OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Applied and Environmental Microbiology is 36. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Stringent Starvation Protein SspA and Iron Starvation Sigma Factor PvdS Coordinately Regulate Iron Uptake and Prodiginine Biosynthesis in Pseudoalteromonas sp. R3	346
Biochemical characterization and X-ray structural and mutagenic analyses of the putative autolysin CdCwlT33800 catalytic domain from Clostridioides difficile	112
Expansion of aerobic methanotrophy to the phylum of Actinomycetota and its environmental implications	97
Monitoring Enteroviruses and SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater Using the Polio Environmental Surveillance System in Japan	84
Efficient Production of Glucaric Acid by Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae	65
Key findings from 15 years of Mangrovibacter research: a generalist bacterium beyond endophytes	63
Enzymatic Verification and Comparative Analysis of Carrageenan Metabolism Pathways in Marine Bacterium Flavobacterium algicola	59
Adaptive immunity in Mus musculus influences the acquisition and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis	56
Successional changes in bacterial phyllosphere communities are plant-host species dependent	55
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	50
Evidence for autotrophic growth of purple sulfur bacteria using pyrite as electron and sulfur source	50
Corrected and republished from: “ Vibrio fischeri Possesses Xds and Dns Nucleases That Differentially Influence Phosphate Scavenging, Aggregation, Competence, and Symbio	50
Approaches for inactivating highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 cattle isolate for safe containment level 2 laboratory practices	49
The novel regulator HdrR controls the transcription of the heterodisulfide reductase operon hdrBCA in Methanosarcina barkeri	49
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue	47
Wildlife Symbiotic Bacteria Are Indicators of the Health Status of the Host and Its Ecosystem	45
Amylase-associated genetic pattern in Xanthomonas euvesicatoria on pepper	44
Subcellular Localization Defects Characterize Ribose-Binding Mutant Proteins with New Ligand Properties in Escherichia coli	44
Molecular insights into the hydrolysis and transglycosylation of a deep-sea Planctomycetota -derived GH16 family laminarinase	43
NADP ⁺ or CO ₂ reduction by frhAGB -encoded hydrogenase through interaction with formate dehydrogen	43
Cinnamaldehyde effectively disrupts Desulfovibrio vulgaris biofilms: potential implication to mitigate microbiologically influenced corrosion	43
X-Ray Scattering Reveals Two Mechanisms of Cellulose Microfibril Degradation by Filamentous Fungi	42
Taxonomic variation, plastic degradation, and antibiotic resistance traits of plastisphere communities in the maturation pond of a wastewater treatment plant	42
Organic particle scavenging by marine bacteria: influences of bacterial nanoscale surface properties	42
Enhanced control of pathogenic Vibrio spp. in aquaculture using phages capable of disrupting biofilms outside their host range	41

Sulfur assimilation using gaseous carbonyl sulfide by the soil fungus Trichoderma harzianum	41
Transcriptional control of carbohydrate catabolism by the CcpA protein in the ruminal bacterium Streptococcus bovis	40
Carpenter Bees ( Xylocopa ) Harbor a Distinctive Gut Microbiome Related to That of Honey Bees and Bumble Bees	40
Control of Escherichia coli Serotype O157:H7 Motility and Biofilm Formation by Salicylate and Decanoate: MarA/SoxS/Rob and pchE Interactions	39
Infection Dynamics of Cotransmitted Reproductive Symbionts Are Mediated by Sex, Tissue, and Development	38
Preparation for Denitrification and Phenotypic Diversification at the Cusp of Anoxia: a Purpose for N ₂ O Reductase Vis-à-Vis Multiple	38
Exploring animal food microbiomes and resistomes via 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and shotgun metagenomics	37
Screening and functional characterization of isocitrate lyase AceA in the biofilm formation of Vibrio alginolyticus	37
Influence of Bacillus subtilis on the corrosion resistance of B30 copper–nickel alloy and the biomass-regulated mineralization mechanism	37
Long-duration environmental biosensing by recording analyte detection in DNA using recombinase memory	37
Regulation of Enterotoxins Associated with Bacillus cereus Sensu Lato Toxicoinfection	36
Advancing Desulfurization in the Model Biocatalyst Rhodococcus qingshengii IGTS8 via an In Locus Combinatorial Approach	36
Discovery of MBL-AB01: a novel antibacterial xanthone antibiotic with high activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	36