Overview and prospect of newly discovered microbial resources in the special environments of Xinjiang in China based on bibliometrics

Abstract:

[Background] Xinjiang of China, with its vast land and diverse climate types, which harbors high diversity of endemic microbial resources. [Objective] Based on bibliometrics, to explore the status and trend of newly discovered microbial resources in the special environments of Xinjiang. [Methods] We searched against IJSEM and other mainstream journals that publish newly discovered species with “Xinjiang” as the keyword and the time interval of 2000 to 2021. A total of 321 articles involving 348 strains of endemic species newly discovered in Xinjiang were screened out and used for bibliometric analysis. VOS viewer was used for the visual analysis of the keywords, publishing dates, authors and affiliations. [Results] The number of literatures published on new species showed an overall trend of fluctuation and increase, and the major publishing affiliations were Yunnan University and Tarim University. The high-frequency keyword was soil microorganisms, the taxonomic status, isolation methods, and potential application values of all the newly discovered species were summarized. [Conclusion] Based on bibliometrics, the overview and related research trend of new microbial resources in Xinjiang were analyzed. We hope that this paper will provide a reference for the systematic mining of microbial germplasm resources endemic to Xinjiang in the future.