OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews is 6. 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
Mechanisms of action of microbicides commonly used in infection prevention and control	219
Human coronaviruses: activation and antagonism of innate immune responses	97
A Reduction of Transcriptional Regulation in Aquatic Oligotrophic Microorganisms Enhances Fitness in Nutrient-Poor Environments	81
The CD8⁺T Cell Noncytotoxic Antiviral Responses	72
DNA Repair in Staphylococcus aureus	72
Interplay between group A Streptococcus and host innate immune responses	66
The Facts and Family Secrets of Plasmids That Replicate via the Rolling-Circle Mechanism	58
Resolving spatiotemporal dynamics in bacterial multicellular populations: approaches and challenges	57
Lipoic acid attachment to proteins: stimulating new developments	52
The intersection of host in vivo metabolism and immune responses to infection with kinetoplastid and apicomplexan parasites	47
Evolutionary trajectory for nuclear functions of ciliary transport complex proteins	39
Genotypic diversity, virulence, and molecular genetic tools in Histoplasma	38
Computational Tools for the Analysis of Uncultivated Phage Genomes	37
Hepatitis B virus entry, assembly, and egress	37
Understanding the gut microbiota by considering human evolution: a story of fire, cereals, cooking, molecular ingenuity, and functional cooperation	37
Outer Membrane Vesicles: Biogenesis, Functions, and Issues	34
Correction for Poggi and Richard, “Alternative DNA Structures In Vivo : Molecular Evidence and Remaining Questions”	33
Type III Secretion in Chlamydia	33
Mating-Type Switching in Budding Yeasts, from Flip/Flop Inversion to Cassette Mechanisms	32
How It All Begins: Bacterial Factors Mediating the Colonization of Invertebrate Hosts by Beneficial Symbionts	30
Bacterial cell volume regulation and the importance of cyclic di-AMP	29
Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperones in Viral Infection: Therapeutic Perspectives	29
Structural and functional diversity of Resistance-Nodulation-Division (RND) efflux pump transporters with implications for antimicrobial resistance	26
Chemotropism and Cell-Cell Fusion in Fungi	26
Editorial Board	26

The biology and pathogenicity of Clostridium perfringens type F: a common human enteropathogen with a new(ish) name	24
Aminoglycoside uptake, stress, and potentiation in Gram-negative bacteria: new therapies with old molecules	23
Microbial Community Resilience across Ecosystems and Multiple Disturbances	22
Host specificity of gut microbiota associated with social bees: patterns and processes	21
CRISPRi functional genomics in bacteria and its application to medical and industrial research	21
Lessons Learned and Yet-to-Be Learned on the Importance of RNA Structure in SARS-CoV-2 Replication	21
Vesicular mechanisms of drug resistance in apicomplexan parasites	21
Membrane and organelle rearrangement during ascospore formation in budding yeast	21
Recent developments in Aspergillus fumigatus research: diversity, drugs, and disease	20
Programmed chromosome fragmentation in ciliated protozoa: multiple means to chromosome ends	20
Editorial Board	19
The polinton-like supergroup of viruses: evolution, molecular biology, and taxonomy	18
The ArcAB Two-Component System: Function in Metabolism, Redox Control, and Infection	17
Creating the “Dew Drop on a Rose Petal”: the Molecular Pathogenesis of Varicella-Zoster Virus Skin Lesions	16
Editorial Board	16
Structural analysis of resistance-nodulation cell division transporters	16
Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling of Nitrogen in Arid Ecosystems	16
A bird’s-eye view of the endoplasmic reticulum in filamentous fungi	15
Microbiology of human spaceflight: microbial responses to mechanical forces that impact health and habitat sustainability	15
Take a Walk to the Wild Side of Caenorhabditis elegans -Pathogen Interactions	15
Infection Defects of RNA and DNA Viruses Induced by Antiviral RNA Interference	15
Correction for Zhu and Zheng, “The Race between Host Antiviral Innate Immunity and the Immune Evasion Strategies of Herpes Simplex Virus 1”	14
Insights into ecology, pathogenesis, and biofilm formation of Enterococcus faecalis from functional genomics	13
Enzyme Discovery in Anaerobic Fungi (Neocallimastigomycetes) Enables Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Innovation	11
Sugar-Phosphate Toxicities	11
Adaptations and metabolic evolution of myzozoan protists across diverse lifestyles and environments	11
2022 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	11
Bacterial acquisition of host fatty acids has far-reaching implications on virulence	10
The Role of Chromatin and Transcriptional Control in the Formation of Sexual Fruiting Bodies in Fungi	9
Methyl-Based Methanogenesis: an Ecological and Genomic Review	9
Longevity of Fungal Mycelia and Nuclear Quality Checks: a New Hypothesis for the Role of Clamp Connections in Dikaryons	8
Hit ‘em Where It Hurts: Gram-Negative Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide as a Vaccine Target	8
Negative and ambisense RNA virus ribonucleocapsids: more than protective armor	8
Hemophore-like proteins of the HmuY family in the oral and gut microbiome: unraveling the mystery of their evolution	8
Physiological adventures in Candida albicans : farnesol and ubiquinones	8
2024 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	8
Urinary tract infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa	8
Metabolic homeostasis in fungal infections from the perspective of pathogens, immune cells, and whole-body systems	8
Incompatibility Group I1 (IncI1) Plasmids: Their Genetics, Biology, and Public Health Relevance	7
Roles of the Microbiota of the Female Reproductive Tract in Gynecological and Reproductive Health	7
Viruses Defined by the Position of the Virosphere within the Replicator Space	7
The Peptidyl Transferase Center: a Window to the Past	7
Microbiome Interconnectedness throughout Environments with Major Consequences for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet	7
STRIPAK, a fundamental signaling hub of eukaryotic development	6
Harnessing the Power of Model Organisms To Unravel Microbial Functions in the Coral Holobiont	6
Hsp90, a team player in protein quality control and the stress response in bacteria	6
Enterococcus faecalis : an overlooked cell invader	6
Endogenous and Borrowed Proteolytic Activity in theBorrelia	6
2023 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	6
Threats from the Candida parapsilosis complex: the surge of multidrug resistance and a hotbed for new emerging pathogens	6

White-opaque switching in Candida albicans : cell biology, regulation, and function