OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Critical Reviews in Microbiology is 15. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Male-specific bacteriophages and their potential on combating the spreading of T4SS-bearing antimicrobial resistance plasmids	154
Neuroinflammation-mediated relationship between oral microbiome and neurodegenerative diseases	81
TREM-2: friend or foe in infectious diseases?	64
Salmonella in eggs and egg-laying chickens: pathways to effective control	56
Dynamics of antibiotic resistance genes in plasmids and bacteriophages	50
Current and emerging therapies for fungal biofilms and systemic infections	48
Paving the way forward: Escherichia coli bacteriophages in a One Health approach	47
Antimicrobial peptides as promising antibiotic adjuvants to combat drug-resistant pathogens	46
Engineered probiotics as live biotherapeutics for diagnosis and treatment of human diseases	45
Host and bacterial lipid metabolism during tuberculosis infections: possibilities to synergise host- and bacteria-directed therapies	43
Outer membrane proteins and vesicles as promising vaccine candidates against Vibrio spp. infections	40
Antibiotic heteroresistance: an important factor in the failure of Helicobacter Pylori eradication	35
Targeting bioinformatics tools to study the dissemination and spread of antibiotic resistant genes in the environment and clinical settings	32
Elucidating the multifaceted antibacterial mechanisms of luteolin: insights, challenges, and prospects for clinical translation	32
LysR-type transcriptional regulators: state of the art	30
Under the lens: using Raman spectroscopy as a unique system in biofilm analyses	29
Exploring halophilic environments as a source of new antibiotics	28
Anti- Candida albicans natural products: convergent technologies revolutionizing discovery from bioactivity assessment to targeted mechanisms	26
Interplay between Clostridioides difficile infection, host immunity, and metabolism: a comprehensive review	26
Helicobacter pylori ’s secret resilience: coccoid forms, yeast havens, and outer membrane vesicle release for survival and spread	25
Vibrio cholerae virulence and its suppression through the quorum-sensing system	25
The crosstalk between gut microbiota and microbiota-derived metabolites in hepatocellular carcinoma	24
Helicobacter pylori eradication: developing antibiotic-independent antimicrobial moieties	24
Advances in the applications of Bacteriophages and phage products against food-contaminating bacteria	24
Polyamine as a microenvironment factor in resistance to antibiotics	23

The role of single and mixed biofilms in Clostridioides difficile infection and strategies for prevention and inhibition	22
Recent advances in omics-driven research of photosynthetic microorganisms in green biotechnology	22
Probiotics for pancreatic β-cell function: from possible mechanism of action to assessment of effectiveness	22
Bacterial vaginosis: advancing insights into microbial dysbiosis	22
Endophytic fungi-bioinspired nanoparticles potential to control infectious disease	22
Microbial persisters and host: recent advances and future perspectives	20
Emergence of persister cells in Staphylococcus aureus : calculated or fortuitous move?	20
The diffusible signaling factor family in microbial signaling: a current perspective	20
Emerging strategies to target virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa respiratory infections	19
Molecular mechanisms of Klebsiella pneumoniae pathogenicity: from virulence factors to emerging therapeutic strategies	19
Revisiting the antimicrobial potential of metalloporphyrins: from food to pharma	18
Microbial biosynthesis of nucleos(t)ide analogs: applications, and engineering optimization	18
Antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa : mechanisms and emerging treatment	18
Biotherapeutic potential of gut microbiota-derived indole-3-acetic acid	18
Quorum sensing in biofilms: a key mechanism to target in ecotoxicological studies	18
Current types of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCC mec ) in clinically relevant coagulase-negative staphylococcal (CoNS) species	17
Ureaplasma infections: update on epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, and pathogenesis	17
Bacterial kinase in ESKAPE pathogen: regulators of virulence and novel therapeutic targets	17
Ocular surface microbiota dysbiosis contributes to the high prevalence of dry eye disease in diabetic patients	17
The resilient microbiome: how baseline gut microbial composition influences response to cancer treatment	16
Review on computer-assisted biosynthetic capacities elucidation to assess metabolic interactions and communication within microbial communities	16
Porphyromonas gingivalis and the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease	16
Mechanisms underlying the effects, and clinical applications, of oral microbiota in lung cancer: current challenges and prospects	15
The crosstalk between SUMOylation and immune system in host-pathogen interactions	15
Insights into the molecular basis of c-di-GMP signalling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	15