OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microbiology-SGM is 24. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Validation of a random Vibrio parahaemolyticus genomic library by selection of quinolone resistance in a heterologous host	124
The nisin O cluster: species dissemination, candidate leader peptide proteases and the role of regulatory systems	110
Combined effect of SAR-endolysin LysKpV475 with polymyxin B and Salmonella bacteriophage phSE-5	85
Culturomics from field-grown crop plants using dilution to extinction, two-step library preparation and amplicon sequencing	79
Pharmaco-psychiatry and gut microbiome: a systematic review of effects of psychotropic drugs for bipolar disorder	53
Microbe Profile: Nitrosopumilus maritimus	42
Antibiotic use in rural Kenyan livestock: navigating misuse, experience gaps and AMR risks	41
Identification of a novel gene required for competitive growth at high temperature in the thermotolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus	41
The dilution effect limits plasmid horizontal transmission in multispecies bacterial communities	39
Corrigendum: Identification and structural characterisation of a catecholate-type siderophore produced by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia K279a	38
Characterization of tigurilysin, a novel human CD59-specific cholesterol-dependent cytolysin, reveals a role for host specificity in augmenting toxin activity	38
Genome-wide analysis of genes involved in efflux function and regulation within Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium	37
Mutation of putative glycosyl transferases PslC and PslI confers susceptibility to antibiotics and leads to drastic reduction in biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	36
Erratum: The type-VI secretion system of the beneficial symbiont Vibrio fischeri	36
Development of a long-read next generation sequencing workflow for improved characterization of fastidious respiratory mycoplasmas	35
Topology of the Shigella flexneri Enterobacterial Common Antigen polymerase WzyE	35
Purification and characterization of a novel antibacterial peptide against Clostridium perfringens	34
Comments on the tolerance of Clostridioides difficile spores to disinfection with sodium hypochlorite disinfectant	28
Suppressor mutants demonstrate the metabolic plasticity of unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1	27
Recruitment of C4b-binding protein is not a complement evasion strategy employed by Staphylococcus aureus	27
Generation of tools for expression and purification of the phage-encoded Type I restriction enzyme inhibitor, Ocr	26
The impact of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators on the pulmonary microbiota	25
Identification and initial characterization of a new pair of sibling sRNAs of Neisseria gonorrhoeae involved in type IV pilus biogenesis	25
Sweet and sour synergy: exploring the antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of acetic acid and vinegar combined with medical-grade honeys	24
Evolution of cyclic di-GMP signalling on a short and long term time scale	24

A single amino acid exchange converts FocA into a unidirectional efflux channel for formate