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

Article	Citations
Exploration of bacterial composition and diversity within the apricot seed wasp Eurytoma samsonowi (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) by 16S rRNA Illumina sequencing	100
A newly discovered bacterial symbiont in the aphid microbiome identified through 16S rRNA sequencing	98
A review on nutritional and non-nutritional interactions of symbiotic and associated fungi with insect	30
Microbial symbionts of hymenopteran parasitoids: an effective tool for next-generation crop protection	29
The soil legacy produced by grass-endophyte-mycorrhizae fungi interaction increases legume establishment	25
Endosymbiont escape as a mechanism to increase the rate of endosymbiosis formation	23
Effects of fungicides on the beneficial seed-borne microbiome and seedling development of a long-lived myrtaceae tree species	22
Enhancing soybean growth under drought stress through bio-priming with desert endophyte Priestua endophytica strain RAE-11	19
Isolation and characterization of mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) rhizobia in Myanmar	16
First data on lipids and fatty acids composition in the tropical parasitic system between molluscs and echinoderms	16
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculation and previous crop influence pearl millet growth and yields in a Mediterranean arid environment	15
Symbiosis research in the anthropocene: science as usual in unusual times?	15
Dining on corals: stable isotope evidence for close trophic connection between gall crabs (Cryptochiridae) and their stony coral hosts	15
Prospects of endophytic fungi as a natural resource for the sustainability of crop production in the modern era of changing climate	13
Ant attendance shapes the selective pressures on the genes of the endosymbiont Buchnera in Tuberculatus aphids	12
Effect of herbicides Sprut Extra (glyphosate) and Forward (quizalofop-P-ethyl) on the development of pea (Pisum sativum L.) symbiotic nodules	12
Robert Lucking and Toby Spribille: The Lives of Lichens: A Natural History	12
Is there a symbiotic cleaning association between ocean sunfish and pelagic seabirds in the Patagonian Shelf?	12
Proteomic analysis of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) leaves showed a more stable metabolism in a variety responsive to biological nitrogen fixation	12
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	11
Microbiome origin and stress-related changes in bacterial abundance of the photosymbiotic sea slug Berghia stephanieae (Á. Valdés, 2005)	11
Transmission of parasitic mites (Riccardoella oudemansi) between limacid slug hosts: the role of parasite and host behaviour	11
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi participate to the restoration of a gypsum mining site in western Algeria	10
The microbes within: what happens inside Acacia longifolia nodules during development	10
Unravelling the sandalwood microbiome and their interactions using NGS-based approaches to improve agroforestry management practices	10

Endophytic fungi mediated alleviation of salinity stress in crop plants: an insight and future prospect	10
Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Ectomycorrhizas of Phylloporus (Boletales) and Quercus sapotifolia from Tropical Oak Forest of Eastern Mexico	10
Different transcriptional impacts of prophage within the rhizobia-legume symbiosis	10
Correction to: Effects of field inoculation of potato tubers with the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis DAOM 197,198 are cultivar dependent	10
Wolbachia-density variation in weevils of the tribe Naupactini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)	9
Correction: Dining on corals: stable isotope evidence for close trophic connection between gall crabs (Cryptochiridae) and their stony coral hosts	9
Ecological partnerships for a cooler planet: Rhizobia-legume interactions and carbon sequestration potential	9
Mutualistic dinoflagellates with big disparities in ribosomal DNA variation may confound estimates of symbiont diversity and ecology in the jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculata	9
Morphological and functional adaptations of Thyca crystallina in its parasitic symbiosis with Linckia laevigata	9
Plant-associated bacteria and enzymes support Canavalia rosea growth in coastal hypersaline soils	8
Soil eutrophication reduces fungal colonization in Berberis microphylla roots in Patagonia (Argentina)	8
Changes in microbiome assembly of the pioneer Andean tree Alnus acuminata under land degradation	8
Identification of a novel fungus associated with Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff) and its pathogenicity to ornamental plants	8
Improved micropropagation and hardening responses in red pepper by ACC deaminase producing Methylobacterium oryzae CBMB20	8
Effects of magnesium application on the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in tomato	8
Differential phenolic patterns during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in tomato	8
The plurality of photobionts within single lichen thalli	8
Production of a salinity-tolerant heterokaryotic strain by cross-mating homokaryotic strains of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Rhizopogon roseolus and its effect on the growth in Pinus thunbergii seedling	7
Amanita muscaria invasion in native Nothofagaceae of Patagonian Argentina: updates on hosts and morphological tools for monitoring and control	7
Lima bean breeding changes the community of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in the rhizosphere	7
Fungi; friend or foe of amphibians	7
Fungal functional traits mediating communication and ecological interactions among higher organisms: current insights and future directions	7
Aphid adaptation in a changing environment through their bacterial endosymbionts: an overview, including a new major cereal pest (Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) scenario	6
Annual invasive plants reduce plant productivity while promoting biodiversity in arid regions	6
A Margulian View of Symbiosis and Speciation: the Nasonia Wasp System	6
Molecular interplay of symbiotic and defensive responses in the non-model legume Arachis hypogaea	6
Lycoperdon perlatum from a coniferous forest forms an ectomycorrhizal relation with and increases drought resistance of Populus × canadensis ‘Zhongliao 1’	6
Photosynthetic acclimation of the lichen Parmelia sulcata to a forest light gradient through structural, chemical and physiological alterations	6
Phylogenetic, phenotypic, and symbiotic characterization of Bradyrhizobium isolated from nodules of cowpea grown on the Peruvian desert coast	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
Zooming in on host-symbiont interactions: advances in cryo-EM sample processing methods and future application to symbiotic tissues	6
Inoculation and coinoculation combined with sulfur treatment boost the physiological quality of seeds and reduce oxidative stress in soybean seedlings	6
Harnessing plant–microbe interactions for sustainable crop improvement: from genomics to breeding	5
Correction to: Endosymbiotic Symbiodinium clades occurrence and influence on coral growth and resilience during stress	5
Exploring the cooperation between nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing alfalfa rhizobia	5
Beneficial efficacy and mode of action of probiotic Bacillus subtilis SWL−19 on the silkworm (Bombyx mori L.)	5
High dependence on nitrogen-fixing bacteria in a Neotropical legume species	5
Linking Fabaceae diversity to rhizobial symbiosis across Mozambique’s environmental gradients	5
The genus Sodalis as a resource for understanding the multifaceted evolution of bacterial symbiosis in insects	5
You are what you harbour: contrasting microbial communities detected in parthenogenetic and sexual weevils	5
Too close for comfort: Elpidium ostracods trigger avoidance and defensive responses in anurans	5
Novel symbioses between reef fishes and serpulid polychaetes in the Caribbean sea	5
Together forever: Inseparable partners of the symbiotic system Paramecium multimicronucleatum/Ca. Trichorickettsia mobilis	5
Low specificity and high variability of ectomycorrhizal association in Salix humboldtiana along its southern latitudinal distribution	5
Cross-domain interactions: Candida spp. and its endobiont	5
Endophytic fungus Trichoderma atroviride D16 increases tanshinone accumulation in Salvia miltiorrhiza plantlets by enhancing abscisic acid and salicylic acid signaling	5
Uncovering ciliate diversity in rumen microbiomes through computational species delimitation approaches	5
Co-occurrence of two ascomycete endophytes as the specialized metabolite production partners in Rheum spiciforme Royle	5
Are the symbiont faunas of the venomous echinoids Toxopneustes pileolus and Tripneustes gratilla (Echinoidea, Toxopneustidae) similar?	4

Demonstrating the role of symbionts in mediating detoxification in herbivores	4
Respective and combined roles of rhizobia and ectomycorrhizal fungi in the plant growth, symbiotic efficiency, nutrients and metals contents of a leguminous tree species growing on ultramafic soils	4
The seeds of invasion: a comparison of endophytic seed bacteria of Acacia longifolia between its native and invasive ranges	4
Exploring macrophytes’ microbial populations dynamics to enhance bioremediation in constructed wetlands for industrial pollutants removal in sustainable wastewater treatment	4
Biotechnological utilization: the potential role of the termite gut symbiotic microbiome	4
Microbiota comparative analysis of Apis mellifera populations from Tunisia and Algeria targeting 16 S rRNA gene amplicon	4
Differentially abundant bacteria drive the N2-fixation of a widespread moss in the forest-tundra transition zone	4
Studies on the epibiotic association between rotifer Brachionus rubens and cladocerans from water bodies of Jammu and Kashmir, India	4
Stable transformation of the unicellular lichenic green alga Coccomyxa solorinae-saccatae via electroporation	4
Algal symbionts of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri	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
Intraspecific transfer of algal symbionts can occur in photosymbiotic Exaiptasia sea anemones	4
Missing symbionts – emerging pathogens? Microbiome management for sustainable agriculture	4
Wild populations possess higher endophytic fungal diversity and structural complexity than ex-situ plants in coralloid roots of a cycad in Southwest China	4
Ectosymbionts improve host gill function in a freshwater cleaning symbiosis	4
Population and diversity of pigeonpea rhizobia from the Indo-Gangetic plains of India	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
Pond water is the principal source of algae that form a symbiosis with embryos of the spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum: an experimental test	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