OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ISME Journal is 56. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Localized coevolution between microbial predator and prey alters community-wide gene expression and ecosystem function	261
Resurrection of a diatom after 7000 years from anoxic Baltic Sea sediment	244
Pulsed, continuous or somewhere in between? Resource dynamics matter in the optimisation of microbial communities	191
Emergent antibiotic persistence in a spatially structured synthetic microbial mutualism	182
SLC24A-mediated calcium exchange as an indispensable component of the diatom cell density-driven signaling pathway	162
Spatial separation of ribosomes and DNA in Asgard archaeal cells	154
In vivo evolution of antimicrobial resistance in a biofilm model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection	148
Correction to: Integrated overview of stramenopile ecology, taxonomy, and heterotrophic origin	137
Increased genetic diversity loss and genetic differentiation in a model marine diatom adapted to ocean warming compared to high CO2	136
Aminolipids in bacterial membranes and the natural environment	135
Hyphosphere microorganisms facilitate hyphal spreading and root colonization of plant symbiotic fungus in ammonium-enriched soil	126
Physiological and evolutionary contexts of a new symbiotic species from the nitrogen-recycling gut community of turtle ants	124
Endosymbionts modulate virus effects on aphid-plant interactions	113
Role of the flagellar hook in the structural development and antibiotic tolerance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms	111
Microbial invasion of a toxic medium is facilitated by a resident community but inhibited as the community co-evolves	109
Priority effects shape the structure of infant-typeBifidobacteriumcommunities on human milk oligosaccharides	107
Population differentiation of Rhodobacteraceae along with coral compartments	104
Novel order-level lineage of ammonia-oxidizing archaea widespread in marine and terrestrial environments	102
Viral lysing can alleviate microbial nutrient limitations and accumulate recalcitrant dissolved organic matter components in soil	101
Biotic interactions between benthic infauna and aerobic methanotrophs mediate methane fluxes from coastal sediments	101
Community context matters for bacteria-phage ecology and evolution	101
Phage co-transport with hyphal-riding bacteria fuels bacterial invasion in a water-unsaturated microbial model system	96
Revisiting biocrystallization: purine crystalline inclusions are widespread in eukaryotes	94
Gut microbiota contribute to variations in honey bee foraging intensity	92
Bacterial type VI secretion system helps prevent cheating in microbial communities	91

Cryptochrome PtCPF1 regulates high temperature acclimation of marine diatoms through coordination of iron and phosphorus uptake	89
Transportome remodeling of a symbiotic microalga inside a planktonic host	86
Flavobacterial exudates disrupt cell cycle progression and metabolism of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana	85
Dominance of phage particles carrying antibiotic resistance genes in the viromes of retail food sources	84
Metabolic potential of Nitrososphaera-associated clades	84
Transcriptional responses of Trichodesmium to natural inverse gradients of Fe and P availability	80
Correction: Non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals enhance the transmission of exogenous antibiotic resistance genes through bacterial transformation	79
Hot moment of N2O emissions in seasonally frozen peatlands	78
Long-term metagenomic insights into the roles of antiviral defense systems in stabilizing activated sludge bacterial communities	77
Fireworms are a reservoir and potential vector for coral-infecting apicomplexans	76
Diurnal transcriptional variation is reduced in a nitrogen-fixing diatom endosymbiont	75
Population dynamics of microbial cross-feeding are determined by co-localization probabilities and cooperation-independent cheater growth	75
Genetic and species rearrangements in microbial consortia impact biodegradation potential	75
Dynamics and activity of an ammonia-oxidizing archaea bloom in South San Francisco Bay	75
Asgard ESCRT-III and VPS4 reveal conserved chromatin binding properties of the ESCRT machinery	75
Divergent molecular strategies drive evolutionary adaptation to competitive fitness in biofilm formation	74
Laminarin stimulates single cell rates of sulfate reduction whereas oxygen inhibits transcriptomic activity in coastal marine sediment	71
Siderophores as an iron source for picocyanobacteria in deep chlorophyll maximum layers of the oligotrophic ocean	68
Catabolic protein degradation in marine sediments confined to distinct archaea	67
Phyllosphere symbiont promotes plant growth through ACC deaminase production	66
Climate change-related warming reduces thermal sensitivity and modifies metabolic activity of coastal benthic bacterial communities	64
Whole genome sequences reveal the Xanthomonas perforans population is shaped by the tomato production system	64
Unraveling negative biotic interactions determining soil microbial community assembly and functioning	63
Replicated life-history patterns and subsurface origins of the bacterial sister phyla Nitrospirota and Nitrospinota	61
Dietary protein source alters gut microbiota composition and function	61
Bolstering fitness via CO2 fixation and organic carbon uptake: mixotrophs in modern groundwater	61
Chlorine redox chemistry is widespread in microbiology	59
Comprehensive profile of the companion animal gut microbiome integrating reference-based and reference-free methods	59
Expression of macromolecular organic nitrogen degrading enzymes identifies potential mediators of soil organic N availability to an annual grass	58
Large-scale single-virus genomics uncovers hidden diversity of river water viruses and diversified gene profiles	56
Ginsenoside Rg3 enriches SCFA-producing commensal bacteria to confer protection against enteric viral infection via the cGAS-STING-type I IFN axis	56
The fungal root endophyte Serendipita vermifera displays inter-kingdom synergistic beneficial effects with the microbiota in Arabidopsis thaliana and barley	56
Benzoic acid facilitates ANF in monocot crops by recruiting nitrogen-fixing Paraburkholderia	56