OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Canadian Journal of Microbiology is 2. 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
Mutation frequency of Escherichia coli isolated from river water: potential role in the development of antimicrobial resistance	209
Evidence that nano-TiO₂ induces acute cytotoxicity to the agronomically beneficial nitrogen-fixing bacteria Sinorhizobium meliloti	52
Distribution of corrosive microbial communities in rust layers of steel immersed in seawater	27
Potential selection and maintenance of manure-originated multi-drug resistant plasmids at sub-clinical concentrations for tetracycline family antibiotics	25
Spatial arrangement and density variations in the cell envelope of Deinococcus radiodurans	19
LuxS modulates motility and secretion of extracellular protease in fish pathogen Vibrio harveyi	18
Phenanthrene-degrading Sphingobium xenophagum are widely distributed in the western Pacific Ocean	16
Investigating the spatiotemporal dynamics of apple tree phyllosphere bacterial and fungal communities across cultivars in orchards	13
Endophytic bacterial communities and spatiotemporal variations in cotton roots in Xinjiang, China	13
Thermal inactivation and kinetic parameters for Campylobacter jejuni on chicken skin	11
Regulation of virulence mechanisms in plant-pathogenic Streptomyces	11
Naming new taxa of prokaryotes in the 21st century	11
Update on the genus Robertmurraya: a bacterial genus honoring Dr. Robert G.E. Murray (with some personal reminiscences)	10
Surveillance of Clostridioides difficile in Canadian retail meat and genomic linkages to community-associated human clinical infections in Canada	10
High-Throughput Sequencing Reveals Microbial Community Dynamics in Two Treatment Systems for Oil Field-Produced Water	10
What in Earth? Analyses of Canadian soil populations of Aspergillus fumigatus	10
Cecal microbiome in broiler chicken related to antimicrobial feeding and bird’s sex	9
Impact of sample collection on prokaryotic and eukaryotic diversity of niche environments of the oil-sand mining impacted Athabasca River	9
Analysis of bacterioplankton genes in an impaired Great Lakes harbour reveals seasonal metabolic shifts and a previously undetected cyanobacterium	9
A duplex real-time NASBA assay targeting a serotype-specific gene for rapid detection of viableSalmonellaParatyphi C in retail foods of animal origin	9
A metagenomic study of the bacteria in snow algae microbiomes	8
Proceedings of the Dual Use Research of Concern Panel Discussion: challenges and perspectives	8
The effect of polyhydroxyalkanoates in Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 biofilm formation, stress endurance, and interaction with the protozoan predator Acanthamoeba castellanii	8
Unveiling the fungal color palette: pigment analysis of Fusarium solani species complex and Curvularia verruculosa clinical isolates	8
Robert G.E. Murray: the consummate editor	8

Examination of the horizontal gene transfer dynamics of an integrative and conjugative element encoding multidrug resistance in Histophilus somni	8
Do methanotrophs drive phosphorus mineralization in soil ecosystem?	7
Rapid identification of Fusarium species causing head blight in Canada using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry	7
Investigation of phage and molasses interactions for the biocontrol ofE. coliO157:H7	7
Evolving the core microbial community in pit mud based on bioturbation of fortified Daqu	7
Genomic analysis of a new type VI secretion system in Vibrio parahaemolyticus and its implications for environmental adaptation in shrimp ponds	7
Diversity and distribution characteristics of myxobacteria in the rhizosphere and nonrhizosphere soils of the halophyte Haloxylon ammodendron in the high saline-alkaline Ebinur Lake Wetland	7
Morphological changes and bioaccumulation in response to cadmium exposure in Morchella spongiola, a fungus with potential for detoxification	7
Polymerase chain reaction-based typing methods and protein profiling analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from environmental and clinical sources from South India	7
Strain improvement of Trichoderma spp. through two-step protoplast fusion for cellulase production enhancement	6
Where the infection is isolated rather than the specific species correlates with adherence strength, whereas biofilm density remains static in clinically isolated Candida and arthroconidial yea	6
The scientific revolution that unraveled the astonishing DNA repair capacity of the Deinococcaceae: 40 years on	6
Lettuce seed pelleting with Pseudomonas sp. 31-12: plant growth promotion under laboratory and greenhouse conditions	6
Antifungal mechanisms of lavender essential oil in the inhibition of rot disease caused by Monilinia fructicola in postharvest flat peaches	5
The application of shrub willow chip organic amendments impacts soil microbial community dynamics	5
Bacterial community structure in the rhizosphere of fungi-infected Amorphophallus titanum	5
Identification of plasmids from Brazilian Chromobacterium violaceum strains	5
Dengue virus: epidemiology, biology, and disease aetiology	5
Effects of Funneliformis mosseae on the utilization of organic phosphorus in Camellia oleifera Abel	5
Sequential markerless genetic manipulations of species from the Neisseria genus	5
Co-inoculation with novel nodule-inhabiting bacteria reduces the benefits of legume–rhizobium symbiosis	5
Effects of ketamine in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and in silico interaction with sortase A	5
Yeast communities before and after spontaneous fermentation of wine grapes: a case study from Nova Scotia	5
Lactoferrin modulates the biofilm formation and bap gene expression of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis	5
New insights into endophytic fungi diversity and their potential correlation with polyphyllin levels of Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis	4
Prototaxites reinterpreted as mega-rhizomorphs, facilitating nutrient transport in early terrestrial ecosystems	4
Abundance of integrons in halophilic bacteria	4
Computational studies on photolyase (Phr) proteins of cyanobacteria	4
From patterns to prediction: machine learning and antifungal resistance biomarker discovery	4
Detection of the pathogenic fungus Cordyceps farinosa in the Thitarodes armoricanus soil-rearing environment based on nucleic acid targets	4
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	4
Effects of Daqu properties on the microbial community and their metabolites in fermented grains in Baijiu fermentation system	4
A graduate student's tribute to Dr. R.G.E. Murray	4
Comparative genomic analyses of β-lactamase (bla_CMY-42)-encoding plasmids isolated from wastewater treatment plants in Canada	4
Note of appreciation	4
Vaccinomics-driven proteome-wide screening of Haemophilus influenzae for the prediction of common putative vaccine candidates	4
Lavandula angustifolia oil induces oxidative stress, stiffening of membranes, and cell wall in Cryptococcus spp.	4
Choice of cover crop influences soil fungal and bacterial communities in Prince Edward Island, Canada	4
Influence of central metabolism disruption on Escherichia coli biofilm formation	4
Patterns of free-living and particle-attached bacteria along environmental gradients in Lake Taihu	4
Correction: Characterization and whole-genome sequencing of an extreme arsenic tolerant Citrobacter freundii SRS1 strain isolated from Savar area in Bangladesh	4
Homodimerization and heterodimerization requirements of Acinetobacter baumannii SOS response coregulators UmuDAb and DdrR revealed by two-hybrid analyses	4
Biofilm formation of Staphylococcus aureus from milk and expression of the adhesion genes ebpS and cna at different temperatures	4
Comparative prevalence and diversity of Campylobacter jejuni strains in water and human beings over a 1-year period in southwestern Alberta, Canada	3
Analysis of bacterial communities associated with Mountain Chickadees (Poecile gambeli) across urban and rural habitats	3
Characterization and genome analysis of a broad host range lytic phage vB_SenS_TUMS_E19 against Salmonella enterica and its efficiency evaluation in the liquid egg	3
Comparative mitogenomics of Leptographium procerum, Leptographium terebrantis, and Leptographium wingfieldii, an invasive fungal species in Canadian forests	3
Wild fish from a highly urbanized river (Orge, France) as vectors of culturable Enterobacterales resistant to antibiotics	3
In situ biochemical characterization of Venus cloud particles using a life-signature detection microscope	3
Soil microbial community composition in a paddy field with different fertilization managements	3

Inhibition of the type IV secretion system from antibiotic-resistant Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates supports the potential of Cagα as an anti-virulence target	3
Crossing the streams: improving data quality and integration across the One Health genomics continuum with data standards and implementation strategies	3
Microbial ecology and evolution	3
Antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae: an overview of common mechanisms and a current Canadian perspective	3
The mitochondrial genome of Ophiostoma himal-ulmi and comparison with other fungi causing Dutch elm disease	3
Soil microbiomes from the groundnut basin of Senegal contain plant growth-promoting bacteria with potential for crop improvement in arid soils	3
A tail-specific protease is required for Legionella pneumophila intracellular multiplication	3
Somatic coliphages as bioindicators of contamination in Lake Guamuez, Colombia	3
Occurrence and characterization of plasmid-encoded qnr genes in quinolone-resistant bacteria across diverse aquatic environments in southern Ontario	3
Analysis of biofilm expansion rate of Bacillus subtilis (MTC871) on agar substrates with different stiffness	3
An epidemiological framework for improving the accuracy of whole-genome sequence-based antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Salmonella	3
Phenotypic and transcriptomic changes in Acinetobacter baumannii in rich and minimal growth mediums	3
Adhesion and biofilm formation by the opportunistic pathogen Candida tropicalis: what do we know?	3
Note of appreciation	3
Deep tillage reduces the dependence of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and promotes the growth of tobacco in dryland farming	3
Candidatus Thiovulum sp. strain imperiosus: the largest free-living Epsilonproteobacteraeota Thiovulum strain lives in a marine mangrove environment	3
Variation in plasmid conjugation among nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica serovars	3
Role of the nonribosomal peptide synthetase siderophore enzyme (Rfs) ofMucor lusitanicusin controlling the growth of fungal phytopathogens	3
Isolation of lipopeptide antibiotics from Bacillus siamensis: a potential biocontrol agent for Fusarium graminearum	3
Development and evaluation of a sensitive approach for detection and recovery of third-generation cephalosporin- and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales from ready-to-eat frozen stone fruit	3
Phytotoxin of rice aggregate sheath spot pathogen Rhizoctonia oryzae-sativae and its biological activities	2
Natural recovery from fire disturbance is more favorable than assisted recovery for the restoration of soil nematode-trapping fungi	2
Identification of iron-responsive genes in Proteus vulgaris	2
Investigating the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in the environment in Canada: A scoping review.	2
Changes in the soil fungal communities of steppe grasslands at varying degradation levels in North China	2
Growth effects in oregano plants (Origanum vulgare L.) assessment through inoculation of bacteria isolated from crop fields located on desert soils	2
Chemotactic response of Vibrio coralliilyticus to mucus from various coral species	2
The compact mitogenome of Ceratocystiopsis pallidobrunnea	2
Engineering Conjugative Plasmids for Inducible Horizontal DNA Transfer	2
Biological and genomic characteristics of three novel bacteriophages and a phage-plasmid of Klebsiella pneumoniae	2
Molecular analyses of the diversity and function of the family 1 β-glucosidase-producing microbial community in compost	2
Plant seedlings of peas, tomatoes, and cucumbers exude compounds that are needed for growth and chemoattraction of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae 3841 and Azospirillum brasilense<	2
Responses of bacterial and three sub-microeukaryote communities in the water of white shrimp Penaeus vannamei aquaculture ponds in two polyculture models	2
Morchella capensis sp. nov., the Fynbos morel—the first description of an endemic Morchella species from Africa	2
Virulence-associated genes and antimicrobial resistance patterns in bacteria isolated from pregnant and nonpregnant women with urinary tract infections: the risk of neonatal sepsis	2
Repurposing of escitalopram oxalate and clonazepam in combination with ciprofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole–trimethoprim for treatment of multidrug-resistant microorganisms and evaluation of the cleavag	2
How to teach life sciences students about dual-use research—a view from the field	2
Prairie soil improves wheat establishment and accelerates the developmental transition to flowering compared to agricultural soils	2
mfsQ encoding an MFS efflux pump mediates adaptive protection of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia against benzalkonium chloride	2
Comparative lipidomics of Pichia pastoris using constitutive promoter reveals lipid diversity and variability at different growth phases	2
Tracking the trajectory of frankia research through bibliometrics: trends and future directions	2
Clinical evaluation of the GeneXpert^® Xpert^® Xpress SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV PLUS combination test	2
Chitin degradation and its effect on natural transformation: a systematic genetic study in Vibrio parahaemolyticus	2
Dr. RGE Murray: scientist, teacher, and mentor	2
Hydrogen sulfide regulates arsenic-induced cell death in yeast cells by modulating the antioxidative system	2
Marine-derived antimicrobial molecules from the sponges and their associated bacteria	2
Needles in haystacks: monitoring the potential escape of bioaerosolised antibacterial resistance genes from wastewater treatment plants with air and phyllosphere sampling	2
Constraint on boric acid resistance and tolerance evolvability in Candida albicans	2
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum BW2013 protects mucosal integrity and modulates gut microbiota of mice with colitis	2
Associations between cellular levels of ATP and prodigiosin pigment throughout the growth cycle of Serratia marcescens	2
Longitudinal screening of retail milk from Canadian provinces reveals no detections of influenza A virus RNA (April–July 2024): leveraging a newly established pan-Canadian network for responding to em	2
Biogeochemical stability of organic covers and mine wastes under climate change simulated mesocosms	2
Microorganisms that participate in biochemical cycles in wetlands	2
Assessment of viable Enterobacteriaceae and Enterococcus spp. across the agro-ecosystem of an antibiotic-free swine farm	2
Recombinant R2-pyocin cream is effective in treating Pseudomonas aeruginosa-infected wounds	2
Microbial communities in the Hudson Strait amidst rapid environmental change	2
High diversity within and low but significant genetic differentiation among geographic and temporal populations of the global Streptococcus pneumoniae	2