OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microbiology Spectrum is 48. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Preclinical validation of an Escherichia coli O-antigen glycoconjugate for the prevention of serotype O1 invasive disease	163
Rapid bacteriolysis of Staphylococcus aureus by lysin exebacase	148
In Vitro Evaluation of Tellurium-Based AS101 Compound against Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infectivity	124
Highly Multiplexed Serology for Nonhuman Mammals	119
OTU7B Modulates the Mosquito Immune Response to Beauveria bassiana Infection via Deubiquitination of the Toll Adaptor TRAF4	116
Efficient and Scalable Process to Produce Novel and Highly Bioactive Purified Cytosolic Crystals from Bacillus thuringiensis	110
Distinct mode of action of a highly stable, engineered phage lysin killing Gram-negative bacteria	99
The interplay between the polar growth determinant DivIVA, the segregation protein ParA, and their novel interaction partner PapM controls the Mycobacterium smegmatis ce	96
Genetic basis of clarithromycin resistance in Bacillus anthracis	89
Transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis unveils a negative effect of glutathione metabolism on laccase activity in Cerrena unicolor 87613	84
A Two-Level, Intramutant Spectrum Haplotype Profile of Hepatitis C Virus Revealed by Self-Organized Maps	82
Destabilization of the Bacterial Interactome Identifies Nutrient Restriction-Induced Dysbiosis in Insect Guts	80
Antimicrobial properties of tomato juice and peptides against typhoidal Salmonella	77
Antibody Response to the BA.5 Bivalent Vaccine Shot: a Two-Year Follow-Up Study following Initial COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination	73
Chlorate Contamination in Commercial Growth Media as a Source of Phenotypic Heterogeneity within Bacterial Populations	70
Treponema pallidum Subspecies Pallidum Intrapatient Homogeneity at Various Body Locations in Men with Infectious Syphilis	69
Prenatal versus Postnatal Initial Colonization of Healthy Neonates’ Colon Ecosystem by the Enterobacterium Escherichia coli	69
Evaluation of Rapid Immunochromatographic Tests for the Direct Detection of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamases and Carbapenemases in Enterobacterales Isolated from Positive Blood Cultures	68
SFTSV nucleoprotein mediates DNA sensor cGAS degradation to suppress cGAS-dependent antiviral responses	67
2023 Acknowledgment of Microbiology Spectrum Reviewing Editors	67
Author’s Reply to “Concerns regarding Validity of the Use of Bean Extract-Based Gargle for COVID-19 Diagnosis”	67
Taxonomic and Functional Shifts in the Perinatal Gut Microbiome of Rhesus Macaques	66
Description of a Rare Pyomelanin-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Strain Coharboring Chromosomal OXA-23 and NDM-1	65
Genetic Diversity of Polymyxin-Resistance Mechanisms in Clinical Isolates of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: a Multicenter Study in China	63
Molecular characterization of a novel putative pathogen, Streptococcus nakanoensis sp. nov., isolated from sputum culture	62

Unveiling the Wheat Microbiome under Varied Agricultural Field Conditions	62
Trends in the susceptibility of U.S. Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus species complex and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates to mi	62
A conserved two-component system senses intracellular iron levels and regulates redox balance in Mycobacterium spp.	61
Ability of Two Strains of Lactic Acid Bacteria To Inhibit Listeria monocytogenes by Spot Inoculation and in an Environmental Microbiome Context	60
Gill-associated ammonia oxidizers are widespread in teleost fish	60
Extensive Diversity in Escherichia coli Group 3 Capsules Is Driven by Recombination and Plasmid Transfer from Multiple Species	59
Isolation and characterization of the new Streptomyces phages Kamino, Geonosis, Abafar, and Scarif infecting a broad range of host species	59
Insight into the invasion process and immune-protective evaluation of Tp0971, a membrane lipoprotein from Treponema pallidum	58
Unveiling the super tolerance of Candida nivariensis to oxidative stress: insights into the involvement of a catalase	58
Uncovering changes in microbiome profiles across commercial and backyard poultry farming systems	58
Characterization of T-cell subsets in response to foot-and-mouth disease bivalent inactivated vaccine in Chinese Holstein cows	58
Multimodal vaccination targeting the receptor binding domains of Clostridioides difficile toxins A and B with an attenuated Salmonella Typ	57
Gold(I) ion and the phosphine ligand are necessary for the anti- Toxoplasma gondii activity of auranofin	55
Elucidating the role of media nitrogen in augmenting the production of lignin-depolymerizing enzymes by white-rot fungi	54
Flying microbes—survival in the extreme conditions of the stratosphere during a stratospheric balloon flight experiment	54
Deciphering the Role of Mucosal Immune Responses and the Cervicovaginal Microbiome in Resistance to HIV Infection in HIV-Exposed Seronegative (HESN) Women	53
Mechanisms of gastrointestinal toxicity in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder patients treated with mycophenolate mofetil: insights from a mouse model and human study	52
H3N2 canine influenza virus-like particle vaccine with great protection in beagle dogs	52
Implication of the IL-10-Expression Signature in the Pathogenicity of Leptospira -Infected Macrophages	52
Influence of Sodium Bicarbonate on Wall Teichoic Acid Synthesis and β-Lactam Sensitization in NaHCO ₃ -Responsive and Nonresponsive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococ	52
Multiplex PCR Detection of Respiratory Tract Infections in SARS-CoV-2-Negative Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department: an International Multicenter Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic	51
Contribution of Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing and CH Typing Compared to Next-Generation Sequencing for the Diagnosis of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections Due to Genetically Identical Escherichia	48
Significant increase in the prevalence of Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , particularly the USA300 variant ΨUSA300, in	48