OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Research in Microbiology is 7. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Early expression of capsule during Bacillus anthracis germination	75
Biofilm formation by selected microbial strains isolated from wastewater and their consortia: mercury resistance and removal potential	71
Corynebacterium ramonii sp. nov., a novel toxigenic member of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae species complex	39
Bacteriophages potentiate the effect of antibiotics by eradication of persister cells and killing of biofilm-forming cells	36
Systematic transcriptome analysis allows the identification of new type I and type II Toxin/Antitoxin systems located in the superintegron of Vibrio cholerae	32
Identification of pH-specific protein expression responses by Campylobacter jejuni strain NCTC 11168	31
DnaJ, a heat shock protein 40 family member, is essential for the survival and virulence of plant pathogenic Pseudomonas cichorii JBC1	30
Lipid lysination by MprF contributes to hemolytic pigment retention in group B Streptococcus	28
Characterization and identification of Pseudomonas sp. AW4, an arsenic-resistant and plant growth-promoting bacteria isolated from the soybean (Glycine max L.) rhizosphere	27
The Tol–Pal system of Escherichia coli plays an unexpected role in the import of the oxyanions chromate and phosphate	21
Antisense peptide nucleic acid inhibits the growth of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain	20
Comparative genomics sheds light on transcription factor-mediated regulation in the extreme acidophilic Acidithiobacillia representatives	19
Escherichia coli enhances the virulence factors of Candida albicans, the cause of vulvovaginal candidiasis, in a dual bacterial/fungal biofilm	18
New insight into the relationship between Salmonella Typhimurium and the German cockroach suggests active mechanisms of vector-borne transmission	17
Switching off the yeast-to-hyphae transition in Yarrowia lipolytica through histone deacetylase inhibitors	16
Editorial board	15
Bioleaching of polymetallic sulphidic mining residues: influence of increasing solid concentration on microbial community dynamics and metal dissolution	15
Genome-wide identification of the Penicillium digitatum bZIP gene family and the roles of one key member, PdatfA	14
Transcriptional regulation of the mannitol phosphotransferase system operon by the ferric uptake regulator (Fur) in Vibrio cholerae El Tor serogroup O1	14
Development of molecular driven screening for desulfurizing microorganisms targeting the dszB desulfinase gene	14
Skin microbiome of people living at the Dead Sea area – The lowest place on earth	12
Molecular insights into PGPR fluorescent Pseudomonads complex mediated intercellular and interkingdom signal transduction mechanisms in promoting plant's immunity	12
Biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance profiles of water-borne pathogens	11
BSC2 modulates AmB resistance via the maintenance of intracellular sodium/potassium ion homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	10
Listeria monocytogenes in beef: a hidden risk	10

BarA/UvrY differentially regulates prodigiosin biosynthesis and swarming motility in Serratia marcescens FS14	10
Rates of iron(III) reduction coupled to elemental sulfur or tetrathionate oxidation by acidophilic microorganisms and detection of sulfur intermediates	10
Novel strains of Klebsiella africana and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Australian fruit bats (Pteropus poliocephalus)	10
Editorial board	10
Editorial board	10
Plasmid pMO1 from Marinitoga okinawensis, first non-cryptic plasmid reported within Thermotogota	10
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	9
Actinomycetes studies in Tunisia	9
Biochemical characterization and mutational analysis of the NurA protein from the hyperthermophilic euryarchaeon Thermococcus barophilus Ch5	9
Alleviating the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus by ascorbic acid nanoemulsion	9
Metagenomics approaches in unveiling the dynamics of Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganisms (PGPM) vis-à-vis Phytophthora sp. suppression in various crop ecological systems	9
Bivalent copper ions presence triggers removal and homeostatic mechanisms in the metal-resistant microorganism Apiotrichum loubieri M12	9
MibR and LibR are involved in the transcriptional regulation of the ipdC gene in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7	9
Giardia duodenalis carries out canonical homologous recombination and single-strand annealing	9
Prevalence of the optrA gene among Streptococcus suis isolates from diseased pigs and identification of a novel integrative conjugative element ICESsu988S	9
Polyphosphate accumulation and cell-surface properties by autochthonous bacteria from Argentinian Patagonia	8
Protein kinase A regulatory subunit is required for normal growth, zoosporogenesis, and pathogenicity in Phytophthora sojae	8
Alicyclobacillus sp. SO9, a novel halophilic acidophilic iron-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a tailings-contaminated beach, and its effect on copper extraction from chalcopyrite in the presence of	8
Termitidicoccus mucosus gen. nov. sp. nov. a novel Verrucomicrobiota species isolated from Reticulitermes chinensis gives insights of high adaptability of symbiotic bacteria to termite gut ecosystem	8
The persistence of time: the lifespan of Bacillus anthracis spores in environmental reservoirs	8
The dynamics of two iron-oxidizing Acidithiobacillus strains in industrial copper sulfide heap-leaching	8
High-throughput functional profiling of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans genome	8
Plasmid – Chromosome interplay in natural and non-natural hosts: global transcription study of three Bacillus cereus group strains carrying pCER270 plasmid	8
The stringent response is strongly activated in the antibiotic producing strain, Streptomyces coelicolor	8
Bacteriophage therapy: recent developments and applications of a renaissant weapon	8
Editorial Board	7
Small RNA-mediated regulation of the tet(M) resistance gene expression in Enterococcus faecium	7
Genomic analysis of Chryseobacterium indologenes and conformational dynamics of the selected DD-peptidase	7
Editorial Board	7
Myxobacteria: biology and bioactive secondary metabolites	7
The role of intracellular β-glucosidase in cellulolytic response induction in filamentous fungus Penicillium verruculosum	7
Transcription factor mce3R modulates antibiotics and disease persistence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	7
CdgL is a degenerate nucleotide cyclase domain protein affecting flagellin synthesis and motility in Bacillus thuringiensis	7
Editorial board	7
Simulating compatible solute biosynthesis using a metabolic flux model of the biomining acidophile, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270	7
The enigmatic physiological roles of AhpCF, Gpx, Npr and Kat in peroxide stress response of Enterococcus faecium	7
d-aspartate, an amino-acid important for human health, supports anaerobic respiration in several Campylobacter species	7