OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microbial Biotechnology is 32. 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 2019-10-01 to 2023-10-01.)

Article	Citations
RT‐LAMP for rapid diagnosis of coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2	367
Effectiveness of nitrogen fixation in rhizobia	189
Thermophilic whole‐cell degradation of polyethylene terephthalate using engineered Clostridium thermocellum	87
The gut microbiota and its interactions with cardiovascular disease	78
Co‐occurrence of antibiotic, biocide, and heavy metal resistance genes in bacteria from metal and radionuclide contaminated soils at the Savannah River Site	73
Different lactic acid bacteria and their combinations regulated the fermentation process of ensiled alfalfa: ensiling characteristics, dynamics of bacterial community and their functional shifts	63
The bacterial community and metabolome dynamics and their interactions modulate fermentation process of whole crop corn silage prepared with or without inoculants	63
Microbial degradation of steroid sex hormones: implications for environmental and ecological studies	59
Clinical evidence that the pandemic from 1889 to 1891 commonly called the Russian flu might have been an earlier coronavirus pandemic	57
Bioengineered Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 for tumour‐targeting therapy	56
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) gut microbiota promotes host endogenous detoxification capability via regulation of P450 gene expression in the digestive tract	56
Synthetic community with six Pseudomonas strains screened from garlic rhizosphere microbiome promotes plant growth	53
Antibiofilm and antifungal activities of medium‐chain fatty acids against Candida albicans via mimicking of the quorum‐sensing molecule farnesol	50
Microbial biosurfactant research: time to improve the rigour in the reporting of synthesis, functional characterization and process development	48
Rhamnolipids produced by Pseudomonas: from molecular genetics to the market	45
Pediococcus pentosaceus LI05 alleviates DSS‐induced colitis by modulating immunological profiles, the gut microbiota and short‐chain fatty acid levels in a mouse model	45
Raman–deuterium isotope probing to study metabolic activities of single bacterial cells in human intestinal microbiota	42
Efficacy of faecal microbiota transplantation in Crohn’s disease: a new target treatment?	42
An expanded CRISPRi toolbox for tunable control of gene expression in Pseudomonas putida	42
Realities and hopes in the application of microbial tools in agriculture	41
Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is naturally endowed to withstand industrial‐scale stress conditions	40
The Novel Coronavirus – A Snapshot of Current Knowledge	40
Dual sgRNA‐directed gene deletion in basidiomycete Ganoderma lucidum using the CRISPR/Cas9 system	39
Modulation of gut mucosal microbiota as a mechanism of probiotics‐based adjunctive therapy for ulcerative colitis	38
Effects of growth‐promoting rhizobacteria on maize growth and rhizosphere microbial community under conservation tillage in Northeast China	38

The soil crisis: the need to treat as a global health problem and the pivotal role of microbes in prophylaxis and therapy	38
Phage biocontrol to combat Pseudomonas syringae pathogens causing disease in cherry	37
Progress and challenges in engineering cyanobacteria as chassis for light‐driven biotechnology	36
Characteristics and nutrient function of intestinal bacterial communities in black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) larvae in livestock manure conversion	34
Metabolic modulation of redox state confounds fish survival against Vibrio alginolyticus infection	34
Efficient genome editing in filamentous fungi via an improved CRISPR‐Cas9 ribonucleoprotein method facilitated by chemical reagents	33
COVID‐19: Omicron – the latest, the least virulent, but probably not the last variant of concern of SARS‐CoV‐2	32
Nothing lasts forever: understanding microbial biodegradation of polyfluorinated compounds and perfluorinated alkyl substances	32