Trends in Microbiology

Article	Citations
Biofilm Matrixome: Extracellular Components in Structured Microbial Communities	652
Microbial Regulation of Host Physiology by Short-chain Fatty Acids	411
Shaping the Future of Probiotics and Prebiotics	279
Oceanic Hitchhikers – Assessing Pathogen Risks from Marine Microplastic	242
Double-Membrane Vesicles as Platforms for Viral Replication	211
Carbapenem Resistance-Encoding and Virulence-Encoding Conjugative Plasmids in Klebsiella pneumoniae	133
Fatty Acids as Antibiofilm and Antivirulence Agents	131
Microbiome in Colorectal Cancer: How to Get from Meta-omics to Mechanism?	128
Herpes Simplex Virus-1 in the Brain: The Dark Side of a Sneaky Infection	127
Bacterial Coinfections in Coronavirus Disease 2019	121
The Role of Integrative and Conjugative Elements in Antibiotic Resistance Evolution	120
Sutterella Species, IgA-degrading Bacteria in Ulcerative Colitis	115
Cyanobacteria and biogeochemical cycles through Earth history	111
Mitochondria-mediated oxidative stress during viral infection	101
Bacillus cereus: Epidemiology, Virulence Factors, and Host–Pathogen Interactions	96
Redox Partners: Function Modulators of Bacterial P450 Enzymes	93
Contact-Dependent Interbacterial Antagonism Mediated by Protein Secretion Machines	88
Microbial Symbiosis: A Network towards Biomethanation	85
Making Sense of the Biodiversity and Virulence of Listeria monocytogenes	85
The Long-Term Relationship between Microbial Metabolism and Greenhouse Gases	80
Human Organs-on-Chips for Virology	79
Missing Microbes in Bees: How Systematic Depletion of Key Symbionts Erodes Immunity	78
High-specificity local and global c-di-GMP signaling	75
The Evolutionary Genomics of Host Specificity in Staphylococcus aureus	74
The Helicobacter pylori Cag Type IV Secretion System	74

Does Intraspecific Variation in rDNA Copy Number Affect Analysis of Microbial Communities?	73
Synthetic Biology for Manipulating Quorum Sensing in Microbial Consortia	72
Wall Teichoic Acid in Staphylococcus aureus Host Interaction	72
Label or Concept – What Is a Pathobiont?	72
COVID-19 Antibody Tests: A Valuable Public Health Tool with Limited Relevance to Individuals	70
Flexibility and Adaptability of Quorum Sensing in Nature	70
Functions of Bacterial tRNA Modifications: From Ubiquity to Diversity	69
Roles of Thermokarst Lakes in a Warming World	68
Chlamydiae in the Environment	67
The Conformational States of the HIV-1 Envelope Glycoproteins	66
Ecological and evolutionary solutions to the plasmid paradox	65
Dysregulation of Cell Signaling by SARS-CoV-2	65
Avian gut microbiomes taking flight	65
The crAss-like Phage Group: How Metagenomics Reshaped the Human Virome	64
Metabolic Heterogeneity and Cross-Feeding in Bacterial Multicellular Systems	64
Two Decades of Studying Functional Amyloids in Microorganisms	62
Insights into endogenous Bifidobacterium species in the human gut microbiota during adulthood	62
Fusobacterium nucleatum, a key pathogenic factor and microbial biomarker for colorectal cancer	61
Type VII Toxin/Antitoxin Classification System for Antitoxins that Enzymatically Neutralize Toxins	61
Conserved DNA Methyltransferases: A Window into Fundamental Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation in Bacteria	60
How Microbes Evolved to Tolerate Oxygen	59
Bridging Bacteria and the Gut: Functional Aspects of Type IV Pili	57
The Peril and Promise of Integrons: Beyond Antibiotic Resistance	57
Local and Universal Action: The Paradoxes of Indole Signalling in Bacteria	56
The Molecular Language of the Cnidarian–Dinoflagellate Symbiosis	54
Gut microbiome-mediated mechanisms for reducing cholesterol levels: implications for ameliorating cardiovascular disease	54
Pseudomonas putida	53
Pangolins Harbor SARS-CoV-2-Related Coronaviruses	52
Microbial Inoculants: Silver Bullet or Microbial Jurassic Park?	51
Therapeutic Potential of Metformin in COVID-19: Reasoning for Its Protective Role	51
Enhancing Microbial Pollutant Degradation by Integrating Eco-Evolutionary Principles with Environmental Biotechnology	49
Complement Evasion by Lyme Disease Spirochetes	49
Challenges of Studying the Human Virome – Relevant Emerging Technologies	48
Deep Learning for Imaging and Detection of Microorganisms	48
The Microbial Conveyor Belt: Connecting the Globe through Dispersion and Dormancy	48
Investigating the Concept and Origin of Viruses	47
Acinetobacter baumannii	46
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) cell entry: structural insights	46
The Role of Rhizosphere Bacteriophages in Plant Health	45
Emerging Patterns of Microbial Functional Traits	45
Advances in the bacterial organelles for CO2 fixation	44
From seed to seed: the role of microbial inheritance in the assembly of the plant microbiome	44
Microbiota regulation of viral infections through interferon signaling	43
Towards efficient immunotherapy for bacterial infection	43
New views on PII signaling: from nitrogen sensing to global metabolic control	42
The Oral Host–Microbial Interactome: An Ecological Chronometer of Health?	42
The Evolution of Protein Secretion Systems by Co-option and Tinkering of Cellular Machineries	42
Molecular Logic of Prokaryotic Surface Layer Structures	42
A Gaseous Milieu: Extending the Boundaries of the Rhizosphere	42
Virus–Host Cell Interplay during Hepatitis E Virus Infection	41

Diversity in the soil virosphere: to infinity and beyond?	41
Durability of Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and Other Respiratory Viruses	41
Probing the Mobilome: Discoveries in the Dynamic Microbiome	40
Live and Wet Markets: Food Access versus the Risk of Disease Emergence	40
Nucleotide biosynthesis: the base of bacterial pathogenesis	39
Carriage of Colibactin-producing Bacteria and Colorectal Cancer Risk	39
Control of synthetic microbial consortia in time, space, and composition	39
Interferon system deficiencies exacerbating severe pandemic virus infections	39
Border Control: Regulating LPS Biogenesis	39
Microbial Taxonomy Run Amok	38
Coral Disease Causes, Consequences, and Risk within Coral Restoration	38
Neutrophil intrinsic and extrinsic regulation of NETosis in health and disease	38
The Next Million Names for Archaea and Bacteria	38
Immunometabolism during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection	38
Microbial Effector Proteins – A Journey through the Proteolytic Landscape	37
Population genetics, biofilm recalcitrance, and antibiotic resistance evolution	36
Evolution of Lantibiotic Salivaricins: New Weapons to Fight Infectious Diseases	36
Mechanisms That Shape Microbial Pangenomes	36
Bacterial outer membrane vesicles and host cell death signaling	35
Defective Interfering Particles of Negative-Strand RNA Viruses	35
Forest and Trees: Exploring Bacterial Virulence with Genome-wide Association Studies and Machine Learning	35
Molecular genetics for probiotic engineering: dissecting lactic acid bacteria	35
Inorganic polyphosphate in host and microbe biology	35
Evolution of Microbial Genomics: Conceptual Shifts over a Quarter Century	34
Nutritional strategies for mucosal health: the interplay between microbes and mucin glycans	34
Vertical transfer of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant strains across the mother/baby axis	33
Targeting bacterial outer-membrane remodelling to impact antimicrobial drug resistance	33
Molecular Evolution of Transition Metal Bioavailability at the Host–Pathogen Interface	32
The Enemy of My Enemy: New Insights Regarding Bacteriophage–Mammalian Cell Interactions	32
A role for bacterial experimental evolution in coral bleaching mitigation?	32
Broadening Participation in Scientific Conferences during the Era of Social Distancing	32
Efflux pumps in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their inhibition to tackle antimicrobial resistance	32
Structure and Energy-Conversion Mechanism of the Bacterial Na+-Driven Flagellar Motor	32
Ecology and evolution of antibiotic persistence	32
Noncoding RNAs: Regulatory Molecules of Host–Microbiome Crosstalk	32
Chronic Immune Activation in TB/HIV Co-infection	31
Bacterial quorum sensing and phenotypic heterogeneity: how the collective shapes the individual	31
Emergence and evolution of virulence in human pathogenic fungi	31
Catch Me if You Can: Superspreading of COVID-19	30
Molecular Determinants of SARS-CoV-2 Variants	30
Phase separation in viral infections	30
Role of Neutralizing Antibodies in CMV Infection: Implications for New Therapeutic Approaches	30
Causal Inference in Microbiome Medicine: Principles and Applications	30
Development of Microbiome Biobanks – Challenges and Opportunities	30
Immunopeptidomics for next-generation bacterial vaccine development	29
Viral manipulation of host cell necroptosis and pyroptosis	29
Evolution of Microbiota–Host Associations: The Microbe’s Perspective	29
DSF-family quorum sensing signal-mediated intraspecies, interspecies, and inter-kingdom communication	29
Carbapenem and Colistin Resistance in Enterobacter: Determinants and Clones	29
Synergy between microalgae and microbiome in polluted waters	28
Lignocellulolytic microbiomes for augmenting lignocellulose degradation in anaerobic digestion	28
Spiking Pandemic Potential: Structural and Immunological Aspects of SARS-CoV-2	28
Respiratory mucus as a virus-host range determinant	28
Fungal Pathogens: Shape-Shifting Invaders	27
Ins and Outs of Reovirus: Vesicular Trafficking in Viral Entry and Egress	27
Diversity and function of arthropod endosymbiont toxins	27
Epigenetic Memories: The Hidden Drivers of Bacterial Persistence?	27
Development of Phylodynamic Methods for Bacterial Pathogens	26
A Revised Understanding of Clostridioides difficile Spore Germination	26
Microbiome breeding: conceptual and practical issues	26
Cyclin-dependent Kinases as Emerging Targets for Developing Novel Antiviral Therapeutics	26
Cells under pressure: how yeast cells respond to mechanical forces	26
Genomic and Postgenomic Diversity of Fungal Plant Biomass Degradation Approaches	26
Legionella pneumophila	25
Antimicrobial Resistance and Bacteriophages: An Overlooked Intersection in Water Disinfection	25
Emerging Role for MAIT Cells in Control of Antimicrobial Resistance	25
Impact of Type I Interferons on Susceptibility to Bacterial Pathogens	25
Towards a General Understanding of Bacterial Interactions	25
The Mystery of MIS-C Post-SARS-CoV-2 Infection	24
SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA levels are not 'viral load'	24
Magnaporthe oryzae	24
Epigenetics: A New Frontier in Probiotic Research	24
The ambivalent role of Bacteroides in enteric infections	24
Gut microbiota–bile acid–skeletal muscle axis	24
The Interplay of Sex Steroids, the Immune Response, and the Intestinal Microbiota	24
Control of host mitochondria by bacterial pathogens	24
Crosstalk between sIgA-Coated Bacteria in Infant Gut and Early-Life Health	24
Cross-Regulations between Bacterial Toxin–Antitoxin Systems: Evidence of an Interconnected Regulatory Network?	24
Hydrogen is a major lifeline for aerobic bacteria	24
Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GR-1, a.k.a. Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1: Past and Future Perspectives	24

Viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state, an underestimated and controversial microbial survival strategy	24
When PARPs Meet Antiviral Innate Immunity	24
Capsicum-infecting begomoviruses as global pathogens: host–virus interplay, pathogenesis, and management	24
A structural understanding of influenza virus genome replication	23
Biofilms on stone monuments: biodeterioration or bioprotection?	23
New Paradigms of Pilus Assembly Mechanisms in Gram-Positive Actinobacteria	23
Evolutionary constraints on the acquisition of antimicrobial peptide resistance in bacterial pathogens	23
Between a Rock and a Soft Place: The Role of Viruses in Lithification of Modern Microbial Mats	23
Genetic Regulation of Metal Ion Homeostasis in Staphylococcus aureus	23
Parasexual and Sexual Reproduction in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Room for Both	23
Metallo-β-lactamase-mediated antimicrobial resistance and progress in inhibitor discovery	23
Microbial Modulation of the Development and Physiology of the Enteric Nervous System	22
Engineering insects from the endosymbiont out	22
The phosphate language of fungi	22
Molecular Mechanisms of Intercellular Dissemination of Bacterial Pathogens	22
Selective Autophagy Receptors in Antiviral Defense	22
The type III secretion system effector network hypothesis	22
Bacterial adaptation strategies to host-derived fatty acids	21
Electron flow: key to mitigating ruminant methanogenesis	21
Micromanaging the nitrogen cycle in agroecosystems	21
Shigella sonnei	21
Glycan-mediated molecular interactions in bacterial pathogenesis	21
Spotlight on FtsZ-based cell division in Archaea	21
Slaying SARS-CoV-2 One (Single-domain) Antibody at a Time	21