OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Symbiosis is 4. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The diversity of foliicolous lichens on ferns in two Brazilian tropical forests	100
A newly discovered bacterial symbiont in the aphid microbiome identified through 16S rRNA sequencing	49
A review on nutritional and non-nutritional interactions of symbiotic and associated fungi with insect	47
Exploration of bacterial composition and diversity within the apricot seed wasp Eurytoma samsonowi (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) by 16S rRNA Illumina sequencing	43
Differential effectiveness of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in improving Rhizobial symbiosis by modulating Sucrose metabolism and Antioxidant defense in Chickpea under As stress	37
The soil legacy produced by grass-endophyte-mycorrhizae fungi interaction increases legume establishment	33
Microbial symbionts of hymenopteran parasitoids: an effective tool for next-generation crop protection	32
Silicon improves physiological, biochemical, and morphological adaptations of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) during salinity stress	20
Enhancing soybean growth under drought stress through bio-priming with desert endophyte Priestua endophytica strain RAE-11	18
Dining on corals: stable isotope evidence for close trophic connection between gall crabs (Cryptochiridae) and their stony coral hosts	16
Endosymbiont escape as a mechanism to increase the rate of endosymbiosis formation	15
Symbiosis research in the anthropocene: science as usual in unusual times?	14
Evaluation of biotic and abiotic stressors to artificially induce agarwood production in Gyrinops versteegii (Gilg.) Domke seedlings	14
Isolation and characterization of mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) rhizobia in Myanmar	13
First data on lipids and fatty acids composition in the tropical parasitic system between molluscs and echinoderms	13
Unravelling the sandalwood microbiome and their interactions using NGS-based approaches to improve agroforestry management practices	12
Prospects of endophytic fungi as a natural resource for the sustainability of crop production in the modern era of changing climate	12
Robert Lucking and Toby Spribille: The Lives of Lichens: A Natural History	12
Microbiome origin and stress-related changes in bacterial abundance of the photosymbiotic sea slug Berghia stephanieae (Á. Valdés, 2005)	12
Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Ectomycorrhizas of Phylloporus (Boletales) and Quercus sapotifolia from Tropical Oak Forest of Eastern Mexico	11
Is there a symbiotic cleaning association between ocean sunfish and pelagic seabirds in the Patagonian Shelf?	11
Microbial communities associated with the ostracods Candona sp. inhabiting the area of the methane seep Goloustnoye (Lake Baikal)	11
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi participate to the restoration of a gypsum mining site in western Algeria	11
Effect of herbicides Sprut Extra (glyphosate) and Forward (quizalofop-P-ethyl) on the development of pea (Pisum sativum L.) symbiotic nodules	11
Transmission of parasitic mites (Riccardoella oudemansi) between limacid slug hosts: the role of parasite and host behaviour	11

Knockdown of Lotus japonicus ROP3 alters the root symbiotic phenotype and alters the expression of genes involved in nutrient acquisition during both rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbioses	10
Proteomic analysis of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) leaves showed a more stable metabolism in a variety responsive to biological nitrogen fixation	10
A framework for using phoresy to assess ecological transition into parasitism and mutualism	9
Mutualistic relationship between the amphipod Stenula nordmanni (Stephensen, 1931) and the nephtheid coral Gersemia rubiformis (Ehrenberg, 1834)	9
Wolbachia-density variation in weevils of the tribe Naupactini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)	9
Wanted: virtual or live! How lichens are becoming part of mass internet culture	8
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	8
Correction to: Effects of field inoculation of potato tubers with the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis DAOM 197,198 are cultivar dependent	8
Mutualistic dinoflagellates with big disparities in ribosomal DNA variation may confound estimates of symbiont diversity and ecology in the jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculata	8
Prevalence of epibiosis in plankton community of the Indian EEZ: a review	8
Correction: Dining on corals: stable isotope evidence for close trophic connection between gall crabs (Cryptochiridae) and their stony coral hosts	8
Differential phenolic patterns during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in tomato	7
Soil eutrophication reduces fungal colonization in Berberis microphylla roots in Patagonia (Argentina)	7
The plurality of photobionts within single lichen thalli	7
Improved micropropagation and hardening responses in red pepper by ACC deaminase producing Methylobacterium oryzae CBMB20	7
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi diversity and transpiratory rate in long-term field cover crop systems from tropical ecosystem, northeastern Brazil	7
Lizards and bromeliads in the Neotropics: literature review and relevance of this association to conservation	7
Comparative metabolite analysis of Delftia-Bradyrhizobium co-inoculated soybean plants using UHPLC-HRMS-based metabolomic profiling	7
Physiological response of the symbiotic dinoflagellate Pelagodinium béii to ultraviolet radiation: synthesis and accumulation of mycosporine-like amino acids	7
The diversity of Wolbachia and its effects on host reproduction in a single Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) population	7
Plant-associated bacteria and enzymes support Canavalia rosea growth in coastal hypersaline soils	7
High light quantity suppresses locomotion in symbiotic Aiptasia	7
Effects of magnesium application on the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in tomato	7
Lima bean breeding changes the community of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in the rhizosphere	7
Aphid adaptation in a changing environment through their bacterial endosymbionts: an overview, including a new major cereal pest (Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) scenario	6
Lycoperdon perlatum from a coniferous forest forms an ectomycorrhizal relation with and increases drought resistance of Populus × canadensis ‘Zhongliao 1’	6
Endophytic fungus Trichoderma atroviride D16 increases tanshinone accumulation in Salvia miltiorrhiza plantlets by enhancing abscisic acid and salicylic acid signaling	6
Octocoral colonies as spawning ground for the cuttlefish Sepiella inermis (Cephalopoda: Sepiidae)	6
Correction to: Endosymbiotic Symbiodinium clades occurrence and influence on coral growth and resilience during stress	6
Nitrogen fertilization and stress factors drive shifts in microbial diversity in soils and plants	6
Monocropping and Intercropping of Maize with Six Food Legumes at Malkerns in Eswatini: Their Effects on Plant Growth, Grain Yield and N2 Fixation, Measured using the 15N Natural Abundance and Ureide T	6
Impact of quorum sensing from native peanut phosphate solubilizing Serratia sp. S119 strain on interactions with agronomically important crops	6
Beneficial efficacy and mode of action of probiotic Bacillus subtilis SWL−19 on the silkworm (Bombyx mori L.)	6
Molecular interplay of symbiotic and defensive responses in the non-model legume Arachis hypogaea	5
Zooming in on host-symbiont interactions: advances in cryo-EM sample processing methods and future application to symbiotic tissues	5
NoiD, a DedA membrane protein required for homeostasis maintaining of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae during symbiosis with Pisum sativum	5
New three-way symbiosis: an eukaryotic alga, a blue mussel, and an endolithic cyanobacteria	5
The genus Sodalis as a resource for understanding the multifaceted evolution of bacterial symbiosis in insects	5
Inoculation and coinoculation combined with sulfur treatment boost the physiological quality of seeds and reduce oxidative stress in soybean seedlings	5
Low specificity and high variability of ectomycorrhizal association in Salix humboldtiana along its southern latitudinal distribution	5
A Margulian View of Symbiosis and Speciation: the Nasonia Wasp System	5
Exploring the cooperation between nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing alfalfa rhizobia	5
Biotechnological utilization: the potential role of the termite gut symbiotic microbiome	4
Exploring macrophytes’ microbial populations dynamics to enhance bioremediation in constructed wetlands for industrial pollutants removal in sustainable wastewater treatment	4
Differentially abundant bacteria drive the N2-fixation of a widespread moss in the forest-tundra transition zone	4
Endomycorrhizal fungi inoculation improves development of Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) plantlets during ex vitro acclimatization	4
Cajanus cajan enhances nutrient cycling and supports Eragrostis curvula growth	4
Missing symbionts – emerging pathogens? Microbiome management for sustainable agriculture	4
Are the symbiont faunas of the venomous echinoids Toxopneustes pileolus and Tripneustes gratilla (Echinoidea, Toxopneustidae) similar?	4
Intraspecific transfer of algal symbionts can occur in photosymbiotic Exaiptasia sea anemones	4

Ciliates in domestic ruminants in Africa and the first characterization of ciliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora) in the rumen of domestic caprines of the Landim breed (Capra hircus L) from Mozambique	4
Population and diversity of pigeonpea rhizobia from the Indo-Gangetic plains of India	4
Pond water is the principal source of algae that form a symbiosis with embryos of the spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum: an experimental test	4
Together forever: Inseparable partners of the symbiotic system Paramecium multimicronucleatum/Ca. Trichorickettsia mobilis	4
High dependence on nitrogen-fixing bacteria in a Neotropical legume species	4
Endosymbiotic Symbiodinium clades occurrence and influence on coral growth and resilience during stress	4
Correction: Aphid adaptation in a changing environment through their bacterial endosymbionts: an overview, including a new major cereal pest (Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) scenario	4
Polystyrene shaping effect on the enriched bacterial community from the plastic-eating Alphitobius diaperinus (Insecta: Coleoptera)	4
Demonstrating the role of symbionts in mediating detoxification in herbivores	4
Co-occurrence of two ascomycete endophytes as the specialized metabolite production partners in Rheum spiciforme Royle	4