OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Microbiology Reports is 4. 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
Tolerance to environmental pollution in the freshwater crustacean Asellus aquaticus: A role for the microbiome	200
Microbial communities reveal niche partitioning across the slope and bottom zones of the challenger deep	59
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Cyanobacterial community composition and their functional shifts associated with biocrust succession in the Gurbantunggut Desert	36
Prevalence, Distribution and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Enterobacteriaceae and Non‐Fermenting Gram‐Negative Bacilli Isolated From Environmental Samples in a Veterinary Clinical Hospital in	36
Global 16S rRNA diversity of provannid snail endosymbionts from Indo‐Pacific deep‐sea hydrothermal vents	34
Feeding strategy and feed protein level affect the gut microbiota of common carp (Cyprinus carpio)	30
Identifying Potential Geochemical and Microbial Impacts of Hydrogen Storage in a Deep Saline Aquifer	26
Seasonal and interannual variability of the free‐living and particle‐associated bacteria of a coastal microbiome	26
Microbial Communities in Agave Fermentations Vary by Local Biogeographic Regions	26
Pressure‐dependent growth controls 3D architecture of Pseudomonas putida microcolonies	25
A genome–proteome‐based approach for xylan degradation by Cohnella sp. AR92	24
Rooting for Success: The Role of Microorganisms in Promoting Growth and Resilience in Black Alder Seedlings	22
Microorganism community structure: A characterisation of agrosystems from Madeira Archipelago	22
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AcrAB, the major RND‐type efflux pump of Photorhabdus laumondii, confers intrinsic multidrug‐resistance and contributes to virulence in insects	19
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Activity and abundance of methanotrophic bacteria in a northern mountainous gradient of wetlands	17
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Succession and assembly mechanisms of seawater prokaryotic communities along an extremely wide salinity gradient	16
Regulation of nitrogen transformation and microbial community by inoculation during livestock manure composting	15
Isolation of Acanthamoeba Species and Bacterial Symbiont Variability in Puna Salt Plains, Argentina	15
Sulfur cycling likely obscures dynamic biologically‐driven iron redox cycling in contemporary methane seep environments	15
Herbivory shapes the rhizosphere bacterial microbiota in potato plants	15
A novel, divergent alkane monooxygenase (alkB) clade involved in crude oil biodegradation	14

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Microbiomes in agroecosystem: Diversity, function and assembly mechanisms	14
Carbon metabolism and adaptation of hyperalkaliphilic microbes in serpentinizing spring of Manleluag, the Philippines	14
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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
Dust sprinkling as an effective method for infecting layer chickens with wild‐type SalmonellaTyphimurium and changes in host gut microbiota	13
Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain NIT01 grows more stably in vessels made of pure titanium rather than the stainless alloy SUS304	13
Unveiling Short‐Scale Responses: How Pico‐ and Nanoeukaryotic Plankton Navigate Environmental Variability in a Coastal Upwelling System	13
Year‐Round Quantification, Structure and Dynamics of Epibacterial Communities From Diverse Macroalgae Reveal a Persistent Core Microbiota and Strong Host Specificities	13
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Population structure and pathogen interaction of Escherichia coli in freshwater: Implications of land‐use for water quality and public health in Aotearoa New Zealand	12
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Paracoccus kondratievae produces poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate) under elevated temperature conditions	12
Bacterial endophytic community composition varies by hemp cultivar in commercially sourced seed	12
More Than a Stick in the Mud: Eelgrass Leaf and Root Bacterial Communities Are Distinct From Those on Physical Mimics	12
Metabolic versatility of aerobic methane‐oxidizing bacteria under anoxia in aquatic ecosystems	11
How do high phosphate concentrations affect soil microbial communities after a century of ecosystem self‐reclamation?	11
Heterogeneity of the white truffle Tuber magnatum in a limited geographic area of Central‐Southern Italy	11
Thermodynamics shapes the biogeography of propionate‐oxidizing syntrophs in paddy field soils	10
Conserved infections and reproductive phenotypes of Wolbachia symbionts in Asian tortrix moths	10
Symbioses of alvinocaridid shrimps from the South West Pacific: No chemosymbiotic diets but conserved gut microbiomes	10
Whole‐cell studies of substrate and inhibitor specificity of isoprene monooxygenase and related enzymes	10
Trophic interrelationships of bacteria are important for shaping soil protist communities	10
Genome‐resolved metagenomics identifies novel active microbes in biogeochemical cycling within methanol‐enriched soil	9
Synergistic mechanisms of humic acid and biomineralization in cadmium remediation using Lysinibacillus fusiformis	9
The potential of Pseudomonas for bioremediation of oxyanions	9
Global expansion of Vibrio spp. in hot water	9
Evidence of a putative CO₂ delivery system to the chromatophore in the photosynthetic amoeba Paulinella	9
Wolbachia in Antarctic terrestrial invertebrates: Absent or undiscovered?	9
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In silico analysis of diversity, specificity and molecular evolution of Stenotrophomonas phages	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
A quantitative sequencing method using synthetic internal standards including functional and phylogenetic marker genes	9
Wolbachia modify host cell metabolite profiles in response to short‐term temperature stress	9
Withdrawn: The two‐component system RstAB regulates production of a polysaccharide capsule with a role in virulence in the marine pathogen Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae<	8
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Acidophilic sulphate‐reducing bacteria: Diversity, ecophysiology, and applications	8
‘Candidatus Gromoviella agglomerans’, a novel intracellular Holosporaceae parasite of the ciliate Paramecium showing marked genome reduction	8
O‐acetylesterase activity of Bifidobacterium bifidum sialidase facilities the liberation of sialic acid and encourages the proliferation of sialic acid scavenging Bifidobacterium brev	8
Is the gut microbiome of insects a potential source to meet UN sustainable development goals to eliminate plastic pollution?	8
Increased Nutrient Levels Enhance Bacterial Exopolysaccharides Production in the Context of Algae	8
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Desert plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and associated bacteria: Exploring the diversity and role of symbiosis under drought	8
In it together: Candida–bacterial oral biofilms and therapeutic strategies	7
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Acid stress in microbes: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology	7
Small RNAs in the Antarctic bacterium Pseudomonas extremaustralis responsive to oxygen availability and oxidative stress	7
The impacts of water quality on the amphibian chytrid fungal pathogen: A systematic review	7

Genotypes and phenotypes of methicillin‐resistant staphylococci isolated from shrimp aquaculture farms	7
The contribution of beneficial wheat seed fungal communities beyond disease‐causing fungi: Advancing heritable mycobiome‐based plant breeding	7
New bacterial strains for ibuprofen biodegradation: Drug removal, transformation, and potential catabolic genes	7
Soil exposure accelerates recovery of the gut microbiota in antibiotic‐treated mice	7
Carbon dioxide fixation by microbes: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology	7
Pyricularia oryzae enhances Streptomyces griseus growth via non‐volatile alkaline metabolites	7
Differential requirement for RecFOR pathway components in Thermus thermophilus	6
Novel angular naphthopyrone formation by Arp1p dehydratase involved in Aspergillus fumigatus melanin biosynthesis	6
Anaerobic oxidation of methane mediated by microbial extracellular respiration	6
Phagotrophy in the nitrogen‐fixing haptophyte Braarudosphaera bigelowii	6
The interactions and hierarchical effects of long‐term agricultural stressors on soil bacterial communities	6
Direct Evidence of Microbial Sunscreen Production by Scum‐Forming Cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea	6
Microbes controlling plant pathogens	6
Persistent tissue‐specific resident microbiota in oysters across a broad geographical range	6
Inactivation of siderophore iron‐chelating moieties by the fungal wheat root symbiont Pyrenophora biseptata	6
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Investigation of Suitable, Readily Available, Sources of Sulfate‐Reducing Bacteria Inoculum, and Evaluation of Sulfate Reduction Rates Achieved at Different pHs	6
Transinfected Wolbachia strains induce a complex of cytoplasmic incompatibility phenotypes: Roles of CI factor genes	6
Unique episymbiotic relationship between Candidatus Patescibacteria and Zoogloea in activated sludge flocs at a municipal wastewater treatment plant	6
Bacterial rather than fungal diversity and community assembly drive soil multifunctionality in a subtropical forest ecosystem	6
Effects of 5‐year experimental warming in the Alpine belt on soil Archaea: Multi‐omics approaches and prospects	6
Cocaine esterase occurrence in global wastewater microbiomes and potential for biotransformation of novel psychoactive substances	6
Climate change and antibiotic resistance: A scoping review	6
Discovery of a new bacterium, Microbacterium betulae sp. nov., in birch wood associated with hypersensitivity pneumonitis in woodworkers	6
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Microbes and climate change: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology	5
Microbial diversity in the arid and semi‐arid soils of Botswana	5
Exploring Microbiological Dynamics in a Salt Cavern for Potential Hydrogen Storage Use	5
High‐affinity amide‐lanthanide adsorption to gram‐positive soil bacteria	5
Zoonotic bacterial and parasitic intestinal pathogens in foxes, raccoons and other predators from eastern Germany	5
Microbial Rhodopsins: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology	5
The potential of bacterial microcompartment architectures for phytonanotechnology	5
Bacterial symbionts of the precious coral Corallium rubrum are differentially distributed across colony‐specific compartments and differ among colormorphs	5
Polysaccharide degradation by the Bacteroidetes: mechanisms and nomenclature	5
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Microbes and hydrothermal environments: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology	5
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Nutrients mediate caffeine inhibition of Escherichia coli	5
Investigating the infant gut microbiota in developing countries: worldwide metagenomic meta‐analysis involving infants living in sub‐urban areas of Côte d'Ivoire	5
Bacteria on the foundational kelp in kelp forest ecosystems: Insights from culturing, whole genome sequencing and metabolic assays	5
Cereal leaf beetle‐associated bacteria enhance the survival of their host upon insecticide treatments and respond differently to insecticides with different modes of action	5
Physiological response mechanism of heavy metal‐resistant endophytic fungi isolated from the roots of Polygonatum kingianum	4
Effects of different short‐term tillage managements on rhizosphere soil autotrophic CO₂‐fixing bacteria in a double‐cropping rice paddy field	4
Potential for homoacetogenesis via the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway in Korarchaeia lineages from marine hydrothermal vents	4
Environmental processes and health implications potentially mediated by dust‐borne bacteria	4
Novel virocell metabolic potential revealed in agricultural soils by virus‐enriched soil metagenome analysis	4
Utilization of lasso peptides for biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons	4
Metagenomic airborne resistome from urban hot spots through the One Health lens	4
At what cost? The impact of bacteriophage resistance on the growth kinetics and protein synthesis of Escherichia coli	4
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Surveillance of influenza A and B viruses from community and hospital wastewater treatment plants	4
Halomonas alkaliantarctica as a platform for poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate‐co‐3‐hydroxyvalerate) production from biodiesel‐derived glycerol	4
Functional genome mining and taxono‐genomics reveal eco‐physiological traits and species distinctiveness of aromatic‐degrading Pseudomonas bharatica sp. nov.	4
Bacterial epiphyte and endophyte communities of seagrass Thalassia hemprichii: the impact of feed extract solution	4
Short‐term microbialite resurgence as indicator of ecological resilience against crises (Catamarca, Argentine Puna)	4
National‐scale distribution of protists associated with sorghum leaves and roots	4
The ‘microbiome counterattack’: Insights on the soil and root‐associated microbiome in diverse chickpea and lentil genotypes after an erratic rainfall event	4
Subtle changes in topsoil microbial communities of drained forested peatlands after prolonged drought	4
Strategies of organic phosphorus recycling by soil bacteria: acquisition, metabolism, and regulation	4
In vitro interactions between Bradyrhizobium spp. and Tuber magnatum mycelium	4
Scaling down the microbial loop: data‐driven modelling of growth interactions in a diatom–bacterium co‐culture	4
Efficiency and specificity ofCARD‐FISHprobes in detection of marine vibrios	4
Comparative analysis of enzymatic profiles and biofilm formation in clinical and environmental Candida kefyr isolates	4
Niche selection in bacterioplankton: A study of taxonomic composition and single‐cell characteristics in an acidic reservoir	4
Phthalate hydrolase: distribution, diversity and molecular evolution	4
Whole‐genome sequence analysis of Staphylococcus aureus from retail fish acknowledged the incidence of highly virulent ST672‐MRSA‐IVa/t1309, an emerging Indian clone, in Assam, India	4
The etherase system of Novosphingobium sp. MBES04 functions as a sensor of lignin fragments through phenylpropanone production to induce specific transcriptional responses	4
The ubiquitous soil verrucomicrobial clade ‘Candidatus Udaeobacter’ shows preferences for acidic pH	4
Temporal and Depth‐Driven Variability of Pelagic Bacterial Communities in Lake Erie: Biofilm and Plankton Dynamics	4
How do phytophagous insects affect phyllosphere fungi? Tracking fungi from milkweed to monarch caterpillar frass reveals communities dominated by fungal yeast	4