OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Extremophiles is 3. 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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Microorganisms harbor keys to a circular bioeconomy making them useful tools in fighting plastic pollution and rising CO2 levels	29
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
Biodegradation of organophosphorus pesticide chlorpyrifos by Sphingobacterium sp. C1B, a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from apple orchard in Himachal Pradesh of India	27
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	16
Metabolomics and lipid profile analysis of Coccomyxa melkonianii SCCA 048	15
Role of extremophiles and their extremozymes in biorefinery process of lignocellulose degradation	15
Soil fungal community composition differs significantly among the Antarctic, Arctic, and Tibetan Plateau	15
Poorly known microbial taxa dominate the microbiome of hypersaline Sambhar Lake salterns in India	15
The monofunctional CO dehydrogenase CooS is essential for growth of Thermoanaerobacter kivui on carbon monoxide	14
The largest moss carpet transplant in Antarctica and its bryosphere cryptic biodiversity	13
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	13
Study on the osmoregulation of “Halomonas socia” NY-011 and the degradation of organic pollutants in the saline environment	13
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	13
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
Metagenomic insights into Himalayan glacial and kettle lake sediments revealed microbial community structure, function, and stress adaptation strategies	11
Prokaryotic diversity in stream sediments affected by acid mine drainage	11
Ecological succession of fungal and bacterial communities in Antarctic mosses affected by a fairy ring disease	11
Electron transfer of extremophiles in bioelectrochemical systems	10

Selection and re-acclimation of bioprospected acid-tolerant green microalgae suitable for growth at low pH	10
Genomic analysis of Caldalkalibacillus thermarum TA2.A1 reveals aerobic alkaliphilic metabolism and evolutionary hallmarks linking alkaliphilic bacteria and plant life	10
Characterization of the DdrD protein from the extremely radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans	9
Study of osmoadaptation mechanisms of halophilic Halomonas alkaliphila XH26 under salt stress by transcriptome and ectoine analysis	9
Halegenticoccus tardaugens sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a saline soil	9
A (6-4)-photolyase from the Antarctic bacterium Sphingomonas sp. UV9: recombinant production and in silico features	9
Halo(natrono)archaea from hypersaline lakes can utilize sulfoxides other than DMSO as electron acceptors for anaerobic respiration	9
Antarctic lichens as a source of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria	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
Molecular strategies to enhance stability and catalysis of extremophile-derived α-amylase using computational biology	8
Natural transformation in Gram-negative bacteria thriving in extreme environments: from genes and genomes to proteins, structures and regulation	8
Draft genome sequence of Promicromonospora panici sp. nov., a novel ionizing-radiation-resistant actinobacterium isolated from roots of the desert plant Panicum turgidum	7
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
Halocatena marina sp. nov., a novel filamentous halophilic archaeon isolated from marine tidal flat and emended description of the genus Halocatena	6
Biome-specific distribution of Ni-containing carbon monoxide dehydrogenases	6
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
Cultivation and characterization of snowbound microorganisms from the South Pole	6
Temperature and elemental sulfur shape microbial communities in two extremely acidic aquatic volcanic environments	6
Effect of pH on the activity of ice-binding protein from Marinomonas primoryensis	6
Strategies for anti-oxidative stress and anti-acid stress in bioleaching of LiCoO2 using an acidophilic microbial consortium	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
Desulfatitalea alkaliphila sp. nov., an alkalipilic sulfate- and arsenate- reducing bacterium isolated from a terrestrial mud volcano	5
Anion-type modulates the effect of salt stress on saline lake bacteria	5
Moorella sulfitireducens sp. nov., a thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from a terrestrial thermal spring	5
Investigation of lipid profile in Acetobacter pasteurianus Ab3 against acetic acid stress during vinegar production	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
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
Structural characterization and physicochemical properties of the exopolysaccharide produced by the moderately halophilic bacterium Chromohalobacter salexigens, strain 3EQS1	5
Prokaryotic diversity and biogeochemical characteristics of field living and laboratory cultured stromatolites from the hypersaline Laguna Interna, Salar de Atacama (Chile)	4
Isotherm and kinetics modeling of biosorption and bioreduction of the Cr(VI) by Brachybacterium paraconglomeratum ER41	4
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
Extremophile enzyme optimization for low temperature and high salinity are fundamentally incompatible	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
Asgard archaea in saline environments	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
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
Bacterial diversity of an acid mine drainage beside the Xichú River (Mexico) accessed by culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches	3
Undecane production by cold-adapted bacteria from Antarctica	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
Prokaryotic communities in the historic silver mine Reiche Zeche	3
Genetic engineering of low-temperature polyhydroxyalkanoate production by Acidovorax sp. A1169, a psychrophile isolated from a subglacial outflow	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
Recombinant production, characterization and industrial application testing of a novel acidic exo/endo-chitinase from Rasamsonia emersonii	3