OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microbiology-SGM is 27. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Validation of a random Vibrio parahaemolyticus genomic library by selection of quinolone resistance in a heterologous host	166
Identification of a novel gene required for competitive growth at high temperature in the thermotolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus	127
Culturomics from field-grown crop plants using dilution to extinction, two-step library preparation and amplicon sequencing	98
Pharmaco-psychiatry and gut microbiome: a systematic review of effects of psychotropic drugs for bipolar disorder	87
Antibiotic use in rural Kenyan livestock: navigating misuse, experience gaps and AMR risks	61
Genome-wide analysis of genes involved in efflux function and regulation within Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium	51
Microbe Profile: Nitrosopumilus maritimus	49
Combined effect of SAR-endolysin LysKpV475 with polymyxin B and Salmonella bacteriophage phSE-5	48
Characterization of tigurilysin, a novel human CD59-specific cholesterol-dependent cytolysin, reveals a role for host specificity in augmenting toxin activity	47
The nisin O cluster: species dissemination, candidate leader peptide proteases and the role of regulatory systems	45
Mutation of putative glycosyl transferases PslC and PslI confers susceptibility to antibiotics and leads to drastic reduction in biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	44
Comments on the tolerance of Clostridioides difficile spores to disinfection with sodium hypochlorite disinfectant	42
Erratum: The type-VI secretion system of the beneficial symbiont Vibrio fischeri	42
Natural products from food sources can alter the spread of antimicrobial resistance plasmids in Enterobacterales	39
Evolution of cyclic di-GMP signalling on a short and long term time scale	39
Topology of the Shigella flexneri Enterobacterial Common Antigen polymerase WzyE	38
The impact of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators on the pulmonary microbiota	37
Generation of tools for expression and purification of the phage-encoded Type I restriction enzyme inhibitor, Ocr	34
Recruitment of C4b-binding protein is not a complement evasion strategy employed by Staphylococcus aureus	34
Development of a long-read next generation sequencing workflow for improved characterization of fastidious respiratory mycoplasmas	33
Purification and characterization of a novel antibacterial peptide against Clostridium perfringens	32
Microbial Primer: Biosurfactants – the ABCs of microbial surface-active metabolites	30
Lactobacilli and human dental caries: more than mechanical retention	30
Fitness costs of CRISPR-Cas systems in bacteria	29
Sweet and sour synergy: exploring the antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of acetic acid and vinegar combined with medical-grade honeys	29

A single amino acid exchange converts FocA into a unidirectional efflux channel for formate	28
Suppressor mutants demonstrate the metabolic plasticity of unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1	27