Standout Papers

Dynamic root exudate chemistry and mic... 2006 2026 2012 2019 1.4k
  1. Dynamic root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive patterns in rhizosphere microbial community assembly (2018)
    Kateryna Zhalnina, Katherine Louie et al. Nature Microbiology
  2. The interconnected rhizosphere: High network complexity dominates rhizosphere assemblages (2016)
    Shengjing Shi, Erin Nuccio et al. Ecology Letters
  3. A quantitative framework reveals ecological drivers of grassland microbial community assembly in response to warming (2020)
    Daliang Ning, Mengting Yuan et al. Nature Communications
  4. METHODS FOR MEASURING DENITRIFICATION: DIVERSE APPROACHES TO A DIFFICULT PROBLEM (2006)
    Peter M. Groffman, Mark A. Altabet et al. Ecological Applications
  5. Responses of soil bacterial and fungal communities to extreme desiccation and rewetting (2013)
    Romain L. Barnard, Catherine A. Osborne et al. The ISME Journal
  6. The role of ecological theory in microbial ecology (2007)
    James I. Prosser, Brendan J. M. Bohannan et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology
  7. Microbial biomass response to a rapid increase in water potential when dry soil is wetted (1987)
    Thomas L. Kieft, Mary K. Firestone et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  8. Mechanisms for soil moisture effects on activity of nitrifying bacteria (1995)
    Jeremy M. Stark, Mary K. Firestone Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  9. Evaluating rRNA as an indicator of microbial activity in environmental communities: limitations and uses (2013)
    Steven J. Blazewicz, Romain L. Barnard et al. The ISME Journal
  10. Linking microbial community composition to function in a tropical soil (2000)
    Mark P. Waldrop, Teri C. Balser et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  11. Measuring gross nitrogen mineralization, and nitrification by 15 N isotopic pool dilution in intact soil cores (1991)
    Eric A. Davidson, Stephen C. Hart et al. Journal of Soil Science
  12. Relationship between Desiccation and Exopolysaccharide Production in a Soil Pseudomonas sp (1992)
    Emily B. Roberson, Mary K. Firestone Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  13. Nitrous Oxide from Soil Denitrification: Factors Controlling Its Biological Production (1980)
    Mary K. Firestone, R. B. Firestone et al. Science
  14. Rhizosphere priming effects on soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization (2014)
    Biao Zhu, Jessica Gutknecht et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  15. Routes to roots: direct evidence of water transport by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to host plants (2022)
    Anne Kakouridis, Megan Kan et al. New Phytologist

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Soil Candidate Phyla Radiation Bacteria Encode Components of Aerobic Metabolism and Co-occur with Nanoarchaea in the Rare Biosphere of Rhizosphere Grassland Communities
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Stable isotope informed genome-resolved metagenomics reveals that Saccharibacteria utilize microbially-processed plant-derived carbon
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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Mary K. Firestone 11410 10841 8141 189 25.1k
Andreas Richter 11903 11709 7842 279 26.7k
Erland Bååth 11489 14435 8627 212 26.7k
Steven Allison 10525 10219 5279 173 22.5k
Joshua P. Schimel 14970 17858 5974 185 31.6k
Brajesh K. Singh 9972 8411 11831 346 28.2k
Ellen Kandeler 6796 11043 6353 289 19.7k
Laurent Philippot 10253 7997 6604 186 20.7k
Kate M. Scow 6349 9020 5220 238 19.3k
Michael Schloter 7812 7491 7552 465 21.7k
Philip C. Brookes 11454 23901 10087 229 38.6k

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