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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Bacteriophages potentiate the effect of antibiotics by eradication of persister cells and killing of biofilm-forming cells	82
Identification of pH-specific protein expression responses by Campylobacter jejuni strain NCTC 11168	72
Lipid lysination by MprF contributes to hemolytic pigment retention in group B Streptococcus	40
Escherichia coli enhances the virulence factors of Candida albicans, the cause of vulvovaginal candidiasis, in a dual bacterial/fungal biofilm	38
New insight into the relationship between Salmonella Typhimurium and the German cockroach suggests active mechanisms of vector-borne transmission	33
The Tol–Pal system of Escherichia coli plays an unexpected role in the import of the oxyanions chromate and phosphate	31
Antisense peptide nucleic acid inhibits the growth of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain	30
Early expression of capsule during Bacillus anthracis germination	29
Characterization and identification of Pseudomonas sp. AW4, an arsenic-resistant and plant growth-promoting bacteria isolated from the soybean (Glycine max L.) rhizosphere	28
DnaJ, a heat shock protein 40 family member, is essential for the survival and virulence of plant pathogenic Pseudomonas cichorii JBC1	25
Corynebacterium ramonii sp. nov., a novel toxigenic member of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae species complex	22
Switching off the yeast-to-hyphae transition in Yarrowia lipolytica through histone deacetylase inhibitors	21
Systematic transcriptome analysis allows the identification of new type I and type II Toxin/Antitoxin systems located in the superintegron of Vibrio cholerae	20
Comparative genomics sheds light on transcription factor-mediated regulation in the extreme acidophilic Acidithiobacillia representatives	18
Biofilm formation by selected microbial strains isolated from wastewater and their consortia: mercury resistance and removal potential	18
Bioleaching of polymetallic sulphidic mining residues: influence of increasing solid concentration on microbial community dynamics and metal dissolution	17
Editorial board	17
Transcriptional regulation of the mannitol phosphotransferase system operon by the ferric uptake regulator (Fur) in Vibrio cholerae El Tor serogroup O1	15
Development of molecular driven screening for desulfurizing microorganisms targeting the dszB desulfinase gene	15
Genome-wide identification of the Penicillium digitatum bZIP gene family and the roles of one key member, PdatfA	14
Skin microbiome of people living at the Dead Sea area – The lowest place on earth	14
Listeria monocytogenes in beef: a hidden risk	13
Molecular insights into PGPR fluorescent Pseudomonads complex mediated intercellular and interkingdom signal transduction mechanisms in promoting plant's immunity	13
Novel strains of Klebsiella africana and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Australian fruit bats (Pteropus poliocephalus)	13
Editorial board	12

BSC2 modulates AmB resistance via the maintenance of intracellular sodium/potassium ion homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	12
Biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance profiles of water-borne pathogens	12
Editorial board	12
BarA/UvrY differentially regulates prodigiosin biosynthesis and swarming motility in Serratia marcescens FS14	12
Rates of iron(III) reduction coupled to elemental sulfur or tetrathionate oxidation by acidophilic microorganisms and detection of sulfur intermediates	12
MibR and LibR are involved in the transcriptional regulation of the ipdC gene in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7	11
Actinomycetes studies in Tunisia	11
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	11
Alleviating the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus by ascorbic acid nanoemulsion	11
Plasmid pMO1 from Marinitoga okinawensis, first non-cryptic plasmid reported within Thermotogota	11
Biochemical characterization and mutational analysis of the NurA protein from the hyperthermophilic euryarchaeon Thermococcus barophilus Ch5	10
Prevalence of the optrA gene among Streptococcus suis isolates from diseased pigs and identification of a novel integrative conjugative element ICESsu988S	10
Metagenomics approaches in unveiling the dynamics of Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganisms (PGPM) vis-à-vis Phytophthora sp. suppression in various crop ecological systems	10
High-throughput functional profiling of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans genome	9
Giardia duodenalis carries out canonical homologous recombination and single-strand annealing	9
The persistence of time: the lifespan of Bacillus anthracis spores in environmental reservoirs	9
The dynamics of two iron-oxidizing Acidithiobacillus strains in industrial copper sulfide heap-leaching	9
Bivalent copper ions presence triggers removal and homeostatic mechanisms in the metal-resistant microorganism Apiotrichum loubieri M12	9
The stringent response is strongly activated in the antibiotic producing strain, Streptomyces coelicolor	9
Bacteriophage therapy: recent developments and applications of a renaissant weapon	9
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	9
Editorial Board	8
Transcription factor mce3R modulates antibiotics and disease persistence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	8
Plasmid – Chromosome interplay in natural and non-natural hosts: global transcription study of three Bacillus cereus group strains carrying pCER270 plasmid	8
Editorial board	8
Simulating compatible solute biosynthesis using a metabolic flux model of the biomining acidophile, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270	8
Protein kinase A regulatory subunit is required for normal growth, zoosporogenesis, and pathogenicity in Phytophthora sojae	8
Genomic analysis of Chryseobacterium indologenes and conformational dynamics of the selected DD-peptidase	8
Editorial Board	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 enigmatic physiological roles of AhpCF, Gpx, Npr and Kat in peroxide stress response of Enterococcus faecium	8
Polyphosphate accumulation and cell-surface properties by autochthonous bacteria from Argentinian Patagonia	8
Small RNA-mediated regulation of the tet(M) resistance gene expression in Enterococcus faecium	8
Diverse Enterococcus faecalis strains show heterogeneity in biofilm properties	7
Roles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa siderophores in interaction with prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms	7
2-Alkyl-anthraquinones inhibit Candida albicans biofilm via inhibiting the formation of matrix and hyphae	7
Bacillus pfraonensis sp. nov., a new strain isolated from a probiotic feed additive with low cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity	7
Isolation of a PRD1-like phage uncovers the carriage of three putative conjugative plasmids in clinical Burkholderia contaminans	7
The role of intracellular β-glucosidase in cellulolytic response induction in filamentous fungus Penicillium verruculosum	7
Myxobacteria: biology and bioactive secondary metabolites	7
d-aspartate, an amino-acid important for human health, supports anaerobic respiration in several Campylobacter species	7
Characterization of tailocins of Pragia fontium 24613 and the tailocin loci within the family Budviciaceae	7
Phylogenomics and molecular marker-based analyses of the order Nevskiales: proposal for the creation of Steroidobacterales ord. nov. and Peristeroidobacter gen. nov	7
CdgL is a degenerate nucleotide cyclase domain protein affecting flagellin synthesis and motility in Bacillus thuringiensis	7
Exacerbation of virulence of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli O104:H4 by subinhibitory concentrations of ampicillin	7
Overview of protein phosphorylation in bacteria with a main focus on unusual protein kinases in Bacillus subtilis	7
Evaluating the efficacy of endolysins and membrane permeabilizers against Vibrio parahaemolyticus in marine conditions	7
Physico-chemical characterization of single bacteria and spores using optical tweezers	7