Nature Microbiology

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Microbiology is 9. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Rebound virus in the cerebrospinal fluid reveals a possible HIV-1 reservoir552
Sickle cell trait enhances malaria transmission353
Metabolic sensing tips the balance of drug tolerance in fungal meningitis349
Author Correction: MX2-mediated innate immunity against HIV-1 is regulated by serine phosphorylation346
Gene–drug potency screening in M. tuberculosis259
Author Correction: DART takes aim at community editing254
Molecular factors shaping whether HCMV infection is productive or latent238
Horizontal gene transfer explains unusual traits of Armillaria fungi234
Dietary exclusion of major food groups shapes the gut microbiome and may influence health227
Mechanistic basis for potent neutralization of Sin Nombre hantavirus by a human monoclonal antibody226
A dynamic subpopulation of CRISPR–Cas overexpressers allows Streptococcus pyogenes to rapidly respond to phage196
A high-throughput and low-waste viability assay for microbes191
Cytoplasmic contractile injection systems mediate cell death in Streptomyces191
The structure of the complete extracellular bacterial flagellum reveals the mechanism of flagellin incorporation189
Ancient origin and constrained evolution of the division and cell wall gene cluster in Bacteria183
Particular genomic and virulence traits associated with preterm infant-derived toxigenic Clostridium perfringens strains178
Integrated host-microbe plasma metagenomics for sepsis diagnosis in a prospective cohort of critically ill adults168
Proteins containing photosynthetic reaction centre domains modulate FtsZ-based archaeal cell division163
Mycobacterium abscessus pathogenesis identified by phenogenomic analyses162
Candida albicans extracellular vesicles trigger type I IFN signalling via cGAS and STING161
Recent gene selection and drug resistance underscore clinical adaptation across Candida species161
Host range, transmissibility and antigenicity of a pangolin coronavirus155
Climate extremes disrupt fungal–bacterial interactions150
Microbiome association with coral growth and survival147
The fast-evolving FIKK kinase family of Plasmodium falciparum can be inhibited by a single compound146
Explainable artificial intelligence evolves antimicrobial peptides144
Assessing critical thresholds in terrestrial microbiomes144
Flipping the magic switch to persistence via GTP depletion144
OPENPichia: licence-free Komagataella phaffii chassis strains and toolkit for protein expression140
Organ-on-chip models for infectious disease research138
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein O-phosphorylation landscape137
Therapeutic efficacy of monoclonal antibodies and antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 in Syrian hamsters133
The Parkinson’s disease drug entacapone disrupts gut microbiome homeostasis via iron sequestration133
Single mutation makes Escherichia coli an insect mutualist132
Double-stranded RNA sequencing reveals distinct riboviruses associated with thermoacidophilic bacteria from hot springs in Japan129
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli infection-induced epithelial trained immunity impacts urinary tract disease outcome126
Appressorium-mediated plant infection by Magnaporthe oryzae is regulated by a Pmk1-dependent hierarchical transcriptional network125
Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and humans for Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia123
Exceeding expectations out in the cold with Colwellia122
Blockade of endothelin receptors mitigates SARS-CoV-2-induced osteoarthritis121
Extracellular vesicles block viral entryways120
CRISPR-influenced symbiosis119
Risk–reward trade-off during carbon starvation generates dichotomy in motility endurance among marine bacteria118
Call for papers on the clinical microbiome118
Bacteroides fragilis uses toxins for gut success118
Prioritizing mentorship117
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus induces mitochondrial fission to evade host immune responses and promote viral production117
Publisher Correction: Fungal biology: Fungal spores are future-proofed117
Regulators unite to enable plant entry115
Publisher Correction: Breastfeeding promotes bifidobacterial immunomodulatory metabolites114
Mineral-eating microorganisms at extinct hydrothermal vents114
Synthesis of lipid-linked precursors of the bacterial cell wall is governed by a feedback control mechanism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa113
SAMPL-seq reveals micron-scale spatial hubs in the human gut microbiome108
Coronavirus sampling and surveillance in bats from 1996–2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis106
Rational attenuation of RNA viruses with zinc finger antiviral protein106
Intragenic viral silencer element regulates HTLV-1 latency via RUNX complex recruitment105
Pseudomonas syringae subpopulations cooperate by coordinating flagellar and type III secretion spatiotemporal dynamics to facilitate plant infection104
Decoding the impact of nuclear organization on antigenic variation in parasites104
Identification of Tse8 as a Type VI secretion system toxin from Pseudomonas aeruginosa that targets the bacterial transamidosome to inhibit protein synthesis in prey cells102
Expanding known viral diversity in the healthy infant gut102
Transforming tuberculosis diagnosis102
Dietary- and host-derived metabolites are used by diverse gut bacteria for anaerobic respiration102
Streptomyces polyketides mediate bacteria–fungi interactions across soil environments101
Neutralization mechanism of a human antibody with pan-coronavirus reactivity including SARS-CoV-298
Publisher Correction: Identification and structure of an extracellular contractile injection system from the marine bacterium Algoriphagus machipongonensis97
Placental Streptococcus agalactiae DNA is associated with neonatal unit admission and foetal pro-inflammatory cytokines in term infants96
SARS and synapses96
Switching on cyclic di-GMP heterogeneity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms96
Using animation to mediate scientific discourse95
Publisher Correction: 2021 in review95
Dynamic diel proteome and daytime nitrogenase activity supports buoyancy in the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium94
Bacteriophages avoid autoimmunity from cognate immune systems as an intrinsic part of their life cycles94
Dietary fibre counters the oncogenic potential of colibactin-producing Escherichia coli in colorectal cancer93
Plasmodium falciparum resistant to artemisinin and diagnostics have emerged in Ethiopia93
CryoEM reveals that ribosomes in microsporidian spores are locked in a dimeric hibernating state93
Therapeutics for COVID-1992
The gut–liver axis in HCV infection90
An expanded metabolic pathway for androgen production by commensal bacteria89
Hunting emerging viruses through participatory community science89
Parasite and vector circadian clocks mediate efficient malaria transmission88
Connecting microbiome and menopause for healthy ageing88
Increased small particle aerosol transmission of B.1.1.7 compared with SARS-CoV-2 lineage A in vivo88
Discovery of an orally active benzoxaborole prodrug effective in the treatment of Chagas disease in non-human primates87
Cell envelope diversity and evolution across the bacterial tree of life87
Characterization of inositol lipid metabolism in gut-associated Bacteroidetes86
Non-canonical start codons confer context-dependent advantages in carbohydrate utilization for commensal E. coli in the murine gut85
Mycobacterium tuberculosis as teacher85
Sensitive poliovirus detection using nested PCR and nanopore sequencing: a prospective validation study85
Combining antibiotics to tackle antimicrobial resistance85
Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss84
Outbreak dynamics of foodborne pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus over a seventeen year period implies hidden reservoirs83
Clinical implications of preterm infant gut microbiome development82
From farm to factory to fork81
Self-assembling viral histones are evolutionary intermediates between archaeal and eukaryotic nucleosomes78
Species- and site-specific genome editing in complex bacterial communities77
A year of microbiology77
Guiding phage therapy with genomic surveillance76
Escherichia coli integrates chemotaxis and quorum sensing pathways in vivo76
A vision for spaceflight microbiology to enable human health and habitat sustainability75
Mining the microbiota for antibiotics75
Reproductive justice must be considered in the scientific community75
Bacteria can shed a layer when phages turn up the heat74
Siderophores mediate antibiotic resistance74
Achilles’ heel of antibiotic resistance72
Safety and immunogenicity of a prefusion non-stabilized spike protein mRNA COVID-19 vaccine: a phase I trial72
Metabolic modelling reveals the aging-associated decline of host–microbiome metabolic interactions in mice72
Growth rate is modulated by monitoring cell wall precursors in Bacillus subtilis72
Non-equivalent genomes in polyploid prokaryotes71
Mapping phyllosphere microbiota interactions in planta to establish genotype–phenotype relationships71
Vertical and horizontal gene transfer shaped plant colonization and biomass degradation in the fungal genus Armillaria70
The gut microbiota contributes to the pathogenesis of anorexia nervosa in humans and mice70
Coffee consumption is associated with intestinal Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus abundance and prevalence across multiple cohorts68
Gut microbial factors predict disease severity in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis67
Bacteria modulate microalgal aging physiology through the induction of extracellular vesicle production to remove harmful metabolites67
mRNA-encoded Cas13 can be used to treat dengue infections in mice67
A framework for automated scalable designation of viral pathogen lineages from genomic data66
GprC of the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys flagrans activates mitochondria and reprograms fungal cells for nematode hunting65
Human microbiome myths and misconceptions65
Live-attenuated vaccine sCPD9 elicits superior mucosal and systemic immunity to SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters65
Inflammation-associated nitrate facilitates ectopic colonization of oral bacterium Veillonella parvula in the intestine65
The cell biology of archaea64
Widespread stop-codon recoding in bacteriophages may regulate translation of lytic genes64
Microbial metabolites in the marine carbon cycle63
Shining light on the coral photosymbiont family Symbiodiniaceae63
TOLLIP inhibits lipid accumulation and the integrated stress response in alveolar macrophages to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection63
CD8+ T cell depletion does not induce an expansion of viral reservoir in HIV model63
Environmental stress mediates groundwater microbial community assembly63
Parabacteroides distasonis uses dietary inulin to suppress NASH via its metabolite pentadecanoic acid63
Bacillus subtilis biofilm matrix components target seed oil bodies to promote growth and anti-fungal resistance in melon62
Metabolites from intact phage-infected Synechococcus chemotactically attract heterotrophic marine bacteria62
Rottlerin inhibits La Crosse virus-induced encephalitis in mice and blocks release of replicating virus from the Golgi body in neurons62
A method to detect origin of transfer sequences for plasmid conjugation62
Tecovirimat is effective against human monkeypox virus in vitro at nanomolar concentrations61
Characterizing extracellular vesicles of human fungal pathogens60
Genomic epidemiology reveals multidrug resistant plasmid spread between Vibrio cholerae lineages in Yemen60
Comprehensive transcription terminator atlas for Bacillus subtilis60
A haem-sequestering plant peptide promotes iron uptake in symbiotic bacteria57
Amplifying diverse voices in microbiology56
Migrant health matters56
Mycobacterial nucleoid-associated protein Lsr2 is required for productive mycobacteriophage infection55
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 escape mutations during Bamlanivimab therapy in a phase II randomized clinical trial55
We must learn from past outbreaks55
Multinational epidemiological analysis of oral human papillomavirus incidence in 3,137 men54
SARS-CoV-2 Africa dashboard for real-time COVID-19 information54
Diet switch pre-vaccination improves immune response and metabolic status in formerly obese mice53
Improving local prevalence estimates of SARS-CoV-2 infections using a causal debiasing framework53
Genome-wide protein–DNA interaction site mapping in bacteria using a double-stranded DNA-specific cytosine deaminase53
Identifying an evolutionary origin for morbilliviruses in bats53
Addressing gaps in author and reviewer gender diversity52
Retracing a tangled tree of archaeal evolution52
Inactivated whole-virion vaccine BBV152/Covaxin elicits robust cellular immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern52
Sulfated glycosaminoglycans are host epithelial cell targets of the Candida albicans toxin candidalysin51
Differential stress responsiveness determines intraspecies virulence heterogeneity and host adaptation in Listeria monocytogenes51
BacterAI maps microbial metabolism without prior knowledge51
AMR, One Health and the environment51
Dairy cows develop protective immunity against reinfection with bovine H5N1 influenza virus50
Staphylococcal virulence factor HlgB targets the endoplasmic-reticulum-resident E3 ubiquitin ligase AMFR to promote pneumonia50
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway50
Taurolithocholic acid protects against viral haemorrhagic fever via inhibition of ferroptosis50
Phase transition of GvpU regulates gas vesicle clustering in bacteria50
Preclinical evaluation of the SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitor RAY1216 shows improved pharmacokinetics compared with nirmatrelvir50
Translating between science and politics as a government adviser49
The microbiome of a bacterivorous marine choanoflagellate contains a resource-demanding obligate bacterial associate49
Microbes and the water nexus49
Exploiting the fitness cost of metallo-β-lactamase expression can overcome antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens48
Iron-limitation light switch48
Genomics, social media and mobile phone data enable mapping of SARS-CoV-2 lineages to inform health policy in Bangladesh48
Chromosome architecture in an archaeal species naturally lacking structural maintenance of chromosomes proteins47
Colonic goblet cell-associated antigen passages mediate physiologic and beneficial translocation of live gut bacteria in preweaning mice47
Structural insights into light harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea47
Enterococcus faecalis-derived adenine enhances enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli Type 3 Secretion System-dependent virulence47
Targeting the mosquito prefoldin–chaperonin complex blocks Plasmodium transmission46
The human archaeome in focus46
Publisher Correction: Divergent SARS-CoV-2 variant emerges in white-tailed deer with deer-to-human transmission46
Longitudinal profiling of low-abundance strains in microbiomes with ChronoStrain46
Human gut bacteria bioaccumulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances45
Sex, gender and infectious disease45
Understanding emerging and re-emerging viruses to facilitate pandemic preparedness45
Understanding the biology of monkeypox virus to prevent future outbreaks45
Metagenomic characterization of viruses and mobile genetic elements associated with the DPANN archaeal superphylum45
Clostridium sporogenes uses reductive Stickland metabolism in the gut to generate ATP and produce circulating metabolites45
Dual inhibition of innate immunity and apoptosis by human cytomegalovirus protein UL37x1 enables efficient virus replication45
Cooperative virulence via the collective action of secreted pathogen effectors45
The GATE glycoprotein complex enhances human cytomegalovirus entry in endothelial cells45
Integrons are anti-phage defence libraries in Vibrio parahaemolyticus45
Identification and structure of an extracellular contractile injection system from the marine bacterium Algoriphagus machipongonensis44
Remote control designer probiotics44
A high-quality genome compendium of the human gut microbiome of Inner Mongolians44
Acquired amphotericin B resistance leads to fitness trade-offs that can be mitigated by compensatory evolution in Candida auris44
Moving from hype to hope in diet–microbiome interactions43
The host–parasite–virus triad43
Author Correction: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi heterokaryons have two nuclear populations with distinct roles in host–plant interactions43
Talented microbes unlatch peatland carbon43
Introducing Microbe Matters43
Factors associated with oral HPV infection among a large multinational cohort of men42
CRISPR-based oligo recombineering prioritizes apicomplexan cysteines for drug discovery42
Small organisms with big climate impact42
Longitudinal population-level HIV epidemiologic and genomic surveillance highlights growing gender disparity of HIV transmission in Uganda42
Microplastic research must consider microbes41
Drug–Fc conjugate CD388 targets influenza virus neuraminidase and is broadly protective in mice41
Microbiome alterations in autism spectrum disorder41
Gut microbiota-derived hexa-acylated lipopolysaccharides enhance cancer immunotherapy responses41
Persistent viral RNA and protein contribute to post-acute pathology41
Prediction of strain level phage–host interactions across the Escherichia genus using only genomic information41
Genome-wide association study identifies human genetic variants associated with fatal outcome from Lassa fever41
Chromosomal barcodes for simultaneous tracking of near-isogenic bacterial strains in plant microbiota41
DMSOP-cleaving enzymes are diverse and widely distributed in marine microorganisms40
scRNA-seq reveals transcriptional plasticity of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum for host immune avoidance40
Identification of structurally diverse menaquinone-binding antibiotics with in vivo activity against multidrug-resistant pathogens40
Microbiome–metabolite linkages drive greenhouse gas dynamics over a permafrost thaw gradient40
Mycobiota and diet-derived fungal xenosiderophores promote Salmonella gastrointestinal colonization39
Use microbes to tackle food insecurity39
Epigenetic silencing by the SMC5/6 complex mediates HIV-1 latency39
Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in the murine central nervous system drives viral diversification39
Structural insights into tecovirimat antiviral activity and poxvirus resistance39
A non-human primate model for human norovirus infection39
The unusual cell wall of the Lyme disease spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi is shaped by a tick sugar39
Continental-scale associations of Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere members with host genotype and drought39
Chromosome organization affects genome evolution in Sulfolobus archaea38
Intestinal crypt microbiota modulates intestinal stem cell turnover and tumorigenesis via indole acetic acid38
Cysteine dependence of Lactobacillus iners is a potential therapeutic target for vaginal microbiota modulation38
Viral biogeography of the mammalian gut and parenchymal organs38
Parkinson’s disease kinase LRRK2 coordinates a cell-intrinsic itaconate-dependent defence pathway against intracellular Salmonella38
Seed-borne bacteria drive wheat rhizosphere microbiome assembly via niche partitioning and facilitation38
Author Correction: Genetic mapping of microbial and host traits reveals production of immunomodulatory lipids by Akkermansia muciniphila in the murine gut38
Methane-dependent complete denitrification by a single Methylomirabilis bacterium37
Leaf microbiome dysbiosis triggered by T2SS-dependent enzyme secretion from opportunistic Xanthomonas pathogens37
Connecting the dots from viral infection to disease37
Knowledge synthesis through scientific visualization37
An acidophilic fungus promotes prey digestion in a carnivorous plant36
A new malaria gene regulator36
Primal FEAR protects against infection36
Toxoplasma protein export and effector function36
Genetic mapping of microbial and host traits reveals production of immunomodulatory lipids by Akkermansia muciniphila in the murine gut36
Fungal dysbiosis and survival after allo-HCT36
Redefining success36
Broadly therapeutic antibody provides cross-serotype protection against enteroviruses via Fc effector functions and by mimicking SCARB236
Shigella handcuffs caspases36
A trove of Asgard archaeal viruses36
Computational discovery of dynobactin antibiotics35
Neutralizing antibody activity in convalescent sera from infection in humans with SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern35
Microbial oxidation of short-chain gaseous alkanes35
Author Correction: Soil microbiome indicators can predict crop growth response to large-scale inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi35
Phosphatidylserine-exposing extracellular vesicles in body fluids are an innate defence against apoptotic mimicry viral pathogens35
Cytosolic sorting platform complexes shuttle type III secretion system effectors to the injectisome in Yersinia enterocolitica35
The collapse of cooperation during range expansion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa35
Quantitative principles of microbial metabolism shared across scales34
Expanding the diversity of origin of transfer-containing sequences in mobilizable plasmids34
Enterobactin inhibits microbiota-dependent activation of AhR to promote bacterial sepsis in mice34
Gut epithelial electrical cues drive differential localization of enterobacteria34
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