OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Canadian Journal of Microbiology is 2. 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
Regulation of virulence mechanisms in plant-pathogenic Streptomyces	238
Investigating the spatiotemporal dynamics of apple tree phyllosphere bacterial and fungal communities across cultivars in orchards	54
Evidence that nano-TiO₂ induces acute cytotoxicity to the agronomically beneficial nitrogen-fixing bacteria Sinorhizobium meliloti	32
Distribution of corrosive microbial communities in rust layers of steel immersed in seawater	28
Spatial arrangement and density variations in the cell envelope of Deinococcus radiodurans	28
Mutation frequency of Escherichia coli isolated from river water: potential role in the development of antimicrobial resistance	21
LuxS modulates motility and secretion of extracellular protease in fish pathogen Vibrio harveyi	18
Potential selection and maintenance of manure-originated multi-drug resistant plasmids at sub-clinical concentrations for tetracycline family antibiotics	18
Phenanthrene-degrading Sphingobium xenophagum are widely distributed in the western Pacific Ocean	14
Surveillance of Clostridioides difficile in Canadian retail meat and genomic linkages to community-associated human clinical infections in Canada	12
What in Earth? Analyses of Canadian soil populations of Aspergillus fumigatus	12
Thermal inactivation and kinetic parameters for Campylobacter jejuni on chicken skin	10
Examination of the horizontal gene transfer dynamics of an integrative and conjugative element encoding multidrug resistance in Histophilus somni	10
Update on the genus Robertmurraya: a bacterial genus honoring Dr. Robert G.E. Murray (with some personal reminiscences)	10
Naming new taxa of prokaryotes in the 21st century	10
High-throughput sequencing reveals microbial community dynamics in two treatment systems for oil field-produced water	10
Unveiling the fungal color palette: pigment analysis of Fusarium solani species complex and Curvularia verruculosa clinical isolates	10
Proceedings of the Dual Use Research of Concern Panel Discussion: challenges and perspectives	9
A duplex real-time NASBA assay targeting a serotype-specific gene for rapid detection of viable Salmonella Paratyphi C in retail foods of animal origin	9
Impact of sample collection on prokaryotic and eukaryotic diversity of niche environments of the oil-sand mining impacted Athabasca River	9
Cecal microbiome in broiler chicken related to antimicrobial feeding and bird’s sex	9
A metagenomic study of the bacteria in snow algae microbiomes	9
Analysis of bacterioplankton genes in an impaired Great Lakes harbour reveals seasonal metabolic shifts and a previously undetected cyanobacterium	9
Exploring the Multifaceted Roles of Trichoderma Secondary Metabolites	8
Robert G.E. Murray: the consummate editor	8

Polymerase chain reaction-based typing methods and protein profiling analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from environmental and clinical sources from South India	8
Diversity and distribution characteristics of myxobacteria in the rhizosphere and nonrhizosphere soils of the halophyte Haloxylon ammodendron in the high saline-alkaline Ebinur Lake Wetland	8
Rapid identification of Fusarium species causing head blight in Canada using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry	8
Investigation of phage and molasses interactions for the biocontrol of E. coli O157:H7	8
Yeast communities before and after spontaneous fermentation of wine grapes: a case study from Nova Scotia	7
The application of shrub willow chip organic amendments impacts soil microbial community dynamics	7
A β-amino-ketone that disrupts the fungal plasma membrane exhibits potent activity against pathogenic Trichophyton species	7
Lettuce seed pelleting with Pseudomonas sp. 31-12: plant growth promotion under laboratory and greenhouse conditions	7
Morphological changes and bioaccumulation in response to cadmium exposure in Morchella spongiola, a fungus with potential for detoxification	7
The scientific revolution that unraveled the astonishing DNA repair capacity of the Deinococcaceae: 40 years on	7
Effects of ketamine in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and in silico interaction with sortase A	6
Bacterial community structure in the rhizosphere of fungi-infected Amorphophallus titanum	6
Co-inoculation with novel nodule-inhabiting bacteria reduces the benefits of legume–rhizobium symbiosis	6
Sequential markerless genetic manipulations of species from the Neisseria genus	6
Lactoferrin modulates the biofilm formation and bap gene expression of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis	6
Genomic analysis of a new type VI secretion system in Vibrio parahaemolyticus and its implications for environmental adaptation in shrimp ponds	6
Identification of plasmids from Brazilian Chromobacterium violaceum strains	6
Antifungal mechanisms of lavender essential oil in the inhibition of rot disease caused by Monilinia fructicola in postharvest flat peaches	6
New insights into endophytic fungi diversity and their potential correlation with polyphyllin levels of Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis	5
Correction: Characterization and whole-genome sequencing of an extreme arsenic tolerant Citrobacter freundii SRS1 strain isolated from Savar area in Bangladesh	5
Biofilm formation of Staphylococcus aureus from milk and expression of the adhesion genes ebpS and cna at different temperatures	5
Lavandula angustifolia oil induces oxidative stress, stiffening of membranes, and cell wall in Cryptococcus spp.	5
Choice of cover crop influences soil fungal and bacterial communities in Prince Edward Island, Canada	5
Effects of Daqu properties on the microbial community and their metabolites in fermented grains in Baijiu fermentation system	5
Influence of central metabolism disruption on Escherichia coli biofilm formation	5
Comparative genomic analyses of β-lactamase (bla_CMY-42)-encoding plasmids isolated from wastewater treatment plants in Canada	5
From patterns to prediction: machine learning and antifungal resistance biomarker discovery	5
Dengue virus: epidemiology, biology, and disease aetiology	5
Abundance of integrons in halophilic bacteria	5
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	5
A graduate student's tribute to Dr. R.G.E. Murray	5
Computational studies on photolyase (Phr) proteins of cyanobacteria	5
Prototaxites reinterpreted as mega-rhizomorphs, facilitating nutrient transport in early terrestrial ecosystems	5
Patterns of free-living and particle-attached bacteria along environmental gradients in Lake Taihu	5
Deep tillage reduces the dependence of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and promotes the growth of tobacco in dryland farming	4
Soil microbiomes from the groundnut basin of Senegal contain plant growth-promoting bacteria with potential for crop improvement in arid soils	4
Analysis of biofilm expansion rate of Bacillus subtilis (MTC871) on agar substrates with different stiffness	4
Somatic coliphages as bioindicators of contamination in Lake Guamuez, Colombia	4
A tail-specific protease is required for Legionella pneumophila intracellular multiplication	4
Analysis of bacterial communities associated with Mountain Chickadees (Poecile gambeli) across urban and rural habitats	4
Comparative mitogenomics of Leptographium procerum, Leptographium terebrantis, and Leptographium wingfieldii, an invasive fungal species in Canadian forests	4
Vaccinomics-driven proteome-wide screening of Haemophilus influenzae for the prediction of common putative vaccine candidates	4
Note of appreciation	4
Soil microbial community composition in a paddy field with different fertilization managements	4
Characterization and genome analysis of a broad host range lytic phage vB_SenS_TUMS_E19 against Salmonella enterica and its efficiency evaluation in the liquid egg	4
Candidatus Thiovulum sp. strain imperiosus: the largest free-living Epsilonproteobacteraeota Thiovulum strain lives in a marine mangrove environment	4
Phenotypic and transcriptomic changes in Acinetobacter baumannii in rich and minimal growth mediums	4
Streptococcus suis serovar 9 responses to elevated temperature and co-culture with Glaesserella parasuis	4
Note of appreciation	4
Detection of the pathogenic fungus Cordyceps farinosa in the Thitarodes armoricanus soil-rearing environment based on nucleic acid targets	4

Crossing the streams: improving data quality and integration across the One Health genomics continuum with data standards and implementation strategies	4
Variation in plasmid conjugation among nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica serovars	4
Isolation of lipopeptide antibiotics from Bacillus siamensis: a potential biocontrol agent for Fusarium graminearum	4
Microbial ecology and evolution	4
Wild fish from a highly urbanized river (Orge, France) as vectors of culturable Enterobacterales resistant to antibiotics	4
Three-dimensional buckling model reveals the evolution of energy-driven biofilm wrinkle morphologies	4
Adhesion and biofilm formation by the opportunistic pathogen Candida tropicalis: what do we know?	3
High diversity within and low but significant genetic differentiation among geographic and temporal populations of the global Streptococcus pneumoniae	3
In situ biochemical characterization of Venus cloud particles using a life-signature detection microscope	3
Responses of bacterial and three sub-microeukaryote communities in the water of white shrimp Penaeus vannamei aquaculture ponds in two polyculture models	3
Phytotoxin of rice aggregate sheath spot pathogen Rhizoctonia oryzae-sativae and its biological activities	3
The compact mitogenome of Ceratocystiopsis pallidobrunnea	3
Microbial communities in the Hudson Strait amidst rapid environmental change	3
Role of the nonribosomal peptide synthetase siderophore enzyme (Rfs) of Mucor lusitanicus in controlling the growth of fungal phytopathogens	3
Plant seedlings of peas, tomatoes, and cucumbers exude compounds that are needed for growth and chemoattraction of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae 3841 and Azospirillum brasilense<	3
Antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae: an overview of common mechanisms and a current Canadian perspective	3
Biogeochemical stability of organic covers and mine wastes under climate change simulated mesocosms	3
Occurrence and characterization of plasmid-encoded qnr genes in quinolone-resistant bacteria across diverse aquatic environments in southern Ontario	3
Inhibition of the type IV secretion system from antibiotic-resistant Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates supports the potential of Cagα as an anti-virulence target	3
Dr. RGE Murray: scientist, teacher, and mentor	3
Food-borne microbes influence conjugative transfer of antimicrobial resistance plasmids in pre-disturbed gut microbiome	3
The mitochondrial genome of Ophiostoma himal-ulmi and comparison with other fungi causing Dutch elm disease	3
Chitin degradation and its effect on natural transformation: a systematic genetic study in Vibrio parahaemolyticus	3
Comparative prevalence and diversity of Campylobacter jejuni strains in water and human beings over a 1-year period in southwestern Alberta, Canada	3
Morchella capensis sp. nov., the Fynbos morel—the first description of an endemic Morchella species from Africa	3
An epidemiological framework for improving the accuracy of whole-genome sequence-based antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Salmonella	3
Development and evaluation of a sensitive approach for detection and recovery of third-generation cephalosporin- and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales from ready-to-eat frozen stone fruit	3
Marine-derived antimicrobial molecules from the sponges and their associated bacteria	3
Molecular analyses of the diversity and function of the family 1 β-glucosidase-producing microbial community in compost	3
Assessment of viable Enterobacteriaceae and Enterococcus spp. across the agro-ecosystem of an antibiotic-free swine farm	3
VeA is involved in anti-tumor activity by regulating adenylosuccinate lyase to mediate the synthesis of Acadesine in endophytic Fusarium solani	3
Hydrogen sulfide regulates arsenic-induced cell death in yeast cells by modulating the antioxidative system	3
Changes in the soil fungal communities of steppe grasslands at varying degradation levels in North China	2
Virulence-associated genes and antimicrobial resistance patterns in bacteria isolated from pregnant and nonpregnant women with urinary tract infections: the risk of neonatal sepsis	2
Comparative lipidomics of Pichia pastoris using constitutive promoter reveals lipid diversity and variability at different growth phases	2
Longitudinal screening of retail milk from Canadian provinces reveals no detections of influenza A virus RNA (April–July 2024): leveraging a newly established pan-Canadian network for responding to em	2
Prairie soil improves wheat establishment and accelerates the developmental transition to flowering compared to agricultural soils	2
Identification, characterization and pathogenicity of Colletotrichum asianum, C. fructicola, and C. laticiphilum causing mango anthracnose in Vietnam	2
Associations between cellular levels of ATP and prodigiosin pigment throughout the growth cycle of Serratia marcescens	2
Extracellular DNA enhances Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm resistance to sodium hypochlorite stress	2
RNA-seq analysis of transcription patterns during infection of Mesorhizobium japonicum by phage Cp1R7A-A1	2
Microorganisms that participate in biochemical cycles in wetlands	2
Clinical evaluation of the GeneXpert^® Xpert^® Xpress SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV PLUS combination test	2
Tracking the trajectory of frankia research through bibliometrics: trends and future directions	2
Engineering conjugative plasmids for inducible horizontal DNA transfer	2
Constraint on boric acid resistance and tolerance evolvability in Candida albicans	2
Repurposing of escitalopram oxalate and clonazepam in combination with ciprofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole–trimethoprim for treatment of multidrug-resistant microorganisms and evaluation of the cleavag	2
Identification of iron-responsive genes in Proteus vulgaris	2
Adaptive evolution of Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 27405 on alternate carbon sources leads to altered fermentation profiles	2
Re-evaluation of the nodulation capacity of Sphingomonas sediminicola DSM 18106T indicates that this strain is not capable of inducing root nodule formation on Pisum sativum (pea)	2
Needles in haystacks: monitoring the potential escape of bioaerosolised antibacterial resistance genes from wastewater treatment plants with air and phyllosphere sampling	2
Natural recovery from fire disturbance is more favorable than assisted recovery for the restoration of soil nematode-trapping fungi	2
Biological and genomic characteristics of three novel bacteriophages and a phage-plasmid of Klebsiella pneumoniae	2
Recombinant R2-pyocin cream is effective in treating Pseudomonas aeruginosa-infected wounds	2
Effect of rapeseed straw-derived biochar on soil bacterial community structure at tillering stage of Oryza Sativa	2
Investigating the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in the environment in Canada: a scoping review	2
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum BW2013 protects mucosal integrity and modulates gut microbiota of mice with colitis	2
How to teach life sciences students about dual-use research—a view from the field	2