OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Research in Microbiology is 8. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Switching off the yeast-to-hyphae transition in Yarrowia lipolytica through histone deacetylase inhibitors	127
Bacteriophages potentiate the effect of antibiotics by eradication of persister cells and killing of biofilm-forming cells	82
Corynebacterium ramonii sp. nov., a novel toxigenic member of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae species complex	51
New insight into the relationship between Salmonella Typhimurium and the German cockroach suggests active mechanisms of vector-borne transmission	49
DnaJ, a heat shock protein 40 family member, is essential for the survival and virulence of plant pathogenic Pseudomonas cichorii JBC1	39
Early expression of capsule during Bacillus anthracis germination	38
Characterization and identification of Pseudomonas sp. AW4, an arsenic-resistant and plant growth-promoting bacteria isolated from the soybean (Glycine max L.) rhizosphere	33
Biofilm formation by selected microbial strains isolated from wastewater and their consortia: mercury resistance and removal potential	31
The Tol–Pal system of Escherichia coli plays an unexpected role in the import of the oxyanions chromate and phosphate	27
Comparative genomics sheds light on transcription factor-mediated regulation in the extreme acidophilic Acidithiobacillia representatives	27
Systematic transcriptome analysis allows the identification of new type I and type II Toxin/Antitoxin systems located in the superintegron of Vibrio cholerae	22
Identification of pH-specific protein expression responses by Campylobacter jejuni strain NCTC 11168	21
Lipid lysination by MprF contributes to hemolytic pigment retention in group B Streptococcus	20
Molecular insights into PGPR fluorescent Pseudomonads complex mediated intercellular and interkingdom signal transduction mechanisms in promoting plant's immunity	19
Skin microbiome of people living at the Dead Sea area – The lowest place on earth	18
Bioleaching of polymetallic sulphidic mining residues: influence of increasing solid concentration on microbial community dynamics and metal dissolution	18
Genome-wide identification of the Penicillium digitatum bZIP gene family and the roles of one key member, PdatfA	16
BSC2 modulates AmB resistance via the maintenance of intracellular sodium/potassium ion homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	15
Rates of iron(III) reduction coupled to elemental sulfur or tetrathionate oxidation by acidophilic microorganisms and detection of sulfur intermediates	15
Novel strains of Klebsiella africana and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Australian fruit bats (Pteropus poliocephalus)	15
Biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance profiles of water-borne pathogens	15
Listeria monocytogenes in beef: a hidden risk	15
Editorial board	15
MibR and LibR are involved in the transcriptional regulation of the ipdC gene in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7	14
Plasmid pMO1 from Marinitoga okinawensis, first non-cryptic plasmid reported within Thermotogota	13

GefC, a protein possessing a GGDEF domain, regulates biofilm formation, swimming motility, and pathogenesis in Vibrio parahaemolyticus	13
Biochemical characterization and mutational analysis of the NurA protein from the hyperthermophilic euryarchaeon Thermococcus barophilus Ch5	13
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	13
Alleviating the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus by ascorbic acid nanoemulsion	13
BarA/UvrY differentially regulates prodigiosin biosynthesis and swarming motility in Serratia marcescens FS14	13
Giardia duodenalis carries out canonical homologous recombination and single-strand annealing	12
Actinomycetes studies in Tunisia	12
Prevalence of the optrA gene among Streptococcus suis isolates from diseased pigs and identification of a novel integrative conjugative element ICESsu988S	12
Metagenomics approaches in unveiling the dynamics of Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganisms (PGPM) vis-à-vis Phytophthora sp. suppression in various crop ecological systems	12
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	11
The dynamics of two iron-oxidizing Acidithiobacillus strains in industrial copper sulfide heap-leaching	11
The persistence of time: the lifespan of Bacillus anthracis spores in environmental reservoirs	11
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 stringent response is strongly activated in the antibiotic producing strain, Streptomyces coelicolor	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
Transcriptome analysis during thermal-induced endogenous mutagenesis in a strict psychrotrophic Aeromonas salmonicida subp. salmonicida strain	11
Polyphosphate accumulation and cell-surface properties by autochthonous bacteria from Argentinian Patagonia	10
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	10
The enigmatic physiological roles of AhpCF, Gpx, Npr and Kat in peroxide stress response of Enterococcus faecium	10
Protein kinase A regulatory subunit is required for normal growth, zoosporogenesis, and pathogenicity in Phytophthora sojae	10
Transcription factor mce3R modulates antibiotics and disease persistence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	10
Editorial Board	10
Genomic analysis of Chryseobacterium indologenes and conformational dynamics of the selected DD-peptidase	10
Plasmid – Chromosome interplay in natural and non-natural hosts: global transcription study of three Bacillus cereus group strains carrying pCER270 plasmid	10
d-aspartate, an amino-acid important for human health, supports anaerobic respiration in several Campylobacter species	9
Editorial board	9
Myxobacteria: biology and bioactive secondary metabolites	9
Roles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa siderophores in interaction with prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms	9
Small RNA-mediated regulation of the tet(M) resistance gene expression in Enterococcus faecium	9
Editorial Board	9
The role of intracellular β-glucosidase in cellulolytic response induction in filamentous fungus Penicillium verruculosum	9
Simulating compatible solute biosynthesis using a metabolic flux model of the biomining acidophile, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270	9
Isolation of a PRD1-like phage uncovers the carriage of three putative conjugative plasmids in clinical Burkholderia contaminans	8
Physico-chemical characterization of single bacteria and spores using optical tweezers	8
Characterization of tailocins of Pragia fontium 24613 and the tailocin loci within the family Budviciaceae	8
Post-translational modifications in bacteria – The dynamics of bacterial physiology	8
Diverse Enterococcus faecalis strains show heterogeneity in biofilm properties	8
2-Alkyl-anthraquinones inhibit Candida albicans biofilm via inhibiting the formation of matrix and hyphae	8
Targeting MurG enzyme in Klebsiella pneumoniae: An in silico approach to novel antimicrobial discovery	8
Phylogenomics and molecular marker-based analyses of the order Nevskiales: proposal for the creation of Steroidobacterales ord. nov. and Peristeroidobacter gen. nov	8
Overview of protein phosphorylation in bacteria with a main focus on unusual protein kinases in Bacillus subtilis	8
Role of post-translational modifications in virulence of Bacillus anthracis: A narrative review	8
Exacerbation of virulence of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli O104:H4 by subinhibitory concentrations of ampicillin	8
Bacillus pfraonensis sp. nov., a new strain isolated from a probiotic feed additive with low cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity	8