Environmental Microbiology

Papers
(The TQCC of Environmental Microbiology 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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)
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Genomic differentiation of three pico‐phytoplankton species in the Mediterranean Sea83
Enhanced ability of freshwater bacteria to secrete extracellular vesicles upon interaction with virus81
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Microbe–sediment interactions in Great Lakes recreational waters: Implications for human health risk64
Beyond purified dietary fibre supplements: Compositional variation between cell wall fibre from different plants influences human faecal microbiota activity and growth in vitro64
Single‐amplified genomes reveal most streamlined free‐living marine bacteria64
Hunting for pigments in bacterial settlers of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch59
Edible Fungi Are a Hidden Source of Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide57
Prescribed fire selects for a pyrophilous soil sub‐community in a northern California mixed conifer forest55
When the going gets tough, the tough get going—Novel bacterial AAA + disaggregases provide extreme heat resistance54
Hydrologic History Regulates Microbial Biofilm Diversity and Ecosystem Function49
Genomic and Transcriptomic Insights Into the Autotrophic Metabolism on H 2 42
Validation of key sponge symbiont pathways using genome‐centric metatranscriptomics40
How does metal soil pollution change the plant mycobiome?40
A lipopolysaccharide‐dependent phage infects a pseudomonad phytopathogen and can evolve to evade phage resistance38
Correction to ‘Initially Coexisting Endosymbionts Migrate Into Different Tissues During Ontogeny of Host Cicadas’36
The toxicological spectrum of the Bacillus cereus toxin cereulide points towards niche‐specific specialisation36
Assembly and comparative analyses of the Geosiphon pyriformis metagenome36
Integrons, transposons and IS elements promote diversification of multidrug resistance plasmids and adaptation of their hosts to antibiotic pollutant36
Long‐Term Impact of the Largest Environmental Disaster in Latin America (Fundão Dam Failure) on Microbial Communities in Lakes of the Doce River Basin, Brazil36
Immune‐Inflammatory Imbalance in Mice Under High Humidity and Three Different Ambient Temperatures: Insights From Gut Microbiome and Serum Metabolomics35
Composition, Growth, Succession, and Function in the Cladophora Microbiome: Insights From Quantita34
Leached Nitrate Reduces the Abundance of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Deep Soil Layers up to 10 m34
Oak Wilt Disease May Reduce the Initial Decay Rate of Dead Quercus serrata Stems by Altering Funga34
Response of the plant core microbiome to Fusarium oxysporum infection and identification of the pa34
Effects of chaotropic salts on global proteome stability in halophilic archaea: Implications for life signatures on Mars34
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High diversity of pathogenic Escherichia coli clones carrying mcr‐1 among gulls underlines the need for st31
The acetoin assimilation pathway of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is regulated b31
Prophages carrying Zot toxins on different Vibrio genomes: A comprehensive assessment using multilayer31
Anaerobic methanotrophy is stimulated by graphene oxide in a brackish urban canal sediment30
Millimetre‐Scale Stratification of Microbial Communities in Hydrothermal Sediments30
Life strategies and metabolic interactions of core microbes during thiosulphate‐based denitrification30
Impact of salinity origin on microbial communities in saline springs within the Illinois Basin, USA29
Unveiling the Hidden Resistome: A Comprehensive Risk Assessment of Latent Antibiotic Resistance Genes in China's Wastewater29
Effects of Fire Intensity on Soil Microbial Ecology in a Grassland Ecosystem29
Drivers of fungal diversity and community biogeography differ between green roofs and adjacent ground‐level green space29
Environmental vibrio phage–bacteria interaction networks reflect the genetic structure of host populations28
Resilient Communities: The Role of Biofilms in Salmonella enterica Ecology, Persistence and Pathog27
Coral holobiont research needs spatial analyses at the microbial scale27
Volatile Organic Compounds of Diverse Origins and Their Changes Associated With Cultivar Decay in a Fungus‐Farming Termite27
Coupled C, H, N, S and Fe biogeochemical cycles operating in the continental deep subsurface of the Iberian Pyrite Belt27
Physiological stage drives fungal community dynamics and diversity in Leptospermum scoparium (mānu27
Fossilisation of Fish Soft Tissue in Oxidative Microniches of Anoxic Sediments27
Virus ecology and 7‐year temporal dynamics across a permafrost thaw gradient26
Seasonal variation significantly influenced the stochasticity of community assembly of amphibian symbiotic bacteria26
New Insight Into the Mechanism of Nitrite Enhancement on Heterotrophic Nitrification and Aerobic Denitrification Bacterium in Gene Expression26
Toward an accurate mechanistic understanding of Wolbachia‐ induced cytoplasmic incompatibility26
The Bacterial Genus Ramlibacter : Betaproteobacteria Capable of Surviving in Oligotrophic Environments Thanks to Several Shared Genetic Adaptation Traits26
Fine‐scale mapping of physicochemical and microbial landscapes of the coral skeleton26
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) and microbial evolution25
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The filamentous γ ‐prefoldin chaperone is not essential for growth and thermal adaptation in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii24
Unravelling Biodiversity, Assembly Mechanisms and Coexistence Patterns of Abundant and Rare Microeukaryotes in Water and Sediment: New Insights From Volcanic Lakes in Arxan Geopark24
Revealing human impact on natural ecosystems through soil bacterial DNA sampled from an archaeological site24
Highly Dynamic Archaeal and Bacterial Communities From the Surface to the Deep in the Atlantic Ocean23
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Long‐range alteration of the physical environment mediates cooperation between Pseudomonas aeruginosa 23
Cyanophage Infections in a Sponge Intracellular Cyanobacterial Symbiont23
Substrate Effect on the Contribution of Ammonium and Urea to Marine Nitrification and Nitrous Oxide Production23
Correction to “Preventing multiresistance: New insights for managing fungal adaptation”23
Widespread formation of intracellular calcium carbonates by the bloom‐forming cyanobacterium Microcystis 23
Relationships between fluid mixing, biodiversity, and chemosynthetic primary productivity in Yellowstone hot springs23
Metabolic Segregation and Functional Gene Clusters in Anaerobic Digestion Consortia22
Core rhizosphere microbiome of Panax notoginseng and its associations with belowground biomass and saponin contents22
A novel soluble di‐iron monooxygenase from the soil bacterium Solimonas soli 22
Optimal Cell Length for Exploration and Exploitation in Chemotactic Planktonic Bacteria22
Ferroptosis induced by the biocontrol agent Pythium oligandrum enhances soybean resistance to Phytophthora sojae22
Distribution, causal agents, and infection dynamic of emerging ink disease of sweet chestnut in Southern Switzerland22
Novel oil‐associated bacteria in Arctic seawater exposed to different nutrient biostimulation regimes22
Geography and environmental pressure are predictive of class‐specific radioresistance in black fungi22
Succession and Functional Adaptation of Bacterial and Fungal Communities in Biological Soil Crusts Responding to Uranium Stress21
Seasonal shifts in Fe‐acquisition strategies in Southern Ocean microbial communities revealed by metagenomics and autonomous sampling21
Influence of Seasonal Succession on Microbiological and Physiochemical Composition in Shallow Estuarine Sediments21
The fitness benefit of pyoverdine cross‐feeding by Pseudomonas protegens Pf‐5 21
Enteroviruses in Water: Epidemiology, Detection and Inactivation21
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Diversity of novel archaeal viruses infecting methanogens discovered through coupling of stable isotope probing and metagenomics21
Environmental exposure more than plastic composition shapes marine microplastic‐associated bacterial communities in Pacific versus 21
How Useful Are Plant Traits in Explaining Variation in Phyllosphere Microbial Abundance and Composition Across Hosts?21
How good are global DNA ‐based environmental surveys for detecting all protist diversity? Arcellinida as an example of biased representation21
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Long‐term unsustainable patterns of development rather than recent deforestation caused the emergence of Orthocoronavirinae species20
Elevated O 3 concentrations alter the compartment‐specific microbial com20
Biogeographical patterns of abundant and rare bacterial biospheres in paddy soils across East Asia20
Linear scaling between microbial predator and prey densities in the global ocean20
Biodegradation in wastewater treatment plants: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology20
Correction to “Five structural genes required for ceramide synthesis in Caulobacter and for bacter20
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Microscale imaging sheds light on species‐specific strategies for photo‐regulation and photo‐acclimation of microphytobenthic diatoms20
Environmental Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology Reports20
Exploring the Exclusive Isolation of Pseudomonas syringae in Peltigera 20
Inhibition of nitrous oxide reduction in forest soil microcosms by different forms of methanobactin19
Resource availability drives bacteria community resistance to pathogen invasion via altering bacterial pairwise interactions19
Herbicides Have Minimal and Variable Effects on the Structure and Function of Bacterial Communities in Agricultural Soils19
Microbiome Stability Is Linked to Acropora Coral Thermotolerance in Northwestern Philippines19
Countrywide inter‐epidemic region migration pattern suggests the role of southwestern population in wheat stripe rust epidemics in China19
Novel virulent and temperate cyanophages predicted to infect Microcoleus associated with anatoxin‐producing benthic mats19
Respiratory protein interactions in Dehalobacter sp. strain 8M 19
Iron Sulfides Produced by Thermococcales: An Iron Detoxification Mechanism19
Biodiversity, Distribution and Ecological Interactions of Algal‐Bacterial Biofilms in Wastewater Treatment Systems19
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Integrated Analysis of Midgut Transcriptome and Microbiome Reveals That Manganese‐Induced Dysbiosis Drives Metabolic Disruption and Developmental Toxicity in 19
An Explicit Test of Kill the Winner: Protistan Grazing and Phage Lysis Differentially Impact Fast‐Growing Bacterial Taxa in the Coastal Antarctic19
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Water Quality and Land Use Shape Bacterial Communities Across 621 Canadian Lakes19
From ubiquity to specificity: The diverse functions of bacterial thioredoxin systems18
Initially Coexisting Endosymbionts Migrate Into Different Tissues During Ontogeny of Host Cicadas18
Novel broad‐spectrum bacteriophages against Xanthomonas oryzae and their biocontrol potential in rice bacterial diseases18
Experimental evidence that lignin‐modifying enzymes are essential for degrading plant cell wall lignin by Pleurotus ostreatus using <18
Clarifying Terminology in Microbial Ecology: A Call for Precision in Scientific Communication18
Genome‐Scale Model of Rhizopus microsporus : Metabolic integration of a fungal holobiont with its bacterial and viral endosymbionts18
Methylated cycloalkanes fuel a novel genus in the Porticoccaceae family (Ca. Reddybacter gen. nov)18
Selective Antimicrobial Activity of Slightly Acidic Electrolyzed Water: Differential Effects on Harmful and Beneficial Bacteria in Microbial Fermentation Systems18
Oxic–anoxic cycling promotes coupling between complex carbon metabolism and denitrification in woodchip bioreactors18
High‐Resolution Community Profiling of Active Bacteria and Eukaryotes in Replant‐Diseased Blueberry Farm Soils From New Jersey, USA18
Differential apicomplexan presence predicts thermal stress mortality in the Mediterranean coral Paramuricea clavata17
Rehabilitation of the ‘bad guys’ for biocontrol applications17
Uniform selective pressures within redox zones drive gradual changes in microbial community composition in hadal sediments17
Correction to “How to Identify and Quantify the Members of the Bacillus Genus?”17
Membrane lipid renovation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa ‐ implications for phage therapy?17
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Microbial Community of a Sandy Beach Subterranean Estuary is Spatially Heterogeneous and Impacted by Winter Waves17
Diverse viruses of marine archaea discovered using metagenomics17
Stability of a dominant sponge‐symbiont in spite of antibiotic‐induced microbiome disturbance17
Microbial biofilms: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology17
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Denitrification fractionates N and O isotopes of nitrate following a ratio independent of carbon sources in freshwaters16
Bacterial inoculation of Quercus pyrenaica trees alters co‐occurrence patterns but not the composition of the rhizosphere bacteriome in wild conditions16
Production and utilization of pseudocobalamin in marine Synechococcus cultures and communities16
Hierarchical phylogenetic community assembly of soil protists in a temperate agricultural field16
Toward a molecular understanding of fluoride stress in a model Pseudomonas strain16
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Bacterial Dynamics in Newly Settled Acropora kenti : Insights From Inoculations With Individual Probiotic Candidates16
The cAMP‐PKA signalling pathway regulates hyphal growth, conidiation, trap morphogenesis, stress tolerance, and autophagy in A16
Warm temperature inhibits cytoplasmic incompatibility induced by endosymbiotic Rickettsiella in spider hosts15
Antibiotic Persister Cells in Acinetobacter baumannii : Overview of Molecular Mechanisms and Remov15
Employing a triple metabarcoding approach to differentiate active, dormant and dead microeukaryotes in sediments15
Investigating the inoculum dynamics of Cladosporium on the surface of raspberry fruits and in the air15
Multi‐omics analysis of antagonistic interactions among free‐living Pseudonocardia from diverse ecosystems15
Kinetic modulation of bacterial hydrolases by microbial community structure in coastal waters15
Genetic Diversity and Anatoxin Profiles of Freshwater Benthic Cyanobacteria From Nova Scotia (Canada)15
Isolation and characterization of a phage collection against Pseudomonas putida 15
Selective Pressure Influences Inter‐Biome Dispersal in the Assembly of Saline Microbial Communities15
Golgi‐localized calcium/manganese transporters FgGdt1 and FgPmr1 regulate fungal development and v15
The Dairy Ruminant Gut Microbiome: Profile, Responsiveness to Seasonality and Impact on Milk Quality15
Genetic Analysis of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Biosynthesis Pathway Determines Four Distinct Thraustochytrid Types15
Coexistence Theory for Microbial Ecology, and Vice Versa14
Distribution and Feeding of Hexatilemonas jangsaensis , a Novel Cosmopolitan Member of the Uncultured Marine Apusomonad Clade14
The bianchetto truffle ( Tuber borchii ) a lead‐resistant ectomycorrhizal fungus increases 14
Fulfilling Koch‐Like Postulates for Animal Fungal Mutualists: New Fungal Symbionts and Gallery and Mycangial Colonisation by Xyleborus affinis 14
Web Alert: Microbes and plastics: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology14
Following the flow—Microbial ecology in surface‐ and groundwaters in the glacial forefield of a rapidly retreating glacier in Iceland14
Tolerance to Herbicides and Resistance to Antibacterial Drugs of Bacterial Isolates From the Guarani Aquifer System (Brazil)14
Marine microbes: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology14
Correction to ‘A Novel Slowly Evolving Lineage of the Desulforudis Clade From the Deep Subsurface’14
Continuous Rice Cultivation Increases Celery Yield by Enhancing Plant Beneficial Bacteria in Rice‐Celery Rotations14
Percent‐Level Copper Mineralisation Promoted by Copper‐Tolerant Iron‐Oxidising Bacteria in Circumneutral Mine Drainage14
Identification of dominant taxa of sooty moulds and their impact on the leaf microbiome14
Isolation and characterization of a novel methanogen Methanosarcina hadiensis sp. nov. from subsurface Boom Clay pore water13
Microplastic ingestion affects hydrogen production and microbiomes in the gut of the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber 13
Functional analysis of the apple fruit microbiome based on shotgun metagenomic sequencing of conventional and organic orchard samples13
Application of Nano Silica Is Associated With Enhanced Wheat Resistance to Fusarium Crown Rot via Regulation of Metabolic Pathways and Soil Microbial Community13
The 2‐methylpropene degradation pathway in Mycobacteriaceae family strains13
Pandemic Vibrio cholerae and the Environmental Reservoir Hypothesis—Outstanding Questions Central 13
Warming Seawater Temperature and Nutrient Depletion Alters Microbial Community Composition on a Foundational Canopy Kelp Species13
Dispersal‐Dominated Yet Soil Variably Selected: Consistent Ecological Processes Underpin Spatial Distinction of Estuarine Sediment Fungi13
The Influence of Symbiont Identity on the Proteomic and Metabolomic Responses of the Model Cnidarian Aiptasia to Thermal Stress13
New Strains of the Deep Branching Streptophyte Streptofilum : Phylogenetic Position, Cell Biological and Ecophysiological Traits, and Description of 13
Microecosystem of yak rumen on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau is stable and is unaffected by soil or grass microbiota13
Minute‐Scale Adsorption of Diverse Marine Viruses Onto Clay Minerals13
Summer thaw duration is a strong predictor of the soil microbiome and its response to permafrost thaw in arctic tundra13
Cold Surface Waters of the Sub‐Antarctic Pacific Ocean Support High Cyanophage Abundances and Infection Levels13
Wolbachia Feminises a Spider Host With Assistance From Co‐Infecting Symbionts12
Microbial Metabolism and Disease Virulence Changes Across Day and Night in Coral Black Band Disease Lesions12
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Metatranscriptomes reveal the diverse responses of Thaumarchaeota ecotypes to environmental variat12
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Bacteriophage–Bacteria Interactions Promote Ecological Multifunctionality in Compost‐Applied Soils12
Structural and functional microbial diversity in deadwood respond to decomposition dynamics12
Vertical Distribution of Phyllosphere Microbial Diversity in a Subtropical Forest: Increase From Canopy to Forest Floor12
Can we manage microbial systems to enhance carbon storage?12
Antarctic Geothermal Soils Exhibit an Absence of Regional Habitat Generalist Microorganisms12
Antidepressants: A new front in the war against antibiotics resistance12
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Drivers of Marine Phytoplankton Diversity and Connectivity in the Galápagos Archipelago Spanning an ENSO Cycle12
Gene Expression by a Model Fungus in the Ascomycota Provides Insight Into the Decay of Fungal Necromass12
Gene expression in the microbial consortia of colonial Microcystis aeruginosa ‐a potential buoyant particulate biofilm12
Correction to “Unveiling Unusual Ecofunctional Traits of Endozoicomonas Species Through Comprehensive Comparative Genomics”12
Unravelling the genomic and environmental diversity of the ubiquitous Solirubrobacter12
The exometabolome of microbial communities inhabiting bare ice surfaces on the southern Greenland Ice Sheet12
Hydrazine Synthase From Anammox Is Inhibited by Linear and Aromatic Alkynes12
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Continental‐scale niche differentiation of dominant topsoil archaea in drylands12
Short‐term plastisphere colonization dynamics across six plastic types12
Polar flagellar wrapping and lateral flagella jointly contribute to Shewanella putrefaciens environmental spreading12
Identification of putative coral pathogens in endangered Caribbean staghorn coral using machine learning12
Soil Functionality Undermined by Symbiotic Fungal Decline Following Forest Conversion12
ActJK Signal Transduction System Contributes to Copper and Zinc Resistance in Sinorhizobium meliloti12
Data‐driven identification of major axes of functional variation in bacteria11
Marine Bacterioplankton Composition Predicts Oxygen Consumption During Dissolved Organic Matter Degradation Experiments11
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Adaptive Responses of Cyanobacteria to Phosphate Limitation: A Focus on Marine Diazotrophs11
A Single Amino Acid Substitution in CspA Increases Germination Sensitivity and Broadens Bile Salt Germinant Specificity in Clo11
Uptake of inorganic and organic phosphorus compounds by two marine sponges and their associated bacterial communities in aquaria11
Identification and Global Distribution of a Core Microbiome From High‐Arctic Lakes11
Microdiversity in marine pelagic ammonia‐oxidizing archaeal populations in a Mediterranean long‐read metagenome11
Correction to “ Azospirillum baldaniorum Sp245 exploits Pseudomonas fluorescens A506 11
Microbe–Metabolite Interactions in Cave Soils Synergistically Regulate the Environmental Persistence of Pseudogymnoascus destructans11
Ecophysiological analysis reveals distinct environmental preferences in closely related Baltic Sea picocyanobacteria11
High‐Temporal Resolution of Microbial Food Web Dynamics and Structure During Phytoplankton Blooms in the Baltic Sea11
Regulation of environmental stress responses: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology11
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Genomic and Ecological Flexibility Shape the Global Distribution of a Black Fungus11
Geochemical factors impacting nitrifying communities in sandy sediments11
Altering environmental conditions induce shifts in simulated deep terrestrial subsurface bacterial communities—Secretion of primary and secondary metabolites11
Aedes aegypti gut transcriptomes respond differently to microbiome transplants from field‐caught or laboratory‐reared mosquitoes11
Use of Microbial Biofilms to Assess Groundwater Quality in Karstic Ecosystems11
Histone deacetylase SirE regulates development, DNA damage response and aflatoxin production in Aspergillus flavus 11
Congo River Bacterioplankton Genomic Diversity Reflects Water Travel Time, Wetland Habitats, and Greenhouse Gases11
Photoelectron‐promoted metabolism of sulphate‐reducing microorganisms in substrate‐depleted environments11
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Metabolic and Elemental Stoichiometric Analyses in Ambrosia Fungi Reveal Lineage‐Specific Strategies in Symbiotic Associations11
Microbiome‐Informed Pathways Linking Nature‐Based Treatment Systems to Antimicrobial Resistance Outcomes11
The pan‐genome of Splendidus clade species in the family Vibrionaceae : Insights into evolution, adaptation, and pathogenicity11
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Correction to “Mixed‐mode bacterial transmission in the common brooding coral Pocillopora acuta11
Illuminating the dark metabolome of Pseudo‐nitzschia –microbiome associations11
Enhancement of soil aggregation and physical properties through fungal amendments under varying moisture conditions10
Cultivation‐Based Detection of a Novel High‐ GC Nitrospira Derived From the Argentinian Copahue Volcano Area10
Genome‐Resolved Approach of Guerrero Negro Hypersaline Microbial Mats Reveals the Metabolic Potential of Key Players in a Stratified Community10
An Integrative Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals the Divergent Molecular Strategies Driving Mutualism and Pathogenesis in a Dinoflagellate Phycosphere10
Low Temperature Enhances N‐Metabolism in Paxillus involutus Mycelia In Vitro: Evidence From an Untargeted Metabolomic Study10
Anaerobic Limonene Metabolism in a Methanogenic Enrichment Involves a Glycine Radical Enzyme10
Biocrust diazotrophs and bacteria rather than fungi are sensitive to chronic low N deposition10
Diverse Microbial Communities Assemble on Both Recalcitrant and Labile Carbon Sources10
Glyphosate has a negligible impact on bacterial diversity and dynamics during composting10
Novel approaches to energize microbial biocatalysts10
How to reconnect mycorrhizal research with natural environments10
Deciphering interactions between the marine dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima and the fungus 10
Exopolysaccharides amylovoran and levan contribute to sliding motility in the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora 10
A polyethylene surrogate for microbial community enrichment and characterization10
Distinct community assembly and co‐existence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and diazotrophs across large‐scale soil fertility to improve functions in alfalfa cultivation systems10
Stochastic and deterministic processes shape bioenergy crop microbiomes along a vertical soil niche10
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