OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Canadian Journal of Microbiology is 4. 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
Spatial arrangement and density variations in the cell envelope of Deinococcus radiodurans	28
Distribution of corrosive microbial communities in rust layers of steel immersed in seawater	28
Mutation frequency of Escherichia coli isolated from river water: potential role in the development of antimicrobial resistance	21
Potential selection and maintenance of manure-originated multi-drug resistant plasmids at sub-clinical concentrations for tetracycline family antibiotics	18
LuxS modulates motility and secretion of extracellular protease in fish pathogen Vibrio harveyi	18
Phenanthrene-degrading Sphingobium xenophagum are widely distributed in the western Pacific Ocean	14
What in Earth? Analyses of Canadian soil populations of Aspergillus fumigatus	12
Surveillance of Clostridioides difficile in Canadian retail meat and genomic linkages to community-associated human clinical infections in Canada	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
Analysis of bacterioplankton genes in an impaired Great Lakes harbour reveals seasonal metabolic shifts and a previously undetected cyanobacterium	9
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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