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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
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Advisory Board and Contents231
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 2210
Senescent cell: the ‘factory of viral amplification’192
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Advancing equity in antimicrobial resistance research and policy155
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 4155
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Loading and unloading plasmid cargoes129
Starvation helps transition to abundance – a ferrosome story120
The HIPS 2024 symposium: highlighting advances in pharmaceutical sciences in infection research114
Metabolic flux phenotyping of secondary metabolism in cyanobacteria112
Navigating trust and science: microbiome research in the Amazon112
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 15110
Better together? Lessons on sociality from Trichodesmium110
Chemical dialogues at the crossroads of host–bacteria interactions107
Game of microbes: a wildling’s guide104
Disease-causing human viruses: novelty and legacy102
Nuclear antiviral innate responses at the intersection of DNA sensing and DNA repair101
Masking of typical TLR4 and TLR5 ligands modulates inflammation and resolution by Helicobacter pylori98
Early-life chemical exposome and gut microbiome development: African research perspectives within a global environmental health context98
Toward an integrative framework for microbial community coalescence91
Spatial engineering for improved microbial cell factories91
Biological interactions with Prochlorococcus: implications for the marine carbon cycle89
Programming therapeutic probiotics by self-tunable sense-and-respond genetic circuits87
The roles of calcium signaling and calcium deposition in microbial multicellularity86
Advisory Board and Contents85
Reductive biomining of pyrite by methanogens83
Sulfur traits in the plant microbiome: implications for sustainable agriculture82
Projecting global biological N2 fixation under climate warming across land and ocean82
Tradeoffs and constraints on the evolution of tailocins81
RNase III-CLASH brings bacterial RNA networks into focus81
Klebsiella pneumoniae emerging anti-immunology paradigms: from stealth to evasion79
How do bacteria recognize fungal competitors?78
Unearthing terrestrial extreme microbiomes for searching terrestrial-like life in the Solar System77
Molecular mechanisms and drivers of pathogen emergence76
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Fast phages outcompete by depleting host resources73
CIFAR humans and the microbiome: Banff meeting report72
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Retaining African networks is urgent for global health69
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Scientific mobility in microbiology – 1067
Revisiting methane-dependent denitrification66
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Interplay between endogenous and exogenous human retroviruses63
Bacterial dual phototrophy was demystified62
Recent advances in modelling Shigella infection59
Aspergillus nidulans59
Disentangling the microbial ecological factors impacting honey bee susceptibility to Paenibacillus larvae infection59
Moonlighting antibiotics: the extra job of modulating biofilm formation58
When ferroptosis meets pathogenic infections57
Exploring the shared pathogenic strategies of independently evolved effectors across distinct plant viruses56
Synergy between microalgae and microbiome in polluted waters55
Cognition without brains? Learning and memory in microorganisms55
Towards a trait-based framework for protist ecology and evolution54
Cutting-edge tools for unveiling the dynamics of plasmid–host interactions54
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 1952
Structural inequalities in global antimicrobial resistance governance52
Severe respiratory viral infections: T-cell functions diverging from immunity to inflammation52
On the biological meaning of the population pangenome51
Microbial nanowires: type IV pili or cytochrome filaments?50
Deep-sea microbial genetic resources: new frontiers for bioprospecting49
Cysteine and resistance to oxidative stress: implications for virulence and antibiotic resistance48
Microbiome selection and evolution within wild and domesticated plants48
PilY proteins: bimodular drivers of type IV pilus versatility47
Chitinase-assisted winner: nematodes antagonize symbiotic microbes47
Modeling nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in zebrafish47
Symbiotic bacteria and pest control: plant toxins, chemical pesticides, and fungal entomopathogens47
Future focuses of enzymatic plastic degradation46
Diagnosing arthropod-borne flaviviruses: non-structural protein 1 (NS1) as a biomarker46
Membrane lipid composition defines membrane protein spectrum46
Deciphering bacterial protein functions with innovative computational methods46
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Rethinking microbially driven methane formation in mangrove wetlands43
The conserved AvrE family of bacterial effectors: functions and targets during pathogenesis43
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 742
Addressing gaps: Brazil’s approach to microbial biobanks42
From advisors to mentors: fostering supportive mentorship in academia42
Cap-tivating findings provide insight into bacterial cell division41
Exploring emerging drug responses in Cryptococcus41
Models are useful until high-resolution structures are available41
Phage tRNAs: decoding the enigma40
SNAREs: a double-edged sword for intravacuolar bacterial pathogens within host cells40
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 1840
Regulation of microbial gene expression: the key to understanding our gut microbiome40
Endogenous retroviruses in development and health40
Respiration-induced biofilm formation as a driver for bacterial niche colonization39
Plasmid-mediated colistin-resistance genes: mcr39
Sex shapes gut–microbiota–brain communication and disease39
Adaptations of intracellular bacteria to vacuolar or cytosolic niches39
Small intestinal microbiota: from taxonomic composition to metabolism39
Gut microbiome-mediated mechanisms for reducing cholesterol levels: implications for ameliorating cardiovascular disease39
Advisory Board and Contents38
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Genetics of dengue epidemics38
Flagellar evolution and flagella-independent motility in Actinobacteria37
How should health researchers advance health equity?36
Focus on the pathogen defense arsenal36
Koalas first: lessons from a wildlife Chlamydia vaccine35
Hypermutator fungal pathogens: from threat to meltdown35
Broadening the targetable space: engineering and discovery of PAM-flexible Cas proteins35
Saccharolobus islandicus35
The abortive infection functions of CRISPR-Cas and Argonaute35
Role of metabolism in uropathogenic Escherichia coli34
Pseudomonas fluorescens34
Ancient pathogen genomics in Africa: Current evidence and future directions34
Reference errors in microbiology literature: 'pyroptosis' and others33
A unique bacterial family strikes again!33
A framework for understanding and predicting orthohantavirus functional traits33
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C4 cereal and biofuel crop microbiomes33
Breaking bad nucleotides: understanding the regulatory mechanisms of bacterial small alarmone hydrolases32
Anaerocellum (f. Caldicellulosiruptor) bescii32
Human–gut bacterial protein–protein interactions: understudied but impactful to human health32
Cutting-edge tools for structural biology: bringing AlphaFold to the people31
Epigenetic maneuvering: an emerging strategy for mycobacterial intracellular survival31
Harnessing CRISPR-Cas for oomycete genome editing31
The emerging role of bacterial regulatory RNAs in disease30
Advisory Board and Contents30
Tracking contemporary microbial evolution in a changing ocean30
Participatory antimicrobial stewardship: fostering patient and public engagement to counter antimicrobial resistance30
Map is not territory: building useful antimicrobial resistance models30
Cellular roadmaps of viroid infection30
A structural understanding of influenza virus genome replication29
Current advances on Vip3 highlight the promising potential of bacterial insecticidal proteins29
Pseudomonas aeruginosa: persistence beyond antibiotic resistance29
Ecology of the respiratory tract microbiome29
Should I stay or should I go: transmission trade-offs in phages and plasmids28
Broadening oncological boundaries: the intratumoral microbiota28
Gut microbiota–bile acid–skeletal muscle axis28
New perspectives into the vaginal microbiome with systems biology28
The role of cyclic nucleotides in bacterial antimicrobial resistance and tolerance28
Diverse molecular mechanisms underpinning Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants28
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Bacterial peptidoglycan recycling28
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Advisory Board and Contents27
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Mapping environmental microbiomes across an entire country27
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Scientific mobility in microbiology – 126
Methane-dependent denitrification by Methylomirabilis: an indirect nitrous oxide sink?26
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Nanobodies® for veterinary health: multifunctional roles in diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines26
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Intentional and unintentional benefits of minority writing accountability groups26
Microbial life in slow and stopped lanes25
Rethinking eukaryogenesis: genomic signatures suggest an aerobic host25
RNA modifications in plant pathogenic fungi: from epitranscriptomics to antifungal strategies25
Expanding diversity and ecological roles of RNA viruses25
Immune evasion strategies of major tick-transmitted bacterial pathogens25
The biosynthesis and role of phosphorylcholine in pathogenic and nonpathogenic bacteria25
Neutrophils – an understudied bystander in dengue?25
Structural diversity and modularity of photosynthetic RC−LH1 complexes25
Advisory Board and Contents24
NCR peptides in plant–bacterial symbiosis: applications and importance24
Antiphage small molecules produced by bacteria – beyond protein-mediated defenses24
Modeling soil bacterial diversity: challenges and opportunities24
Microbes guide corals looking to find a home24
Beyond butyrate: microbial fiber metabolism supporting colonic epithelial homeostasis24
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 1223
CRISPR-Cas: a game-changer in vaccine development and the fight against viral infections23
Current trends in electromicrobiology of methane oxidation23
Gonococcal PorB: a multifaceted modulator of host immune responses23
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 1323
Targeting gut microbiota to counteract acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury22
Colonization factors of human and animal-specific enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)22
Host cell environments and antibiotic efficacy in tuberculosis22
Podospora anserina22
Trade-offs in microbial-assisted restoration under recurring drought22
How hepatitis E virus invades hepatocytes: the mystery of viral entry22
Exploiting predatory bacteria as biocontrol agents across ecosystems22
Ecological principles of fecal microbiota transplantation22
Two-step recognition of HIV-1 DNA in the cytosol21
HIV-1-induced translocation of CPSF6 to biomolecular condensates21
From genes to epigenomes: rethinking arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi adaptation21
Strategies for developing phages into novel antimicrobial tailocins21
Extracellular vesicles: new bullets in the fungal armory21
Gut motility as a driver of microbial community architecture and host–microbe evolution21
Impacts of trophic interactions on carbon accrual in soils21
Enhancing agroecosystem nitrogen management: microbial insights for improved nitrification inhibition21
Advances in host-directed therapy for tuberculosis and HIV coinfection: enhancing immune responses20
Why do hosts malfunction without microbes? Missing benefits versus evolutionary addiction20
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue: the anaerobic microbial ancestry of aerobic respiration20
Novel technologies are turning a dream into reality: conditionally replicating viruses as vaccines20
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Genome-powered classification of microbial eukaryotes: focus on coral algal symbionts20
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Polymorphic microbes: a new emerging hallmark of cancer20
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Unraveling posttranscriptional regulatory networks in phage infection20
Not all RNAs are created equal for the antiviral RNase ISG2020
Anaerobic oxidation of short-chain volatile alkanes20
Toll-like receptor 4 – a multifunctional virus recognition receptor19
Monocyte regulation by gut microbial signals19
PurFect timing: revisiting purine metabolism for tuberculosis treatment19
New views on PII signaling: from nitrogen sensing to global metabolic control19
ER-phagy orchestrates virus–host interactions across kingdoms18
The diversity, pathogenic spectrum, and ecological significance of arthropod viruses18
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Inclusion and diversity through a geographical lens18
QseB/QseC: a two-component system globally regulating bacterial behaviors18
Mangrove microbiomes as hidden ecological gatekeepers18
Emerging roles of RNA modifications in the rice blast fungus18
Glycans in HIV-1 vaccine design – engaging the shield18
Exploiting root exudates to manage soil-borne disease complexes in a changing climate17
Providencia rettgeri17
Structure-based prokaryotic transcription shapes adaptation and host–invader interplay17
ISG15: its roles in SARS-CoV-2 and other viral infections17
Mutagenesis techniques for evolutionary engineering of microbes – exploiting CRISPR-Cas, oligonucleotides, recombinases, and polymerases17
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Matching metabolic supply to demand optimizes microbial growth17
Scripting a new dialogue between diazotrophs and crops17
Paenibacillus polymyxa17
Chemosynthesis: a neglected foundation of marine ecology and biogeochemistry17
Abortive infection antiphage defense systems: separating mechanism and phenotype17
Short-chain fatty acids in viral infection: the underlying mechanisms, opportunities, and challenges17
Datathons: fostering equitability in data reuse in ecology17
The Lost Kingdom: commensal protists in the gut microbiota17
Tea plant microorganisms in the improvement of tea quality17
Axenic and gnotobiotic insect technologies in research on host–microbiota interactions17
Role of bile acid metabolites in regulating viral infections16
Kiwa antiviral system: a membrane-embedded defense against phage16
Chilean biocrusts: an impetus for national park management16
TldR: TnpB’s evolutionary shift from transposon nucleases to RNA-guided transcriptional regulators16
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Scientific mobility in microbiology – 1416
Neisseria meningitidis16
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Supramolecular assemblies in bacterial immunity: an emerging paradigm15
Bacterial genome structural variation: prevalence, mechanisms, and consequences15
The double play of a phage HTH regulator15
Bacteria manipulate host cells with channel-forming effectors15
Physiological drivers of pks+ E. coli in colorectal cancer15
Schizochytrium sp.15
Coastal Vibrio as a source of antimicrobial resistance?15
Factors affecting antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae following vaccination introduction15
Species–area relationships in microbial-mediated mutualisms15
Microbiota regulation of viral infections through interferon signaling15
From ancient catalytic folds to retrotransposons and retroviruses15
Advisory Board and Contents15
Dual species biofilms are enhanced by metabolite cross-feeding15
Effectors and environment modulating rice blast disease: from understanding to effective control15
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