OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Symbiosis is 2. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and its major role in plant growth, zinc nutrition, phosphorous regulation and phytoremediation	118
Endophytic fungi as direct plant growth promoters for sustainable agricultural production	75
Endophytic fungi: understanding complex cross-talks	33
Nitrogen fertilization and stress factors drive shifts in microbial diversity in soils and plants	29
The significance of microbial community functions and symbiosis in enhancing methane production during anaerobic digestion: a review	26
Silicon improves physiological, biochemical, and morphological adaptations of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) during salinity stress	26
Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in remediation of anthropogenic soil pollution	25
Unraveling the AM fungal community for understanding its ecosystem resilience to changed climate in agroecosystems	24
Communication between plant roots and the soil microbiome; involvement in plant growth and development	23
Plant-mycorrhiza communication and mycorrhizae in inter-plant communication	23
Effects of Wolbachia infection on fitness-related traits in Drosophila melanogaster	21
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-weeds interaction in cropping and unmanaged ecosystems: a review	21
Effect of hybridization on endophytes: the endo-microbiome dynamics	20
Exploring economic assessment of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis	16
Quo vadis: signaling molecules and small secreted proteins from mycorrhizal fungi at the early stage of mycorrhiza formation	14
So many rhizobial partners, so little nitrogen fixed: The intriguing symbiotic promiscuity of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)	14
Symbiotic dinoflagellates divert energy away from mutualism during coral bleaching recovery	13
Secondary metabolites from endophytic fungi: Production, methods of analysis, and diverse pharmaceutical potential	13
Polystyrene shaping effect on the enriched bacterial community from the plastic-eating Alphitobius diaperinus (Insecta: Coleoptera)	11
Effects of fungal inoculation on the growth of Salicornia (Amaranthaceae) under different salinity conditions	11
A single case study of mycetangia-associated fungi and their abilities to assimilate wood-associated carbon sources in the ship timber beetle Elateroides flabellicornis (Coleoptera: Lymexylidae) in Ja	11
Phoretic and internal transport of Raffaelea lauricola by different species of ambrosia beetle associated with avocado trees	11
Transcriptome analyses of the Chinese white pine beetle-fungal symbiont Leptographium qinlingensis under terpene stress or growth on host pine sawdust	11
Exploring arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in wetland plants with a focus on human impacts	11
Core taxa and photobiont-microbial interaction within the lichen Heterodermia obscurata (Physcsiaceae, Heterodermia)	11

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi diversity and transpiratory rate in long-term field cover crop systems from tropical ecosystem, northeastern Brazil	10
Mycorrhizal inoculation increases fruit production without disturbance of native arbuscular mycorrhizal community in jujube tree orchards (Senegal)	10
Symbiosis and the Anthropocene	10
Soil microbiota community assembling in native plant species from Brazil’s legal Amazon	10
Soil nutrients differentially influence root colonisation patterns of AMF and DSE in Australian plant species	10
Maize-associated bacteria from the Brazilian semiarid region boost plant growth and grain yield	9
Insights into the functional potential of bacterial endophytes from the ethnomedicinal plant, Piper longum L.	9
Growth-promoting effects of dark septate endophytes on the non-mycorrhizal plant Isatis indigotica under different water conditions	9
The effects of ectomycorrhizal inoculation on survival and growth of Pinus thunbergii seedlings planted in saline soil	9
Ameliorative symbiosis of Serratia fonticola (S1T1) under salt stress condition enhance growth-promoting attributes of Cucumis sativus L	8
Pinus taeda L changes arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities in a brazilian subtropical ecosystem	8
Nod–factors are dispensable for nodulation: A twist in bradyrhizobia-legume symbiosis	8
Evaluation of natural endosymbiosis for progress towards artificial endosymbiosis	8
How does organic farming shape the soil- and plant-associated microbiota?	8
Ectomycorrhizal fungi and trees: brothers in arms in the face of anthropogenic activities and their consequences	8
Septoglomus species dominate the arbuscular mycorrhiza of five crop plants in an arid region of northern Mexico	7
Microbial communities associated with the ostracods Candona sp. inhabiting the area of the methane seep Goloustnoye (Lake Baikal)	7
Differential effectiveness of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in improving Rhizobial symbiosis by modulating Sucrose metabolism and Antioxidant defense in Chickpea under As stress	7
The diversity of Wolbachia and its effects on host reproduction in a single Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) population	7
Vertical transmission of cellulolytic protists in termites is imperfect, but sufficient, due to biparental transmission	7
A 3-year field study reveals that agri-management practices drive the dynamics of dominant bacterial taxa in the rhizosphere of Cajanus cajan	7
Photoprotection and high-light acclimation in semi-arid grassland lichens – a cooperation between algal and fungal partners	7
Yeast communities associated with ectomycorrhizal fungi in different Nothofagus forests of northwestern Patagonia	7
Survey of artificial intelligence approaches in the study of anthropogenic impacts on symbiotic organisms – a holistic view	7
Global diversity and distribution of Lamippidae copepods symbiotic on Octocorallia	7
Endophytic rhizobia promote the growth of Cuban rice cultivar	7
Trichoderma harzianum ITEM 3636 colonizes peanut roots as an endophyte and protects the plants against late leaf spot	7
Endosymbiotic Symbiodinium clades occurrence and influence on coral growth and resilience during stress	6
Mutualistic dinoflagellates with big disparities in ribosomal DNA variation may confound estimates of symbiont diversity and ecology in the jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculata	6
The trade-in-trade: multifunctionalities, current market and challenges for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculants	6
Pocillopora cryptofauna and their response to host coral mortality	6
Gut microbiota associated with two species of domesticated honey bees from Thailand	6
Co- inoculant response of plant growth promoting non-rhizobial endophytic yeast Candida tropicalis VYW1 and Rhizobium sp. VRE1 for enhanced plant nutrition, nodulation, growth and soil nutrient status	6
New host-parasitoid interactions in Naupactus cervinus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) raise the question of Wolbachia horizontal transmission	6
Dynamics of Dipsastraea pallida-symbiont association following bleaching events across the northern Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman	6
Nitrogen fixation capacity and metabolite responses to phosphorus in soybean nodules	6
A Margulian View of Symbiosis and Speciation: the Nasonia Wasp System	6
Facing the communication between soybean plants and microorganisms (Bradyrhizobium and Delftia) by quantitative shotgun proteomics	6
Ceratobasidium orchid mycorrhizal fungi reveal intraspecific variation and interaction with different nutrient media in symbiotic germination of Prasophyllum (Orchidaceae)	6
Biologicals and their plant stress tolerance ability	5
A simple and low-cost technique to initiate single-spore cultures of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi using a superabsorbent polymer	5
Evaluation of biotic and abiotic stressors to artificially induce agarwood production in Gyrinops versteegii (Gilg.) Domke seedlings	5
Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi in rhizosphere soil and roots in Vetiveria zizanioides plantation chronosequence in coal gangue heaps	5
Demonstrating the role of symbionts in mediating detoxification in herbivores	5
Bacterial ectosymbionts colonizing gills of two Caribbean mangrove crabs	4
Comparative metabolite analysis of Delftia-Bradyrhizobium co-inoculated soybean plants using UHPLC-HRMS-based metabolomic profiling	4
Selection of Rhizobium strains for inoculation of Lithuanian Pisum sativum breeding lines	4
The influence of photosymbiosis in Cassiopea xamachana regenerative success	4
In vitro colonization of date palm plants by Rhizophagus irregularis during the rooting stage	4
Staphylococcus hominis YJILJH and Staphylococcus epidermidis YJ101 promote the growth of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) by increasing available phosphorus	4

Effects of magnesium application on the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in tomato	4
In vitro mycorrhization of Argania spinosa L. using germinated seeds	4
First report of marine epizoic diatom, Protoraphis atlantica (Protoraphidaceae) on calanoid copepods along the southeastern Arabian Sea	4
Missing symbionts – emerging pathogens? Microbiome management for sustainable agriculture	4
The direct and interactive effects of elevated CO2 and additional nitrate on relative costs and benefits of legume-rhizobia symbiosis	4
Novel species of parasitic green microalgae Coccomyxa veronica sp. nov. infects Anadara broughtonii from the Sea of Japan	4
High light quantity suppresses locomotion in symbiotic Aiptasia	4
Wild herbivorous mammals (genus Neotoma) host a diverse but transient assemblage of fungi	4
Friend or foe: Ambrosia beetle response to volatiles of common threats in their fungus gardens	4
Anthropogenic influences on the distribution of the Casuarina-Frankia symbiosis	4
Genotypic variation of tomato to AMF inoculation in improving growth, nutrient uptake, yield, and photosynthetic activity	4
Biological nitrogen fixation of Chinese Milk Vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) as affected by exogenous carbon and nitrogen input	4
Comparative genomic analysis of diverse rhizobia and effective nitrogen-fixing clover-nodulating Rhizobium strains adapted to Egyptian dry ecosystems	3
Prospects of endophytic fungi as a natural resource for the sustainability of crop production in the modern era of changing climate	3
The leguminous trees Vachellia seyal (Del.) and Prosopis juliflora (Swartz) DC and their association with rhizobial strains from the root-influence zone of the grass Sporobolus robustus Kunth	3
The symbiosis between Philidris ants and the ant-plant Dischidia major includes fungal and algal associates	3
Multi-omics tools for understanding Trichoderma-plant symbiosis: biotechnological developments and future directions	3
Frankia-actinorhizal symbiosis: a non-chemical biological assemblage for enhanced plant growth, nodulation and reclamation of degraded soils	3
Variability in symbiotic efficiency with respect to the growth of pea and lentil inoculated with various rhizobial genotypes originating from sub-humid and semi-arid regions of eastern Algeria	3
Endophytic and rhizospheric bacterial communities are affected differently by the host plant species and environmental contamination	3
Inter and intra-specific variability in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi affects hosts and soil health	3
Ascidian-associated photosymbionts from Manado, Indonesia: secondary metabolites, bioactivity simulation, and biosynthetic insight	3
Octocoral colonies as spawning ground for the cuttlefish Sepiella inermis (Cephalopoda: Sepiidae)	3
Co-inoculation with a dark septate endophyte alters arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of two widespread plants of the sagebrush steppe	3
The potential association between Wolbachia infection and DNA methylation in Hylyphantes graminicola (Araneae: Linyphiidae)	3
Phosphorus Solubilizing Microbes (PSM): Biological tool to combat salinity stress in crops	3
Role of vertically transmitted viral and bacterial endosymbionts of Aedes mosquitoes. Does Paratransgenesis influence vector-borne disease control?	3
Lizards and bromeliads in the Neotropics: literature review and relevance of this association to conservation	3
Mutualistic relationship between the amphipod Stenula nordmanni (Stephensen, 1931) and the nephtheid coral Gersemia rubiformis (Ehrenberg, 1834)	3
Zooming in on host-symbiont interactions: advances in cryo-EM sample processing methods and future application to symbiotic tissues	3
Yeasts from the nests of two Amazonian stingless bees: screening and PCR-RFLP molecular analysis	3
Bemisia tabaci in Java, Indonesia: genetic diversity and the relationship with secondary endosymbiotic bacteria	3
Discovering symbiosis in the supralittoral: bacterial metabarcoding analysis from the hepatopancreas of Orchestia and Tylos (Crustacea)	3
Algal symbionts of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri	3
Fungal diversity in the mycangium of an ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Japan during their late dispersal season	3
An unusual symbiotic relationship between a cyclostome bryozoan and a thecate hydroid	3
From isolation to application: a case study of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of the Arabian Peninsula	3
Inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense in corn cultivated on cover crops and nitrogen doses	3
The genus Sodalis as a resource for understanding the multifaceted evolution of bacterial symbiosis in insects	2
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-mediated biologically fixed N transfer from Vachellia seyal to Sporobolus robustus	2
Plant response to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi at CO2 and temperature levels of the past and present	2
Obligate mutualistic heritable symbiosis in sap-feeding insects: an intricate relationship in nature	2
The bacterial composition associated with Atriolum robustum, a common ascidian from Xisha coral reef, China	2
Symbiotic efficiency of Bradyrhizobium symbiovars on Chamaecytisus albidus plants grown under water stress and acidic pH	2
Assessing the effectiveness of in vitro and in situ symbiotic seed germination: case of Anacamptis papilionacea (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W. Chase	2
How do phoront density and anuran host traits affect phoresy?	2
Symbiont-coral relationship in the main reef building scleractinians of the Central Mexican Pacific	2
Wanted: virtual or live! How lichens are becoming part of mass internet culture	2
New three-way symbiosis: an eukaryotic alga, a blue mussel, and an endolithic cyanobacteria	2
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi participate to the restoration of a gypsum mining site in western Algeria	2
Do compounds involved in plant resistance to fungal attack facilitate germination in the fully mycoheterotrophic orchid Cyrtosia septentrionalis?	2
Beyond Lynn Margulis’ green hydra	2
Morphology and biology of the endoparasitic copepod Lamippe bouligandi from the bathyal sea pen Anthoptilum grandiflorum	2
Plant-microbe features of Dendrobium fimbriatum (Orchidaceae) fungal community	2
A peptidoglycan-recognition protein orchestrates the first steps of symbiont recruitment in the squid-vibrio symbiosis	2
Fitness costs for fig wasps that fail to pollinate their host Ficus perforata	2
Mutualistic relation of termites with associated microbes for their harmonious survival	2
NoiD, a DedA membrane protein required for homeostasis maintaining of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae during symbiosis with Pisum sativum	2
How the right evolved partners in Cycads and Legumes drive enhanced growth in a harsh environment	2
Mycorrhizal fungi increase plant nutrient uptake, aggregate stability and microbial biomass in the clay soil	2
Identification of the symbiovar maamori in Mesorhizobium isolated from nodules of Ononis repens in the Maamora forest (Morocco)	2
First data on lipids and fatty acids composition in the tropical parasitic system between molluscs and echinoderms	2
The effect of polychaetes infestation on calcification rates and morphological changes in reef-building coral Porites lobata	2
A critical analysis on multifaceted benefits of mixture of cover crops over pure stand	2
Endomycorrhizal fungi inoculation improves development of Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) plantlets during ex vitro acclimatization	2
Editorial: Anthropogenic impacts on symbiotic systems	2
Higher turnover of endophytic fungal assemblages in the tissues of globose cactus Melocactus ernestii from Brazilian semi-arid biome	2
Above and below-ground involvement in cyclic energy transformation that helps in the establishment of rhizosphere microbial communities	2