OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microorganisms is 72. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The LCP Family Protein, Psr, Is Required for Cell Wall Integrity and Virulence in Streptococcus agalactiae	507
Potential Association of Cutibacterium acnes with Sarcoidosis as an Endogenous Hypersensitivity Infection	446
Highly Efficient Production of Cellulosic Ethanol from Poplar Using an Optimal C6/C5 Co-Fermentation Strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae	423
A Randomized Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Serological Survey of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Belgian Pig Farms	354
Evaluating Ammonia Toxicity and Growth Kinetics of Four Different Microalgae Species	284
Double-Barrel Shotgun: Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria with Antiviral Properties Modified to Serve as Vaccines	233
The Role of Bacteria in Acute Oak Decline in South-West Poland	226
Unveiling the Perspective on Weissella confusa as a Promising Biocontrol Agent Against Fusaria	216
A New Look at the Genus Solobacterium: A Retrospective Analysis of Twenty-Seven Cases of Infection Involving S. moorei and a Review of Sequence Databases and the Literature	203
Differential Exoproteome and Biochemical Characterisation of Neoparamoeba perurans	182
The Abundance of Human Milk Oligosaccharide (HMO)-Metabolizing Genes in Fecal Samples from Six-Month-Old Human Infants	178
The RNA Chaperone Hfq Participates in Persistence to Multiple Antibiotics in the Fish Pathogen Yersinia ruckeri	173
Experimental Selection of Paromomycin Resistance in Leishmania donovani Amastigotes Induces Variable Genomic Polymorphisms	161
Enrofloxacin Alters Fecal Microbiota and Resistome Irrespective of Its Dose in Calves	149
Subfractional Spectrum of Serum Lipoproteins and Gut Microbiota Composition in Healthy Individuals	147
Persistent Cutaneous Leishmania major Infection Promotes Infection-Adapted Myelopoiesis	145
Contrasting Patterns and Drivers of Soil Fungal Communities between Two Ecosystems Divided by the Treeline	144
New Insights into Beta-Lactam Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Serine Protease HtrA Degrades Altered Penicillin-Binding Protein 2x	143
Only Low Effects of Water Filters on the Enteric Carriage of Gastrointestinal Pathogen DNA in Colombian Indigenous People	141
Development and Comparison of a Panel of Modified CS17 Fimbrial Tip Adhesin Proteins as Components for an Adhesin-Based Vaccine against Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli	139
Soil Layers Matter: Vertical Stratification of Root-Associated Fungal Assemblages in Temperate Forests Reveals Differences in Habitat Colonization	138
Changes in the Rumen Bacteriome Structure and Enzymatic Activities of Goats in Response to Dietary Supplementation with Schizochytrium spp.	137
Enrichment of Anaerobic Microbial Communities from Midgut and Hindgut of Sun Beetle Larvae (Pachnoda marginata) on Wheat Straw: Effect of Inoculum Preparation	132
Grass–Legume Mixture with Rhizobium Inoculation Enhanced the Restoration Effects of Organic Fertilizer	126
Mitigation of Marine Dinoflagellates Using Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) Increases Toxicity towards Epithelial Gill Cells	125

Red Blood Cell BCL-xL Is Required for Plasmodium falciparum Survival: Insights into Host-Directed Malaria Therapies	125
Glucose-Limited Fed-Batch Cultivation Strategy to Mimic Large-Scale Effects in Escherichia coli Linked to Accumulation of Non-Canonical Branched-Chain Amino Acids by Combination of Pyruvate Pulses and	124
Effector Pt9226 from Puccinia triticina Presents a Virulence Role in Wheat Line TcLr15	119
Polyphasic Characterization and Genomic Insights into an Aerobic Denitrifying Bacterium, Shewanella zhuhaiensis sp. nov., Isolated from a Tidal Flat Sediment	115
Looking for Pathogens in Dust from North Africa Arriving in the French West Indies Using Metabarcoding and Cultivable Analysis	114
Beating the Bio-Terror Threat with Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing	113
Cultivation of Spore-Forming Gut Microbes Using a Combination of Bile Acids and Amino Acids	113
Mutational Landscape and Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with Host Cellular Components	110
Insights into the Oral Bacterial Microbiota of Sows	107
Differences in the Microbial Composition and Function of the Arundo donax Rhizosphere Under Different Cultivation Conditions	107
Urinary Tract Infections in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a Review	106
Potent Antiviral Activity of Vitamin B12 against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, and Human Coronavirus 229E	104
Variations in the Bacterial, Fungal, and Protist Communities and Their Interactions Within Sediment Affected by the Benthic Organism, Snail Bellamya purificata	104
Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Louisville, Kentucky, and Its Estimated Burden of Disease in the United States	103
Effect of Carbon Sources on Pyrite-Arsenopyrite Concentrate Bio-oxidation and Growth of Microbial Population in Stirred Tank Reactors	100
Inter-Species Redox Coupling by Flavin Reductases and FMN-Dependent Two-Component Monooxygenases Undertaking Nucleophilic Baeyer–Villiger Biooxygenations	98
Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Clostridioides difficile Biofilm as a Reservoir for Recurrent Infections	95
Application of Aspergillus niger in Practical Biotechnology of Industrial Recovery of Potato Starch By-Products and Its Flocculation Characteristics	95
Identification of a Phylogenetically Divergent Vanillate O-Demethylase from Rhodococcus ruber R1 Supporting Growth on Meta-Methoxylated Aromatic Acids	94
Oil Biodegradation and Bioremediation in Cold Marine Environment	93
The Exploitation of a Hempseed Byproduct to Produce Flavorings and Healthy Food Ingredients by a Fermentation Process	93
A Heat-Killed Probiotic Mixture Regulates Immune T Cells Balance and IgE Production in House Dust Mite Extraction-Induced Atopic Dermatitis Mice	92
Assessing Gut Microbiota in an Infant with Congenital Propionic Acidemia before and after Probiotic Supplementation	91
Correction: McLennan et al. Assessing the Use of Molecular Barcoding and qPCR for Investigating the Ecology of Prorocentrum minimum (Dinophyceae), a Harmful Algal Species. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 510	90
Development of Efficient Genome-Reduction Tool Based on Cre/loxP System in Rhodococcus erythropolis	90
Strong Biofilm Formation and Low Cloxacillin Susceptibility in Biofilm-Growing CC398 Staphylococcus aureus Responsible for Bacteremia in French Intensive Care Units, 2021	88
The Microbial Community of the Respiratory Tract of Commercial Chickens and Turkeys	88
A Case of Persistent Human Pegivirus Infection in Two Separate Pregnancies of a Woman	85
The Response Regulator RegA Is a Copper Binding Protein That Covalently Dimerizes When Exposed to Oxygen	85
Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of Two Automated SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Immunoassays following Two Doses of mRNA, Adenoviral Vector, and Inactivated Whole-Virus Vaccinations in COVID-19 Na	84
National Monitoring of Mosquito Populations and Molecular Analysis of Flavivirus in the Republic of Korea in 2020	84
The Role of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in the Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Setting	81
Detection of Developmental Asexual Stage-Specific RNA Editing Events in Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 Malaria Parasite	80
Orchid Mycorrhizal Association of Cultivated Dendrobium Hybrid and Their Role in Seed Germination and Seedling Growth	80
Exploration of the Nuclear Proteomes in the Ciliate Oxytricha trifallax	80
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Due to Elizabethkingia anophelis: Case Report and Literature Review on Pediatric Infections	80
Wide Distribution of Teratosphaeria epicoccoides and T. destructans Associated with Diseased Eucalyptus Leaves in Plantations in Southern China	79
The Effects of Coriandrum sativum L. and Cucurbita pepo L. against Gastrointestinal Parasites in Swine: An In Vivo Study	79
Different Microeukaryotic Trophic Groups Show Different Latitudinal Spatial Scale Dependences in Assembly Processes across the Continental Shelves of China	79
In Vitro Biofilm-Mediated Biodegradation of Pesticides and Dye-Contaminated Effluents Using Bacterial Biofilms	77
GroEL Secreted from Bacillus subtilis Natto Exerted a Crucial Role for Anti-Inflammatory IL-10 Induction in THP-1 Cells	75
Growth Performance and Recovery of Nosocomial Aspergillus spp. in Blood Culture Bottles	75
Effect of Changes in Veterinary Feed Directive Regulations on Violative Antibiotic Residues in the Tissue of Food Animals from the Inspector-Generated Sampling in the United States	75
Double Mutations in Succinate Dehydrogenase Are Involved in SDHI Resistance in Corynespora cassiicola	75
Longitudinal Investigation of the Native Grass Hay from Storage to Market Reveals Mycotoxin-Associated Fungi	74
Efficacy of Streptomyces murinus JKTJ-3 in Suppression of Pythium Damping-Off of Watermelon	72
Characteristics of In Vitro Culture and In Vivo Confocal Microscopy in Patients with Fungal Keratitis in a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Central China	72
Microbial Interventions to Improve Neonatal Gut Health	72
Long-Term Effects of Single-Dose Cephalosporin or Macrolide Use on the Prevalence of AmpC and Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing Escherichia coli in the Feces of Beef Cattle	72