OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Symbiosis is 6. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and its major role in plant growth, zinc nutrition, phosphorous regulation and phytoremediation	92
Endophytic fungi as direct plant growth promoters for sustainable agricultural production	62
Metagenomic data reveal diverse fungal and algal communities associated with the lichen symbiosis	35
Endophytic fungi: understanding complex cross-talks	26
Relative effectiveness of Tulasnella fungal strains in orchid mycorrhizal symbioses between germination and subsequent seedling growth	26
Nitrogen fertilization and stress factors drive shifts in microbial diversity in soils and plants	23
The significance of microbial community functions and symbiosis in enhancing methane production during anaerobic digestion: a review	22
Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in remediation of anthropogenic soil pollution	22
Unraveling the AM fungal community for understanding its ecosystem resilience to changed climate in agroecosystems	20
Plant-mycorrhiza communication and mycorrhizae in inter-plant communication	20
Bark beetle mycobiome: collaboratively defined research priorities on a widespread insect-fungus symbiosis	19
Silicon improves physiological, biochemical, and morphological adaptations of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) during salinity stress	19
Effects of Wolbachia infection on fitness-related traits in Drosophila melanogaster	18
Effect of hybridization on endophytes: the endo-microbiome dynamics	18
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-weeds interaction in cropping and unmanaged ecosystems: a review	17
Insights into ‘Symbiodiniaceae phycosphere’ in a coral holobiont	16
Colonization by dark septate endophytes improves the growth of Hedysarum scoparium under multiple inoculum levels	15
Characterization of physiological responses and fatty acid compositions of Camelina sativa genotypes under water deficit stress and symbiosis with Micrococcus yunnanensis	14
Yucasin and cinnamic acid inhibit IAA and flavonoids biosynthesis minimizing interaction between maize and endophyte Aspergillus nomius	14
Exploring economic assessment of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis	14
Endophytic bacteria naturally inhabiting commercial maize seeds occupy different niches and are efficient plant growth-promoting agents	14
Biodiversity and antifungal potential of endophytic fungi from the medicinal plant Cornus officinalis	13
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with Phoenix dactylifera L. grown in Tunisian Sahara oases of different salinity levels	13
Choricystis and Lewiniosphaera gen. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae Chlorophyta), two different green algal endosymbionts in freshwater sponges	13
Contrasting bacteriome of the hornwort Leiosporoceros dussii in two nearby sites with emphasis on the hornwort-cyanobacterial symbiosis	13

New MiSeq based strategy exposed plant-preferential arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in arid soils of Mexico	12
So many rhizobial partners, so little nitrogen fixed: The intriguing symbiotic promiscuity of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)	12
Synergistic inoculation of Azotobacter vinelandii and Serendipita indica augmented rice growth	12
Nodulation of Retama species by members of the genus Microvirga in Morocco	12
Metagenomic analysis of the fecal microbiome of an adult elephant reveals the diversity of CAZymes related to lignocellulosic biomass degradation	11
Phoretic and internal transport of Raffaelea lauricola by different species of ambrosia beetle associated with avocado trees	11
Symbiotic dinoflagellates divert energy away from mutualism during coral bleaching recovery	11
A single case study of mycetangia-associated fungi and their abilities to assimilate wood-associated carbon sources in the ship timber beetle Elateroides flabellicornis (Coleoptera: Lymexylidae) in Ja	11
Himantormia lugubris, an Antarctic endemic on the edge of the lichen symbiosis	11
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis (Bischl. & Boissel.-Dub.)-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi interaction: beneficial or harmful?	11
Multidisciplinary approach to describe Trebouxia diversity within lichenized fungi Buellia zoharyi from the Canary Islands	11
Exploring arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in wetland plants with a focus on human impacts	10
Differential relationship of fungal endophytic communities and metabolic profiling in the stems and roots of Ephedra sinica based on metagenomics and metabolomics	10
Towards a digital key to the lichens of Italy	10
Core taxa and photobiont-microbial interaction within the lichen Heterodermia obscurata (Physcsiaceae, Heterodermia)	10
Quo vadis: signaling molecules and small secreted proteins from mycorrhizal fungi at the early stage of mycorrhiza formation	10
Symbiotic interactions between chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes and Mesorhizobium strains	10
Transcriptome analyses of the Chinese white pine beetle-fungal symbiont Leptographium qinlingensis under terpene stress or growth on host pine sawdust	10
Oophila is monophyletic within a three-taxon eukaryotic microbiome in egg masses of the salamander Ambystoma maculatum	9
Soil microbiota community assembling in native plant species from Brazil’s legal Amazon	9
The scleractinian Agaricia undata as a new host for the coral-gall crab Opecarcinus hypostegus at Bonaire, southern Caribbean	9
Communication between plant roots and the soil microbiome; involvement in plant growth and development	9
Soil nutrients differentially influence root colonisation patterns of AMF and DSE in Australian plant species	8
How does organic farming shape the soil- and plant-associated microbiota?	8
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi diversity and transpiratory rate in long-term field cover crop systems from tropical ecosystem, northeastern Brazil	8
The effects of ectomycorrhizal inoculation on survival and growth of Pinus thunbergii seedlings planted in saline soil	8
Cladonia subturgida (Cladoniaceae, Lecanoromycetes), an overlooked, but common species in the Mediterranean region	8
Phytohormone release by three isolated lichen mycobionts and the effects of indole-3-acetic acid on their compatible photobionts	8
Polystyrene shaping effect on the enriched bacterial community from the plastic-eating Alphitobius diaperinus (Insecta: Coleoptera)	8
New insights into fungal diversity associated with Megaplatypus mutatus: gut mycobiota	8
Amphitropical variation of the algal partners of Pseudephebe (Parmeliaceae, lichenized fungi)	8
Evaluation of natural endosymbiosis for progress towards artificial endosymbiosis	8
Nutrients and fungal identity affect the outcome of symbiotic germination in Bipinnula fimbriata (Orchidaceae)	8
Maize-associated bacteria from the Brazilian semiarid region boost plant growth and grain yield	8
Symbiosis and the Anthropocene	7
Regionalized cell proliferation in the symbiont-bearing gill of the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus	7
Ameliorative symbiosis of Serratia fonticola (S1T1) under salt stress condition enhance growth-promoting attributes of Cucumis sativus L	7
Effects of fungal inoculation on the growth of Salicornia (Amaranthaceae) under different salinity conditions	7
Characterization of Tuber indicum (Pezizales, Tuberaceae) mycorrhizae synthesized with four host trees exotic to China	7
Observation of a suctorian ciliate Ephelota coronata on the calanoid copepod Pontella spinipes in the southeastern Arabian Sea	7
The diversity of Wolbachia and its effects on host reproduction in a single Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) population	7
Yeast communities associated with ectomycorrhizal fungi in different Nothofagus forests of northwestern Patagonia	7
Vertical transmission of cellulolytic protists in termites is imperfect, but sufficient, due to biparental transmission	7
Microbial communities associated with the ostracods Candona sp. inhabiting the area of the methane seep Goloustnoye (Lake Baikal)	7
Photoprotection and high-light acclimation in semi-arid grassland lichens – a cooperation between algal and fungal partners	7
Lessons from culturing lichen soredia	7
Endophytic rhizobia promote the growth of Cuban rice cultivar	7
Pinus taeda L changes arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities in a brazilian subtropical ecosystem	6
Ectomycorrhizal fungi and trees: brothers in arms in the face of anthropogenic activities and their consequences	6
Facing the communication between soybean plants and microorganisms (Bradyrhizobium and Delftia) by quantitative shotgun proteomics	6

Secondary metabolites from endophytic fungi: Production, methods of analysis, and diverse pharmaceutical potential	6
A 3-year field study reveals that agri-management practices drive the dynamics of dominant bacterial taxa in the rhizosphere of Cajanus cajan	6
Nod–factors are dispensable for nodulation: A twist in bradyrhizobia-legume symbiosis	6
Dynamics of Dipsastraea pallida-symbiont association following bleaching events across the northern Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman	6
Insights into the functional potential of bacterial endophytes from the ethnomedicinal plant, Piper longum L.	6
Field response of two seed propagated elephant grass genotypes to diazotrophic bacterial inoculation and in situ confocal microscopy colonization analyses	6
Better off alone? New insights in the symbiotic relationship between the flatworm Symsagittifera roscoffensis and the microalgae Tetraselmis convolutae	6