Microbial Ecology

Papers
(The TQCC of Microbial Ecology is 10. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Bacteriocin-Producing Enterococci Modulate Cheese Microbial Diversity114
Comparative Analysis Between Paramecium Strains with Different Syngens Using the RAPD Method106
Sediment DNA Records the Critical Transition of Bacterial Communities in the Arid Lake91
Mechanisms Driving the Distribution and Activity of Mineralization and Nitrification in the Reservoir Riparian Zone73
Impacts of Thermal Drainage on Bacterial Diversity and Community Construction in Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant68
The Toxic Effects of Cu and CuO Nanoparticles on Euplotes aediculatus59
Subterranean Microbiome Affiliations of Plantain (Musa spp.) Under Diverse Agroecologies of Western and Central Africa52
Response of Alternaria and Fusarium Species to Low Precipitation in a Drought-Tolerant Plant in Morocco51
Temperature Sensitivity of Microbial Litter Decomposition in Freshwaters: Role of Leaf Litter Quality and Environmental Characteristics47
Comparative Analyses of Scylla olivacea Gut Microbiota Composition and Function Suggest the Capacity for Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biosynthesis42
Liquid Organic Fertilizer Amendment Alters Rhizosphere Microbial Community Structure and Co-occurrence Patterns and Improves Sunflower Yield Under Salinity-Alkalinity Stress42
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Compete Asymmetrically for Amino Acids with Native and Invasive Solidago34
Effects of Hyphomonas Strains on the Growth of Red Algae Pyropia Species by Attaching Specifically to Their Rhizoids34
Distinguishable Influence of the Delivery Mode, Feeding Pattern, and Infant Sex on Dynamic Alterations in the Intestinal Microbiota in the First Year of Life32
Polyurethane-Degrading Potential of Alkaline Groundwater Bacteria32
Distinct Phyllosphere Microbiome of Wild Tomato Species in Central Peru upon Dysbiosis30
Sources of Fungal Symbionts in the Microbiome of a Mobile Insect Host, Spodoptera frugiperda30
Selected Bacteria Are Critical for Karst River Carbon Sequestration via Integrating Multi-omics and Hydrochemistry Data29
Microsporidian Infection in Mosquitoes (Culicidae) Is Associated with Gut Microbiome Composition and Predicted Gut Microbiome Functional Content29
A Comprehensive Insight of Current and Future Challenges in Large-Scale Soil Microbiome Analyses29
Diverse Microbial Hot Spring Mat Communities at Black Canyon of the Colorado River27
Metagenomic Analysis of Rhizospheric Bacterial Community of Citrus Trees Expressing Phloem-Directed Antimicrobials27
Peanut-based Rotation Stabilized Diazotrophic Communities and Increased Subsequent Wheat Yield27
Succession of Fungal Communities and Their Functional Profiles in a Decaying Foundation Species27
Experimental Evidence for Manure-Borne Bacteria Invasion in Soil During a Coalescent Event: Influence of the Antibiotic Sulfamethazine26
Quantitative Amplicon Sequencing Is Necessary to Identify Differential Taxa and Correlated Taxa Where Population Sizes Differ26
Uncovering the Role of Autochthonous Deteriogenic Biofilm Community: Rožanec Mithraeum Monument (Slovenia)25
Prokaryotic Diversity and Community Distribution in the Complex Hydrogeological System of the Añana Continental Saltern25
Cyanosphere Dynamic During Dolichospermum Bloom: Potential Roles in Cyanobacterial Proliferation25
FISH-TAMB, a Fixation-Free mRNA Fluorescent Labeling Technique to Target Transcriptionally Active Members in Microbial Communities24
Comparative Genomics Reveal the High Conservation and Scarce Distribution of Nitrogen Fixation nif Genes in the Plant-Associated Genus Herbaspirillum24
The Effects of Shrub Removal on Soil Microbial Communities in Primary Forest, Secondary Forest and Plantation Forest on Changbai Mountain24
Genomic Comparisons of Two Armillaria Species with Different Ecological Behaviors and Their Associated Soil Microbial Communities23
Green Manures Alter Taxonomic and Functional Characteristics of Soil Bacterial Communities23
Elevated O3 Exerts Stronger Effects than Elevated CO2 on the Functional Guilds of Fungi, but Collectively Increase the Structural Complexity of Fungi in a Paddy Soil23
Massoia Lactone Displays Strong Antifungal Property Against Many Crop Pathogens and Its Potential Application23
Nitrogen Fertilization Increases Soil Microbial Biomass and Alters Microbial Composition Especially Under Low Soil Water Availability23
Highly Diverse Symbiodiniaceae Types Hosted by Corals in a Global Hotspot of Marine Biodiversity22
Paenibacillus as a Biocontrol Agent for Fungal Phytopathogens: Is P. polymyxa the Only One Worth Attention?22
Marine Heatwave Caused Differentiated Dysbiosis in Photosymbiont Assemblages of Corals and Hydrocorals During El Niño 2015/201622
Gardnerella Vaginalis Dominates Multi-Species Biofilms in both Pre-Conditioned and Competitive In Vitro Biofilm Formation Models21
Microbial Diversity and Activity of Biofilms from Geothermal Springs in Croatia21
Effects of Vineyard Agro-management Practices on Soil Bacterial Community Composition, and Diversity21
A Matter of Metals: Copper but Not Cadmium Affects the Microbial Alpha-Diversity of Soils and Sediments — a Meta-analysis21
Chemical Links Between Redox Conditions and Estimated Community Proteomes from 16S rRNA and Reference Protein Sequences20
Paired Root-Soil Samples and Metabarcoding Reveal Taxon-Based Colonization Strategies in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Communities in Japanese Cedar and Cypress Stands20
Cover Crop Amendments and Lettuce Plant Growth Stages Alter Rhizobacterial Properties and Roles in Plant Performance20
FungalTraits vs. FUNGuild: Comparison of Ecological Functional Assignments of Leaf- and Needle-Associated Fungi Across 12 Temperate Tree Species20
Correction to: Cave Microbes as a Potential Source of Drugs Development in the Modern Era20
Potential Plant-To-Plant Transmission: Shared Endophytic Bacterial Community Between Ziziphus lotus and Its Parasite Cuscuta epithymum19
Experimental Exposure to Noise Alters Gut Microbiota in a Captive Songbird19
Methylotrophic Communities Associated with a Greenland Ice Sheet Methane Release Hotspot19
Differences in Exudates Between Strains of Chlorella sorokiniana Affect the Interaction with the Microalga Growth-Promoting Bacteria Azospirillum brasilense19
Stochastic Processes Dominate in the Water Mass–Based Segregation of Diazotrophs in a High Arctic Fjord (Svalbard)19
Role of Fungi in Imparting General Disease Suppressiveness in Soil from Organic Field19
Host Specificity and Seasonal Variation in the Colonization of Tubakia sensu lato Associated with Evergreen Oak Species in Eastern Japan19
Bio-fertilizer Affects Structural Dynamics, Function, and Network Patterns of the Sugarcane Rhizospheric Microbiota19
Correction to: Environment and Host Genetics Influence the Biogeography of Plant Microbiome Structure18
Yeast Biodiversity of Karst Waters: Interest of Four Culture Media and an Improved MALDI-TOF MS Database18
Root-Associated Bacteria Community Characteristics of Antarctic Plants: Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis—a Comparison18
Water Level Fluctuations Modulate the Microbiomes Involved in Biogeochemical Cycling in Floodplains18
Thermostable Keystone Bacteria Maintain the Functional Diversity of the Ixodes scapularis Microbiome Under Heat Stress18
A Novel Bifidobacterium/Klebsiella Ratio in Characterization Analysis of the Gut and Bile Microbiota of CCA Patients18
Persistence of Marine Bacterial Plasmid in the House Fly (Musca domestica): Marine-Derived Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Have a Chance of Invading the Human Environment18
The Role of Diversity in Mediating Microbiota Structural and Functional Differences in Two Sympatric Species of Abalone Under Stressed Withering Syndrome Conditions18
Low Endosymbiont Incidence in Drosophila Species Across Peninsula Thailand18
Effect of CO2 Concentrations on Entomopathogen Fitness and Insect-Pathogen Interactions17
Bacterial Communities Are Less Diverse in a Strepsipteran Endoparasitoid than in Its Fruit Fly Hosts and Dominated by Wolbachia17
Temperature Adaptation of Aquatic Bacterial Community Growth Is Faster in Response to Rising than to Falling Temperature17
The Microbiomes in Lichen and Moss Biocrust Contribute Differently to Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles in Arid Ecosystems17
Recover of Soil Microbial Community Functions in Beech and Turkey Oak Forests After Coppicing Interventions17
Archaeal and Bacterial Diversity and Distribution Patterns in Mediterranean-Climate Vernal Pools of Mexico and the Western USA17
Location Matters: Variations in Cloacal Microbiota Composition of Spatially Separated Freshwater Turtles17
Microbial Mediation of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Cycles During Solid Waste Decomposition17
Metabolic Profiling of Endophytic Bacteria in Relation to Their Potential Application as Components of Multi-Task Biopreparations17
Unboxing the black box—one step forward to understand the soil microbiome: A systematic review17
The Microbiota of a Mite Prey-Predator System on Different Host Plants Are Characterized by Dysbiosis and Potential Functional Redundancy17
Vertical Microbial Profiling of Arabian Sea Oxygen Minimal Zone Reveals Complex Bacterial Communities and Distinct Functional Implications17
Origin, Selection, and Succession of Coastal Intertidal Zone-Derived Bacterial Communities Associated with the Degradation of Various Lignocellulose Substrates17
The Microbial Diversity of Biological Moss Crust: Application in Saline-Alkali Soil Management17
Correction to: Intermediate levels of predation and nutrient enrichment enhance the activity of ibuprofen degrading bacteria16
Insights into Endophytic and Rhizospheric Bacteria of Five Sugar Beet Hybrids in Terms of Their Diversity, Plant-Growth Promoting, and Biocontrol Properties16
Ecological Dynamics and Co-occurrences Among Prokaryotes and Microeukaryotes in a Diatom Bloom Process in Xiangshan Bay, China16
Years After a Fire, Biocrust Microbial Communities are Similar to Unburned Communities in a Coastal Grassland16
Root Rot Management in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Through Integrated Biocontrol Strategies using Metabolites from Trichoderma harzianum, Serratia marcescens, and Vermicompost Tea16
Bio-fertilizer Amendment Alleviates the Replanting Disease under Consecutive Monoculture Regimes by Reshaping Leaf and Root Microbiome16
Faecal Microbiota Divergence in Allopatric Populations of Podarcis lilfordi and P. pityusensis, Two Lizard Species Endemic to the Balearic Islands16
Seasonality and Strain Specificity Drive Rapid Co-evolution in an Ostreococcus-Virus System from the Western Baltic Sea16
Depth-Dependent Distribution of Prokaryotes in Sediments of the Manganese Crust on Nazimov Guyots of the Magellan Seamounts15
Integration of Microbial Transformation Mechanism of Polyphosphate Accumulation and Sulfur Cycle in Subtropical Marine Mangrove Ecosystems with Spartina alterniflora Invasion15
Plant Host Traits Mediated by Foliar Fungal Symbionts and Secondary Metabolites15
Coexistence of Psychrophilic, Mesophilic, and Thermophilic Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in a Deep Subsurface Aquifer Associated with Coal-Bed Methane Production15
Multifarious Responses of Forest Soil Microbial Community Toward Climate Change15
Host Genetic Background Effect on Vertical Seed Transmission of Epichloë Endophyte Strains in Tall Fescue15
Soil Bacterial Assemblage Across a Production Landscape: Agriculture Increases Diversity While Revegetation Recovers Community Composition15
Effect of Chronic Exposure to Sublethal Doses of Imidacloprid and Nosema ceranae on Immunity, Gut Microbiota, and Survival of Africanized Honey Bees15
Diversity and Potential Metabolic Characteristics of Culturable Copiotrophic Bacteria That Can Grow on Low-Nutrient Medium in Zhenbei Seamount in the South China Sea15
The Dynamics of Symbiodiniaceae and Photosynthetic Bacteria Under High-Temperature Conditions15
Comparative Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses Provide New Insights into the Tolerance to Cyclic Dehydration in a Lichen Phycobiont15
Colonization by the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta, Modifies Soil Bacterial Communities15
Microbial Life in Playa-Lake Sediments: Adapted Structure, Plastic Function to Extreme Water Activity Variations15
Uncovering the Secrets of Slow-Growing Bacteria in Tropical Savanna Soil Through Isolation and Genomic Analysis14
Dynamics of Gut Bacteria Across Different Zooplankton Genera in the Baltic Sea14
Taxonomically and Functionally Distinct Ciliophora Assemblages Inhabiting Baltic Sea Ice14
Fishing for the Microbiome of Tropical Tuna14
Temperate Coastal Microbial Communities Rapidly Respond to Low Concentrations of Partially Weathered Diesel14
Streptomyces fradiae Mitigates the Impact of Potato Virus Y by Inducing Systemic Resistance in Two Egyptian Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Cultivars14
Niche-Aware Metagenomic Screening for Enzyme Methioninase Illuminates Its Contribution to Metabolic Syntrophy14
Nonpoint Source Pollution (NPSP) Induces Structural and Functional Variation in the Fungal Community of Sediments in the Jialing River, China14
Fungal Spore Richness in School Classrooms is Related to Surrounding Forest in a Season-Dependent Manner14
Spatial and Temporal Shifts of Endophytic Bacteria in Conifer Seedlings of Abies religiosa (Kunth) Schltdl. & Cham.14
Mycorrhizae Helper Bacteria: Unlocking Their Potential as Bioenhancers of Plant–Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Associations14
Implications of Domestication in Theobroma cacao L. Seed-Borne Microbial Endophytes Diversity14
Gardnerella vaginalis, Fannyhessea vaginae, and Prevotella bivia Strongly Influence Each Other's Transcriptome in Triple-Species Biofilms14
Host-associated and Environmental Microbiomes in an Open-Sea Mediterranean Gilthead Sea Bream Fish Farm14
Dynamic Subspecies Population Structure of Vibrio cholerae in Dhaka, Bangladesh14
Study on Effects of Probiotics on Gut Microbiome and Clinical Course in Patients with Critical Care Illnesses14
Fungal Patterns from Soils in Madagascar: an Insight from Maromizaha Forest (Evergreen Humid Forest) to Outside (Deciduous Forest)13
Two Complete Genomes of Male-Killing Wolbachia Infecting Ostrinia Moth Species Illuminate Their Evolutionary Dynamics and Association with Hosts13
Climate and Environmental Variables Drive Stream Biofilm Bacterial and Fungal Diversity on Tropical Mountainsides13
Gut Site and Gut Morphology Predict Microbiome Structure and Function in Ecologically Diverse Lemurs13
Transcriptional Changes in Bifidobacterium bifidum Involved in Synergistic Multispecies Biofilms13
Metagenomics Unveils Microbial Diversity and Their Biogeochemical Roles in Water and Sediment of Thermokarst Lakes in the Yellow River Source Area13
Genomic and Transcriptomic Diversification of Flagellin Genes Provides Insight into Environmental Adaptation and Phylogeographic Characteristics in Aeromonas hydrophila13
Does Host Plant Drive Variation in Microbial Gut Communities in a Recently Shifted Pest?13
The Bacterial Microbiome of the Coral Skeleton Algal Symbiont Ostreobium Shows Preferential Associations and Signatures of Phylosymbiosis13
Impact of Cultivation and Origin on the Fruit Microbiome of Apples and Blueberries and Implications for the Exposome13
Letter to Microbial Ecology13
Fungal Community Shift Along Steep Environmental Gradients from Geothermal Soils in Yellowstone National Park12
Phosphorus Fertilization Boosts Mineral-Associated Soil Organic Carbon Formation Associated with Phagotrophic Protists12
Uncovering the Fungal Community Composition of Alive and Dead Posidonia oceanica Matte12
Seasonal and Spatial Dynamics of Fungal Leaf Endophytes in Eucalyptus crebra (Narrow-Leaved Ironbark)12
Geographic Scale Influences the Interactivities Between Determinism and Stochasticity in the Assembly of Sedimentary Microbial Communities on the South China Sea Shelf12
A Metagenomic Time-Series Approach to Assess the Ecological Stability of Microbial Mats in a Seasonally Fluctuating Environment12
Distinct Communities and Differing Dispersal Routes in Bacteria and Fungi of Honey Bees, Honey, and Flowers12
Intraspecific Competition Results in Reduced Evenness of Tuber melanosporum Mating-Type Abundance from the Nursery Stage12
Microbiome of Zoophytophagous Biological Control Agent Nesidiocoris tenuis12
Mycorrhizal Infection Can Ameliorate Abiotic Factors in Urban Soils12
Environmental Drivers of the Moonmilk Microbiome Diversity in Some Temperate and Tropical Caves12
Gypsum Cave Biofilm Communities are Strongly Influenced by Bat- And Arthropod-Related Fungi12
Dissecting Light Sensing and Metabolic Pathways on the Millimeter Scale in High-Altitude Modern Stromatolites12
Ciliate Grazing on the Bloom-Forming Microalga Gonyostomum semen12
Significant Differences in Planktonic Virus Communities Between “Cellular Fraction” (0.22 ~ 3.0 µm) and “Viral Fraction” (< 0.22 μm) in the Ocean12
Uncovering Active Bacterial Symbionts in Three Species of Pollen-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae: Meligethinae)12
The wild solitary bees Andrena vaga, Anthophora plumipes, Colletes cunicularius, and Osmia cornuta microbiota are host specific and dominated by endosymbionts and environmental microorganisms12
Gut Microbial Divergence Between Three Hadal Amphipod Species from the Isolated Hadal Trenches11
Abundant and Rare Taxa of Planktonic Fungal Community Exhibit Distinct Assembly Patterns Along Coastal Eutrophication Gradient11
Demethylation Inhibitor Fungicides Have a Significantly Detrimental Impact on Population Growth and Composition of Nectar Microbial Communities11
Influence of Honey bee Nutritive Jelly Type and Dilution on its Bactericidal Effect on Melissococcus plutonius, the Etiological Agent of European Foulbrood11
Distinct Bacterial Communities Within the Nonrhizosphere, Rhizosphere, and Endosphere of Ammodendron bifolium Under Winter Condition in the Takeermohuer Desert11
Host-Associated Bacterial Communities Vary Between Daphnia galeata Genotypes but Not by Host Genetic Distance11
Temporal Changes in Gut Microbiota Composition and Pollen Diet Associated with Colony Weakness of a Stingless Bee11
Influences of Community Coalescence on the Assembly of Bacterial Communities of the Small-Scale Complex Aquatic System from the Perspective of Bacterial Transmission, Core Taxa, and Co-occurrence Patt11
Bacterial Skin Assemblages of Sympatric Salamanders Are Primarily Shaped by Host Genus11
Spatial Patterns of Microbial Communities in Intertidal Sediments of the Yellow River Estuary, China11
Stimulating Anaerobic Degradation of Butyrate via Syntrophomonas wolfei and Geobacter sulfurreducens: Characteristics and Mechanism11
Implications of Soil Microbial Community Assembly for Ecosystem Restoration: Patterns, Process, and Potential11
Precipitation Drives Soil Protist Diversity and Community Structure in Dry Grasslands11
Soil Micro-eukaryotic Diversity Patterns Along Elevation Gradient Are Best Estimated by Increasing the Number of Elevation Steps Rather than Within Elevation Band Replication11
Bacterial Resuscitation from Starvation-Induced Dormancy Results in Phenotypic Diversity Coupled with Translational Activity Depending on Carbon Substrate Availability11
First Insights into the Bacterial Diversity of Mount Etna Volcanic Caves10
Correction to: Fungal Community Associated with the Leaf-Cutting Ant Acromyrmex crassispinus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Colonies: A Search for Potential Biocontrol Agents10
The Gut Microbiome of Two Wild Bumble Bee Species Native of South America: Bombus pauloensis and Bombus bellicosus10
Serious Risk of Tigecycline Resistance in Escherichia coli Isolated from Swine Manure10
Plant Species–Driven Distribution of Individual Clades of Comammox Nitrospira in a Subtropical Estuarine Wetland10
Bacterioplankton Assembly Along a Eutrophication Gradient Is Mainly Structured by Environmental Filtering, Including Indirect Effects of Phytoplankton Composition10
Perspectives in Searching Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) Produced by the Microbiota10
Diversity Patterns of Eukaryotic Phytoplankton in the Medog Section of the Yarlung Zangbo River10
Microbial Diversity on the Surface of Historical Monuments in Lingyan Temple, Jinan, China10
Abundance of Live and Dead Bacteriopsammon Inhabiting Sandy Ecosystems of Recreational Marine Beaches of the Southern Baltic Sea10
A Second Fungal Outbreak in Castañar Cave, Spain, Discloses the Fragility of Subsurface Ecosystems10
Uniqueness and Dependence of Bacterial Communities on Microplastics: Comparison with Water, Sediment, and Soil10
Elevated Temperature May Affect Nectar Microbes, Nectar Sugars, and Bumble Bee Foraging Preference10
Harnessing PGPRs from Asparagus officinalis to Increase the Growth and Yield of Zea mays L10
Honey Bee Habitat Sharing Enhances Gene Flow of the Parasite Nosema ceranae10
Molecular Characterization Reveals Biodiversity and Biopotential of Rhizobacterial Isolates of Bacillus Spp10
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