OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Human coronaviruses: activation and antagonism of innate immune responses	86
DNA Repair in Staphylococcus aureus	77
Mechanisms of action of microbicides commonly used in infection prevention and control	73
A Reduction of Transcriptional Regulation in Aquatic Oligotrophic Microorganisms Enhances Fitness in Nutrient-Poor Environments	69
Interplay between group A Streptococcus and host innate immune responses	64
Evolutionary trajectory for nuclear functions of ciliary transport complex proteins	64
Lipoic acid attachment to proteins: stimulating new developments	61
The Facts and Family Secrets of Plasmids That Replicate via the Rolling-Circle Mechanism	49
Resolving spatiotemporal dynamics in bacterial multicellular populations: approaches and challenges	45
The intersection of host in vivo metabolism and immune responses to infection with kinetoplastid and apicomplexan parasites	42
Understanding the gut microbiota by considering human evolution: a story of fire, cereals, cooking, molecular ingenuity, and functional cooperation	41
Hepatitis B virus entry, assembly, and egress	40
EcoSal Plus will become a part of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	40
Type III Secretion in Chlamydia	38
Outer Membrane Vesicles: Biogenesis, Functions, and Issues	38
Genotypic diversity, virulence, and molecular genetic tools in Histoplasma	37
Computational Tools for the Analysis of Uncultivated Phage Genomes	36
Bacterial cell volume regulation and the importance of cyclic di-AMP	35
Mating-Type Switching in Budding Yeasts, from Flip/Flop Inversion to Cassette Mechanisms	34
Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperones in Viral Infection: Therapeutic Perspectives	33
Molecular pathogenesis of Haemophilus ducreyi infection in human volunteers	32
How It All Begins: Bacterial Factors Mediating the Colonization of Invertebrate Hosts by Beneficial Symbionts	31
Membrane and organelle rearrangement during ascospore formation in budding yeast	30
Chemotropism and Cell-Cell Fusion in Fungi	29
Editorial Board	28

Aminoglycoside uptake, stress, and potentiation in Gram-negative bacteria: new therapies with old molecules	27
The biology and pathogenicity of Clostridium perfringens type F: a common human enteropathogen with a new(ish) name	26
CRISPRi functional genomics in bacteria and its application to medical and industrial research	24
Structural and functional diversity of Resistance-Nodulation-Division (RND) efflux pump transporters with implications for antimicrobial resistance	24
Vesicular mechanisms of drug resistance in apicomplexan parasites	22
Lessons Learned and Yet-to-Be Learned on the Importance of RNA Structure in SARS-CoV-2 Replication	22
Recent developments in Aspergillus fumigatus research: diversity, drugs, and disease	21
Host specificity of gut microbiota associated with social bees: patterns and processes	20
Editorial Board	19
Programmed chromosome fragmentation in ciliated protozoa: multiple means to chromosome ends	19
The polinton-like supergroup of viruses: evolution, molecular biology, and taxonomy	18
Viral factors underlying the pandemic potential of influenza viruses	17
Structural analysis of resistance-nodulation cell division transporters	17
Fatty acid synthesis and utilization in gram-positive bacteria: insights from Bacillus subtilis	16
Creating the “Dew Drop on a Rose Petal”: the Molecular Pathogenesis of Varicella-Zoster Virus Skin Lesions	16
The ArcAB Two-Component System: Function in Metabolism, Redox Control, and Infection	16
Unraveling the complexities of neurotropic virus infection and immune evasion	15
Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling of Nitrogen in Arid Ecosystems	15
How fungi see the world: fungal photoreceptors and their role in the regulation of fungal biology	15
A bird’s-eye view of the endoplasmic reticulum in filamentous fungi	14
Biological relevance of in vitro cellular models to study varicella-zoster virus—host cell interactome: current limitations and future perspectives	14
Infection Defects of RNA and DNA Viruses Induced by Antiviral RNA Interference	14
Insights into ecology, pathogenesis, and biofilm formation of Enterococcus faecalis from functional genomics	13
Molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 entry: implications for biomedical strategies	13
Correction for Zhu and Zheng, “The Race between Host Antiviral Innate Immunity and the Immune Evasion Strategies of Herpes Simplex Virus 1”	13
Enzyme Discovery in Anaerobic Fungi (Neocallimastigomycetes) Enables Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Innovation	13
Microbiology of human spaceflight: microbial responses to mechanical forces that impact health and habitat sustainability	13
Adaptations and metabolic evolution of myzozoan protists across diverse lifestyles and environments	12
Sugar-Phosphate Toxicities	12
2022 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	11
The Role of Chromatin and Transcriptional Control in the Formation of Sexual Fruiting Bodies in Fungi	11
Negative and ambisense RNA virus ribonucleocapsids: more than protective armor	10
Longevity of Fungal Mycelia and Nuclear Quality Checks: a New Hypothesis for the Role of Clamp Connections in Dikaryons	10
Methyl-Based Methanogenesis: an Ecological and Genomic Review	10
Hemophore-like proteins of the HmuY family in the oral and gut microbiome: unraveling the mystery of their evolution	10
Bacterial acquisition of host fatty acids has far-reaching implications on virulence	10
Hit ‘em Where It Hurts: Gram-Negative Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide as a Vaccine Target	9
Physiological adventures in Candida albicans : farnesol and ubiquinones	9
Urinary tract infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa	9
2024 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	9
Metabolic homeostasis in fungal infections from the perspective of pathogens, immune cells, and whole-body systems	9
Microbiome Interconnectedness throughout Environments with Major Consequences for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet	9
STRIPAK, a fundamental signaling hub of eukaryotic development	8
Roles of the Microbiota of the Female Reproductive Tract in Gynecological and Reproductive Health	8
Viruses Defined by the Position of the Virosphere within the Replicator Space	8
Enterococcus faecalis : an overlooked cell invader	8
The Peptidyl Transferase Center: a Window to the Past	8
Harnessing the Power of Model Organisms To Unravel Microbial Functions in the Coral Holobiont	7
Threats from the Candida parapsilosis complex: the surge of multidrug resistance and a hotbed for new emerging pathogens	7
2023 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	7