OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Canadian Journal of Microbiology is 4. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Distribution of corrosive microbial communities in rust layers of steel immersed in seawater	48
Potential selection and maintenance of manure-originated multi-drug resistant plasmids at sub-clinical concentrations for tetracycline family antibiotics	48
Spatial arrangement and density variations in the cell envelope of Deinococcus radiodurans	31
Regulation of virulence mechanisms in plant-pathogenic Streptomyces	23
Investigating the spatiotemporal dynamics of apple tree phyllosphere bacterial and fungal communities across cultivars in orchards	23
Update on the genus Robertmurraya: a bacterial genus honoring Dr. Robert G.E. Murray (with some personal reminiscences)	21
High-throughput sequencing reveals microbial community dynamics in two treatment systems for oil field-produced water	21
Surveillance of Clostridioides difficile in Canadian retail meat and genomic linkages to community-associated human clinical infections in Canada	19
What in Earth? Analyses of Canadian soil populations of Aspergillus fumigatus	18
Microbial biodiversity of agricultural surface waters in Ontario, Canada	16
Naming new taxa of prokaryotes in the 21st century	16
Unveiling the fungal color palette: pigment analysis of Fusarium solani species complex and Curvularia verruculosa clinical isolates	15
Cecal microbiome in broiler chicken related to antimicrobial feeding and bird’s sex	14
Analysis of bacterioplankton genes in an impaired Great Lakes harbour reveals seasonal metabolic shifts and a previously undetected cyanobacterium	14
M13 bacteriophage as a versatile platform for the creation of new materials via genetic engineering	13
Examination of the horizontal gene transfer dynamics of an integrative and conjugative element encoding multidrug resistance in Histophilus somni	13
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	13
A metagenomic study of the bacteria in snow algae microbiomes	12
Robert G.E. Murray: the consummate editor	12
Epidemiology and impact of high pathogenicity avian influenza in Europe 2020–2025	12
Retention of entire genomes in Plasmodiophora brassica represents a previously unrecognized mechanism of balancing selection	11
Exploring the Multifaceted Roles of Trichoderma Secondary Metabolites	11
Polymerase chain reaction-based typing methods and protein profiling analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from environmental and clinical sources from South India	10
A β-amino-ketone that disrupts the fungal plasma membrane exhibits potent activity against pathogenic Trichophyton species	10
Ribosome biogenesis mediates the translational increase of nonoptimal codon transcripts during IFN-β stimulation	10

Parallel evolutionary trajectories of extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 and ST307 pandemic clones: a systematic review	9
Rapid identification of Fusarium species causing head blight in Canada using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry	9
Yeast communities before and after spontaneous fermentation of wine grapes: a case study from Nova Scotia	9
Genomic analysis of a new type VI secretion system in Vibrio parahaemolyticus and its implications for environmental adaptation in shrimp ponds	9
High prevalence of Candida species in the respiratory tract of patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2	9
Sequential markerless genetic manipulations of species from the Neisseria genus	8
Lettuce seed pelleting with Pseudomonas sp. 31-12: plant growth promotion under laboratory and greenhouse conditions	8
The application of shrub willow chip organic amendments impacts soil microbial community dynamics	8
The scientific revolution that unraveled the astonishing DNA repair capacity of the Deinococcaceae: 40 years on	8
No evidence of influenza A virus infection in marine mammals stranded in Basque Country coast (Northern Spain) in the context of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b expansion	7
Bacterial community structure in the rhizosphere of fungi-infected Amorphophallus titanum	7
Lavandula angustifolia oil induces oxidative stress, stiffening of membranes, and cell wall in Cryptococcus spp.	7
Bacterial changes and quality deterioration of freshwater shellfish Hyriopsis cumingii meat under different temperature storage	7
Lactoferrin modulates the biofilm formation and bap gene expression of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis	7
New insights into endophytic fungi diversity and their potential correlation with polyphyllin levels of Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis	7
Co-inoculation with novel nodule-inhabiting bacteria reduces the benefits of legume–rhizobium symbiosis	7
Regulation of pyrimidine ribonucleoside salvage metabolism in Pseudomonas putida ATCC 17536	7
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	7
Choice of cover crop influences soil fungal and bacterial communities in Prince Edward Island, Canada	6
Influence of central metabolism disruption on Escherichia coli biofilm formation	6
Patterns of free-living and particle-attached bacteria along environmental gradients in Lake Taihu	6
Abundance of integrons in halophilic bacteria	6
Prototaxites reinterpreted as mega-rhizomorphs, facilitating nutrient transport in early terrestrial ecosystems	6
A qualitative scan on the challenges of AMR in Canada and experts’ proposed solutions	5
North American perspective on the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5Nx clade 2.3.4.4b outbreak (November 2021 – March 2025)	5
Effects of Daqu properties on the microbial community and their metabolites in fermented grains in Baijiu fermentation system	5
Soil microbiomes from the groundnut basin of Senegal contain plant growth-promoting bacteria with potential for crop improvement in arid soils	5
Antifungal activity of emodin against the Cryptococcus neoformans / Cryptococcus gattii complexes: an effe	5
A graduate student's tribute to Dr. R.G.E. Murray	5
From patterns to prediction: machine learning and antifungal resistance biomarker discovery	5
Note of appreciation	5
Somatic coliphages as bioindicators of contamination in Lake Guamuez, Colombia	5
Biological control of the soil-borne fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f . sp. lyc	5
Correction: Characterization and whole-genome sequencing of an extreme arsenic tolerant Citrobacter freundii SRS1 strain isolated from Savar area in Bang	5
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	5
Detection of the pathogenic fungus Cordyceps farinosa in the Thitarodes armoricanus soil-rearing environment based on nucleic acid targets	5
Role of cold shock protein CspA in Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida physiology and virulence	5
Crossing the streams: improving data quality and integration across the One Health genomics continuum with data standards and implementation strategies	5
Variation in plasmid conjugation among nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica serovars	4
Mass mortalities caused by different genotypes of HPAIV H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b in colony breeding Black-headed Gulls and Sandwich Terns in Denmark 2022 and 2023	4
Deciphering the interrelation of gut microbiota and BMI in atherosclerosis: a metagenomic approach	4
Seasonal infection and antibody response to highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza A virus in ducks in the Mississippi and Central Flyways, United States	4
A tail-specific protease is required for Legionella pneumophila intracellular multiplication	4
Analysis of biofilm expansion rate of Bacillus subtilis (MTC871) on agar substrates with different stiffness	4
Three-dimensional buckling model reveals the evolution of energy-driven biofilm wrinkle morphologies	4
Comparative mitogenomics of Leptographium procerum, Leptographium terebrantis, and Leptographium wingfieldii, an invasive fungal species in Canadian forests	4
Gulls as reservoirs and vectors of high-risk, multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in Atlantic Canada: emergence of CMY-2-producing ST648	4
Transcriptomic analysis of iron transport mutants reveals serovar-specific adaptations in Salmonella enterica	4
Dr. Robert Murray: strong roots in Canadian microbiology—strong global leadership and vision	4
Development of metals as antimicrobials: knowledge gaps and future directions	4

Streptococcus suis serovar 9 responses to elevated temperature and co-culture with Glaesserella parasuis	4
Wild fish from a highly urbanized river (Orge, France) as vectors of culturable Enterobacterales resistant to antibiotics	4
Overview of high pathogenicity avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b in wildlife from Central and South America, October 2022–September 2025	4
Isolation of lipopeptide antibiotics from Bacillus siamensis: a potential biocontrol agent for Fusarium graminearum	4