OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microorganisms is 79. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Highly Efficient Production of Cellulosic Ethanol from Poplar Using an Optimal C6/C5 Co-Fermentation Strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae	617
A Randomized Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Serological Survey of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Belgian Pig Farms	545
Persistent Cutaneous Leishmania major Infection Promotes Infection-Adapted Myelopoiesis	510
Only Low Effects of Water Filters on the Enteric Carriage of Gastrointestinal Pathogen DNA in Colombian Indigenous People	374
Mitigation of Marine Dinoflagellates Using Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) Increases Toxicity towards Epithelial Gill Cells	270
Polyphasic Characterization and Genomic Insights into an Aerobic Denitrifying Bacterium, Shewanella zhuhaiensis sp. nov., Isolated from a Tidal Flat Sediment	263
Looking for Pathogens in Dust from North Africa Arriving in the French West Indies Using Metabarcoding and Cultivable Analysis	259
Insights into the Oral Bacterial Microbiota of Sows	244
Variations in the Bacterial, Fungal, and Protist Communities and Their Interactions Within Sediment Affected by the Benthic Organism, Snail Bellamya purificata	228
Inter-Species Redox Coupling by Flavin Reductases and FMN-Dependent Two-Component Monooxygenases Undertaking Nucleophilic Baeyer–Villiger Biooxygenations	210
Oil Biodegradation and Bioremediation in Cold Marine Environment	202
Assessing Gut Microbiota in an Infant with Congenital Propionic Acidemia before and after Probiotic Supplementation	192
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	191
The Microbial Community of the Respiratory Tract of Commercial Chickens and Turkeys	181
Strong Biofilm Formation and Low Cloxacillin Susceptibility in Biofilm-Growing CC398 Staphylococcus aureus Responsible for Bacteremia in French Intensive Care Units, 2021	177
A Case of Persistent Human Pegivirus Infection in Two Separate Pregnancies of a Woman	176
The Response Regulator RegA Is a Copper Binding Protein That Covalently Dimerizes When Exposed to Oxygen	172
Detection of Developmental Asexual Stage-Specific RNA Editing Events in Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 Malaria Parasite	170
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	170
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Due to Elizabethkingia anophelis: Case Report and Literature Review on Pediatric Infections	169
Orchid Mycorrhizal Association of Cultivated Dendrobium Hybrid and Their Role in Seed Germination and Seedling Growth	160
Different Microeukaryotic Trophic Groups Show Different Latitudinal Spatial Scale Dependences in Assembly Processes across the Continental Shelves of China	158
GroEL Secreted from Bacillus subtilis Natto Exerted a Crucial Role for Anti-Inflammatory IL-10 Induction in THP-1 Cells	138
Growth Performance and Recovery of Nosocomial Aspergillus spp. in Blood Culture Bottles	133
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	131

Biosynthetic Gene Clusters from Swine Gut Microbiome	130
Evaluation of Bacterial Viability for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: Impact of Thawing Temperature and Storage Time	128
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	127
Editorial for the Special Issue “Food and Microbial Bioprocesses”	127
Enrichment of Aquatic Xylan-Degrading Microbial Communities	127
Association of Acidotolerant Cyanobacteria to Microbial Mats below pH 1 in Acidic Mineral Precipitates in Río Tinto River in Spain	124
Pannonibacter anstelovis sp. nov. Isolated from Two Cases of Bloodstream Infections in Paediatric Patients	124
Probabilistic Analysis of a French Legionellosis Outbreak Shows Potential Role of Wastewater Basin	122
Bacterial Antagonistic Species of the Pathogenic Genus Legionella Isolated from Cooling Tower	118
Distribution and Characterization of Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogens in a Pig Farm, Slaughterhouse, Meat Processing Plant, and in Retail Stores	113
Characterization of Bacillus pumilus Strains with Targeted Gene Editing for Antimicrobial Peptides and Sporulation Factor	113
Mimicking Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Using a Human Three-Dimensional Tissue Engineering Model	110
Hepatitis C Diagnosis and Treatment Among Indigenous People in a Canadian Context: Challenges and Community-Led Solutions	108
Improvement and Validation of a Multi-Locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeats Analysis (MLVA8+) for Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella variicola, and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae	108
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)	106
Development of Broad-Range Microbial Minimal Culture Medium for Lanthanide Studies	105
The Presence of a Virulent Clone of Leptospira interrogans Serovar Canicola in Confirmed Cases of Asymptomatic Dog Carriers in Mexico	103
Evidence for Immunity against Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis through Natural Infection or Vaccination in Adult Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review	102
Clinical Evaluation of VITEK MS PRIME with PICKME Pen for Bacteria and Yeasts, and RUO Database for Filamentous Fungi	99
Interleukin-6 Receptor Gene rs1800795 Polymorphism and Expression of Interleukin-6 in Gingival Tissue in Patients with Periodontitis	97
Gut Microbial Communities Are Seasonally Variable in Warm-Climate Lizards Hibernating in the Winter Months	97
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	96
The Soil Bacterial Community Structure in a Lactarius hatsudake Tanaka Plantation during Harvest	96
Microbiological and Physicochemical Approach in the Feeding of Superworm (Zophobas morio) with Petroleum-Derived Polymer Diets	96
Application of a Novel Proteomic Microarray Reveals High Exposure to Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli among Children in Zambia Participating in a Phase I Clinical Trial	95
Biodegradation of Crude Oil and Aniline by Heavy Metal-Tolerant Strain Rhodococcus sp. DH-2	94
Investigating the Impact of Tillage and Crop Rotation on the Prevalence of phlD-Carrying Pseudomonas Potentially Involved in Disease Suppression	92
Characterization of Clostridioides difficile Persister Cells and Their Role in Antibiotic Tolerance	92
Parasitosis by Fasciola hepatica and Variations in Gut Microbiota in School-Aged Children from Peru	92
Mechanism of the Change in the Intestinal Microbiota of C-Strain Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) after an Interspecific Transference between Rice and Corn	91
Anti-Toxin Responses to Natural Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) Infection in Adults and Children in Bangladesh	91
Development of a Multicomponent Microbiological Soil Inoculant and Its Performance in Sweet Potato Cultivation	90
Divergent Fungal Community Dynamics of Thuja sutchuenensis in Arid Environments	90
Relationships between Wheat Development, Soil Properties, and Rhizosphere Mycobiota	90
IL-27 Signaling Promotes Th1 Response by Downregulating IL-10 Production in DCs during Chlamydial Respiratory Infection	90
Studying Plant–Insect Interactions through the Analyses of the Diversity, Composition, and Functional Inference of Their Bacteriomes	87
Composition and Dynamics of Plant- and Soil-Associated Microbial Communities in Forest and Agricultural Ecosystems	87
Involvement of Campylobacter Species in Spotty Liver Disease-like Lesions in Broiler Chickens Detected at Meat Inspections in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan	86
In Silico Evaluation of Lawsonia intracellularis Genes Orthologous to Genes Associated with Pathogenesis in Other Intracellular Bacteria	86
Characterization of Unusual Serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis	85
Isolation and Characterization of Beauveria caledonica (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) Strains for Biological Control of Odoiporus longicollis Oliver (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	84
Biofilm Inhibitory Activity of Actinomycete-Synthesized AgNPs with Low Cytotoxic Effect: Experimental and In Silico Study	84
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)	83
Microbiome Studies from Saudi Arabia over the Last 10 Years: Achievements, Gaps, and Future Directions	83
Exploring Metal Ions as Potential Antimicrobial Agents to Combat Future Drug Resistance in Mycoplasma bovis	82
Vibrio sp. and Identification of the ctx Gene of Cholera Toxin in the Mandinga Coastal Lagoon, Veracruz, Mexico	82
Revealing the Existence of Diverse Strategies for Phosphorus Solubilization and Acquisition in Plant-Growth Promoting Streptomyces misionensis SwB1	82
The Effects of Aspirin Intervention on Inflammation-Associated Lingual Bacteria: A Pilot Study from a Randomized Clinical Trial	81
Cellular Responses Required for Oxidative Stress Tolerance of the Necrotrophic Fungus Alternaria alternata, Causal Agent of Pear Black Spot	81
Prevalence, Molecular Detection, and Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella Isolates from Poultry Farms across Central Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas	81

Role of the Vibriolysin VemA Secreted by the Emergent Pathogen Vibrio europaeus in the Colonization of Manila Clam Mucus	80
Bifidobacterium longum LBUX23 Isolated from Feces of a Newborn; Potential Probiotic Properties and Genomic Characterization	80
PeVL1 Novel Elicitor Protein, from Verticillium lecanii 2, Enhances Systemic Resistance against Rice Leaf Roller (Marasmia ruralis Wlk.) in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)	80
Development of Efficient Genome-Reduction Tool Based on Cre/loxP System in Rhodococcus erythropolis	80
Impact of Guidelines Publication on Acute Bronchiolitis Management: 10-Year Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in Italy	79
The Role of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in the Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Setting	79
Response of Alfalfa Leaf Traits and Rhizosphere Fungal Communities to Compost Application in Saline–Sodic Soil	79