OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Applied and Environmental Microbiology is 35. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Microbiome composition and turnover in the face of complex lifecycles and bottlenecks: insights through the study of dung beetles	294
Key findings from 15 years of Mangrovibacter research: a generalist bacterium beyond endophytes	129
Quantification and Surface Localization of the Hemolysin A Type I Secretion System at the Endogenous Level and under Conditions of Overexpression	126
Cinnamaldehyde effectively disrupts Desulfovibrio vulgaris biofilms: potential implication to mitigate microbiologically influenced corrosion	93
Dynamics of the Two Stator Systems in the Flagellar Motor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Studied by a Bead Assay	83
Optimized genetic circuitry and reporters for sensitive whole-cell arsenic biosensors: advancing environmental monitoring	80
Carpenter Bees ( Xylocopa ) Harbor a Distinctive Gut Microbiome Related to That of Honey Bees and Bumble Bees	71
Comammox Nitrospira and Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Are Dominant Ammonia Oxidizers in Sediments of an Acid Mine Lake Containing High Ammonium Concentrations	61
The Plant-Beneficial Rhizobacterium Bacillus velezensis FZB42 Controls the Soybean Pathogen Phytophthora sojae Due to Bacilysin Production	57
In Vitro Evolution of Listeria monocytogenes Reveals Selective Pressure for Loss of SigB and AgrA Function at Different Incubation Temperatures	55
Insect Gut Isolate Pseudomonas sp. Strain Nvir Degrades the Toxic Plant Metabolite Nitropropionic Acid	55
Temporal Variations in the Gut Microbiota of the Globally Endangered Sichuan Partridge (Arborophila rufipectus): Implications for Adaptation to Seasonal Dietary Change and Conservation	49
Efficient Production of Glucaric Acid by Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae	49
Subcellular Localization Defects Characterize Ribose-Binding Mutant Proteins with New Ligand Properties in Escherichia coli	48
Transcriptional control of carbohydrate catabolism by the CcpA protein in the ruminal bacterium Streptococcus bovis	46
The Spectrum of Spontaneous Rifampin Resistance Mutations in the Bacillus subtilis rpoB Gene Depends on the Growth Environment	46
Synbiotic Intervention with Lactobacilli, Bifidobacteria, and Inulin in Healthy Volunteers Increases the Abundance of Bifidobacteria but Does Not Alter Microbial Diversity	46
Metabolite-Based Mutualistic Interaction between Two Novel Clostridial Species from Pit Mud Enhances Butyrate and Caproate Production	45
Susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni to Stressors in Agrifood Systems and Induction of a Viable-but-Nonculturable State	45
Cyanophycin Granule Polypeptide: a Neglected High Value-Added Biopolymer, Synthesized in Activated Sludge on a Large Scale	44
Metagenomic Profiles of Yak and Cattle Manure Resistomes in Different Feeding Patterns before and after Composting	43
Sulfur assimilation using gaseous carbonyl sulfide by the soil fungus Trichoderma harzianum	42
Organic particle scavenging by marine bacteria: influences of bacterial nanoscale surface properties	42
Influence of the pili of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG on its encapsulation and survival in mixed protein-starch gels assembled by in situ	41
Spatiotemporal patterns of soil myxomycetes in subtropical managed forests and their potential interactions with bacteria	39

Amylase-associated genetic pattern in Xanthomonas euvesicatoria on pepper	39
Nitrous oxide reduction by two partial denitrifying bacteria requires denitrification intermediates that cannot be respired	39
Organ structure and bacterial microbiogeography in a reproductive organ of the Hawaiian bobtail squid reveal dimensions of a defensive symbiosis	38
Advancing Desulfurization in the Model Biocatalyst Rhodococcus qingshengii IGTS8 via an In Locus Combinatorial Approach	37
Second Correction for Gao et al., “VqsA, a Novel LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator, Coordinates Quorum Sensing (QS) and Is Controlled by QS To Regulate Virulence in the Pathogen Vibri	37
Stringent Starvation Protein SspA and Iron Starvation Sigma Factor PvdS Coordinately Regulate Iron Uptake and Prodiginine Biosynthesis in Pseudoalteromonas sp. R3	37
Control of Escherichia coli Serotype O157:H7 Motility and Biofilm Formation by Salicylate and Decanoate: MarA/SoxS/Rob and pchE Interactions	36
Comparative genomic analysis of Periweissella and the characterization of novel motile species	36
Infection Dynamics of Cotransmitted Reproductive Symbionts Are Mediated by Sex, Tissue, and Development	35
Corrected and republished from: “ Vibrio fischeri Possesses Xds and Dns Nucleases That Differentially Influence Phosphate Scavenging, Aggregation, Competence, and Symbio	35
Modeling Antibiotic Concentrations in the Vicinity of Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria at the Micron Scale	35