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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Corrected and republished from: “ Vibrio fischeri Possesses Xds and Dns Nucleases That Differentially Influence Phosphate Scavenging, Aggregation, Competence, and Symbio	400
The novel regulator HdrR controls the transcription of the heterodisulfide reductase operon hdrBCA in Methanosarcina barkeri	135
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue	121
Cinnamaldehyde effectively disrupts Desulfovibrio vulgaris biofilms: potential implication to mitigate microbiologically influenced corrosion	96
Preparation for Denitrification and Phenotypic Diversification at the Cusp of Anoxia: a Purpose for N ₂ O Reductase Vis-à-Vis Multiple	72
Standardizing a microbiome pipeline for body fluid identification from complex crime scene stains	64
X-Ray Scattering Reveals Two Mechanisms of Cellulose Microfibril Degradation by Filamentous Fungi	62
Cyanophycin Granule Polypeptide: a Neglected High Value-Added Biopolymer, Synthesized in Activated Sludge on a Large Scale	58
Expansion of aerobic methanotrophy to the phylum of Actinomycetota and its environmental implications	57
Biochemical characterization and X-ray structural and mutagenic analyses of the putative autolysin CdCwlT33800 catalytic domain from Clostridioides difficile	56
Stringent Starvation Protein SspA and Iron Starvation Sigma Factor PvdS Coordinately Regulate Iron Uptake and Prodiginine Biosynthesis in Pseudoalteromonas sp. R3	56
Key findings from 15 years of Mangrovibacter research: a generalist bacterium beyond endophytes	51
Adaptive immunity in Mus musculus influences the acquisition and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis	47
In Vitro Evolution of Listeria monocytogenes Reveals Selective Pressure for Loss of SigB and AgrA Function at Different Incubation Temperatures	43
Nannochloropsis oceanica IMET1 and its bacterial symbionts for carbon capture, utilization, and storage: biomass and calcium carbonate production under high pH and high alkalinity	43
Nitrous oxide reduction by two partial denitrifying bacteria requires denitrification intermediates that cannot be respired	42
Advancing Desulfurization in the Model Biocatalyst Rhodococcus qingshengii IGTS8 via an In Locus Combinatorial Approach	42
Application of Raman spectroscopy and machine learning for Candida auris identification and characterization	41
Nitrile rubber biodegradation by Gordonia sp. strain J1A and discovery of an oxygenase involved in its degradation	41
Modeling Antibiotic Concentrations in the Vicinity of Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria at the Micron Scale	41
Microbiome composition and turnover in the face of complex lifecycles and bottlenecks: insights through the study of dung beetles	41
Spatiotemporal patterns of soil myxomycetes in subtropical managed forests and their potential interactions with bacteria	40
Genome editing in ubiquitous freshwater Actinobacteria	40
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	39
Metabolite-Based Mutualistic Interaction between Two Novel Clostridial Species from Pit Mud Enhances Butyrate and Caproate Production	38

Abiotic and Biotic Drivers of Soil Fungal Communities in Response to Dairy Manure Amendment	38
Insect Gut Isolate Pseudomonas sp. Strain Nvir Degrades the Toxic Plant Metabolite Nitropropionic Acid	38
Discovery of MBL-AB01: a novel antibacterial xanthone antibiotic with high activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	37
Influence of Bacillus subtilis on the corrosion resistance of B30 copper–nickel alloy and the biomass-regulated mineralization mechanism	37
Carpenter Bees ( Xylocopa ) Harbor a Distinctive Gut Microbiome Related to That of Honey Bees and Bumble Bees	37
Comparative genomic analysis of Periweissella and the characterization of novel motile species	36
Regulation of Enterotoxins Associated with Bacillus cereus Sensu Lato Toxicoinfection	36
Screening and functional characterization of isocitrate lyase AceA in the biofilm formation of Vibrio alginolyticus	36
Approaches for inactivating highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 cattle isolate for safe containment level 2 laboratory practices	35
Taxonomic variation, plastic degradation, and antibiotic resistance traits of plastisphere communities in the maturation pond of a wastewater treatment plant	35
NADP ⁺ or CO ₂ reduction by frhAGB -encoded hydrogenase through interaction with formate dehydrogen	35
Long-duration environmental biosensing by recording analyte detection in DNA using recombinase memory	35