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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Identification of pH-specific protein expression responses by Campylobacter jejuni strain NCTC 11168	99
DnaJ, a heat shock protein 40 family member, is essential for the survival and virulence of plant pathogenic Pseudomonas cichorii JBC1	77
Biofilm formation by selected microbial strains isolated from wastewater and their consortia: mercury resistance and removal potential	44
New insight into the relationship between Salmonella Typhimurium and the German cockroach suggests active mechanisms of vector-borne transmission	42
Lipid lysination by MprF contributes to hemolytic pigment retention in group B Streptococcus	36
The Tol–Pal system of Escherichia coli plays an unexpected role in the import of the oxyanions chromate and phosphate	31
Early expression of capsule during Bacillus anthracis germination	30
Switching off the yeast-to-hyphae transition in Yarrowia lipolytica through histone deacetylase inhibitors	29
Comparative genomics sheds light on transcription factor-mediated regulation in the extreme acidophilic Acidithiobacillia representatives	28
Systematic transcriptome analysis allows the identification of new type I and type II Toxin/Antitoxin systems located in the superintegron of Vibrio cholerae	28
Corynebacterium ramonii sp. nov., a novel toxigenic member of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae species complex	24
Bacteriophages potentiate the effect of antibiotics by eradication of persister cells and killing of biofilm-forming cells	22
Characterization and identification of Pseudomonas sp. AW4, an arsenic-resistant and plant growth-promoting bacteria isolated from the soybean (Glycine max L.) rhizosphere	21
Bioleaching of polymetallic sulphidic mining residues: influence of increasing solid concentration on microbial community dynamics and metal dissolution	20
Editorial board	17
Development of molecular driven screening for desulfurizing microorganisms targeting the dszB desulfinase gene	16
Genome-wide identification of the Penicillium digitatum bZIP gene family and the roles of one key member, PdatfA	15
Skin microbiome of people living at the Dead Sea area – The lowest place on earth	15
Molecular insights into PGPR fluorescent Pseudomonads complex mediated intercellular and interkingdom signal transduction mechanisms in promoting plant's immunity	15
Novel strains of Klebsiella africana and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Australian fruit bats (Pteropus poliocephalus)	14
BSC2 modulates AmB resistance via the maintenance of intracellular sodium/potassium ion homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	14
Listeria monocytogenes in beef: a hidden risk	14
Editorial board	14
Plasmid pMO1 from Marinitoga okinawensis, first non-cryptic plasmid reported within Thermotogota	13
Rates of iron(III) reduction coupled to elemental sulfur or tetrathionate oxidation by acidophilic microorganisms and detection of sulfur intermediates	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
Biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance profiles of water-borne pathogens	13
Alleviating the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus by ascorbic acid nanoemulsion	13
Biochemical characterization and mutational analysis of the NurA protein from the hyperthermophilic euryarchaeon Thermococcus barophilus Ch5	12
Actinomycetes studies in Tunisia	12
Bivalent copper ions presence triggers removal and homeostatic mechanisms in the metal-resistant microorganism Apiotrichum loubieri M12	12
MibR and LibR are involved in the transcriptional regulation of the ipdC gene in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7	12
Prevalence of the optrA gene among Streptococcus suis isolates from diseased pigs and identification of a novel integrative conjugative element ICESsu988S	12
BarA/UvrY differentially regulates prodigiosin biosynthesis and swarming motility in Serratia marcescens FS14	12
Bacteriophage therapy: recent developments and applications of a renaissant weapon	11
Metagenomics approaches in unveiling the dynamics of Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganisms (PGPM) vis-à-vis Phytophthora sp. suppression in various crop ecological systems	11
Giardia duodenalis carries out canonical homologous recombination and single-strand annealing	10
The stringent response is strongly activated in the antibiotic producing strain, Streptomyces coelicolor	10
The dynamics of two iron-oxidizing Acidithiobacillus strains in industrial copper sulfide heap-leaching	10
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	10
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	10
Transcriptome analysis during thermal-induced endogenous mutagenesis in a strict psychrotrophic Aeromonas salmonicida subp. salmonicida strain	10
High-throughput functional profiling of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans genome	10
Protein kinase A regulatory subunit is required for normal growth, zoosporogenesis, and pathogenicity in Phytophthora sojae	9
Editorial board	9
Editorial Board	9
The persistence of time: the lifespan of Bacillus anthracis spores in environmental reservoirs	9
Plasmid – Chromosome interplay in natural and non-natural hosts: global transcription study of three Bacillus cereus group strains carrying pCER270 plasmid	9
Genomic analysis of Chryseobacterium indologenes and conformational dynamics of the selected DD-peptidase	9
The enigmatic physiological roles of AhpCF, Gpx, Npr and Kat in peroxide stress response of Enterococcus faecium	9
Polyphosphate accumulation and cell-surface properties by autochthonous bacteria from Argentinian Patagonia	9
Transcription factor mce3R modulates antibiotics and disease persistence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	9
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	9
The role of intracellular β-glucosidase in cellulolytic response induction in filamentous fungus Penicillium verruculosum	8
Small RNA-mediated regulation of the tet(M) resistance gene expression in Enterococcus faecium	8
Isolation of a PRD1-like phage uncovers the carriage of three putative conjugative plasmids in clinical Burkholderia contaminans	8
Editorial Board	8
Simulating compatible solute biosynthesis using a metabolic flux model of the biomining acidophile, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270	8
Myxobacteria: biology and bioactive secondary metabolites	8
Roles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa siderophores in interaction with prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms	8
d-aspartate, an amino-acid important for human health, supports anaerobic respiration in several Campylobacter species	8
Exacerbation of virulence of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli O104:H4 by subinhibitory concentrations of ampicillin	8