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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Global 16S rRNA diversity of provannid snail endosymbionts from Indo‐Pacific deep‐sea hydrothermal vents	63
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Pressure‐dependent growth controls 3D architecture of Pseudomonas putida microcolonies	40
Cyanobacterial community composition and their functional shifts associated with biocrust succession in the Gurbantunggut Desert	39
Prevalence, Distribution and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Enterobacteriaceae and Non‐Fermenting Gram‐Negative Bacilli Isolated From Environmental Samples in a Veterinary Clinical Hospital in	30
Tolerance to environmental pollution in the freshwater crustacean Asellus aquaticus: A role for the microbiome	29
Feeding strategy and feed protein level affect the gut microbiota of common carp (Cyprinus carpio)	28
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	25
Identifying Potential Geochemical and Microbial Impacts of Hydrogen Storage in a Deep Saline Aquifer	24
Chromium‐Tanned Leather and Microbial Consortia: Identification of Taxa With Biodegradation Potential and Chromium Tolerance	22
Microbial communities reveal niche partitioning across the slope and bottom zones of the challenger deep	22
Environmental Microbiome of Tyrophagus Putrescentiae Culture and Its Changes in Manipulative Experiments	21
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Activity and abundance of methanotrophic bacteria in a northern mountainous gradient of wetlands	16
Carbon metabolism and adaptation of hyperalkaliphilic microbes in serpentinizing spring of Manleluag, the Philippines	16
Integrated Analysis of Gene Expression, Protein Synthesis, and Epigenetic Modifications in Alcanivorax borkumensis SK2 Under Iron Limitation	16
A genome–proteome‐based approach for xylan degradation by Cohnella sp. AR92	16
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Microorganism community structure: A characterisation of agrosystems from Madeira Archipelago	15
Rooting for Success: The Role of Microorganisms in Promoting Growth and Resilience in Black Alder Seedlings	15
Microbiomes in agroecosystem: Diversity, function and assembly mechanisms	14
Microbiome Dynamics in Early Life Stages of the Precious Mediterranean Red Coral Corallium rubrum	14

Isolation of Acanthamoeba Species and Bacterial Symbiont Variability in Puna Salt Plains, Argentina	14
Sulfur cycling likely obscures dynamic biologically‐driven iron redox cycling in contemporary methane seep environments	14
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A novel, divergent alkane monooxygenase (alkB) clade involved in crude oil biodegradation	13
Herbivory shapes the rhizosphere bacterial microbiota in potato plants	13
Succession and assembly mechanisms of seawater prokaryotic communities along an extremely wide salinity gradient	13
Community‐Engaged Course‐Based Undergraduate Research of Multidrug Resistance in Escherichia coli in Water Near Dairy and Hog Farms in Michigan	13
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Regulation of nitrogen transformation and microbial community by inoculation during livestock manure composting	13
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Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain NIT01 grows more stably in vessels made of pure titanium rather than the stainless alloy SUS304	12
A new metabolic trait in an acetogen: Mixed acid fermentation of fructose in a methylene‐tetrahydrofolate reductase mutant of Acetobacterium woodii	12
Paracoccus kondratievae produces poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate) under elevated temperature conditions	11
Population structure and pathogen interaction of Escherichia coli in freshwater: Implications of land‐use for water quality and public health in Aotearoa New Zealand	11
More Than a Stick in the Mud: Eelgrass Leaf and Root Bacterial Communities Are Distinct From Those on Physical Mimics	11
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Unveiling Short‐Scale Responses: How Pico‐ and Nanoeukaryotic Plankton Navigate Environmental Variability in a Coastal Upwelling System	11
Symbioses of alvinocaridid shrimps from the South West Pacific: No chemosymbiotic diets but conserved gut microbiomes	10
How do high phosphate concentrations affect soil microbial communities after a century of ecosystem self‐reclamation?	10
Conserved infections and reproductive phenotypes of Wolbachia symbionts in Asian tortrix moths	10
Dust sprinkling as an effective method for infecting layer chickens with wild‐type SalmonellaTyphimurium and changes in host gut microbiota	10
Trophic interrelationships of bacteria are important for shaping soil protist communities	10
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
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Whole‐cell studies of substrate and inhibitor specificity of isoprene monooxygenase and related enzymes	10
Year‐Round Quantification, Structure and Dynamics of Epibacterial Communities From Diverse Macroalgae Reveal a Persistent Core Microbiota and Strong Host Specificities	10
In silico analysis of diversity, specificity and molecular evolution of Stenotrophomonas phages	9
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Synergistic mechanisms of humic acid and biomineralization in cadmium remediation using Lysinibacillus fusiformis	9
Genome‐resolved metagenomics identifies novel active microbes in biogeochemical cycling within methanol‐enriched soil	9
Global expansion of Vibrio spp. in hot water	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
Wolbachia in Antarctic terrestrial invertebrates: Absent or undiscovered?	9
Seasonal Transition in the Dominance of Photoautotrophic and Heterotrophic Protists in the Photic Layer of a Subtropical Marine Ecosystem	9
The potential of Pseudomonas for bioremediation of oxyanions	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
Evidence of a putative CO₂ delivery system to the chromatophore in the photosynthetic amoeba Paulinella	9
‘Candidatus Gromoviella agglomerans’, a novel intracellular Holosporaceae parasite of the ciliate Paramecium showing marked genome reduction	8
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O‐acetylesterase activity of Bifidobacterium bifidum sialidase facilities the liberation of sialic acid and encourages the proliferation of sialic acid scavenging Bifidobacterium brev	8
New bacterial strains for ibuprofen biodegradation: Drug removal, transformation, and potential catabolic genes	8
The Effects of Humidity and Seasonality on Foliar and Root Mycobiomes of Betula pendula	8
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Genotypes and phenotypes of methicillin‐resistant staphylococci isolated from shrimp aquaculture farms	8
The impacts of water quality on the amphibian chytrid fungal pathogen: A systematic review	8
Increased Nutrient Levels Enhance Bacterial Exopolysaccharides Production in the Context of Algae	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 Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae<	8
Seasonal Host Shifts for Legionella Within an Industrial Water‐Cooling System	8
Ecology and Pathogenicity for Honey Bee Brood of Recently Described Paenibacillus melissococcoides and Comparison With Paenibacillus dendritiformis, Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus	8
Enhancing Biodiversity‐Function Relationships in Field Retting: Towards Key Microbial Indicators for Retting Control	7
Is the gut microbiome of insects a potential source to meet UN sustainable development goals to eliminate plastic pollution?	7
Bacterial rather than fungal diversity and community assembly drive soil multifunctionality in a subtropical forest ecosystem	7
The contribution of beneficial wheat seed fungal communities beyond disease‐causing fungi: Advancing heritable mycobiome‐based plant breeding	7
Acidophilic sulphate‐reducing bacteria: Diversity, ecophysiology, and applications	7
In it together: Candida–bacterial oral biofilms and therapeutic strategies	7
Small RNAs in the Antarctic bacterium Pseudomonas extremaustralis responsive to oxygen availability and oxidative stress	7
Acid stress in microbes: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology	7
Desert plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and associated bacteria: Exploring the diversity and role of symbiosis under drought	7
Carbon dioxide fixation by microbes: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology	7
Differential requirement for RecFOR pathway components in Thermus thermophilus	6
Climate change and antibiotic resistance: A scoping review	6
Persistent tissue‐specific resident microbiota in oysters across a broad geographical range	6
Anaerobic oxidation of methane mediated by microbial extracellular respiration	6
Investigation of Suitable, Readily Available, Sources of Sulfate‐Reducing Bacteria Inoculum, and Evaluation of Sulfate Reduction Rates Achieved at Different pHs	6
Microbes controlling plant pathogens	6
Pyricularia oryzae enhances Streptomyces griseus growth via non‐volatile alkaline metabolites	6
Transinfected Wolbachia strains induce a complex of cytoplasmic incompatibility phenotypes: Roles of CI factor genes	6
The interactions and hierarchical effects of long‐term agricultural stressors on soil bacterial communities	6
Novel angular naphthopyrone formation by Arp1p dehydratase involved in Aspergillus fumigatus melanin biosynthesis	6
Overwintering Does Not Affect Microbiota Diversity in Halyomorpha halys: Implications for Its Ecology and Management	6
Identification of ESBL‐Producing Enterobacterales From Vegetable Plants: Preliminary Findings From a Small Cross‐Sectional Study in a Rural Area of Madagascar	6
Unique episymbiotic relationship between Candidatus Patescibacteria and Zoogloea in activated sludge flocs at a municipal wastewater treatment plant	6
Direct Evidence of Microbial Sunscreen Production by Scum‐Forming Cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea	6
Inactivation of siderophore iron‐chelating moieties by the fungal wheat root symbiont Pyrenophora biseptata	6
Effects of 5‐year experimental warming in the Alpine belt on soil Archaea: Multi‐omics approaches and prospects	6
Discovery of a new bacterium, Microbacterium betulae sp. nov., in birch wood associated with hypersensitivity pneumonitis in woodworkers	6
Urbanisation and Lockdown Impact on Airborne Fungal Communities in Tropical Landscapes: A Comparative Study of Urban and Peri‐Urban Environments	6
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Microbial diversity in the arid and semi‐arid soils of Botswana	5
Nutrients mediate caffeine inhibition of Escherichia coli	5
The potential of bacterial microcompartment architectures for phytonanotechnology	5
Subtle changes in topsoil microbial communities of drained forested peatlands after prolonged drought	5
Bioavailable Dissolved Organic Carbon Serves as a Key Regulator of Phosphorus Dynamics in Stream Biofilms	5
Zoonotic bacterial and parasitic intestinal pathogens in foxes, raccoons and other predators from eastern Germany	5
The ‘microbiome counterattack’: Insights on the soil and root‐associated microbiome in diverse chickpea and lentil genotypes after an erratic rainfall event	5
Exploring Microbiological Dynamics in a Salt Cavern for Potential Hydrogen Storage Use	5
Cocaine esterase occurrence in global wastewater microbiomes and potential for biotransformation of novel psychoactive substances	5
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The ubiquitous soil verrucomicrobial clade ‘Candidatus Udaeobacter’ shows preferences for acidic pH	5
Environmental processes and health implications potentially mediated by dust‐borne bacteria	5
Utilization of lasso peptides for biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons	5
National‐scale distribution of protists associated with sorghum leaves and roots	5
Phthalate hydrolase: distribution, diversity and molecular evolution	5
Microbes and hydrothermal environments: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology	5
Bacterial symbionts of the precious coral Corallium rubrum are differentially distributed across colony‐specific compartments and differ among colormorphs	5
On the Difficulty to Detect Carbapenem Resistance in the Environment: Characterisation of Escherichia coli With Reduced Carbapenem Susceptibility Isolated in a French River	5
Phagotrophy in the nitrogen‐fixing haptophyte Braarudosphaera bigelowii	5
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The etherase system of Novosphingobium sp. MBES04 functions as a sensor of lignin fragments through phenylpropanone production to induce specific transcriptional responses	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
At what cost? The impact of bacteriophage resistance on the growth kinetics and protein synthesis of Escherichia coli	5
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	5