OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Applied and Environmental Microbiology is 35. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Corrected and republished from: “ Vibrio fischeri Possesses Xds and Dns Nucleases That Differentially Influence Phosphate Scavenging, Aggregation, Competence, and Symbio	418
The novel regulator HdrR controls the transcription of the heterodisulfide reductase operon hdrBCA in Methanosarcina barkeri	140
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue	123
Cinnamaldehyde effectively disrupts Desulfovibrio vulgaris biofilms: potential implication to mitigate microbiologically influenced corrosion	100
Preparation for Denitrification and Phenotypic Diversification at the Cusp of Anoxia: a Purpose for N ₂ O Reductase Vis-à-Vis Multiple	73
Standardizing a microbiome pipeline for body fluid identification from complex crime scene stains	68
X-Ray Scattering Reveals Two Mechanisms of Cellulose Microfibril Degradation by Filamentous Fungi	64
Expansion of aerobic methanotrophy to the phylum of Actinomycetota and its environmental implications	62
Stringent Starvation Protein SspA and Iron Starvation Sigma Factor PvdS Coordinately Regulate Iron Uptake and Prodiginine Biosynthesis in Pseudoalteromonas sp. R3	62
Biochemical characterization and X-ray structural and mutagenic analyses of the putative autolysin CdCwlT33800 catalytic domain from Clostridioides difficile	57
Key findings from 15 years of Mangrovibacter research: a generalist bacterium beyond endophytes	53
Adaptive immunity in Mus musculus influences the acquisition and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis	49
Nannochloropsis oceanica IMET1 and its bacterial symbionts for carbon capture, utilization, and storage: biomass and calcium carbonate production under high pH and high alkalinity	45
In Vitro Evolution of Listeria monocytogenes Reveals Selective Pressure for Loss of SigB and AgrA Function at Different Incubation Temperatures	45
Microbiome composition and turnover in the face of complex lifecycles and bottlenecks: insights through the study of dung beetles	44
Advancing Desulfurization in the Model Biocatalyst Rhodococcus qingshengii IGTS8 via an In Locus Combinatorial Approach	44
Modeling Antibiotic Concentrations in the Vicinity of Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria at the Micron Scale	43
Genome editing in ubiquitous freshwater Actinobacteria	42
Nitrile rubber biodegradation by Gordonia sp. strain J1A and discovery of an oxygenase involved in its degradation	42
Spatiotemporal patterns of soil myxomycetes in subtropical managed forests and their potential interactions with bacteria	41
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	41
Insect Gut Isolate Pseudomonas sp. Strain Nvir Degrades the Toxic Plant Metabolite Nitropropionic Acid	40
Metabolite-Based Mutualistic Interaction between Two Novel Clostridial Species from Pit Mud Enhances Butyrate and Caproate Production	40
Abiotic and Biotic Drivers of Soil Fungal Communities in Response to Dairy Manure Amendment	40
Influence of Bacillus subtilis on the corrosion resistance of B30 copper–nickel alloy and the biomass-regulated mineralization mechanism	39

Discovery of MBL-AB01: a novel antibacterial xanthone antibiotic with high activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	39
Carpenter Bees ( Xylocopa ) Harbor a Distinctive Gut Microbiome Related to That of Honey Bees and Bumble Bees	38
Long-duration environmental biosensing by recording analyte detection in DNA using recombinase memory	38
Regulation of Enterotoxins Associated with Bacillus cereus Sensu Lato Toxicoinfection	38
Taxonomic variation, plastic degradation, and antibiotic resistance traits of plastisphere communities in the maturation pond of a wastewater treatment plant	38
Comparative genomic analysis of Periweissella and the characterization of novel motile species	38
Approaches for inactivating highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 cattle isolate for safe containment level 2 laboratory practices	37
Susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni to Stressors in Agrifood Systems and Induction of a Viable-but-Nonculturable State	36
NADP ⁺ or CO ₂ reduction by frhAGB -encoded hydrogenase through interaction with formate dehydrogen	36
Molecular insights into the hydrolysis and transglycosylation of a deep-sea Planctomycetota -derived GH16 family laminarinase	36
Infection Dynamics of Cotransmitted Reproductive Symbionts Are Mediated by Sex, Tissue, and Development	35
Organ structure and bacterial microbiogeography in a reproductive organ of the Hawaiian bobtail squid reveal dimensions of a defensive symbiosis	35
Exploring animal food microbiomes and resistomes via 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and shotgun metagenomics	35