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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Corrected and republished from: “ Vibrio fischeri Possesses Xds and Dns Nucleases That Differentially Influence Phosphate Scavenging, Aggregation, Competence, and Symbio	465
The novel regulator HdrR controls the transcription of the heterodisulfide reductase operon hdrBCA in Methanosarcina barkeri	158
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue	117
Expansion of aerobic methanotrophy to the phylum of Actinomycetota and its environmental implications	84
Stringent Starvation Protein SspA and Iron Starvation Sigma Factor PvdS Coordinately Regulate Iron Uptake and Prodiginine Biosynthesis in Pseudoalteromonas sp. R3	80
Adaptive immunity in Mus musculus influences the acquisition and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis	77
Advancing Desulfurization in the Model Biocatalyst Rhodococcus qingshengii IGTS8 via an In Locus Combinatorial Approach	76
Modeling Antibiotic Concentrations in the Vicinity of Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria at the Micron Scale	75
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	63
Genome editing in ubiquitous freshwater Actinobacteria	63
Insect Gut Isolate Pseudomonas sp. Strain Nvir Degrades the Toxic Plant Metabolite Nitropropionic Acid	57
Abiotic and Biotic Drivers of Soil Fungal Communities in Response to Dairy Manure Amendment	56
Transcriptional control of carbohydrate catabolism by the CcpA protein in the ruminal bacterium Streptococcus bovis	54
Evidence for autotrophic growth of purple sulfur bacteria using pyrite as electron and sulfur source	53
Novel endolithic bacteria of phylum Chloroflexota reveal a myriad of potential survival strategies in the Antarctic desert	52
Approaches for inactivating highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 cattle isolate for safe containment level 2 laboratory practices	51
Molecular insights into the hydrolysis and transglycosylation of a deep-sea Planctomycetota -derived GH16 family laminarinase	50
Organ structure and bacterial microbiogeography in a reproductive organ of the Hawaiian bobtail squid reveal dimensions of a defensive symbiosis	49
Exploring animal food microbiomes and resistomes via 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and shotgun metagenomics	49
Sulfur assimilation using gaseous carbonyl sulfide by the soil fungus Trichoderma harzianum	47
Metagenomic Profiles of Yak and Cattle Manure Resistomes in Different Feeding Patterns before and after Composting	46
Comammox Nitrospira and Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Are Dominant Ammonia Oxidizers in Sediments of an Acid Mine Lake Containing High Ammonium Concentrations	45
Screening and functional characterization of isocitrate lyase AceA in the biofilm formation of Vibrio alginolyticus	45
Cinnamaldehyde effectively disrupts Desulfovibrio vulgaris biofilms: potential implication to mitigate microbiologically influenced corrosion	44
Whole-genome sequencing for One Health surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in conflict zones: a case study of Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter	44

New insights into the structure-based mechanism of Bacillus subtilis spore resistance to high hydrostatic pressure	43
Comparative genomic analysis of Periweissella and the characterization of novel motile species	41
Monitoring Enteroviruses and SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater Using the Polio Environmental Surveillance System in Japan	41
Taxonomic variation, plastic degradation, and antibiotic resistance traits of plastisphere communities in the maturation pond of a wastewater treatment plant	41
Nitrous oxide reduction by two partial denitrifying bacteria requires denitrification intermediates that cannot be respired	41
Persistence in time: the hunt for Bacillus anthracis at a historic tannery site in Austria reveals genetic diversity thought extinct	39
X-Ray Scattering Reveals Two Mechanisms of Cellulose Microfibril Degradation by Filamentous Fungi	39
NADP ⁺ or CO ₂ reduction by frhAGB -encoded hydrogenase through interaction with formate dehydrogen	38
Microbiome composition and turnover in the face of complex lifecycles and bottlenecks: insights through the study of dung beetles	37
Nannochloropsis oceanica IMET1 and its bacterial symbionts for carbon capture, utilization, and storage: biomass and calcium carbonate production under high pH and high alkalinity	37
Mucofilm: a nexus for phage-microbiome interactions in gut ecology	37
Long-duration environmental biosensing by recording analyte detection in DNA using recombinase memory	36