OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Symbiosis 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
A newly discovered bacterial symbiont in the aphid microbiome identified through 16S rRNA sequencing	73
The soil legacy produced by grass-endophyte-mycorrhizae fungi interaction increases legume establishment	57
Microbial symbionts of hymenopteran parasitoids: an effective tool for next-generation crop protection	41
A review on nutritional and non-nutritional interactions of symbiotic and associated fungi with insect	38
Exploration of bacterial composition and diversity within the apricot seed wasp Eurytoma samsonowi (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) by 16S rRNA Illumina sequencing	23
Differential effectiveness of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in improving Rhizobial symbiosis by modulating Sucrose metabolism and Antioxidant defense in Chickpea under As stress	21
Silicon improves physiological, biochemical, and morphological adaptations of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) during salinity stress	19
Endosymbiont escape as a mechanism to increase the rate of endosymbiosis formation	15
Evaluation of biotic and abiotic stressors to artificially induce agarwood production in Gyrinops versteegii (Gilg.) Domke seedlings	15
Dining on corals: stable isotope evidence for close trophic connection between gall crabs (Cryptochiridae) and their stony coral hosts	15
Symbiosis research in the anthropocene: science as usual in unusual times?	14
Isolation and characterization of mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) rhizobia in Myanmar	14
Prospects of endophytic fungi as a natural resource for the sustainability of crop production in the modern era of changing climate	13
First data on lipids and fatty acids composition in the tropical parasitic system between molluscs and echinoderms	13
Enhancing soybean growth under drought stress through bio-priming with desert endophyte Priestua endophytica strain RAE-11	12
Effects of fungicides on the beneficial seed-borne microbiome and seedling development of a long-lived myrtaceae tree species	12
Transmission of parasitic mites (Riccardoella oudemansi) between limacid slug hosts: the role of parasite and host behaviour	11
Proteomic analysis of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) leaves showed a more stable metabolism in a variety responsive to biological nitrogen fixation	11
Robert Lucking and Toby Spribille: The Lives of Lichens: A Natural History	11
Unravelling the sandalwood microbiome and their interactions using NGS-based approaches to improve agroforestry management practices	10
Is there a symbiotic cleaning association between ocean sunfish and pelagic seabirds in the Patagonian Shelf?	10
Knockdown of Lotus japonicus ROP3 alters the root symbiotic phenotype and alters the expression of genes involved in nutrient acquisition during both rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbioses	10
Effect of herbicides Sprut Extra (glyphosate) and Forward (quizalofop-P-ethyl) on the development of pea (Pisum sativum L.) symbiotic nodules	10
Microbiome origin and stress-related changes in bacterial abundance of the photosymbiotic sea slug Berghia stephanieae (Á. Valdés, 2005)	9
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi participate to the restoration of a gypsum mining site in western Algeria	9

Correction: Dining on corals: stable isotope evidence for close trophic connection between gall crabs (Cryptochiridae) and their stony coral hosts	8
Endophytic fungi mediated alleviation of salinity stress in crop plants: an insight and future prospect	8
Mutualistic dinoflagellates with big disparities in ribosomal DNA variation may confound estimates of symbiont diversity and ecology in the jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculata	8
Prevalence of epibiosis in plankton community of the Indian EEZ: a review	8
Correction to: Effects of field inoculation of potato tubers with the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis DAOM 197,198 are cultivar dependent	8
Plant-associated bacteria and enzymes support Canavalia rosea growth in coastal hypersaline soils	8
Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Ectomycorrhizas of Phylloporus (Boletales) and Quercus sapotifolia from Tropical Oak Forest of Eastern Mexico	8
Different transcriptional impacts of prophage within the rhizobia-legume symbiosis	8
Variability in symbiotic efficiency with respect to the growth of pea and lentil inoculated with various rhizobial genotypes originating from sub-humid and semi-arid regions of eastern Algeria	8
Soil eutrophication reduces fungal colonization in Berberis microphylla roots in Patagonia (Argentina)	8
Wolbachia-density variation in weevils of the tribe Naupactini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)	8
A framework for using phoresy to assess ecological transition into parasitism and mutualism	8
Differential phenolic patterns during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in tomato	7
Effects of magnesium application on the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in tomato	7
Lima bean breeding changes the community of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in the rhizosphere	7
Comparative metabolite analysis of Delftia-Bradyrhizobium co-inoculated soybean plants using UHPLC-HRMS-based metabolomic profiling	7
Identification of a novel fungus associated with Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff) and its pathogenicity to ornamental plants	7
The diversity of Wolbachia and its effects on host reproduction in a single Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) population	7
Monocropping and Intercropping of Maize with Six Food Legumes at Malkerns in Eswatini: Their Effects on Plant Growth, Grain Yield and N2 Fixation, Measured using the 15N Natural Abundance and Ureide T	7
High light quantity suppresses locomotion in symbiotic Aiptasia	7
The plurality of photobionts within single lichen thalli	7
Aphid adaptation in a changing environment through their bacterial endosymbionts: an overview, including a new major cereal pest (Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) scenario	7
Improved micropropagation and hardening responses in red pepper by ACC deaminase producing Methylobacterium oryzae CBMB20	7
Impact of quorum sensing from native peanut phosphate solubilizing Serratia sp. S119 strain on interactions with agronomically important crops	6
Physiological response of the symbiotic dinoflagellate Pelagodinium béii to ultraviolet radiation: synthesis and accumulation of mycosporine-like amino acids	6
Lycoperdon perlatum from a coniferous forest forms an ectomycorrhizal relation with and increases drought resistance of Populus × canadensis ‘Zhongliao 1’	6
Production of a salinity-tolerant heterokaryotic strain by cross-mating homokaryotic strains of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Rhizopogon roseolus and its effect on the growth in Pinus thunbergii seedling	6
Correction to: Endosymbiotic Symbiodinium clades occurrence and influence on coral growth and resilience during stress	5
Low specificity and high variability of ectomycorrhizal association in Salix humboldtiana along its southern latitudinal distribution	5
Co-occurrence of two ascomycete endophytes as the specialized metabolite production partners in Rheum spiciforme Royle	5
Beneficial efficacy and mode of action of probiotic Bacillus subtilis SWL−19 on the silkworm (Bombyx mori L.)	5
Inoculation and coinoculation combined with sulfur treatment boost the physiological quality of seeds and reduce oxidative stress in soybean seedlings	5
The genus Sodalis as a resource for understanding the multifaceted evolution of bacterial symbiosis in insects	5
NoiD, a DedA membrane protein required for homeostasis maintaining of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae during symbiosis with Pisum sativum	5
High dependence on nitrogen-fixing bacteria in a Neotropical legume species	5
Molecular interplay of symbiotic and defensive responses in the non-model legume Arachis hypogaea	5
Endophytic fungus Trichoderma atroviride D16 increases tanshinone accumulation in Salvia miltiorrhiza plantlets by enhancing abscisic acid and salicylic acid signaling	5
Exploring the cooperation between nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing alfalfa rhizobia	5
Together forever: Inseparable partners of the symbiotic system Paramecium multimicronucleatum/Ca. Trichorickettsia mobilis	5
A Margulian View of Symbiosis and Speciation: the Nasonia Wasp System	5
Zooming in on host-symbiont interactions: advances in cryo-EM sample processing methods and future application to symbiotic tissues	5
Missing symbionts – emerging pathogens? Microbiome management for sustainable agriculture	4
Are the symbiont faunas of the venomous echinoids Toxopneustes pileolus and Tripneustes gratilla (Echinoidea, Toxopneustidae) similar?	4
Correction: Aphid adaptation in a changing environment through their bacterial endosymbionts: an overview, including a new major cereal pest (Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) scenario	4
Pond water is the principal source of algae that form a symbiosis with embryos of the spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum: an experimental test	4
Population and diversity of pigeonpea rhizobia from the Indo-Gangetic plains of India	4
Studies on the epibiotic association between rotifer Brachionus rubens and cladocerans from water bodies of Jammu and Kashmir, India	4
Exploring macrophytes’ microbial populations dynamics to enhance bioremediation in constructed wetlands for industrial pollutants removal in sustainable wastewater treatment	4
Intraspecific transfer of algal symbionts can occur in photosymbiotic Exaiptasia sea anemones	4
Endosymbiotic Symbiodinium clades occurrence and influence on coral growth and resilience during stress	4

Differentially abundant bacteria drive the N2-fixation of a widespread moss in the forest-tundra transition zone	4
The seeds of invasion: a comparison of endophytic seed bacteria of Acacia longifolia between its native and invasive ranges	4
Respective and combined roles of rhizobia and ectomycorrhizal fungi in the plant growth, symbiotic efficiency, nutrients and metals contents of a leguminous tree species growing on ultramafic soils	4
Biotechnological utilization: the potential role of the termite gut symbiotic microbiome	4
Cajanus cajan enhances nutrient cycling and supports Eragrostis curvula growth	4
Ciliates in domestic ruminants in Africa and the first characterization of ciliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora) in the rumen of domestic caprines of the Landim breed (Capra hircus L) from Mozambique	4
Polystyrene shaping effect on the enriched bacterial community from the plastic-eating Alphitobius diaperinus (Insecta: Coleoptera)	4
Demonstrating the role of symbionts in mediating detoxification in herbivores	4
Endomycorrhizal fungi inoculation improves development of Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) plantlets during ex vitro acclimatization	4