OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Microbes and Environments 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

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	59
Size Distribution and Pathogenic Potential of Culturable Airborne <i>Clostridium</i> spp. in a Suburb of Toyama City, Japan	41
Population Distribution of Phosphate-solubilizing Microorganisms in Agricultural Soil	35
Transcriptional Regulation of Methanol Dehydrogenases in the Methanotrophic Bacterium <i>Methylococcus capsulatus</i> Bath by Soluble and Insoluble Lanthanides	30
Risk Evaluation of <i>Verticillium</i> Wilt on Cabbage Grown in Soil Reused from Sediment Basins	26
Light-driven Proton Pumps as a Potential Regulator for Carbon Fixation in Marine Diatoms	23
Nitrogen-fixing Ability of a Thermophilic Sulfate-reducing Bacterium in the Genus <i>Thermodesulfovibrio</i> Isolated from a Terrestrial Hot Spring in Japan	22
High Prevalence of <i>Pantoea</i> spp. in Microbiota Associated with the Sorghum Plant Bug <i>Stenotus rubrovittatus</i> (Heteroptera: Miridae)	21
Phenolic Acids Induce Nod Factor Production in <i>Lotus japonicus</i>–<i>Mesorhizobium</i> Symbiosis	21
Highly Reduced Complementary Genomes of Dual Bacterial Symbionts in the Mulberry Psyllid <i>Anomoneura mori</i>	17
Investigation of Microbial Community Shifts under the Mizumoto Japanese Traditional Sake Brewing Process Using Chemical Analyses and High-throughput Sequencing	17
Exogenous Indole-3-Acetic Acid Induced Ethanol Tolerance in Phylogenetically Diverse Saccharomycetales Yeasts	16
A Potential Indicator Gene, <i>tetM</i>, to Assess Contamination by Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Greenhouses in South Korea	16
Regulation of Root Nodule Symbiosis by Soybean <i>Rj</i> Genotypes and Rhizobial Effectors	16
Vertical Distribution and Seasonal Patterns of <i>Candidatus</i> Nitrotoga in a Sub-Alpine Lake	15
Optimal Phosphate Concentration for Growth and Normal Functioning of Marine Anammox Bacteria, <i>Candidatus</i> Scalindua sp.	15
Metagenomic Analysis of Five Phylogenetically Distant Anammox Bacterial Enrichment Cultures	14
A Rechargeable Biomineral Induced by the Sulfate-reducing Bacterium <i>Nitratidesulfovibrio</i> sp. HK-II	12
Phylogeny and Physiological Diversity of Cold-adapted Anaerobic Bacteria Isolated from Rice Field Soil in Japan	12
Nitrifying Communities in Biological Nitrogen Removal Processes at Tropical Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants	12
Global Distribution and Diversity of Marine Parmales	11
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	10
Expanding the Eco-collection of Methane-oxidizing Bacteria Inhabiting Rice Roots: Cultivation, Isolation, and Genomic Characterization of Isolates	10
Species-specific Microorganisms in Acid-tolerant <i>Chironomus</i> Larvae Reared in a Neutral pH Range under Laboratory Conditions: Single Dataset Analysis	9
Massive RNA Editing in Ascetosporean Mitochondria	9

Metagenome-assembled Genomes of Six Novel Ammonia-oxidizing Archaea (AOA) from Agricultural Upland Soil	9
Diversity and Quantitative Detection of Clade I Type <i>nosZ</i> Denitrifiers in the Arabian Sea Oxygen Minimum Zone	9
Modulation of Phytochemicals and Essential Trace Elements in Fruits of Different Tomato Cultivars by the Endophytic Fungus <i>Penicillium pinophilum</i> EU0013	9
Amplicon Analysis of Dictean Cave Microbial Communities and Essential Oils as a Mild Biocide	8
Cultivation of Piezotolerant and Piezophilic Hyperthermophiles with a Newly Developed Constant High Pressure and Temperature Culturing and Monitoring System	8
Physiological and Genomic Characterization of Oligotrophic <i>Nitrobacter</i> Isolated from a Forest Soil in Japan	8
Improvements in the Duckweed-Microbe Co-cultivation Method for the Stable and Efficient Isolation of Rarely Cultivated Bacteria Using Microfilter Membranes	8
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>	8
Diversity of <i>Candidatus</i> Patescibacteria in Activated Sludge Revealed by a Size-‍Fractionation Approach	8
Accelerated Iron Corrosion by Microbial Consortia Enriched from Slime-like Precipitates from a Corroded Metal Apparatus Deployed in a Deep-sea Hydrothermal System	7
Effects of Different Types of Additional Fertilizers on Root-associated Microbes of Napa Cabbage Grown in an Andosol Field in Japan	7
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
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)	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
Plant Growth-promoting Effects of Viable and Dead Spores of <i>Bacillus pumilus</i> TUAT1 on <i>Setaria viridis</i>	6
Delayed Lysis Time at High Multiplicities of Particles in a Chlorovirus-<i>Chlorella</i> Interaction	6
Syntrophic Interaction between an Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacterium and a Tetrathionate-reducing Bacterium in Anaerobic Benzoate Degradation	6
Phage Genes Induce Quorum Sensing Signal Release through Membrane Vesicle Formation	6
Species-specific Primer and Probe Sets for Detection of Syntrophic Long-chain Fatty Acid-degrading Bacteria in Anaerobic Digestion Using Quantitative PCR	6
Differential Responses of Soil Ammonia-oxidizing Bacterial and Archaeal Communities to Land-use Changes in Zambia	6
Environmental Variables Including Heavy Metals Significantly Shape the Soil Bacterial Community Structure in the Tatun Volcano Group, Northern Taiwan	6