OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Invertebrate Pathology is 6. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
A structure-based nomenclature for Bacillus thuringiensis and other bacteria-derived pesticidal proteins	157
Understanding the role of the shrimp gut microbiome in health and disease	129
Vibrio and major commercially important vibriosis diseases in decapod crustaceans	112
Honeybee gut microbiota dysbiosis in pesticide/parasite co-exposures is mainly induced by Nosema ceranae	70
The shrimp microsporidian Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP): Biology, pathology, diagnostics and control	67
The economics of shrimp disease	51
How do abiotic environmental conditions influence shrimp susceptibility to disease? A critical analysis focussed on White Spot Disease	35
Role of Trichoderma as a biocontrol agent (BCA) of phytoparasitic nematodes and plant growth inducer	33
An emergency situation for pen shells in the Mediterranean: The Adriatic Sea, one of the last Pinna nobilis shelters, is now affected by a mass mortality event	31
The stress–immunity axis in shellfish	31
A TaqMan probe based real-time PCR for the detection of Decapod iridescent virus 1	30
Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (VPAHPND), a chronic disease in shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) population raised in latin America	25
Extended investigation of field-evolved resistance of the corn earworm Helicoverpa zea(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A.105 and Cry2Ab2 proteins in the southeastern United State	25
Virulence properties and pathogenicity of multidrug-resistant Vibrio harveyi associated with luminescent vibriosis in Pacific white shrimp, Penaeus vannamei	22
Marine invertebrate interactions with Harmful Algal Blooms – Implications for One Health	22
Metabolic responses of whiteleg shrimp to white spot syndrome virus (WSSV)	22
Invasive Non-Native Crustacean Symbionts: Diversity and Impact	21
Development of a PCR assay for the effective detection of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) and investigation of EHP prevalence in Shandong Province, China	19
Occurrence of honey bee-associated pathogens in Varroa-free pollinator communities	19
European Foulbrood in stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) in Brazil: Old disease, renewed threat	18
The naked truth: An updated review on nudiviruses and their relationship to bracoviruses and baculoviruses	18
OneHealth implications of infectious diseases of wild and managed bees	17
Aegerolysins from the fungal genus Pleurotus – Bioinsecticidal proteins with multiple potential applications	17
Diseases and pathogens of marine invertebrate corals in Indian reefs	16
Development and comparison of qPCR and qLAMP for rapid detection of the decapod iridescent virus 1 (DIV1)	16

Prevalence and histopathology of the parasitic barnacle, Sacculina carcini in shore crabs, Carcinus maenas	16
Surveillance of disease incidence in shrimp farms located in the east coastal region of India and in vitro antibacterial efficacy of probiotics against Vibrio parahaemolyticus	16
A comparative study of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) challenge methods in Penaeus vannamei	16
Mode of entry of secondary metabolites of the bacteria Xenorhabdus szentirmaii and X. nematophila into Tetranychus urticae, and their toxicity to the predatory mites Phytoseiulus persimilis and Neosei	15
Morphology, molecular characterization, and virulence of Beauveria pseudobassiana isolated from different hosts	15
Tephritid fruit flies have a large diversity of co-occurring RNA viruses	15
Combining insect pathogenic fungi and a pheromone trap for sustainable management of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)	15
Insects and their pathogens in a changing climate	15
Insecticidal potential of Brevibacillus laterosporus against dipteran pest species in a wide ecological range	15
Aspergillus niger α-1,3-glucan acts as a virulence factor by inhibiting the insect phenoloxidase system	15
Going gentle into that pathogen-induced goodnight	14
Analysis of honey environmental DNA indicates that the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) trypanosome parasite Lotmaria passim is widespread in the apiaries of the North of Italy	14
A staining method for detection of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) spores with calcofluor white	14
Intracellular localization and cytotoxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa against Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells	14
Crayfish plague in Czechia: Outbreaks from novel sources and testing for chronic infections	14
Bacillus spp. metabolites are effective in eradicating Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae with low toxicity to non-target species	14
Transcriptome analysis of pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) intestines and hepatopancreas in response to Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) infection	14
Identification of entomopathogenic bacteria associated with the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii in infested areas of Germany	13
Characterization of insecticidal Cry1Cb2 protein from Bacillus thuringiensis toxic to Myzus persicae (Sulzer)	13
C-type lectin 5, a novel pattern recognition receptor for the JAK/STAT signaling pathway in Bombyx mori	13
How costly are metacercarial infections in a bivalve host? Effects of two trematode species on biochemical performance of cockles	13
Cordycepin, a metabolite of Cordyceps militaris, reduces immune-related gene expression in insects	13
Environmental tolerance of entomopathogenic nematodes differs among nematodes arising from host cadavers versus aqueous suspension	13
Evaluation of bioefficacy potential of entomopathogenic fungi against the whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Genn.) on cotton under polyhouse and field conditions	13
A new lineage of crayfish-infecting Microsporidia: The Cambaraspora floridanus n. gen. n. sp. (Glugeida: Glugeidae) complex from Floridian freshwaters (USA)	13
Crustaceans, One Health and the changing ocean	13
Response of the macadamia seed weevil Kuschelorhynchus macadamiae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana in laboratory bioassays	12
The parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium infects multiple crustaceans in the polyculture systems of Shandong Province, China	12
Research progress on hosts and carriers, prevalence, virulence of infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV)	12
Dietary supplementation with probiotic Rhodobacter sphaeroides SS15 extract to control acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND)-causing vibrio parahaemolyticus in cultivated white shrimp	12
Diversity and classification of reoviruses in crustaceans: A proposal	12
Temperature tolerance and humidity requirements of select entomopathogenic fungal isolates for future use in citrus IPM programmes	12
Antifungal immune responses in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae): A review	12
Isolation of an anti-entomopathogenic fungal protein secreted from Pseudomonas aeruginosa BGf-2: An intestinal bacteriam of Blattella germanica (L.)	11
Susceptibility variation to the main pathogens of Crassostrea gigas at the larval, spat and juvenile stages using unselected and selected oysters to OsHV-1 and/or V. aestuarianus	11
Prevalence and parasite load of nematodes and trematodes in an invasive slug and its susceptibility to a slug parasitic nematode compared to native gastropods	11
Molecular identification of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) and associated risk factors for white spot disease (WSD) prevalence in shrimp (Penaeus monodon) aquaculture in Bangladesh	11
Corals as canaries in the coalmine: Towards the incorporation of marine ecosystems into the ‘One Health’ concept	11
Integrative analysis of circRNA/miRNA/mRNA regulatory network reveals the potential immune function of circRNAs in the Bombyx mori fat body	10
Natural extracts as potential control agents for Nosema ceranae infection in honeybees, Apis mellifera	10
Propionigenium and Vibrio species identified as possible component causes of shrimp white feces syndrome (WFS) associated with the microsporidian Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei	10
Influence of the ascarosides on the recovery, yield and dispersal of entomopathogenic nematodes	10
Morphological and molecular characterization of a new freshwater microsporidium, Jirovecia sinensis sp. n. (Microsporidia) infecting the coelomocytes of Branchiura sowerbyi (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in	10
Closed-tube field-deployable loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay based on spore wall protein (SWP) for the visual detection of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP)	10
Changes in the intestinal microbiota of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) with different severities of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei infection	10
Strains of Lactobacillus spp. reduce chalkbrood in Apis mellifera	10
Differential insecticidal properties of Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus isolates against corn-strain and rice-strain fall armyworm, and genomic analysis of three isolates	10
Quantitative proteomic analysis of ovaries from Nosema bombycis-infected silkworm (Bombyx mori)	10
Honey bee viruses are highly prevalent but at low intensities in wild pollinators of cucurbit agroecosystems	9
Genetic diversity among naturally-occurring strains of Beauveria bassiana associated with the introduced coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei, (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Hawai‘i Island	9

Vibrio areninigrae as a pathogenic bacterium in a crustacean	9
Microsporidia infection upregulates host energy metabolism but maintains ATP homeostasis	9
Branching out the aerolysin, ETX/MTX-2 and Toxin_10 family of pore forming proteins	9
Transcriptome analysis of the innate immune system of Hyalomma asiaticum	9
Aeromonas hydrophila associated with red spot disease in Macrobrachium nipponense and host immune-related gene expression profiles	9
Deformed wings of small hive beetle independent of virus infections and mites	9
Persistent effects of management history on honeybee colony virus abundances	9
Passage and the evolution of virulence in invertebrate pathogens: Fundamental and applied perspectives	8
Bombyx mori Apolipophorin-III inhibits Beauveria bassiana directly and through regulating expression of genes relevant to immune signaling pathways	8
Pathogenicity of wild and commercial Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita exposed to the pestiferous slug Deroceras invadens	8
What do the terms resistance, tolerance, and resilience mean in the case of Ostrea edulis infected by the haplosporidian parasite Bonamia ostreae	8
Pathogenicity against hemipteran vector insects of a novel insect pathogenic fungus from Entomophthorales (Pandora sp. nov. inedit.) with potential for biological control	8
A combined LC-MS and NMR approach to reveal metabolic changes in the hemolymph of honeybees infected by the gut parasite Nosema ceranae	8
Carnauba wax enhances the insecticidal activity of entomopathogenic fungi against the blowfly Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae)	8
Simple method to detect and to isolate entomopathogenic fungi (Hypocreales) from mosquito larvae	8
Molecular and morphological characterisation of a novel microsporidian species, Tubulinosema suzukii, infecting Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae)	8
Molecular characterization of a Bacillus thuringiensis strain from Argentina, toxic against Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, based on its whole-genome and Cry protein analysis	8
False mussels (Mytilopsis leucophaeata) can be mechanical carriers of the shrimp microsporidian Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP)	8
Morphological and molecular characterization of a new microsporidium, Janacekia tainanus n. sp. from the adipose tissue of Kiefferulus tainanus (Diptera: Chironomidae) in China	8
Effect of Wolbachia infection states on the life history and reproductive traits of the leafhopper Yamatotettix flavovittatus Matsumura	8
Bacillus thuringiensis toxins with nematocidal activity against the pinewood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus	8
In-vitro cultivation of Nosema bombycis sporoplasms: A method for potential genetic engineering of microsporidia	8
Symbionts of invasive and native crabs, in Argentina: The most recently invaded area on the Southwestern Atlantic coastline	8
Bacteria-derived pesticidal proteins active against hemipteran pests	8
Genetic structure of Metarhizium species in western USA: Finite populations composed of divergent clonal lineages with limited evidence for recent recombination	8
Current understanding of immune priming phenomena in insects	7
Toll signal pathway activating eicosanoid biosynthesis shares its conserved upstream recognition components in a lepidopteran Spodoptera exigua upon infection by Metarhizium rileyi, an entomopathogeni	7
Transcriptome analysis of Macrobrachium rosenbergii: Identification of precocious puberty and slow-growing information	7
The first detection of a novel OsHV-1 microvariant in San Diego, California, USA	7
Dose-dependent effects of antibiotic intake on Bombus Terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) dietary intake, survival and parasite infection prevalence	7
Discovery of two hypocrealean fungi infecting spotted lanternflies, Lycorma delicatula: Metarhizium pemphigi and a novel species, Ophiocordyceps delicatula	7
Identification of the in vitro antiviral effect of BmNedd2-like caspase in response to Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection	7
Assessment of the diversity of Brazilian entomopathogenic fungi in the genus Beauveria	7
Early responses in Penaeus vannamei during experimental infection with Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) spores by injection and oral routes	7
Optimization of silver nanoparticle biosynthesis by entomopathogenic fungi and assays of their antimicrobial and antifungal properties	7
Thermal tolerance and environmental persistence of a protozoan parasite in monarch butterflies	7
Gut bacterial microbiota of Lymantria dispar asiatica and its involvement in Beauveria bassiana infection	7
Infection of cotton bollworm by Helicoverpa armigera iflavirus decreases larval fitness	7
Identification and phylogenetic analysis of a collection of Beauveria spp. Isolates from Central America and Puerto Rico	7
Increased expression of Suppressor of cytokine signaling 2 (BmSOCS2) is correlated with suppression of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus replication in silkworm larval tissues and cells	7
Host-pathogen interactions: The role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A in modulation of Galleria mellonella immune response	7
Cry80Aa1, a novel Bacillus thuringiensis toxin with mosquitocidal activity to Culex pipiens pallens	7
Antifungal roles of adult-specific cuticular protein genes of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum	7
Biotic and abiotic factors influencing haplosporidian species distribution in the cockle Cerastoderma edule in Ireland	6
Vibrio splendidus clade associated with a disease affecting Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) in Sardinia (Western Mediterranean)	6
The G-protein coupled receptor GPRK contributes to fungal development and full virulence in Metarhizium robertsii	6
Effects of the entomopathogenic fungus Clonostachys rosea on mortality rates and gene expression profiles in Diaphorina citri adults	6
Effective suppression of yellow head virus replication in Penaeus monodon hemocytes using constitutive expression vector for long-hairpin RNA (lhRNA)	6
Reconstruction and functional annotation of Ascosphaera apis full-length transcriptome utilizing PacBio long reads combined with Illumina short reads	6
Vital roles of Pks11, a highly reducing polyketide synthase, in fungal conidiation, antioxidant activity, conidial cell wall integrity, and UV tolerance of Beauveria bassiana	6
Factors affecting virus prevalence in honey bees in the Pacific-Northwest, USA	6
Two new species of Unikaryon (Microsporidia) hyperparasitic in microphallid metacercariae (Digenea) from Florida intertidal crabs	6
Development of Metarhizium humberi in Aedes aegypti eggs	6
Effects of temperature on larval development, alkaloid production and microsporidiosis in the two-spotted lady beetle, Adalia bipunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)	6
Transmission of the wMel Wolbachia strain is modulated by its titre and by immune genes in Drosophila melanogaster (Wolbachia density and transmission)	6
Effect of silver nanoparticles (AgNP's) from Duddingtonia flagrans on cyathostomins larvae (subfamily: cyathostominae)	6
Phylogeny and morphology of Ophiocordyceps puluongensis sp. nov. (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales), a new fungal pathogen on termites from Vietnam	6
Vip3Aa from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD1 is toxic to Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)	6
Evaluation of Barricade® to enhance survival of entomopathogenic nematodes on cowhide	6
Increased mortality of the European pepper moth Duponchelia fovealis (Lepidoptera:Crambidae) using entomopathogenic fungal consortia	6
Frequency of resistance alleles to Cry1Ac toxin from cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) collected from Bt-cotton growing areas of Telangana state of India	6
Strongwellsea tigrinae and Strongwellsea acerosa (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae), two new species infecting dipteran hosts from the genus Coenosia (Muscidae)	6
Changes in metabolic profiling of whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) under hypoxic stress	6
Effect of feeding chitosan or peptidoglycan on Nosema ceranae infection and gene expression related to stress and the innate immune response of honey bees (Apis mellifera)	6
Identification of key metabolic pathways reprogrammed by BmNPV in silkworm Bombyx mori	6
Patterns of infection in a native and an invasive crayfish across the UK	6
Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus Bm96 suppresses viral virulence in Bombyx mori larvae	6