Trends in Microbiology

Papers
(The median citation count of Trends in Microbiology is 6. 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
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Advisory Board and Contents234
Loading and unloading plasmid cargoes207
Navigating trust and science: microbiome research in the Amazon154
Nuclear antiviral innate responses at the intersection of DNA sensing and DNA repair141
Molecular mechanisms and drivers of pathogen emergence137
Reductive biomining of pyrite by methanogens132
Early-life chemical exposome and gut microbiome development: African research perspectives within a global environmental health context126
Unearthing terrestrial extreme microbiomes for searching terrestrial-like life in the Solar System114
Cross-correlation of virome–bacteriome–host–metabolome to study respiratory health109
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 2106
Projecting global biological N2 fixation under climate warming across land and ocean106
Klebsiella pneumoniae emerging anti-immunology paradigms: from stealth to evasion105
Likelihood of amyloid formation in COVID-19-induced ARDS101
Geminiviruses also encode small proteins with specific functions100
Revisiting AMPylation through the lens of Fic enzymes97
Programming therapeutic probiotics by self-tunable sense-and-respond genetic circuits94
Advisory Board and Contents93
Better together? Lessons on sociality from Trichodesmium93
Senescent cell: the ‘factory of viral amplification’86
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Advisory Board and Contents82
Advisory Board and Contents80
Starvation helps transition to abundance – a ferrosome story78
RNase III-CLASH brings bacterial RNA networks into focus78
Masking of typical TLR4 and TLR5 ligands modulates inflammation and resolution by Helicobacter pylori78
The HIPS 2024 symposium: highlighting advances in pharmaceutical sciences in infection research75
Sulfur traits in the plant microbiome: implications for sustainable agriculture74
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Tradeoffs and constraints on the evolution of tailocins71
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 469
Toward an integrative framework for microbial community coalescence68
Disease-causing human viruses: novelty and legacy68
Metabolic flux phenotyping of secondary metabolism in cyanobacteria67
Biological interactions with Prochlorococcus: implications for the marine carbon cycle67
The roles of calcium signaling and calcium deposition in microbial multicellularity67
Advisory Board and Contents65
Fast phages outcompete by depleting host resources61
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 1060
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 960
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On the biological meaning of the population pangenome58
Retaining African networks is urgent for global health57
Interplay between endogenous and exogenous human retroviruses56
Bacterial dual phototrophy was demystified55
Microbiome selection and evolution within wild and domesticated plants55
Recent advances in modelling Shigella infection55
Severe respiratory viral infections: T-cell functions diverging from immunity to inflammation54
CIFAR humans and the microbiome: Banff meeting report54
Advisory Board and Contents53
Disentangling the microbial ecological factors impacting honey bee susceptibility to Paenibacillus larvae infection53
Aspergillus nidulans53
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Advisory Board and Contents52
Exploring the shared pathogenic strategies of independently evolved effectors across distinct plant viruses51
Cutting-edge tools for unveiling the dynamics of plasmid–host interactions51
HCV egress – unconventional secretion of assembled viral particles51
The ambivalent role of Bacteroides in enteric infections51
Microbial nanowires: type IV pili or cytochrome filaments?51
Deep-sea microbial genetic resources: new frontiers for bioprospecting50
Moonlighting antibiotics: the extra job of modulating biofilm formation49
Cysteine and resistance to oxidative stress: implications for virulence and antibiotic resistance49
Revisiting methane-dependent denitrification49
When ferroptosis meets pathogenic infections49
A role for bacterial experimental evolution in coral bleaching mitigation?48
Synergy between microalgae and microbiome in polluted waters47
Towards a trait-based framework for protist ecology and evolution47
The conserved AvrE family of bacterial effectors: functions and targets during pathogenesis46
Deciphering bacterial protein functions with innovative computational methods46
Symbiotic bacteria and pest control: plant toxins, chemical pesticides, and fungal entomopathogens45
Chitinase-assisted winner: nematodes antagonize symbiotic microbes45
Genetics of dengue epidemics44
Phage tRNAs: decoding the enigma44
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 744
From advisors to mentors: fostering supportive mentorship in academia43
SNAREs: a double-edged sword for intravacuolar bacterial pathogens within host cells43
Rethinking microbially driven methane formation in mangrove wetlands43
Regulation of microbial gene expression: the key to understanding our gut microbiome43
Diagnosing arthropod-borne flaviviruses: non-structural protein 1 (NS1) as a biomarker43
Exploring emerging drug responses in Cryptococcus43
Future focuses of enzymatic plastic degradation42
Models are useful until high-resolution structures are available42
Cap-tivating findings provide insight into bacterial cell division42
Membrane lipid composition defines membrane protein spectrum40
Adaptations of intracellular bacteria to vacuolar or cytosolic niches39
Modeling nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in zebrafish39
Sex shapes gut–microbiota–brain communication and disease39
Respiration-induced biofilm formation as a driver for bacterial niche colonization39
Plasmid-mediated colistin-resistance genes: mcr38
Advisory Board and Contents37
Gut microbiome-mediated mechanisms for reducing cholesterol levels: implications for ameliorating cardiovascular disease37
A unique bacterial family strikes again!37
Small intestinal microbiota: from taxonomic composition to metabolism37
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Endogenous retroviruses in development and health37
Flagellar evolution and flagella-independent motility in Actinobacteria36
Role of metabolism in uropathogenic Escherichia coli36
Hypermutator fungal pathogens: from threat to meltdown36
Saccharolobus islandicus35
T6SS: killing two bugs with one stone35
The abortive infection functions of CRISPR-Cas and Argonaute35
Focus on the pathogen defense arsenal35
How should health researchers advance health equity?34
Broadening the targetable space: engineering and discovery of PAM-flexible Cas proteins34
C4 cereal and biofuel crop microbiomes34
Lignocellulolytic microbiomes for augmenting lignocellulose degradation in anaerobic digestion33
Reference errors in microbiology literature: 'pyroptosis' and others33
Breaking bad nucleotides: understanding the regulatory mechanisms of bacterial small alarmone hydrolases33
A framework for understanding and predicting orthohantavirus functional traits33
Current advances on Vip3 highlight the promising potential of bacterial insecticidal proteins33
Pseudomonas fluorescens33
Anaerocellum (f. Caldicellulosiruptor) bescii32
Cutting-edge tools for structural biology: bringing AlphaFold to the people32
Should I stay or should I go: transmission trade-offs in phages and plasmids32
The role of cyclic nucleotides in bacterial antimicrobial resistance and tolerance32
Epigenetic maneuvering: an emerging strategy for mycobacterial intracellular survival31
Pseudomonas aeruginosa: persistence beyond antibiotic resistance31
Inorganic polyphosphate in host and microbe biology31
Human–gut bacterial protein–protein interactions: understudied but impactful to human health31
A structural understanding of influenza virus genome replication31
Ecology of the respiratory tract microbiome31
Diverse molecular mechanisms underpinning Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants31
Advisory Board and Contents30
Participatory antimicrobial stewardship: fostering patient and public engagement to counter antimicrobial resistance30
New perspectives into the vaginal microbiome with systems biology30
Bacterial peptidoglycan recycling30
Cellular roadmaps of viroid infection29
The emerging role of bacterial regulatory RNAs in disease29
ARGuing the case for (or against) probiotics29
Harnessing CRISPR-Cas for oomycete genome editing29
Gut microbiota–bile acid–skeletal muscle axis29
Tracking contemporary microbial evolution in a changing ocean29
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Neutrophils – an understudied bystander in dengue?28
Broadening oncological boundaries: the intratumoral microbiota28
Methane-dependent denitrification by Methylomirabilis: an indirect nitrous oxide sink?28
RNA modifications in plant pathogenic fungi: from epitranscriptomics to antifungal strategies28
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Advisory Board and Contents27
Structural diversity and modularity of photosynthetic RC−LH1 complexes26
Advisory Board and Contents26
Immune evasion strategies of major tick-transmitted bacterial pathogens26
Bacterial quorum sensing and phenotypic heterogeneity: how the collective shapes the individual26
Modeling soil bacterial diversity: challenges and opportunities26
Beyond butyrate: microbial fiber metabolism supporting colonic epithelial homeostasis26
The biosynthesis and role of phosphorylcholine in pathogenic and nonpathogenic bacteria26
Microbial life in slow and stopped lanes25
Antiphage small molecules produced by bacteria – beyond protein-mediated defenses25
Exploiting enzymes as a powerful tool to modulate the gut microbiota24
Towards efficient immunotherapy for bacterial infection24
Intentional and unintentional benefits of minority writing accountability groups24
Advisory Board and Contents24
Protein biomethanation: insight into the microbial nexus24
Expanding diversity and ecological roles of RNA viruses24
NCR peptides in plant–bacterial symbiosis: applications and importance24
Rickettsia parkeri24
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 124
Advisory Board and Contents23
Colonization factors of human and animal-specific enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)23
HIV-1-induced translocation of CPSF6 to biomolecular condensates23
CRISPR-Cas: a game-changer in vaccine development and the fight against viral infections23
Trade-offs in microbial-assisted restoration under recurring drought23
How hepatitis E virus invades hepatocytes: the mystery of viral entry22
Enhancing agroecosystem nitrogen management: microbial insights for improved nitrification inhibition22
Targeting gut microbiota to counteract acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury22
Gonococcal PorB: a multifaceted modulator of host immune responses22
Current trends in electromicrobiology of methane oxidation22
Strategies for developing phages into novel antimicrobial tailocins22
Microbial biostimulants – the need for clarification in EU regulation22
Extracellular vesicles: new bullets in the fungal armory22
Two-step recognition of HIV-1 DNA in the cytosol21
Podospora anserina21
Epulopiscium spp.21
Advances in host-directed therapy for tuberculosis and HIV coinfection: enhancing immune responses21
Microbes guide corals looking to find a home21
FtsK and SpoIIIE, coordinators of chromosome segregation and envelope remodeling in bacteria21
Genome-powered classification of microbial eukaryotes: focus on coral algal symbionts21
Ecological principles of fecal microbiota transplantation21
Impacts of trophic interactions on carbon accrual in soils20
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Not all RNAs are created equal for the antiviral RNase ISG2020
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Why do hosts malfunction without microbes? Missing benefits versus evolutionary addiction20
Anaerobic oxidation of short-chain volatile alkanes20
Host cell environments and antibiotic efficacy in tuberculosis20
Exploiting predatory bacteria as biocontrol agents across ecosystems20
Viral manipulation of host cell necroptosis and pyroptosis20
New tools for the new bug Candida auris19
New views on PII signaling: from nitrogen sensing to global metabolic control19
Polymorphic microbes: a new emerging hallmark of cancer19
Advisory Board and Contents19
Toll-like receptor 4 – a multifunctional virus recognition receptor19
Novel technologies are turning a dream into reality: conditionally replicating viruses as vaccines19
Monocyte regulation by gut microbial signals19
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue: the anaerobic microbial ancestry of aerobic respiration19
Inclusion and diversity through a geographical lens18
Matching metabolic supply to demand optimizes microbial growth18
Mangrove microbiomes as hidden ecological gatekeepers18
Mutagenesis techniques for evolutionary engineering of microbes – exploiting CRISPR-Cas, oligonucleotides, recombinases, and polymerases18
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The Lost Kingdom: commensal protists in the gut microbiota18
Coxsackie B virus18
Exploiting root exudates to manage soil-borne disease complexes in a changing climate18
Acinetobacter baumannii18
Immunopeptidomics for next-generation bacterial vaccine development18
Emerging roles of RNA modifications in the rice blast fungus18
Datathons: fostering equitability in data reuse in ecology18
Paenibacillus polymyxa18
Cells under pressure: how yeast cells respond to mechanical forces18
ISG15: its roles in SARS-CoV-2 and other viral infections18
Chemosynthesis: a neglected foundation of marine ecology and biogeochemistry17
Abortive infection antiphage defense systems: separating mechanism and phenotype17
Tea plant microorganisms in the improvement of tea quality17
Providencia rettgeri17
Glycans in HIV-1 vaccine design – engaging the shield17
The diversity, pathogenic spectrum, and ecological significance of arthropod viruses16
Lysinibacillus sphaericus16
TldR: TnpB’s evolutionary shift from transposon nucleases to RNA-guided transcriptional regulators16
Scripting a new dialogue between diazotrophs and crops16
Axenic and gnotobiotic insect technologies in research on host–microbiota interactions16
Neisseria meningitidis16
QseB/QseC: a two-component system globally regulating bacterial behaviors16
Short-chain fatty acids in viral infection: the underlying mechanisms, opportunities, and challenges15
Efflux pumps in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their inhibition to tackle antimicrobial resistance15
Physiological drivers of pks+ E. coli in colorectal cancer15
Control of host mitochondria by bacterial pathogens15
Bacterial genome structural variation: prevalence, mechanisms, and consequences15
Effectors and environment modulating rice blast disease: from understanding to effective control15
Spores-on-a-chip: new frontiers for spore research14
Supramolecular assemblies in bacterial immunity: an emerging paradigm14
Advisory Board and Contents14
Species–area relationships in microbial-mediated mutualisms14
Advances in the bacterial organelles for CO2 fixation14
Kiwa antiviral system: a membrane-embedded defense against phage14
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Microbiota regulation of viral infections through interferon signaling14
The double play of a phage HTH regulator14
Dual species biofilms are enhanced by metabolite cross-feeding14
Chilean biocrusts: an impetus for national park management14
Advisory Board and Contents14
Schizochytrium sp.14
Providencia stuartii14
Paleovirology of the DNA viruses of eukaryotes14
The cost of doing science in Latin America: experiences from Mexico13
Fungal cell walls: the rising importance of carbohydrate-active enzymes13
Phage-plasmids: missed links between mobile genetic elements13
Mycobacteria beyond disease13
Factors affecting antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae following vaccination introduction13
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