OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Applied and Environmental Microbiology is 37. 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
Editorial Board	205
Regulation of Enterotoxins Associated with Bacillus cereus Sensu Lato Toxicoinfection	124
Susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni to Stressors in Agrifood Systems and Induction of a Viable-but-Nonculturable State	112
Corrected and republished from: “ Vibrio fischeri Possesses Xds and Dns Nucleases That Differentially Influence Phosphate Scavenging, Aggregation, Competence, and Symbio	104
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue	94
Quantification and Surface Localization of the Hemolysin A Type I Secretion System at the Endogenous Level and under Conditions of Overexpression	69
Comammox Nitrospira and Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Are Dominant Ammonia Oxidizers in Sediments of an Acid Mine Lake Containing High Ammonium Concentrations	68
The Spectrum of Spontaneous Rifampin Resistance Mutations in the Bacillus subtilis rpoB Gene Depends on the Growth Environment	63
Wildlife Symbiotic Bacteria Are Indicators of the Health Status of the Host and Its Ecosystem	61
Infection Dynamics of Cotransmitted Reproductive Symbionts Are Mediated by Sex, Tissue, and Development	59
Long-duration environmental biosensing by recording analyte detection in DNA using recombinase memory	58
Molecular insights into the hydrolysis and transglycosylation of a deep-sea Planctomycetota -derived GH16 family laminarinase	56
The novel regulator HdrR controls the transcription of the heterodisulfide reductase operon hdrBCA in Methanosarcina barkeri	53
Rapid Clinical Screening of Burkholderia pseudomallei Colonies by a Bacteriophage Tail Fiber-Based Latex Agglutination Assay	52
Screening and functional characterization of isocitrate lyase AceA in the biofilm formation of Vibrio alginolyticus	52
Comparative genomic analysis of Periweissella and the characterization of novel motile species	51
In Vitro Evolution of Listeria monocytogenes Reveals Selective Pressure for Loss of SigB and AgrA Function at Different Incubation Temperatures	51
Transcriptional control of carbohydrate catabolism by the CcpA protein in the ruminal bacterium Streptococcus bovis	49
Modeling Antibiotic Concentrations in the Vicinity of Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria at the Micron Scale	47
Insect Gut Isolate Pseudomonas sp. Strain Nvir Degrades the Toxic Plant Metabolite Nitropropionic Acid	45
Stringent Starvation Protein SspA and Iron Starvation Sigma Factor PvdS Coordinately Regulate Iron Uptake and Prodiginine Biosynthesis in Pseudoalteromonas sp. R3	44
Second Correction for Gao et al., “VqsA, a Novel LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator, Coordinates Quorum Sensing (QS) and Is Controlled by QS To Regulate Virulence in the Pathogen Vibri	44
Cyanophycin Granule Polypeptide: a Neglected High Value-Added Biopolymer, Synthesized in Activated Sludge on a Large Scale	44
Metagenomic Profiles of Yak and Cattle Manure Resistomes in Different Feeding Patterns before and after Composting	43
Genome editing in ubiquitous freshwater Actinobacteria	43

Successional changes in bacterial phyllosphere communities are plant-host species dependent	42
Subcellular Localization Defects Characterize Ribose-Binding Mutant Proteins with New Ligand Properties in Escherichia coli	41
Nitric Oxide Signaling for Actinorhodin Production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) via the DevS/R Two-Component System	40
Cotinine Hydroxylase CotA Initiates Biodegradation of Wastewater Micropollutant Cotinine in Nocardioides sp. Strain JQ2195	40
Disrupting Irreversible Bacterial Adhesion and Biofilm Formation with an Engineered Enzyme	39
Control of Escherichia coli Serotype O157:H7 Motility and Biofilm Formation by Salicylate and Decanoate: MarA/SoxS/Rob and pchE Interactions	39
Persistence in time: the hunt for Bacillus anthracis at a historic tannery site in Austria reveals genetic diversity thought extinct	39
Carpenter Bees ( Xylocopa ) Harbor a Distinctive Gut Microbiome Related to That of Honey Bees and Bumble Bees	38
Enzymatic Verification and Comparative Analysis of Carrageenan Metabolism Pathways in Marine Bacterium Flavobacterium algicola	38
Adaptive immunity in Mus musculus influences the acquisition and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis	37
Approaches for inactivating highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 cattle isolate for safe containment level 2 laboratory practices	37
Exploring animal food microbiomes and resistomes via 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and shotgun metagenomics	37
Preparation for Denitrification and Phenotypic Diversification at the Cusp of Anoxia: a Purpose for N ₂ O Reductase Vis-à-Vis Multiple	37