OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Microbiology-SGM is 8. 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
Validation of a random Vibrio parahaemolyticus genomic library by selection of quinolone resistance in a heterologous host	134
The nisin O cluster: species dissemination, candidate leader peptide proteases and the role of regulatory systems	118
Pharmaco-psychiatry and gut microbiome: a systematic review of effects of psychotropic drugs for bipolar disorder	88
Corrigendum: Identification and structural characterisation of a catecholate-type siderophore produced by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia K279a	81
Characterization of tigurilysin, a novel human CD59-specific cholesterol-dependent cytolysin, reveals a role for host specificity in augmenting toxin activity	54
Identification of a novel gene required for competitive growth at high temperature in the thermotolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus	43
Antibiotic use in rural Kenyan livestock: navigating misuse, experience gaps and AMR risks	43
The dilution effect limits plasmid horizontal transmission in multispecies bacterial communities	42
Genome-wide analysis of genes involved in efflux function and regulation within Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium	42
Combined effect of SAR-endolysin LysKpV475 with polymyxin B and Salmonella bacteriophage phSE-5	39
Mutation of putative glycosyl transferases PslC and PslI confers susceptibility to antibiotics and leads to drastic reduction in biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	39
Culturomics from field-grown crop plants using dilution to extinction, two-step library preparation and amplicon sequencing	38
Microbe Profile: Nitrosopumilus maritimus	37
Topology of the Shigella flexneri Enterobacterial Common Antigen polymerase WzyE	36
Development of a long-read next generation sequencing workflow for improved characterization of fastidious respiratory mycoplasmas	36
Erratum: The type-VI secretion system of the beneficial symbiont Vibrio fischeri	36
Purification and characterization of a novel antibacterial peptide against Clostridium perfringens	35
Fitness costs of CRISPR-Cas systems in bacteria	30
Comments on the tolerance of Clostridioides difficile spores to disinfection with sodium hypochlorite disinfectant	29
Recruitment of C4b-binding protein is not a complement evasion strategy employed by Staphylococcus aureus	28
Lactobacilli and human dental caries: more than mechanical retention	28
Generation of tools for expression and purification of the phage-encoded Type I restriction enzyme inhibitor, Ocr	27
Suppressor mutants demonstrate the metabolic plasticity of unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1	27
Identification and initial characterization of a new pair of sibling sRNAs of Neisseria gonorrhoeae involved in type IV pilus biogenesis	26
Sweet and sour synergy: exploring the antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of acetic acid and vinegar combined with medical-grade honeys	26

The impact of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators on the pulmonary microbiota	26
A single amino acid exchange converts FocA into a unidirectional efflux channel for formate	25
Evolution of cyclic di-GMP signalling on a short and long term time scale	24
Bacterial secretion system functions: evidence of interactions and downstream implications	23
Erratum: DNA damage-induced block of sporulation in Streptomyces venezuelae involves downregulation of ssgB	23
Natural products from food sources can alter the spread of antimicrobial resistance plasmids in Enterobacterales	23
An invasive phenotype induced by relaxation of DNA supercoiling in Campylobacter jejuni triggers disruption of tight junctions of intestinal spheroids	21
Exploiting cooperative pathogen behaviour for enhanced antibiotic potency: A Trojan horse approach	21
Preclinical testing of antimicrobials for cystic fibrosis lung infections: current needs and future priorities	20
Microbe Profile: Bacteriophage ϕ6: a model for segmented RNA viruses and the evolutionary consequences of viral ‘sex’	20
Aspartate aminotransferase of Rhizobium leguminosarum has extended substrate specificity and metabolizes aspartate to enable N2 fixation in pea nodules	20
Alterations in cell arrangements of group B streptococcus due to virulence factor expression can bias estimates of bacterial populations based on colony count measures	20
Triclosan-resistant small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus produce less capsule, less phenol-soluble modulins, and are attenuated in a Galleria mellonella model of infection	19
Structure and ligand binding in the putative anti-microbial peptide transporter protein, YejA	19
The primary transcriptome of hormogonia from a filamentous cyanobacterium defined by cappable-seq	19
Phylogenetic groups and extraintestinal virulence genes of inflow Escherichia coli entering a municipal drinking water treatment facility (St. Paul, MN, USA)	18
An abundance of aliC and aliD genes were identified in saliva using a novel multiplex qPCR to characterize group II non-encapsulated pneumococci with improved specificity	18
Structural and functional characteristics of the tripartite ABC transporter	17
Assessing the effect of temperature on Rhodococcus metabolite production	17
Microbe Profile: Ruminococcus gnavus: the yin and yang of human gut symbionts	17
Before you go: a packing list for portable DNA sequencing of microbiomes and metagenomes	16
Microbial musings – Summer 2022	16
Study of excess manganese stress response highlights the central role of manganese exporter Mnx for holding manganese homeostasis in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	16
DNA damage-induced block of sporulation in Streptomyces venezuelae involves downregulation of ssgB	16
Deletion of fbiC in Streptomyces venezuelae removes autofluorescence in the excitation-emission range of cyan fluorescent protein	15
Response to comments on the tolerance to Clostridioides difficile spores to sodium hypochlorite disinfection	15
Cell-free supernatants produced by lactic acid bacteria reduce Salmonella population in vitro	15
Genome analysis and phenotypic characterization of Halomonas hibernica isolated from a traditional food process with novel quorum quenching and catalase activities	15
Microbe Profile: Salinispora tropica: natural products and the evolution of a unique marine bacterium	15
Analysis of mouse faecal dysbiosis, during the development of cachexia, induced by transplantation with Lewis lung carcinoma cells	15
Establishing a national reference laboratory for antimicrobial resistance using a whole-genome sequencing framework: Nigeria’s experience	14
Assay development and inhibition of the Mt-DprE2 essential reductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis	14
The respiratory lipoquinone, menaquinone, functions as an inducer of genes regulated by the Mycobacterium smegmatis repressor MSMEG_2295	14
Erratum: Mutation of putative glycosyl transferases PslC and PslI confers susceptibility to antibiotics and leads to drastic reduction in biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	14
Frequency of quorum-sensing mutations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from different environments	14
Effects of influenza A infection on liberation of bacteria from biofilms and inflammatory response in an in vitro model of chronic rhinosinusitis	14
Genetic and phenotypic analysis of the virulence plasmid of a non-Shigatoxigenic enteroaggregative Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak strain	14
Streptococcus pneumoniae: ‘captain of the men of death’ and financial burden	14
Interbacterial competition mediated by the type VIIb secretion system	13
RsaM: a unique dominant regulator of AHL quorum sensing in bacteria	13
Microbe Profile: Buchnera aphidicola: ancient aphid accomplice and endosymbiont exemplar	13
Use of Rgg quorum-sensing machinery to create an innovative recombinant protein expression system in Streptococcus thermophilus	13
Microbial Primer: The bacterial flagellum – how bacteria swim	13
Strain background of Candida albicans interacts with SIR2 to alter phenotypic switching	13
Symbiont-mediated immune priming in animals through an evolutionary lens	13
Role of Pel and Psl polysaccharides in the response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to environmental challenges: oxidative stress agents (UVA, H2O2, sodium hypochlorite) and its competitor Staphylococcus au	12
Looking through the FOG: microbiome characterization and lipolytic bacteria isolation from a fatberg site	12
Understanding the clinical and environmental drivers of antifungal resistance in the One Health context	12
Investigation of the polyamine biosynthetic and transport capability of Streptococcus agalactiae: the non-essential PotABCD transporter	12
A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans	12

Genome-wide mapping of cAMP receptor protein binding in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli reveals targeting of virulence-associated genes	12
New perspectives on an ancient pathogen: thoughts for World Tuberculosis Day 2022	11
Quantifying stochastic establishment of mutants in microbial adaptation	11
Identification of a system for hydroxamate xenosiderophore-mediated iron transport in Burkholderia cenocepacia	11
A novel proteinaceous molecule produced by Lysinibacillus sp. OF-1 depends on the Ami oligopeptide transporter to kill Streptococcus pneumoniae	11
Identification of a morphogene required for tapered filament termini in filamentous cyanobacteria	11
Microbe Profile: Geobacter metallireducens: a model for novel physiologies of biogeochemical and technological significance	11
Transcription factors DksA and PsrA are synergistic contributors to Legionella pneumophila virulence in Acanthamoeba castellanii protozoa	10
Microbe Profile: Salmonella Typhimurium: the master of the art of adaptation	10
Efflux-mediated tolerance to cationic biocides, a cause for concern?	10
Microbial Primer: Phase variation - survival and adaptability by generation of a diverse population	10
Plasmodium falciparum hydroxymethylbilane synthase does not house any cosynthase activity within the haem biosynthetic pathway	10
Comparative genomic analysis of Latilactobacillus sakei strains provides new insights into their association with different niche adaptations	10
Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 17978 encodes a microcin system with antimicrobial properties for contact-independent competition	10
Iron influences the expression of colonization factor CS6 of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli	10
Staph wars: the antibiotic pipeline strikes back	10
Soil microbial gene expression in an agricultural ecosystem varies with time and neonicotinoid seed treatments	10
Exploring functional interplay amongst Escherichia coli efflux pumps	10
KpSC-ID: a multiplex real-time PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of the Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex and specific identification of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella quasipneumoniae an	10
Regulatory role of CsuR (YiaU) in determination of cell surface properties of Escherichia coli K-12	10
Modelling host–pathogen interactions: Galleria mellonella as a platform to study Pseudomonas aeruginosa response to host-imposed zinc starvation	9
The biogenesis of β-lactamase enzymes	9
Genetic and mutational analysis of virulence traits and their modulation in an environmental toxigenic Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139 strain, VCE232	9
Seasonal variation in the stomach microbiota of two sympatrically breeding Pygoscelis penguin species at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands	9
Genomic and functional insights into antibiotic resistance genes floR and strA linked with the SXT element of Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139	9
Quorum-sensing, intra- and inter-species competition in the staphylococci	9
Construction and characterisation of a structured, tuneable, and transparent 3D culture platform for soil bacteria	9
Mutational hotspots lead to robust but suboptimal adaptive outcomes in certain environments	9
4′-Deoxypyridoxine disrupts vitamin B6 homeostasis in Escherichia coli K12 through combined inhibition of cumulative B6 uptake and PLP-dependent enzyme activity	9
Oxygen microenvironments in Escherichia coli biofilm nutrient transport channels: insights from complementary sensing approaches	9
Microbial Primer: What is the stringent response and how does it allow bacteria to survive stress?	9
d-Serine induces distinct transcriptomes in diverse Escherichia coli pathotypes	9
Characterization of MLST-99 Salmonella Typhimurium and the monophasic variant I:4,[5],12:i:- isolated from Canadian Atlantic coast shellfish	9
Isolation and identification of chlorate-reducing Hafnia sp. from milk	9
Mechanism of assembly of type 4 filaments: everything you always wanted to know (but were afraid to ask)	9
Population heterogeneity in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium abscessus	8
Characterization of microbial communities from rumen and large intestine of lactating creole goats grazing in arid plant communities	8
Topological analysis of a bacterial DedA protein associated with alkaline tolerance and antimicrobial resistance	8
Regulation of type VI secretion systems at the transcriptional, posttranscriptional and posttranslational level	8
100+ years of phase variation: the premier bacterial bet-hedging phenomenon	8
Predatory bacteria in the haemolymph of the cultured spiny lobster Panulirus ornatus	8
Characterizing a stable five-species microbial community for use in experimental evolution and ecology	8
Regulation of phosphate starvation-specific responses in Escherichia coli	8
Biotin concentration affects anaplerotic reactions functioning in glutamic acid production in Corynebacterium glutamicum	8
Gene expression reprogramming of Pseudomonas alloputida in response to arginine through the transcriptional regulator ArgR	8
Rapid divergence in independent aspects of the compatibility phenotype in a Spiroplasma–Drosophila interaction	8
Killing in the name of: T6SS structure and effector diversity	8
Broadening the application of Yarrowia lipolytica synthetic biology tools to explore the potential of Yarrowia clade diversity	8
Escherichia coli type-1 fimbriae are critical to overcome initial bottlenecks of infection upon low-dose inoculation in a porcine model of cystitis	8
Comment on the effectiveness of sodium hypochlorite against Clostridioides difficile spores	8
Clostridioides difficile infection: traversing host–pathogen interactions in the gut	8
Distribution of mutation rates challenges evolutionary predictability	8
The type-VI secretion system of the beneficial symbiont Vibrio fischeri	8
The involvement of CiaR and the CiaR-regulated serine protease HtrA in thermal adaptation of Streptococcus pneumoniae	8
Microbe Profile: Euglena gracilis: photogenic, flexible and hardy	8