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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Organic particle scavenging by marine bacteria: influences of bacterial nanoscale surface properties	311
Influence of the pili of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG on its encapsulation and survival in mixed protein-starch gels assembled by in situ	99
In Vitro Evolution of Listeria monocytogenes Reveals Selective Pressure for Loss of SigB and AgrA Function at Different Incubation Temperatures	90
Regulation of Enterotoxins Associated with Bacillus cereus Sensu Lato Toxicoinfection	82
Efficient Production of Glucaric Acid by Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae	77
Key findings from 15 years of Mangrovibacter research: a generalist bacterium beyond endophytes	62
Application of Raman spectroscopy and machine learning for Candida auris identification and characterization	60
Enzymatic Verification and Comparative Analysis of Carrageenan Metabolism Pathways in Marine Bacterium Flavobacterium algicola	59
Adaptive immunity in Mus musculus influences the acquisition and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis	56
X-Ray Scattering Reveals Two Mechanisms of Cellulose Microfibril Degradation by Filamentous Fungi	53
Subcellular Localization Defects Characterize Ribose-Binding Mutant Proteins with New Ligand Properties in Escherichia coli	51
The Plant-Beneficial Rhizobacterium Bacillus velezensis FZB42 Controls the Soybean Pathogen Phytophthora sojae Due to Bacilysin Production	50
Microbiome composition and turnover in the face of complex lifecycles and bottlenecks: insights through the study of dung beetles	50
Temporal Variations in the Gut Microbiota of the Globally Endangered Sichuan Partridge (Arborophila rufipectus): Implications for Adaptation to Seasonal Dietary Change and Conservation	48
Advancing Desulfurization in the Model Biocatalyst Rhodococcus qingshengii IGTS8 via an In Locus Combinatorial Approach	48
The hidden life of Xylella : mining the NCBI Sequence Read Archive reveals potential new species, host plants, and infected areas for this elusive bacter	47
Minimizing the Lag Phase of Cupriavidus necator Growth under Autotrophic, Heterotrophic, and Mixotrophic Conditions	47
Screening and functional characterization of isocitrate lyase AceA in the biofilm formation of Vibrio alginolyticus	46
Successional changes in bacterial phyllosphere communities are plant-host species dependent	43
Asphaltene biotransformation by a novel enzyme thiol peroxidase from Micrococcus sp. IITD107	43
Exploring animal food microbiomes and resistomes via 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and shotgun metagenomics	41
Corrected and republished from: “ Vibrio fischeri Possesses Xds and Dns Nucleases That Differentially Influence Phosphate Scavenging, Aggregation, Competence, and Symbio	40
Modeling Antibiotic Concentrations in the Vicinity of Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria at the Micron Scale	40
Abiotic and Biotic Drivers of Soil Fungal Communities in Response to Dairy Manure Amendment	39
Organ structure and bacterial microbiogeography in a reproductive organ of the Hawaiian bobtail squid reveal dimensions of a defensive symbiosis	39

Infection Dynamics of Cotransmitted Reproductive Symbionts Are Mediated by Sex, Tissue, and Development	39
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	39
Evidence for autotrophic growth of purple sulfur bacteria using pyrite as electron and sulfur source	38
Spatiotemporal patterns of soil myxomycetes in subtropical managed forests and their potential interactions with bacteria	37
Amylase-associated genetic pattern in Xanthomonas euvesicatoria on pepper	36
Approaches for inactivating highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 cattle isolate for safe containment level 2 laboratory practices	36
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue	36
The novel regulator HdrR controls the transcription of the heterodisulfide reductase operon hdrBCA in Methanosarcina barkeri	36
NADP ⁺ or CO ₂ reduction by frhAGB -encoded hydrogenase through interaction with formate dehydrogen	36
Wildlife Symbiotic Bacteria Are Indicators of the Health Status of the Host and Its Ecosystem	35
Nitrous oxide reduction by two partial denitrifying bacteria requires denitrification intermediates that cannot be respired	35