OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews is 7. 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
A Reduction of Transcriptional Regulation in Aquatic Oligotrophic Microorganisms Enhances Fitness in Nutrient-Poor Environments	110
DNA Repair in Staphylococcus aureus	87
Mechanisms of action of microbicides commonly used in infection prevention and control	83
Human coronaviruses: activation and antagonism of innate immune responses	81
Interplay between group A Streptococcus and host innate immune responses	75
The intersection of host in vivo metabolism and immune responses to infection with kinetoplastid and apicomplexan parasites	68
Evolutionary trajectory for nuclear functions of ciliary transport complex proteins	67
The Facts and Family Secrets of Plasmids That Replicate via the Rolling-Circle Mechanism	61
Resolving spatiotemporal dynamics in bacterial multicellular populations: approaches and challenges	60
Lipoic acid attachment to proteins: stimulating new developments	55
EcoSal Plus will become a part of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	47
Type III Secretion in Chlamydia	43
Understanding the gut microbiota by considering human evolution: a story of fire, cereals, cooking, molecular ingenuity, and functional cooperation	42
Hepatitis B virus entry, assembly, and egress	41
Computational Tools for the Analysis of Uncultivated Phage Genomes	39
Outer Membrane Vesicles: Biogenesis, Functions, and Issues	37
How It All Begins: Bacterial Factors Mediating the Colonization of Invertebrate Hosts by Beneficial Symbionts	35
Genotypic diversity, virulence, and molecular genetic tools in Histoplasma	35
Mating-Type Switching in Budding Yeasts, from Flip/Flop Inversion to Cassette Mechanisms	34
Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperones in Viral Infection: Therapeutic Perspectives	34
Bacterial cell volume regulation and the importance of cyclic di-AMP	34
Aminoglycoside uptake, stress, and potentiation in Gram-negative bacteria: new therapies with old molecules	34
Membrane and organelle rearrangement during ascospore formation in budding yeast	33
Chemotropism and Cell-Cell Fusion in Fungi	32
Editorial Board	31

The biology and pathogenicity of Clostridium perfringens type F: a common human enteropathogen with a new(ish) name	29
Structural and functional diversity of Resistance-Nodulation-Division (RND) efflux pump transporters with implications for antimicrobial resistance	29
CRISPRi functional genomics in bacteria and its application to medical and industrial research	28
Vesicular mechanisms of drug resistance in apicomplexan parasites	27
Lessons Learned and Yet-to-Be Learned on the Importance of RNA Structure in SARS-CoV-2 Replication	26
Recent developments in Aspergillus fumigatus research: diversity, drugs, and disease	25
Host specificity of gut microbiota associated with social bees: patterns and processes	25
Editorial Board	24
Programmed chromosome fragmentation in ciliated protozoa: multiple means to chromosome ends	24
The polinton-like supergroup of viruses: evolution, molecular biology, and taxonomy	22
Structural analysis of resistance-nodulation cell division transporters	20
Viral factors underlying the pandemic potential of influenza viruses	20
Fatty acid synthesis and utilization in gram-positive bacteria: insights from Bacillus subtilis	19
Creating the “Dew Drop on a Rose Petal”: the Molecular Pathogenesis of Varicella-Zoster Virus Skin Lesions	18
The ArcAB Two-Component System: Function in Metabolism, Redox Control, and Infection	18
Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling of Nitrogen in Arid Ecosystems	18
Unraveling the complexities of neurotropic virus infection and immune evasion	17
A bird’s-eye view of the endoplasmic reticulum in filamentous fungi	16
Microbiology of human spaceflight: microbial responses to mechanical forces that impact health and habitat sustainability	15
Infection Defects of RNA and DNA Viruses Induced by Antiviral RNA Interference	15
Adaptations and metabolic evolution of myzozoan protists across diverse lifestyles and environments	13
Correction for Zhu and Zheng, “The Race between Host Antiviral Innate Immunity and the Immune Evasion Strategies of Herpes Simplex Virus 1”	13
Molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 entry: implications for biomedical strategies	13
Insights into ecology, pathogenesis, and biofilm formation of Enterococcus faecalis from functional genomics	13
Enzyme Discovery in Anaerobic Fungi (Neocallimastigomycetes) Enables Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Innovation	13
Bacterial acquisition of host fatty acids has far-reaching implications on virulence	12
Methyl-Based Methanogenesis: an Ecological and Genomic Review	12
The Role of Chromatin and Transcriptional Control in the Formation of Sexual Fruiting Bodies in Fungi	12
Sugar-Phosphate Toxicities	12
Longevity of Fungal Mycelia and Nuclear Quality Checks: a New Hypothesis for the Role of Clamp Connections in Dikaryons	11
Urinary tract infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa	11
Negative and ambisense RNA virus ribonucleocapsids: more than protective armor	11
2022 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	11
Hemophore-like proteins of the HmuY family in the oral and gut microbiome: unraveling the mystery of their evolution	11
Physiological adventures in Candida albicans : farnesol and ubiquinones	10
Hit ‘em Where It Hurts: Gram-Negative Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide as a Vaccine Target	10
Metabolic homeostasis in fungal infections from the perspective of pathogens, immune cells, and whole-body systems	10
2024 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	10
Microbiome Interconnectedness throughout Environments with Major Consequences for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet	10
The Peptidyl Transferase Center: a Window to the Past	9
Roles of the Microbiota of the Female Reproductive Tract in Gynecological and Reproductive Health	9
Viruses Defined by the Position of the Virosphere within the Replicator Space	9
Enterococcus faecalis : an overlooked cell invader	9
STRIPAK, a fundamental signaling hub of eukaryotic development	9
Threats from the Candida parapsilosis complex: the surge of multidrug resistance and a hotbed for new emerging pathogens	9
White-opaque switching in Candida albicans : cell biology, regulation, and function	8
Hsp90, a team player in protein quality control and the stress response in bacteria	8
Harnessing the Power of Model Organisms To Unravel Microbial Functions in the Coral Holobiont	8
2023 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	8
Multiple sclerosis and infection: history, EBV, and the search for mechanism	7

At the Crossroad of Nucleotide Dynamics and Protein Synthesis in Bacteria	7
The multifaceted roles of phosphoethanolamine-modified lipopolysaccharides: from stress response and virulence to cationic antimicrobial resistance	7
Pneumocystis Mating-Type Locus and Sexual Cycle during Infection	7
Coinfection by multiple Trypanosoma cruzi clones: a new perspective on host-parasite relationship with consequences for pathogenesis and management of Chagas disease	7
Clearing the air: unraveling past and guiding future research in atmospheric chemosynthesis	7
Large Clostridial Toxins: Mechanisms and Roles in Disease	7