OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microorganisms is 77. 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
Highly Efficient Production of Cellulosic Ethanol from Poplar Using an Optimal C6/C5 Co-Fermentation Strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae	595
A Randomized Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Serological Survey of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Belgian Pig Farms	530
Unveiling the Perspective on Weissella confusa as a Promising Biocontrol Agent Against Fusaria	471
Persistent Cutaneous Leishmania major Infection Promotes Infection-Adapted Myelopoiesis	346
Only Low Effects of Water Filters on the Enteric Carriage of Gastrointestinal Pathogen DNA in Colombian Indigenous People	252
Mitigation of Marine Dinoflagellates Using Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) Increases Toxicity towards Epithelial Gill Cells	250
Polyphasic Characterization and Genomic Insights into an Aerobic Denitrifying Bacterium, Shewanella zhuhaiensis sp. nov., Isolated from a Tidal Flat Sediment	250
Looking for Pathogens in Dust from North Africa Arriving in the French West Indies Using Metabarcoding and Cultivable Analysis	241
Cultivation of Spore-Forming Gut Microbes Using a Combination of Bile Acids and Amino Acids	232
Mutational Landscape and Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with Host Cellular Components	216
Insights into the Oral Bacterial Microbiota of Sows	194
Differences in the Microbial Composition and Function of the Arundo donax Rhizosphere Under Different Cultivation Conditions	191
Variations in the Bacterial, Fungal, and Protist Communities and Their Interactions Within Sediment Affected by the Benthic Organism, Snail Bellamya purificata	180
Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Louisville, Kentucky, and Its Estimated Burden of Disease in the United States	179
Inter-Species Redox Coupling by Flavin Reductases and FMN-Dependent Two-Component Monooxygenases Undertaking Nucleophilic Baeyer–Villiger Biooxygenations	169
Oil Biodegradation and Bioremediation in Cold Marine Environment	168
Application of Aspergillus niger in Practical Biotechnology of Industrial Recovery of Potato Starch By-Products and Its Flocculation Characteristics	168
Assessing Gut Microbiota in an Infant with Congenital Propionic Acidemia before and after Probiotic Supplementation	163
Correction: McLennan et al. Assessing the Use of Molecular Barcoding and qPCR for Investigating the Ecology of Prorocentrum minimum (Dinophyceae), a Harmful Algal Species. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 510	163
Strong Biofilm Formation and Low Cloxacillin Susceptibility in Biofilm-Growing CC398 Staphylococcus aureus Responsible for Bacteremia in French Intensive Care Units, 2021	159
The Microbial Community of the Respiratory Tract of Commercial Chickens and Turkeys	159
A Case of Persistent Human Pegivirus Infection in Two Separate Pregnancies of a Woman	159
The Response Regulator RegA Is a Copper Binding Protein That Covalently Dimerizes When Exposed to Oxygen	154
Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of Two Automated SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Immunoassays following Two Doses of mRNA, Adenoviral Vector, and Inactivated Whole-Virus Vaccinations in COVID-19 Na	150
Detection of Developmental Asexual Stage-Specific RNA Editing Events in Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 Malaria Parasite	150

Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Due to Elizabethkingia anophelis: Case Report and Literature Review on Pediatric Infections	131
Orchid Mycorrhizal Association of Cultivated Dendrobium Hybrid and Their Role in Seed Germination and Seedling Growth	129
Different Microeukaryotic Trophic Groups Show Different Latitudinal Spatial Scale Dependences in Assembly Processes across the Continental Shelves of China	128
GroEL Secreted from Bacillus subtilis Natto Exerted a Crucial Role for Anti-Inflammatory IL-10 Induction in THP-1 Cells	125
Growth Performance and Recovery of Nosocomial Aspergillus spp. in Blood Culture Bottles	124
Biosynthetic Gene Clusters from Swine Gut Microbiome	121
Effect of Changes in Veterinary Feed Directive Regulations on Violative Antibiotic Residues in the Tissue of Food Animals from the Inspector-Generated Sampling in the United States	121
Evaluation of Bacterial Viability for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: Impact of Thawing Temperature and Storage Time	120
Simulated Microgravity Created Using a Random Positioning Machine Induces Changes in the Physiology of the Fusarium solani Species Complex	119
The Effects of Seed Inoculation with Bacterial Biofilm on the Growth and Elemental Composition of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Cultivated on a Zinc-Contaminated Substrate	117
Editorial for the Special Issue “Food and Microbial Bioprocesses”	114
Enrichment of Aquatic Xylan-Degrading Microbial Communities	114
Association of Acidotolerant Cyanobacteria to Microbial Mats below pH 1 in Acidic Mineral Precipitates in Río Tinto River in Spain	111
Pannonibacter anstelovis sp. nov. Isolated from Two Cases of Bloodstream Infections in Paediatric Patients	109
Bacterial Antagonistic Species of the Pathogenic Genus Legionella Isolated from Cooling Tower	108
Probabilistic Analysis of a French Legionellosis Outbreak Shows Potential Role of Wastewater Basin	108
Characterization of Bacillus pumilus Strains with Targeted Gene Editing for Antimicrobial Peptides and Sporulation Factor	105
Distribution and Characterization of Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogens in a Pig Farm, Slaughterhouse, Meat Processing Plant, and in Retail Stores	105
Evaluation of the Survival of Lactobacillus fermentum K73 during the Production of High-Oleic Palm Oil Macroemulsion Powders Using Rotor-Stator Homogenizer and Spray-Drying Technique	99
Mimicking Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Using a Human Three-Dimensional Tissue Engineering Model	96
Improvement and Validation of a Multi-Locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeats Analysis (MLVA8+) for Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella variicola, and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae	95
Hepatitis C Diagnosis and Treatment Among Indigenous People in a Canadian Context: Challenges and Community-Led Solutions	94
Evidence of a Viable but Nonculturable (VBNC) Phase in B. abortus S19 under Oxidative Stress (H2O2, -Fe2+, Bleach) and under Non-Oxidative Inhibitory Conditions (Isopropanol, Erythritol, Selenite)	94
The Presence of a Virulent Clone of Leptospira interrogans Serovar Canicola in Confirmed Cases of Asymptomatic Dog Carriers in Mexico	93
Development of Broad-Range Microbial Minimal Culture Medium for Lanthanide Studies	93
Evidence for Immunity against Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis through Natural Infection or Vaccination in Adult Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review	93
Clinical Evaluation of VITEK MS PRIME with PICKME Pen for Bacteria and Yeasts, and RUO Database for Filamentous Fungi	92
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ST-III and Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus KF7 Enhance the Intestinal Epithelial Barrier in a Dual-Environment In Vitro Co-Culture Model	92
Microbiological and Physicochemical Approach in the Feeding of Superworm (Zophobas morio) with Petroleum-Derived Polymer Diets	87
Gut Microbial Communities Are Seasonally Variable in Warm-Climate Lizards Hibernating in the Winter Months	87
Effect of Bifidobacterium bifidum Supplementation in Newborns Born from Cesarean Section on Atopy, Respiratory Tract Infections, and Dyspeptic Syndromes: A Multicenter, Randomized, and Controlled Clin	87
Interleukin-6 Receptor Gene rs1800795 Polymorphism and Expression of Interleukin-6 in Gingival Tissue in Patients with Periodontitis	87
Application of a Novel Proteomic Microarray Reveals High Exposure to Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli among Children in Zambia Participating in a Phase I Clinical Trial	86
The Soil Bacterial Community Structure in a Lactarius hatsudake Tanaka Plantation during Harvest	86
Parasitosis by Fasciola hepatica and Variations in Gut Microbiota in School-Aged Children from Peru	85
Biodegradation of Crude Oil and Aniline by Heavy Metal-Tolerant Strain Rhodococcus sp. DH-2	85
Characterization of Clostridioides difficile Persister Cells and Their Role in Antibiotic Tolerance	85
Anti-Toxin Responses to Natural Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) Infection in Adults and Children in Bangladesh	84
Divergent Fungal Community Dynamics of Thuja sutchuenensis in Arid Environments	84
Investigating the Impact of Tillage and Crop Rotation on the Prevalence of phlD-Carrying Pseudomonas Potentially Involved in Disease Suppression	84
Mechanism of the Change in the Intestinal Microbiota of C-Strain Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) after an Interspecific Transference between Rice and Corn	84
IL-27 Signaling Promotes Th1 Response by Downregulating IL-10 Production in DCs during Chlamydial Respiratory Infection	83
Relationships between Wheat Development, Soil Properties, and Rhizosphere Mycobiota	83
Development of a Multicomponent Microbiological Soil Inoculant and Its Performance in Sweet Potato Cultivation	82
Studying Plant–Insect Interactions through the Analyses of the Diversity, Composition, and Functional Inference of Their Bacteriomes	81
Involvement of Campylobacter Species in Spotty Liver Disease-like Lesions in Broiler Chickens Detected at Meat Inspections in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan	80
Alteration in Community Dynamics of Chaetoceros curvisetus and Bacterioplankton Communities in Response to Surfactin Exposure	80
Composition and Dynamics of Plant- and Soil-Associated Microbial Communities in Forest and Agricultural Ecosystems	80
Characterization of Unusual Serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis	79
In Silico Evaluation of Lawsonia intracellularis Genes Orthologous to Genes Associated with Pathogenesis in Other Intracellular Bacteria	79

Microbiome Studies from Saudi Arabia over the Last 10 Years: Achievements, Gaps, and Future Directions	77
Biofilm Inhibitory Activity of Actinomycete-Synthesized AgNPs with Low Cytotoxic Effect: Experimental and In Silico Study	77
Growth-Promoting Effects of Grass Root-Derived Fungi Cadophora fastigiata, Paraphoma fimeti and Plectosphaerella cucumerina on Spring Barley (Hordeum vulgare) and Italian Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum)	77
Isolation and Characterization of Beauveria caledonica (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) Strains for Biological Control of Odoiporus longicollis Oliver (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	77