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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Desulfovulcanus ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic autotrophic iron and sulfate-reducing bacterium from subseafloor basalt that grows on akaganéite and lepidocrocite minerals	40
Phosphate solubilization by filamentous fungi from Antarctic lichens and sediments	39
Mining thermophiles for biotechnologically relevant enzymes: evaluating the potential of European and Caucasian hot springs	37
Characterization of prokaryotic communities from Italian super-heated fumaroles	23
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	22
Limits to the three domains of life: lessons from community assembly along an Antarctic salinity gradient	19
Halobacterium yunchengense sp. nov., Natronomonas amylolytica sp. nov., Halorientalis halophila sp. nov., Halobellus salinisoli sp. nov., halophilic archaea isolated from a saline lake and inland sali	18
Prokaryotic diversity across a pH gradient in the “El Chichón” crater-lake: a naturally thermo-acidic environment	18
Genome‑based classification of the family Natrialbaceae and description of four novel halophilic archaea from three saline lakes and a saline-alkaline land	18
Post-dispersal astrobiological events: modelling macroevolutionary dynamics for lithopanspermia	17
Incomplete denitrification phenotypes in diverse Thermus species from diverse geothermal spring sediments and adjacent soils in southwest China	17
Strategies for anti-oxidative stress and anti-acid stress in bioleaching of LiCoO2 using an acidophilic microbial consortium	16
RNase R vs. PNPase: selecting the best-suited exoribonuclease for environmental adaptation	15
Microorganisms harbor keys to a circular bioeconomy making them useful tools in fighting plastic pollution and rising CO2 levels	12
Isotherm and kinetics modeling of biosorption and bioreduction of the Cr(VI) by Brachybacterium paraconglomeratum ER41	11
Extremophilic and common fungi in acid brines and their halite	11
tRNA modification profiles in obligate and moderate thermophilic bacilli	10
Structural characteristics and immunomodulatory activity of an exopolysaccharide from Antarctic Pseudoalteromonas sp. LP6-12-2	10
Bacterial diversity of an acid mine drainage beside the Xichú River (Mexico) accessed by culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches	10
Rahnella sikkimica sp. nov., a novel cold-tolerant bacterium isolated from the glacier of Sikkim Himalaya with plant growth-promoting properties	10
Biochemical and in silico structural characterization of a cold-active arginase from the psychrophilic yeast, Glaciozyma antarctica PI12	10
Diversity, distribution and phytotoxic and anti-Trypanosoma activities of cultivable fungi associated with Magellan sub-Antarctic strait and Maritime Antarctic macroalgae	9
Recombinant expression and characterization of a new laccase, bioinformatically identified, from the Antarctic thermophilic bacterium Geobacillus sp. ID17	9
Genome-based taxonomy of genera Haloarcula and Halomicroarcula, and description of six novel species of Haloarcula	9
Evansella halocellulosilytica sp. nov., an alkali-halotolerant and cellulose-dissolving bacterium isolated from bauxite residue	8

Investigating non-fungal eukaryotic diversity in snow in the Antarctic Peninsula region using DNA metabarcoding	8
Halocatena marina sp. nov., a novel filamentous halophilic archaeon isolated from marine tidal flat and emended description of the genus Halocatena	8
Production of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) and extracellular polymeric substances from glycerol by the acidophile Acidiphilium cryptum	8
Identification and genome-wide analysis provide insights into the genetic diversity and biotechnological potentials of novel cold-adapted Acinetobacter strain	8
Halorubrum hochsteinianum sp. nov., an ancient haloarchaeon from a natural experiment	8
Lignocellulolytic extremozymes and their biotechnological applications	7
Utilisation of acid-tolerant bacteria for base metal recovery under strongly acidic conditions	7
Correction: Limits to the three domains of life: lessons from community assembly along an Antarctic salinity gradient	7
Identification and characterization of a novel halolysin from Halostella sp. PRR32 with two C-terminal extensions	7
Electron transfer of extremophiles in bioelectrochemical systems	7
The catalytic and structural basis of archaeal glycerophospholipid biosynthesis	7
Anion-type modulates the effect of salt stress on saline lake bacteria	7
Hyper-stimulation of Pyrococcus furiosus CRISPR DNA uptake by a self-transmissible plasmid	7
Metagenomic profiling of halites from the Atacama Desert: an extreme environment with natural perchlorate does not promote high diversity of perchlorate reducing microorganisms	6
Antarctic marine sediment as a source of filamentous fungi-derived antimicrobial and antitumor compounds of pharmaceutical interest	6
Energetic investigations of Acidianus ambivalens metabolism during anaerobic sulfur reduction and comparisons to aerobic sulfur oxidation	6
Comparative analysis of cyanobacterial communities in gypsum outcrops: insights from sites in Israel and Poland	6
Untangling the adaptive strategies of thermophilic bacterium Anoxybacillus rupiensis TPH1 under low temperature	6
Variations on a theme: non-canonical DUF3494 ice-binding proteins	6
DNA methylation confers epigenetic changes in cold-adapted microorganisms in response to cold stress	5
Moorella sulfitireducens sp. nov., a thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from a terrestrial thermal spring	5
Role of cell-substrate association during plant biomass solubilization by the extreme thermophile Caldicellulosiruptor bescii	5
A colorful new reporter system to evaluate gene expression in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii	5
Experimental study of proteome halophilicity using nanoDSF: a proof of concept	5
Structural characterization and physicochemical properties of the exopolysaccharide produced by the moderately halophilic bacterium Chromohalobacter salexigens, strain 3EQS1	5
Actinomycetes from high altitude salt lake Tso-Kar of Ladakh offers bright prospects for antimycobacterial drug discovery especially for drug resistant mycobacteria	5
Genomic analysis of heavy metal-resistant Halobacterium salinarum isolated from Sfax solar saltern sediments	4
Lawrence I. (Larry) Hochstein a researcher dedicated to halophilic microorganisms of all types and environments	4
Biological treatment of methyl orange dye and textile wastewater using halo-alkaliphilic bacteria under highly alkaline conditions	4
The genus Anoxybacillus: an emerging and versatile source of valuable biotechnological products	4
Disorder and amino acid composition in proteins: their potential role in the adaptation of extracellular pilins to the acidic media, where Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans grows	4
Selection of Antarctic yeasts as gray mold biocontrol agents in strawberry	4
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	3
Unraveling the multiplicity of geranylgeranyl reductases in Archaea: potential roles in saturation of terpenoids	3
Effects of small heat shock proteins from thermotolerant bacteria on the stress resistance of Escherichia coli to temperature, pH, and hyperosmolarity	3
Metagenomic insights into Himalayan glacial and kettle lake sediments revealed microbial community structure, function, and stress adaptation strategies	3
Microbial adaptations to acidic, nutrient- and metal-rich lakes in Aotearoa New Zealand	3
Metataxonomy of acid mine drainage microbiomes from the Santa Catarina Carboniferous Basin (Southern Brazil)	3
Halobellus marinus sp. nov., Halobellus ordinarius sp. nov., Halobaculum rarum sp. nov., and Halorarum halobium sp. nov., halophilic archaea isolated from marine solar salt and a saline lake	3
Diversity and enzymatic, biosurfactant and phytotoxic activities of culturable Ascomycota fungi present in marine sediments obtained near the South Shetland Islands, maritime Antarctica	3
Sugar alcohol degradation in Archaea: uptake and degradation of mannitol and sorbitol in Haloarcula hispanica	3
Isolation, screening, and molecular identification of culturable halophilic bacteria with enzymatic and antimicrobial potential from the saline soils of Arzew salt lake, Algeria	3
Bacterial diversity and community structure in the rhizosphere of the halophyte Halocnemum strobilaceum in an Algerian arid saline soil	3
Development of a defined medium for the heterotrophic cultivation of Metallosphaera sedula	3
Extremophile enzyme optimization for low temperature and high salinity are fundamentally incompatible	3
Study of osmoadaptation mechanisms of halophilic Halomonas alkaliphila XH26 under salt stress by transcriptome and ectoine analysis	3
Functional expression of an antimicrobial peptide, belonging to halocin C8 family, from Natrinema sp. RNS21 in Escherichia coli	3
Characterization and biological activities of a novel exopolysaccharide produced from Geobacillus thermodenitrificans HBB 111 strain	2
An ice inhabiting bdelloid rotifer from North America	2
Soil substrate culturing approaches recover diverse members of Actinomycetota from desert soils of Herring Island, East Antarctica	2

Properties of the extracellular alkaline inulinase produced by haloalkaliphilic phototrophic bacteria Ectothiorodospirea mobilis	2
Insights into the rapid metabolism of Geobacillus sp. LC300: unraveling metabolic requirements and optimal growth conditions	2
A novel alkane monooxygenase evolved from a broken piece of ribonucleotide reductase in Geobacillus kaustophilus HTA426 isolated from Mariana Trench	2
From genes to nanotubes: exploring the UV-resistome in the Andean extremophile Exiguobacterium sp. S17	2
Asgard archaea in saline environments	2
Assessment of diversity of archaeal communities in Algerian chott	2
Fungal diversity in a sediment core from climate change impacted Boeckella Lake, Hope Bay, north-eastern Antarctic Peninsula assessed using metabarcoding	2
Genomic highlights of the phylogenetically unique halophilic purple nonsulfur bacterium, Rhodothalassium salexigens	2
Genome-based classification of Halobellus rubicundus sp. nov., a novel extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a Korean solar saltern	2
The Tet-on system for controllable gene expression in the rock-inhabiting black fungus Knufia petricola	2
Role of carnitine in adaptation of Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM 3043 and its mutants to osmotic and temperature stress in defined medium	2
Differential cellular localization of DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IB in response to DNA damage in Deinococcus radiodurans	2
Molecular evolution steered structural adaptations in the DNA polymerase III α subunit of halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruber	2
The monofunctional CO dehydrogenase CooS is essential for growth of Thermoanaerobacter kivui on carbon monoxide	2
Correction to: Pentose degradation in archaea: Halorhabdus species degrade D-xylose, L-arabinose and D-ribose via bacterial-type pathways	2
Phosphonate consumers potentially contributing to methane production in Brazilian soda lakes	2
Draft genome sequence and comparative genomic analysis of Halomonas salifodinae strain A2 isolated from the Zapotitlán Salinas Valley, Puebla, Mexico	2
Self-assembly of Aeropyrum pernix bacilliform virus 1 (APBV1) major capsid protein and its application as building blocks for nanomaterials	2
Haloprofundus salilacus sp. nov., Haloprofundus halobius sp. nov. and Haloprofundus salinisoli sp. nov.: three extremely halophilic archaea isolated from salt lake and saline soil	2
Survival of Icelandic airborne microbes towards simulated atmospheric stress factors	2
Characterization of carotenoids extracted from Haloferax larsenii NCIM 5678 isolated from Pachpadra salt lake, Rajasthan	2
Comparative molecular dynamics simulations provided insights into the mechanisms of cold-adaption of alginate lyases from the PL7 family	2
Unraveling the effects of polyhydroxyalkanoates accumulation in Pseudomonas extremaustralis growth and survival under different pH conditions	2
Genomic signatures of cold adaptation in the family Colwelliaceae	2