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Gut Pathogens Template

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About the Gut Pathogens format

Gut Pathogens is a peer-reviewed journal published by BMC (BioMed Central), covering Gut microbiota and health, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology. Over its lifetime it has published 998 papers, which have received 30,209 citations.

PublisherBMC (BioMed Central)
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. Gut Pathogens. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inGut microbiota and health Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Escherichia coli research studies Probiotics and Fermented Foods
ISSN1757-4749
Citation impact (2-yr)4.83
h-index78
i10-index598
Article processing charge$2,195
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereFreie Universität Berlin
Journal websitegutpathogens.biomedcentral.com
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Papers published in Gut Pathogens per year

51
2014
35
2015
67
2016
78
2017
53
2018
59
2019
54
2020
77
2021
51
2022
66
2023
78
2024
116
2025

Citation impact of Gut Pathogens by publication year

2.2K
2014
1.6K
2015
3.1K
2016
3.2K
2017
2.1K
2018
2.4K
2019
1.9K
2020
1.9K
2021
1.1K
2022
818
2023
793
2024
368
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Gut Pathogens

Commensal Clostridia: leading players in the maintenance of gut homeostasis

Loris Riccardo Lopetuso, Franco Scaldaferri, Valentina Petito et al. · 1 Jan 2013

The gastrointestinal tract is a complex and dynamic network where an intricate and mutualistic symbiosis modulates the relationship between the host and the microbiota in order to establish and ensure gut homeostasis. Commensal Clostridia consist of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes and make up a substantial part of the total bacteria in the…

Virulence factors, prevalence and potential transmission of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from different sources: recent reports

Jolanta Sarowska, Bożena Futoma-Kołoch, Agnieszka Jama−Kmiecik et al. · 21 Feb 2019

Extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) are facultative pathogens that are part of the normal human intestinal flora. The ExPEC group includes uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), neonatal meningitis E. coli (NMEC), sepsis-associated E. coli (SEPEC), and avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC). Virulence factors (VF) related to the pathogenicity of ExPEC are numerous and have a wide…

The role of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics in animal nutrition

Paulina Markowiak‐Kopeć, Katarzyna Śliżewska · 6 Jun 2018

Along with the intensive development of methods of livestock breeding, breeders' expectations are growing concerning feed additives that would guarantee such results as accelerating growth rate, protection of health from pathogenic infections and improvement of other production parameters such as: absorption of feed and quality of meat, milk, eggs. The main reason for their application…

Inherent bacterial DNA contamination of extraction and sequencing reagents may affect interpretation of microbiota in low bacterial biomass samples

Angela Glassing, Scot E. Dowd, Susan Galandiuk et al. · 26 May 2016

BACKGROUND: The advent and use of highly sensitive molecular biology techniques to explore the microbiota and microbiome in environmental and tissue samples have detected the presence of contaminating microbial DNA within reagents. These microbial DNA contaminants may distort taxonomic distributions and relative frequencies in microbial datasets, as well as contribute to erroneous interpretations and identifications.…

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study of a probiotic in emotional symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome

A. Venket Rao, Alison C. Bested, Tracey M Beaulne et al. · 19 Mar 2009

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is complex illness of unknown etiology. Among the broad range of symptoms, many patients report disturbances in the emotional realm, the most frequent of which is anxiety. Research shows that patients with CFS and other so-called functional somatic disorders have alterations in the intestinal microbial flora. Emerging studies have suggested that…

Gut Pathogens template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Gut Pathogens format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Gut Pathogens template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official BMC (BioMed Central) format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Gut Pathogens use?
Gut Pathogens uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. Gut Pathogens. 2023;12(3):45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Gut Pathogens?
No. DocuGuru generates the bmcart LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a BMC (BioMed Central)-ready Gut Pathogens document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Gut Pathogens template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Gut Pathogens format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
What is Gut Pathogens?
BMC / BioMed Central journal. It is a life sciences and medicine journal, published by BMC (BioMed Central).
Can I export a submission-ready Gut Pathogens PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Gut Pathogens template (the bmcart class) that is ready to submit to BMC (BioMed Central), together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Gut Pathogens template cost?
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