OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Applied and Environmental Microbiology is 34. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Standardizing a microbiome pipeline for body fluid identification from complex crime scene stains	269
Metagenomic Profiles of Yak and Cattle Manure Resistomes in Different Feeding Patterns before and after Composting	124
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue	122
Modeling Antibiotic Concentrations in the Vicinity of Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria at the Micron Scale	84
Corrected and republished from: “ Vibrio fischeri Possesses Xds and Dns Nucleases That Differentially Influence Phosphate Scavenging, Aggregation, Competence, and Symbio	82
Infection Dynamics of Cotransmitted Reproductive Symbionts Are Mediated by Sex, Tissue, and Development	75
Abiotic and Biotic Drivers of Soil Fungal Communities in Response to Dairy Manure Amendment	65
Control of Escherichia coli Serotype O157:H7 Motility and Biofilm Formation by Salicylate and Decanoate: MarA/SoxS/Rob and pchE Interactions	59
Insect Gut Isolate Pseudomonas sp. Strain Nvir Degrades the Toxic Plant Metabolite Nitropropionic Acid	56
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	55
Whole-genome sequencing for One Health surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in conflict zones: a case study of Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter	55
Organ structure and bacterial microbiogeography in a reproductive organ of the Hawaiian bobtail squid reveal dimensions of a defensive symbiosis	49
Stringent Starvation Protein SspA and Iron Starvation Sigma Factor PvdS Coordinately Regulate Iron Uptake and Prodiginine Biosynthesis in Pseudoalteromonas sp. R3	48
Novel endolithic bacteria of phylum Chloroflexota reveal a myriad of potential survival strategies in the Antarctic desert	48
Persistence in time: the hunt for Bacillus anthracis at a historic tannery site in Austria reveals genetic diversity thought extinct	46
Advancing Desulfurization in the Model Biocatalyst Rhodococcus qingshengii IGTS8 via an In Locus Combinatorial Approach	44
Enzymatic Verification and Comparative Analysis of Carrageenan Metabolism Pathways in Marine Bacterium Flavobacterium algicola	44
Taxonomic variation, plastic degradation, and antibiotic resistance traits of plastisphere communities in the maturation pond of a wastewater treatment plant	44
The novel regulator HdrR controls the transcription of the heterodisulfide reductase operon hdrBCA in Methanosarcina barkeri	43
Wildlife Symbiotic Bacteria Are Indicators of the Health Status of the Host and Its Ecosystem	42
Approaches for inactivating highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 cattle isolate for safe containment level 2 laboratory practices	42
NADP ⁺ or CO ₂ reduction by frhAGB -encoded hydrogenase through interaction with formate dehydrogen	42
Sulfur assimilation using gaseous carbonyl sulfide by the soil fungus Trichoderma harzianum	42
Adaptive immunity in Mus musculus influences the acquisition and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis	41
Exploring animal food microbiomes and resistomes via 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and shotgun metagenomics	39

Long-duration environmental biosensing by recording analyte detection in DNA using recombinase memory	38
Molecular insights into the hydrolysis and transglycosylation of a deep-sea Planctomycetota -derived GH16 family laminarinase	37
Amylase-associated genetic pattern in Xanthomonas euvesicatoria on pepper	37
X-Ray Scattering Reveals Two Mechanisms of Cellulose Microfibril Degradation by Filamentous Fungi	37
Regulation of Enterotoxins Associated with Bacillus cereus Sensu Lato Toxicoinfection	36
Evidence for autotrophic growth of purple sulfur bacteria using pyrite as electron and sulfur source	35
Screening and functional characterization of isocitrate lyase AceA in the biofilm formation of Vibrio alginolyticus	35
Spatiotemporal patterns of soil myxomycetes in subtropical managed forests and their potential interactions with bacteria	35
Synbiotic Intervention with Lactobacilli, Bifidobacteria, and Inulin in Healthy Volunteers Increases the Abundance of Bifidobacteria but Does Not Alter Microbial Diversity	34
Successional changes in bacterial phyllosphere communities are plant-host species dependent	34
Positive Interactions between Lactic Acid Bacteria Promoted by Nitrogen-Based Nutritional Dependencies	34