OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews is 4. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	199
Editorial Board	92
A Reduction of Transcriptional Regulation in Aquatic Oligotrophic Microorganisms Enhances Fitness in Nutrient-Poor Environments	79
Mechanisms of action of microbicides commonly used in infection prevention and control	66
2023 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	65
Editorial Board	60
DNA Repair in Staphylococcus aureus	54
Pneumocystis Mating-Type Locus and Sexual Cycle during Infection	54
The Classical, Yet Controversial, First Enzyme of Lipid Synthesis: Escherichia coli Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase	50
Antimicrobial Peptides and Small Molecules Targeting the Cell Membrane of Staphylococcus aureus	44
Adaptations and metabolic evolution of myzozoan protists across diverse lifestyles and environments	39
Threats from the Candida parapsilosis complex: the surge of multidrug resistance and a hotbed for new emerging pathogens	35
Hsp90, a team player in protein quality control and the stress response in bacteria	34
Molecular Mechanisms and Evolutionary Consequences of Spore Killers in Ascomycetes	33
Genetic Networks That Govern Sexual Reproduction in the Pezizomycotina	32
Sugar-Phosphate Toxicities	31
Harnessing the Power of Model Organisms To Unravel Microbial Functions in the Coral Holobiont	31
RpoS and the bacterial general stress response	30
From microbiome composition to functional engineering, one step at a time	30
Endogenous and Borrowed Proteolytic Activity in theBorrelia	28
Evolutionary Morphogenesis of Sexual Fruiting Bodies in Basidiomycota: Toward a New Evo-Devo Synthesis	26
The polinton-like supergroup of viruses: evolution, molecular biology, and taxonomy	26
RecBCD enzyme: mechanistic insights from mutants of a complex helicase-nuclease	25
How the PhoP/PhoQ System Controls Virulence and Mg ²⁺ Homeostasis: Lessons in Signal Transduction, Pathogenesis, Physiology, and Evolution	24
Variable surface antigen expression, virulence, and persistent infection by Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites	22

Human coronaviruses: activation and antagonism of innate immune responses	21
White-opaque switching in Candida albicans : cell biology, regulation, and function	21
Generation and Repair of Postreplication Gaps in Escherichia coli	20
Clearing the air: unraveling past and guiding future research in atmospheric chemosynthesis	19
Coinfection by multiple Trypanosoma cruzi clones: a new perspective on host-parasite relationship with consequences for pathogenesis and management of Chagas disease	19
2022 Acknowledgment of MMBR Reviewers	19
Interplay between group A Streptococcus and host innate immune responses	18
Large Clostridial Toxins: Mechanisms and Roles in Disease	18
The ArcAB Two-Component System: Function in Metabolism, Redox Control, and Infection	17
The CD8⁺T Cell Noncytotoxic Antiviral Responses	17
Structural analysis of resistance-nodulation cell division transporters	16
Bacterial acquisition of host fatty acids has far-reaching implications on virulence	16
The Role of Chromatin and Transcriptional Control in the Formation of Sexual Fruiting Bodies in Fungi	15
Multiple sclerosis and infection: history, EBV, and the search for mechanism	15
Resolving spatiotemporal dynamics in bacterial multicellular populations: approaches and challenges	15
A call for the United States to continue investing in science	15
Lipoic acid attachment to proteins: stimulating new developments	14
Evolutionary trajectory for nuclear functions of ciliary transport complex proteins	13
The Facts and Family Secrets of Plasmids That Replicate via the Rolling-Circle Mechanism	13
Mating Systems in True Morels ( Morchella )	11
The multifaceted roles of phosphoethanolamine-modified lipopolysaccharides: from stress response and virulence to cationic antimicrobial resistance	11
Methyl-Based Methanogenesis: an Ecological and Genomic Review	11
The intersection of host in vivo metabolism and immune responses to infection with kinetoplastid and apicomplexan parasites	11
Retracing the evolution of Pneumocystis species, with a focus on the human pathogen Pneumocystis jirovecii	11
Longevity of Fungal Mycelia and Nuclear Quality Checks: a New Hypothesis for the Role of Clamp Connections in Dikaryons	10
At the Crossroad of Nucleotide Dynamics and Protein Synthesis in Bacteria	8
Mechanical Forces Govern Interactions of Host Cells with Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens	8
FabT, a Bacterial Transcriptional Repressor That Limits Futile Fatty Acid Biosynthesis	8
Genotypic diversity, virulence, and molecular genetic tools in Histoplasma	8
On a Special Collection in MMBR on Sex in Fungi: Molecular Mechanisms and Evolutionary Implications	8
Hemophore-like proteins of the HmuY family in the oral and gut microbiome: unraveling the mystery of their evolution	8
A Brief History of the Discovery of RNA-Mediated Antiviral Immune Defenses in Vector Mosquitos	8
Hepatitis B virus entry, assembly, and egress	7
Mycobiome: an underexplored kingdom in cancer	7
From soil to clinic: current advances in understanding Coccidioides and coccidioidomycosis	7
Urinary tract infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa	7
Negative and ambisense RNA virus ribonucleocapsids: more than protective armor	6
An in-depth exploration of the multifaceted roles of EVs in the context of pathogenic single-cell microorganisms	6
Computational Tools for the Analysis of Uncultivated Phage Genomes	6
Creating the “Dew Drop on a Rose Petal”: the Molecular Pathogenesis of Varicella-Zoster Virus Skin Lesions	6
Understanding the gut microbiota by considering human evolution: a story of fire, cereals, cooking, molecular ingenuity, and functional cooperation	6
Bacillus subtilis stress-associated mutagenesis and developmental DNA repair	6
Type III Secretion in Chlamydia	6
Outer Membrane Vesicles: Biogenesis, Functions, and Issues	5
Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling of Nitrogen in Arid Ecosystems	5
The Baltimore Classification of Viruses 50 Years Later: How Does It Stand in the Light of Virus Evolution?	5
Linking human milk oligosaccharide metabolism and early life gut microbiota: bifidobacteria and beyond	5
Editorial Board	4
Take a Walk to the Wild Side of Caenorhabditis elegans -Pathogen Interactions	4
Stress Response in Bifidobacteria	4

Biogenesis, germination, and pathogenesis of Cryptococcus spores	4
Enforcement of Postzygotic Species Boundaries in the Fungal Kingdom	4
Hybrid Vigor: Importance of Hybrid λ Phages in Early Insights in Molecular Biology	4
Bacterial cell volume regulation and the importance of cyclic di-AMP	4
Editorial Board	4
Hit ‘em Where It Hurts: Gram-Negative Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide as a Vaccine Target	4
Mating-Type Switching in Budding Yeasts, from Flip/Flop Inversion to Cassette Mechanisms	4