OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Microbiology-SGM 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Wild ciliates differ in susceptibility to Legionella pneumophila JR32	67
Functional characterization of a gene cluster responsible for inositol catabolism associated with hospital-adapted isolates of Enterococcus faecium	60
FocA and its central role in fine-tuning pH homeostasis of enterobacterial formate metabolism	60
Enhanced production of Shiga toxin 1 in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli by oxygen	59
Idification and structural characterisation of a catecholate-type siderophore produced by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia K279a	46
Mutational hotspots lead to robust but suboptimal adaptive outcomes in certain environments	34
Genetic and mutational analysis of virulence traits and their modulation in an environmental toxigenic Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139 strain, VCE232	32
Genome-wide analysis of genes involved in efflux function and regulation within Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium	31
A historical sequence deletion in a commonly used Bacillus subtilis chromosome integration vector generates undetected loss-of-function mutations	31
The Salmonella Typhi SPI-2 injectisome enigma	28
Importance of transmembrane helix 4 of l-alanine exporter AlaE in oligomer formation and substrate export activity in Escherichia coli	27
Biochemical and functional characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ketol-acid reductoisomerase	27
A CRISPRi-based investigation reveals that multiple promoter elements drive gene expression from the genome of mycobacteriophage D29	25
Methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase utilizes 10-formyldihydrofolate as an alternative substrate and impacts antifolate drug action	24
Corrigendum: Characterisation of anhydro-sialic acid transporters from mucosa-associated bacteria	24
Investigating zinc toxicity responses in marine Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus	23
A novel hemA mutation is responsible for a small-colony-variant phenotype in Escherichia coli	23
Cross-species activation of hydrogen cyanide production by a promiscuous quorum-sensing receptor promotes Chromobacterium subtsugae competition in a dual-species model	22
Growth rate and nutrient limitation as key drivers of extracellular quorum sensing signal molecule accumulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	21
Seasonal variation in the stomach microbiota of two sympatrically breeding Pygoscelis penguin species at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands	20
Corrigendum: Identification and structural characterisation of a catecholate-type siderophore produced by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia K279a	20
Microbe Profile: Nitrosopumilus maritimus	19
Validation of a random Vibrio parahaemolyticus genomic library by selection of quinolone resistance in a heterologous host	18
Key carboxylate residues for iron transit through the prokaryotic ferritin SynFtn	18
From infection niche to therapeutic target: the intracellular lifestyle of Mycobacterium tuberculosis	17

A coevolution experiment between Flavobacterium johnsoniae and Burkholderia thailandensis reveals parallel mutations that reduce antibiotic susceptibility	17
A NiCoT family metal transporter of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Rv2856/NicT) behaves as a drug efflux pump that facilitates cross-resistance to antibiotics	17
How Microbology was produced	17
Mining indigenous honeybee gut microbiota for Lactobacillus with probiotic potential	16
Identification of a novel gene required for competitive growth at high temperature in the thermotolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus	16
Microbe Profile: Pectobacterium atrosepticum: an enemy at the door	16
Moving toward a better understanding of the model bacterial predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus	15
Investigating trends in antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from clinical urine specimens in the Orkney Islands	15
Isolation and characterization of bacteria from activated sludge capable of degrading 17α-ethinylestradiol, a contaminant of high environmental concern	15
Microbiome-derived metabolite effects on intestinal barrier integrity and immune cell response to infection	15
Transcription factor expression levels and environmental signals constrain transcription factor innovation	15
Bacterial protein secretion systems: Game of types	14
Genomic and functional insights into antibiotic resistance genes floR and strA linked with the SXT element of Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139	14
Haem toxicity provides a competitive advantage to the clinically relevant Staphylococcus aureus small colony variant phenotype	14
Characterization of tigurilysin, a novel human CD59-specific cholesterol-dependent cytolysin, reveals a role for host specificity in augmenting toxin activity	14
Effect of pH on the antimicrobial activity of the macrophage metabolite itaconate	14
Eco-evolutionary dynamics of experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations under oxidative stress	13
Microbial Primer: What is the stringent response and how does it allow bacteria to survive stress?	13
Two reasons to kill: predation and kin discrimination in myxobacteria	13
Predatory bacteria prevent the proliferation of intraocular Serratia marcescens and fluoroquinolone-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa	13
Isolation, characterization and screening of actinomycetes associated with fijian ant–plant symbioses	13
Mutation of putative glycosyl transferases PslC and PslI confers susceptibility to antibiotics and leads to drastic reduction in biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	12
Transient internalization of Campylobacter jejuni in Amoebae enhances subsequent invasion of human cells	12
Stress response modulation: the key to survival of pathogenic and spoilage bacteria during poultry processing	12
A multi-functional survey of the properties of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei subsp. tolerans NOC-122, Levilactobacillus parabrevis NOC-111 and Latilactobacillus curvatus NOC-110	11
Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms to tobramycin and the quorum sensing inhibitor C-30 during experimental evolution requires multiple genotypic and phenotypic changes	11
Increased tolerance to commonly used antibiotics in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa ex vivo porcine keratitis model	11
Microbe Profile: The Lactobacillaceae	11
Microbe Profile: Xylella fastidiosa – a devastating agricultural pathogen with an endophytic lifestyle	11
Sporadic type VI secretion in seventh pandemic Vibrio cholerae	11
Production of quorum sensing-related metabolites and phytoalexins during Pseudomonas aeruginosa–Brassica napus interaction	10
At the metal–metabolite interface in Aspergillus fumigatus: towards untangling the intersecting roles of zinc and gliotoxin	10
Dual transcriptional inhibition of glutamate and alanine racemase is synergistic in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	10
Rare actinobacteria isolated from the hypersaline Ojo de Liebre Lagoon as a source of novel bioactive compounds with biotechnological potential	10
Hydrogen peroxide, sodium dichloro-s-triazinetriones and quaternary alcohols significantly inactivate the dry-surface biofilms of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa more than quaternary	10
Isolation and identification of chlorate-reducing Hafnia sp. from milk	10
Roles for phthiocerol dimycocerosate lipids in Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis	10
Under conditions closely mimicking vaginal fluid, Lactobacillus jensenii strain 62B produces a bacteriocin-like inhibitory substance that targets and eliminates Gardnerella species	10
Characterization of MLST-99 Salmonella Typhimurium and the monophasic variant I:4,[5],12:i:- isolated from Canadian Atlantic coast shellfish	10
Combined effect of SAR-endolysin LysKpV475 with polymyxin B and Salmonella bacteriophage phSE-5	9
Vitamin B12 biosynthesis of Cetobacterium ceti isolated from the intestinal content of captive common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)	9
Bacterial pore-forming toxins	9
What have molecular simulations contributed to understanding of Gram-negative bacterial cell envelopes?	9
Diversity and structure of the deep-sea sponge microbiome in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean	9
Characterization of a TatA/TatB binding site on the TatC component of the Escherichia coli twin arginine translocase	9
A multi-colour fluorogenic tag and its application in Candida albicans	9
Regulatory role of CsuR (YiaU) in determination of cell surface properties of Escherichia coli K-12	9
A putative xanthine dehydrogenase is critical for Borrelia burgdorferi survival in ticks and mice	9
Microbe Profile: Legionella pneumophila - a copycat eukaryote	9
The Bacillus virulome in endophthalmitis	9

Characterization of an operon required for growth on cellobiose in Clostridioides difficile	9
A tradeoff between bacteriophage resistance and bacterial motility is mediated by the Rcs phosphorelay in Escherichia coli	9
Effects of periodic bottlenecks on the dynamics of adaptive evolution in microbial populations	9
Alanine-scanning mutagenesis of protein mannosyl-transferase from Streptomyces coelicolor reveals strong activity-stability correlation	9
Perspectives on Metals in Microbiology	9
Accessory microbiomes	8
Antibacterial activity of epsilon-poly-l-lysine produced by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia HS4 and Paenibacillus polymyxa HS5, alone and in combination with bacteriophages	8
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa sphBC genes are important for growth in the presence of sphingosine by promoting sphingosine metabolism	8
A capsule-associated gene of Cryptococcus neoformans, CAP64, is involved in pH homeostasis	8
A comparative genomic and phenotypic study of Vibrio cholerae model strains using hybrid sequencing	8
The biogenesis of β-lactamase enzymes	8
The dilution effect limits plasmid horizontal transmission in multispecies bacterial communities	8
Conserved and specialized functions of Type VII secretion systems in non-tuberculous mycobacteria	8
Quorum-sensing, intra- and inter-species competition in the staphylococci	8
Microbial Musings – March 2021	8
The distribution of fitness effects of plasmid pOXA-48 in clinical enterobacteria	8
Mechanism of assembly of type 4 filaments: everything you always wanted to know (but were afraid to ask)	8
Iron influences the expression of colonization factor CS6 of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli	8
4′-Deoxypyridoxine disrupts vitamin B6 homeostasis in Escherichia coli K12 through combined inhibition of cumulative B6 uptake and PLP-dependent enzyme activity	8
Evaluation of developing maize microbiomes and associations among nitrogen cyclers and key fungal taxa	8
Biotin concentration affects anaplerotic reactions functioning in glutamic acid production in Corynebacterium glutamicum	8
Prokaryotic ammonium transporters: what has three decades of research revealed?	7
Bacterial secretion system functions: evidence of interactions and downstream implications	7
Recruitment of C4b-binding protein is not a complement evasion strategy employed by Staphylococcus aureus	7
Population heterogeneity in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium abscessus	7
Significant variability exists in the cytotoxicity of global methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages	7
Creatine utilization as a sole nitrogen source in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is transcriptionally regulated by CahR	7
An arabinose-induced enhancement of asexual reproduction and concomitant changes in metabolic state in the filamentous fungus Bipolaris maydis	7
Gene expression reprogramming of Pseudomonas alloputida in response to arginine through the transcriptional regulator ArgR	7
qnrA gene diversity in Shewanella spp.	7
Ribosome hibernation: a new molecular framework for targeting nonreplicating persisters of mycobacteria	7
Different stages of the infection cycle are enriched for Campylobacter strains with distinct phenotypes and levels of fluoroquinolone resistance	7
Natural products from food sources can alter the spread of antimicrobial resistance plasmids in Enterobacterales	7
Characterizing a stable five-species microbial community for use in experimental evolution and ecology	7
A journey with type IX secretion system effectors: selection, transport, processing and activities	7
PBP4 and PBP5 are involved in regulating exopolysaccharide synthesis during Escherichia coli biofilm formation	7
Microbial Primer: LuxR-LuxI Quorum Sensing	7
Clostridioides difficile infection: traversing host–pathogen interactions in the gut	7
Genomic deletions in Rhodococcus based on transformation of linear heterologous DNA	7
An efficient CRISPR interference-based prediction method for synergistic/additive effects of novel combinations of anti-tuberculosis drugs	7
Regulation of type VI secretion systems at the transcriptional, posttranscriptional and posttranslational level	7
Comments on the tolerance of Clostridioides difficile spores to disinfection with sodium hypochlorite disinfectant	6
The role of l-arabinose metabolism for Escherichia coli O157:H7 in edible plants	6
Wildy Prize Lecture, 2020–2021: Who wouldn’t want to discover a new virus?	6
Bioprotective potential of lactic acid bacteria and their metabolites against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli	6
Microbial Primer: Transposon directed insertion site sequencing (TraDIS): A high throughput method for linking genotype to phenotype	6
Transmembrane substrates of type three secretion system injectisomes	6
Erratum: The type-VI secretion system of the beneficial symbiont Vibrio fischeri	6
LazyAF, a pipeline for accessible medium-scale in silico prediction of protein-protein interactions	6
Stratifying macrophages based on their infectious burden identifies novel host targets for intervention during Crohn’s disease associated adherent-invasive Escherichia coli infection	6
The involvement of CiaR and the CiaR-regulated serine protease HtrA in thermal adaptation of Streptococcus pneumoniae	6
Microbe Profile: Cellvibrio japonicus: living the sweet life via biomass break-down	6
Exposure to the Pseudomonas aeruginosa secretome alters the proteome and secondary metabolite production of Aspergillus fumigatus	6
Suppressor mutants demonstrate the metabolic plasticity of unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1	6
Integrating perspectives in actinomycete research: an ActinoBase review of 2020–21	6
Trehalose biosynthetic gene otsB of Corynebacterium glutamicum is regulated by whcE in response to oxidative stress	6
AadT, a new weapon in Acinetobacter’s fight against antibiotics	6