OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Research in Microbiology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Fungal infections diagnosis – Past, present and future	48
Bacterial exopolysaccharides as emerging bioactive macromolecules: from fundamentals to applications	42
Volatile organic compounds produced by Aureobasidium pullulans induce electrolyte loss and oxidative stress in Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria alternata	29
Combined antimicrobial use of essential oils and bacteriocin bacLP17 as seafood biopreservative to control Listeria monocytogenes both in planktonic and in sessile forms	27
Proposal for reunification of the genus Raoultella with the genus Klebsiella and reclassification of Raoultella electrica as Klebsiella electrica comb. nov.	26
Escherichia coli enhances the virulence factors of Candida albicans, the cause of vulvovaginal candidiasis, in a dual bacterial/fungal biofilm	24
Quinones: more than electron shuttles	23
Pentadecanoic acid against Candida albicans-Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilm: towards the development of an anti-biofilm coating to prevent polymicrobial infections	23
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and the emergence of new sequence types associated with hospital infection	23
Occurrence of filamentous fungi in drinking water: their role on fungal-bacterial biofilm formation	22
Bacteriophage therapy: recent developments and applications of a renaissant weapon	21
Haloarchaea have a high genomic diversity for the biosynthesis of carotenoids of biotechnological interest	18
Morpholinium-based ionic liquids show antimicrobial activity against clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa	16
Involvement of amyloid proteins in the formation of biofilms in the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans	15
Bacteriophages that infect Gram-negative bacteria as source of signal-arrest-release motif lysins	14
Molecular and physiological analysis of indole-3-acetic acid degradation in Bradyrhizobium japonicum E109	14
Tightly controlled response to oxidative stress; an important factor in the tolerance of Bacteroides fragilis	13
Klebsiella MALDI TypeR: a web-based tool for Klebsiella identification based on MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry	13
An effective culturomics approach to study the gut microbiota of mammals	12
Core genome multilocus sequence typing scheme for Bacillus cereus group bacteria	12
Myxobacteria: biology and bioactive secondary metabolites	12
SwrA as global modulator of the two-component system DegSU in Bacillus subtilis	12
Carvacrol modulates the expression and activity of antioxidant enzymes in Candida auris	12
The histone acetyltransferase FocGCN5 regulates growth, conidiation, and pathogenicity of the banana wilt disease causal agent Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense tropical race 4	11
Improved eradication efficacy of a combination of newly identified antimicrobial agents in C. albicans and S. aureus mixed-species biofilm	10

High reduction of staphylococcal biofilm by aqueous extract from marine sponge-isolated Enterobacter sp.	10
The persistence of time: the lifespan of Bacillus anthracis spores in environmental reservoirs	10
Isolation, characterization, and efficacy of bacteriophages isolated against Citrobacter spp. an in vivo approach in a zebrafish model (Danio rerio)	10
New insight into the relationship between Salmonella Typhimurium and the German cockroach suggests active mechanisms of vector-borne transmission	10
Doderlin: isolation and characterization of a broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptide from Lactobacillus acidophilus	10
Phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses support the creation of the novel family Ignatzschineriaceae fam. nov. comprising the genera Ignatzschineria and Wohlfahrtiimonas within the order Cardio	10
Analysis of AcrB in Klebsiella pneumoniae reveals natural variants promoting enhanced multidrug resistance	9
Antisense peptide nucleic acid inhibits the growth of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain	9
Study of the relationship between extracellular superoxide and glutathione production in batch cultures of Escherichia coli	9
A novel ItrA4 d-galactosyl 1-phosphate transferase is predicted to initiate synthesis of an amino sugar-lacking K92 capsular polysaccharide of Acinetobacter baumannii B8300	9
Involvement of serine / threonine protein kinases in DNA damage response and cell division in bacteria	9
Proteomic comparison of biofilm vs. planktonic Staphylococcus epidermidis cells suggests key metabolic differences between these conditions	9
Biochemical and molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Salmonella spp.	8
Diverse Enterococcus faecalis strains show heterogeneity in biofilm properties	8
The protein–protein interaction network of the Escherichia coli EIIANtr regulatory protein reveals a role in cell motility and metabolic control	8
Systematic transcriptome analysis allows the identification of new type I and type II Toxin/Antitoxin systems located in the superintegron of Vibrio cholerae	8
Signalling mechanisms involved in stress response to antifungal drugs	8
Archaea: current and potential biotechnological applications	8
Novel strains of Klebsiella africana and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Australian fruit bats (Pteropus poliocephalus)	8
Cadaverine biosynthesis contributes to decreased Escherichia coli susceptibility to antibiotics	8
Secretion systems play a critical role in resistance to predation by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus	8
Assessment of the growth inhibition and anti-biofilm activity of aptamer (PmA2G02) against Proteus mirabilis 1429T	8
Redox stress response and UV tolerance in the acidophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria Leptospirillum ferriphilum and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans	8
N6-methyladenine and epigenetic immunity of Deinococcus radiodurans	8
Biofilm formation by ST17 and ST19 strains of Streptococcus agalactiae	7
Microbial anti-biofilms: types and mechanism of action	7
Bivalent copper ions presence triggers removal and homeostatic mechanisms in the metal-resistant microorganism Apiotrichum loubieri M12	7
Sulfoacidibacillus ferrooxidans, gen. nov., sp. nov., Sulfoacidibacillus thermotolerans, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Ferroacidibacillus organovorans, gen. nov., sp. nov.: Extremely acidophilic chemolitho	7
High-throughput functional profiling of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans genome	7
Transcript profiling reveals the role of PDB1, a subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, in Candida albicans biofilm formation	7
Genomic analysis of Chryseobacterium indologenes and conformational dynamics of the selected DD-peptidase	7
Staphylococcus aureus surface protein G (sasG) allelic variants: correlation between biofilm formation and their prevalence in methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) clones	7
Bacterial antagonism of Chromobacterium haemolyticum and characterization of its putative type VI secretion system	6
BarA/UvrY differentially regulates prodigiosin biosynthesis and swarming motility in Serratia marcescens FS14	6
Corynebacterium ramonii sp. nov., a novel toxigenic member of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae species complex	6
Effect of actinorhizal root exudates on the proteomes of Frankia soli NRRL B-16219, a strain colonizing the root tissues of its actinorhizal host via intercellular pathway	6
Biofilm formation and social interaction of Leptospira in natural and artificial environments	6
Alleviating the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus by ascorbic acid nanoemulsion	6
Silencing acpP gene via antisense oligonucleotide-niosome complex in clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates	6
AmpR is a dual regulator in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia with a positive role in β-lactam resistance and a negative role in virulence, biofilm and DSF production	6
Rates of iron(III) reduction coupled to elemental sulfur or tetrathionate oxidation by acidophilic microorganisms and detection of sulfur intermediates	6
Quantitative phosphoproteomics reveals the effect of baeSR and acrB genes on protein phosphorylation in Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium	5
Functional analysis and enzyme characterization of mannose-1-phosphate guanylyl transferase (ManB) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis	5
SopA inactivation or reduced expression is selected in intracellular Salmonella and contributes to systemic Salmonella infection	5
Applied of actinobacteria consortia-based bioremediation to restore co-contaminated systems	5
Beyond membrane components: uncovering the intriguing world of fungal sphingolipid synthesis and regulation	5
Diversity of ethanolamine utilization by human commensal Escherichia coli	5
Does environmental replication contribute to Bacillus anthracis spore persistence and infectivity in soil?	5
Effects of sub-lethal doses of nisin on the virulence of Salmonella enterica in Galleria mellonella larvae	5
Corrigendum to “Proposal for reunification of the genus Raoultella with the genus Klebsiella and reclassification of Raoultella electrica as Klebsiella electrica comb. nov.” [Res microbiol 172 (2021)	5

Decoding whole genome of Anoxybacillus rupiensis TPH1 isolated from tatapani hot spring, India and giving insight into bioremediation ability of TPH1 via heavy metals and azo dyes	5
Evaluating the efficacy of endolysins and membrane permeabilizers against Vibrio parahaemolyticus in marine conditions	5
Phylogenomics and molecular marker-based analyses of the order Nevskiales: proposal for the creation of Steroidobacterales ord. nov. and Peristeroidobacter gen. nov	5
Biofilm formation by selected microbial strains isolated from wastewater and their consortia: mercury resistance and removal potential	5
Involvement of RNA chaperone hfq in the regulation of antibiotic resistance and virulence in Shigella sonnei	5
Acyldepsipeptide activated ClpP1P2 macromolecule of Leptospira, an ideal Achilles’ heel to hamper the cell survival and deregulate ClpP proteolytic activity	5
Comparative proteomics reveals essential mechanisms for osmotolerance in Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus	5
Isoprene production by Rhodobacter sphaeroides and its antimicrobial activity	5
Sporulation efficiency and spore quality in a human intestinal isolate of Bacillus cereus	5
l-tyrosine modulates biofilm formation of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579	5
RiboGrove: a database of full-length prokaryotic 16S rRNA genes derived from completely assembled genomes	4
Quenching and quorum sensing in bacterial bio-films	4
Are Bacillus thuringiensis strains like any other Bacillus cereus strains? Phenotypic-based tools to locate Bacillus thuringiensis in the diversity of the Bacillus cereus sensu lato group	4
Phenotypic and genomic characterization provide new insights into adaptation to environmental stressors and biotechnological relevance of mangrove Alcaligenes faecalis D334	4
Physico-chemical characterization of single bacteria and spores using optical tweezers	4
Surface architecture of Neisseria meningitidis capsule and outer membrane as revealed by atomic force microscopy	4
Polyphosphate accumulation and cell-surface properties by autochthonous bacteria from Argentinian Patagonia	4
Research on DnaA in the early days	4
A transcriptional regulator, IscR, of Burkholderia multivorans acts as both repressor and activator for transcription of iron-sulfur cluster-biosynthetic isc operon	4
Comparative characteristics of sequence types, genotypes and virulence of multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated from various hosts in eastern Poland. Spread of clonal complex 17 in humans	4
Transcription factor mce3R modulates antibiotics and disease persistence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	4
Plasmid – Chromosome interplay in natural and non-natural hosts: global transcription study of three Bacillus cereus group strains carrying pCER270 plasmid	4
Pal depletion results in hypervesiculation and affects cell morphology and outer-membrane lipid asymmetry in bordetellae	4
Effect of the combinatorial iron-chelation and oxidative stress on the growth of Aspergillus species	4
Study of the early response of Escherichia coli lpcA and ompF mutants to ciprofloxacin	4
Overview of protein phosphorylation in bacteria with a main focus on unusual protein kinases in Bacillus subtilis	4
Prediction of nitrofurantoin resistance among Enterobacteriaceae and mutational landscape of in vitro selected resistant Escherichia coli	4
Role of a fasciclin domain protein in photooxidative stress and flocculation in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7	4
The enigmatic physiological roles of AhpCF, Gpx, Npr and Kat in peroxide stress response of Enterococcus faecium	4
Biofilms communities in the soil: characteristic and interactions using mathematical model	3
Quercetin's antibiofilm effectiveness against drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus and its validation by in silico modeling	3
Performance of the GenoType MTBDRsl V 2.0 for detecting second-line drugs resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Tunisia	3
Biochemical limitations of Bacillus thuringiensis based biopesticides production in a wheat bran culture medium	3
Evolution of gentamicin and arsenite resistance acquisition in Ralstonia pickettii water isolates	3
Transcriptional regulation of the mannitol phosphotransferase system operon by the ferric uptake regulator (Fur) in Vibrio cholerae El Tor serogroup O1	3
Characterisation of the manganese superoxide dismutase of Enterococcus faecium	3
Caspofungin alone or combined with polymyxin B are effective against mixed biofilm of Aspergillus fumigatus and carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa	3
Therapeutic potential of otilonium bromide against Vibrio vulnificus	3
Bacterial biofilm formation and anti-biofilm strategies	3
Heat shock response in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and first implications for cross-stress adaptation	3
Transcriptomic signature of bacteria exposed to benzalkonium chloride	3
ABC transporter slr0982 affects response of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 to oxidative stress caused by methyl viologen	3
Metabolomics profiling of culture medium reveals association of methionine and vitamin B metabolisms with virulent phenotypes of clinical bloodstream-isolated Candida albicans	3
Corynebacterium genitalium sp. nov., nom. rev. and Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium sp. nov., nom. rev., two old species of the genus Corynebacterium described from clinical and environmental samples	3
Experimental evolution forcing Oenococcus oeni acid tolerance highlights critical role of the citrate locus	3
Comparative genomic analysis of the Dietzia genus: an insight into genomic diversity, and adaptation	3
Small RNA-mediated regulation of the tet(M) resistance gene expression in Enterococcus faecium	3
Oxidative damage by 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione and its silver and copper complexes lead to apoptotic-like death in Trichomonas vaginalis	2
The cysS gene (ncgl0127) of Corynebacterium glutamicum is required for sulfur assimilation and affects oxidative stress-responsive cysteine import	2
Alterations of growth, biofilm-forming, and gene expression of Bordetella pertussis by antibiotics at sub-minimum inhibitory concentrations	2
2-Alkyl-anthraquinones inhibit Candida albicans biofilm via inhibiting the formation of matrix and hyphae	2
Biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance profiles of water-borne pathogens	2
Effects of ultraviolet and photosynthetically active radiation on morphogenesis, antioxidants and photoprotective defense mechanism in a hot-spring cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. strain VKB02	2
Regulation of maltocin synthesis in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia by positive and negative regulators	2
Purification of membrane vesicles from Gram-positive bacteria using flow cytometry, after iodixanol density-gradient ultracentrifugation	2
The NF-κB factor Relish is essential for the epithelial defenses protecting against δ-endotoxin dependent effects of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis infection in the Drosophila model	2
Atg8 and Ire1 in combination regulate the autophagy-related endoplasmic reticulum stress response in Candida albicans	2
The dynamics of two iron-oxidizing Acidithiobacillus strains in industrial copper sulfide heap-leaching	2
Thiol-specific oxidant diamide downregulates whiA gene of Corynebacterium glutamicum, thereby suppressing cell division and metabolism	2
Skin microbiome bacteria enriched following long sun exposure can reduce oxidative damage	2
A highly specific Serratia-infecting T7-like phage inhibits biofilm formation in two different genera of the Enterobacteriaceae family	2
Conditional gene silencing in the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125	2
Deficient Pseudomonas aeruginosa in MlaA/VacJ outer membrane lipoprotein shows decrease in rhamnolipids secretion, motility, and biofilm formation, and increase in fluoroquinolones susceptibility and	2
Bioleaching of polymetallic sulphidic mining residues: influence of increasing solid concentration on microbial community dynamics and metal dissolution	2
DnaJ, a heat shock protein 40 family member, is essential for the survival and virulence of plant pathogenic Pseudomonas cichorii JBC1	2
The role of Acinetobacter baumannii CarO outer membrane protein in carbapenems influx	2
The importance of the PapR7 C-terminus and amide protons in mediating quorum sensing in Bacillus cereus	2
Phenotypic impacts and genetic regulation characteristics of the DNA adenine methylase gene (dam) in Salmonella Typhimurium biofilm forms	2
Comprehensive updates on the biological features and metabolic potential of the versatile extremophilic actinomycete Nocardiopsis dassonvillei	2
Genetic and evolutionary characterization of the Major Facilitator Superfamily transporters of the antibacterial, Pantoea Natural Product 3	2
Modeling gastrointestinal anthrax disease	2
TipB, a novel cell wall hydrolase, is required for efficient conjugative transfer of pXO16 from Bacillus thuringiensis sv. israelensis	2
Development of molecular driven screening for desulfurizing microorganisms targeting the dszB desulfinase gene	2
Roles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa siderophores in interaction with prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms	2
Bacteriophages potentiate the effect of antibiotics by eradication of persister cells and killing of biofilm-forming cells	2
A phosphopantetheinyl transferase gene restricted to Porphyromonas	2