OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews is 4. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
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A Reduction of Transcriptional Regulation in Aquatic Oligotrophic Microorganisms Enhances Fitness in Nutrient-Poor Environments	71
RecBCD enzyme: mechanistic insights from mutants of a complex helicase-nuclease	68
The polinton-like supergroup of viruses: evolution, molecular biology, and taxonomy	66
RpoS and the bacterial general stress response	66
Mechanisms of action of microbicides commonly used in infection prevention and control	65
Editorial Board	57
Pneumocystis Mating-Type Locus and Sexual Cycle during Infection	52
Endogenous and Borrowed Proteolytic Activity in theBorrelia	49
2023 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	46
Harnessing the Power of Model Organisms To Unravel Microbial Functions in the Coral Holobiont	40
Adaptations and metabolic evolution of myzozoan protists across diverse lifestyles and environments	35
P2RX7 at the Host-Pathogen Interface of Infectious Diseases	35
Human coronaviruses: activation and antagonism of innate immune responses	32
Threats from the Candida parapsilosis complex: the surge of multidrug resistance and a hotbed for new emerging pathogens	32
White-opaque switching in Candida albicans : cell biology, regulation, and function	31
Hsp90, a team player in protein quality control and the stress response in bacteria	30
Sugar-Phosphate Toxicities	28
How the PhoP/PhoQ System Controls Virulence and Mg ²⁺ Homeostasis: Lessons in Signal Transduction, Pathogenesis, Physiology, and Evolution	27
The Classical, Yet Controversial, First Enzyme of Lipid Synthesis: Escherichia coli Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase	27
Molecular Mechanisms and Evolutionary Consequences of Spore Killers in Ascomycetes	26
Antimicrobial Peptides and Small Molecules Targeting the Cell Membrane of Staphylococcus aureus	26
Genetic Networks That Govern Sexual Reproduction in the Pezizomycotina	25
DNA Repair in Staphylococcus aureus	25

Evolutionary Morphogenesis of Sexual Fruiting Bodies in Basidiomycota: Toward a New Evo-Devo Synthesis	21
Emerging Roles of Functional Bacterial Amyloids in Gene Regulation, Toxicity, and Immunomodulation	21
Response Mechanisms of Invertebrates to Bacillus thuringiensis and Its Pesticidal Proteins	19
From microbiome composition to functional engineering, one step at a time	19
Variable surface antigen expression, virulence, and persistent infection by Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites	18
Editorial Board	17
Structural analysis of resistance-nodulation cell division transporters	17
Mating Systems in True Morels ( Morchella )	17
Large Clostridial Toxins: Mechanisms and Roles in Disease	16
2022 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	16
The CD8⁺T Cell Noncytotoxic Antiviral Responses	16
Evolutionary trajectory for nuclear functions of ciliary transport complex proteins	15
Lipoic acid attachment to proteins: stimulating new developments	15
Methyl-Based Methanogenesis: an Ecological and Genomic Review	15
The intersection of host in vivo metabolism and immune responses to infection with kinetoplastid and apicomplexan parasites	14
Clearing the air: unraveling past and guiding future research in atmospheric chemosynthesis	13
Interplay between group A Streptococcus and host innate immune responses	13
The Role of Chromatin and Transcriptional Control in the Formation of Sexual Fruiting Bodies in Fungi	12
Generation and Repair of Postreplication Gaps in Escherichia coli	12
The Facts and Family Secrets of Plasmids That Replicate via the Rolling-Circle Mechanism	12
Retracing the evolution of Pneumocystis species, with a focus on the human pathogen Pneumocystis jirovecii	12
The multifaceted roles of phosphoethanolamine-modified lipopolysaccharides: from stress response and virulence to cationic antimicrobial resistance	11
The ArcAB Two-Component System: Function in Metabolism, Redox Control, and Infection	11
Bacterial acquisition of host fatty acids has far-reaching implications on virulence	11
Resolving spatiotemporal dynamics in bacterial multicellular populations: approaches and challenges	11
On a Special Collection in MMBR on Sex in Fungi: Molecular Mechanisms and Evolutionary Implications	10
Multiple sclerosis and infection: history, EBV, and the search for mechanism	10
Extracellular Metabolism Sets the Table for Microbial Cross-Feeding	10
Negative and ambisense RNA virus ribonucleocapsids: more than protective armor	9
Mechanical Forces Govern Interactions of Host Cells with Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens	9
An in-depth exploration of the multifaceted roles of EVs in the context of pathogenic single-cell microorganisms	9
Outer Membrane Vesicles: Biogenesis, Functions, and Issues	8
At the Crossroad of Nucleotide Dynamics and Protein Synthesis in Bacteria	8
A Brief History of the Discovery of RNA-Mediated Antiviral Immune Defenses in Vector Mosquitos	8
FabT, a Bacterial Transcriptional Repressor That Limits Futile Fatty Acid Biosynthesis	8
The Baltimore Classification of Viruses 50 Years Later: How Does It Stand in the Light of Virus Evolution?	8
Hemophore-like proteins of the HmuY family in the oral and gut microbiome: unraveling the mystery of their evolution	7
Longevity of Fungal Mycelia and Nuclear Quality Checks: a New Hypothesis for the Role of Clamp Connections in Dikaryons	7
Understanding the gut microbiota by considering human evolution: a story of fire, cereals, cooking, molecular ingenuity, and functional cooperation	7
Genotypic diversity, virulence, and molecular genetic tools in Histoplasma	7
Type III Secretion in Chlamydia	6
Bacillus subtilis stress-associated mutagenesis and developmental DNA repair	6
Linking human milk oligosaccharide metabolism and early life gut microbiota: bifidobacteria and beyond	6
Computational Tools for the Analysis of Uncultivated Phage Genomes	6
Hepatitis B virus entry, assembly, and egress	6
Creating the “Dew Drop on a Rose Petal”: the Molecular Pathogenesis of Varicella-Zoster Virus Skin Lesions	6
Urinary tract infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa	5
From soil to clinic: current advances in understanding Coccidioides and coccidioidomycosis	5
Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling of Nitrogen in Arid Ecosystems	5
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