OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Extremophiles 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Microorganisms harbor keys to a circular bioeconomy making them useful tools in fighting plastic pollution and rising CO2 levels	30
The smallest space miners: principles of space biomining	28
Haloprofundus salilacus sp. nov., Haloprofundus halobius sp. nov. and Haloprofundus salinisoli sp. nov.: three extremely halophilic archaea isolated from salt lake and saline soil	28
Assessment of fungal diversity present in lakes of Maritime Antarctica using DNA metabarcoding: a temporal microcosm experiment	25
Energy conservation under extreme energy limitation: the role of cytochromes and quinones in acetogenic bacteria	22
Electron carriers involved in autotrophic and heterotrophic acetogenesis in the thermophilic bacterium Thermoanaerobacter kivui	22
Fungal diversity present on rocks from a polar desert in continental Antarctica assessed using DNA metabarcoding	19
Antarctica as a reservoir of planetary analogue environments	19
Fungal diversity in a sediment core from climate change impacted Boeckella Lake, Hope Bay, north-eastern Antarctic Peninsula assessed using metabarcoding	17
Metabolomics and lipid profile analysis of Coccomyxa melkonianii SCCA 048	16
Role of extremophiles and their extremozymes in biorefinery process of lignocellulose degradation	16
Halorussus vallis sp. nov., Halorussus aquaticus sp. nov., Halorussus gelatinilyticus sp. nov., Halorussus limi sp. nov., Halorussus salilacus sp. nov., Halorussus salinisoli sp. nov.: six extremely h	14
The monofunctional CO dehydrogenase CooS is essential for growth of Thermoanaerobacter kivui on carbon monoxide	14
Halorientalis salina sp. nov., Halorientalis marina sp. nov., Halorientalis litorea sp. nov.: three extremely halophilic archaea isolated from a salt lake and coarse sea salt	14
The largest moss carpet transplant in Antarctica and its bryosphere cryptic biodiversity	13
Metagenomic insights into Himalayan glacial and kettle lake sediments revealed microbial community structure, function, and stress adaptation strategies	11
Ecological succession of fungal and bacterial communities in Antarctic mosses affected by a fairy ring disease	11
Anaerotalea alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, anaerobic, fermentative bacterium isolated from a terrestrial mud volcano	11
Diversity of fungal DNA in lake sediments on Vega Island, north-east Antarctic Peninsula assessed using DNA metabarcoding	11
Selection and re-acclimation of bioprospected acid-tolerant green microalgae suitable for growth at low pH	10
Electron transfer of extremophiles in bioelectrochemical systems	10
Genomic analysis of Caldalkalibacillus thermarum TA2.A1 reveals aerobic alkaliphilic metabolism and evolutionary hallmarks linking alkaliphilic bacteria and plant life	10
Natural transformation in Gram-negative bacteria thriving in extreme environments: from genes and genomes to proteins, structures and regulation	10
Study of osmoadaptation mechanisms of halophilic Halomonas alkaliphila XH26 under salt stress by transcriptome and ectoine analysis	9
Halo(natrono)archaea from hypersaline lakes can utilize sulfoxides other than DMSO as electron acceptors for anaerobic respiration	9

Characterization of the DdrD protein from the extremely radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans	9
Halegenticoccus tardaugens sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a saline soil	9
Antarctic lichens as a source of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria	8
Molecular strategies to enhance stability and catalysis of extremophile-derived α-amylase using computational biology	8
Limits to the three domains of life: lessons from community assembly along an Antarctic salinity gradient	8
Genomic analysis of heavy metal-resistant Halobacterium salinarum isolated from Sfax solar saltern sediments	8
Soil substrate culturing approaches recover diverse members of Actinomycetota from desert soils of Herring Island, East Antarctica	7
The catalytic and structural basis of archaeal glycerophospholipid biosynthesis	7
Draft genome sequence of Promicromonospora panici sp. nov., a novel ionizing-radiation-resistant actinobacterium isolated from roots of the desert plant Panicum turgidum	7
Mechanism of TonB-dependent transport system in Halomonas alkalicola CICC 11012s in response to alkaline stress	6
Simple sequence repeat insertion induced stability and potential ‘gain of function’ in the proteins of extremophilic bacteria	6
Salinilacihabitans rarus gen. nov., sp. nov., Natrononativus amylolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., Natronobeatus ordinarius gen. nov., sp. nov., and Halovivax gelatinilyticus sp. nov., halophilic archaea,	6
Biome-specific distribution of Ni-containing carbon monoxide dehydrogenases	6
Temperature and elemental sulfur shape microbial communities in two extremely acidic aquatic volcanic environments	6
Strategies for anti-oxidative stress and anti-acid stress in bioleaching of LiCoO2 using an acidophilic microbial consortium	6
Halocatena marina sp. nov., a novel filamentous halophilic archaeon isolated from marine tidal flat and emended description of the genus Halocatena	6
Characterization of a carboxylesterase with hyper-thermostability and alkali-stability from Streptomyces lividans TK24	6
A multi-omic screening approach for the discovery of thermoactive glycoside hydrolases	6
Effect of pH on the activity of ice-binding protein from Marinomonas primoryensis	6
Cultivation and characterization of snowbound microorganisms from the South Pole	6
Desulfatitalea alkaliphila sp. nov., an alkalipilic sulfate- and arsenate- reducing bacterium isolated from a terrestrial mud volcano	5
Natrinema caseinilyticum sp. nov., Natrinema gelatinilyticum sp. nov., Natrinema marinum sp. nov., Natrinema zhouii sp. nov., extremely halophilic archaea isolated from marine environments and a salt	5
Moorella sulfitireducens sp. nov., a thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from a terrestrial thermal spring	5
Anion-type modulates the effect of salt stress on saline lake bacteria	5
Incomplete denitrification phenotypes in diverse Thermus species from diverse geothermal spring sediments and adjacent soils in southwest China	5
Purification and characterization of two thermostable xylanases from a halotolerant Bacillus sp. Asc6BA isolated from Salar de Ascotán, Atacama Desert	5
Investigation of lipid profile in Acetobacter pasteurianus Ab3 against acetic acid stress during vinegar production	5
Structural characterization and physicochemical properties of the exopolysaccharide produced by the moderately halophilic bacterium Chromohalobacter salexigens, strain 3EQS1	5
Evansella halocellulosilytica sp. nov., an alkali-halotolerant and cellulose-dissolving bacterium isolated from bauxite residue	4
Organic layer characteristics and microbial utilization of the biosulfur globules produced by haloalkaliphilic Thioalkalivibrio versutus D301 during biological desulfurization	4
Genetic engineering of low-temperature polyhydroxyalkanoate production by Acidovorax sp. A1169, a psychrophile isolated from a subglacial outflow	4
Asgard archaea in saline environments	4
Variation of salinity and nitrogen concentration affects the pentacyclic triterpenoid inventory of the haloalkaliphilic aerobic methanotrophic bacterium Methylotuvimicrobium alcaliphilum	4
Extremophilic microbial metabolism and radioactive waste disposal	4
Growth and photosynthesis acclimated response of the cyanobacterium Fischerella sp. FS 18 exposed to extreme conditions: alkaline pH, limited irradiance, and carbon dioxide concentration	4
Prokaryotic diversity and biogeochemical characteristics of field living and laboratory cultured stromatolites from the hypersaline Laguna Interna, Salar de Atacama (Chile)	4
Extremophile enzyme optimization for low temperature and high salinity are fundamentally incompatible	4
Bacterial diversity and community structure in the rhizosphere of the halophyte Halocnemum strobilaceum in an Algerian arid saline soil	4
Prokaryotic diversity across a pH gradient in the “El Chichón” crater-lake: a naturally thermo-acidic environment	4
Diversity analysis of thermophilic hydrogenogenic carboxydotrophs by carbon monoxide dehydrogenase amplicon sequencing using new primers	4
Transcriptomic responses of haloalkalitolerant bacterium Egicoccus halophilus EGI 80432T to highly alkaline stress	4
Isotherm and kinetics modeling of biosorption and bioreduction of the Cr(VI) by Brachybacterium paraconglomeratum ER41	4
Bacterial diversity of an acid mine drainage beside the Xichú River (Mexico) accessed by culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches	3
Assessment of diversity of archaeal communities in Algerian chott	3
Comparison of picoeukaryote community structures and their environmental relationships between summer and autumn in the southern Chukchi Sea	3
Recombinant production, characterization and industrial application testing of a novel acidic exo/endo-chitinase from Rasamsonia emersonii	3
Glutamate optimizes enzymatic activity under high hydrostatic pressure in Desulfovibrio species: effects on the ubiquitous thioredoxin system	3
The hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus utilizes environmental iron sulfide cluster complexes as an iron source	3
Prokaryotic communities in the historic silver mine Reiche Zeche	3
Heterologous gene expression and characterization of two serine hydroxymethyltransferases from Thermoplasma acidophilum	3

The genus Anoxybacillus: an emerging and versatile source of valuable biotechnological products	3
Genome-based taxonomy of genera Haloarcula and Halomicroarcula, and description of six novel species of Haloarcula	3
Halorubrum hochsteinianum sp. nov., an ancient haloarchaeon from a natural experiment	2
Polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis and optimisation of thermophilic Geobacillus stearothermophilus strain K4E3_SPR_NPP	2
Recombinant expression and characterization of a new laccase, bioinformatically identified, from the Antarctic thermophilic bacterium Geobacillus sp. ID17	2
Desulfovulcanus ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic autotrophic iron and sulfate-reducing bacterium from subseafloor basalt that grows on akaganéite and lepidocrocite minerals	2
Genome-based classification of the family Haloferacaceae and description of five novel species of Halobaculum	2
Selection of Antarctic yeasts as gray mold biocontrol agents in strawberry	2
Rahnella sikkimica sp. nov., a novel cold-tolerant bacterium isolated from the glacier of Sikkim Himalaya with plant growth-promoting properties	2
Mining thermophiles for biotechnologically relevant enzymes: evaluating the potential of European and Caucasian hot springs	2
Transcriptome and growth efficiency comparisons of recombinant thermophiles that produce thermolabile and thermostable proteins: implications for burden-based selection of thermostable proteins	2
Production of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) and extracellular polymeric substances from glycerol by the acidophile Acidiphilium cryptum	2
Disorder and amino acid composition in proteins: their potential role in the adaptation of extracellular pilins to the acidic media, where Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans grows	2
Vertical segregation and phylogenetic characterization of archaea and archaeal ammonia monooxygenase gene in the water column of the western Arctic Ocean	2
tRNA modification profiles in obligate and moderate thermophilic bacilli	2
Structure/function studies of the NAD+-dependent DNA ligase from the poly-extremophile Deinococcus radiodurans reveal importance of the BRCT domain for DNA binding	2