Cell Host & Microbe

Papers
(The median citation count of Cell Host & Microbe is 7. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Waste as an antibacterial weapon623
Microbial genome mining expedition unearths trove of antiviral defenses350
Sowing the seeds of infection315
When predators meet the matrix: Natural resistance via amyloid fibers299
Candidalysin: An unlikely aide for fungal gut commensalism296
Functional map of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease reveals tolerant and immutable sites253
Selenium nanoboosting of plant-beneficial microbiome236
Hide and seek: Cryptococcus evasion of microglial sensing enables meningitis223
Enhanced cultured diversity of the mouse gut microbiota enables custom-made synthetic communities214
Combatting superbugs using the evolutionary record of microbial warfare214
Diverse events have transferred genes for edible seaweed digestion from marine to human gut bacteria204
The bacterial effector GarD shields Chlamydia trachomatis inclusions from RNF213-mediated ubiquitylation and destruction202
Microbial byproducts determine reproductive fitness of free-living and parasitic nematodes196
Pseudomonas infections persisting after CFTR modulators are widespread throughout the lungs and drive lung inflammation188
Breathe and bloom: Gut hypoxia limits C. albicans growth174
A secondary metabolite drives intraspecies antagonism in a gut symbiont that is inhibited by cell-wall acetylation171
Cohabitation facilitates microbiome shifts that promote isoflavone transformation to ameliorate liver injury167
Epithelial hypoxia maintains colonization resistance against Candida albicans155
Proteobacteria impair anti-tumor immunity in the omentum by consuming arginine155
MFSD6 is an entry receptor for respiratory enterovirus D68154
A CLOCK-targeting lncRNA induces trained immunity against tuberculosis152
Secretory IgA: Linking microbes, maternal health, and infant health through human milk151
Metatranscriptomics uncovers diurnal functional shifts in bacterial transgenes with profound metabolic effects151
Comprehensive analyses of a large human gut Bacteroidales culture collection reveal species- and strain-level diversity and evolution149
Crosstalk between three CRISPR-Cas types enables primed type VI-A adaptation in Listeria seeligeri149
There and back again: Discovering antiviral and antiphage defenses using deep homology148
A bacterial signal coordinates plant-microbe fitness trade-off to enhance sulfur deficiency tolerance in plants145
How hosts accurately command bacteria for gut health145
From top to bottom: Staphylococci in atopic dermatitis143
Uniting against enteric invaders: IgA meets its microbial ally138
Beta-carbolines suppress vaginal inflammation130
Immunity to fungi and vaccine considerations130
Cad1 turns ATP into phage poison130
A broadly distributed predicted helicase/nuclease confers phage resistance via abortive infection127
Tactical terminase: How a Salmonella prophage navigates oxidative stress126
Conspecific versus heterospecific transmission shapes host specialization of the phyllosphere microbiome119
Antibiotic treatment ignites a fire that lasts116
Subtle, persistent shaping of the gut microbiome by host genes: A critical determinant of host biology114
Virulence factors perforate the pathogen-containing vacuole to signal efferocytosis112
Two-for-one: Dual host-microbe functions of S. epidermidis Sph111
Select symbionts drive high IgA levels in the mouse intestine111
Help from commensals: β-hex to regulate gut immunity111
Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.75 variant110
Cross-regulation of antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and commensal microbiota via molecular mimicry110
Impact of a 7-day homogeneous diet on interpersonal variation in human gut microbiomes and metabolomes109
Gut microbial β-glucuronidases influence endobiotic homeostasis and are modulated by diverse therapeutics109
BCAA-producing Clostridium symbiosum promotes colorectal tumorigenesis through the modulation of host cholesterol metabolism107
Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineages BA.1, BA.1.1, and BA.2106
Antibiotics fire up inflammation to cool vaccine responsiveness103
A lung pathobiont story: Thinking outside the Koch’s postulate box103
Lost and found: Reconstituting PRR immune function through co-receptor transfer103
Overcoming drug resistance, the natural way102
The gut microbiome: Bridging medications and clinical outcomes post stem cell transplantation102
“AHR-ming” host defense against cryptosporidiosis100
Gut IgA: Never fear, the super inducers are here100
Predator-prey interplay: When chemical conversation turns deadly99
Location matters in RSV protection99
Microbiota-dependent proteolysis of gluten subverts diet-mediated protection against type 1 diabetes99
On-person adaptive evolution of Staphylococcus aureus during treatment for atopic dermatitis98
MX2 forms nucleoporin-comprising cytoplasmic biomolecular condensates that lure viral capsids97
Multiple introductions and recombination events underlie the emergence of a hyper-transmissible Cryptosporidium hominis subtype in the USA96
SARS-CoV-2 human T cell epitopes: Adaptive immune response against COVID-1996
A key genetic factor governing arabinan utilization in the gut microbiome alleviates constipation95
A single-cell liver atlas of Plasmodium vivax infection95
One population, multiple lifestyles: Commensalism and pathogenesis in the human mycobiome94
Dietary environmental factors shape the immune defense against Cryptosporidium infection94
Microbiota alert: Proteobacteria consume arginine to dampen omental antitumor immunity93
Enhanced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 and XBB sub-lineages by a tetravalent COVID-19 vaccine booster93
A mucin-regulated adhesin determines the spatial organization and inflammatory character of a bacterial symbiont in the vertebrate gut93
Global translational induction during NLR-mediated immunity in plants is dynamically regulated by CDC123, an ATP-sensitive protein91
Decline in nitrosative stress drives antibiotic persister regrowth during infection90
RSV and rhinovirus increase pneumococcal carriage acquisition and density, whereas nasal inflammation is associated with bacterial shedding87
Intestinal microbiota programming of alveolar macrophages influences severity of respiratory viral infection87
Exclusive enteral nutrition initiates individual protective microbiome changes to induce remission in pediatric Crohn’s disease87
Precision modulation of dysbiotic adult microbiomes with a human-milk-derived synbiotic reshapes gut microbial composition and metabolites86
Systems virology as a cornerstone for pandemic responsiveness: A G2P-Japan perspective86
GOSpel for tiny allies86
Multi-arming ourselves against drug-resistant bacteria85
A counterintuitive antibody cocktail disrupts coxsackievirus83
Immune chromatin reader SP140 regulates microbiota and risk for inflammatory bowel disease83
Bacteria exploit viral dormancy to establish CRISPR-Cas immunity83
When NOD ligands become antidotes83
Pseudomonads coordinate innate defense against viruses and bacteria with a single regulatory system81
Widespread RNA-based cas regulation monitors crRNA abundance and anti-CRISPR proteins80
Enteric virome negatively affects seroconversion following oral rotavirus vaccination in a longitudinally sampled cohort of Ghanaian infants80
Maternal antibiotic prophylaxis during cesarean section has a limited impact on the infant gut microbiome79
Salmonella re-engineers the intestinal environment to break colonization resistance in the presence of a compositionally intact microbiota78
Bacteroides sphingolipids promote anti-inflammatory responses through the mevalonate pathway76
Long-chain unsaturated fatty acids released during immune responses stimulate host-microbe trans-kingdom communication75
Infant gut DNA bacteriophage strain persistence during the first 3 years of life75
The gut microbiome associates with phenotypic manifestations of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome73
Restoring a gut Bifidobacterium community in early infancy73
Methylglyoxal is an antibacterial effector produced by macrophages during infection71
Memory profiles distinguish cross-reactive and virus-specific T cell immunity to mpox71
Neutralization and durability of 2 or 3 doses of the BNT162b2 vaccine against Omicron SARS-CoV-270
E. coli prophages encode an arsenal of defense systems to protect against temperate phages70
Longitudinal profiling of the microbiome at four body sites reveals core stability and individualized dynamics during health and disease69
Strong humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 Spike after BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination with a 16-week interval between doses69
A surface-receptor-coupled G protein regulates plant immunity through nuclear protein kinases69
The gut microbiome molecular complex in human health and disease69
AI in microbiome research: Where have we been, where are we going?68
Rethinking next-generation vaccines for coronaviruses, influenzaviruses, and other respiratory viruses68
Deficient butyrate-producing capacity in the gut microbiome is associated with bacterial network disturbances and fatigue symptoms in ME/CFS67
Obesity-enriched gut microbe degrades myo-inositol and promotes lipid absorption66
Host-microbe interaction paradigms in acute and recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis65
A global survey of taxa-metabolic associations across mouse microbiome communities65
Bifidobacterium longum promotes postoperative liver function recovery in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma65
The Africa COVID-19 legacy—Improved vaccinology for pandemic preparedness65
“Indole-gence” for the mind64
Thanks, but no thanks: Cholera pathogen keeps incoming DNA at bay63
Cutibacterium acnes evolution: One pore at a time63
All systems go: CRISPR crosstalk for enhanced immunity62
Metabolic cross-feeding of a dietary antioxidant enhances anaerobic energy metabolism by human gut bacteria62
Assembling symbiotic bacterial species into live therapeutic consortia that reconstitute microbiome functions61
Targeted inhibition of pathobiont virulence factor mitigates alcohol-associated liver disease60
An interplay between human genetics and intratumoral microbiota in the progression of colorectal cancer60
Gut microbiome development and childhood undernutrition60
Antibiotic-induced gut microbiome perturbation alters the immune responses to the rabies vaccine60
Fungal sensing enhances neutrophil metabolic fitness by regulating antifungal Glut1 activity59
Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern link to increased spike cleavage and virus transmission59
MRSA lineage USA300 isolated from bloodstream infections exhibit altered virulence regulation59
Commensal microbe regulation of skin cells in disease59
Rethinking healthy eating in light of the gut microbiome59
Symbiotic Firmicutes establish mutualism with the host via innate tolerance and resistance to control systemic immunity58
A target expression threshold dictates invader defense and prevents autoimmunity by CRISPR-Cas1358
The RNA landscape of the human commensal Segatella copri reveals a small RNA essential for gut colonization57
Microbial Cgr2 will let your Th17 cells ROR(γT)57
Cytomegalovirus-vaccine-induced unconventional T cell priming and control of SIV replication is conserved between primate species57
Oncomicrobial vaccines: The potential for a Fusobacterium nucleatum vaccine to improve colorectal cancer outcomes57
Gut bacteria help the brain with an oil change57
Antigenic cartography of well-characterized human sera shows SARS-CoV-2 neutralization differences based on infection and vaccination history56
Bacterial homologs of innate eukaryotic antiviral defenses with anti-phage activity highlight shared evolutionary roots of viral defenses56
Environmental and maternal imprints on infant gut metabolic development56
Spatially resolved lipidomics shows conditional transfer of lipids produced by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron into the mouse gut55
Maternal gestational diabetes mellitus associates with altered gut microbiome composition and head circumference abnormalities in male offspring55
The NSP4 T492I mutation increases SARS-CoV-2 infectivity by altering non-structural protein cleavage55
Mother-to-infant microbiota transmission and infant microbiota development across multiple body sites55
Conversation between host and gut microbiota unveils a “silver bullet” therapeutic option for chemotherapy55
Dynamics of the normal gut microbiota: A longitudinal one-year population study in Sweden55
Ruminococcus gnavus plays a pathogenic role in diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome by increasing serotonin biosynthesis54
Bacteroides methylmalonyl-CoA mutase produces propionate that promotes intestinal goblet cell differentiation and homeostasis54
Growing up: A NOD2 our microbes54
MAMPs: A devil tamed becomes an angel52
Walking down the phosphorylation path to root immunity52
A. baumannii’s nutrient tug-of-war52
Mycobacterial phage TM4 requires a eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr protein kinase to silence and escape anti-phage immunity52
Susceptible bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract without evolving resistance51
Even old foes can learn sweet new tricks51
Deep learning helps fight against antibiotic resistance51
Linking E. coli to fibrosis in Crohn’s disease51
The gut-brain axis goes viral50
Pre-existing humoral immunity to human common cold coronaviruses negatively impacts the protective SARS-CoV-2 antibody response50
The Toxoplasma effector GRA28 promotes parasite dissemination by inducing dendritic cell-like migratory properties in infected macrophages50
Going viral: The role of mobile genetic elements in bacterial immunity50
Viral mimicry protects from infection when you’re expecting49
Host-specific microbiome and genomic signatures in Bifidobacterium reveal co-evolutionary and functional adaptations across diverse animal hosts49
Antiretroviral therapy reveals triphasic decay of intact SIV genomes and persistence of ancestral variants49
Lactate production by tumor-resident Staphylococcus promotes metastatic colonization in lung adenocarcinoma48
Host cells subdivide nutrient niches into discrete biogeographical microhabitats for gut microbes48
Birthmode and environment-dependent microbiota transmission dynamics are complemented by breastfeeding during the first year48
Pangenomes of human gut microbiota uncover links between genetic diversity and stress response48
Comprehensive analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomes reveals genetic variations in bacterial virulence48
Host stress drives tolerance and persistence: The bane of anti-microbial therapeutics47
An expanded arsenal of immune systems that protect bacteria from phages47
Multi-armed antibiotics for Gram-positive bacteria47
Microbiota metabolism of intestinal amino acids impacts host nutrient homeostasis and physiology47
Homotypic antibodies target novel E glycoprotein domains after natural DENV 3 infection/vaccination47
Fungal resistance in rice is restored by interfamily transfer of an evolutionarily lost co-receptor46
Stoking inflammasome fires in the COVID-19 neighborhood46
The vagina question: Can maternal vaginal fluid impact the infant gut microbiome and neurodevelopment?46
Lymph node dendritic cells harbor inducible replication-competent HIV despite years of suppressive ART46
Broad receptor tropism and immunogenicity of a clade 3 sarbecovirus45
The bacterial defense system MADS interacts with CRISPR-Cas to limit phage infection and escape45
The microbial metabolite imidazole propionate modulates hypothalamic activity and stress-induced behaviors45
Characterization of the rotavirus assembly pathway in situ using cryoelectron tomography45
The impact of COVID-19 on children and lessons for pandemic preparedness45
Bacteria block host cell death by protein cut-and-paste44
Dosing a synbiotic of human milk oligosaccharides and B. infantis leads to reversible engraftment in healthy adult microbiomes without antibiotics44
Mimicry games: NPC-like MX2 condensates trap viruses42
A gB nanoparticle vaccine elicits a protective neutralizing antibody response against EBV42
Acetylation of the NS3 helicase by KAT5γ is essential for flavivirus replication42
Type IV-A3 CRISPR-Cas systems drive inter-plasmid conflicts by acquiring spacers in trans42
Common mycorrhizal networks facilitate plant disease resistance by altering rhizosphere microbiome assembly41
Gut microbial enzymes and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: Function, mechanism, and therapeutic prospects40
Prenatal antibiotics reduce breast milk IgA and induce dysbiosis in mouse offspring, increasing neonatal susceptibility to bacterial sepsis40
A new piece of the microbiota pie: Mining ‘omics for DNA inversion states39
The Mouse Gastrointestinal Bacteria Catalogue enables translation between the mouse and human gut microbiotas via functional mapping39
Engineered probiotic ameliorates ulcerative colitis by restoring gut microbiota and redox homeostasis39
Commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis contributes to skin barrier homeostasis by generating protective ceramides39
The developing infant gut microbiome: A strain-level view39
Differences in carbon metabolic capacity fuel co-existence and plasmid transfer between Salmonella strains in the mouse gut38
Mg and the microbiome: A liver-protective duo38
Response, resistance, and recovery of gut bacteria to human-targeted drug exposure38
Antibody escape and cryptic cross-domain stabilization in the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike protein37
Metagenomic selections reveal diverse antiphage defenses in human and environmental microbiomes37
RTS,S today and tomorrow’s science37
One size might fit all: Indole-3-propionic acid potentiates pan-cancer immunotherapy36
Stitching together a healthy gut microbiome with fiber36
Bioengineered gut bacterium synthesizing levodopa alleviates motor deficits in models of Parkinson’s disease36
Oh, how we have grown!36
The HY5-NPR1 module governs light-dependent virulence of a plant bacterial pathogen36
It takes a plant village to raise a microbiome35
BCG: From veins to correlates35
Bacterial molecular syringe for drug delivery35
Pregnancy-associated morbidity and mortality during pandemics: Looking to the past in order to prepare for the future35
Individual leaf microbiota tunes a genetic regulatory network to promote leaf growth34
Molecular basis for inhibition of type III-B CRISPR-Cas by an archaeal viral anti-CRISPR protein34
Gut microbiota and metabolites drive chronic sickle cell disease pain in mice34
Caudovirales bacteriophages are associated with improved executive function and memory in flies, mice, and humans34
Bacteria renew an OLD protein to cleave host tRNAs and block phage translation34
Designing boosting immunogens for HIV-1 vaccine development34
Won’t you be my neighbor? The importance of biogeography and nutrient niches in the gut33
Cytoplasmic calcium influx mediated by plant MLKLs confers TNL-triggered immunity33
Sensing a pattern: Overlapping immunity in bacteria and eukaryotes33
Fiber-deficient diet inhibits colitis through the regulation of the niche and metabolism of a gut pathobiont33
Fishing for obesity-related gut microbiome enterotype33
Charting a phage genome atlas33
A unique mode of nucleic acid immunity performed by a multifunctional bacterial enzyme32
Engineered Escherichia coli for the in situ secretion of therapeutic nanobodies in the gut32
Networks of the symbiosis-immunity continuum in plants32
Mechanisms of bacterial immunity, protection, and survival during interbacterial warfare32
Inter-kingdom lipid messengers sustain gut harmony32
Structure of trimeric pre-fusion rabies virus glycoprotein in complex with two protective antibodies31
Keystone Pseudomonas species in the wheat phyllosphere microbiome mitigate Fusarium head blight by altering host pH30
Gut microbiome and necrotizing enterocolitis: Understanding the connection to find a cure30
Faecalibaculum rodentium remodels retinoic acid signaling to govern eosinophil-dependent intestinal epithelial homeostasis30
Gut dopamine kick: How gut microbes turn on host receptors to fight pathogens30
Human gut bacterial metabolism drives Th17 activation and colitis30
Cryptosporidium modifies intestinal microvilli through an exported virulence factor29
RNA editing of genomic neighbors controls antiviral response in fungi29
Bug in the code: TB blocks DNA repair29
Host hepatic metabolism is modulated by gut microbiota-derived sphingolipids29
Bacterial defense systems exhibit synergistic anti-phage activity29
Taking the pulse: Bacterial responses to intermittent antibiotics28
A tough act to swallow: Streptococcus anginosus and gastric cancer28
Microbiomes in Neverland28
COVID-19 as a catalyst for vaccine manufacturing: A South African experience28
Vivax malaria and Duffy antigen: Stop being so negative27
Prospects for preventing cancer with anti-microbial prophylactic vaccines27
Here, we grow27
Age-dependent heterogeneity in the antigenic effects of mutations to influenza hemagglutinin27
Lactobacillus reuteri joins the liver autoimmune arena27
Whack-a-virus: HIV-specific T cells play an exhausting game27
Persisting uropathogenic Escherichia coli lineages show signatures of niche-specific within-host adaptation mediated by mobile genetic elements27
Mitochondria sense bacterial lactate and drive release of neutrophil extracellular traps27
Unbiased discovery of natural sequence variants that influence fungal virulence27
Stress less: Viral mastery of the RNA G-quadruplex27
Restoration of the human skin microbiome following immune recovery after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation26
Complement-dependent mpox-virus-neutralizing antibodies in infected and vaccinated individuals26
Arresting microbiome development limits immune system maturation and resistance to infection in mice26
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