Trends in Microbiology

Papers
(The median citation count of Trends in Microbiology is 5. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Advisory Board and Contents612
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A sweet story from Phytophthora-soybean interaction175
Phenotypic plasticity through disposable genetic adaptation in ciliates165
Aerobic marine bacteria can use H2 for growth161
Advisory Board and Contents152
Klebsiella pneumoniae emerging anti-immunology paradigms: from stealth to evasion131
ESCRTs – a multi-purpose membrane remodeling device encoded in all life forms120
Emerging models to study competitive interactions within bacterial communities115
The HIPS 2024 symposium: highlighting advances in pharmaceutical sciences in infection research93
Advisory Board and Contents91
Exploiting predatory bacteria as biocontrol agents across ecosystems88
Structure and molecular mechanism of bacterial transcription activation86
Diversity in women and their vaginal microbiota85
Gonococcal PorB: a multifaceted modulator of host immune responses85
Post-transcriptional regulation in archaea84
Impacts of trophic interactions on carbon accrual in soils83
Balancing act: counteracting adverse drug effects on the microbiome78
Scaling up and down: movement ecology for microorganisms77
New insights on nitrogen transformation and attack on world stone monuments77
Vertical and horizontal quorum-sensing-based multicellular communications75
Enhancing Microbial Pollutant Degradation by Integrating Eco-Evolutionary Principles with Environmental Biotechnology75
Influenza immune escape under heterogeneous host immune histories72
Strategies for developing phages into novel antimicrobial tailocins71
Advisory Board and Contents71
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Two-step recognition of HIV-1 DNA in the cytosol70
Sleeping monsters: chronic infections in COVID-19 pathogenesis70
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Microbiota and Us: Of Playing Hosts and Hosting (Inter)plays69
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Microbial redox coenzyme engineering and applications in biosynthesis66
Microbes guide corals looking to find a home63
Masking of typical TLR4 and TLR5 ligands modulates inflammation and resolution by Helicobacter pylori62
Advisory Board and Contents61
Genome-powered classification of microbial eukaryotes: focus on coral algal symbionts61
Cell-free DNA: a promising biomarker in infectious diseases60
Dickeya solani58
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Navigating during the Pandemic: Dialogues across Career Stages55
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Senescent cell: the ‘factory of viral amplification’54
Retracing lineage history: time to emphasize genetic turnover53
Enigmatic evolution of microbial nitrogen fixation: insights from Earth’s past53
Podospora anserina53
Response to Wang et al.: evidence contradicting the cytochrome-only model53
Current state and perspective of implementation of clinical metagenomics: Geneva ICCMg meeting report53
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Likelihood of amyloid formation in COVID-19-induced ARDS52
Metabolic interactions shape a community's phenotype52
Shedding light on immune suppression at high temperature52
Nuclear antiviral innate responses at the intersection of DNA sensing and DNA repair51
Molecular mechanisms and drivers of pathogen emergence51
Disentangling microbial interaction networks50
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Regulation of chlamydial colonization by IFNγ delivered via distinct cells48
FtsK and SpoIIIE, coordinators of chromosome segregation and envelope remodeling in bacteria47
Biofilms vs. cities and humans vs. aliens – a tale of reproducibility in biofilms46
Reductive biomining of pyrite by methanogens45
Bordetella pertussis45
Programming therapeutic probiotics by self-tunable sense-and-respond genetic circuits44
Epulopiscium spp.44
RNase III-CLASH brings bacterial RNA networks into focus44
Cross-correlation of virome–bacteriome–host–metabolome to study respiratory health44
Staphylococcus aureus43
The protist cultural renaissance43
Bradyrhizobium japonicum (diazoefficiens)43
HIV-1-induced translocation of CPSF6 to biomolecular condensates43
Extracellular vesicles: new bullets in the fungal armory43
Projecting global biological N2 fixation under climate warming across land and ocean42
Starvation helps transition to abundance – a ferrosome story42
Borrelia (Borreliella) burgdorferi41
Loading and unloading plasmid cargoes41
Cryptococcus neoformans: plant–microbe interactions and ecology40
The energetic costs of cellular complexity in evolution40
The Next Million Names for Archaea and Bacteria39
Copper Handling in the Salmonella Cell Envelope and Its Impact on Virulence39
Azotobacter vinelandii39
Engineering insects from the endosymbiont out38
Emerging Role for MAIT Cells in Control of Antimicrobial Resistance38
Transposon-Associated CRISPR-Cas System: A Powerful DNA Insertion Tool38
Glycan-mediated molecular interactions in bacterial pathogenesis37
Staphylococcus lugdunensis37
Trichoderma reesei36
Unearthing terrestrial extreme microbiomes for searching terrestrial-like life in the Solar System36
Revisiting AMPylation through the lens of Fic enzymes36
Geminiviruses also encode small proteins with specific functions36
Advisory Board and Contents35
Metabolic flux phenotyping of secondary metabolism in cyanobacteria35
Productivity metrics and hiring rubrics are warped by cultural schemas of merit35
Type VII Toxin/Antitoxin Classification System for Antitoxins that Enzymatically Neutralize Toxins35
Risk assessment of SARS-CoV-2 replicating and evolving in animals35
Border Control: Regulating LPS Biogenesis35
Ecological principles of fecal microbiota transplantation34
Akkermansia muciniphila34
Thermotoga neapolitana34
Unappreciated Roles for K+ Channels in Bacterial Physiology34
Funding and collaboration inequalities in infectious disease research – why does it matter?33
Models are useful until high-resolution structures are available33
Advisory Board and Contents33
Viral manipulation of host cell necroptosis and pyroptosis33
Intentional and Unintentional Benefits of Minority Writing Accountability Groups33
Microbial synthesis of glycosaminoglycans and their oligosaccharides33
Unique relationships between phages and endospore-forming hosts32
CRISPR-Cas: a game-changer in vaccine development and the fight against viral infections32
Metallo-β-lactamase-mediated antimicrobial resistance and progress in inhibitor discovery31
Microbial biostimulants – the need for clarification in EU regulation31
Bacterial Coinfections in Coronavirus Disease 201931
Crosslink cleaving enzymes: the smart autolysins that remodel the bacterial cell wall31
Bacterial adaptation strategies to host-derived fatty acids31
Sulfur traits in the plant microbiome: implications for sustainable agriculture31
The Emerging Role of Iron Acquisition in Biofilm-Associated Infections30
Spore germination receptors – a new paradigm30
How does plant sex alter microbiota assembly in dioecious plants?30
Toward an integrative framework for microbial community coalescence30
Bacterial culturing is crucial to boost sustainable agriculture30
Better together? Lessons on sociality from Trichodesmium30
Host cell environments and antibiotic efficacy in tuberculosis30
Digging deep: microbial PFAS-degradation in landfill sediments29
The roles of calcium signaling and calcium deposition in microbial multicellularity29
Why do hosts malfunction without microbes? Missing benefits versus evolutionary addiction29
Disease-causing human viruses: novelty and legacy29
Enhancing agroecosystem nitrogen management: microbial insights for improved nitrification inhibition29
Staphylococcus aureus membrane vesicles: an evolving story29
Small peptides: novel targets for modulating plant–rhizosphere microbe interactions28
Current trends in electromicrobiology of methane oxidation28
Advancing research on ectomycorrhizal fungal adaptation with landscape genomics28
Adaptive strategies and ecological roles of phages in habitats under physicochemical stress28
Emerging Patterns of Microbial Functional Traits27
Complex regulatory networks of virulence factors in Vibrio vulnificus27
Computational methods and challenges in analyzing intratumoral microbiome data27
The exometabolome as a hidden driver of bacterial virulence and pathogenesis27
Early-life chemical exposome and gut microbiome development: African research perspectives within a global environmental health context27
Tradeoffs and constraints on the evolution of tailocins27
Biological interactions with Prochlorococcus: implications for the marine carbon cycle26
Intermicrobial Hitchhiking: How Nonmotile Microbes Leverage Communal Motility26
Targeting gut microbiota to counteract acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury26
Features and algorithms: facilitating investigation of secreted effectors in Gram-negative bacteria25
Bacteria-derived short-chain fatty acids as potential regulators of fungal commensalism and pathogenesis25
Deep Learning for Imaging and Detection of Microorganisms25
Bacterial extracellular vesicles: an emerging avenue to tackle diseases25
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Convergent evolution of innate immune-modulating effectors in invasive fungal pathogens24
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Shewanella algae23
Machine-learning approaches prevent post-treatment resistance-gaining bacterial recurrences23
Citrobacter rodentium23
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue: the anaerobic microbial ancestry of aerobic respiration22
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Advisory Board and Contents22
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Novel technologies are turning a dream into reality: conditionally replicating viruses as vaccines21
The role of noncoding RNAs in bacterial immunity21
Composing a microbial symphony: synthetic communities for promoting plant growth21
Not all RNAs are created equal for the antiviral RNase ISG2021
The aerobiome–health axis: a paradigm shift in bioaerosol thinking21
From carrion to soil: microbial recycling of animal carcasses21
Bridging the gap: pathway programs for inclusion and persistence in microbiology21
Moonlighting antibiotics: the extra job of modulating biofilm formation21
Advisory Board and Contents21
Cutting-edge tools for unveiling the dynamics of plasmid–host interactions21
Deep-sea microbial genetic resources: new frontiers for bioprospecting20
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On the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and the emergence of variants of concern20
Unraveling the mystery of viroid nuclear import20
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Med_PrintAd_COL20
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The ambivalent role of Bacteroides in enteric infections20
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Antimicrobial susceptibility prediction from genomes: a dream come true?20
Small intestine changes, large intestine problems20
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New tools for the new bug Candida auris20
SARS-CoV-2 and the spike protein in endotheliopathy19
Mycobacterium ulcerans19
Candida–bacterial cross-kingdom interactions19
CIFAR humans and the microbiome: Banff meeting report19
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Naturally engineered plant microbiomes in resource-limited ecosystems18
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When PARPs Meet Antiviral Innate Immunity18
Bacterial dual phototrophy was demystified18
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Viruses shuttle between fungi and plants18
Chlamydia overcomes multiple gastrointestinal barriers to achieve long-lasting colonization18
A security check that monitors cell morphogenesis18
Environmental microbiome, human fungal pathogens, and antimicrobial resistance18
Demystifying Cell Cycle Arrest by HIV-1 Vif18
A Radical Reimagining of Fungal Two-Component Regulatory Systems18
HCV egress – unconventional secretion of assembled viral particles17
Rural exclusion from science and academia17
The divergent early divisome: is there a functional core?17
Viral sponges sequester nucleotide signals to inactivate immunity17
Mycobacterium abscessus17
Capsicum-infecting begomoviruses as global pathogens: host–virus interplay, pathogenesis, and management17
A role for bacterial experimental evolution in coral bleaching mitigation?17
Myxococcus xanthus17
Microbes and Parkinson’s disease: from associations to mechanisms17
A changing gut virome ecological landscape with longevity17
Severe respiratory viral infections: T-cell functions diverging from immunity to inflammation17
Plant reoviruses hijack autophagy in insect vectors16
Inside the microbial black box: a redox-centric framework for deciphering microbial metabolism16
Enterococci facilitate polymicrobial infections16
LegionellaDB – A Database on Legionella Outbreaks16
Enhancing microbiome research in sub-Saharan Africa16
Disentangling the microbial ecological factors impacting honey bee susceptibility to Paenibacillus larvae infection16
Microbiome selection and evolution within wild and domesticated plants15
Exploiting cAMP signaling in Mycobacterium tuberculosis for drug discovery15
The interaction between autophagy, Helicobacter pylori, and gut microbiota in gastric carcinogenesis15
Revisiting methane-dependent denitrification15
Targeting bacterial transferrin and lactoferrin receptors for vaccines15
Cancer-associated SNPs in bacteria: lessons from Helicobacter pylori15
Importance of Bacteroidetes in host–microbe interactions and ecosystem functioning14
Ecological and evolutionary solutions to the plasmid paradox14
Monocyte regulation by gut microbial signals14
New views on PII signaling: from nitrogen sensing to global metabolic control14
Solidification of protein aggregates deepens bacterial dormancy14
Micromanaging the nitrogen cycle in agroecosystems14
Aspergillus nidulans14
T cell immunity in HSV-1- and VZV-infected neural ganglia14
Cysteine and resistance to oxidative stress: implications for virulence and antibiotic resistance14
Novel molecular insights into the autophagy–virus arms race14
Frenemies on the reef? Resolving the coral–Endozoicomonas association14
Connecting the dots: understanding how human mobility shapes TB epidemics14
Recent advances in modelling Shigella infection14
Interplay between endogenous and exogenous human retroviruses13
Fungal infection of insects: molecular insights and prospects13
When ferroptosis meets pathogenic infections13
Biofilms on stone monuments: biodeterioration or bioprotection?13
Cyclin-dependent Kinases as Emerging Targets for Developing Novel Antiviral Therapeutics13
Synergy between microalgae and microbiome in polluted waters12
Population genetics, biofilm recalcitrance, and antibiotic resistance evolution12
The role of microbial biofilms in range shifts of marine habitat-forming organisms12
Exploring the shared pathogenic strategies of independently evolved effectors across distinct plant viruses12
Pseudomonas aeruginosa12
Temperature sensing and virulence regulation in pathogenic bacteria12
Porphyromonas gingivalis12
Microbial nanowires: type IV pili or cytochrome filaments?12
Cyanobacteria and biogeochemical cycles through Earth history12
Micronutrient–microbiome interplay: a critical regulator of soil–plant health12
Modes of therapeutic delivery in synthetic microbiology12
Toll-like receptor 4 – a multifunctional virus recognition receptor12
Knowns and unknowns of the soil fungal necrobiome12
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