Trends in Microbiology

Papers
(The TQCC of Trends in Microbiology is 20. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
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Scientific mobility in microbiology – 4215
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Disease-causing human viruses: novelty and legacy147
Loading and unloading plasmid cargoes146
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 2137
Starvation helps transition to abundance – a ferrosome story132
RNase III-CLASH brings bacterial RNA networks into focus121
Senescent cell: the ‘factory of viral amplification’111
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Advisory Board and Contents108
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Geminiviruses also encode small proteins with specific functions103
Revisiting AMPylation through the lens of Fic enzymes101
Cross-correlation of virome–bacteriome–host–metabolome to study respiratory health97
The HIPS 2024 symposium: highlighting advances in pharmaceutical sciences in infection research95
Metabolic flux phenotyping of secondary metabolism in cyanobacteria90
Nuclear antiviral innate responses at the intersection of DNA sensing and DNA repair85
Unearthing terrestrial extreme microbiomes for searching terrestrial-like life in the Solar System85
Klebsiella pneumoniae emerging anti-immunology paradigms: from stealth to evasion83
Sulfur traits in the plant microbiome: implications for sustainable agriculture81
Navigating trust and science: microbiome research in the Amazon80
Biological interactions with Prochlorococcus: implications for the marine carbon cycle79
Masking of typical TLR4 and TLR5 ligands modulates inflammation and resolution by Helicobacter pylori77
Projecting global biological N2 fixation under climate warming across land and ocean76
Early-life chemical exposome and gut microbiome development: African research perspectives within a global environmental health context76
Programming therapeutic probiotics by self-tunable sense-and-respond genetic circuits74
Advancing equity in antimicrobial resistance research and policy73
Tradeoffs and constraints on the evolution of tailocins72
Toward an integrative framework for microbial community coalescence70
The roles of calcium signaling and calcium deposition in microbial multicellularity70
Reductive biomining of pyrite by methanogens69
Better together? Lessons on sociality from Trichodesmium69
Molecular mechanisms and drivers of pathogen emergence66
Advisory Board and Contents62
On the biological meaning of the population pangenome62
The ambivalent role of Bacteroides in enteric infections62
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Scientific mobility in microbiology – 1060
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 959
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Bacterial dual phototrophy was demystified57
Advisory Board and Contents57
CIFAR humans and the microbiome: Banff meeting report57
Aspergillus nidulans57
Fast phages outcompete by depleting host resources56
HCV egress – unconventional secretion of assembled viral particles56
A role for bacterial experimental evolution in coral bleaching mitigation?55
Disentangling the microbial ecological factors impacting honey bee susceptibility to Paenibacillus larvae infection55
Interplay between endogenous and exogenous human retroviruses54
Recent advances in modelling Shigella infection53
Moonlighting antibiotics: the extra job of modulating biofilm formation53
Revisiting methane-dependent denitrification53
Exploring the shared pathogenic strategies of independently evolved effectors across distinct plant viruses53
Towards a trait-based framework for protist ecology and evolution53
Cysteine and resistance to oxidative stress: implications for virulence and antibiotic resistance51
Microbial nanowires: type IV pili or cytochrome filaments?51
When ferroptosis meets pathogenic infections50
Microbiome selection and evolution within wild and domesticated plants49
Retaining African networks is urgent for global health49
Deep-sea microbial genetic resources: new frontiers for bioprospecting48
Synergy between microalgae and microbiome in polluted waters47
Severe respiratory viral infections: T-cell functions diverging from immunity to inflammation47
Cutting-edge tools for unveiling the dynamics of plasmid–host interactions47
Exploring emerging drug responses in Cryptococcus46
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 746
Phage tRNAs: decoding the enigma46
Symbiotic bacteria and pest control: plant toxins, chemical pesticides, and fungal entomopathogens46
From advisors to mentors: fostering supportive mentorship in academia46
Chitinase-assisted winner: nematodes antagonize symbiotic microbes46
SNAREs: a double-edged sword for intravacuolar bacterial pathogens within host cells45
The conserved AvrE family of bacterial effectors: functions and targets during pathogenesis45
Membrane lipid composition defines membrane protein spectrum44
Rethinking microbially driven methane formation in mangrove wetlands44
Models are useful until high-resolution structures are available44
Cap-tivating findings provide insight into bacterial cell division44
Genetics of dengue epidemics43
Plasmid-mediated colistin-resistance genes: mcr42
PilY proteins: bimodular drivers of type IV pilus versatility42
Sex shapes gut–microbiota–brain communication and disease41
Diagnosing arthropod-borne flaviviruses: non-structural protein 1 (NS1) as a biomarker40
Future focuses of enzymatic plastic degradation40
Modeling nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in zebrafish40
Respiration-induced biofilm formation as a driver for bacterial niche colonization39
Gut microbiome-mediated mechanisms for reducing cholesterol levels: implications for ameliorating cardiovascular disease39
Regulation of microbial gene expression: the key to understanding our gut microbiome38
Small intestinal microbiota: from taxonomic composition to metabolism38
Flagellar evolution and flagella-independent motility in Actinobacteria37
Endogenous retroviruses in development and health37
Advisory Board and Contents37
Deciphering bacterial protein functions with innovative computational methods37
The abortive infection functions of CRISPR-Cas and Argonaute37
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Adaptations of intracellular bacteria to vacuolar or cytosolic niches37
Pseudomonas fluorescens36
C4 cereal and biofuel crop microbiomes36
Broadening the targetable space: engineering and discovery of PAM-flexible Cas proteins35
How should health researchers advance health equity?35
Focus on the pathogen defense arsenal35
Hypermutator fungal pathogens: from threat to meltdown34
T6SS: killing two bugs with one stone34
Reference errors in microbiology literature: 'pyroptosis' and others34
A framework for understanding and predicting orthohantavirus functional traits34
Saccharolobus islandicus34
Broadening oncological boundaries: the intratumoral microbiota34
Role of metabolism in uropathogenic Escherichia coli34
Current advances on Vip3 highlight the promising potential of bacterial insecticidal proteins34
A unique bacterial family strikes again!34
Should I stay or should I go: transmission trade-offs in phages and plasmids33
Cutting-edge tools for structural biology: bringing AlphaFold to the people33
New perspectives into the vaginal microbiome with systems biology33
Anaerocellum (f. Caldicellulosiruptor) bescii33
Human–gut bacterial protein–protein interactions: understudied but impactful to human health33
Participatory antimicrobial stewardship: fostering patient and public engagement to counter antimicrobial resistance32
Harnessing CRISPR-Cas for oomycete genome editing32
Advisory Board and Contents32
Cellular roadmaps of viroid infection31
The emerging role of bacterial regulatory RNAs in disease31
Pseudomonas aeruginosa: persistence beyond antibiotic resistance31
Tracking contemporary microbial evolution in a changing ocean31
A structural understanding of influenza virus genome replication30
Breaking bad nucleotides: understanding the regulatory mechanisms of bacterial small alarmone hydrolases30
Diverse molecular mechanisms underpinning Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants30
Bacterial peptidoglycan recycling30
Lignocellulolytic microbiomes for augmenting lignocellulose degradation in anaerobic digestion30
Epigenetic maneuvering: an emerging strategy for mycobacterial intracellular survival30
Ecology of the respiratory tract microbiome30
Gut microbiota–bile acid–skeletal muscle axis30
The role of cyclic nucleotides in bacterial antimicrobial resistance and tolerance30
Methane-dependent denitrification by Methylomirabilis: an indirect nitrous oxide sink?29
Neutrophils – an understudied bystander in dengue?29
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Advisory Board and Contents28
Expanding diversity and ecological roles of RNA viruses28
Scientific mobility in microbiology – 128
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Exploiting enzymes as a powerful tool to modulate the gut microbiota27
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RNA modifications in plant pathogenic fungi: from epitranscriptomics to antifungal strategies26
NCR peptides in plant–bacterial symbiosis: applications and importance26
Rickettsia parkeri26
Intentional and unintentional benefits of minority writing accountability groups25
Modeling soil bacterial diversity: challenges and opportunities25
Towards efficient immunotherapy for bacterial infection25
Antiphage small molecules produced by bacteria – beyond protein-mediated defenses25
Immune evasion strategies of major tick-transmitted bacterial pathogens24
Structural diversity and modularity of photosynthetic RC−LH1 complexes24
Beyond butyrate: microbial fiber metabolism supporting colonic epithelial homeostasis24
Microbial life in slow and stopped lanes24
Protein biomethanation: insight into the microbial nexus24
The biosynthesis and role of phosphorylcholine in pathogenic and nonpathogenic bacteria24
Bacterial quorum sensing and phenotypic heterogeneity: how the collective shapes the individual23
Strategies for developing phages into novel antimicrobial tailocins23
How hepatitis E virus invades hepatocytes: the mystery of viral entry23
Colonization factors of human and animal-specific enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)23
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Targeting gut microbiota to counteract acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury23
HIV-1-induced translocation of CPSF6 to biomolecular condensates23
Trade-offs in microbial-assisted restoration under recurring drought23
Viral manipulation of host cell necroptosis and pyroptosis23
Exploiting predatory bacteria as biocontrol agents across ecosystems23
Host cell environments and antibiotic efficacy in tuberculosis22
Why do hosts malfunction without microbes? Missing benefits versus evolutionary addiction22
Genome-powered classification of microbial eukaryotes: focus on coral algal symbionts22
Current trends in electromicrobiology of methane oxidation22
Impacts of trophic interactions on carbon accrual in soils22
Ecological principles of fecal microbiota transplantation22
Enhancing agroecosystem nitrogen management: microbial insights for improved nitrification inhibition22
Podospora anserina22
Microbes guide corals looking to find a home21
Two-step recognition of HIV-1 DNA in the cytosol21
Extracellular vesicles: new bullets in the fungal armory21
Epulopiscium spp.21
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Microbial biostimulants – the need for clarification in EU regulation20
Gonococcal PorB: a multifaceted modulator of host immune responses20
Not all RNAs are created equal for the antiviral RNase ISG2020
Monocyte regulation by gut microbial signals20
Advances in host-directed therapy for tuberculosis and HIV coinfection: enhancing immune responses20
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New tools for the new bug Candida auris20
FtsK and SpoIIIE, coordinators of chromosome segregation and envelope remodeling in bacteria20
CRISPR-Cas: a game-changer in vaccine development and the fight against viral infections20
Advisory Board and Contents20
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