OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of mBio is 52. 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
Efficient Terpene Production by Marine Thraustochytrids: Shedding Light on the Thermodynamic Driving Force	285
A Nonadjuvanted Whole-Inactivated Pneumococcal Vaccine Induces Multiserotype Opsonophagocytic Responses Mediated by Noncapsule-Specific Antibodies	205
A Bacterial Cell-Based Assay To Study SARS-CoV-2 Protein-Protein Interactions	187
A Single Amino Acid Switch in the Adenoviral DNA Binding Protein Abrogates Replication Center Formation and Productive Viral Infection	148
Setting the Stage for the Next Great Vaccine Success Story	145
2021 Acknowledgment of mBio Invited Editors	112
A CLK1-KKT2 Signaling Pathway Regulating Kinetochore Assembly in Trypanosoma brucei	112
SARS-CoV-2 hijacks p38β/MAPK11 to promote virus replication	108
A dynamic epibiont community associated with the bone-eating polychaete genus Osedax	100
Dehydration-induced Ae-Aper50 regulates midgut infection in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes	100
Completely conserved VP2 residue K140 of KREMEN1-dependent enteroviruses is critical for virus-receptor interactions and viral infection	98
Machine learning reveals the dynamic importance of accessory sequences for Salmonella outbreak clustering	95
Counterclockwise rotation of the flagellum promotes biofilm initiation in Helicobacter pylori	83
Use of the Human Granulysin Transgenic Mice To Evaluate the Role of Granulysin Expression by CD8 T Cells in Immunity To Mycobacterium tuberculosis	83
The impact of orphan histidine kinases and phosphotransfer proteins on the regulation of clostridial sporulation initiation	78
Protection from Lethal Clostridioides difficile Infection via Intraspecies Competition for Cogerminant	78
Estradiol mediates greater germinal center responses to influenza vaccination in female than male mice	77
The Substitutions L50F, E166A, and L167F in SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro Are Selected by a Protease Inhibitor In Vitro and Confer Resistance To Nirmatrelvir	75
The Chlamydia effector CpoS modulates the inclusion microenvironment and restricts the interferon response by acting on Rab35	73
Uncovering Lasonolide A Biosynthesis Using Genome-Resolved Metagenomics	73
Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Proteins in Cell Entry: Control Elements in the Amino-Terminal Domains	72
Copper Induces Protein Aggregation, a Toxic Process Compensated by Molecular Chaperones	72
A Two-Component-System-Governed Regulon That Includes a β-Lactamase Gene is Responsive to Cell Envelope Disturbance	71
The Deubiquitinase USP29 Promotes SARS-CoV-2 Virulence by Preventing Proteasome Degradation of ORF9b	71
Defining early steps in Bacillus subtilis biofilm biosynthesis	71

Rapid and strain-specific resistance evolution of Staphylococcus aureus against inhibitory molecules secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa	71
Fungal Melanin Biosynthesis Pathway as Source for Fungal Toxins	70
Respiration supports intraphagosomal filamentation and escape of Candida albicans from macrophages	70
Polymicrobial Interactions Operative during Pathogen Transmission	69
The Impact of Natural Transformation on the Acquisition of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants	68
GP96 Drives Exacerbation of Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia following Influenza A Virus Infection	66
Mrs4 loss of function in fungi during adaptation to the cystic fibrosis lung	65
Development of a mutant aerosolized ACE2 that neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 in vivo	64
The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase RNF5 Facilitates SARS-CoV-2 Membrane Protein-Mediated Virion Release	62
Integrative Reverse Genetic Analysis Identifies Polymorphisms Contributing to Decreased Antimicrobial Agent Susceptibility in Streptococcus pyogenes	62
Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles as a Versatile Tool in Vaccine Research and the Fight against Antimicrobial Resistance	61
Requirement of microtubules for secretion of a micronemal protein CpTSP4 in the invasive stage of the apicomplexan Cryptosporidium parvum	61
Genetic Ablation of a Female-Specific Apetala 2 Transcription Factor Blocks Oocyst Shedding in Cryptosporidium parvum	61
The Histidine Kinase CckA Is Directly Inhibited by a Response Regulator-like Protein in a Negative Feedback Loop	60
Genetic Dissection of Antibiotic Adjuvant Activity	60
Genome-Wide Association Study of Campylobacter - Positive Diarrhea Identifies Genes Involved in Toxin Processing and Inflammatory Response	58
Molecular Insights into the Assembly and Functional Diversification of Typhoid Toxin	58
How P. aeruginosa cells with diverse stator composition collectively swarm	57
Recapitulation of the Powassan virus life cycle in cell culture	57
Bimodal Expression Patterns, and Not Viral Burst Sizes, Predict the Effects of Vpr on HIV-1 Proviral Populations in Jurkat Cells	56
Reply to Luger, “Why Is It So Hard to Find Persistent Borreliella burgdorferi?”	55
In Vivo Transcriptome of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Colonization Impact on Murine Host Intestinal Gene Expression	54
Step-Specific Adaptation and Trade-Off over the Course of an Infection by GASP Mutation Small Colony Variants	54
The New SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Their Epidemiological Impact in Mexico	54
The Lectin LecB Induces Patches with Basolateral Characteristics at the Apical Membrane to Promote Pseudomonas aeruginosa Host Cell Invasion	53
HetF Protein Is a New Divisome Component in a Filamentous and Developmental Cyanobacterium	53
T Cell-Specific STAT1 Expression Promotes Lytic Replication and Supports the Establishment of Gammaherpesvirus Latent Reservoir in Splenic B Cells	52
A Poxvirus Decapping Enzyme Colocalizes with Mitochondria To Regulate RNA Metabolism and Translation and Promote Viral Replication	52