OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cell Host & Microbe is 80. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Waste as an antibacterial weapon	421
Microbial genome mining expedition unearths trove of antiviral defenses	396
Sowing the seeds of infection	392
Candidalysin: An unlikely aide for fungal gut commensalism	342
Hide and seek: Cryptococcus evasion of microglial sensing enables meningitis	281
Selenium nanoboosting of plant-beneficial microbiome	249
When predators meet the matrix: Natural resistance via amyloid fibers	244
Combatting superbugs using the evolutionary record of microbial warfare	243
Proteobacteria impair anti-tumor immunity in the omentum by consuming arginine	222
Engineered probiotics recruit CAR macrophages and establish immune memory to eradicate heterogeneous glioblastoma in mice	204
A secondary metabolite drives intraspecies antagonism in a gut symbiont that is inhibited by cell-wall acetylation	200
Crosstalk between three CRISPR-Cas types enables primed type VI-A adaptation in Listeria seeligeri	186
Enhanced cultured diversity of the mouse gut microbiota enables custom-made synthetic communities	185
An infant nasal microbial gene atlas uncovers intervention-driven microbiome shifts and salt-resistant pathogen expansion	177
Breathe and bloom: Gut hypoxia limits C. albicans growth	175
Microbial byproducts determine reproductive fitness of free-living and parasitic nematodes	175
Functional map of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease reveals tolerant and immutable sites	174
Comprehensive analyses of a large human gut Bacteroidales culture collection reveal species- and strain-level diversity and evolution	172
MFSD6 is an entry receptor for respiratory enterovirus D68	161
The bacterial effector GarD shields Chlamydia trachomatis inclusions from RNF213-mediated ubiquitylation and destruction	160
Pseudomonas infections persisting after CFTR modulators are widespread throughout the lungs and drive lung inflammation	159
A CLOCK-targeting lncRNA induces trained immunity against tuberculosis	158
Epithelial hypoxia maintains colonization resistance against Candida albicans	157
Cohabitation facilitates microbiome shifts that promote isoflavone transformation to ameliorate liver injury	157
Metatranscriptomics uncovers diurnal functional shifts in bacterial transgenes with profound metabolic effects	152

There and back again: Discovering antiviral and antiphage defenses using deep homology	146
How hosts accurately command bacteria for gut health	139
Help from commensals: β-hex to regulate gut immunity	139
Uniting against enteric invaders: IgA meets its microbial ally	138
A bacterial signal coordinates plant-microbe fitness trade-off to enhance sulfur deficiency tolerance in plants	138
From top to bottom: Staphylococci in atopic dermatitis	135
Antibiotic treatment ignites a fire that lasts	133
Tactical terminase: How a Salmonella prophage navigates oxidative stress	130
Immunity to fungi and vaccine considerations	128
Subtle, persistent shaping of the gut microbiome by host genes: A critical determinant of host biology	127
Evolution of root nodule symbiosis via paleopolyploidy and modular pathway rewiring	127
BCAA-producing Clostridium symbiosum promotes colorectal tumorigenesis through the modulation of host cholesterol metabolism	126
Gut microbial β-glucuronidases influence endobiotic homeostasis and are modulated by diverse therapeutics	125
Select symbionts drive high IgA levels in the mouse intestine	125
Beta-carbolines suppress vaginal inflammation	122
Conspecific versus heterospecific transmission shapes host specialization of the phyllosphere microbiome	121
Cross-regulation of antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and commensal microbiota via molecular mimicry	120
Cad1 turns ATP into phage poison	119
Impact of a 7-day homogeneous diet on interpersonal variation in human gut microbiomes and metabolomes	118
A broadly distributed predicted helicase/nuclease confers phage resistance via abortive infection	117
Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.75 variant	116
Lost and found: Reconstituting PRR immune function through co-receptor transfer	115
Precision modulation of dysbiotic adult microbiomes with a human-milk-derived synbiotic reshapes gut microbial composition and metabolites	110
Predator-prey interplay: When chemical conversation turns deadly	109
“AHR-ming” host defense against cryptosporidiosis	109
Enhanced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 and XBB sub-lineages by a tetravalent COVID-19 vaccine booster	107
Antibiotics fire up inflammation to cool vaccine responsiveness	106
SARS-CoV-2 human T cell epitopes: Adaptive immune response against COVID-19	103
A mucin-regulated adhesin determines the spatial organization and inflammatory character of a bacterial symbiont in the vertebrate gut	102
One population, multiple lifestyles: Commensalism and pathogenesis in the human mycobiome	101
The gut microbiome: Bridging medications and clinical outcomes post stem cell transplantation	100
Global translational induction during NLR-mediated immunity in plants is dynamically regulated by CDC123, an ATP-sensitive protein	100
Microbiota-dependent proteolysis of gluten subverts diet-mediated protection against type 1 diabetes	99
MX2 forms nucleoporin-comprising cytoplasmic biomolecular condensates that lure viral capsids	99
A lung pathobiont story: Thinking outside the Koch’s postulate box	98
Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineages BA.1, BA.1.1, and BA.2	95
Decline in nitrosative stress drives antibiotic persister regrowth during infection	95
Dietary environmental factors shape the immune defense against Cryptosporidium infection	95
On-person adaptive evolution of Staphylococcus aureus during treatment for atopic dermatitis	94
A single-cell liver atlas of Plasmodium vivax infection	93
A key genetic factor governing arabinan utilization in the gut microbiome alleviates constipation	92
Microbiota alert: Proteobacteria consume arginine to dampen omental antitumor immunity	91
Exclusive enteral nutrition initiates individual protective microbiome changes to induce remission in pediatric Crohn’s disease	89
Intestinal microbiota programming of alveolar macrophages influences severity of respiratory viral infection	87
Gut IgA: Never fear, the super inducers are here	85
Molecular basis of 60 years of antigenic evolution of human influenza A(H3N2) virus neuraminidase	85
RSV and rhinovirus increase pneumococcal carriage acquisition and density, whereas nasal inflammation is associated with bacterial shedding	83
Multiple introductions and recombination events underlie the emergence of a hyper-transmissible Cryptosporidium hominis subtype in the USA	83
A counterintuitive antibody cocktail disrupts coxsackievirus	82
GOSpel for tiny allies	82

When NOD ligands become antidotes	82
The gut microbiome associates with phenotypic manifestations of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome	81
The gut microbiome molecular complex in human health and disease	81
Widespread RNA-based cas regulation monitors crRNA abundance and anti-CRISPR proteins	81
Multi-arming ourselves against drug-resistant bacteria	80