Nature Reviews Microbiology

Article	Citations
Adapting to host life	3777
Gender justice and prioritizing women and girls in the HIV response	1330
Viruses on the move	1302
Viral spillback	1202
Author Correction: Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges	1173
Sticky Candida auris	1159
Measles is resurging in the Americas and the world is watching	1071
Schistosomes go single cell	871
Microorganisms lock up carbon in soil	816
Finding the lock to fit the key: Ebola virus entry	771
Bundibugyo virus outbreak: when a concerning pathogen meets a humanitarian emergency	750
Impacts of climate extremes on plant pathogens, microbiomes and plant health	646
Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites	637
Commensalism and pathogenesis of Candida albicans at the mucosal interface	569
The soil plastisphere	563
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic	560
Designer viral receptors	553
Parasitic control of wolf behaviour	534
Viruses unveil the mechanisms of nuclear entry	487
Scavenging a pyrimidine to thrive	481
Taking the jump to humans	447
Indirect intervention	431
The intruders that stole the master key	420
A microbial metabolite to master inflammation	401
Pioneering microbiome engineering	391

Sewer biofilms and SARS-CoV-2	390
Microorganisms, climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress and challenges	378
The human skin microbiome: from metagenomes to therapeutics	368
It takes three to modulate colitis	346
Emergence of human pathogenic fungi in a changing climate	345
Microbial secondary metabolites: advancements to accelerate discovery towards application	343
Harnessing the microbiome for cancer therapy	335
Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection	334
Impacts of pollution on the soil microbiome	322
Microbial adaptability in changing environments	318
Bacteria like it soft	318
Phages get snappy	301
Rediscovering plasmid-dependent phages	300
Phage host range: determinants, dynamics and applications	276
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics	274
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors	272
Bacterial siderophores: diversity, uptake pathways and applications	260
The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance	247
Translating eco-evolutionary biology into therapy to tackle antibiotic resistance	239
Avian influenza takes flight in humans by evading restriction	236
Copper contraceptive induces dysbiosis	230
Engineered Mycoplasma fight lung infections	229
Anti-defence islands in plasmids	228
Defending against plasmids	223
A molecular decoy for phage defence	216
How flaviviruses infect both humans and insects	213
Microplastics impair seabird gut microbiomes	204
Coronavirus research: knowledge gaps and research priorities	203
Challenges and strategies for addressing antibacterial drug resistance in LMICs	198
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreak in cattle: the knowns and unknowns	198
Bacterial small molecule metabolites implicated in gastrointestinal cancer development	198
A new antibiotic scaffold hits a new target	192
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world	183
The gut microbiome in solid-organ and haematopoietic-stem-cell transplantation	176
The gut–airway microbiome axis in health and respiratory diseases	175
Enterocloster undermine cancer immunotherapy	173
A manipulating pair	170
PrEPping the skin	169
Uropathogenic E. coli creates a memory	167
Author Correction: Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection	160
A transcription factor that links domains	153
Illuminating microbial defence systems in extreme environments	150
Present and future distribution of human pathogens in global soils	150
Whisperings from not so silent mutations	148
Intelligent bacteria for IBD	143
A soothing bite for chikungunya	140
Climate change boosts Salmonella antimicrobial resistance	140
Aspergillus fumigatus biology, immunopathogenicity and drug resistance	136
Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria	135
Addressing the fungal diagnostic gap in LMICs	134

The rapid emergence of antifungal-resistant human-pathogenic fungi	133
A gut bacterium trims mucosal immunity	133
Extracellular niche establishment by plant pathogens	130
Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses	126
H. pylori evolution during disease	124
In tandem towards resistance	124
The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation	124
From soil to battling antimicrobial resistance	118
Blurred lines in the mycorrhiza world	117
Anthropogenic impacts on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere	116
Metagenomics distilled: new k-mer-based methods	116
Climate change and antimicrobial resistance	113
The microbial carbon pump and climate change	109
Cross-kingdom defence proteins	109
Spreading out of the lung	109
Off to a new host	104
Bee-saving symbionts	102
The rising mpox crisis	102
Skin-deep AMR hotspots in nursing homes	99
Blasting away a fungal pathogen	99
Reviving colistin	94
A tale of two codes	93
Author Correction: Examining the healthy human microbiome concept	90
Building climate-resilient agriculture through science and local action	88
Oral–gut bacterial transport drives chronic liver disease	85
Streptomyces deploys an ancient toxin to feast on insects	84
Early microbial encounters, lasting effects: strains matter	83
Fermented food microbiome: influence on oral and gut microbiota, and human health	81
Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers	80
Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe	80
Capturing glycans	79
Emergence, transmission dynamics and mechanisms of artemisinin partial resistance in malaria parasites in Africa	78
Monitoring pathogens in wastewater	78
The honeybee microbiota and its impact on health and disease	76
A driver of monkeypox virus evolution?	76
Preventing programmed destruction	72
Mapping the microbiome milieu	70
Coordinated action by individuals orchestrates infection through the division of labour	70
Campylobacter spreads colorectal cancer	64
Quality MAGnified	64
Bacterial architects build the biofilm structures	64
Microbial phosphorus cycling in terrestrial ecosystems	62
Varicella zoster virus and the central nervous system	61
Epstein–Barr virus pathogenesis and emerging control strategies	61
Antimicrobial peptides: structure, functions and translational applications	60
The gut microbiota and its biogeography	59
Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward	58
Viral emergence and pandemic preparedness in a One Health framework	58
Lactobacilli biology, applications and host interactions	57
Settling with the motion	57
Bioplastic builders	56
M. tuberculosis regulatory evolution levels up transmission and resistance	53
Warming waters, declining Prochlorococcus	53
Lassoing bacterial ribosomes	53
Keep calm with ammonia-producing microbiota	52
Splitting the population in the gut	51
Reverse vaccinology 3.0	50
The pathobiology of human fungal infections	49
The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein: structure, function and interactions with neutralizing antibodies	48
Infectious diseases and the Sustainable Development Goals: progress, challenges and future directions	46
The bodily distribution of monkeypox virus	45
A potential new player in gastric cancer	44
Unravelling the genome of giants	43
Unearthing the story of the first antifungal drugs	42
Gut phages fuel food addiction	42
Zoonotic threats hidden in wildlife	42
Testing fast with uRAST	42
The aquatic plastisphere: ecology, pathogen dissemination and antimicrobial resistance	40
Hyphae promote Candida albicans fitness and commensalism in the gut	39
Oomycete plant pathogens: biology, pathogenesis and emerging control strategies	36
Echoes in the earth: how microbiomes help plants remember and resist	34
Microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease: mechanisms of disease and therapeutic opportunities	31
The dynamic lung microbiome in health and disease	31
Shigella sonnei: epidemiology, evolution, pathogenesis, resistance and host interactions	31
Forest microbiome and global change	31
Predation in microbial communities: gradients of nutritive killing	29
Pertussis vaccines, epidemiology and evolution	27
Insights into the assembly and regulation of the bacterial divisome	26
Reaching your destination	24
Interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements	24

Hunting archaeal viruses	23
Commensals find their niche	23
Machine learning sheds light on microbial dark proteins	20
SARS-CoV-2 biology and host interactions	20
Current and projected effects of climate change in cryosphere microbial ecosystems	19
Twenty years of Nature Reviews Microbiology	19
Methanogens implicated by DNA evidence	19
Microbial extracellular polymeric substances in the environment, technology and medicine	18
Harnessing the plant microbiome for sustainable crop production	18
Clinical metagenomics for diagnosis and surveillance of viral pathogens	17
Alternative therapeutic strategies to treat antibiotic-resistant pathogens	16
Fibre-deprived Akkermansia worsens food allergy	15
A solution for mercury pollution?	15
The mycobiota feeds into bacterial infections	14
Gut commensals activate digestion	14
The origins of pathogenesis	14
A misplaced microbiome	13
RNA evolution shapes SARS-CoV-2 success	13
A trapped polymerase hastens avian influenza virus evolution	13
Bacterial vesicles protect the membrane during polymyxin stress	12
Co‐evolution of early Earth environments and microbial life	12
Immune targeting of HIV-1 reservoir cells: a path to elimination strategies and cure	12
Achieving sustainable access to antibiotics is more than just a last mile challenge	12
Drug delivery strategies for antibiofilm therapy	11
The evolution of SARS-CoV-2	11
Fungi feed bacteria for biodegradation	10
Phages to the rescue	9
A gut microbiome-restoring diet	9
Fitness cost of antifungal resistance	9
Drosophila sperm sabotage by Wolbachia prophage	9
The HIV epidemic 40 years on	9
An invasive plant reveals the importance of mycorrhizal fungi	8
Unveiling plasmid diversity in nature	8
Dispersing biofilm myths	8
Bacterial allies against food anaphylaxis	6
Climate factors and evolution drive cholera surges in Dhaka	6
Beneficial applications of biofilms	6
Effects of climate change and human activities on vector-borne diseases	6
Lassa fever — the road ahead	6
Mechanisms of HIV-1 assembly, release and maturation	6
ESKAPE pathogens: antimicrobial resistance, epidemiology, clinical impact and therapeutics	6
Plasmid and phage lifestyles in crAssphage	6
Cross-linking gut bacteria to cancer	6
Roles of the gut microbiome in weight management	6
Conservation and similarity of bacterial and eukaryotic innate immunity	6
Cellular souvenirs in viral luggage	5
SURFing SARS-CoV-2 inhibition	5
Motivation for exercise from the gut	5
No viral rebound	5
Pili go with the flow	5
A molecular understanding of alphavirus entry and antibody protection	5
Stopping Marburg virus in its tracks	5
A deadly escape	5
Erythrocyte invasion in malaria: from molecular mechanisms to rational vaccines	4
Restoring soil and sediment microbiomes in the Anthropocene	4
Author Correction: Molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance revisited	4
Inheriting traits	4
Flipping the drug resistance switch	4
Keeping off the weight with Akkermansia	4
Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges	4
Staphylococcus aureus gets itchy	4
Shaking up that sick feeling with biofilm sugars	4
Ciliate hydrogen organelles fuel rumen methanogenesis	4
Staphylococcus epidermidis and its dual lifestyle in skin health and infection	4
Discovering untapped biochemistry in microorganisms from hidden corners	3
The path of more resistance	3
A small coat for satellites	3
Tick-borne viruses: discovery, clinical aspects, influencing factors and control	3
The gut–liver axis and gut microbiota in health and liver disease	3
Visualizing cell division	3
Insights into infectious diseases through ancient pathogen genomics	3
Iron gatekeeper in malaria	3
Long-acting therapy for HIV shows promise in African trial	3
When Helicobacter pylori spells gastric cancer	3
A kill switch for tuberculosis	3
Decoding pathogen evolution to curb antimicrobial resistance	3
Bile acids and the gut microbiota: metabolic interactions and impacts on disease	3
Antibodies versus P. aeruginosa	3
Gut microbiota clocks in stress	3
Gut bugs disrupt cancer drugs	3
Tricking plants into starvation	3
Degrading the matrix	3
Human microbiome acquisition and transmission	3
Clostridioides difficile pathogenesis and control	3
The wound microbiota: microbial mechanisms of impaired wound healing and infection	3
Leaving the wall behind to escape	3
Competition in the nasal microbiome	3
The type VI secretion system and associated effector proteins	2
Gassy archaea	2
An intercellular bridge for chikungunya virus transmission	2
Disentangling metabolic interactions within bacterial communities	2
A phage cocktail for IBD?	2
Author Correction: Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations	2
Candida albicans steals magnesium and Pseudomonas aeruginosa unleashes resistance	2
A long-lost species	2