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 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
Naming new taxa of prokaryotes in the 21st century	11
Thermal inactivation and kinetic parameters for Campylobacter jejuni on chicken skin	11
Regulation of virulence mechanisms in plant-pathogenic Streptomyces	11
What in Earth? Analyses of Canadian soil populations of Aspergillus fumigatus	10
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
A duplex real-time NASBA assay targeting a serotype-specific gene for rapid detection of viableSalmonellaParatyphi C in retail foods of animal origin	9
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
Examination of the horizontal gene transfer dynamics of an integrative and conjugative element encoding multidrug resistance in Histophilus somni	8
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
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
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
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
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
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