OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of mSystems is 38. 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
A systems-level insight into PHB-driven metabolic adaptation orchestrated by the PHB-binding transcriptional regulator AniA (PhaR)	104
The functional small RNA interactome reveals targets for the vancomycin-responsive sRNA RsaOI in vancomycin-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus	97
STENSL: Microbial Source Tracking with ENvironment SeLection	91
Dissecting the genetic features and evolution of Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 88: a global perspective	80
Visualizing the pH in Escherichia coli Colonies via the Sensor Protein mCherryEA Allows High-Throughput Screening of Mutant Libraries	78
In vitro and ex vivo proteomics of Mycobacterium marinum biofilms and the development of biofilm-binding synthetic nano	72
Compositionally Aware Phylogenetic Beta-Diversity Measures Better Resolve Microbiomes Associated with Phenotype	72
Natural Green Spaces, Sensitization to Allergens, and the Role of Gut Microbiota during Infancy	67
Gut phageome in Mexican Americans: a population at high risk for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and diabetes	66
Announcing the mSystems special collection on microbial dormancy	65
Regulatory networks of FUR and NtcA are intertwined by transcriptional regulators, two-component systems, serine/threonine kinases, and sigma factors in Anabaena sp. PCC	62
MetaProClust-MS1: an MS1 Profiling Approach for Large-Scale Microbiome Screening	61
A simple BLASTn-based approach generates novel insights into the regulation and biological function of type I toxin-antitoxins	61
Deciphering the antigen specificities of antibodies by clustering their complementarity determining region sequences	59
Unraveling the disease pyramid: the role of environmental micro-eukaryotes in amphibian resistance to the deadly fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	58
Cell-Cell Signaling Proteobacterial LuxR Solos: a Treasure Trove of Subgroups Having Different Origins, Ligands, and Ecological Roles	54
Phenotypic and Genomic Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus Highlight Virulence and Host Adaptation Favoring the Success of Epidemic Clones	53
Probiotics Bifidobacterium lactis M8 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus M9 prevent high blood pressure via modulating the gut microbiota composit	53
Metabolic capabilities are highly conserved among human nasal-associated Corynebacterium species in pangenomic analyses	52
Seasonality and longer-term development generate temporal dynamics in the Populus microbiome	52
The chicken gut virome: spatial structuring and extensive diversity of 19,778 viral populations	51
Abrogation of SOS mutagenesis by the E. coli OxyR oxidative stress response	51
Navigating complexity: key considerations for studying fungal-bacterial interactions	48
Sodium butyrate facilitates CRHR2 expression to alleviate HPA axis hyperactivity in autism-like rats induced by prenatal lipopolysaccharides through histone deacetylase inhibition	44
Dispersal shapes compositional and functional diversity in aquatic microbial communities	44

A multi-omics analysis unveils functional and regulatory links between hydroxybenzene and aromatic amino acid metabolism in Candida albicans	44
Cultured Bacteria Provide Insight into the Functional Potential of the Coral-Associated Microbiome	44
An Elemental Diet Enriched in Amino Acids Alters the Gut Microbial Community and Prevents Colonic Mucus Degradation in Mice with Colitis	44
Carbapenem triggers dissemination of chromosomally integrated carbapenemase genes via conjugative plasmids in Escherichia coli	43
Unraveling proteomic chaos by independent component analysis—ClpX proficiency promotes the iron and oxygen limitation responses of Staphylococcus aureus	43
Diverse non-canonical electron bifurcating [FeFe]-hydrogenases of separate evolutionary origins in Hydrogenedentota	41
Botrytis cinerea Transcription Factor BcXyr1 Regulates (Hemi-)Cellulase Production and Fungal Virulence	41
Disturbance–diversity relationships of microbial communities change based on growth substrate	40
Microbial Diversity and Interaction Specificity in Kombucha Tea Fermentations	40
Insights into the metabolic specificities of pathogenic strains from the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex	40
Variations in the oral microbiome and metabolome of methamphetamine users	40
A Metagenomic Investigation of Spatial and Temporal Changes in Sewage Microbiomes across a University Campus	39
Investigating the gut bacteria structure and function of hibernating bats through 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing and culturomics	39
Metabolomic profiling of Burkholderia thailandensis infection of airway epithelial cells provides insights into potential therapeutic targets	38
Gut microbiota contribute to high-altitude adaptation in tree sparrows	38
Sepsis-Induced Gut Dysbiosis Mediates the Susceptibility to Sepsis-Associated Encephalopathy in Mice	38
Reduced glutathione levels in Enterococcus faecalis trigger metabolic and transcriptional compensatory adjustments during iron exposure	38