Current Opinion in Microbiology

Article	Citations
Editorial overview: Fungal diversity: Now for something completely different	194
Synthetic microbial communities for studying and engineering the tree microbiome: challenges and opportunities	162
Convergence in domesticated fungi used for cheese and dry-cured meat maturation: beneficial traits, genomic mechanisms, and degeneration	124
Innovative approaches in the discovery of terpenoid natural products	123
Renal implications of coronavirus disease 2019: insights into viral tropism and clinical outcomes	105
Starvation as a weapon in fungal–plant warfare	101
Corrigendum to “Assembly and maturation of methyl-coenzyme M reductase in methanogenic archaea” [Curr Opin Microbiol, 87 (2025) 102637]	101
Vertebrate and invertebrate animal infection models of Candida auris pathogenicity	101
Transient microbial architects: tracing the legacy effects of ephemeral taxa during plant microbiome assembly	98
Harnessing ‘phage training’ to bolster the therapeutic potential of bacteriophages	96
PhoU: a multifaceted regulator in microbial signaling and homeostasis	92
The mass spectrometry of microbiome-mediated metabolism of food: challenges and opportunities	87
Editorial Board	85
The mycobiome: interactions with host and implications in diseases	85
Ca2+-calmodulin signalling at the host-pathogen interface	82
The impact of the host microbiota on Candida albicans infection	79
Editorial overview: Unraveling microbiome complexity	72
Manipulation of host cell plasma membranes by intracellular bacterial pathogens	69
Fungal effectors: past, present, and future	69
Insights into Alphaproteobacterial regulators of cell envelope remodeling	69
Co-opting bacterial viruses for DNA exchange: structure and regulation of gene transfer agents	68
Control of bacterial second messenger signaling and motility by heme-based direct oxygen-sensing proteins	65
Coevolution of a generalist pathogen with many hosts: the case of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	65
Fungus–insect interactions beyond bilateral regimes: the importance and strategy to outcompete host ectomicrobiomes by fungal parasites	64
Function of autophagy genes in innate immune defense against mucosal pathogens	64

Crosstalk between (p)ppGpp and other nucleotide second messengers	60
Editorial overview: Human fungal pathogens: An increasing threat	59
Neuroinvasion and neurotropism of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection	57
Soterobionts: disease-preventing microorganisms and proposed strategies to facilitate their discovery	55
Advances in regulation of homeostasis through chromatin modifications by airway commensals	54
Innovative and potential treatments for fungal central nervous system infections	53
Bottlenecks and opportunities in antibiotic discovery against Mycobacterium tuberculosis	52
Phagosome maturation during fungal infection	50
tRNAs as toxin targets in phage defence and a focus of counter-defence against abortive infection	49
Assembly of the exosporium layer in Clostridioides difficile spores	47
Defining the expanding mechanisms of phage-mediated activation of bacterial immunity	46
Antifungal drug-resistance mechanisms in Candida biofilms	45
Connecting microbial community assembly and function	44
Editorial Board	43
Conditionally unutilized proteins and their profound effects on growth and adaptation across microbial species	42
Trace gas oxidation as a novel microbial dispersal trait	42
Circadian interactions between plants and microorganisms	42
Activation of complement-like antiparasitic responses in Anopheles mosquitoes	42
Genetically engineered bacteriophages — their roles in combating intracellular bacterial infections and unraveling phage–eukaryote interactions	42
Decoding the epigenetic blueprint behind Toxoplasma (pre)sexual commitment and chronic persistence	42
How do interactions between mobile genetic elements affect horizontal gene transfer?	41
The maternal gut microbiome during pregnancy and its role in maternal and infant health	41
Host control by SPβ phage regulatory switch as potential manipulation strategy	39
Toward merging bottom–up and top–down model-based designing of synthetic microbial communities	39
Editorial overview: Antibiotic discovery: Feeding the pipeline or finding new pipes?	38
Cell cycle regulation in Escherichia coli: from governing principles, checkpoints, and control variables to molecular mechanisms	38
Ecological and functional roles of bacteriophages in contrasting environments: marine, terrestrial and human gut	38
The human vaginal microbiota: from clinical medicine to models to mechanisms	37
Environmental adaptation and diversification of bacterial two-component systems	37
Toothpicks, logic, and next-generation sequencing: systematic investigation of bacteriophage-host interactions	37
Differences and similarities between innate immune evasion strategies of human coronaviruses	37
Bacteriophage communities are a reservoir of unexplored microbial diversity in neonatal health and disease	36
Dissecting skin microbiota and microenvironment for the development of therapeutic strategies	36
Ecology of methyl-coenzyme M reductase encoding Thermoproteota	36
Ready, STAT3, Go! Bacteria in the race for M2 macrophage polarisation	35
The power of the small: the underestimated role of small proteins in bacterial and archaeal physiology	35
Editorial Board	34
Editorial overview: There and back again: a phage’s tale	34
Antibiotic tolerance: targeting bacterial survival	33
Cell cycle-regulated ApiAP2s and parasite development: the Toxoplasma paradigm	33
Editorial overview: Turtles all the way down: Bacterial cell regulation across scales	33
Phage transmission strategies: are phages farming their host?	32
The intricate organizational strategy of nucleus-forming phages	32
A tale of two nitrous oxide reductases: a cautionary perspective	32
Reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance in the context of One Health	30
PII-like signaling proteins: a new paradigm in orchestrating cellular homeostasis	29
The importance of persistence and dormancy in Trypanosoma cruzi infection and Chagas disease	29
Editorial overview: Recent advances in fundamental and translational research on parasitic protists	29
Emergence and adaptation of the cellular machinery directing antigenic variation in the African trypanosome	28
Biological and bioinformatic tools for the discovery of unknown phage–host combinations	28

Is Cryptococcus neoformans a pleomorphic fungus?	28
Virulence-associated factors as targets for phage infection	28
Investigating bacterial evolution in nature with metagenomics	28
SOS-independent bacterial DNA damage responses: diverse mechanisms, unifying function	28
New targets for antimalarial drug discovery	27
Archaeal key-residents within the human microbiome: characteristics, interactions and involvement in health and disease	27
Beyond resistance: antifungal heteroresistance and antifungal tolerance in fungal pathogens	26
Deciphering mechanisms and implications of bacterial translocation in human health and disease	26
Editorial overview: emerging avenues in antimicrobial research	26
Temporospatial control of topoisomerases by essential cellular processes	26
Chemical communication in plant–microbe beneficial interactions: a toolbox for precise management of beneficial microbes	26
Predicting the evolution of antibiotic resistance	26
Editorial overview: Return of the phages — a new golden era of molecular discovery and synthetic biology	26
Editorial Board	25
Strains to go: interactions of the skin microbiome beyond its species	25
Gram-positive pathogens, inflammation, and the host lipid environment	25
Can a microbial community become an evolutionary individual?	25
The promise of CRISPR-associated transposons for bacterial functional genomics	24
The ribosome as a small-molecule sensor	24
Diversity and evolution of alphaproteobacterial dimorphism	24
Host-directed therapies for malaria: possible applications and lessons from other indications	24
Horizontal gene transfer and beyond: the delivery of biological matter by bacterial membrane vesicles to host and bacterial cells	24
Editorial Board	24
Molecular mechanisms of cellular quiescence in apicomplexan parasites	23
Microbiome rescue: directing resilience of environmental microbial communities	23
Host genetics regulate the plant microbiome	23
Editorial overview: current state and future of the microbiome field: why context matters	23
Interplay of emerging and established technologies drives innovation in natural product antibiotic discovery	22
The multifaceted roles of Myb domain–containing proteins in apicomplexan parasites	22
Phage defense origin of animal immunity	22
Current perspectives of host-pathogen dynamics in coccidioidomycosis	21
The promise of copper ionophores as antimicrobials	21
Innate immune response to Candida auris	21
Encapsulins: catalysis inside a shell	21
Flagellotropic phages: common yet diverse host interaction strategies	20
Targeting Helicobacter pylori for antibacterial drug discovery with novel therapeutics	20
Brownian ratchet mechanisms for carboxysome positioning in bacteria	20
Microbial biomolecular condensates: from conserved principles to synthetic biology opportunities	20
Engineering genetic circuits: advancements in genetic design automation tools and standards for synthetic biology	20
Immunometabolism shapes chronic Staphylococcus aureus infection: insights from biofilm infection models	19
Cell wall synthesizing complexes in Mycobacteriales	19
Antibiotics from rare actinomycetes, beyond the genus Streptomyces	19
Accessing nutrients as the primary benefit arising from chemotaxis	19
Recent advances in applying cell-free systems for high-value and complex natural product biosynthesis	19
Drugging the microbiome: targeting small microbiome molecules	19
Dissecting S-itaconation at host–pathogen interactions with chemical proteomics tools	19
Present and future outlooks on environmental DNA-based methods for antibiotic discovery	18
How pathogens drive adipose tissue loss in the host	18
Posttranslational modifications in bacteria during phage infection	18
Addressing antibiotic resistance: computational answers to a biological problem?	18
Editorial Board	18
Within-host evolution of bacterial pathogens during persistent infection of humans	18
Yersinia interactions with regulated cell death pathways	17
Cardiac damage and tropism of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2	17
Physiology of atmospheric methane-oxidizing bacteria	17
Argonaute proteins confer immunity in all domains of life	17
Editorial Board	17
Capers with caspases: Toxoplasma gondii tales of inflammation and survival	17
Archaea oxidizing alkanes through alkyl-coenzyme M reductases	17
Climate change and plant pathogens	17
Making sense of drug-efflux transporters in the physiological environment	17
Hybrids unleashed: exploring the emergence and genomic insights of pathogenic yeast hybrids	17
Functional ecology of bacteriophages in the environment	17
A brief guide to machine learning for antibiotic discovery	17
Advances in constraint-based models: methods for improved predictive power based on resource allocation constraints	16
Synthesizing microbial biodiversity	16
Editorial Board	16
Editorial Board	16
Taming wild replicons: evolution and domestication of large extrachromosomal replicons	15
Dividing lines: compartmentalisation and division in Streptomyces	15
Emergent CRISPR–Cas-based technologies for engineering non-model bacteria	15
Use of pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic approaches for dose optimization: a case study of plazomicin	15
Histone code: a common language and multiple dialects to meet the different developmental requirements of apicomplexan parasites	15
It's complicated: relationships between integrative and conjugative elements and their bacterial hosts	15
Editorial Board	15
Interactions of Vibrio phages and their hosts in aquatic environments	15
The yin and yang of the universal transcription factor NusG	15
Symbioses between fungi and bacteria: from mechanisms to impacts on biodiversity	15
Contributions of diverse models of the female reproductive tract to the study of Chlamydia trachomatis-host interactions	14
Interkingdom interactions between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans affect clinical outcomes and antimicrobial responses	14

Pathogen adaptation to lung metabolites	14
Recent insights into type-3 secretion system injectisome structure and mechanism of human enteric pathogens	14
Dirammox (direct ammonia oxidation) to nitrogen (N2): discovery, current status, and perspectives	14
Editorial Board	14
The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, as a model vector-borne pathogen: insights on regulation of gene and protein expression	14
Human milk oligosaccharides and the infant gut microbiome from an eco-evolutionary perspective	14
From dusty shelves toward the spotlight: growing evidence for Ap4A as an alarmone in maintaining RNA stability and proteostasis	14
Innate immune responses and monocyte-derived phagocyte recruitment in protective immunity to pathogenic bacteria: insights from Legionella pneumophila	13
Artificial selection of microbial communities: what have we learnt and how can we improve?	13
Time to switch gears: how long noncoding RNAs function as epigenetic regulators in Apicomplexan parasites	13
Toxin–antitoxin systems as mediators of phage defence and the implications for abortive infection	13
CTP switches in ParABS-mediated bacterial chromosome segregation and beyond	13
Engineering natural microbial communities: harnessing synthetic communities for bioremediation	13
Multi-layered genome defences in bacteria	12
Bioremediation of the herbicide glyphosate in polluted soils by plant-associated microbes	12
Human and mouse NAIP/NLRC4 inflammasome responses to bacterial infection	12
The mystery of persistent, asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections	12
Sensing and responding to host-derived stress signals: lessons from fungal meningitis pathogen	12
Immune evasion runs in the family: two surface protein families of Plasmodium falciparum–infected erythrocytes	12
Are microbes colimited by multiple resources?	12
Glycan processing in gut microbiomes	12
The complex developmental mechanisms of nucleus-forming jumbo phages	12
Microbiome engineering for sustainable agriculture: using synthetic biology to enhance nitrogen metabolism in plant-associated microbes	12
Evolution and synthetic biology	12
Selective drivers of simple multicellularity	11
Toll/interleukin-1 receptor domains in bacterial and plant immunity	11
The emerging complexity of Chlamydia trachomatis interactions with host cells as revealed by molecular genetic approaches	11
Skin models for studying vector-borne kinetoplastid infections	11
Forgotten fungi: the importance of the skin mycobiome	11
Antibiotic resistance in the commensal human gut microbiota	11
Editorial overview: Two to tango: The intricate communications between host and bacteria	11
New frontiers in short-chain alkyl-coenzyme M reductases	11
Human microbiome variance is underestimated	11
Co-ordinated assembly of the multilayered cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria	11
Editorial Board	11
Single-cell analysis and control of microbial systems using optogenetics	10
Crosstalk between malaria and host proteome during the intraerythrocytic developmental cycle	10
Hungry for control: metabolite signaling to chromatin in Plasmodium falciparum	10
Alginate catabolic systems in marine bacteria	10
Nutritional control of bacterial DNA replication	10
Lessons from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal genomes	10
Compartmentalization during bacterial spore formation	10
From genome structure to function: insights into structural variation in microbiology	10
The role of nucleoid-associated proteins in mediating responses to environmental changes	10
Editorial overview: Gene regulation mechanisms governing Clostridioides difficile physiology and virulence	10
Human intestinal organoids as models to study enteric bacteria and viruses	10
Synergy and regulation of antiphage systems: toward the existence of a bacterial immune system?	10
Nothing makes sense in drug resistance except in the light of evolution	10
Long-chain fatty acids as nutrients for Gram-negative bacteria: stress, proliferation, and virulence	10
The need for unrealistic experiments in global change biology	10