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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Bacteriocin-Producing Enterococci Modulate Cheese Microbial Diversity98
Comparative Analysis Between Paramecium Strains with Different Syngens Using the RAPD Method97
Sediment DNA Records the Critical Transition of Bacterial Communities in the Arid Lake93
Mechanisms Driving the Distribution and Activity of Mineralization and Nitrification in the Reservoir Riparian Zone85
Sources of Fungal Symbionts in the Microbiome of a Mobile Insect Host, Spodoptera frugiperda68
Comparative Analyses of Scylla olivacea Gut Microbiota Composition and Function Suggest the Capacity for Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biosynthesis62
Impacts of Thermal Drainage on Bacterial Diversity and Community Construction in Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant56
Liquid Organic Fertilizer Amendment Alters Rhizosphere Microbial Community Structure and Co-occurrence Patterns and Improves Sunflower Yield Under Salinity-Alkalinity Stress48
Distinct Phyllosphere Microbiome of Wild Tomato Species in Central Peru upon Dysbiosis45
Effects of Hyphomonas Strains on the Growth of Red Algae Pyropia Species by Attaching Specifically to Their Rhizoids44
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Compete Asymmetrically for Amino Acids with Native and Invasive Solidago42
Characterization of Grapevine Wood Microbiome Through a Metatranscriptomic Approach40
Microsporidian Infection in Mosquitoes (Culicidae) Is Associated with Gut Microbiome Composition and Predicted Gut Microbiome Functional Content39
Temperature Sensitivity of Microbial Litter Decomposition in Freshwaters: Role of Leaf Litter Quality and Environmental Characteristics38
Detection of blaTEM, blaCTX-M, blaCMY, and blaSHV Genes Among Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Isolated from Migratory Birds Travelling to Bangladesh38
The Toxic Effects of Cu and CuO Nanoparticles on Euplotes aediculatus34
Dynamics of Legionella Community Interactions in Response to Temperature and Disinfection Treatment: 7 Years of Investigation33
Distinguishable Influence of the Delivery Mode, Feeding Pattern, and Infant Sex on Dynamic Alterations in the Intestinal Microbiota in the First Year of Life31
Differences in Precipitation Regime Shape Microbial Community Composition and Functional Potential in Namib Desert Soils30
Subterranean Microbiome Affiliations of Plantain (Musa spp.) Under Diverse Agroecologies of Western and Central Africa30
Dynamics of Microbial Communities across the Life Stages of Nilaparvata lugens (Stål)29
Response of Alternaria and Fusarium Species to Low Precipitation in a Drought-Tolerant Plant in Morocco27
Polyurethane-Degrading Potential of Alkaline Groundwater Bacteria27
Selected Bacteria Are Critical for Karst River Carbon Sequestration via Integrating Multi-omics and Hydrochemistry Data26
A Comprehensive Insight of Current and Future Challenges in Large-Scale Soil Microbiome Analyses26
Green Manures Alter Taxonomic and Functional Characteristics of Soil Bacterial Communities25
Diverse Microbial Hot Spring Mat Communities at Black Canyon of the Colorado River25
Metagenomic Analysis of Rhizospheric Bacterial Community of Citrus Trees Expressing Phloem-Directed Antimicrobials25
FISH-TAMB, a Fixation-Free mRNA Fluorescent Labeling Technique to Target Transcriptionally Active Members in Microbial Communities24
Marine Heatwave Caused Differentiated Dysbiosis in Photosymbiont Assemblages of Corals and Hydrocorals During El Niño 2015/201624
Highly Diverse Symbiodiniaceae Types Hosted by Corals in a Global Hotspot of Marine Biodiversity24
Microbial Diversity and Activity of Biofilms from Geothermal Springs in Croatia24
Nitrogen Fertilization Increases Soil Microbial Biomass and Alters Microbial Composition Especially Under Low Soil Water Availability24
Succession of Fungal Communities and Their Functional Profiles in a Decaying Foundation Species23
Cyanosphere Dynamic During Dolichospermum Bloom: Potential Roles in Cyanobacterial Proliferation23
Genomic Comparisons of Two Armillaria Species with Different Ecological Behaviors and Their Associated Soil Microbial Communities23
Prokaryotic Diversity and Community Distribution in the Complex Hydrogeological System of the Añana Continental Saltern23
Peanut-based Rotation Stabilized Diazotrophic Communities and Increased Subsequent Wheat Yield23
Quantitative Amplicon Sequencing Is Necessary to Identify Differential Taxa and Correlated Taxa Where Population Sizes Differ23
Paenibacillus as a Biocontrol Agent for Fungal Phytopathogens: Is P. polymyxa the Only One Worth Attention?23
The Effects of Shrub Removal on Soil Microbial Communities in Primary Forest, Secondary Forest and Plantation Forest on Changbai Mountain22
Uncovering the Role of Autochthonous Deteriogenic Biofilm Community: Rožanec Mithraeum Monument (Slovenia)22
Massoia Lactone Displays Strong Antifungal Property Against Many Crop Pathogens and Its Potential Application22
Comparative Genomics Reveal the High Conservation and Scarce Distribution of Nitrogen Fixation nif Genes in the Plant-Associated Genus Herbaspirillum22
Experimental Evidence for Manure-Borne Bacteria Invasion in Soil During a Coalescent Event: Influence of the Antibiotic Sulfamethazine21
A Matter of Metals: Copper but Not Cadmium Affects the Microbial Alpha-Diversity of Soils and Sediments — a Meta-analysis20
Correction to: Cave Microbes as a Potential Source of Drugs Development in the Modern Era20
Effects of Vineyard Agro-management Practices on Soil Bacterial Community Composition, and Diversity20
Cover Crop Amendments and Lettuce Plant Growth Stages Alter Rhizobacterial Properties and Roles in Plant Performance20
Paired Root-Soil Samples and Metabarcoding Reveal Taxon-Based Colonization Strategies in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Communities in Japanese Cedar and Cypress Stands20
Gardnerella Vaginalis Dominates Multi-Species Biofilms in both Pre-Conditioned and Competitive In Vitro Biofilm Formation Models20
Chemical Links Between Redox Conditions and Estimated Community Proteomes from 16S rRNA and Reference Protein Sequences20
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 Soil20
FungalTraits vs. FUNGuild: Comparison of Ecological Functional Assignments of Leaf- and Needle-Associated Fungi Across 12 Temperate Tree Species19
Host Specificity and Seasonal Variation in the Colonization of Tubakia sensu lato Associated with Evergreen Oak Species in Eastern Japan19
Experimental Exposure to Noise Alters Gut Microbiota in a Captive Songbird19
Stochastic Processes Dominate in the Water Mass–Based Segregation of Diazotrophs in a High Arctic Fjord (Svalbard)19
Dynamics in Bacterial Community Affected by Mesoscale Eddies in the Northern Slope of the South China Sea19
Bio-fertilizer Affects Structural Dynamics, Function, and Network Patterns of the Sugarcane Rhizospheric Microbiota19
Potential Plant-To-Plant Transmission: Shared Endophytic Bacterial Community Between Ziziphus lotus and Its Parasite Cuscuta epithymum19
Differences in Exudates Between Strains of Chlorella sorokiniana Affect the Interaction with the Microalga Growth-Promoting Bacteria Azospirillum brasilense18
Methylotrophic Communities Associated with a Greenland Ice Sheet Methane Release Hotspot18
Role of Fungi in Imparting General Disease Suppressiveness in Soil from Organic Field18
Extracellular Polymeric Substances Drive Symbiotic Interactions in Bacterial‒Microalgal Consortia18
Origin, Selection, and Succession of Coastal Intertidal Zone-Derived Bacterial Communities Associated with the Degradation of Various Lignocellulose Substrates17
Monitoring Infection and Antibiotic Treatment in the Skin Microbiota of Farmed European Seabass (Dicentrarchus Labrax) Fingerlings17
The Microbial Diversity of Biological Moss Crust: Application in Saline-Alkali Soil Management17
Persistence of Marine Bacterial Plasmid in the House Fly (Musca domestica): Marine-Derived Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Have a Chance of Invading the Human Environment17
Correction to: Environment and Host Genetics Influence the Biogeography of Plant Microbiome Structure17
Thermostable Keystone Bacteria Maintain the Functional Diversity of the Ixodes scapularis Microbiome Under Heat Stress17
The Microbiota of a Mite Prey-Predator System on Different Host Plants Are Characterized by Dysbiosis and Potential Functional Redundancy16
Water Level Fluctuations Modulate the Microbiomes Involved in Biogeochemical Cycling in Floodplains16
Temperature Adaptation of Aquatic Bacterial Community Growth Is Faster in Response to Rising than to Falling Temperature16
Microbial Mediation of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Cycles During Solid Waste Decomposition16
Archaeal and Bacterial Diversity and Distribution Patterns in Mediterranean-Climate Vernal Pools of Mexico and the Western USA16
Bacterial Communities Are Less Diverse in a Strepsipteran Endoparasitoid than in Its Fruit Fly Hosts and Dominated by Wolbachia16
Low Endosymbiont Incidence in Drosophila Species Across Peninsula Thailand16
Location Matters: Variations in Cloacal Microbiota Composition of Spatially Separated Freshwater Turtles16
A Novel Bifidobacterium/Klebsiella Ratio in Characterization Analysis of the Gut and Bile Microbiota of CCA Patients16
Effect of CO2 Concentrations on Entomopathogen Fitness and Insect-Pathogen Interactions16
Yeast Biodiversity of Karst Waters: Interest of Four Culture Media and an Improved MALDI-TOF MS Database16
Vertical Microbial Profiling of Arabian Sea Oxygen Minimal Zone Reveals Complex Bacterial Communities and Distinct Functional Implications16
The Microbiomes in Lichen and Moss Biocrust Contribute Differently to Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles in Arid Ecosystems16
Root-Associated Bacteria Community Characteristics of Antarctic Plants: Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis—a Comparison16
The Role of Diversity in Mediating Microbiota Structural and Functional Differences in Two Sympatric Species of Abalone Under Stressed Withering Syndrome Conditions16
Unboxing the black box—one step forward to understand the soil microbiome: A systematic review15
Root Rot Management in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Through Integrated Biocontrol Strategies using Metabolites from Trichoderma harzianum, Serratia marcescens, and Vermicompost Tea15
Correction to: Intermediate levels of predation and nutrient enrichment enhance the activity of ibuprofen degrading bacteria15
Years After a Fire, Biocrust Microbial Communities are Similar to Unburned Communities in a Coastal Grassland15
Faecal Microbiota Divergence in Allopatric Populations of Podarcis lilfordi and P. pityusensis, Two Lizard Species Endemic to the Balearic Islands15
Recover of Soil Microbial Community Functions in Beech and Turkey Oak Forests After Coppicing Interventions15
Depth-Dependent Distribution of Prokaryotes in Sediments of the Manganese Crust on Nazimov Guyots of the Magellan Seamounts15
Metabolic Profiling of Endophytic Bacteria in Relation to Their Potential Application as Components of Multi-Task Biopreparations15
Seasonality and Strain Specificity Drive Rapid Co-evolution in an Ostreococcus-Virus System from the Western Baltic Sea15
Insights into Endophytic and Rhizospheric Bacteria of Five Sugar Beet Hybrids in Terms of Their Diversity, Plant-Growth Promoting, and Biocontrol Properties15
Bio-fertilizer Amendment Alleviates the Replanting Disease under Consecutive Monoculture Regimes by Reshaping Leaf and Root Microbiome15
Distinctive Microbiome Type Distribution in a Young Adult Balinese Cohort May Reflect Environmental Changes Associated with Modernization15
Ecological Dynamics and Co-occurrences Among Prokaryotes and Microeukaryotes in a Diatom Bloom Process in Xiangshan Bay, China15
Soil Bacterial Assemblage Across a Production Landscape: Agriculture Increases Diversity While Revegetation Recovers Community Composition15
Host Genetic Background Effect on Vertical Seed Transmission of Epichloë Endophyte Strains in Tall Fescue15
Plant Host Traits Mediated by Foliar Fungal Symbionts and Secondary Metabolites15
Diversity and Potential Metabolic Characteristics of Culturable Copiotrophic Bacteria That Can Grow on Low-Nutrient Medium in Zhenbei Seamount in the South China Sea14
Implications of Domestication in Theobroma cacao L. Seed-Borne Microbial Endophytes Diversity14
Niche-Aware Metagenomic Screening for Enzyme Methioninase Illuminates Its Contribution to Metabolic Syntrophy14
Comparative Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses Provide New Insights into the Tolerance to Cyclic Dehydration in a Lichen Phycobiont14
Multifarious Responses of Forest Soil Microbial Community Toward Climate Change14
Coexistence of Psychrophilic, Mesophilic, and Thermophilic Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in a Deep Subsurface Aquifer Associated with Coal-Bed Methane Production14
Taxonomically and Functionally Distinct Ciliophora Assemblages Inhabiting Baltic Sea Ice14
Host-associated and Environmental Microbiomes in an Open-Sea Mediterranean Gilthead Sea Bream Fish Farm14
Streptomyces fradiae Mitigates the Impact of Potato Virus Y by Inducing Systemic Resistance in Two Egyptian Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Cultivars14
The Dynamics of Symbiodiniaceae and Photosynthetic Bacteria Under High-Temperature Conditions14
Effect of Chronic Exposure to Sublethal Doses of Imidacloprid and Nosema ceranae on Immunity, Gut Microbiota, and Survival of Africanized Honey Bees14
Microbial Life in Playa-Lake Sediments: Adapted Structure, Plastic Function to Extreme Water Activity Variations14
Nonpoint Source Pollution (NPSP) Induces Structural and Functional Variation in the Fungal Community of Sediments in the Jialing River, China14
Genetic Diversity and Azole Resistance Among Natural Aspergillus fumigatus Populations in Yunnan, China14
Integration of Microbial Transformation Mechanism of Polyphosphate Accumulation and Sulfur Cycle in Subtropical Marine Mangrove Ecosystems with Spartina alterniflora Invasion14
Colonization by the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta, Modifies Soil Bacterial Communities14
Fungal Spore Richness in School Classrooms is Related to Surrounding Forest in a Season-Dependent Manner13
Uncovering the Secrets of Slow-Growing Bacteria in Tropical Savanna Soil Through Isolation and Genomic Analysis13
Does Host Plant Drive Variation in Microbial Gut Communities in a Recently Shifted Pest?13
Spatial and Temporal Shifts of Endophytic Bacteria in Conifer Seedlings of Abies religiosa (Kunth) Schltdl. & Cham.13
The Bacterial Microbiome of the Coral Skeleton Algal Symbiont Ostreobium Shows Preferential Associations and Signatures of Phylosymbiosis13
Dynamic Subspecies Population Structure of Vibrio cholerae in Dhaka, Bangladesh13
Gardnerella vaginalis, Fannyhessea vaginae, and Prevotella bivia Strongly Influence Each Other's Transcriptome in Triple-Species Biofilms13
Mycorrhizae Helper Bacteria: Unlocking Their Potential as Bioenhancers of Plant–Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Associations13
Transcriptional Changes in Bifidobacterium bifidum Involved in Synergistic Multispecies Biofilms13
Temperate Coastal Microbial Communities Rapidly Respond to Low Concentrations of Partially Weathered Diesel13
Genomic and Transcriptomic Diversification of Flagellin Genes Provides Insight into Environmental Adaptation and Phylogeographic Characteristics in Aeromonas hydrophila13
Dynamics of Gut Bacteria Across Different Zooplankton Genera in the Baltic Sea13
Soil Microbe-Mediated N:P Stoichiometric Effects on Solidago canadensis Performance Depend on Nutrient Levels13
Metagenomics Unveils Microbial Diversity and Their Biogeochemical Roles in Water and Sediment of Thermokarst Lakes in the Yellow River Source Area13
Study on Effects of Probiotics on Gut Microbiome and Clinical Course in Patients with Critical Care Illnesses13
Gut Site and Gut Morphology Predict Microbiome Structure and Function in Ecologically Diverse Lemurs13
Fishing for the Microbiome of Tropical Tuna13
Letter to Microbial Ecology12
Seasonal and Spatial Dynamics of Fungal Leaf Endophytes in Eucalyptus crebra (Narrow-Leaved Ironbark)12
Microbiome of Zoophytophagous Biological Control Agent Nesidiocoris tenuis12
Impact of Cultivation and Origin on the Fruit Microbiome of Apples and Blueberries and Implications for the Exposome12
Fungal Patterns from Soils in Madagascar: an Insight from Maromizaha Forest (Evergreen Humid Forest) to Outside (Deciduous Forest)12
Precipitation Drives Soil Protist Diversity and Community Structure in Dry Grasslands12
Mycorrhizal Infection Can Ameliorate Abiotic Factors in Urban Soils12
A Novel Constructed Wetland Combined with Microbial Desalination Cells and its Application12
Uncovering the Fungal Community Composition of Alive and Dead Posidonia oceanica Matte12
Significant Differences in Planktonic Virus Communities Between “Cellular Fraction” (0.22 ~ 3.0 µm) and “Viral Fraction” (< 0.22 μm) in the Ocean12
Temporal Changes in Gut Microbiota Composition and Pollen Diet Associated with Colony Weakness of a Stingless Bee12
Climate and Environmental Variables Drive Stream Biofilm Bacterial and Fungal Diversity on Tropical Mountainsides12
Two Complete Genomes of Male-Killing Wolbachia Infecting Ostrinia Moth Species Illuminate Their Evolutionary Dynamics and Association with Hosts12
Uncovering Active Bacterial Symbionts in Three Species of Pollen-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae: Meligethinae)11
Environmental Drivers of the Moonmilk Microbiome Diversity in Some Temperate and Tropical Caves11
Ciliate Grazing on the Bloom-Forming Microalga Gonyostomum semen11
A Metagenomic Time-Series Approach to Assess the Ecological Stability of Microbial Mats in a Seasonally Fluctuating Environment11
Insights into the Endophytic Bacterial Microbiome of Crocus sativus: Functional Characterization Leads to Potential Agents that Enhance the Plant Growth, Productivity, and Key Metabolite Content11
Geographic Scale Influences the Interactivities Between Determinism and Stochasticity in the Assembly of Sedimentary Microbial Communities on the South China Sea Shelf11
Abundant and Rare Taxa of Planktonic Fungal Community Exhibit Distinct Assembly Patterns Along Coastal Eutrophication Gradient11
Extended Ecological Restoration of Bacterial Communities in the Godavari River During the COVID-19 Lockdown Period: a Spatiotemporal Meta-analysis11
Gypsum Cave Biofilm Communities are Strongly Influenced by Bat- And Arthropod-Related Fungi11
Gut Microbial Divergence Between Three Hadal Amphipod Species from the Isolated Hadal Trenches11
Phosphorus Fertilization Boosts Mineral-Associated Soil Organic Carbon Formation Associated with Phagotrophic Protists11
Dissecting Light Sensing and Metabolic Pathways on the Millimeter Scale in High-Altitude Modern Stromatolites11
Intraspecific Competition Results in Reduced Evenness of Tuber melanosporum Mating-Type Abundance from the Nursery Stage11
The wild solitary bees Andrena vaga, Anthophora plumipes, Colletes cunicularius, and Osmia cornuta microbiota are host specific and dominated by endosymbionts and environmental microorganisms11
Distinct Communities and Differing Dispersal Routes in Bacteria and Fungi of Honey Bees, Honey, and Flowers11
Distinct Bacterial Communities Within the Nonrhizosphere, Rhizosphere, and Endosphere of Ammodendron bifolium Under Winter Condition in the Takeermohuer Desert10
A Second Fungal Outbreak in Castañar Cave, Spain, Discloses the Fragility of Subsurface Ecosystems10
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
Soil Micro-eukaryotic Diversity Patterns Along Elevation Gradient Are Best Estimated by Increasing the Number of Elevation Steps Rather than Within Elevation Band Replication10
Spatial Patterns of Microbial Communities in Intertidal Sediments of the Yellow River Estuary, China10
Stimulating Anaerobic Degradation of Butyrate via Syntrophomonas wolfei and Geobacter sulfurreducens: Characteristics and Mechanism10
Bacterial Skin Assemblages of Sympatric Salamanders Are Primarily Shaped by Host Genus10
Bacterial Resuscitation from Starvation-Induced Dormancy Results in Phenotypic Diversity Coupled with Translational Activity Depending on Carbon Substrate Availability10
Anaerobic oxidation of petroleum hydrocarbons in enrichment cultures from sediments of the Gorevoy Utes natural oil seep under methanogenic and sulfate-reducing conditions10
Plant Species–Driven Distribution of Individual Clades of Comammox Nitrospira in a Subtropical Estuarine Wetland10
The Gut Microbiome of Two Wild Bumble Bee Species Native of South America: Bombus pauloensis and Bombus bellicosus10
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 Patt10
Influence of Honey bee Nutritive Jelly Type and Dilution on its Bactericidal Effect on Melissococcus plutonius, the Etiological Agent of European Foulbrood10
Differential Response of the Microbiome of Pocillopora acuta to Reciprocal Transplantation Within Singapore10
Demethylation Inhibitor Fungicides Have a Significantly Detrimental Impact on Population Growth and Composition of Nectar Microbial Communities10
First Insights into the Bacterial Diversity of Mount Etna Volcanic Caves10
Microbial Diversity on the Surface of Historical Monuments in Lingyan Temple, Jinan, China10
Honey Bee Habitat Sharing Enhances Gene Flow of the Parasite Nosema ceranae10
Diversity Patterns of Eukaryotic Phytoplankton in the Medog Section of the Yarlung Zangbo River10
Bacterioplankton Assembly Along a Eutrophication Gradient Is Mainly Structured by Environmental Filtering, Including Indirect Effects of Phytoplankton Composition10
Implications of Soil Microbial Community Assembly for Ecosystem Restoration: Patterns, Process, and Potential10
Host-Associated Bacterial Communities Vary Between Daphnia galeata Genotypes but Not by Host Genetic Distance10
Fungal Community Shift Along Steep Environmental Gradients from Geothermal Soils in Yellowstone National Park10
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