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Papers

(The median citation count of Symbiosis 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
A newly discovered bacterial symbiont in the aphid microbiome identified through 16S rRNA sequencing	110
A review on nutritional and non-nutritional interactions of symbiotic and associated fungi with insect	68
Microbial symbionts of hymenopteran parasitoids: an effective tool for next-generation crop protection	55
The soil legacy produced by grass-endophyte-mycorrhizae fungi interaction increases legume establishment	40
Silicon improves physiological, biochemical, and morphological adaptations of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) during salinity stress	38
Differential effectiveness of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in improving Rhizobial symbiosis by modulating Sucrose metabolism and Antioxidant defense in Chickpea under As stress	22
Exploration of bacterial composition and diversity within the apricot seed wasp Eurytoma samsonowi (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) by 16S rRNA Illumina sequencing	19
Endosymbiont escape as a mechanism to increase the rate of endosymbiosis formation	18
Isolation and characterization of mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) rhizobia in Myanmar	15
Symbiosis research in the anthropocene: science as usual in unusual times?	15
Evaluation of biotic and abiotic stressors to artificially induce agarwood production in Gyrinops versteegii (Gilg.) Domke seedlings	15
Effects of fungicides on the beneficial seed-borne microbiome and seedling development of a long-lived myrtaceae tree species	14
Enhancing soybean growth under drought stress through bio-priming with desert endophyte Priestua endophytica strain RAE-11	14
First data on lipids and fatty acids composition in the tropical parasitic system between molluscs and echinoderms	14
Prospects of endophytic fungi as a natural resource for the sustainability of crop production in the modern era of changing climate	13
Transmission of parasitic mites (Riccardoella oudemansi) between limacid slug hosts: the role of parasite and host behaviour	12
Dining on corals: stable isotope evidence for close trophic connection between gall crabs (Cryptochiridae) and their stony coral hosts	12
Microbiome origin and stress-related changes in bacterial abundance of the photosymbiotic sea slug Berghia stephanieae (Á. Valdés, 2005)	11
Proteomic analysis of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) leaves showed a more stable metabolism in a variety responsive to biological nitrogen fixation	11
Is there a symbiotic cleaning association between ocean sunfish and pelagic seabirds in the Patagonian Shelf?	11
Robert Lucking and Toby Spribille: The Lives of Lichens: A Natural History	11
Microbial communities associated with the ostracods Candona sp. inhabiting the area of the methane seep Goloustnoye (Lake Baikal)	10
Unravelling the sandalwood microbiome and their interactions using NGS-based approaches to improve agroforestry management practices	10
Effect of herbicides Sprut Extra (glyphosate) and Forward (quizalofop-P-ethyl) on the development of pea (Pisum sativum L.) symbiotic nodules	10
Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Ectomycorrhizas of Phylloporus (Boletales) and Quercus sapotifolia from Tropical Oak Forest of Eastern Mexico	10

Wolbachia-density variation in weevils of the tribe Naupactini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)	8
Endophytic fungi mediated alleviation of salinity stress in crop plants: an insight and future prospect	8
Variability in symbiotic efficiency with respect to the growth of pea and lentil inoculated with various rhizobial genotypes originating from sub-humid and semi-arid regions of eastern Algeria	8
A framework for using phoresy to assess ecological transition into parasitism and mutualism	8
Correction to: Effects of field inoculation of potato tubers with the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis DAOM 197,198 are cultivar dependent	8
Mutualistic relationship between the amphipod Stenula nordmanni (Stephensen, 1931) and the nephtheid coral Gersemia rubiformis (Ehrenberg, 1834)	8
Prevalence of epibiosis in plankton community of the Indian EEZ: a review	8
Correction: Dining on corals: stable isotope evidence for close trophic connection between gall crabs (Cryptochiridae) and their stony coral hosts	8
Knockdown of Lotus japonicus ROP3 alters the root symbiotic phenotype and alters the expression of genes involved in nutrient acquisition during both rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbioses	8
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi participate to the restoration of a gypsum mining site in western Algeria	8
Mutualistic dinoflagellates with big disparities in ribosomal DNA variation may confound estimates of symbiont diversity and ecology in the jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculata	8
Plant-associated bacteria and enzymes support Canavalia rosea growth in coastal hypersaline soils	8
Comparative metabolite analysis of Delftia-Bradyrhizobium co-inoculated soybean plants using UHPLC-HRMS-based metabolomic profiling	7
The plurality of photobionts within single lichen thalli	7
Improved micropropagation and hardening responses in red pepper by ACC deaminase producing Methylobacterium oryzae CBMB20	7
Physiological response of the symbiotic dinoflagellate Pelagodinium béii to ultraviolet radiation: synthesis and accumulation of mycosporine-like amino acids	7
High light quantity suppresses locomotion in symbiotic Aiptasia	7
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi diversity and transpiratory rate in long-term field cover crop systems from tropical ecosystem, northeastern Brazil	7
The diversity of Wolbachia and its effects on host reproduction in a single Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) population	7
Lima bean breeding changes the community of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in the rhizosphere	7
Soil eutrophication reduces fungal colonization in Berberis microphylla roots in Patagonia (Argentina)	7
Differential phenolic patterns during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in tomato	7
Effects of magnesium application on the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in tomato	7
Production of a salinity-tolerant heterokaryotic strain by cross-mating homokaryotic strains of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Rhizopogon roseolus and its effect on the growth in Pinus thunbergii seedling	7
Identification of a novel fungus associated with Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff) and its pathogenicity to ornamental plants	7
Monocropping and Intercropping of Maize with Six Food Legumes at Malkerns in Eswatini: Their Effects on Plant Growth, Grain Yield and N2 Fixation, Measured using the 15N Natural Abundance and Ureide T	6
Impact of quorum sensing from native peanut phosphate solubilizing Serratia sp. S119 strain on interactions with agronomically important crops	6
Aphid adaptation in a changing environment through their bacterial endosymbionts: an overview, including a new major cereal pest (Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) scenario	6
Lycoperdon perlatum from a coniferous forest forms an ectomycorrhizal relation with and increases drought resistance of Populus × canadensis ‘Zhongliao 1’	6
Molecular interplay of symbiotic and defensive responses in the non-model legume Arachis hypogaea	5
Exploring the cooperation between nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing alfalfa rhizobia	5
A Margulian View of Symbiosis and Speciation: the Nasonia Wasp System	5
Beneficial efficacy and mode of action of probiotic Bacillus subtilis SWL−19 on the silkworm (Bombyx mori L.)	5
Inoculation and coinoculation combined with sulfur treatment boost the physiological quality of seeds and reduce oxidative stress in soybean seedlings	5
Zooming in on host-symbiont interactions: advances in cryo-EM sample processing methods and future application to symbiotic tissues	5
Low specificity and high variability of ectomycorrhizal association in Salix humboldtiana along its southern latitudinal distribution	5
NoiD, a DedA membrane protein required for homeostasis maintaining of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae during symbiosis with Pisum sativum	5
Endophytic fungus Trichoderma atroviride D16 increases tanshinone accumulation in Salvia miltiorrhiza plantlets by enhancing abscisic acid and salicylic acid signaling	5
Correction to: Endosymbiotic Symbiodinium clades occurrence and influence on coral growth and resilience during stress	5
The genus Sodalis as a resource for understanding the multifaceted evolution of bacterial symbiosis in insects	5
Together forever: Inseparable partners of the symbiotic system Paramecium multimicronucleatum/Ca. Trichorickettsia mobilis	5
Ciliates in domestic ruminants in Africa and the first characterization of ciliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora) in the rumen of domestic caprines of the Landim breed (Capra hircus L) from Mozambique	4
High dependence on nitrogen-fixing bacteria in a Neotropical legume species	4
Are the symbiont faunas of the venomous echinoids Toxopneustes pileolus and Tripneustes gratilla (Echinoidea, Toxopneustidae) similar?	4
Correction: Aphid adaptation in a changing environment through their bacterial endosymbionts: an overview, including a new major cereal pest (Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) scenario	4
Differentially abundant bacteria drive the N2-fixation of a widespread moss in the forest-tundra transition zone	4
Population and diversity of pigeonpea rhizobia from the Indo-Gangetic plains of India	4
Studies on the epibiotic association between rotifer Brachionus rubens and cladocerans from water bodies of Jammu and Kashmir, India	4
Co-occurrence of two ascomycete endophytes as the specialized metabolite production partners in Rheum spiciforme Royle	4
Missing symbionts – emerging pathogens? Microbiome management for sustainable agriculture	4

Intraspecific transfer of algal symbionts can occur in photosymbiotic Exaiptasia sea anemones	4
Endosymbiotic Symbiodinium clades occurrence and influence on coral growth and resilience during stress	4
Pond water is the principal source of algae that form a symbiosis with embryos of the spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum: an experimental test	4
The seeds of invasion: a comparison of endophytic seed bacteria of Acacia longifolia between its native and invasive ranges	4
Respective and combined roles of rhizobia and ectomycorrhizal fungi in the plant growth, symbiotic efficiency, nutrients and metals contents of a leguminous tree species growing on ultramafic soils	4
Exploring macrophytes’ microbial populations dynamics to enhance bioremediation in constructed wetlands for industrial pollutants removal in sustainable wastewater treatment	4
Biotechnological utilization: the potential role of the termite gut symbiotic microbiome	4
Cajanus cajan enhances nutrient cycling and supports Eragrostis curvula growth	4
Endomycorrhizal fungi inoculation improves development of Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) plantlets during ex vitro acclimatization	4
Polystyrene shaping effect on the enriched bacterial community from the plastic-eating Alphitobius diaperinus (Insecta: Coleoptera)	4
Demonstrating the role of symbionts in mediating detoxification in herbivores	4
Ectosymbionts improve host gill function in a freshwater cleaning symbiosis	3
James Lovelock: an appreciation	3
Harnessing endophytic allies: Defense priming in Vigna unguiculata (L) walp. against Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) by bacterial endophytes	3
Growth-promoting effects of dark septate endophytes on the non-mycorrhizal plant Isatis indigotica under different water conditions	3
Unlocking the Secrets of Rhizosphere Microbes: A New Dimension for Agriculture	3
Bacterial consortia among Bradyrhizobium species, Azospirillum baldaniorum and Bacillus pumilus promote plant growth and efficient symbiotic nitrogen fixation in mung bean	3
Diversity of symbiotic cyanobacteria in cycad coralloid roots using a short-read rbcL-X amplicon	3
Host-Epichloë endophyte compatibility plays a significant role in the estimate of genetic variances among cross progenies of tall fescue	3
Stable transformation of the unicellular lichenic green alga Coccomyxa solorinae-saccatae via electroporation	3
Algal symbionts of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri	3
Inoculation with native bacterial endophytes promote adventitious rooting and plant growth in Piper longum L.	3
Genomic insights into symbiosis and host adaptation of an ascidian-associated bacterium Bacillus aryabhattai MCCB 387	3
Potential application of endophytic bacteria for induction of abiotic stress tolerance in plants	3
Core taxa and photobiont-microbial interaction within the lichen Heterodermia obscurata (Physcsiaceae, Heterodermia)	3
Novel species of parasitic green microalgae Coccomyxa veronica sp. nov. infects Anadara broughtonii from the Sea of Japan	3
Population ecology of the red algal parasite Choreocolax polysiphoniae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales), from Nova Scotia, Canada	3
Disentangling the gut bacterial communities of the agave weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	3
Symbiotic dinoflagellates divert energy away from mutualism during coral bleaching recovery	3
How the right evolved partners in Cycads and Legumes drive enhanced growth in a harsh environment	3
From ‘nitrosome’ to ‘nitroplast’: stages in the evolution of nitrogen-fixing organelles from free-living diazotrophs	3
Inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense in corn cultivated on cover crops and nitrogen doses	3
Yeasts from the nests of two Amazonian stingless bees: screening and PCR-RFLP molecular analysis	3
The tail flick warning signals and the molecular phylogeny and evolution of gobiid fishes associated with burrowing alpheid shrimps	2
Ecological dynamics of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in wetland and aerobic rice ecosystem under subtropical humid climatic conditions in Eastern India	2
Mesorhizobium sp. nodulates Astragalus armatus and enhances its growth in the open-air tailings of an abandoned mine in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco	2
The partnerships between hermit crabs and sea anemones: an overview	2
The accumulation of major active ingredients associated to mutualistic endophytic fungi in the stem of Ephedra sinica with different growth years	2
Bermudagrass plants endophytically colonized with Metarhizium anisopliae isolates reduces the biological performance of fall armyworm	2
Dysbiosis of the larval gut microbiota of Spodoptera frugiperda strains feeding on different host plants	2
Subfunctionalization probably drives the emergence of plant growth-promoting genes	2
Plant compartment niche is more important in structuring the fungal community associated with alpine herbs in the subnival belt of the Qiangyong glacier than plant species	2
So many rhizobial partners, so little nitrogen fixed: The intriguing symbiotic promiscuity of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)	2
The algal partnership is associated with quantitative variation of lichen specific metabolites in Cladonia foliacea from Central and Southern Europe	2
Piriformospora indica and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus suppress fungal root rot and mosaic diseases of cassava	2
Improved use of mycorrhizal fungi for upscaling of orchid cultivation and population restoration of endangered orchids in China	2
Impact of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculation on growth and biochemical parameters in Rosmarinus officinalis and Lavandula angustifolia	2
Gorgonophilus canadensis (Copepoda: Lamippidae) a parasite in the octocoral Paragorgia arborea – relation to host, reproduction, and morphology	2
A review of the venom microbiome and its utility in ecology and evolution including future directions for emerging research	2
Assessing the effectiveness of in vitro and in situ symbiotic seed germination: case of Anacamptis papilionacea (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W. Chase	2
Correction: A novel menthol-DCMU bleaching method for foraminifera: generating aposymbiotic hosts for symbiosis research	2
Endophytic fungi as direct plant growth promoters for sustainable agricultural production	2
Alnus glutinosa seedlings grown following co-inoculation with Frankia torreyi strain CpI1 and Frankia asymbiotica strain NRRL B-16386	2
A novel menthol-DCMU bleaching method for foraminifera: generating aposymbiotic hosts for symbiosis research	2
Symbiont-coral relationship in the main reef building scleractinians of the Central Mexican Pacific	2
In vitro antagonistic activity of Bacillus spp. and Pseudomonas putida M5 isolated from feces of the violet-crowned hummingbird (Ramosomyia violiceps) from an urban environment	2
Soil microbial communities alter resource allocation in Fagus grandifolia when challenged with a pathogen	2
Unveiling the tripartite synergistic interaction of plant-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus symbiosis by endophytic Bacillus velezensis S141 in Lotus japonicus	2
Insights into the diversity of Amynthas morissi earthworm gut associated fungal community and their abilities to assimilate raw humus	2
Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi in rhizosphere soil and roots in Vetiveria zizanioides plantation chronosequence in coal gangue heaps	2
Effect of agricultural management practices on diversity, abundance, and infectivity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a review	2
How do phoront density and anuran host traits affect phoresy?	2
Fungal symbiont community and absence of detectable mycangia in invasive Euplatypus ambrosia beetles	2
An overview of the roles of critical insiders and outsiders for reciprocal plant–microbe interaction: Heterotrimeric G-proteins, small RNAs, pollinators, microalgae	2
The role of chemical cues in locating the host pelagic Sargassum spp. by the symbiotic fish Stephanolepis hispidus	2
A peptidoglycan-recognition protein orchestrates the first steps of symbiont recruitment in the squid-vibrio symbiosis	2
An unusual symbiotic relationship between a cyclostome bryozoan and a thecate hydroid	2