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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
The Tol–Pal system of Escherichia coli plays an unexpected role in the import of the oxyanions chromate and phosphate	145
Comparative genomics sheds light on transcription factor-mediated regulation in the extreme acidophilic Acidithiobacillia representatives	84
Lipid lysination by MprF contributes to hemolytic pigment retention in group B Streptococcus	57
Switching off the yeast-to-hyphae transition in Yarrowia lipolytica through histone deacetylase inhibitors	52
Characterization and identification of Pseudomonas sp. AW4, an arsenic-resistant and plant growth-promoting bacteria isolated from the soybean (Glycine max L.) rhizosphere	42
Identification of pH-specific protein expression responses by Campylobacter jejuni strain NCTC 11168	35
Early expression of capsule during Bacillus anthracis germination	34
Systematic transcriptome analysis allows the identification of new type I and type II Toxin/Antitoxin systems located in the superintegron of Vibrio cholerae	33
Corynebacterium ramonii sp. nov., a novel toxigenic member of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae species complex	27
Bacteriophages potentiate the effect of antibiotics by eradication of persister cells and killing of biofilm-forming cells	27
DnaJ, a heat shock protein 40 family member, is essential for the survival and virulence of plant pathogenic Pseudomonas cichorii JBC1	24
New insight into the relationship between Salmonella Typhimurium and the German cockroach suggests active mechanisms of vector-borne transmission	21
Biofilm formation by selected microbial strains isolated from wastewater and their consortia: mercury resistance and removal potential	21
Molecular insights into PGPR fluorescent Pseudomonads complex mediated intercellular and interkingdom signal transduction mechanisms in promoting plant's immunity	20
Genome-wide identification of the Penicillium digitatum bZIP gene family and the roles of one key member, PdatfA	19
Bioleaching of polymetallic sulphidic mining residues: influence of increasing solid concentration on microbial community dynamics and metal dissolution	18
Skin microbiome of people living at the Dead Sea area – The lowest place on earth	18
Editorial board	17
Listeria monocytogenes in beef: a hidden risk	16
Rates of iron(III) reduction coupled to elemental sulfur or tetrathionate oxidation by acidophilic microorganisms and detection of sulfur intermediates	16
Biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance profiles of water-borne pathogens	15
Plasmid pMO1 from Marinitoga okinawensis, first non-cryptic plasmid reported within Thermotogota	15
BSC2 modulates AmB resistance via the maintenance of intracellular sodium/potassium ion homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	15
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
Alleviating the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus by ascorbic acid nanoemulsion	14

MibR and LibR are involved in the transcriptional regulation of the ipdC gene in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7	14
GefC, a protein possessing a GGDEF domain, regulates biofilm formation, swimming motility, and pathogenesis in Vibrio parahaemolyticus	13
Prevalence of the optrA gene among Streptococcus suis isolates from diseased pigs and identification of a novel integrative conjugative element ICESsu988S	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
BarA/UvrY differentially regulates prodigiosin biosynthesis and swarming motility in Serratia marcescens FS14	13
Biochemical characterization and mutational analysis of the NurA protein from the hyperthermophilic euryarchaeon Thermococcus barophilus Ch5	13
Bivalent copper ions presence triggers removal and homeostatic mechanisms in the metal-resistant microorganism Apiotrichum loubieri M12	12
High-throughput functional profiling of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans genome	12
Actinomycetes studies in Tunisia	12
Giardia duodenalis carries out canonical homologous recombination and single-strand annealing	12
The stringent response is strongly activated in the antibiotic producing strain, Streptomyces coelicolor	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	11
The persistence of time: the lifespan of Bacillus anthracis spores in environmental reservoirs	11
The dynamics of two iron-oxidizing Acidithiobacillus strains in industrial copper sulfide heap-leaching	11
Transcriptome analysis during thermal-induced endogenous mutagenesis in a strict psychrotrophic Aeromonas salmonicida subp. salmonicida strain	11
Plasmid – Chromosome interplay in natural and non-natural hosts: global transcription study of three Bacillus cereus group strains carrying pCER270 plasmid	11
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	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
Simulating compatible solute biosynthesis using a metabolic flux model of the biomining acidophile, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270	10
Small RNA-mediated regulation of the tet(M) resistance gene expression in Enterococcus faecium	10
Transcription factor mce3R modulates antibiotics and disease persistence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	10
Polyphosphate accumulation and cell-surface properties by autochthonous bacteria from Argentinian Patagonia	10
The role of intracellular β-glucosidase in cellulolytic response induction in filamentous fungus Penicillium verruculosum	10
Editorial Board	10
The enigmatic physiological roles of AhpCF, Gpx, Npr and Kat in peroxide stress response of Enterococcus faecium	10
d-aspartate, an amino-acid important for human health, supports anaerobic respiration in several Campylobacter species	10
Editorial board	10
Protein kinase A regulatory subunit is required for normal growth, zoosporogenesis, and pathogenicity in Phytophthora sojae	10
Genomic analysis of Chryseobacterium indologenes and conformational dynamics of the selected DD-peptidase	10
Editorial Board	9
Exacerbation of virulence of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli O104:H4 by subinhibitory concentrations of ampicillin	9
Roles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa siderophores in interaction with prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms	9
Isolation of a PRD1-like phage uncovers the carriage of three putative conjugative plasmids in clinical Burkholderia contaminans	9
Myxobacteria: biology and bioactive secondary metabolites	9
Phylogenomics and molecular marker-based analyses of the order Nevskiales: proposal for the creation of Steroidobacterales ord. nov. and Peristeroidobacter gen. nov	9
Role of lactoyl-glutathione lyase of Salmonella in the colonization of plants under salinity stress	8
Physico-chemical characterization of single bacteria and spores using optical tweezers	8
Study of the early response of Escherichia coli lpcA and ompF mutants to ciprofloxacin	8
Evaluating the efficacy of endolysins and membrane permeabilizers against Vibrio parahaemolyticus in marine conditions	8
Bacillus pfraonensis sp. nov., a new strain isolated from a probiotic feed additive with low cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity	8
Diverse Enterococcus faecalis strains show heterogeneity in biofilm properties	8
Targeting MurG enzyme in Klebsiella pneumoniae: An in silico approach to novel antimicrobial discovery	8
Genetic and evolutionary characterization of the Major Facilitator Superfamily transporters of the antibacterial, Pantoea Natural Product 3	8
2-Alkyl-anthraquinones inhibit Candida albicans biofilm via inhibiting the formation of matrix and hyphae	8
Role of post-translational modifications in virulence of Bacillus anthracis: A narrative review	8
Characterization of tailocins of Pragia fontium 24613 and the tailocin loci within the family Budviciaceae	8
The cysS gene (ncgl0127) of Corynebacterium glutamicum is required for sulfur assimilation and affects oxidative stress-responsive cysteine import	7
Decoding the functionality of pESA3 in Cronobacter sakazakii: A balancing act between survival and pathogenicity	7
Elevated concentrations of polymyxin B elicit a biofilm-specific resistance mechanism in Vibrio cholerae	7
Biochemical limitations of Bacillus thuringiensis based biopesticides production in a wheat bran culture medium	7

Co-expression network insights into Leptospira interrogans pathogenesis	7
Differential DNA methylation associated with virulence attenuation in Edwardsiella piscicida	7
AmpR is a dual regulator in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia with a positive role in β-lactam resistance and a negative role in virulence, biofilm and DSF production	7
The influence of the phylum Planctomycetota in the environmental resistome	7
Bacterial antagonism of Chromobacterium haemolyticum and characterization of its putative type VI secretion system	7
Functional diversity of AI-2/LuxS system in lactic acid bacteria: Impacts on biofilm formation and environmental resilience	6
Identification of key amino acid residues in OqxB mediated efflux of fluoroquinolones using site-directed mutagenesis	6
Editorial Board	6
A phosphopantetheinyl transferase gene restricted to Porphyromonas	6
Editorial board	6
Essential role of extracytoplasmic proteins in the resistance of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus to cadmium	6
Klebsiella pneumoniae-induced pneumonia: Pathogenesis, immune interactions, and antimicrobial resistance in a global context	6
Multi-drug resistance and diversity of mobile genetic elements in Escherichia coli isolated from migratory bird in Poyang Lake	6
Metabolic complexities and heterogeneity in quorum sensing signaling molecules in bacteria isolated from black band disease in a Caribbean coral	6
Editorial board	6
l-tyrosine modulates biofilm formation of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579	6
Diversity of ethanolamine utilization by human commensal Escherichia coli	6
Microbial anti-biofilms: types and mechanism of action	6
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	6
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	6
Assessment of the growth inhibition and anti-biofilm activity of aptamer (PmA2G02) against Proteus mirabilis 1429T	6
Does environmental replication contribute to Bacillus anthracis spore persistence and infectivity in soil?	6
Antifungal azoles trigger a xenobiotic detoxification pathway and chitin synthesis in Neurospora crassa	6
Effect of gamma irradiation on the proteogenome of cold-acclimated Kocuria rhizophila PT10	5
Cutibacterium acnes and its complex host interaction in prosthetic joint infection: Current insights and future directions	5
Antimicrobial resistance in coagulase negative staphylococci: Genome analysis and role of horizontal gene transfer	5
Editorial Board	5
Comparative genomic analysis of the Dietzia genus: an insight into genomic diversity, and adaptation	5
Carbon sources effects on conidiation in Penicillium camemberti: a transcriptomic analysis	5
Metabolomics profiling of culture medium reveals association of methionine and vitamin B metabolisms with virulent phenotypes of clinical bloodstream-isolated Candida albicans	5
Quenching and quorum sensing in bacterial bio-films	5
Comparison of genomic assembly and annotation based on two clones of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli	5
Alterations of growth, biofilm-forming, and gene expression of Bordetella pertussis by antibiotics at sub-minimum inhibitory concentrations	5
In memoriam Julian Edmund Davies (1932–2025)	5
Transcriptome analysis reveals a common adaptive transcriptional response of Candida glabrata to diverse environmental stresses	5
The roots of the Institut Pasteur's “Grand Cours”	5
Comparative characteristics of sequence types, genotypes and virulence of multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated from various hosts in eastern Poland. Spread of clonal complex 17 in humans	5
Involvement of RNA chaperone hfq in the regulation of antibiotic resistance and virulence in Shigella sonnei	4
The importance of the PapR7 C-terminus and amide protons in mediating quorum sensing in Bacillus cereus	4
Multiple SigB homologues govern the transcription of the ssgBp promoter in the sporulation–specific ssgB gene in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)	4
Insights into the Bacillus anthracis, cereus and thuringiensis world through the BACT conference	4
Functional analysis and enzyme characterization of mannose-1-phosphate guanylyl transferase (ManB) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis	4
Effect of actinorhizal root exudates on the proteomes of Frankia soli NRRL B-16219, a strain colonizing the root tissues of its actinorhizal host via intercellular pathway	4
Biofilms communities in the soil: characteristic and interactions using mathematical model	4
Atg8 and Ire1 in combination regulate the autophagy-related endoplasmic reticulum stress response in Candida albicans	4
The NF-κB factor Relish is essential for the epithelial defenses protecting against δ-endotoxin dependent effects of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis infection in the Drosophila model	4
Editorial Board	4
Phosphate starvation is accompanied by disturbance of intracellular cysteine homeostasis in Escherichia coli	4
Programmed cell death in Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines is associated with modulation of gene expression resulting in altered states of motility, biofilm and virulence	4
Core genome multilocus sequence typing scheme for Bacillus cereus group bacteria	4
Construction of core genome multi-locus sequence typing schemes for population structure analyses of Nocardia species	4