30 July 2025
Microorganisms Best Paper Award—Winners Announced

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Microorganisms (ISSN: 2076-2607) is pleased to announce the winners of the Microorganisms Best Paper Award, selecting two research articles and two reviews among the peer-reviewed papers published in Volume 11 of the journal. The decision was made by the committee based on an evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers and their number of citations and downloads.
We would like to congratulate the following winners:
The first prize:
Articles:
“Clostridioides difficile, a New “Superbug””
by Rumyana Markovska, Georgi Dimitrov, Raina Gergova and Lyudmila Boyanova
Microorganisms 2023, 11(4), 845; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11040845
Reviews:
“Antimicrobial Resistance in the Global Health Network: Known Unknowns and Challenges for Efficient Responses in the 21st Century”
by Teresa M. Coque, Rafael Cantón, Ana Elena Pérez-Cobas, Miguel D. Fernández-de-Bobadilla and Fernando Baquero
Microorganisms 2023, 11(4), 1050; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11041050
The second prize:
Articles:
“Sphingomonas sediminicola Is an Endosymbiotic Bacterium Able to Induce the Formation of Root Nodules in Pea (Pisum sativum L.) and to Enhance Plant Biomass Production”
by Candice Mazoyon, Bertrand Hirel, Audrey Pecourt, Manuella Catterou, Laurent Gutierrez, Vivien Sarazin, Fréderic Dubois and Jérôme Duclercq
Microorganisms 2023, 11(1), 199; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11010199
Reviews:
“The Diversity of Escherichia coli Pathotypes and Vaccination Strategies against This Versatile Bacterial Pathogen”
by Pravil Pokharel, Sabin Dhakal and Charles M. Dozois
Microorganisms 2023, 11(2), 344; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11020344
The announcement of the winners can be found on the following website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/microorganisms/awards/2767.
Microorganisms Editorial Office