OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Microbiologyopen is 2. 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.)

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Diversity and composition of the microbiome associated with eggs of the Southern green stinkbug, Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)	28
Multiple classes and isoforms of the RNA polymerase recycling motor protein HelD	27
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Genomic characterization of extended‐spectrum beta‐lactamase‐producing and carbapenem‐resistant Escherichia coli from urban wastewater in Australia	24
Turbidimetric bioassays: A solution to antimicrobial activity detection in asymptomatic bacteriuria isolates against uropathogenic Escherichia coli	22
Shining light on multi‐drug resistant Candida auris: Ultraviolet‐C disinfection, wavelength sensitivity, and prevention of biofilm formation of an emerging yeast pathogen	22
Plants as a realized niche for Listeria monocytogenes	21
Prophylactic phage administration reduces Salmonella Enteritidis infection in newly hatched chicks	21
Effect of the skincare product on facial skin microbial structure and biophysical parameters: A pilot study	21
Bioinformatic survey of CRISPR loci across 15 Serratia species	19
The metagenomic landscape of a high‐altitude geothermal spring in Tajikistan reveals a novel Desulfurococcaceae member, Zestomicrobium tamdykulense gen. nov., sp. nov	19
Isolation and test of novel yeast strains with lignin usage capability and phenolic compound resistance	18
A hunt for OM45 synthetic petite interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals a role for Miro GTPase Gem1p in cristae structure maintenance	17
Biosynthetic gene cluster synteny: Orthologous polyketide synthases in Hypogymnia physodes, Hypogymnia tubulosa, and Parmelia sulcata	17
Biotechnological Preparedness for Novel Pandemics: Diagnostic Performance of IVDS Against SARS‐CoV‐2	16
Seasonal phytoplankton and geochemical shifts in the subsurface chlorophyll maximum layer of a dimictic ferruginous lake	16
Insights into the bacterial community composition of farmed Caulerpa lentillifera: A comparison between contrasting health states	16
Comparison of Actinobacteria communities from human‐impacted and pristine karst caves	16
Solution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of bacterial outer membrane proteins in natively excreted vesicles using engineered Escherichia coli	15
Diclofenac Degradation by Immobilized Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Scenedesmus obliquus	13
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Analysis of laccase‐like enzymes secreted by fungi isolated from a cave in northern Spain	13
High prevalence of bla_CTX‐M‐15 type extended‐spectrum beta‐lactamases in Gambian hooded vultures (Necrosyrtes monachus): A threatened species with substantial human interactio	12
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Isolation of extended‐spectrum β‐lactamase‐producing Escherichia coli from Japanese red fox (Vulpes vulpes japonica)	12
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Vitamin B₁₂ as a source of variability in isotope effects for chloroform biotransformation by Dehalobacter	11
Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationship Modeling and Molecular Docking Studies of TgCDPK1 Inhibitors in Toxoplasma gondii	11
Biological and synthetic surfactant exposure increases antimicrobial gene occurrence in a freshwater mixed microbial biofilm environment	11
Improved fluorescent Listeria spp. biosensors for analysis of antimicrobials by flow cytometry	10
Biocatalytic quantification of α‐glucan in marine particulate organic matter	10
Effect of the polysaccharide capsule and its heptose on the resistance of Campylobacter jejuni to innate immune defenses	10
Metagenomic strategies identify diverse integron‐integrase and antibiotic resistance genes in the Antarctic environment	10
Bacterial surface‐exposed lipoproteins and sortase‐mediated anchored cell surface proteins in plant infection	10
Development of a new multiplex quantitative PCR for the detection of Glaesserella parasuis, Mycoplasma hyorhinis, and Mycoplasma hyosynoviae	10
Prevalence, Diagnostic Accuracy, and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Uropathogens in Urinary Tract Infections at a Health Facility in Kumasi, Ghana	9
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Identifying the best regimen for primary eradication of Helicobacter pylori: analysis of 240 cases	9
Microbial biominers: Sequential bioleaching and biouptake of metals from electronic scraps	9
Early biofilm and streamer formation is mediated by wall shear stress and surface wettability: A multifactorial microfluidic study	9
Orientia tsutsugamushi: A life between escapes	9
Reassessment of the genetic basis of natural rifampin resistance in the genus Rickettsia	9
High‐quality genome of a novel Thermosynechococcaceae species from Namibia and characterization of its protein expression patterns at elevated temperatures	8
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Geographic Variation in the Prevalence of Candidatus Neoehrlichia procyonis in Raccoons (Procyon lotor) in the United States and Canada	8
Freezing of Vaginal Swabs Prior to DNA Purification Does Not Statistically Significantly Affect Microbiome Composition	8
CerM and Its Antagonist CerN Are New Components of the Quorum Sensing System in Cereibacter sphaeroides, Signaling to the CckA/ChpT/CtrA System	8
Potential impacts of environmental bacteria on the microbiota of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtle eggs and their hatching success	8
Microbial Distortion? Impacts of Delayed Preservation on Microbiome Diversity and Composition in a Marine Invertebrate	8
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Magnaporthe oryzae as an expression host for the production of the unspecific peroxygenase AaeUPO from the basidiomycete Agrocybe aegerita	8
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Molecular mechanisms of regulation by a β‐alanine‐responsive Lrp‐type transcription factor from Acidianus hospitalis	8
The cell cycle of Staphylococcus aureus: An updated review	7
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Isolation, characterization, and fibroblast uptake of bacterial extracellular vesicles from Porphyromonas gingivalis strains	7
Characterizing living ocular bacterial communities and the effects of antibiotic perturbation in house finches	7
Isolation and functional analysis of phage‐displayed antibody fragments targeting the staphylococcal superantigen‐like proteins	7
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Development and clinical validation of a droplet digital PCR assay for detecting Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae in patients with suspected bloodstream infections	7
Evaluation of Six Commercial and Noncommercial Colistin Resistance Diagnostics	7
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Multidrug‐resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in residential aged care facilities: An emerging threat	7
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Analyzing the Challenges and Opportunities Associated With Harnessing New Antibiotics From the Fungal Microbiome	6
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Azotobacter vinelandii as a Nitrogen‐Negative Chassis for Bio‐Oil and Bio‐Wax Production of Heterologous and Native Lipids	6
Group A Streptococcus strains causing meningitis without distinct invasive phenotype	6
Heat Treatment and Storage of Frass From Black Soldier Fly Larvae and Yellow Mealworm Production: Compliance With EU Regulation on Microbiological Quality and Safety	6

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Shaping Plant Growth Beneath the Soil: A Theoretical Exploration of Fungal Endophyte's Role as Plant Growth‐Promoting Agents	6
G protein‐coupled estrogen receptor agonist G‐1 decreases ADAM10 levels and NLRP3‐inflammasome component activation in response to Staphylococcus aureus alpha‐hemolysin	5
Dynamic interactions between Candida albicans and different streptococcal species in a multispecies oral biofilm	5
Brucella ceti and Brucella pinnipedialis genome characterization unveils genetic features that highlight their zoonotic potential	5
Clp ATPases differentially affect natural competence development in Streptococcus mutans	5
Distinct biogeographical patterns in snail gastrointestinal tract bacterial communities compared with sediment and water	5
Downregulation of ammonium uptake improves the growth and tolerance of Kluyveromyces marxianus at high temperature	5
Heterogeneous glycosylation and methylation of the Aeromonas caviae flagellin	5
A universal stress protein upregulated by hypoxia has a role in Burkholderia cenocepacia intramacrophage survival: Implications for chronic infection in cystic fibrosis	5
Quantifying dominant bacterial genera detected in metagenomic data from fish eggs and larvae using genus‐specific primers	5
Localization of the CotY and ExsY proteins to the exosporium basal layer of Bacillus anthracis	4
Bovine milk microbiota: Evaluation of different DNA extraction protocols for challenging samples	4
Development of Antisense Tools to Study Bodo saltans and Its Intracellular Symbiont	4
Effects of sponge‐to‐sponge contact on the microbiomes of three spatially competing Caribbean coral reef species	4
Attachment on mortar surfaces by cyanobacterium Gloeocapsa PCC 73106 and sequestration of CO₂ by microbially induced calcium carbonate	4
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Observations on the interaction between plant growth‐promoting bacteria and the root‐knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica	4
Using meta‐analysis to understand the impacts of dietary protein and fat content on the composition of fecal microbiota of domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris): A pilot study	4
Novel Animal Model of Enterobacteria Pathogenicity, Virulence, and Amoxicillin—Biosurfactant Synergic Using Nsombé (Rhynchophorus phoenicis Larvae)	4
An in‐house 45‐plex array for the detection of antimicrobial resistance genes in Gram‐positive bacteria	4
The CCAAT‐binding complex mediates azole susceptibility of Aspergillus fumigatus by suppressing SrbA expression and cleavage	4
Microbial diversity of garden snail mucus	4
Towards bioprocess engineering of cable bacteria: Establishment of a synthetic sediment	4
Characterizing arginine, ornithine, and putrescine pathways in enteric pathobionts	4
Bacillus‐based probiotic cleansers reduce the formation of dry biofilms on common hospital surfaces	4
Combining in vitro and in vivo screening to identify efficient Pseudomonas biocontrol strains against the phytopathogenic bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum	4
Clay‐associated microbial communities and their relevance for a nuclear waste repository in the Opalinus Clay rock formation	4
Quorum Sensing: Not Just a Bridge Between Bacteria	4
Antibiofilm assay for antimicrobial peptides combating the sulfate‐reducing bacteria Desulfovibrio vulgaris	4
DNA extraction bias is more pronounced for microbial eukaryotes than for prokaryotes	3
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The copy number of the eukaryotic rRNA gene can be counted comprehensively	3
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Distinct microbiota assembly mechanisms revealed in different reconstruction stages during gut regeneration in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus	3
Two Centrins and Their Posttranslational Modification Modulate the Cell Cycle of Giardia lamblia	3
Genomic analyses of an Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae urinary tract co‐infection using long‐read nanopore sequencing	3
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Nuclear conditions of basidiospores and hyphal cells in the edible mushroom Oudemansiella aparlosarca	3
Genotypic Analysis of Candida tropicalis Clinical Isolates From Korea via Multilocus Sequence Typing	3
Similarity in milk microbiota in replicates	3
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Co‐Infection by Porphyromonas gingivalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum Increases PD‐L1 Expression in Esophageal Cancer Tissues	3
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Protein with negative surface charge distribution, Bnr1, shows characteristics of a DNA‐mimic protein and may be involved in the adaptation of Burkholderia cenocepacia	3
Microbiota–Host Interactions: Exploring Their Dynamics and Contributions to Human Diseases	3
Relationship between the Rod complex and peptidoglycan structure in Escherichia coli	3
Bacillus xiamenensis Inhibits the Growth of Moraxella osloensis by Producing Indole‐3‐Carboxaldehyde	3
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Isolation, biochemical characterization, and genome sequencing of two high‐quality genomes of a novel chitinolytic Jeongeupia species	2
Geobacter sulfurreducens metabolism at different donor/acceptor ratios	2
A parasitic nematode induces dysbiosis in susceptible but not resistant gastropod hosts	2
Transforming the untransformable with knockout minicircles: High‐efficiency transformation and vector‐free allelic exchange knockout in the fish pathogen Photobacterium damselae	2
Assessing pH‐dependent activities of virulence factors secreted by Candida albicans	2
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Temporal disturbance of a model stream ecosystem by high microbial diversity from treated wastewater	2
The Correlation Between Carbohydrate Loading Diet and Gut Microbiome: A Systematic Review	2
Bacteriocin‐phage interaction (BaPI): Phage predation of Lactococcus in the presence of bacteriocins	2
Extraction of high‐molecular‐weight DNA from Streptococcus spp. for nanopore sequencing in resource‐limited settings	2
Whole‐genome sequencing and genome‐scale metabolic modeling of Chromohalobacter canadensis 85B to explore its salt tolerance and biotechnological use	2
Novel nitrite reductase domain structure suggests a chimeric denitrification repertoire in the phylum Chloroflexi	2
Morphological and physiological impacts of salinity on colonial strains of the cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa	2
Enriching captivity conditions with natural elements does not prevent the loss of wild‐like gut microbiota but shapes its compositional variation in two small mammals	2
Characterization of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains colonizing the nostrils of Spanish children	2
Highly efficient export of a disulfide‐bonded protein to the periplasm and medium by the Tat pathway using CyDisCo in Escherichia coli	2
Prevalence of insertion sequence elements in plasmids relating to mgrB gene disruption causing colistin resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae	2
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Optimization of Medium Composition for High Cell Density Culture of Bifidobacterium longum HSBL001 Using Response Surface Methodology	2
Variation in pH gradients and FLO11 expression in mat biofilms from environmental isolates of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae	2
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The effects of stress on gut virome: Implications on infectious disease and systemic disorders	2
Evaluating Effects of Antibiotics Across Preclinical Models of the Human Gastrointestinal Microbiota	2