OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Microbiology-SGM is 8. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Validation of a random Vibrio parahaemolyticus genomic library by selection of quinolone resistance in a heterologous host	257
The nisin O cluster: species dissemination, candidate leader peptide proteases and the role of regulatory systems	161
Pharmaco-psychiatry and gut microbiome: a systematic review of effects of psychotropic drugs for bipolar disorder	85
Antibiotic use in rural Kenyan livestock: navigating misuse, experience gaps and AMR risks	69
Characterization of tigurilysin, a novel human CD59-specific cholesterol-dependent cytolysin, reveals a role for host specificity in augmenting toxin activity	56
Combined effect of SAR-endolysin LysKpV475 with polymyxin B and Salmonella bacteriophage phSE-5	56
Microbe Profile: Nitrosopumilus maritimus	55
Mutation of putative glycosyl transferases PslC and PslI confers susceptibility to antibiotics and leads to drastic reduction in biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	54
Genome-wide analysis of genes involved in efflux function and regulation within Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium	52
Culturomics from field-grown crop plants using dilution to extinction, two-step library preparation and amplicon sequencing	51
Erratum: The type-VI secretion system of the beneficial symbiont Vibrio fischeri	47
Recruitment of C4b-binding protein is not a complement evasion strategy employed by Staphylococcus aureus	44
Generation of tools for expression and purification of the phage-encoded Type I restriction enzyme inhibitor, Ocr	42
Sweet and sour synergy: exploring the antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of acetic acid and vinegar combined with medical-grade honeys	39
Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene expression changes during established biofilm infection in a cystic fibrosis lung model	37
Purification and characterization of a novel antibacterial peptide against Clostridium perfringens	36
The impact of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators on the pulmonary microbiota	36
Development of a long-read next generation sequencing workflow for improved characterization of fastidious respiratory mycoplasmas	34
Suppressor mutants demonstrate the metabolic plasticity of unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1	34
Microbial Primer: Biosurfactants – the ABCs of microbial surface-active metabolites	34
Fitness costs of CRISPR-Cas systems in bacteria	34
Comments on the tolerance of Clostridioides difficile spores to disinfection with sodium hypochlorite disinfectant	33
Natural products from food sources can alter the spread of antimicrobial resistance plasmids in Enterobacterales	32
Bacterial secretion system functions: evidence of interactions and downstream implications	32
Difficult-to-culture micro-organisms specifically isolated using the liquid-liquid co-culture method – towards the identification of bacterial species and metabolites supporting their growth	31

Evolution of cyclic di-GMP signalling on a short and long term time scale	30
Lactobacilli and human dental caries: more than mechanical retention	26
Phages for One Health: regulatory and product life cycle considerations	25
Aspartate aminotransferase of Rhizobium leguminosarum has extended substrate specificity and metabolizes aspartate to enable N2 fixation in pea nodules	24
Preclinical testing of antimicrobials for cystic fibrosis lung infections: current needs and future priorities	23
Phylogenetic groups and extraintestinal virulence genes of inflow Escherichia coli entering a municipal drinking water treatment facility (St. Paul, MN, USA)	23
An invasive phenotype induced by relaxation of DNA supercoiling in Campylobacter jejuni triggers disruption of tight junctions of intestinal spheroids	23
Erratum: DNA damage-induced block of sporulation in Streptomyces venezuelae involves downregulation of ssgB	23
Assessing the effect of temperature on Rhodococcus metabolite production	22
Microbe Profile: Bacteriophage ϕ6: a model for segmented RNA viruses and the evolutionary consequences of viral ‘sex’	22
Alterations in cell arrangements of group B streptococcus due to virulence factor expression can bias estimates of bacterial populations based on colony count measures	22
Ligand-binding properties of substrate binding proteins of a maltose uptake system in Gardnerella swidsinskii	21
Structure and ligand binding in the putative anti-microbial peptide transporter protein, YejA	21
Study of excess manganese stress response highlights the central role of manganese exporter Mnx for holding manganese homeostasis in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	20
An abundance of aliC and aliD genes were identified in saliva using a novel multiplex qPCR to characterize group II non-encapsulated pneumococci with improved specificity	20
Differential endopeptidase requirements during adaptation to changing growth conditions in Vibrio cholerae	19
From colonisation to chronicity: adaptation of Mycobacterium abscessus in the cystic fibrosis lung environment	19
Structural and functional characteristics of the tripartite ABC transporter	19
Exploiting cooperative pathogen behaviour for enhanced antibiotic potency: A Trojan horse approach	18
Triclosan-resistant small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus produce less capsule, less phenol-soluble modulins, and are attenuated in a Galleria mellonella model of infection	18
Microbe Profile: Ruminococcus gnavus: the yin and yang of human gut symbionts	18
Before you go: a packing list for portable DNA sequencing of microbiomes and metagenomes	18
DNA damage-induced block of sporulation in Streptomyces venezuelae involves downregulation of ssgB	18
Microbial musings – Summer 2022	17
Mutations in the Esx-3 secretion system confer resistance to multiple chemical scaffolds in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	16
Genome analysis and phenotypic characterization of Halomonas hibernica isolated from a traditional food process with novel quorum quenching and catalase activities	16
Identifying markers of biofilm formation on medical-grade stainless steel as a representative medical device material	16
Response to comments on the tolerance to Clostridioides difficile spores to sodium hypochlorite disinfection	16
Deletion of fbiC in Streptomyces venezuelae removes autofluorescence in the excitation-emission range of cyan fluorescent protein	15
Genetic and phenotypic analysis of the virulence plasmid of a non-Shigatoxigenic enteroaggregative Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak strain	14
Establishing a national reference laboratory for antimicrobial resistance using a whole-genome sequencing framework: Nigeria’s experience	14
Killing of Coccidioides by drugs	14
Erratum: Mutation of putative glycosyl transferases PslC and PslI confers susceptibility to antibiotics and leads to drastic reduction in biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	14
Effects of influenza A infection on liberation of bacteria from biofilms and inflammatory response in an in vitro model of chronic rhinosinusitis	14
Microbe Profile: Candidozyma auris: an emergent and resilient yeast and new antifungal strategies	14
Improving a Tn7-based luciferase reporter system for promoter activity studies	14
Genome-wide mapping of cAMP receptor protein binding in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli reveals targeting of virulence-associated genes	13
Microbial Primer: The bacterial flagellum – how bacteria swim	13
Streptococcus pneumoniae: ‘captain of the men of death’ and financial burden	13
The respiratory lipoquinone, menaquinone, functions as an inducer of genes regulated by the Mycobacterium smegmatis repressor MSMEG_2295	13
RsaM: a unique dominant regulator of AHL quorum sensing in bacteria	12
Interbacterial competition mediated by the type VIIb secretion system	12
Frequency of quorum-sensing mutations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from different environments	12
Microbe Profile: Paracoccus denitrificans - a versatile model	12
Assay development and inhibition of the Mt-DprE2 essential reductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis	12
Strain background of Candida albicans interacts with SIR2 to alter phenotypic switching	12
Disulphide bond-forming enzymes in clostridial species	12
Use of Rgg quorum-sensing machinery to create an innovative recombinant protein expression system in Streptococcus thermophilus	11
A novel proteinaceous molecule produced by Lysinibacillus sp. OF-1 depends on the Ami oligopeptide transporter to kill Streptococcus pneumoniae	11
Identification of a system for hydroxamate xenosiderophore-mediated iron transport in Burkholderia cenocepacia	11

Exploring functional interplay amongst Escherichia coli efflux pumps	11
A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans	11
Comparative genomic analysis of Latilactobacillus sakei strains provides new insights into their association with different niche adaptations	11
Identification of a morphogene required for tapered filament termini in filamentous cyanobacteria	11
Role of Pel and Psl polysaccharides in the response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to environmental challenges: oxidative stress agents (UVA, H2O2, sodium hypochlorite) and its competitor Staphylococcus au	11
Understanding the clinical and environmental drivers of antifungal resistance in the One Health context	11
Staph wars: the antibiotic pipeline strikes back	11
The impact of inoculation methods on bacterial aggregation and antimicrobial susceptibility testing	11
4′-Deoxypyridoxine disrupts vitamin B6 homeostasis in Escherichia coli K12 through combined inhibition of cumulative B6 uptake and PLP-dependent enzyme activity	10
Transcription factors DksA and PsrA are synergistic contributors to Legionella pneumophila virulence in Acanthamoeba castellanii protozoa	10
Soil microbial gene expression in an agricultural ecosystem varies with time and neonicotinoid seed treatments	10
Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 17978 encodes a microcin system with antimicrobial properties for contact-independent competition	10
Seasonal variation in the stomach microbiota of two sympatrically breeding Pygoscelis penguin species at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands	10
Microbial Primer: Phase variation - survival and adaptability by generation of a diverse population	10
Microbe Profile: Salmonella Typhimurium: the master of the art of adaptation	10
Efflux-mediated tolerance to cationic biocides, a cause for concern?	10
Quantifying stochastic establishment of mutants in microbial adaptation	10
Assessing lactococcal and enterococcal strains derived from traditionally fermented kefir and nabeez for their prospects as probiotics	10
Emergence of clade 3 emm89 group A Streptococcus in Queensland, Australia	10
D-amino acid substitution and cyclization enhance the stability and antimicrobial activity of arginine-rich peptides	10
KpSC-ID: a multiplex real-time PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of the Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex and specific identification of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella quasipneumoniae an	10
Mutational hotspots lead to robust but suboptimal adaptive outcomes in certain environments	10
Characterization of MLST-99 Salmonella Typhimurium and the monophasic variant I:4,[5],12:i:- isolated from Canadian Atlantic coast shellfish	9
Oxygen microenvironments in Escherichia coli biofilm nutrient transport channels: insights from complementary sensing approaches	9
Comment on the effectiveness of sodium hypochlorite against Clostridioides difficile spores	9
Population heterogeneity in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium abscessus	9
The glucose uptake inhibitor SgrS is induced by D-serine yet does not contribute to growth arrest in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli	9
Regulation of phosphate starvation-specific responses in Escherichia coli	9
Microbial Primer: What is the stringent response and how does it allow bacteria to survive stress?	9
Mechanism of assembly of type 4 filaments: everything you always wanted to know (but were afraid to ask)	9
Quorum-sensing, intra- and inter-species competition in the staphylococci	9
Biotin concentration affects anaplerotic reactions functioning in glutamic acid production in Corynebacterium glutamicum	9
Characterizing a stable five-species microbial community for use in experimental evolution and ecology	9
The involvement of CiaR and the CiaR-regulated serine protease HtrA in thermal adaptation of Streptococcus pneumoniae	9
Microbial Primer: Bacterial energy metabolism	9
Genomic and functional insights into antibiotic resistance genes floR and strA linked with the SXT element of Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139	9
Isolation and identification of chlorate-reducing Hafnia sp. from milk	9
The biogenesis of β-lactamase enzymes	9
Construction and characterisation of a structured, tuneable, and transparent 3D culture platform for soil bacteria	9
Gene expression reprogramming of Pseudomonas alloputida in response to arginine through the transcriptional regulator ArgR	9
Microbial Primer: Bacterial DNA supercoiling	9
Regulation of type VI secretion systems at the transcriptional, posttranscriptional and posttranslational level	9
Exploration of the presence and abundance of multidrug resistance efflux genes in oil and gas environments	8
A new model of endotracheal tube biofilm identifies combinations of matrix-degrading enzymes and antimicrobials able to eradicate biofilms of pathogens that cause ventilator-associated pneumonia	8
Time-lapse mesoscopy of Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus dual-species biofilms reveals a structural role for the hyphae of C. albicans in biofilm formation	8
Eliminating the type I restriction endonuclease from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 for optimized phage isolation	8
Clostridioides difficile infection: traversing host–pathogen interactions in the gut	8
Microbe Profile: Euglena gracilis: photogenic, flexible and hardy	8
100+ years of phase variation: the premier bacterial bet-hedging phenomenon	8
Genetic modification of Candida maltosa, a non-pathogenic CTG species, reveals EFG1 function	8
Modelling host–pathogen interactions: Galleria mellonella as a platform to study Pseudomonas aeruginosa response to host-imposed zinc starvation	8
Broadening the application of Yarrowia lipolytica synthetic biology tools to explore the potential of Yarrowia clade diversity	8
An allantoin-inducible glyoxylate utilization pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	8
T-DNA insertion mutagenesis in Penicillium brocae results in identification of an enolase gene mutant impaired in secretion of organic acids and phosphate solubilization	8