OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Microbiology is 37. 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
The transcription factor YbdO attenuates the pathogenicity of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli by regulating oxidative stress response	98
Synergistic potential of Leu10-teixobactin and cefepime against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	80
Correction: Novel multiplex real-time PCR assays reveal a high prevalence of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes in healthy and diarrhoeal children in the south of Vietnam	72
Adolescent gut microbiome imbalance and its association with immune response in inflammatory bowel diseases and obesity	70
Genomic portraits of methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) from food fish unveiled the genes associated with staphylococcal food poisoning (SFP), virulence and antimicrobial resistance	68
Biocontrol Potential of Bacillus strains against soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) and for promotion of soybean growth	67
Discrete patterns of microbiome variability across timescales in a wild rodent population	63
Coexistence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) genes among clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Egypt	61
Isolation, biological and whole genome characteristics of a Proteus mirabilis bacteriophage strain	60
The zoonotic pathogen Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica – current findings from a clinical and genomic perspective	60
NagPIBAF upregulation and ompO downregulation compromise oxidative stress tolerance of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	59
Chlorpromazine inhibits the plasmid-mediated oqxAB multidrug efflux pump in Escherichia coli isolates of Egyptian patients with utis	59
Genomic characteristics of antimicrobial resistance and virulence factors of carbapenem-resistant Stutzerimonas nitrititolerans isolated from the clinical specimen	55
A novel ready-to-use loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method for detection of Burkholderia mallei and B. pseudomallei	55
Exploring nagZ as a virulence biomarker and treatment target in Enterobacter cloacae	53
MPSeqM, a tool combining multiplex PCR and high-throughput sequencing to study the polymorphism of eight Leptosphaeria maculans avirulence genes and its application to field surveys in France	52
Transcriptomic meta-analysis to identify potential antifungal targets in Candida albicans	50
Effect of conventional grain-fed and grass-fed feeding systems on fecal microbiota and shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in beef cattle	49
Effect of temperate bacteriophage vB_SauS_S1 on the adaptability and pathogenicity of Staphylococcus aureus ST398	48
Beware of pharyngeal Fusobacterium nucleatum in COVID-19	48
Multi-omics analysis of host-microbiome interactions in a mouse model of congenital hepatic fibrosis	47
High-resolution genomics identifies pneumococcal diversity and persistence of vaccine types in children with community-acquired pneumonia in the UK and Ireland	45
Anaplasma phagocytophilum Ats-1 enhances exosome secretion through Syntenin-1	43
Characterization of the broad-spectrum antibacterial activity of bacteriocin-like inhibitory substance-producing probiotics isolated from fermented foods	43
Synbiotic-driven modulation of the gut microbiota and metabolic functions related to obesity: insights from a human gastrointestinal model	43

Genetic determinants of Biofilm formation of Helicobacter pylori using whole-genome sequencing	43
Environmental stressors drive fungal community homogenization and diversity loss in plateau freshwater lakes	42
Occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella enterica in milk along the supply chain, humans, and the environment in Woliata Sodo, Ethiopia	41
ddPCR allows 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of very small DNA amounts from low-biomass samples	41
A DasA family sugar binding protein Ste2 links nutrient and oxidative stress to exopolysaccharides production in Streptomyces sp. 139	41
Early prediction of invasive fungal infection risk in acute-on-chronic liver failure: a prediction model based on admission indicators	40
Combatting biofilm formation of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Bacillus subtilis clinical strains from the oral cavity using biogenic Se-NPs: molecular docking simulation and cytotoxic effects on HepG2 can	39
Specific detection of Brucella spp. from slaughter-aged livestock using a dual priming oligonucleotide system	39
The prevalence of colistin resistance in clinical Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis	37
Myochromella unveiled: exploring its global distribution through a public database of amplicons	37
Effects of mulberry leaf silage on antioxidant and immunomodulatory activity and rumen bacterial community of lambs	37
Hotspots sequences of gyrA, gyrB, parC, and parE genes encoded for fluoroquinolones resistance from local Salmonella Typhi strains in Jakarta	37
Environmental impact on the genome shaping of putative new Streptomyces species	37