OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of mSystems is 41. 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
Gut Metabolites Are More Predictive of Disease and Cohoused States than Gut Bacterial Features in a Polycystic Ovary Syndrome-Like Mouse Model	127
Insights into the metabolic specificities of pathogenic strains from the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex	116
Carbapenem triggers dissemination of chromosomally integrated carbapenemase genes via conjugative plasmids in Escherichia coli	105
Deciphering the antigen specificities of antibodies by clustering their complementarity determining region sequences	92
Diverse non-canonical electron bifurcating [FeFe]-hydrogenases of separate evolutionary origins in Hydrogenedentota	90
A simple BLASTn-based approach generates novel insights into the regulation and biological function of type I toxin-antitoxins	84
Dispersal shapes compositional and functional diversity in aquatic microbial communities	82
Metabolic capabilities are highly conserved among human nasal-associated Corynebacterium species in pangenomic analyses	80
Dissecting the genetic features and evolution of Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 88: a global perspective	69
Linking 16S rRNA Gene Classification to amoA Gene Taxonomy Reveals Environmental Distribution of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaeal Clades in Peatland Soils	69
Clade-specific long-read sequencing increases the accuracy and specificity of the gyrB phylogenetic marker gene	62
MetaProClust-MS1: an MS1 Profiling Approach for Large-Scale Microbiome Screening	62
Announcing the mSystems special collection on microbial dormancy	60
An Elemental Diet Enriched in Amino Acids Alters the Gut Microbial Community and Prevents Colonic Mucus Degradation in Mice with Colitis	60
Archaea Are Rare and Uncommon Members of the Mammalian Skin Microbiome	59
Disturbance–diversity relationships of microbial communities change based on growth substrate	58
Gut phageome in Mexican Americans: a population at high risk for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and diabetes	58
More Than Just a Spearhead: Diverse Functions of PAAR for Assembly and Delivery of Toxins of the Contractile Injection Systems	57
Investigating the gut bacteria structure and function of hibernating bats through 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing and culturomics	56
STENSL: Microbial Source Tracking with ENvironment SeLection	56
Evolution of VIM-1-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates from a Hospital Outbreak Reveals the Genetic Bases of the Loss of the Urease-Positive Identification Character	54
Comparative Genomics of Cyclic di-GMP Metabolism and Chemosensory Pathways in Shewanella algae Strains: Novel Bacterial Sensory Domains and Functional Insights into Lifestyle Regulation	53
Visualizing the pH in Escherichia coli Colonies via the Sensor Protein mCherryEA Allows High-Throughput Screening of Mutant Libraries	53
Variations in the oral microbiome and metabolome of methamphetamine users	52
Cell-Cell Signaling Proteobacterial LuxR Solos: a Treasure Trove of Subgroups Having Different Origins, Ligands, and Ecological Roles	52

Natural Green Spaces, Sensitization to Allergens, and the Role of Gut Microbiota during Infancy	47
A Metagenomic Investigation of Spatial and Temporal Changes in Sewage Microbiomes across a University Campus	47
Ancient Metagenomic Studies: Considerations for the Wider Scientific Community	46
Mucin alleviates colonic barrier dysfunction by promoting spermine accumulation through enhanced arginine metabolism in Limosilactobacillus mucosae	46
Genome-Scale Modeling Specifies the Metabolic Capabilities of Rhizophagus irregularis	46
Compositionally Aware Phylogenetic Beta-Diversity Measures Better Resolve Microbiomes Associated with Phenotype	45
PhoPQ-mediated lipopolysaccharide modification governs intrinsic resistance to tetracycline and glycylcycline antibiotics in Escherichia coli	45
Cultured Bacteria Provide Insight into the Functional Potential of the Coral-Associated Microbiome	44
Botrytis cinerea Transcription Factor BcXyr1 Regulates (Hemi-)Cellulase Production and Fungal Virulence	44
Insights into Adaptive Mechanisms of Extreme Acidophiles Based on Quorum Sensing/Quenching-Related Proteins	44
Sepsis-Induced Gut Dysbiosis Mediates the Susceptibility to Sepsis-Associated Encephalopathy in Mice	43
Seasonality and longer-term development generate temporal dynamics in the Populus microbiome	43
The functional small RNA interactome reveals targets for the vancomycin-responsive sRNA RsaOI in vancomycin-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus	42
Sodium butyrate facilitates CRHR2 expression to alleviate HPA axis hyperactivity in autism-like rats induced by prenatal lipopolysaccharides through histone deacetylase inhibition	42
Probiotics Bifidobacterium lactis M8 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus M9 prevent high blood pressure via modulating the gut microbiota composit	42
Microbial Diversity and Interaction Specificity in Kombucha Tea Fermentations	41
In vitro and ex vivo proteomics of Mycobacterium marinum biofilms and the development of biofilm-binding synthetic nano	41