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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue	135
Identification of an Intermediate Form of Ferredoxin That Binds Only Iron Suggests That Conversion to Holo-Ferredoxin Is Independent of the ISC System in Escherichia coli	106
Susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni to Stressors in Agrifood Systems and Induction of a Viable-but-Nonculturable State	104
Fucosylated Human Milk Oligosaccharide Foraging within the Species Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum Is Driven by Glycosyl Hydrolase Content and Specificity	97
Distinct Metabolic Flow in Response to Temperature in Thermotolerant Kluyveromyces marxianus	85
Hidden Diversity within Common Protozoan Parasites as Revealed by a Novel Genomotyping Scheme	83
Elucidating fungal decomposition of organic matter at sub-micrometer spatial scales using optical photothermal infrared (O-PTIR) microspectroscopy	70
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue	63
Quantification and Surface Localization of the Hemolysin A Type I Secretion System at the Endogenous Level and under Conditions of Overexpression	61
Analysis of Cross-Functionality within LanBTC Synthetase Complexes from Different Bacterial Sources with Respect to Production of Fully Modified Lanthipeptides	60
Broad-Host Dissemination of Plasmids Coharboring the fos Operon for Fructooligosaccharide Metabolism with Antibiotic Resistance Genes	54
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue	51
Editorial Board	48
Editorial Board	48
Inherent Heterogeneity of Influenza A Virus Stability following Aerosolization	47
A Novel and Ubiquitous Marine Methylophage Provides Insights into Viral-Host Coevolution and Possible Host-Range Expansion in Streamlined Marine Heterotrophic Bacteria	46
Editorial Board	44
Editorial Board	44
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue	44
Editorial Board	43
Microbial Reduction of Antimony(V)-Bearing Ferrihydrite by Geobacter sulfurreducens	41
Heterogeneous Growth Enhancement of Vibrio cholerae in the Presence of Different Phytoplankton Species	39
Warming alters life-history traits and competition in a phage community	38
X-Ray Scattering Reveals Two Mechanisms of Cellulose Microfibril Degradation by Filamentous Fungi	38
Regiospecific Oxidation of Chlorobenzene to 4-Chlororesorcinol, Chlorohydroquinone, 3-Chlorocatechol and 4-Chlorocatechol by Engineered Toluene o -Xylene Monooxygenases	37

Biogenic Amines Increase the Odds of Bacterial Vaginosis and Affect the Growth of and Lactic Acid Production by Vaginal Lactobacillus spp.	37
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue	37
Nitric Oxide Signaling for Aerial Mycelium Formation in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) M145	37
Editorial Board	36
A Multicomponent THF Hydroxylase Initiates Tetrahydrofuran Degradation in Cupriavidus metallidurans ZM02	36
Editorial Board	34
Autoinducer-2 promotes adherence of Aeromonas veronii through facilitating the expression of MSHA type IV pili genes mediated by c-di-GMP	34
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue	34
Isolation and Identification of Novel Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N8) Subclade 2.3.4.4b from Geese in Northeastern China	34
Nitric Oxide Signaling for Actinorhodin Production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) via the DevS/R Two-Component System	34