OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews is 6. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Human coronaviruses: activation and antagonism of innate immune responses	104
Mechanisms of action of microbicides commonly used in infection prevention and control	82
DNA Repair in Staphylococcus aureus	75
A Reduction of Transcriptional Regulation in Aquatic Oligotrophic Microorganisms Enhances Fitness in Nutrient-Poor Environments	73
The Facts and Family Secrets of Plasmids That Replicate via the Rolling-Circle Mechanism	72
Resolving spatiotemporal dynamics in bacterial multicellular populations: approaches and challenges	61
The intersection of host in vivo metabolism and immune responses to infection with kinetoplastid and apicomplexan parasites	60
Evolutionary trajectory for nuclear functions of ciliary transport complex proteins	55
Interplay between group A Streptococcus and host innate immune responses	49
Lipoic acid attachment to proteins: stimulating new developments	47
Hepatitis B virus entry, assembly, and egress	44
Genotypic diversity, virulence, and molecular genetic tools in Histoplasma	41
Understanding the gut microbiota by considering human evolution: a story of fire, cereals, cooking, molecular ingenuity, and functional cooperation	38
Type III Secretion in Chlamydia	36
Computational Tools for the Analysis of Uncultivated Phage Genomes	35
Outer Membrane Vesicles: Biogenesis, Functions, and Issues	34
How It All Begins: Bacterial Factors Mediating the Colonization of Invertebrate Hosts by Beneficial Symbionts	32
Mating-Type Switching in Budding Yeasts, from Flip/Flop Inversion to Cassette Mechanisms	31
Bacterial cell volume regulation and the importance of cyclic di-AMP	31
Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperones in Viral Infection: Therapeutic Perspectives	30
Membrane and organelle rearrangement during ascospore formation in budding yeast	27
Chemotropism and Cell-Cell Fusion in Fungi	27
Aminoglycoside uptake, stress, and potentiation in Gram-negative bacteria: new therapies with old molecules	27
Editorial Board	27
Structural and functional diversity of Resistance-Nodulation-Division (RND) efflux pump transporters with implications for antimicrobial resistance	25

The biology and pathogenicity of Clostridium perfringens type F: a common human enteropathogen with a new(ish) name	24
Recent developments in Aspergillus fumigatus research: diversity, drugs, and disease	24
Host specificity of gut microbiota associated with social bees: patterns and processes	24
Vesicular mechanisms of drug resistance in apicomplexan parasites	24
CRISPRi functional genomics in bacteria and its application to medical and industrial research	23
Programmed chromosome fragmentation in ciliated protozoa: multiple means to chromosome ends	23
Lessons Learned and Yet-to-Be Learned on the Importance of RNA Structure in SARS-CoV-2 Replication	23
The polinton-like supergroup of viruses: evolution, molecular biology, and taxonomy	22
Editorial Board	22
Viral factors underlying the pandemic potential of influenza viruses	20
Structural analysis of resistance-nodulation cell division transporters	20
Fatty acid synthesis and utilization in gram-positive bacteria: insights from Bacillus subtilis	18
The ArcAB Two-Component System: Function in Metabolism, Redox Control, and Infection	17
A bird’s-eye view of the endoplasmic reticulum in filamentous fungi	16
Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling of Nitrogen in Arid Ecosystems	16
Creating the “Dew Drop on a Rose Petal”: the Molecular Pathogenesis of Varicella-Zoster Virus Skin Lesions	16
Insights into ecology, pathogenesis, and biofilm formation of Enterococcus faecalis from functional genomics	15
Microbiology of human spaceflight: microbial responses to mechanical forces that impact health and habitat sustainability	15
Correction for Zhu and Zheng, “The Race between Host Antiviral Innate Immunity and the Immune Evasion Strategies of Herpes Simplex Virus 1”	14
Enzyme Discovery in Anaerobic Fungi (Neocallimastigomycetes) Enables Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Innovation	13
Infection Defects of RNA and DNA Viruses Induced by Antiviral RNA Interference	13
Bacterial acquisition of host fatty acids has far-reaching implications on virulence	11
Sugar-Phosphate Toxicities	11
Adaptations and metabolic evolution of myzozoan protists across diverse lifestyles and environments	11
The Role of Chromatin and Transcriptional Control in the Formation of Sexual Fruiting Bodies in Fungi	11
Hemophore-like proteins of the HmuY family in the oral and gut microbiome: unraveling the mystery of their evolution	10
Methyl-Based Methanogenesis: an Ecological and Genomic Review	10
Longevity of Fungal Mycelia and Nuclear Quality Checks: a New Hypothesis for the Role of Clamp Connections in Dikaryons	10
2022 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	10
Urinary tract infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa	10
Negative and ambisense RNA virus ribonucleocapsids: more than protective armor	9
2024 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	9
Physiological adventures in Candida albicans : farnesol and ubiquinones	9
The Peptidyl Transferase Center: a Window to the Past	8
Hit ‘em Where It Hurts: Gram-Negative Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide as a Vaccine Target	8
Metabolic homeostasis in fungal infections from the perspective of pathogens, immune cells, and whole-body systems	8
Microbiome Interconnectedness throughout Environments with Major Consequences for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet	8
Enterococcus faecalis : an overlooked cell invader	7
STRIPAK, a fundamental signaling hub of eukaryotic development	7
Harnessing the Power of Model Organisms To Unravel Microbial Functions in the Coral Holobiont	7
Roles of the Microbiota of the Female Reproductive Tract in Gynecological and Reproductive Health	7
Hsp90, a team player in protein quality control and the stress response in bacteria	7
Pneumocystis Mating-Type Locus and Sexual Cycle during Infection	7
2023 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	7
Viruses Defined by the Position of the Virosphere within the Replicator Space	7
White-opaque switching in Candida albicans : cell biology, regulation, and function	7
Threats from the Candida parapsilosis complex: the surge of multidrug resistance and a hotbed for new emerging pathogens	7
Multiple sclerosis and infection: history, EBV, and the search for mechanism	6
The multifaceted roles of phosphoethanolamine-modified lipopolysaccharides: from stress response and virulence to cationic antimicrobial resistance	6
Coinfection by multiple Trypanosoma cruzi clones: a new perspective on host-parasite relationship with consequences for pathogenesis and management of Chagas disease	6

Clearing the air: unraveling past and guiding future research in atmospheric chemosynthesis	6
A roadmap to understanding and anticipating microbial gene transfer in soil communities	6
Large Clostridial Toxins: Mechanisms and Roles in Disease	6