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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Coordinated binding of a two-component insecticidal protein from Alcaligenes faecalis to western corn rootworm midgut tissue	230
Bacteria isolated from Aedes aegypti with potential vector control applications	199
Long-term survey discloses a shift in the dynamics pattern of an emerging disease of cockles Cerastoderma edule, marteiliosis, and raises hypotheses to explain it	181
Cancer spares no one: First record of neoplasm in parasitic barnacles (Arthropoda: Rhizocephala)	99
Editorial Board	91
Strongwellsea selandia and Strongwellsea gefion (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae), two new species infecting adult flies from genus Helina (Diptera: Muscidae)	72
Transcriptomic analysis of Bombyx mori in its early larval stage (2nd instar) of development upon Nosema bombycis transovarial infection	53
Farfantepenaeus gene-encoded antimicrobial peptides: Identification, molecular characterization and gene expression in response to fungal infections	45
Virulence properties and pathogenicity of multidrug-resistant Vibrio harveyi associated with luminescent vibriosis in Pacific white shrimp, Penaeus vannamei	35
Mpp51Aa1 toxicity to Diaphorina citri nymphs demonstrated using a new, long-term bioassay method	35
Comparative transcriptome analysis of non-germinated and germinated spores of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) in vitro	33
Crustaceans, One Health and the changing ocean	29
Molecular and ultrastructural characterization of a novel cryptic species of the Mesomycetozoea clade isolated from Manila clam, Ruditapes philippinarum, on the west coast of Korea	29
Colour of heterorhabditis zealandica-infected-Galleria mellonella dependent on the Photorhabdus symbiont, with two new nematode-symbiotic associations reported	29
Pathology of tissue loss in three key gorgonian species in the Mediterranean Sea	27
Whitefly-induced tomato volatiles enhance the virulence of Lecanicillium lecanii	27
Functional analyses of inhibitor of apoptosis protein 1 (IAP1) of Antheraea pernyi multinucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AnpeNPV) in viral replication and occlusion body production	26
Electron-transferring flavoprotein and its dehydrogenase contributed to growth development and virulence in Beauveria bassiana	26
Etiological characteristics of “tail blister disease” of Australian redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus)	23
Advancing the knowledge of the nematode Echinocephalus pseudouncinatus (Gnathostomatidae, Spirurida): Morphological and molecular identification, new host, and host specificity in two coexisting pen s	22
White feces syndrome in Penaeus vannamei is potentially an Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) associated pathobiome origin of Vibrio spp	22
Effect of Solenopsis invicta virus 3 on brood mortality and egg hatch in Solenopsis invicta	21
Overcoming research challenges: In vitro cultivation of Ameson portunus (Phylum Microsporidia)	21
Microsporidians (Microsporidia) parasitic on mosquitoes (Culicidae) in central Europe are often multi-host species	20
An isothermal enzymatic recombinase amplification (ERA) assay for rapid and accurate detection of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei infection in shrimp	20

Optimizing the nested PCR method for Decapod iridescent virus 1 (DIV1) targeting ATPase gene by reselecting the inner primers	19
Paraquat is toxic to the soil-dwelling arthropod, Folsomia candida (Collembola: Isotomidae), and has potential effects on its Wolbachia endosymbiont	19
Vibrio and major commercially important vibriosis diseases in decapod crustaceans	19
Functional and characteristic analysis of an appressorium-specific promoter PMagas1 in Metarhizium acridum	19
Protective effects of Bacillus licheniformis against Citrobacter freundii infection in Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis	17
A 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase MrACCD from Metarhizium robertsii is associated with plant growth promotion for Metarhizium spp	17
Antiparasitic effects of three floral volatiles on trypanosomatid infection in honey bees	17
Frequency of resistance alleles to Cry1Ac toxin from cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) collected from Bt-cotton growing areas of Telangana state of India	17
Histopathological screening of Pontogammarus robustoides (Amphipoda), an invader on route to the United Kingdom	17
Development and comparison of qPCR and qLAMP for rapid detection of the decapod iridescent virus 1 (DIV1)	16
Characterization of insecticidal Cry1Cb2 protein from Bacillus thuringiensis toxic to Myzus persicae (Sulzer)	16
Construction and characterization of different hemolysin gene deletion strains in Vibrio parahaemolyticus (ΔhlyA, ΔhlyIII) and evaluation of their virulence	16
The G-protein coupled receptor GPRK contributes to fungal development and full virulence in Metarhizium robertsii	16
Vibrio splendidus clade associated with a disease affecting Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) in Sardinia (Western Mediterranean)	16
Protocols for studying the crayfish plague pathogen, Aphanomyces astaci, and its host-pathogen interactions	15
Microbiome changes in Akanthomyces attenuatus JEF-147-infected two-spotted spider mites	15
Pathogenicity against hemipteran vector insects of a novel insect pathogenic fungus from Entomophthorales (Pandora sp. nov. inedit.) with potential for biological control	14
Nanopore reads spanning the whole genome of arthropod-infecting large dsDNA viruses of the class Naldaviricetes enable assembly-free sequence analysis	14
Phagostimulant MTSG supplementation benefits growth-promoting and defensive effects of Rhodobacter azotoformans on Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis	14
In vitro immune analysis of serum from the hemolymph of the anomuran crab Albunea symmysta (Linnaeus, 1758) displayed diversified reactions	14
Antibacterial activity and mechanism of a type-I ubiquitin from the clam Ruditapes philippinarum	14
The threat of honey bee RNA viruses to yellow-legged hornets: Insights from cross-species transmission events	14
Editorial Board	14
Two new species of Unikaryon (Microsporidia) hyperparasitic in microphallid metacercariae (Digenea) from Florida intertidal crabs	13
First report of Perkinsus marinus occurrence associated with wild Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas from the west coast of Korea	13
Ovomermis sinensis parasitism arrests midgut replacement by altering ecdysone and juvenile hormone in Helicoverpa armigera larvae	13
Will the application of biocontrol fungi disrupt predation of Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae by coccinellids?	13
First detection of OsHV-1 in the cephalopod Octopus vulgaris. Is the octopus a dead-end for OsHV-1?	13
Identification and subcellular localization of NbIAP in the microsporidian Nosema bombycis	13
Linc20486 promotes BmCPV replication through inhibiting the transcription of AGO2 and Dicers	12
Alternosema astaquatica n. sp. (Microsporidia: Enterocytozoonida), a systemic parasite of the crayfish Faxonius virilis	12
MaEng1, an endo-1,3-glucanase, contributes to the conidiation pattern shift through changing the cell wall structure in Metarhizium acridum	12
The first detection of a novel OsHV-1 microvariant in San Diego, California, USA	11
Microsporidia infection upregulates host energy metabolism but maintains ATP homeostasis	11
The Bbotf1 Zn(Ⅱ)2Cys6 transcription factor contributes to antioxidant response, fatty acid assimilation, peroxisome proliferation and infection cycles in insect pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana	11
Comparative investigation of different chemicals on the germination of two aquatic microsporidia	11
Organic mulching modulated native populations of entomopathogenic nematode in vineyard soils differently depending on its potential to control outgrowth of their natural enemies	11
Microbial diversity in stingless bee gut is linked to host wing size and influenced by the environment	11
Natural extracts as potential control agents for Nosema ceranae infection in honeybees, Apis mellifera	11
Sodalis glossinidius and Wolbachia infections in wild population of Glossina morsitans submorsitans caught in the area of Lake Iro in the south of Chad	10
Corrigendum to “Transcriptome analysis of Beauveria bassiana interaction with Nicotiana benthamiana reveals signatures of N. benthamiana growth promotion and enhanced defense responses”	10
Morphology and activities of cell populations of haemocytes in Oncomelania hupensis following Schistosoma japonicum infection	10
To be a good killer: Evaluation of morphometry and nematodes-bacteria complex effect on entomopathogenic nematodes virulence against wireworms	10
Bombyx mori Apolipophorin-III inhibits Beauveria bassiana directly and through regulating expression of genes relevant to immune signaling pathways	10
Investigation of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) gut microbiome and entomopathogenic fungus-induced pathobiome	10
Characterization of Brazilian Cordyceps fumosorosea isolates: Conidial production, tolerance to ultraviolet-B radiation, and elevated temperature	10
Identification of a new nucleopolyhedrovirus isolated from the olive leaf moth, Palpita vitrealis, from two locations in Egypt	10
Evaluation of bioefficacy potential of entomopathogenic fungi against the whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Genn.) on cotton under polyhouse and field conditions	10
Editorial Board	10
Thermal ecology shapes disease outcomes of entomopathogenic fungi infecting warm-adapted insects	10

The son-killer microbe Arsenophonus nasoniae is a widespread associate of the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis in Europe	10
Editorial Board	10
Panopeispora mellora n. gen. n. sp. (microsporidia) infecting Say’s crab (Dyspanopeus sayi) from the Atlantic shoreline of Canada	10
Field evaluation of Solenopsis invicta virus 3 against its host Solenopsis invicta	10
Transmission modes and efficiency of iflavirus and cripavirus in Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni	10
Characterization of the individual domains of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Aa implicates Domain I as a possible binding site to Helicoverpa armigera	10
Editorial Board	10
Increasing the survival and efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes on exposed surfaces by Pickering emulsion formulations offers new venue for foliar pest management	10
Comparisons of pathogenic course of two Heliothis virescens ascovirus isolates (HvAV-3i and HvAV-3j) in four noctuid (Lepidoptera) pest species	10
Characterization of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei causing hepatopancreatic microsporidiosis in L. vannamei and a new molecular method for its detection in shrimps, and other environmental samples	10
Editorial Board	9
Entomophthoralean and hypocrealean fungal pathogens of the sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari (Hemiptera: Aphididae), on sorghum in Georgia	9
Aeromonas hydrophila associated with red spot disease in Macrobrachium nipponense and host immune-related gene expression profiles	9
Biosynthesis of selenium nanoparticles using cell-free extract of Xenorhabdus cabanillasii GU480990 and their potential mosquito larvicidal properties against yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	9
OneHealth implications of infectious diseases of wild and managed bees	9
Natural occurrence of fungal endophytes in cultivated cucumber plants in Syria, with emphasis on the entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana	9
Marine invertebrate interactions with Harmful Algal Blooms – Implications for One Health	9
Supplementation with lipids enhances zoosporulation of Perkinsus species	9
Histopathological survey of parasites harboured by the clam Tawera elliptica (Lamarck, 1818) from Chiloé Archipelago, southeastern Pacific	9
New gregarine species (Apicomplexa) from tunicates show an evolutionary history of host switching and suggest a problem with the systematics of Lankesteria and Lecudina	9
Editorial Board	9
First isolation of Francisella halioticida strains from blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) in Normandy, France	9
Histopathological investigation of four populations of abalone (Haliotis iris) exhibiting divergent growth performance	9
Complete genome of the new bacilliform virus that causes Milky Hemolymph Syndrome in Chionoecetes bairdi (Rathbun, 1924)	8
Molecular detection of Aphanomyces astaci – An improved species specific qPCR assay	8
The beta pore-forming bacterial pesticidal protein Tpp78Aa1 is toxic to the Asian citrus psyllid vector of the citrus greening bacterium	8
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)	8
Current understanding of immune priming phenomena in insects	8
Effects of beauvericin on the blood cells of Bombyx mori	8
Chitinase and proteinase K treatments enhance the DNA yield of microsporidium Ecytonucleospora hepatopenaei spores	8
Virulence variations between clonal complexes of Melisococcus plutonius and the possible causes	8
Pseudohepatospora borealis n. gen. n. sp. (Microsporidia: Enterocytozoonida): A microsporidian pathogen of the Jonah crab (Cancer borealis)	8
Invasive Non-Native Crustacean Symbionts: Diversity and Impact	7
Editorial Board	7
Isolation and identification of rhizospheric pseudomonads with insecticidal effects from various crops in Khuzestan Province, Iran	7
Analyses of transcriptomics and metabolomics reveal pathway of vacuolar Sur7 contributed to biocontrol potential of entomopathogenic Beauveria bassiana	7
Isolation and identification of native Chilean entomopathogenic fungi and their potential for the control of Drosophila suzukii	7
Editorial Board	7
Lack of avoidance of the fungal entomopathogen, Metarhizium brunneum, by male Agriotes obscurus beetles	7
Perkinsus spp. Occurrence in South America: A review	7
Inactivation of Nosema spp. with zinc phthalocyanine	7
Morphological, histopathological and molecular assessments of Prosorhynchoides sp. (Digenea: Bucephalidae) in Perna perna (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) mussels sampled off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, southea	7
Identification of the potential matrix protein of invertebrate iridescent virus 6 (IIV6)	7
Long-term monitoring of Paenibacillus larvae, causative agent of American Foulbrood, in Uruguay	7
Untangling a web of spider fungi: Gibellula agroflorestalis (Hypocreales, Ascomycota), a new species of spider parasite from Brazil	7
Propionigenium and Vibrio species identified as possible component causes of shrimp white feces syndrome (WFS) associated with the microsporidian Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei	7
Discovery of two hypocrealean fungi infecting spotted lanternflies, Lycorma delicatula: Metarhizium pemphigi and a novel species, Ophiocordyceps delicatula	7
Study on the role of RPL23 gene in active immunity of termite Reticulitermes chinensis against Metarhizium anisopliae	7
Prevalence and population genetic analyses of parasites in invasive Vespa velutina and native Hymenoptera	7
Nephridiophagids (Chytridiomycota) reduce the fitness of their host insects	7
Comparative response of Spodoptera litura challenged per os with Serratia marcescens strains differing in virulence	7
Bacteria-derived pesticidal proteins active against hemipteran pests	6
Damage to the host cadaver, simulating the effects of scavenging, differentially affects fitness of entomopathogenic nematode species	6
Identification of the in vitro antiviral effect of BmNedd2-like caspase in response to Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection	6
Direct effects of Xenorhabdus spp. cell-free supernatant on Meloidogyne incognita in tomato plants and its impact on entomopathogenic nematodes	6
Fifty shades of bacterial endosymbionts and some of them still remain a mystery: Wolbachia and Cardinium in oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida)	6
Host switch by honey bee parasitic mites leads to symbiont diversification	6
Evaluation of manuka honey on the microsporidian pathogen Vairimorpha (Nosema) adaliae and its host, the two-spotted lady beetle, Adalia bipunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)	6
Identification of the shell-boring parasite Polydora hoplura (Annelida: Spionidae) on wild stocks of Pecten maximus in Galician waters, NW Spain	6
Vulnerability of island insect pollinator communities to pathogens	6
CCTδ colocalizes with actin and β-tubulin: Insight into its involvement in the cytoskeleton formation of the intracellular parasite Nosema bombycis	6
Citizen science data opens multiple avenues for iridovirus research and prompts first detection of Invertebrate iridescent virus 31 in Australia	6
Occurrence of entomopathogenic hypocrealean fungi in mosquitoes and their larval habitats in Central Brazil, and activity against Aedes aegypti	6
Systematic identity and phylogenetic analysis of Knowlespora clinchi (Knowles et al. 2022) gen. et comb. nov. From pheasantshell mussels (Actinonaiais pectorosa)	6
Comparative analysis of gut bacteria of silkworm Bombyx mori L. on exposure to temperature through 16S rRNA high throughput metagenomic sequencing	6
How do abiotic environmental conditions influence shrimp susceptibility to disease? A critical analysis focussed on White Spot Disease	6
Differential induction of NF-κB pathways by non-pathogenic and pathogenic bacteria in Helicoverpa armigera is critical for an efficient immune response and survival	6
Interactions between the gut bacterial community of Exopalaemon carinicauda and infection by Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei	6
Diversity of anamorphic Cordyceps (formerly Isaria) isolated from Brazilian agricultural sites	6
Identification of function modules in the co-expression protein–protein interaction network of Bombyx mori in response to Beauveria bassiana infection	6
Entomopathogenic nematodes for biological control of Psylliodes chrysocephala (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in oilseed rape	6
MrCreC, a carbon catabolite repression gene, is required for the growth, conidiation, stress tolerance and virulence of Metarhizium robertsii	6
Corrigendum to “Phylogenetic placement of two species known only from resting spores: Zoophthora independentia sp. nov. and Z. porteri comb. nov. (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae)” [J. Invertebr.	6
Only one of three hydrophobins (Hyd1–3) contributes to conidial hydrophobicity and insect pathogenicity of Metarhizium robertsii	6
High variation of virulence in Aphanomyces astaci strains lacks association with pathogenic traits and mtDNA haplogroups	6
Bivalve digestive epithelial virosis (DEV): A cause of disease or a natural process?	6
Rich diversity of RNA viruses in the biological control agent, Orius laevigatus	6