Cell Host & Microbe
Overview
Cell Host & Microbe is a renowned scientific journal that focuses on the intricate relationship between host organisms and microbes. It publishes cutting-edge research articles, reviews, and perspectives, shedding light on the molecular mechanisms, immune responses, and ecological interactions that shape the dynamic world of host-microbe interactions.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Cell Host Microbe
Publisher
Cell Press
Start
2007
End
Continuing
Frequency
Monthly
p-ISSN
1931-3128
e-ISSN
1934-6069
Country
United States
Language
English
Specialties
Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 416
241
SJR / Ranks: 123
7760
CiteScore / Ranks: 76
44.60
JIF / Ranks: 78
30.3
Recent Articles
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Cherrak Y, Younes A, Perez-Molphe-Montoya E, Maurer L, Yilmaz K, Enz U, et al.
Cell Host Microbe
. 2025 Mar;
33(3):358-372.e4.
PMID: 40023150
Foodborne bacterial diarrhea involves complex pathogen-microbiota-host interactions. Pathogen-displacing probiotics are increasingly popular, but heterogeneous patient outcomes highlighted the need to understand individualized host-probiotic activity. Using the mouse gut commensal Escherichia...
12.
Wise A, TenBarge E, Mendonca J, Mennen E, McDaniel S, Reber C, et al.
Cell Host Microbe
. 2025 Feb;
33(3):341-357.e9.
PMID: 40020664
Neutrophils induce oxidative stress, creating a harsh phagosomal environment. However, Staphylococcus aureus can survive these conditions, requiring neutrophils to deploy mechanisms that sense bacterial persistence. We find that staphylococcal lactate...
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Custodio V, Salas-Gonzalez I, Gopaulchan D, Flis P, Amoros-Hernandez R, Gao Y, et al.
Cell Host Microbe
. 2025 Feb;
33(3):436-450.e15.
PMID: 40020663
In natural ecosystems, microbes have the ability to stably colonize plant leaves, overcoming the fluctuating environmental conditions that the leaves represent. How the phyllosphere microbiota influences the growth of individual...
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Keith N, Snyder R, Euler C, Modell J
Cell Host Microbe
. 2025 Feb;
33(3):330-340.e6.
PMID: 40010333
CRISPR-Cas systems provide prokaryotes with adaptive immunity against foreign genetic elements, including bacteriophages, by recording DNA-based immunological memories of infection called "spacers." How cells without preexisting immunity survive a rapid...
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Elmassry M, Sugihara K, Chankhamjon P, Kim Y, Camacho F, Wang S, et al.
Cell Host Microbe
. 2025 Feb;
33(2):218-234.e12.
PMID: 39947133
Gut microbiome changes have been associated with several human diseases, but the molecular and functional details underlying these associations remain largely unknown. Here, we performed a meta-analysis of small molecule...
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Wittmers F, Poirier C, Bachy C, Eckmann C, Matantseva O, Carlson C, et al.
Cell Host Microbe
. 2025 Feb;
33(2):182-199.e7.
PMID: 39947132
Protists are major predators of ocean microbial life, with an ancient history of entanglements with prokaryotes, but their delicate cell structures and recalcitrance to culturing hinder exploration of marine symbioses....
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Wang L, Gao G
Cell Host Microbe
. 2025 Feb;
33(2):176-181.
PMID: 39947131
The H5 subtype of avian influenza viruses (AIVs) presents a continued threat to human health, intensifying with the H5N1 outbreak in cattle herds and onward transmission to humans. In this...
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Yang X, Chiu S
Cell Host Microbe
. 2025 Feb;
33(2):173-175.
PMID: 39947130
Receptor binding is the first step for virus infection. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Gorka et al. conducted large-scale receptor binding assays with machine learning to predict...
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Li M, Li D
Cell Host Microbe
. 2025 Feb;
33(2):171-172.
PMID: 39947129
In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Hesselman et al. investigate the relationship between the presence of non-canonical cysteine residues in HIV-1 V1 region of the Envelope glycoprotein and...
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Rahimi-Midani A, Iatsenko I
Cell Host Microbe
. 2025 Feb;
33(2):168-170.
PMID: 39947128
Symbiotic gut bacteria have evolved mechanisms to selectively recognize and colonize an appropriate host. In a recent issue of Science, Gutiérrez-García et al. reported a colonization island that encodes sugar-binding...