OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Microbiology Reports is 5. 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
Global 16S rRNA diversity of provannid snail endosymbionts from Indo‐Pacific deep‐sea hydrothermal	77
Microbial Communities in Agave Fermentations Vary by Local Biogeographic Regions	73
Tolerance to environmental pollution in the freshwater crustacean Asellus aquaticus : A role for the microbiome	44
Feeding strategy and feed protein level affect the gut microbiota of common carp ( Cyprinus carpio )	43
Pressure‐dependent growth controls 3D architecture of Pseudomonas putida microcolonies	26
Seasonal and interannual variability of the free‐living and particle‐associated bacteria of a coastal microbiome	25
Identifying Potential Geochemical and Microbial Impacts of Hydrogen Storage in a Deep Saline Aquifer	23
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Prevalence, Distribution and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Enterobacteriaceae and Non‐Fermenting Gram‐Negative Bacilli Isolated From Environmental Samp	21
Microbial communities reveal niche partitioning across the slope and bottom zones of the challenger deep	19
Environmental Microbiome of Tyrophagus Putrescentiae Culture and Its Changes in Manipulative Experiments	19
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Chromium‐Tanned Leather and Microbial Consortia: Identification of Taxa With Biodegradation Potential and Chromium Tolerance	18
Isolation of Acanthamoeba Species and Bacterial Symbiont Variability in Puna Salt Plains, Argentina	18
Functional Characterisation of Microbial Communities Related to Black Stain Formation in Lascaux Cave	18
Microbiomes in agroecosystem: Diversity, function and assembly mechanisms	18
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Sulfur cycling likely obscures dynamic biologically‐driven iron redox cycling in contemporary methane seep environments	17
Microbiome Dynamics in Early Life Stages of the Precious Mediterranean Red Coral Corallium rubrum	16
Integrated Analysis of Gene Expression, Protein Synthesis, and Epigenetic Modifications in Alcanivorax borkumensis SK2	16
Microorganism community structure: A characterisation of agrosystems from Madeira Archipelago	16
Activity and abundance of methanotrophic bacteria in a northern mountainous gradient of wetlands	15
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Community‐Engaged Course‐Based Undergraduate Research of Multidrug Resistance in Escherichia coli	15

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A genome–proteome‐based approach for xylan degradation by Cohnella sp. AR92	15
Succession and assembly mechanisms of seawater prokaryotic communities along an extremely wide salinity gradient	14
Rooting for Success: The Role of Microorganisms in Promoting Growth and Resilience in Black Alder Seedlings	14
Carbon metabolism and adaptation of hyperalkaliphilic microbes in serpentinizing spring of Manleluag, the Philippines	14
More Than a Stick in the Mud: Eelgrass Leaf and Root Bacterial Communities Are Distinct From Those on Physical Mimics	13
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A new metabolic trait in an acetogen: Mixed acid fermentation of fructose in a methylene‐tetrahydrofolate reductase mutant of Acetobacterium woodii	13
Regulation of nitrogen transformation and microbial community by inoculation during livestock manure composting	13
Paracoccus kondratievae produces poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate) under elevated temperature conditions	12
Dust sprinkling as an effective method for infecting layer chickens with wild‐type Salmonella Typhimurium and changes in h	12
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Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain NIT01 grows more stably in vessels made of pure titanium rather than the stainless alloy	11
Unveiling Short‐Scale Responses: How Pico‐ and Nanoeukaryotic Plankton Navigate Environmental Variability in a Coastal Upwelling System	11
Population structure and pathogen interaction of Escherichia coli in freshwater: Implications of land‐use for water quality and public health in Aotearoa	11
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Year‐Round Quantification, Structure and Dynamics of Epibacterial Communities From Diverse Macroalgae Reveal a Persistent Core Microbiota and Strong Host Specificities	11
Unravelling Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Shaping the Rich Communities on Lizard Skin	11
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Peritrichs (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) in the Danube: Keystone Organisms in the Formation of Diverse Protist Biofilms	10
Symbioses of alvinocaridid shrimps from the South West Pacific: No chemosymbiotic diets but conserved gut microbiomes	10
Insights Into the Mondia Whitei Microbiome Across Geographic Regions in Eastern Africa	10
Trophic interrelationships of bacteria are important for shaping soil protist communities	10
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Metabolic versatility of aerobic methane‐oxidizing bacteria under anoxia in aquatic ecosystems	10
Bacterial endophytic community composition varies by hemp cultivar in commercially sourced seed	10
Whole‐cell studies of substrate and inhibitor specificity of isoprene monooxygenase and related enzymes	10
Salinity Negatively Impacts Protistan and Fungal Community Stability and Shapes Assembly Processes in Freshwater Ecosystems	10
Global expansion of Vibrio spp. in hot water	9
A quantitative sequencing method using synthetic internal standards including functional and phylogenetic marker genes	9
How do high phosphate concentrations affect soil microbial communities after a century of ecosystem self‐reclamation?	9
Genome‐resolved metagenomics revealed novel microbial taxa with ancient metabolism from macroscopic microbial mat structures inhabiting anoxic deep reefs of a Maldivian Blue Hole	9
Genome‐resolved metagenomics identifies novel active microbes in biogeochemical cycling within methanol‐enriched soil	9
Wolbachia in Antarctic terrestrial invertebrates: Absent or undiscovered?	9
In silico analysis of diversity, specificity and molecular evolution of Stenotrophomonas phages	9
Evidence of a putative CO ₂ delivery system to the chromatophore in the photosynthetic amoeba Paulinella	9
Wolbachia modify host cell metabolite profiles in response to short‐term temperature stress	9
Temporal and Spatial Survey on the Abundance of Amoebae and Bacteria in an Estuary and the Role of Environmental Parameters	9
Conserved infections and reproductive phenotypes of Wolbachia symbionts in Asian tortrix moths	9
Synergistic mechanisms of humic acid and biomineralization in cadmium remediation using Lysinibacillus fusiformis	9
Isolation and Characterisation of Bacteria From an Extremely High Boron and Salinity‐Tolerant Puccinellia distans	9
Seasonal Transition in the Dominance of Photoautotrophic and Heterotrophic Protists in the Photic Layer of a Subtropical Marine Ecosystem	9
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In it together: Candida–bacterial oral biofilms and therapeutic strategies	8
Is the gut microbiome of insects a potential source to meet UN sustainable development goals to eliminate plastic pollution?	8
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Withdrawn: The two‐component system RstAB regulates production of a polysaccharide capsule with a role in virulence in the marine pathogen	8
‘ Candidatus Gromoviella agglomerans’, a novel intracellular Holosporaceae parasite of the ciliate	8
Ecology and Pathogenicity for Honey Bee Brood of Recently Described Paenibacillus melissococcoides and Comparison With Paenibacill	8

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The impacts of water quality on the amphibian chytrid fungal pathogen: A systematic review	8
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Desert plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and associated bacteria: Exploring the diversity and role of symbiosis under drought	8
O ‐acetylesterase activity of Bifidobacterium bifidum sialidase facilities the liberation of sialic acid and encourages the pr	7
Seasonal Host Shifts for Legionella Within an Industrial Water‐Cooling System	7
Microbiome Composition in a Common Mediterranean Bryozoan Following an Unprecedented Marine Heatwave	7
Nitrogen Fixation Potential in Bathypelagic Sediment of the Ice‐Covered Arctic Ocean Revealed Through Long‐Term Stable Isotope Incubations	7
Acidophilic sulphate‐reducing bacteria: Diversity , ecophysiology, and applications	7
The Effects of Humidity and Seasonality on Foliar and Root Mycobiomes of Betula pendula	7
Increased Nutrient Levels Enhance Bacterial Exopolysaccharides Production in the Context of Algae	7
Unique episymbiotic relationship between Candidatus Patescibacteria and Zoogloea in activated sludge flocs	7
New bacterial strains for ibuprofen biodegradation: Drug removal, transformation, and potential catabolic genes	7
Direct Evidence of Microbial Sunscreen Production by Scum‐Forming Cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea	7
Influence of Plant Species and De‐Icing Salt on Microbial Communities in Bioretention	7
Small RNAs in the Antarctic bacterium Pseudomonas extremaustralis responsive to oxygen availability an	6
Transinfected Wolbachia strains induce a complex of cytoplasmic incompatibility phenotypes: Roles	6
Persistent tissue‐specific resident microbiota in oysters across a broad geographical range	6
Urbanisation and Lockdown Impact on Airborne Fungal Communities in Tropical Landscapes: A Comparative Study of Urban and Peri‐Urban Environments	6
Pyricularia oryzae enhances Streptomyces griseus growth via non‐volatile alkaline metabolites	6
The Functional Role of Fungi and Bacteria in Sulfur Cycling During Kelp ( Ecklonia Radiata ) Degradation: Unconventional Use of	6
Inactivation of siderophore iron‐chelating moieties by the fungal wheat root symbiont Pyrenophora biseptata	6
The interactions and hierarchical effects of long‐term agricultural stressors on soil bacterial communities	6
Effects of 5‐year experimental warming in the Alpine belt on soil Archaea: Multi‐omics approaches and prospects	6
Enhancing Biodiversity‐Function Relationships in Field Retting: Towards Key Microbial Indicators for Retting Control	6
Carbon dioxide fixation by microbes: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology	6
Acid stress in microbes: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology	6
Overwintering Does Not Affect Microbiota Diversity in Halyomorpha halys : Implications for Its Eco	6
Microbes controlling plant pathogens	6
Differential requirement for RecFOR pathway components in Thermus thermophilus	6
Identification of ESBL ‐Producing Enterobacterales From Vegetable Plants: Preliminary Findings From a Small Cross‐Sectional Study in a Rural Area of	6
The contribution of beneficial wheat seed fungal communities beyond disease‐causing fungi: Advancing heritable mycobiome‐based plant breeding	6
Bacterial rather than fungal diversity and community assembly drive soil multifunctionality in a subtropical forest ecosystem	6
Phagotrophy in the nitrogen‐fixing haptophyte Braarudosphaera bigelowii	5
Environmental Variables Influence on Spatial Distribution of Bacterial Communities Across the English Channel in Two Main Productive Seasons	5
Microbes and hydrothermal environments: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology	5
Temporal and Depth‐Driven Variability of Pelagic Bacterial Communities in Lake Erie: Biofilm and Plankton Dynamics	5
Zoonotic bacterial and parasitic intestinal pathogens in foxes, raccoons and other predators from eastern Germany	5
High‐affinity amide‐lanthanide adsorption to gram‐positive soil bacteria	5
Environmental processes and health implications potentially mediated by dust‐borne bacteria	5
Strategies of organic phosphorus recycling by soil bacteria: acquisition, metabolism, and regulation	5
Microbial diversity in the arid and semi‐arid soils of Botswana	5
The potential of bacterial microcompartment architectures for phytonanotechnology	5
Discovery of a new bacterium, Microbacterium betulae sp. nov., in birch wood associated with hypersensitivity pneumonitis in woodworkers	5
Investigation of Suitable, Readily Available, Sources of Sulfate‐Reducing Bacteria Inoculum, and Evaluation of Sulfate Reduction Rates Achieved at Different pHs	5
HSP104 and HSP20 ‐L Are Required by Aspergillus nidulans in Response to	5
Genetic Drivers of Plant Root Colonisation by the Biocontrol Agent Pseudomonas protegens Pf‐5	5
Fungal Community Assembly in Standing Deadwood: Stochastic vs. Deterministic Processes Across Decay Stages*	5
The Effect of Larval Exposure to Plastic Pollution on the Gut Microbiota of the Major Malaria Vector Anopheles arabiensis	5
Bacteria on the foundational kelp in kelp forest ecosystems: Insights from culturing, whole genome sequencing and metabolic assays	5
The etherase system of Novosphingobium sp. MBES04 functions as a sensor of lignin fragments through ph	5
Phthalate hydrolase: distribution, diversity and molecular evolution	5
Cocaine esterase occurrence in global wastewater microbiomes and potential for biotransformation of novel psychoactive substances	5
The Endosymbiont Consortia of Two Cixiidae Planthoppers Reveal an Ancient Symbiosis With ‘ Candidatus Mirabilia Symbiotica’	5
Climate change and antibiotic resistance: A scoping review	5
Molecular Characterisation of Escherichia coli Collected From an Urban River in Johannesburg, Sout	5
Nutrients mediate caffeine inhibition of Escherichia coli	5
Metagenomic airborne resistome from urban hot spots through the One Health lens	5
Whole‐genome sequence analysis of Staphylococcus aureus from retail fish acknowledged the incidence of highly virulent ST672‐MRS	5
On the Difficulty to Detect Carbapenem Resistance in the Environment: Characterisation of Escherichia coli With Reduced Carbapenem Susceptibility Isolate	5
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Bioavailable Dissolved Organic Carbon Serves as a Key Regulator of Phosphorus Dynamics in Stream Biofilms	5
Bacterial symbionts of the precious coral Corallium rubrum are differentially distributed across colony‐specific compartments and differ among colormorph	5
Exploring Microbiological Dynamics in a Salt Cavern for Potential Hydrogen Storage Use	5
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