OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Extremophiles is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-11-01 to 2023-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Pigment production by cold-adapted bacteria and fungi: colorful tale of cryosphere with wide range applications	70
Extreme environments: a source of biosurfactants for biotechnological applications	58
Statistical optimisation of growth conditions and diesel degradation by the Antarctic bacterium, Rhodococcus sp. strain AQ5‒07	39
Pelomicrobium methylotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov. a moderately thermophilic, facultatively anaerobic, lithoautotrophic and methylotrophic bacterium isolated from a terrestrial mud volcano	32
Acidithiobacillus ferrianus sp. nov.: an ancestral extremely acidophilic and facultatively anaerobic chemolithoautotroph	31
Bioremediation potential of a halophilic Halobacillus sp. strain, EG1HP4QL: exopolysaccharide production, crude oil degradation, and heavy metal tolerance	31
Cultivable fungi present in deep-sea sediments of Antarctica: taxonomy, diversity, and bioprospecting of bioactive compounds	27
Fungi in glacial ice of Antarctica: diversity, distribution and bioprospecting of bioactive compounds	26
Biodegradation of organophosphorus pesticide chlorpyrifos by Sphingobacterium sp. C1B, a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from apple orchard in Himachal Pradesh of India	21
Haloprofundus salilacus sp. nov., Haloprofundus halobius sp. nov. and Haloprofundus salinisoli sp. nov.: three extremely halophilic archaea isolated from salt lake and saline soil	21
Root endophytic Penicillium promotes growth of Antarctic vascular plants by enhancing nitrogen mineralization	20
The influence of the specific growth rate on the lipid composition of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius	20
The smallest space miners: principles of space biomining	19
Biochemical characterization of an alkaline surfactant-stable keratinase from a new keratinase producer, Bacillus zhangzhouensis	19
Assessment of fungal diversity present in lakes of Maritime Antarctica using DNA metabarcoding: a temporal microcosm experiment	18
Azo dyes decolorization under high alkalinity and salinity conditions by Halomonas sp. in batch and packed bed reactor	17
A new GH13 subfamily represented by the α-amylase from the halophilic archaeon Haloarcula hispanica	17
Diversity, distribution, and ecology of viable fungi in permafrost and active layer of Maritime Antarctica	17
Electron carriers involved in autotrophic and heterotrophic acetogenesis in the thermophilic bacterium Thermoanaerobacter kivui	15
Diversity, ecology, and bioprospecting of culturable fungi in lakes impacted by anthropogenic activities in Maritime Antarctica	15
Contribution of mechanosensitive channels to osmoadaptation and ectoine excretion in Halomonas elongata	15
Microorganisms harbor keys to a circular bioeconomy making them useful tools in fighting plastic pollution and rising CO2 levels	14
Poorly known microbial taxa dominate the microbiome of hypersaline Sambhar Lake salterns in India	13
Fungal diversity present on rocks from a polar desert in continental Antarctica assessed using DNA metabarcoding	13
Methanogenesis in the Lake Elton saline aquatic system	13

Fast decolorization of azo dyes in alkaline solutions by a thermostable metal-tolerant bacterial laccase and proposed degradation pathways	12
Fungal diversity in a sediment core from climate change impacted Boeckella Lake, Hope Bay, north-eastern Antarctic Peninsula assessed using metabarcoding	12
Antarctica as a reservoir of planetary analogue environments	12
Soil fungal community composition differs significantly among the Antarctic, Arctic, and Tibetan Plateau	11
Energy conservation under extreme energy limitation: the role of cytochromes and quinones in acetogenic bacteria	11
Geothermal springs in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh: potential sources of hydrolase-producing thermophilic bacilli	11
The monofunctional CO dehydrogenase CooS is essential for growth of Thermoanaerobacter kivui on carbon monoxide	10
Osmolytes and membrane lipids in adaptive response of thermophilic fungus Rhizomucor miehei to cold, osmotic and oxidative shocks	10
Extremophiles: a special or general case in the search for extra-terrestrial life?	10
Response to lethal UVA radiation in the Antarctic bacterium Pseudomonas extremaustralis: polyhydroxybutyrate and cold adaptation as protective factors	10
Defining heat shock response for the thermoacidophilic model crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius	10
Metagenomic insights into Himalayan glacial and kettle lake sediments revealed microbial community structure, function, and stress adaptation strategies	10
Diversity and ecology of cultivable fungi isolated from the thermal soil gradients in Deception Island, Antarctica	10
Anaerotalea alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, anaerobic, fermentative bacterium isolated from a terrestrial mud volcano	9
Essentiality of the glnA gene in Haloferax mediterranei: gene conversion and transcriptional analysis	9
Study on the osmoregulation of “Halomonas socia” NY-011 and the degradation of organic pollutants in the saline environment	9
Role of extremophiles and their extremozymes in biorefinery process of lignocellulose degradation	9
Genomic analysis of Caldalkalibacillus thermarum TA2.A1 reveals aerobic alkaliphilic metabolism and evolutionary hallmarks linking alkaliphilic bacteria and plant life	9
Boosting Escherichia coli’s heterologous production rate of ectoines by exploiting the non-halophilic gene cluster from Acidiphilium cryptum	8
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	8
Comparative genomics analysis of Nitriliruptoria reveals the genomic differences and salt adaptation strategies	8
Prokaryotic diversity in stream sediments affected by acid mine drainage	8
A (6-4)-photolyase from the Antarctic bacterium Sphingomonas sp. UV9: recombinant production and in silico features	8
Modification of the glycolytic pathway in Pyrococcus furiosus and the implications for metabolic engineering	8
Halo(natrono)archaea from hypersaline lakes can utilize sulfoxides other than DMSO as electron acceptors for anaerobic respiration	8
The largest moss carpet transplant in Antarctica and its bryosphere cryptic biodiversity	7
Diversity of fungal DNA in lake sediments on Vega Island, north-east Antarctic Peninsula assessed using DNA metabarcoding	7
Insights into the metabolism pathway and functional genes of long-chain aliphatic alkane degradation in haloarchaea	7
Characteristics of oxidative stress and antioxidant defenses by a mixed culture of acidophilic bacteria in response to Co2+ exposure	7
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	7
Salt-tolerant Acidihalobacter and Acidithiobacillus species from Vulcano (Italy) and Milos (Greece)	7
Metabolomics and lipid profile analysis of Coccomyxa melkonianii SCCA 048	7
Effects of pH and temperature on (S)-amine activity of transaminase from the cold-adapted bacterium Psychrobacter cryohalolentis	6
Consensus protein engineering on the thermostable histone-like bacterial protein HUs significantly improves stability and DNA binding affinity	6
Antarctic lichens as a source of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria	6
Biochemical comparison of two glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase isozymes from a cold-adapted Pseudomonas mandelii	6
Temperature and elemental sulfur shape microbial communities in two extremely acidic aquatic volcanic environments	6
Characterization of a novel Cu-containing dissimilatory nitrite reductase from the haloarchaeon Halorussus sp. YCN54	6
Richness and metallo-tolerance of cultivable fungi recovered from three high altitude glaciers from Citlaltépetl and Iztaccíhuatl volcanoes (Mexico)	6
Study of osmoadaptation mechanisms of halophilic Halomonas alkaliphila XH26 under salt stress by transcriptome and ectoine analysis	6
Microbial synergy and stoichiometry in heap biooxidation of low-grade porphyry arsenic-bearing gold ore	6
Characterization of the DdrD protein from the extremely radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans	6
Halegenticoccus tardaugens sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a saline soil	6
Metagenomic insights into the fungal assemblages of the northwest Himalayan cold desert	5
Draft genome sequence of Promicromonospora panici sp. nov., a novel ionizing-radiation-resistant actinobacterium isolated from roots of the desert plant Panicum turgidum	5
Water masses influence bacterioplankton community structure in summer Kongsfjorden	5
Molecular strategies to enhance stability and catalysis of extremophile-derived α-amylase using computational biology	5
A bioluminescent reporter for the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii	5
Biofilm and planktonic microbial communities in highly acidic soil (pH < 3) in the Soos National Nature Reserve, Czech Republic	5
The evolutionarily conserved HtrA is associated with stress tolerance and protein homeostasis in the halotolerant cyanobacterium Halothece sp. PCC7418	5

Ecological succession of fungal and bacterial communities in Antarctic mosses affected by a fairy ring disease	5
Limits to the three domains of life: lessons from community assembly along an Antarctic salinity gradient	5
Electron transfer of extremophiles in bioelectrochemical systems	4
Effect of pH on the activity of ice-binding protein from Marinomonas primoryensis	4
Biome-specific distribution of Ni-containing carbon monoxide dehydrogenases	4
A plasmid vector that directs hyperproduction of recombinant proteins in the thermophiles Geobacillus species	4
Soil substrate culturing approaches recover diverse members of Actinomycetota from desert soils of Herring Island, East Antarctica	4
Investigation of lipid profile in Acetobacter pasteurianus Ab3 against acetic acid stress during vinegar production	4
Biochemical and phylogenetic characterization of a monomeric isocitrate dehydrogenase from a marine methanogenic archaeon Methanococcoides methylutens	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
Purification and characterization of two thermostable xylanases from a halotolerant Bacillus sp. Asc6BA isolated from Salar de Ascotán, Atacama Desert	4
A multi-omic screening approach for the discovery of thermoactive glycoside hydrolases	4
The insight into diatom diversity, ecology, and biogeography of an extreme cold ultraoligotrophic Lake Labynkyr at the Pole of Cold in the northern hemisphere	4
Genomic analysis of heavy metal-resistant Halobacterium salinarum isolated from Sfax solar saltern sediments	4
Selection and re-acclimation of bioprospected acid-tolerant green microalgae suitable for growth at low pH	4
Pentose degradation in archaea: Halorhabdus species degrade D-xylose, L-arabinose and D-ribose via bacterial-type pathways	4
New insights into halophilic prokaryotes isolated from salting–ripening anchovies (Engraulis anchoita) process focused on histamine-degrading strains	4