OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Research in Microbiology is 4. 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
The Tol–Pal system of Escherichia coli plays an unexpected role in the import of the oxyanions chromate and phosphate	194
Switching off the yeast-to-hyphae transition in Yarrowia lipolytica through histone deacetylase inhibitors	69
Comparative genomics sheds light on transcription factor-mediated regulation in the extreme acidophilic Acidithiobacillia representatives	60
Bacteriophages potentiate the effect of antibiotics by eradication of persister cells and killing of biofilm-forming cells	54
Characterization and identification of Pseudomonas sp. AW4, an arsenic-resistant and plant growth-promoting bacteria isolated from the soybean (Glycine max L.) rhizosphere	47
Identification of pH-specific protein expression responses by Campylobacter jejuni strain NCTC 11168	39
Early expression of capsule during Bacillus anthracis germination	36
Systematic transcriptome analysis allows the identification of new type I and type II Toxin/Antitoxin systems located in the superintegron of Vibrio cholerae	32
Biofilm formation by selected microbial strains isolated from wastewater and their consortia: mercury resistance and removal potential	28
DnaJ, a heat shock protein 40 family member, is essential for the survival and virulence of plant pathogenic Pseudomonas cichorii JBC1	28
Corynebacterium ramonii sp. nov., a novel toxigenic member of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae species complex	23
Lipid lysination by MprF contributes to hemolytic pigment retention in group B Streptococcus	23
Molecular insights into PGPR fluorescent Pseudomonads complex mediated intercellular and interkingdom signal transduction mechanisms in promoting plant's immunity	21
Genome-wide identification of the Penicillium digitatum bZIP gene family and the roles of one key member, PdatfA	21
Skin microbiome of people living at the Dead Sea area – The lowest place on earth	21
Bioleaching of polymetallic sulphidic mining residues: influence of increasing solid concentration on microbial community dynamics and metal dissolution	21
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Rates of iron(III) reduction coupled to elemental sulfur or tetrathionate oxidation by acidophilic microorganisms and detection of sulfur intermediates	18
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Biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance profiles of water-borne pathogens	17
Listeria monocytogenes in beef: a hidden risk	16
BSC2 modulates AmB resistance via the maintenance of intracellular sodium/potassium ion homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	16
MibR and LibR are involved in the transcriptional regulation of the ipdC gene in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7	16
GefC, a protein possessing a GGDEF domain, regulates biofilm formation, swimming motility, and pathogenesis in Vibrio parahaemolyticus	15
Plasmid pMO1 from Marinitoga okinawensis, first non-cryptic plasmid reported within Thermotogota	15

BarA/UvrY differentially regulates prodigiosin biosynthesis and swarming motility in Serratia marcescens FS14	14
Alleviating the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus by ascorbic acid nanoemulsion	14
Are Bacillus thuringiensis strains like any other Bacillus cereus strains? Phenotypic-based tools to locate Bacillus thuringiensis in the diversity of the Bacillus cereus sensu lato group	14
Actinomycetes studies in Tunisia	13
Bivalent copper ions presence triggers removal and homeostatic mechanisms in the metal-resistant microorganism Apiotrichum loubieri M12	13
Biochemical characterization and mutational analysis of the NurA protein from the hyperthermophilic euryarchaeon Thermococcus barophilus Ch5	13
Giardia duodenalis carries out canonical homologous recombination and single-strand annealing	13
Metagenomics approaches in unveiling the dynamics of Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganisms (PGPM) vis-à-vis Phytophthora sp. suppression in various crop ecological systems	13
The dynamics of two iron-oxidizing Acidithiobacillus strains in industrial copper sulfide heap-leaching	13
Prevalence of the optrA gene among Streptococcus suis isolates from diseased pigs and identification of a novel integrative conjugative element ICESsu988S	13
Alicyclobacillus sp. SO9, a novel halophilic acidophilic iron-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a tailings-contaminated beach, and its effect on copper extraction from chalcopyrite in the presence of	12
Transcriptional evaluation of functional genes of resistance, biofilm and quorum sensing in CTX-M15 ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae after meropenem concentration based on serum level	12
High-throughput functional profiling of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans genome	12
The stringent response is strongly activated in the antibiotic producing strain, Streptomyces coelicolor	12
Transcriptome analysis during thermal-induced endogenous mutagenesis in a strict psychrotrophic Aeromonas salmonicida subp. salmonicida strain	12
The persistence of time: the lifespan of Bacillus anthracis spores in environmental reservoirs	12
Plasmid – Chromosome interplay in natural and non-natural hosts: global transcription study of three Bacillus cereus group strains carrying pCER270 plasmid	12
The role of intracellular β-glucosidase in cellulolytic response induction in filamentous fungus Penicillium verruculosum	11
Polyphosphate accumulation and cell-surface properties by autochthonous bacteria from Argentinian Patagonia	11
Termitidicoccus mucosus gen. nov. sp. nov. a novel Verrucomicrobiota species isolated from Reticulitermes chinensis gives insights of high adaptability of symbiotic bacteria to termite gut ecosystem	11
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Protein kinase A regulatory subunit is required for normal growth, zoosporogenesis, and pathogenicity in Phytophthora sojae	11
The enigmatic physiological roles of AhpCF, Gpx, Npr and Kat in peroxide stress response of Enterococcus faecium	11
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Transcription factor mce3R modulates antibiotics and disease persistence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	11
Genomic analysis of Chryseobacterium indologenes and conformational dynamics of the selected DD-peptidase	11
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d-aspartate, an amino-acid important for human health, supports anaerobic respiration in several Campylobacter species	10
Myxobacteria: biology and bioactive secondary metabolites	10
Simulating compatible solute biosynthesis using a metabolic flux model of the biomining acidophile, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270	10
Roles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa siderophores in interaction with prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms	10
Isolation of a PRD1-like phage uncovers the carriage of three putative conjugative plasmids in clinical Burkholderia contaminans	9
Diverse Enterococcus faecalis strains show heterogeneity in biofilm properties	9
Role of post-translational modifications in virulence of Bacillus anthracis: A narrative review	9
Phylogenomics and molecular marker-based analyses of the order Nevskiales: proposal for the creation of Steroidobacterales ord. nov. and Peristeroidobacter gen. nov	9
2-Alkyl-anthraquinones inhibit Candida albicans biofilm via inhibiting the formation of matrix and hyphae	9
Exacerbation of virulence of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli O104:H4 by subinhibitory concentrations of ampicillin	9
Physico-chemical characterization of single bacteria and spores using optical tweezers	9
Targeting MurG enzyme in Klebsiella pneumoniae: An in silico approach to novel antimicrobial discovery	8
Role of lactoyl-glutathione lyase of Salmonella in the colonization of plants under salinity stress	8
Decoding the functionality of pESA3 in Cronobacter sakazakii: A balancing act between survival and pathogenicity	8
Characterization of tailocins of Pragia fontium 24613 and the tailocin loci within the family Budviciaceae	8
Bacillus pfraonensis sp. nov., a new strain isolated from a probiotic feed additive with low cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity	8
Biochemical limitations of Bacillus thuringiensis based biopesticides production in a wheat bran culture medium	8
Evaluating the efficacy of endolysins and membrane permeabilizers against Vibrio parahaemolyticus in marine conditions	8
The cysS gene (ncgl0127) of Corynebacterium glutamicum is required for sulfur assimilation and affects oxidative stress-responsive cysteine import	8
Study of the early response of Escherichia coli lpcA and ompF mutants to ciprofloxacin	7
Metabolic complexities and heterogeneity in quorum sensing signaling molecules in bacteria isolated from black band disease in a Caribbean coral	7
Does environmental replication contribute to Bacillus anthracis spore persistence and infectivity in soil?	7
Elevated concentrations of polymyxin B elicit a biofilm-specific resistance mechanism in Vibrio cholerae	7

Differential DNA methylation associated with virulence attenuation in Edwardsiella piscicida	7
Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance, and genetic lineages of nasal Staphylococcus aureus among medical students at a Spanish University: detection of the MSSA-CC398-IEC-type-C subclade	7
Identification of key amino acid residues in OqxB mediated efflux of fluoroquinolones using site-directed mutagenesis	7
Co-expression network insights into Leptospira interrogans pathogenesis	7
The influence of the phylum Planctomycetota in the environmental resistome	7
Microbial anti-biofilms: types and mechanism of action	7
l-tyrosine modulates biofilm formation of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579	7
Functional diversity of AI-2/LuxS system in lactic acid bacteria: Impacts on biofilm formation and environmental resilience	6
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Diversity of ethanolamine utilization by human commensal Escherichia coli	6
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Antifungal azoles trigger a xenobiotic detoxification pathway and chitin synthesis in Neurospora crassa	6
Comparative genomic analysis of the Dietzia genus: an insight into genomic diversity, and adaptation	6
Klebsiella pneumoniae-induced pneumonia: Pathogenesis, immune interactions, and antimicrobial resistance in a global context	6
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Multi-drug resistance and diversity of mobile genetic elements in Escherichia coli isolated from migratory bird in Poyang Lake	6
Comparison of genomic assembly and annotation based on two clones of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli	6
Assessment of the growth inhibition and anti-biofilm activity of aptamer (PmA2G02) against Proteus mirabilis 1429T	5
Carbon sources effects on conidiation in Penicillium camemberti: a transcriptomic analysis	5
Multiple ways to evade the bacteriostatic action of glyphosate in rhizobia include the mutation of the conserved serine 90 of the nitrogenase subunit NifH to alanine	5
Effect of gamma irradiation on the proteogenome of cold-acclimated Kocuria rhizophila PT10	5
In memoriam Julian Edmund Davies (1932–2025)	5
The roots of the Institut Pasteur's “Grand Cours”	5
Alterations of growth, biofilm-forming, and gene expression of Bordetella pertussis by antibiotics at sub-minimum inhibitory concentrations	4
Transcriptome analysis reveals a common adaptive transcriptional response of Candida glabrata to diverse environmental stresses	4
Core genome multilocus sequence typing scheme for Bacillus cereus group bacteria	4
Biofilms communities in the soil: characteristic and interactions using mathematical model	4
Metabolomics profiling of culture medium reveals association of methionine and vitamin B metabolisms with virulent phenotypes of clinical bloodstream-isolated Candida albicans	4
Quenching and quorum sensing in bacterial bio-films	4
Involvement of RNA chaperone hfq in the regulation of antibiotic resistance and virulence in Shigella sonnei	4
Phosphate starvation is accompanied by disturbance of intracellular cysteine homeostasis in Escherichia coli	4
Cutibacterium acnes and its complex host interaction in prosthetic joint infection: Current insights and future directions	4
Antimicrobial resistance in coagulase negative staphylococci: Genome analysis and role of horizontal gene transfer	4
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The importance of the PapR7 C-terminus and amide protons in mediating quorum sensing in Bacillus cereus	4
Insights into the Bacillus anthracis, cereus and thuringiensis world through the BACT conference	4