OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microbiological Research is 53. 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
Effects of folate biosynthesis defects in Lactiplantibacillus plantarum	197
Corrigendum to “Nutritional additives dominance in driving the bacterial communities succession and bioremediation of hydrocarbon and heavy metal contaminated soil microcosms” [Microbiol. Res. 270 (20	179
The mechanistic insights of essential oil of Mentha piperita to control Botrytis cinerea and the prospection of lipid nanoparticles to its application	177
Responding to exogenous quorum-sensing signals promotes defense against phages by repressing OmpV expression in Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae	173
Selected rhizosphere bacteria are associated with endangered species - Scutellaria tsinyunensis via comparative microbiome analysis	155
Stress adaptation and virulence in Vibrio alginolyticus is mediated by two (p)ppGpp synthetase genes, relA and spoT	149
Genome-wide analysis of fitness factors in uropathogenic Escherichia coli in a pig urinary tract infection model	136
Transcriptome analysis of maize pathogen Fusarium verticillioides revealed FvLcp1, a secreted protein with type-D fungal LysM and chitin-binding domains, that plays important roles in pathogenesis and	135
Analysis of virulence proteins in pathogenic Acinetobacter baumannii to provide early warning of zoonotic risk	135
Androgen deficiency-induced loss of Lactobacillus salivarius extracellular vesicles is associated with the pathogenesis of osteoporosis	125
Proteomic and physiological analysis provides an elucidation of Fusarium proliferatum infection causing crown rot on banana fruit	124
Staphylococcus aureus small-colony variants: Formation, infection, and treatment	121
Sphingomonas arvum sp. nov.: A promising microbial chassis for high-yield and sustainable zeaxanthin biomanufacturing	114
Role of R5 pyocin in the predominance of high-risk Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates	113
The hex1 gene of Trichoderma simmonsii is involved in stress responses, biocontrol potential and wheat plant growth	107
Effects of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and yogurt on mice during oral antibiotic administration	105
The organic acid metabolites of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. iuvenis alleviate ultraviolet irradiation-induced photoaging	103
Molecular mechanism whereby Bacillus nematocida BN16 activates the “Trojan Horse” response against nematodes	98
Independent component analysis of Corynebacterium glutamicum transcriptomes reveals its transcriptional regulatory network	95
Degradation of polypropylene by fungi Coniochaeta hoffmannii and Pleurostoma richardsiae	93
Antimicrobial activity of an artificially designed peptide against fish pathogens	85
Dual inoculation with rhizosphere-promoting bacterium Bacillus cereus and beneficial fungus Peniophora cinerea improves salt stress tolerance and productivity in willow	84
Interaction between gut microbiota dysbiosis and lung infection as gut-lung axis caused by Streptococcus suis in mouse model	80
Bacterial second messenger c-di-GMP: Emerging functions in stress resistance	78
Fecal microbiota transplantation ameliorates abdominal obesity through inhibiting microbiota-mediated intestinal barrier damage and inflammation in mice	77

Interaction between inflammation and biofilm infection and advances in targeted biofilm therapy strategies	75
A combination of physiology, metabolomics, and genetics reveals the two-component system ResS/ResR-mediated Fe and Al release from biotite by Pseudomonas pergaminensis F77	74
Equol neutralizes toxin B to combat Clostridioides difficile infection without disrupting the gut microbiota	74
Epigenetic orchestration of host immune defences by Mycobacterium tuberculosis	71
Understanding the ternary interaction of crop plants, fungal pathogens, and rhizobacteria in response to global warming	71
Nanocomposites against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms: Recent advances, challenges, and future prospects	70
Biodegradation of humic acids by Streptomyces rochei to promote the growth and yield of corn	67
Coordinated host resistance and distinct phage strategies shape biofilm-phage dynamics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	67
‘Altruistic’ cooperation among the prokaryotic community of Atlantic salterns assessed by metagenomics	66
Outer membrane vesicles produced by coral-associated Vibrio coralliilyticus inhibit bacteriophage infection and its ecological implications	65
Harnessing microbial multitrophic interactions for rhizosphere microbiome engineering	65
Salmonella Typhimurium PgtE is an essential arsenal to defend against the host resident antimicrobial peptides	65
Reduction of histone proteins dosages increases CFW sensitivity and attenuates virulence of Candida albicans	62
The human microbiome and benign prostatic hyperplasia: Current understandings and clinical implications	61
Bacteriophage therapy for critical antibiotic-resistant Gram-positive bacteria: A systematic review of clinical researches	61
Transcriptomics reveals the regulation of the immune system of the mushroom-forming fungus Schizophyllum commune during interaction with four competitors	61
Pseudomonas aeruginosa T6SS secretes an oxygen-binding hemerythrin to facilitate competitive growth under microaerobic conditions	60
Prokaryotic communities inhabiting a high-radon subterranean ecosystem (Castañar Cave, Spain): Environmental and substrate-driven controls	58
Farming systems influence the compositional, structural, and functional characteristics of the sugarcane-associated microbiome	58
The transcriptomic response of two basidiomycete fungi to plant biomass is modulated by temperature to a different extent	58
PP2ARts1 antagonizes Rck2-mediated hyperosmotic stress signaling in yeast	58
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the IgA seroprevalence in COVID-19 patients: Is there a role for IgA in COVID-19 diagnosis or severity?	57
Editorial Board	57
Editorial Board	56
Corrigendum to “Cell wall associated proteins involved in filamentation with impact on the virulence of Candida albicans” [Microbiol. Res. 258 (2022) 1–13]	55
Mycolicibacterium sp. strain PAM1, an alfalfa rhizosphere dweller, catabolizes PAHs and promotes partner-plant growth	54
Genomic and phenotypic features of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from oil reservoirs reveal a novel subspecies specialized in degrading hazardous hydrocarbons	54
Integrated transcriptomics and metabolomics elucidate how arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviate drought stress in Juglans sigillata	53