicity of a pangolin coronavirus165
Single mutation makes Escherichia coli an insect mutualist161
Explainable artificial intelligence evolves antimicrobial peptides157
A high-throughput and low-waste viability assay for microbes154
Cytoplasmic contractile injection systems mediate cell death in Streptomyces151
Ancient origin and constrained evolution of the division and cell wall gene cluster in Bacteria149
Structure of a functional archaellum in Bacteria of the Chloroflexota phylum149
The IFIT2–IFIT3 antiviral complex targets short 5’ untranslated regions on viral mRNAs for translation inhibition149
Mechanistic basis for potent neutralization of Sin Nombre hantavirus by a human monoclonal antibody148
Assessing critical thresholds in terrestrial microbiomes145
Rational design of a hospital-specific phage cocktail to treat Enterobacter cloacae complex infections143
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein O-phosphorylation landscape138
Proteins containing photosynthetic reaction centre domains modulate FtsZ-based archaeal cell division137
Recent gene selection and drug resistance underscore clinical adaptation across Candida species136
Candida albicans extracellular vesicles trigger type I IFN signalling via cGAS and STING135
The Parkinson’s disease drug entacapone disrupts gut microbiome homeostasis via iron sequestration134
Particular genomic and virulence traits associated with preterm infant-derived toxigenic Clostridium perfringens strains134
The structure of the complete extracellular bacterial flagellum reveals the mechanism of flagellin incorporation130
The fast-evolving FIKK kinase family of Plasmodium falciparum can be inhibited by a single compound130
Bacterial cell division protein FtsZ complexes with a phage protein to activate bacterial immunity129
Aspergillus fumigatus dsRNA virus promotes fungal fitness and pathogenicity in the mammalian host128
Organ-on-chip models for infectious disease research128
OPENPichia: licence-free Komagataella phaffii chassis strains and toolkit for protein expression128
Double-stranded RNA sequencing reveals distinct riboviruses associated with thermoacidophilic bacteria from hot springs in Japan128
Integrated host-microbe plasma metagenomics for sepsis diagnosis in a prospective cohort of critically ill adults127
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli infection-induced epithelial trained immunity impacts urinary tract disease outcome126
CRISPR-influenced symbiosis124
Call for papers on the clinical microbiome123
Prioritizing mentorship123
Mineral-eating microorganisms at extinct hydrothermal vents123
Blockade of endothelin receptors mitigates SARS-CoV-2-induced osteoarthritis122
Archaeal symbioses all the way down121
The complex path towards herpesvirus vaccines120
Bacteroides fragilis uses toxins for gut success119
Coronavirus sampling and surveillance in bats from 1996–2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis117
Exceeding expectations out in the cold with Colwellia116
Decoding the impact of nuclear organization on antigenic variation in parasites114
Author Correction: A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data113
Nuclease–NTPase antiphage defence systems use conserved molecular features to control bacterial immunity112
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus induces mitochondrial fission to evade host immune responses and promote viral production110
Extracellular vesicles block viral entryways109
Synthesis of lipid-linked precursors of the bacterial cell wall is governed by a feedback control mechanism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa108
Rational attenuation of RNA viruses with zinc finger antiviral protein107
Benchmarking of shotgun sequencing depth reveals the potential and limitations of shallow metagenomics and strain-level analysis107
Streptomyces polyketides mediate bacteria–fungi interactions across soil environments106
Microbial collagenase activity is linked to oral–gut translocation in advanced chronic liver disease104
Structure-guided design of a synthetic bile acid that inhibits Clostridioides difficile TcdB toxin104
Plasmids promote antimicrobial resistance through insertion sequence-mediated gene inactivation103
Risk–reward trade-off during carbon starvation generates dichotomy in motility endurance among marine bacteria103
Initial sites of SIV rebound after antiretroviral treatment cessation in rhesus macaques101
Expanding known viral diversity in the healthy infant gut101
Host factors dictate gut microbiome alterations in chronic kidney disease more strongly than kidney function99
Pseudomonas syringae subpopulations cooperate by coordinating flagellar and type III secretion spatiotemporal dynamics to facilitate plant infection98
Dietary- and host-derived metabolites are used by diverse gut bacteria for anaerobic respiration97
Skin androgens regulate Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity via quorum sensing94
Intragenic viral silencer element regulates HTLV-1 latency via RUNX complex recruitment94
All-trans retinoic acid suppresses systemic inflammation induced by severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in mice93
SAMPL-seq reveals micron-scale spatial hubs in the human gut microbiome92
Transforming tuberculosis diagnosis92
Candida auris skin tropism and antifungal resistance are mediated by carbonic anhydrase Nce10390
Sensitive poliovirus detection using nested PCR and nanopore sequencing: a prospective validation study89
Self-assembling viral histones are evolutionary intermediates between archaeal and eukaryotic nucleosomes87
Discovery of an orally active benzoxaborole prodrug effective in the treatment of Chagas disease in non-human primates87
Therapeutics for COVID-1987
Phages with a broad host range are common across ecosystems86
Non-canonical start codons confer context-dependent advantages in carbohydrate utilization for commensal E. coli in the murine gut86
Interkingdom sensing of fungal tyrosol promotes bacterial antifungal T6SS activity in the murine gut86
Dietary fibre counters the oncogenic potential of colibactin-producing Escherichia coli in colorectal cancer85
Parasite and vector circadian clocks mediate efficient malaria transmission85
A nitrogen-fixing bacterium forms symbioses on land and at sea85
SARS and synapses84
Hunting emerging viruses through participatory community science83
Anoxia activates CRISPR–Cas immunity in the mouse intestine82
The gut–liver axis in HCV infection81
Placental Streptococcus agalactiae DNA is associated with neonatal unit admission and foetal pro-inflammatory cytokines in term infants81
Voices of our past editors81
Conserved CD4+ T cell staphylococcal and streptococcal epitopes enable broad-acting vaccines in mice80
A microbiologist’s voyage from the lab to The Atlantic79
Stuck on you Giardia79
SARS-CoV-2 infection induces pro-fibrotic and pro-thrombotic foam cell formation79
From farm to factory to fork79
Combining antibiotics to tackle antimicrobial resistance78
Outbreak dynamics of foodborne pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus over a seventeen year period implies hidden reservoirs78
Switching on cyclic di-GMP heterogeneity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms78
Genome-resolved metagenomics reveals microbiome diversity across 48 tick species78
Cell envelope diversity and evolution across the bacterial tree of life77
CryoEM reveals that ribosomes in microsporidian spores are locked in a dimeric hibernating state77
An expanded metabolic pathway for androgen production by commensal bacteria77
Bacteriophages avoid autoimmunity from cognate immune systems as an intrinsic part of their life cycles76
Plasmodium falciparum resistant to artemisinin and diagnostics have emerged in Ethiopia76
Mapping in-cell protein contact sites reveals hijacking of paraspeckles during influenza A virus infection75
Combined phage therapy and faecal microbiota transplantation to treat recurrent urinary tract infection: a case series75
Mining the microbiota for antibiotics74
Clarifying objectives to strengthen wastewater-based AMR surveillance74
Precipitation legacy effects on soil microbiota facilitate adaptive drought responses in plants74
Bacteria can shed a layer when phages turn up the heat74
Mycobacterium tuberculosis as teacher74
Safety and immunogenicity of a prefusion non-stabilized spike protein mRNA COVID-19 vaccine: a phase I trial73
STREAM-lining guidelines for microbiome research73
Publisher Correction: Toxoplasma gondii VIP1 mediates parasitophorous vacuole–host endoplasmic reticulum interactions to facilitate parasite development72
Identified receptors shed light on Epstein–Barr virus infection72
Guiding phage therapy with genomic surveillance70
Siderophores mediate antibiotic resistance70
A year of microbiology70
A framework for automated scalable designation of viral pathogen lineages from genomic data69
TOLLIP inhibits lipid accumulation and the integrated stress response in alveolar macrophages to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection69
Activity-targeted metaproteomics uncovers rare syntrophic bacteria central to anaerobic community metabolism69
Live-attenuated vaccine sCPD9 elicits superior mucosal and systemic immunity to SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters69
Decreased cytoplasmic crowding via inhibition of ribosome biogenesis can trigger Candida albicans filamentous growth69
Early-life colonization by aromatic-lactate-producing bifidobacteria lowers the risk of allergic sensitization69
Antiviral GHP-88310 blocks contact-mediated and airborne transmission in a ferret model of measles-like disease68
Epitope-focused discovery of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies that potently neutralize Omicron variants68
Vertical and horizontal gene transfer shaped plant colonization and biomass degradation in the fungal genus Armillaria68
Coffee consumption is associated with intestinal Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus abundance and prevalence across multiple cohorts68
Inflammation-associated nitrate facilitates ectopic colonization of oral bacterium Veillonella parvula in the intestine67
Gut microbiome-mediated transformation of dietary phytonutrients is associated with health outcomes67
Gut microbial factors predict disease severity in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis67
GprC of the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys flagrans activates mitochondria and reprograms fungal cells for nematode hunting66
The gut microbiota contributes to the pathogenesis of anorexia nervosa in humans and mice65
Escherichia coli integrates chemotaxis and quorum sensing pathways in vivo65
Metabolic modelling reveals the aging-associated decline of host–microbiome metabolic interactions in mice65
Bacteria modulate microalgal aging physiology through the induction of extracellular vesicle production to remove harmful metabolites65
Human microbiome myths and misconceptions64
Environmental stress mediates groundwater microbial community assembly64
Growth rate is modulated by monitoring cell wall precursors in Bacillus subtilis64
CD8+ T cell depletion does not induce an expansion of viral reservoir in HIV model64
Parabacteroides distasonis uses dietary inulin to suppress NASH via its metabolite pentadecanoic acid64
mRNA-encoded Cas13 can be used to treat dengue infections in mice64
The cell biology of archaea64
Migrant health matters63
Retracing a tangled tree of archaeal evolution63
We must learn from past outbreaks63
Shining light on the coral photosymbiont family Symbiodiniaceae63
A phage-encoded anti-CRISPR protein co-opts host enolase to prevent type III CRISPR immunity63
A method to detect origin of transfer sequences for plasmid conjugation63
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 escape mutations during Bamlanivimab therapy in a phase II randomized clinical trial63
Addressing gaps in author and reviewer gender diversity62
Identifying an evolutionary origin for morbilliviruses in bats62
Author Correction: Respiratory immunization using antibiotic-inactivated Bordetella pertussis confers T cell-mediated protection against nasal infection in mice61
Multinational epidemiological analysis of oral human papillomavirus incidence in 3,137 men61
Mycobacterial nucleoid-associated protein Lsr2 is required for productive mycobacteriophage infection60
Benchmarking shotgun metagenomics60
Evolved phage cocktails outsmart biofilm defences60
SARS-CoV-2 Africa dashboard for real-time COVID-19 information60
Prioritizing prenatal screening to prevent Chagas disease60
The microbiome of a bacterivorous marine choanoflagellate contains a resource-demanding obligate bacterial associate60
Amplifying diverse voices in microbiology60
A haem-sequestering plant peptide promotes iron uptake in symbiotic bacteria59
Parasex generates highly recombinant progeny in Candida albicans with increased virulence58
Comprehensive transcription terminator atlas for Bacillus subtilis58
Diet switch pre-vaccination improves immune response and metabolic status in formerly obese mice57
Molecular organization of the New World arenavirus spike glycoprotein complex57
Phase transition of GvpU regulates gas vesicle clustering in bacteria57
Genomic heterogeneity of NAD(P)H dehydrogenase predisposes Cryptosporidium to clofazimine resistance56
AMR, One Health and the environment56
Metabolites from intact phage-infected Synechococcus chemotactically attract heterotrophic marine bacteria56
Tecovirimat is effective against human monkeypox virus in vitro at nanomolar concentrations56
Gut bacteria degrade purines via the 2,8-dioxopurine pathway55
Differential stress responsiveness determines intraspecies virulence heterogeneity and host adaptation in Listeria monocytogenes55
Preclinical evaluation of the SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitor RAY1216 shows improved pharmacokinetics compared with nirmatrelvir54
Staphylococcal virulence factor HlgB targets the endoplasmic-reticulum-resident E3 ubiquitin ligase AMFR to promote pneumonia54
Genomic epidemiology reveals multidrug resistant plasmid spread between Vibrio cholerae lineages in Yemen54
Taurolithocholic acid protects against viral haemorrhagic fever via inhibition of ferroptosis54
Characterizing extracellular vesicles of human fungal pathogens54
Sulfated glycosaminoglycans are host epithelial cell targets of the Candida albicans toxin candidalysin54
Dairy cows develop protective immunity against reinfection with bovine H5N1 influenza virus54
Iron-limitation light switch54
BacterAI maps microbial metabolism without prior knowledge54
Chromosome architecture in an archaeal species naturally lacking structural maintenance of chromosomes proteins53
Microbes and the water nexus53
Understanding emerging and re-emerging viruses to facilitate pandemic preparedness53
Publisher Correction: Divergent SARS-CoV-2 variant emerges in white-tailed deer with deer-to-human transmission53
Translating between science and politics as a government adviser53
Integrons are anti-phage defence libraries in Vibrio parahaemolyticus52
Remote control designer probiotics52
Metagenomic characterization of viruses and mobile genetic elements associated with the DPANN archaeal superphylum51
Hunting for new lineages and mechanisms of life51
Communicating microbiology effectively51
Bacteroides fragilis toxin promotes gall bladder cancer in mice51
Colonic goblet cell-associated antigen passages mediate physiologic and beneficial translocation of live gut bacteria in preweaning mice51
MAP-X reveals distinct protein complex dynamics across Plasmodium falciparum blood stages51
Bacteria–phage coevolution drives variation in bacterial wilt disease incidence via resistance–virulence trade-offs50
Longitudinal profiling of low-abundance strains in microbiomes with ChronoStrain50
Enterococcus faecalis-derived adenine enhances enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli Type 3 Secretion System-dependent virulence50
Nasal Staphylococcus aureus carriage promotes depressive behaviour in mice via sex hormone degradation50
Cooperative virulence via the collective action of secreted pathogen effectors50
Structural insights into light harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea50
Targeting the mosquito prefoldin–chaperonin complex blocks Plasmodium transmission50
A high-quality genome compendium of the human gut microbiome of Inner Mongolians49
Exploiting the fitness cost of metallo-β-lactamase expression can overcome antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens49
Dipeptidase 1 is a functional receptor for a porcine coronavirus49
The GATE glycoprotein complex enhances human cytomegalovirus entry in endothelial cells49
Surface expression of antitoxin on engineered bacteria neutralizes genotoxic colibactin in the gut49
Metabolic reprogramming enhances the susceptibility of multidrug- and carbapenem-resistant bacteria to antibiotics49
Human gut bacteria bioaccumulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances48
Introducing Microbe Matters48
Author Correction: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi heterokaryons have two nuclear populations with distinct roles in host–plant interactions48
Understanding the biology of monkeypox virus to prevent future outbreaks48
Acquired amphotericin B resistance leads to fitness trade-offs that can be mitigated by compensatory evolution in Candida auris48
The host–parasite–virus triad48
Spatial transcriptomics maps host–gut microbiome biogeography at high resolution48
Carotenoids bind rhodopsins and act as photocycle-accelerating pigments in marine Bacteroidota48
Factors associated with oral HPV infection among a large multinational cohort of men48
Talented microbes unlatch peatland carbon47
Persistent viral RNA and protein contribute to post-acute pathology47
Moving from hype to hope in diet–microbiome interactions47
Use microbes to tackle food insecurity47
Microbiome alterations in autism spectrum disorder47
Identifying rare and active species that drive carbon turnover in complex microbiotas47
Microplastic research must consider microbes47
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii enzyme reprograms PD-L1 trafficking and sensitizes colorectal cancer to immunotherapy in mice46
Small organisms with big climate impact46
Microbial ethanol production in patients with auto-brewery syndrome46
Genome-wide association study identifies human genetic variants associated with fatal outcome from Lassa fever46
Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in the murine central nervous system drives viral diversification45
Bacillus subtilis cells can escape biofilms by producing a hydrogel that ejects them45
scRNA-seq reveals transcriptional plasticity of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum for host immune avoidance45
A non-human primate model for human norovirus infection45
DMSOP-cleaving enzymes are diverse and widely distributed in marine microorganisms45
Viral biogeography of the mammalian gut and parenchymal organs44
Intestinal crypt microbiota modulates intestinal stem cell turnover and tumorigenesis via indole acetic acid44
Parkinson’s disease kinase LRRK2 coordinates a cell-intrinsic itaconate-dependent defence pathway against intracellular Salmonella44
Chromosomal barcodes for simultaneous tracking of near-isogenic bacterial strains in plant microbiota44
Structure and substrate recognition by the bacterial twin-arginine translocation (Tat) core complex43
Author Correction: Genetic mapping of microbial and host traits reveals production of immunomodulatory lipids by Akkermansia muciniphila in the murine gut43
Mycobiota and diet-derived fungal xenosiderophores promote Salmonella gastrointestinal colonization43
Epigenetic silencing by the SMC5/6 complex mediates HIV-1 latency43
Continental-scale associations of Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere members with host genotype and drought43
Longitudinal population-level HIV epidemiologic and genomic surveillance highlights growing gender disparity of HIV transmission in Uganda43
FungAMR: a comprehensive database for investigating fungal mutations associated with antimicrobial resistance42
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