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For the celebration of our tenth anniversary, Nature Microbiology asks the former editors to reflect on their time at the journal.

Nature Reviews Microbiology attended the 19th biennial meeting of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) in Cape Town, South Africa.

In a recent study, Sidhu et al. show that depletion of the pla virulence gene in Yersinia pestis ancient and modern pandemic strains reduced their virulence, thereby promoting the pathogen’s persistence and transmission.

In this study, Proctor et al. demonstrate that the skin of residents in nursing homes serves as a reservoir for Candida auris, ESKAPE pathogens and their antimicrobial resistance genes.

The recent re-emergence of Oropouche virus in Central and South America and the Caribbean poses a public health threat and highlights the need for improved surveillance and control measures.

In this study, Mears et al. show that SARS-CoV-2 can evolve not only through protein changes but also through functional RNA adaptations to increase fitness and immune evasion.

In this study, Cross, Woolsey, Prasad et al. report obeldesivir as a promising post-exposure prophylaxis for filoviruses.

In this study, Padhi et al. demonstrate the potential of metagenomics-based approaches for the discovery of natural products from complex ecosystems.

In this study, Ge et al. develop a mimic of natural killer cells to target and eliminate intracellular Staphylococcus aureus.

An increasing number of countries in Africa are reporting cases of mpox, prompting the World Health Organization to declare it a public health emergency of international concern.

In this study, Lu et al. identify the gut symbiont Tomasiella immunophila as a contributor to the degradation of murine secretory immunoglobulin A, with effects on mucosal immunity.

In this study, Kim, Kang, Jang et al. report a phenotype-based, ultra-rapid and blood culture-free antimicrobial susceptibility testing approach.

In this study, Li, Feng et al. identify an antimicrobial compound produced by plant root-associated Pseudomonas fluorescens with potent activity against drug-resistant, Gram-positive bacteria.

In this study, Hiis et al. demonstrate that the N₂O-respiring bacterial strain Cloacibacterium sp. CB-01 can reduce nitrous oxide emissions from soil.

In this study, Diehl et al. report that brilacidin could be a promising antifungal drug against Cryptococcus neoformans.

In this study, Niggs et al. show that Drosophila A virus infection modulates epithelial turnover in the intestine of Drosophila melanogaster, promoting premature intestinal dysplasia and reducing fly lifespan.

In this study, White et al. report that Alcaligenes faecalis mediates wound repair in diabetic foot ulcers.

This study by Chen et al. reveals that a high-fat diet leads to a predominance of Desulfovibrio species in the gut, correlating with a poor prognosis of breast cancer.

In this study, Carrasco Flores et al. report that the bacterium Mycetocola lacteus protects the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii from the antagonistic activity of Pseudomonas protegens.

In this study, Achberger et al. report that microbial communities of inactive hydrothermal deposits contribute to primary productivity in the deep sea.

In this study, Armani-Tourret et al. show that the combination of panobinostat and pegylated interferon-α2a transforms the structure and composition of the HIV-1 reservoir and could potentially counter it.

This study describes a signalling pathway involving the host receptor GPR35 and members of the gut microbiota, such as Parabacteroides distasonis, which regulates depressive-like behaviour.

In this study, Knödlseder et al. explore the potential of an engineered Cutibacterium acnes strain as a microbiome-based therapy for skin conditions.

In this study, Simonis et al. show that chronic infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa leads to development of neutralizing antibodies that could be exploited to fight against this pathogen.

In this study, Yan et al. developed a broad-spectrum protein-free vaccine that protects against infection with bacterial and fungal nosocomial pathogens.

In this study, Lee et al. analyse the structure and receptor-binding features of the spike glycoprotein from a clade 3 sarbecovirus to examine the risk of spillover from bats to humans.

In this study, Fackelmann et al. show that microplastics impair the gastrointestinal microbiome of two seabird species.

In this study, Huang et al. discover Delftia tsuruhatensis TC1, a mosquito symbiotic bacterium that inhibits parasite development via the secretion of a small molecule.

In this study, Gül et al. show that usage of different carbon sources by Enterobacteriaceae strains determines their expansion and co-existence in the mouse gut and favours plasmid transfer.

In this study, Fidelle et al. show that recolonization of the gut by Enterocloster spp. after antibiotic treatment compromises the anticancer effect of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

Vincent et al. investigate the impact of viral infection on the microbial communities of algal blooms and carbon cycling.

This study reports that some bacterial species of the Lachnospiraceae family can suppress colorectal cancer progression by modulating CD8⁺ T cell immune surveillance activity.

In this study, Liu et al. demonstrate that the T7SS of the rhizobacterium Bacillus velezensis SQR9 and its effector protein YukE cause iron leakage in plant roots to support root colonization.

In this study, Tsuji et al. report the glycolipid 7DW8-5 that exploits the host innate immune system to control SARS-CoV-2, respiratory syncytial virus and influenza virus infections.

In this study, Catchpole et al. identify the first self-transmissible conjugative plasmid in the euryarchaeon Thermococcus sp. 33-3 and use it to genetically modify diverse hyperthermophilic archaea.

In this study, Gencay et al. develop a cocktail of engineered phages to target clinically relevant Escherichia coli strains.

In this study, Kreitz et al. examine a bacterial extracellular contractile injection system that can deliver diverse proteins into different target cells.

In this study, Tawk et al. explore the impact of infection and inflammation on the adaptations of the commensal population in the mouse gut.

This study reports that heat treatment can increase the bactericidal activity of aminoglycosides against multi-drug resistant pathogens.

In this study, Lubin et al. show that an immature microbiome during weaning affects the development of the immune system and increases the risk of enteric infections in mice.

Khan et al. show that mycelial nutrients can promote bacterial biodegradation of hexachlorocyclohexane pesticide in nutrient-deprived habitats.

In this study, Douglas et al. examine the role of the staphylococcal TcaA protein in human serum susceptibility during bacteraemia.

In this study, Brown et al. show that nutrient deprivation increases Plasmodium falciparum survival and tolerance to the antimalarial drug artemisinin.

In this study, Stubbendieck et al. show that commensal bacteria Rothia spp. inhibit the growth of the nasal pathobiont Moraxella catarrhalis.

In this study, Irazoki et al. show that Vibrio cholerae releases d-amino acids into the environment, which are sensed by a bacterial chemoreceptor to prompt a repellent chemotactic response.

In this study, Sharafutdinov et al. report a single nucleotide polymorphism in the gene encoding the HtrA protease of Helicobacter pylori that is associated with gastric cancer.

In this study, Vidakovic et al. show that during infection Vibrio cholerae forms biofilms on the surface of human immune cells to kill them and then disperses.

Brown et al. perform a randomized trial with 218 women and show that the copper intrauterine device contraceptive disrupts the vaginal microbiota.

This study shows the development of a chimeric dengue virus bivalent vaccine that generated serotype-specific neutralizing antibodies in vivo.

Xie et al. show that the harmaline metabolite produced by Akkermansia muciniphila modulates nuclear factor-κB signalling and reduces severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome severity.