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Gut Pathogens

Gut Pathogens publishes research on the biology and medicine of pathogens, commensals, and functional microbiota of the gut, including probiotic bacteria, yeasts, and their products. The journal covers topics from microbial causes of gut ailments to treatment and drug resistance mechanisms, and welcomes work on genomics, metagenomics, microbiota profiling, and systems biology.

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Subject Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Impact Factor 4
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Open
ISSN 1757-4749
eISSN 1757-4749
Invitation Only No
Cost Range £2490.00 GBP / $3390.00 USD / €2890.00 EUR APC; subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.

Submission Instructions

Gut Pathogens accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Research Article

Cover Letter Cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract Abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript should include the section headings Title page, Abstract, Keywords, Background, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, List of abbreviations, Declarations, Footnotes, References, and Figures, tables and additional files. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords and a Declarations section with the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements, using 'Not applicable' for any irrelevant subsection, and any use of a Large Language Model should be documented in the Methods section.
References References must use Vancouver style. Web links and URLs must be assigned a reference number and included in the reference list in full with the site title, URL, and access date, unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, and journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE.
Figures & Tables Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic file, tables shorter than one page may be placed in the manuscript at the appropriate location, and longer tables may be placed at the end of the document with their intended placement indicated in the text. Figures must be numbered and uploaded in the order first cited, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, and tables must be numbered in sequence and created using the word processor's Table object rather than embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.
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Review

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, confirm the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract A structured abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured with background, main body of the abstract, and short conclusion. Abstract headings must be Background, main body of the abstract, and short conclusion.
Manuscript Manuscript must include a title page, Background section, main text with possible subsections, Conclusions section, and a Declarations section with specified subheadings. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, and a Declarations section containing Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and optional Authors' information, with any Large Language Model use documented in the Methods or another suitable section.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Web links and URLs must be cited with a reference number and included in the reference list rather than in the text, unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, and journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE.
Figures & Tables Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript, tables shorter than one page can be placed within the manuscript, and tables longer than one page can be placed at the end of the document with callouts in the text. Figures and tables must be numbered in the order first cited in the text, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, tables must not be embedded as figures, and footnotes to tables must use superscript lower-case letters or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data.
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Case Report

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Case presentation, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript should include Background, Case presentation, Discussion and Conclusions, and a Declarations section. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, and a Declarations section with the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and Authors' information (optional), using 'Not applicable' for any irrelevant section.
References References must follow Vancouver reference style. Web links and URLs must be assigned a reference number and included in the reference list rather than in the text, unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, and journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE.
Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, tables longer than one page may be placed at the end of the document, and figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic file. Clinical photographs may be included only with written patient consent, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, and tables must not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.
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Genome Report

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any journal policy issues, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must use the headings Background, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript must include a title page identifying the corresponding author and listing all authors’ full names, institutional addresses, and email addresses, with the main text including Background, Quality assurance, Results and discussion, and a Declarations section with all required subheadings. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, metadata and relevant data resources as tabular additional files, a supplemental methods document as an additional file, and a Declarations section containing Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and Authors' information, with any irrelevant subsection marked 'Not applicable'.
References References must be fewer than twenty. References must follow Vancouver style. Web links and URLs must be cited with a reference number and included in the reference list rather than in the text.
Figures & Tables Genome reports must include no more than two figures. Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, tables longer than one page may be placed at the end of the document, and metadata and relevant data resources must be submitted as tabular additional files. Footnotes must be used instead of endnotes, text footnotes must be numbered consecutively, table footnotes must use superscript lower-case letters or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data, and footnotes must not consist solely of a reference citation or contain figures or tables.
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Correspondence

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract should be unstructured and briefly summarize the aim, findings, or purpose of the article.
Manuscript Main text should contain the body of the article and may be divided into subsections with short informative headings, and the manuscript must include a Declarations section with the specified subheadings. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, an Availability of data and materials statement, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, and a Declarations section containing Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and optional Authors' information, with any Large Language Model use documented in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available.
References References must follow Vancouver reference style. Web links and URLs must be assigned a reference number and included in the reference list rather than in the text, journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE, unpublished abstracts unpublished data and personal communications must not be included in the reference list, and publicly available datasets cited should include a persistent identifier such as a DOI.
Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, whereas longer tables may be placed at the end of the document with their intended placement indicated in the text, and figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic file. Figures and tables must be numbered in the order first cited, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, tables must not be embedded as figures, and table footnotes should use superscript lower-case letters or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data.
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Brief Report

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any journal policy issues, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract should not exceed 250 words.
Manuscript Manuscript must include a title page and a Declarations section with the subheadings 'Ethics approval and consent to participate', 'Consent for publication', 'Availability of data and materials', 'Competing interests', 'Funding', 'Authors' contributions', and 'Acknowledgements'. Manuscript must include an 'Availability of data and materials' statement, three to ten keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, required 'Not applicable' statements for irrelevant Declarations subsections, and disclosure of any Large Language Model use in the Methods or another suitable section.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Web links and URLs must be numbered and included in the reference list rather than the text, and unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not be included in the reference list.
Figures & Tables Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than the graphic file, tables under one page may be placed within the manuscript, and tables over one page may be placed at the end of the document. Figures and tables must be numbered in the order first cited in the text, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, tables must not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files, and footnotes must not contain figures or tables.
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Recent Publications

Longitudinal dynamics of gut microbiota and mycobiota in pneumonia-derived sepsis: evidence of taxonomic stability and trans-kingdom network reorganization

Fangyi Li, Xinyi Xu, Minggen Zhou, Shangming Du, Zhijie He, Zhongsheng Xia, Qikui Chen, Jieyao Li, Song Tang, Wa Zhong, Jihao Xu

10.1186/s13099-026-00838-0
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Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells synergize with fusobacterium nucleatum to drive colorectal tumorigenesis via gut microbiome dysbiosis

Keyi Zhang, Caihan Duan, Jiawei Chen, Qi He, Yu Jin, Jun Liu, Rong Lin, Chaoqun Han

10.1186/s13099-026-00839-z
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Antimicrobial resistance and genomic characteristics of nontyphoidal Salmonella strains from diarrheal patients in Shandong, China

Ruyue Fan, Peibin Hou, Bin Hu, Ying Yang, Na Sun, Dandi Li, Yuan Gao, Hao Song, Wenjuan Liu, Tingting Miao, Kai Guo, Weiwei Li, Yunchang Guo, Shaofei Yan, Xinpeng Li

10.1186/s13099-026-00840-6
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Genomic diversity, antibiotic resistance, and maturation‑dependent adhesion of F18 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains in porcine intestinal cells

Dongqi Liu, Nicholas L. F. Gallina, Chenhai Li, Nicole Irizarry-Tardi, Mahmoud Sayedahmed, Jathya C. Karunathilaka, Nathan Horn, Weicang Wang, Ahmed AbdelKhalek, Arun K. Bhunia

10.1186/s13099-026-00837-1
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Fungi and colorectal cancer: from dysregulation to clinical translation

Wu Yinhang, Han Shuwen, Zhuang Jing, Feng Min

10.1186/s13099-026-00835-3
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Submission to first decision (median): 6 days.

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter is required. It should explain why the manuscript should be published in Gut Pathogens, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare potential competing interests, confirm that all authors approved the submission, confirm that the work has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable. Authors may also suggest preferred and non-preferred peer reviewers in the cover letter.

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What are the publication costs?

The APC is £2490.00 GBP / $3390.00 USD / €2890.00 EUR for each accepted article, subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.

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Research Topics

Gut microbiota and health Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Escherichia coli research studies Probiotics and Fermented Foods Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Vibrio bacteria research studies Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Amoebic Infections and Treatments Inflammatory Bowel Disease Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Cancer Research and Treatments Microscopic Colitis Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Parasites and Host Interactions Nosocomial Infections in ICU

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