OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Microbes and Environments is 2. 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
Unique Rhizobial Communities Dominated by <i>Bradyrhizobium liaoningense</i> and <i>Bradyrhizobium ottawaense</i> were Found in Vegetable Soybean Nodules in Osaka Prefecture, J	50
Size Distribution and Pathogenic Potential of Culturable Airborne <i>Clostridium</i> spp. in a Suburb of Toyama City, Japan	38
High Prevalence of <i>Pantoea</i> spp. in Microbiota Associated with the Sorghum Plant Bug <i>Stenotus rubrovittatus</i> (Heteroptera: Miridae)	28
Light-driven Proton Pumps as a Potential Regulator for Carbon Fixation in Marine Diatoms	27
Population Distribution of Phosphate-solubilizing Microorganisms in Agricultural Soil	25
Transcriptional Regulation of Methanol Dehydrogenases in the Methanotrophic Bacterium <i>Methylococcus capsulatus</i> Bath by Soluble and Insoluble Lanthanides	21
Phenolic Acids Induce Nod Factor Production in <i>Lotus japonicus</i>–<i>Mesorhizobium</i> Symbiosis	20
A Potential Indicator Gene, <i>tetM</i>, to Assess Contamination by Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Greenhouses in South Korea	19
Highly Reduced Complementary Genomes of Dual Bacterial Symbionts in the Mulberry Psyllid <i>Anomoneura mori</i>	16
Investigation of Microbial Community Shifts under the Mizumoto Japanese Traditional Sake Brewing Process Using Chemical Analyses and High-throughput Sequencing	16
Regulation of Root Nodule Symbiosis by Soybean <i>Rj</i> Genotypes and Rhizobial Effectors	15
Metagenomic Analysis of Five Phylogenetically Distant Anammox Bacterial Enrichment Cultures	14
Vertical Distribution and Seasonal Patterns of <i>Candidatus</i> Nitrotoga in a Sub-Alpine Lake	14
Exogenous Indole-3-Acetic Acid Induced Ethanol Tolerance in Phylogenetically Diverse Saccharomycetales Yeasts	13
A Rechargeable Biomineral Induced by the Sulfate-reducing Bacterium <i>Nitratidesulfovibrio</i> sp. HK-II	13
Phylogeny and Physiological Diversity of Cold-adapted Anaerobic Bacteria Isolated from Rice Field Soil in Japan	13
Biocontrol of <i>Phytophthora</i> Root and Stem Rot and Growth Promotion of Soybean Plants by the Rhizobacterium <i>Enterobacter pseudoroggenkampii</i> Strain GVv1 Isolated fro	11
Global Distribution and Diversity of Marine Parmales	10
Diversity and Quantitative Detection of Clade I Type <i>nosZ</i> Denitrifiers in the Arabian Sea Oxygen Minimum Zone	10
Modulation of Phytochemicals and Essential Trace Elements in Fruits of Different Tomato Cultivars by the Endophytic Fungus <i>Penicillium pinophilum</i> EU0013	10
Metagenome-assembled Genomes of Six Novel Ammonia-oxidizing Archaea (AOA) from Agricultural Upland Soil	9
Massive RNA Editing in Ascetosporean Mitochondria	9
Cultivation of Piezotolerant and Piezophilic Hyperthermophiles with a Newly Developed Constant High Pressure and Temperature Culturing and Monitoring System	8
Species-specific Microorganisms in Acid-tolerant <i>Chironomus</i> Larvae Reared in a Neutral pH Range under Laboratory Conditions: Single Dataset Analysis	8
Physiological and Genomic Characterization of Oligotrophic <i>Nitrobacter</i> Isolated from a Forest Soil in Japan	8

Isolation and Identification of Phosphate-solubilizing Bacteria in the Rhizosphere of <i>Robinia pseudoacacia</i> on the Loess Plateau and Verification of Phosphate Solubilization Capacity	7
Two Distinct Enzymes Have Both Phytoene Desaturase and 3,4-Desaturase Activities Involved in Carotenoid Biosynthesis by the Extremely Halophilic Archaeon <i>Haloarcula japonica</i>	7
Bioformulations Derived from <i>Enterobacter</i> sp. NRRU-N13 and Oligochitosan Alleviate Drought Stress in Thai Jasmine Rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i> L. var. KDML105)	7
Diversity of <i>Candidatus</i> Patescibacteria in Activated Sludge Revealed by a Size-‍Fractionation Approach	7
Improvements in the Duckweed-Microbe Co-cultivation Method for the Stable and Efficient Isolation of Rarely Cultivated Bacteria Using Microfilter Membranes	7
Accelerated Iron Corrosion by Microbial Consortia Enriched from Slime-like Precipitates from a Corroded Metal Apparatus Deployed in a Deep-sea Hydrothermal System	6
Delayed Lysis Time at High Multiplicities of Particles in a Chlorovirus-<i>Chlorella</i> Interaction	6
Effects of Different Types of Additional Fertilizers on Root-associated Microbes of Napa Cabbage Grown in an Andosol Field in Japan	6
Analysis of the Bacterial Flora of Substrates Used for the Cultivation of <i>Agaricus bisporus</i>: Relationship between <i>Clostridia</i> and Yield	6
Syntrophic Interaction between an Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacterium and a Tetrathionate-reducing Bacterium in Anaerobic Benzoate Degradation	5
Differential Responses of Soil Ammonia-oxidizing Bacterial and Archaeal Communities to Land-use Changes in Zambia	5
Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacteria from Fermented Fish (<i>pla-paeng-daeng</i>) and Their Cholesterol-lowering and Immunomodulatory Effects	5
Plant Growth-promoting Effects of Viable and Dead Spores of <i>Bacillus pumilus</i> TUAT1 on <i>Setaria viridis</i>	5
Phage Genes Induce Quorum Sensing Signal Release through Membrane Vesicle Formation	5
Species-specific Primer and Probe Sets for Detection of Syntrophic Long-chain Fatty Acid-degrading Bacteria in Anaerobic Digestion Using Quantitative PCR	5
Environmental Variables Including Heavy Metals Significantly Shape the Soil Bacterial Community Structure in the Tatun Volcano Group, Northern Taiwan	5
Distribution and Characterization of the Novel Quorum-quenching Enzyme AiiB in <i>Priestia megaterium</i> Isolated from a Natural Environment	5
Effects of Phosphate-solubilizing Bacteria on Soil Phosphorus Fractions and Supply to Maize Seedlings Grown in Lateritic Red Earths and Cinnamon Soils	4
Metabolic Potential and Microbial Diversity of Late Archean to Early Proterozoic Ocean Analog Hot Springs of Japan	4
RNA Virosphere in a Marine Zooplankton Community in the Subtropical Western North Pacific	4
Deep Subseafloor Biogeochemical Processes and Microbial Populations Potentially Associated with the 2011 Tohoku-oki Earthquake at the Japan Trench Accretionary Wedge (IODP Expedition 343)	4
Identification of a Novel Gene Involved in Cell-to-cell Communication-induced Cell Death and eDNA Production in <i>Streptococcus mutans</i>	4
Polyethylene Biodegradation by an Artificial Bacterial Consortium: <i>Rhodococcus</i> as a Competitive Plastisphere Species	4
Self-cloning of the Catalase Gene in Environmental Isolates Improves Their Colony-forming Abilities on Agar Media	4
The Significance of Mycoparasitism by <i>Streptomyces</i> sp. MBCN152-1 for Its Biocontrol Activity against <i>Alternaria brassicicola</i>	3
A Fast and Easy Method to Co-extract DNA and RNA from an Environmental Microbial Sample	3
Environmental Factors Affecting the Community of Methane-oxidizing Bacteria	3
Microbial Community Structure of Mesophilic and Low-temperature Partial Nitrification-anammox Reactors: Distribution and Functional Roles of the Core Microbiome	3
Is Habitat More Important than Phylogenetic Relatedness for Elucidating the Gut Bacterial Composition in Sister Lizard Species?	3
Effects of Co-existing Heterotrophs on Physiology of and Nitrogen Metabolism in Autotrophic Nitrite-oxidizing <i>Candidatus</i> Nitrotoga	3
Evaluation of Disease Suppressiveness of Soils in Croplands by Co-Cultivation of Pathogenic <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> and Indigenous Soil Microorganisms	3
Categorization of Bacteria That Leak from Activated Sludge to Secondary Treated Water: Year-round Observations	3
A Minority Population of Non-dye-decolorizing <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> enhances the Azo Dye-decolorizing Activity of <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i>	3
Microbiome Associated with <i>Polypedilum</i> sp. (Diptera; Chironomidae), a Midge Adapted to an Extremely Acidic Environment	3
Microbial Community Structures and Methanogenic Functions in Wetland Peat Soils	3
<i>Fusarium</i> Fungi Produce Nitrous Oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O) from Nitrite (NO<sub>2</sub><sup>–</sup>) in a Model Pot System Simulating the Soybean Rhiz	3
N<sub>2</sub>O Reduction by <i>Gemmatimonas aurantiaca</i> and Potential Involvement of <i>Gemmatimonadetes</i> Bacteria in N<sub>2</sub>O Reduction in	3
Identification of 146 Metagenome-assembled Genomes from the Rumen Microbiome of Cattle in Japan	3
Bacterial Community of Water Yam (<i>Dioscorea alata</i> L.) cv. A-19	3
Mating Types of <i>Ustilago esculenta</i> Infecting <i>Zizania latifolia</i> Cultivars in Japan Are Biased towards MAT-2 and MAT-3	3
Eukaryotic Microbial RNA Viruses—Acute or Persistent? Insights into Their Function in the Aquatic Ecosystem	2
DiGAlign: Versatile and Interactive Visualization of Sequence Alignment for Comparative Genomics	2
Marked Genome Reduction Driven by a Parasitic Lifestyle: Two Complete Genomes of Endosymbiotic Bacteria Possibly Hosted by a Dinoflagellate	2
Gamma Ray-induced Mutations in <i>pyrEF</i> Genes in <i>Frankia casuarinae</i> Strain CcI3	2
Impact of Inoculations with Indigenous <i>Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens</i> Isolates on Productivity and Competition with Indigenous Bradyrhizobia in Adzuki Bean (<i>Vigna angularis&	2
A Novel Strain of the Cyanobacterial Growth-promoting Bacterium, <i>Rhodococcus</i> sp. AF2108, Enhances the Growth of <i>Synechococcus elongatus</i>	2
Novel Insights into Microbial Behavior Gleaned Using Microfluidics	2
Relationship Between Rumen Microbial Composition and Fibrolytic Isozyme Activity During the Biodegradation of Rice Straw Powder Using Rumen Fluid	2
Application of Genomic Epidemiology of Pathogens to Farmed Yellowtail Fish Mycobacteriosis in Kyushu, Japan	2
Simultaneous Nitrogen Removal and Plant Growth Promotion Using Salt-‍tolerant Denitrifying Bacteria in Agricultural Wastewater	2

Dynamics of the Microbial Community and Opportunistic Pathogens after Water Stagnation in the Premise Plumbing of a Building	2
Community Structure and Predicted Functions of Actively Growing Bacteria Responsive to Released Coral Mucus in Surrounding Seawater	2
A Simple and Effective Method for Solid Medium Cultivation of Strictly Hydrogen- and Sulfur-oxidizing Chemolithoautotrophs Predominant in Deep-‍sea Hydrothermal Fields	2