OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Extremophiles 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
Desulfovulcanus ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic autotrophic iron and sulfate-reducing bacterium from subseafloor basalt that grows on akaganéite and lepidocrocite minerals	38
Mining thermophiles for biotechnologically relevant enzymes: evaluating the potential of European and Caucasian hot springs	36
Phosphate solubilization by filamentous fungi from Antarctic lichens and sediments	36
Characterization of prokaryotic communities from Italian super-heated fumaroles	33
Halorientalis salina sp. nov., Halorientalis marina sp. nov., Halorientalis litorea sp. nov.: three extremely halophilic archaea isolated from a salt lake and coarse sea salt	32
Limits to the three domains of life: lessons from community assembly along an Antarctic salinity gradient	27
Prokaryotic diversity across a pH gradient in the “El Chichón” crater-lake: a naturally thermo-acidic environment	21
Post-dispersal astrobiological events: modelling macroevolutionary dynamics for lithopanspermia	21
Strategies for anti-oxidative stress and anti-acid stress in bioleaching of LiCoO2 using an acidophilic microbial consortium	21
Genome‑based classification of the family Natrialbaceae and description of four novel halophilic archaea from three saline lakes and a saline-alkaline land	18
Halobacterium yunchengense sp. nov., Natronomonas amylolytica sp. nov., Halorientalis halophila sp. nov., Halobellus salinisoli sp. nov., halophilic archaea isolated from a saline lake and inland sali	18
Isotherm and kinetics modeling of biosorption and bioreduction of the Cr(VI) by Brachybacterium paraconglomeratum ER41	17
Incomplete denitrification phenotypes in diverse Thermus species from diverse geothermal spring sediments and adjacent soils in southwest China	17
Microorganisms harbor keys to a circular bioeconomy making them useful tools in fighting plastic pollution and rising CO2 levels	17
RNase R vs. PNPase: selecting the best-suited exoribonuclease for environmental adaptation	17
Bacterial diversity of an acid mine drainage beside the Xichú River (Mexico) accessed by culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches	15
Extremophilic and common fungi in acid brines and their halite	15
tRNA modification profiles in obligate and moderate thermophilic bacilli	14
Biochemical and in silico structural characterization of a cold-active arginase from the psychrophilic yeast, Glaciozyma antarctica PI12	12
Diversity, distribution and phytotoxic and anti-Trypanosoma activities of cultivable fungi associated with Magellan sub-Antarctic strait and Maritime Antarctic macroalgae	11
Structural characteristics and immunomodulatory activity of an exopolysaccharide from Antarctic Pseudoalteromonas sp. LP6-12-2	10
Rahnella sikkimica sp. nov., a novel cold-tolerant bacterium isolated from the glacier of Sikkim Himalaya with plant growth-promoting properties	10
Genome-based taxonomy of genera Haloarcula and Halomicroarcula, and description of six novel species of Haloarcula	10
Recombinant expression and characterization of a new laccase, bioinformatically identified, from the Antarctic thermophilic bacterium Geobacillus sp. ID17	10
Halocatena marina sp. nov., a novel filamentous halophilic archaeon isolated from marine tidal flat and emended description of the genus Halocatena	9

Evansella halocellulosilytica sp. nov., an alkali-halotolerant and cellulose-dissolving bacterium isolated from bauxite residue	9
Investigating non-fungal eukaryotic diversity in snow in the Antarctic Peninsula region using DNA metabarcoding	8
Production of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) and extracellular polymeric substances from glycerol by the acidophile Acidiphilium cryptum	8
Identification and genome-wide analysis provide insights into the genetic diversity and biotechnological potentials of novel cold-adapted Acinetobacter strain	8
Hyper-stimulation of Pyrococcus furiosus CRISPR DNA uptake by a self-transmissible plasmid	8
Anion-type modulates the effect of salt stress on saline lake bacteria	8
Utilisation of acid-tolerant bacteria for base metal recovery under strongly acidic conditions	8
The catalytic and structural basis of archaeal glycerophospholipid biosynthesis	7
Halorubrum hochsteinianum sp. nov., an ancient haloarchaeon from a natural experiment	7
Lignocellulolytic extremozymes and their biotechnological applications	7
Identification and characterization of a novel halolysin from Halostella sp. PRR32 with two C-terminal extensions	7
Electron transfer of extremophiles in bioelectrochemical systems	7
Experimental study of proteome halophilicity using nanoDSF: a proof of concept	6
Metagenomic profiling of halites from the Atacama Desert: an extreme environment with natural perchlorate does not promote high diversity of perchlorate reducing microorganisms	6
Energetic investigations of Acidianus ambivalens metabolism during anaerobic sulfur reduction and comparisons to aerobic sulfur oxidation	6
Correction: Limits to the three domains of life: lessons from community assembly along an Antarctic salinity gradient	6
Untangling the adaptive strategies of thermophilic bacterium Anoxybacillus rupiensis TPH1 under low temperature	6
Antarctic marine sediment as a source of filamentous fungi-derived antimicrobial and antitumor compounds of pharmaceutical interest	6
Comparative analysis of cyanobacterial communities in gypsum outcrops: insights from sites in Israel and Poland	5
Role of cell-substrate association during plant biomass solubilization by the extreme thermophile Caldicellulosiruptor bescii	5
Natural transformation in Gram-negative bacteria thriving in extreme environments: from genes and genomes to proteins, structures and regulation	5
Actinomycetes from high altitude salt lake Tso-Kar of Ladakh offers bright prospects for antimycobacterial drug discovery especially for drug resistant mycobacteria	5
Variations on a theme: non-canonical DUF3494 ice-binding proteins	5
Moorella sulfitireducens sp. nov., a thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from a terrestrial thermal spring	5
The genus Anoxybacillus: an emerging and versatile source of valuable biotechnological products	5
DNA methylation confers epigenetic changes in cold-adapted microorganisms in response to cold stress	5
A colorful new reporter system to evaluate gene expression in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii	5
Selection of Antarctic yeasts as gray mold biocontrol agents in strawberry	5
Genomic analysis of heavy metal-resistant Halobacterium salinarum isolated from Sfax solar saltern sediments	4
Lawrence I. (Larry) Hochstein a researcher dedicated to halophilic microorganisms of all types and environments	4
Metataxonomy of acid mine drainage microbiomes from the Santa Catarina Carboniferous Basin (Southern Brazil)	4
Biological treatment of methyl orange dye and textile wastewater using halo-alkaliphilic bacteria under highly alkaline conditions	4
Halobellus marinus sp. nov., Halobellus ordinarius sp. nov., Halobaculum rarum sp. nov., and Halorarum halobium sp. nov., halophilic archaea isolated from marine solar salt and a saline lake	4
Unraveling the multiplicity of geranylgeranyl reductases in Archaea: potential roles in saturation of terpenoids	4
Structural characterization and physicochemical properties of the exopolysaccharide produced by the moderately halophilic bacterium Chromohalobacter salexigens, strain 3EQS1	4
Disorder and amino acid composition in proteins: their potential role in the adaptation of extracellular pilins to the acidic media, where Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans grows	4
Bacterial diversity and community structure in the rhizosphere of the halophyte Halocnemum strobilaceum in an Algerian arid saline soil	4
Natrinema caseinilyticum sp. nov., Natrinema gelatinilyticum sp. nov., Natrinema marinum sp. nov., Natrinema zhouii sp. nov., extremely halophilic archaea isolated from marine environments and a salt	4
Development of a defined medium for the heterotrophic cultivation of Metallosphaera sedula	3
Role of carnitine in adaptation of Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM 3043 and its mutants to osmotic and temperature stress in defined medium	3
A novel alkane monooxygenase evolved from a broken piece of ribonucleotide reductase in Geobacillus kaustophilus HTA426 isolated from Mariana Trench	3
Extremophile enzyme optimization for low temperature and high salinity are fundamentally incompatible	3
Study of osmoadaptation mechanisms of halophilic Halomonas alkaliphila XH26 under salt stress by transcriptome and ectoine analysis	3
Insights into the rapid metabolism of Geobacillus sp. LC300: unraveling metabolic requirements and optimal growth conditions	3
Effects of small heat shock proteins from thermotolerant bacteria on the stress resistance of Escherichia coli to temperature, pH, and hyperosmolarity	3
Metagenomic insights into Himalayan glacial and kettle lake sediments revealed microbial community structure, function, and stress adaptation strategies	3
Diversity and enzymatic, biosurfactant and phytotoxic activities of culturable Ascomycota fungi present in marine sediments obtained near the South Shetland Islands, maritime Antarctica	3
Survival of Icelandic airborne microbes towards simulated atmospheric stress factors	3
Microbial adaptations to acidic, nutrient- and metal-rich lakes in Aotearoa New Zealand	2
Properties of the extracellular alkaline inulinase produced by haloalkaliphilic phototrophic bacteria Ectothiorodospirea mobilis	2

Sugar alcohol degradation in Archaea: uptake and degradation of mannitol and sorbitol in Haloarcula hispanica	2
Self-assembly of Aeropyrum pernix bacilliform virus 1 (APBV1) major capsid protein and its application as building blocks for nanomaterials	2
Correction to: Pentose degradation in archaea: Halorhabdus species degrade D-xylose, L-arabinose and D-ribose via bacterial-type pathways	2
Genome-based classification of Halobellus rubicundus sp. nov., a novel extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a Korean solar saltern	2
The Tet-on system for controllable gene expression in the rock-inhabiting black fungus Knufia petricola	2
Functional expression of an antimicrobial peptide, belonging to halocin C8 family, from Natrinema sp. RNS21 in Escherichia coli	2
Differential cellular localization of DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IB in response to DNA damage in Deinococcus radiodurans	2
Characterization of carotenoids extracted from Haloferax larsenii NCIM 5678 isolated from Pachpadra salt lake, Rajasthan	2
Genomic highlights of the phylogenetically unique halophilic purple nonsulfur bacterium, Rhodothalassium salexigens	2
Fungal diversity in a sediment core from climate change impacted Boeckella Lake, Hope Bay, north-eastern Antarctic Peninsula assessed using metabarcoding	2
Draft genome sequence and comparative genomic analysis of Halomonas salifodinae strain A2 isolated from the Zapotitlán Salinas Valley, Puebla, Mexico	2
Comparative molecular dynamics simulations provided insights into the mechanisms of cold-adaption of alginate lyases from the PL7 family	2
Soil substrate culturing approaches recover diverse members of Actinomycetota from desert soils of Herring Island, East Antarctica	2
Haloprofundus salilacus sp. nov., Haloprofundus halobius sp. nov. and Haloprofundus salinisoli sp. nov.: three extremely halophilic archaea isolated from salt lake and saline soil	2
Molecular evolution steered structural adaptations in the DNA polymerase III α subunit of halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruber	2
From genes to nanotubes: exploring the UV-resistome in the Andean extremophile Exiguobacterium sp. S17	2
An ice inhabiting bdelloid rotifer from North America	2