OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Canadian Journal of Microbiology 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Phenanthrene-degrading Sphingobium xenophagum are widely distributed in the western Pacific Ocean	38
Investigating the spatiotemporal dynamics of apple tree phyllosphere bacterial and fungal communities across cultivars in orchards	37
Distribution of corrosive microbial communities in rust layers of steel immersed in seawater	28
Potential selection and maintenance of manure-originated multi-drug resistant plasmids at sub-clinical concentrations for tetracycline family antibiotics	19
Evidence that nano-TiO₂ induces acute cytotoxicity to the agronomically beneficial nitrogen-fixing bacteria Sinorhizobium meliloti	18
Regulation of virulence mechanisms in plant-pathogenic Streptomyces	17
Spatial arrangement and density variations in the cell envelope of Deinococcus radiodurans	16
LuxS modulates motility and secretion of extracellular protease in fish pathogen Vibrio harveyi	14
High-throughput sequencing reveals microbial community dynamics in two treatment systems for oil field-produced water	14
What in Earth? Analyses of Canadian soil populations of Aspergillus fumigatus	13
Update on the genus Robertmurraya: a bacterial genus honoring Dr. Robert G.E. Murray (with some personal reminiscences)	11
Surveillance of Clostridioides difficile in Canadian retail meat and genomic linkages to community-associated human clinical infections in Canada	11
Naming new taxa of prokaryotes in the 21st century	11
Cecal microbiome in broiler chicken related to antimicrobial feeding and bird’s sex	10
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	10
Examination of the horizontal gene transfer dynamics of an integrative and conjugative element encoding multidrug resistance in Histophilus somni	10
Unveiling the fungal color palette: pigment analysis of Fusarium solani species complex and Curvularia verruculosa clinical isolates	10
Analysis of bacterioplankton genes in an impaired Great Lakes harbour reveals seasonal metabolic shifts and a previously undetected cyanobacterium	10
Microbial biodiversity of agricultural surface waters in Ontario, Canada	10
A metagenomic study of the bacteria in snow algae microbiomes	9
Proceedings of the Dual Use Research of Concern Panel Discussion: challenges and perspectives	9
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	9
M13 bacteriophage as a versatile platform for the creation of new materials via genetic engineering	8
Polymerase chain reaction-based typing methods and protein profiling analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from environmental and clinical sources from South India	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
A β-amino-ketone that disrupts the fungal plasma membrane exhibits potent activity against pathogenic Trichophyton species	8
Exploring the Multifaceted Roles of Trichoderma Secondary Metabolites	8
Robert G.E. Murray: the consummate editor	8
Lettuce seed pelleting with Pseudomonas sp. 31-12: plant growth promotion under laboratory and greenhouse conditions	8
The scientific revolution that unraveled the astonishing DNA repair capacity of the Deinococcaceae: 40 years on	7
The application of shrub willow chip organic amendments impacts soil microbial community dynamics	7
High prevalence of Candida species in the respiratory tract of patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2	7
Yeast communities before and after spontaneous fermentation of wine grapes: a case study from Nova Scotia	7
Sequential markerless genetic manipulations of species from the Neisseria genus	7
Genomic analysis of a new type VI secretion system in Vibrio parahaemolyticus and its implications for environmental adaptation in shrimp ponds	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
Regulation of pyrimidine ribonucleoside salvage metabolism in Pseudomonas putida ATCC 17536	6
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	6
New insights into endophytic fungi diversity and their potential correlation with polyphyllin levels of Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis	6
Identification of plasmids from Brazilian Chromobacterium violaceum strains	6
Co-inoculation with novel nodule-inhabiting bacteria reduces the benefits of legume–rhizobium symbiosis	6
Effects of Daqu properties on the microbial community and their metabolites in fermented grains in Baijiu fermentation system	6
Lavandula angustifolia oil induces oxidative stress, stiffening of membranes, and cell wall in Cryptococcus spp.	6
Lactoferrin modulates the biofilm formation and bap gene expression of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis	6
Prototaxites reinterpreted as mega-rhizomorphs, facilitating nutrient transport in early terrestrial ecosystems	6
Patterns of free-living and particle-attached bacteria along environmental gradients in Lake Taihu	6
Abundance of integrons in halophilic bacteria	6
Correction: Characterization and whole-genome sequencing of an extreme arsenic tolerant Citrobacter freundii SRS1 strain isolated from Savar area in Bangladesh	5
From patterns to prediction: machine learning and antifungal resistance biomarker discovery	5
Soil microbiomes from the groundnut basin of Senegal contain plant growth-promoting bacteria with potential for crop improvement in arid soils	5
Deep tillage reduces the dependence of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and promotes the growth of tobacco in dryland farming	5
Note of appreciation	5
Choice of cover crop influences soil fungal and bacterial communities in Prince Edward Island, Canada	5
Computational studies on photolyase (Phr) proteins of cyanobacteria	5
Note of appreciation	5
A qualitative scan on the challenges of AMR in Canada and experts’ proposed solutions	5
Biological control of the soil-borne fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici ––a review	5
Somatic coliphages as bioindicators of contamination in Lake Guamuez, Colombia	5
Influence of central metabolism disruption on Escherichia coli biofilm formation	5
A graduate student's tribute to Dr. R.G.E. Murray	5
Detection of the pathogenic fungus Cordyceps farinosa in the Thitarodes armoricanus soil-rearing environment based on nucleic acid targets	5
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	5
Variation in plasmid conjugation among nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica serovars	5
Crossing the streams: improving data quality and integration across the One Health genomics continuum with data standards and implementation strategies	5