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

Article	Citations
A Reduction of Transcriptional Regulation in Aquatic Oligotrophic Microorganisms Enhances Fitness in Nutrient-Poor Environments	107
Mechanisms of action of microbicides commonly used in infection prevention and control	94
Human coronaviruses: activation and antagonism of innate immune responses	90
Lipoic acid attachment to proteins: stimulating new developments	81
Evolutionary trajectory for nuclear functions of ciliary transport complex proteins	77
Interplay between group A Streptococcus and host innate immune responses	73
The Facts and Family Secrets of Plasmids That Replicate via the Rolling-Circle Mechanism	62
The intersection of host in vivo metabolism and immune responses to infection with kinetoplastid and apicomplexan parasites	59
Resolving spatiotemporal dynamics in bacterial multicellular populations: approaches and challenges	55
Revisiting cattle respiratory health: key roles of the gut-lung axis in the dynamics of respiratory tract pathobiome	55
Type III Secretion in Chlamydia	54
HIV reservoirs in lymphomagenesis: hidden driver in the era of viral suppression?	53
EcoSal Plus will become a part of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	53
Hepatitis B virus entry, assembly, and egress	51
Computational Tools for the Analysis of Uncultivated Phage Genomes	40
Understanding the gut microbiota by considering human evolution: a story of fire, cereals, cooking, molecular ingenuity, and functional cooperation	38
Genotypic diversity, virulence, and molecular genetic tools in Histoplasma	36
Outer Membrane Vesicles: Biogenesis, Functions, and Issues	35
Molecular pathogenesis of Haemophilus ducreyi infection in human volunteers	35
Neurotransmitter signaling in molecular and behavioral immune responses to pathogens in C. elegans	34
Vesicle-driven endomembrane systems in fungi	31
How It All Begins: Bacterial Factors Mediating the Colonization of Invertebrate Hosts by Beneficial Symbionts	30
Bacterial cell volume regulation and the importance of cyclic di-AMP	29
Mating-Type Switching in Budding Yeasts, from Flip/Flop Inversion to Cassette Mechanisms	28
Editorial Board	27

Membrane and organelle rearrangement during ascospore formation in budding yeast	24
Chemotropism and Cell-Cell Fusion in Fungi	24
Building the bacterial flagellum: coordinating regulation, dynamic assembly, and function	23
Structural and functional diversity of Resistance-Nodulation-Division (RND) efflux pump transporters with implications for antimicrobial resistance	22
The biology and pathogenicity of Clostridium perfringens type F: a common human enteropathogen with a new(ish) name	21
Aminoglycoside uptake, stress, and potentiation in Gram-negative bacteria: new therapies with old molecules	21
Recent developments in Aspergillus fumigatus research: diversity, drugs, and disease	20
Programmed chromosome fragmentation in ciliated protozoa: multiple means to chromosome ends	20
2025 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	20
Vesicular mechanisms of drug resistance in apicomplexan parasites	20
Do RND efflux pumps require protomeric cooperativity within the trimer to mediate antimicrobial resistance?	20
Lessons Learned and Yet-to-Be Learned on the Importance of RNA Structure in SARS-CoV-2 Replication	20
CRISPRi functional genomics in bacteria and its application to medical and industrial research	19
Editorial Board	19
Host specificity of gut microbiota associated with social bees: patterns and processes	19
The polinton-like supergroup of viruses: evolution, molecular biology, and taxonomy	18
Reconsidering the blood-brain barrier: histopathology and microanatomy of cryptococcal CNS infection	18
Fatty acid synthesis and utilization in gram-positive bacteria: insights from Bacillus subtilis	18
Structural analysis of resistance-nodulation cell division transporters	17
Viral factors underlying the pandemic potential of influenza viruses	16
Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling of Nitrogen in Arid Ecosystems	16
The ArcAB Two-Component System: Function in Metabolism, Redox Control, and Infection	16
How fungi see the world: fungal photoreceptors and their role in the regulation of fungal biology	16
New chemicals fuel the evolution of microbial biodegradation	15
Genetic and environmental control of parasexual reproduction in the pathogenic Candida species	15
A bird’s-eye view of the endoplasmic reticulum in filamentous fungi	14
Creating the “Dew Drop on a Rose Petal”: the Molecular Pathogenesis of Varicella-Zoster Virus Skin Lesions	14
Unraveling the complexities of neurotropic virus infection and immune evasion	14
Spatially structured models of viral dynamics: a scoping review	14
Candida auris : host interactions, antifungal drug resistance, and diagnostics	14
Insights into ecology, pathogenesis, and biofilm formation of Enterococcus faecalis from functional genomics	13
Microbiology of human spaceflight: microbial responses to mechanical forces that impact health and habitat sustainability	12
Correction for Zhu and Zheng, “The Race between Host Antiviral Innate Immunity and the Immune Evasion Strategies of Herpes Simplex Virus 1”	12
Biological relevance of in vitro cellular models to study varicella-zoster virus—host cell interactome: current limitations and future perspectives	12
The future of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	11
Infection Defects of RNA and DNA Viruses Induced by Antiviral RNA Interference	11
Enzyme Discovery in Anaerobic Fungi (Neocallimastigomycetes) Enables Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Innovation	11
Beyond antibiotic resistance: evidence for resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps as virulence determinants	10
Molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 entry: implications for biomedical strategies	10
A roadmap to chemically reactive species: how diverse oxidants affect Candida albican s and other fungi	10
Escherichia albertii : the still unfolding journey of a misdiagnosed pathogen that became a new species and a new member of the family of attaching and effacing enteric bact	10
Adaptations and metabolic evolution of myzozoan protists across diverse lifestyles and environments	9
2022 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	9
Bacterial acquisition of host fatty acids has far-reaching implications on virulence	9
Methyl-Based Methanogenesis: an Ecological and Genomic Review	9
Prions and protein aggregates as pathogens, self-propagating structures, biomarkers, and therapeutic targets	8
The Role of Chromatin and Transcriptional Control in the Formation of Sexual Fruiting Bodies in Fungi	8
Urinary tract infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa	8
Enhancement of viral infection by antibodies and consequences	8
Hemophore-like proteins of the HmuY family in the oral and gut microbiome: unraveling the mystery of their evolution	8

Longevity of Fungal Mycelia and Nuclear Quality Checks: a New Hypothesis for the Role of Clamp Connections in Dikaryons	8
Negative and ambisense RNA virus ribonucleocapsids: more than protective armor	7
Roles of the Microbiota of the Female Reproductive Tract in Gynecological and Reproductive Health	7
Physiological adventures in Candida albicans : farnesol and ubiquinones	7
Metabolic homeostasis in fungal infections from the perspective of pathogens, immune cells, and whole-body systems	7
Microbiome Interconnectedness throughout Environments with Major Consequences for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet	7
2024 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	7
Hit ‘em Where It Hurts: Gram-Negative Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide as a Vaccine Target	7
Deceiving the gatekeepers: virus modulation of gap junctions	7