David Bru

9.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
74 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

David Bru is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Bru has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Ecology, 32 papers in Soil Science and 26 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in David Bru's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (40 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (31 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (14 papers). David Bru is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (40 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (31 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (14 papers). David Bru collaborates with scholars based in France, Sweden and Morocco. David Bru's co-authors include Laurent Philippot, Christopher M. Jones, Sara Hallin, Aymé Spor, S. Hallet, Sonia Henry, Fabrice Martin‐Laurent, Florian Bizouard, Blaž Stres and A. Sarr and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

David Bru

71 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Quantitative Detection of the nosZ Gene, Encoding Nitrous Oxide Reductase, and Comparison of the Abundances of 16S rRNA, narG , nirK , and nosZ Genes in Soils

2006 814 citations David Bru, Laurent Philippot et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
Loss in microbial diversity affects nitrogen cycling in soil

2013 628 citations Laurent Philippot, Aymé Spor et al. The ISME Journal profile →
The unaccounted yet abundant nitrous oxide-reducing microbial community: a potential nitrous oxide sink

2012 535 citations David Bru, Laurent Philippot et al. The ISME Journal profile →
Abundance of narG , nirS , nirK , and nosZ Genes of Denitrifying Bacteria during Primary Successions of a Glacier Foreland

2006 519 citations Ellen Kandeler, David Bru et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
Recently identified microbial guild mediates soil N2O sink capacity

2014 371 citations Aymé Spor, Marie‐Christine Breuil et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Bru France	39	4.1k	3.2k	2.8k	1.7k	1.5k	74	7.6k
Ju‐Pei Shen China	33	4.2k 1.0×	2.9k 0.9×	3.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	105	7.4k
Zhongjun Jia China	44	3.7k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	204	7.2k
Huaiying Yao China	52	3.0k 0.7×	3.7k 1.2×	3.3k 1.2×	2.3k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	222	9.6k
Lars R. Bakken Norway	52	3.7k 0.9×	3.8k 1.2×	2.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	2.5k 1.6×	123	8.6k
Åsa Frostegård Norway	39	4.4k 1.1×	4.8k 1.5×	2.8k 1.0×	2.6k 1.6×	1.8k 1.2×	83	10.3k
Paul L. E. Bodelier Netherlands	50	5.0k 1.2×	2.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	2.9k 1.9×	154	9.3k
Hang‐Wei Hu Australia	61	5.4k 1.3×	4.2k 1.3×	5.4k 2.0×	3.2k 1.9×	1.4k 0.9×	247	12.4k
Luc Dendooven Mexico	51	2.3k 0.6×	4.6k 1.4×	2.1k 0.8×	2.8k 1.7×	1.3k 0.8×	294	10.0k
Steven A. Wakelin New Zealand	43	1.9k 0.5×	2.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	148	5.7k
Xiangui Lin China	59	4.8k 1.2×	5.6k 1.8×	3.4k 1.2×	4.7k 2.8×	1.5k 1.0×	235	13.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Bru

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Bru, David, et al.. (2024). Dynamic response of soil microbial communities and network to hymexazol exposure. The Science of The Total Environment. 957. 177557–177557. 1 indexed citations

Bru, David, Clémence Galon, Karine Huber, et al.. (2024). Spatial patterns of Hyalomma marginatum -borne pathogens in the Occitanie region (France), a focus on the intriguing dynamics of Rickettsia aeschlimannii. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(8). e0125624–e0125624. 2 indexed citations

Romdhane, Sana, Marie‐Christine Breuil, David Bru, et al.. (2024). Size exclusion experiment in a grassland field unravels top–down control of the soil fauna on microbial community assembly. Ecology Letters. 27(6). e14442–e14442. 3 indexed citations

Bru, David, et al.. (2024). Development of microsatellite markers for the soft tick Ornithodoros phacochoerus. Parasites & Vectors. 17(1). 301–301.

Garros, Claire, et al.. (2024). Characterization of Culicoides and mosquito fauna at the National Zoological Garden of Rabat, Morocco. Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports. 57. 101181–101181.

Romdhane, Sana, Marie‐Christine Breuil, David Bru, et al.. (2023). Experimental community coalescence sheds light on microbial interactions in soil and restores impaired functions. Microbiome. 11(1). 42–42. 39 indexed citations

Niklaus, Pascal A., Florian Bizouard, David Bru, et al.. (2023). Precipitation patterns and N availability legacy govern microbial response to rewetting in a plant-soil system. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 185. 109139–109139. 3 indexed citations

Sharma, Richa, Laurent Gal, Dominique Garmyn, et al.. (2021). Plant Growth Promoting Bacterial Consortium Induces Shifts in Indigenous Soil Bacterial Communities and Controls Listeria monocytogenes in Rhizospheres of Cajanus cajan and Festuca arundinacea. Microbial Ecology. 84(1). 106–121. 8 indexed citations

Calderón, Kadiya, Laurent Philippot, Florian Bizouard, et al.. (2018). Compounded Disturbance Chronology Modulates the Resilience of Soil Microbial Communities and N-Cycle Related Functions. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 2721–2721. 23 indexed citations

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Blazewicz, Steven J., David Bru, Nadine Rouard, et al.. (2018). Depth matters: effects of precipitation regime on soil microbial activity upon rewetting of a plant-soil system. The ISME Journal. 12(4). 1061–1071. 125 indexed citations

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Kaurin, Anela, R. Mihelič, Helena Grčman, et al.. (2018). Resilience of bacteria, archaea, fungi and N-cycling microbial guilds under plough and conservation tillage, to agricultural drought. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 120. 233–245. 63 indexed citations

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Pivato, Barbara, David Bru, Hugues Busset, et al.. (2017). Positive effects of plant association on rhizosphere microbial communities depend on plant species involved and soil nitrogen level. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 114. 1–4. 20 indexed citations

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Petrić, Ines, Dimitrios G. Karpouzas, David Bru, et al.. (2015). Nicosulfuron application in agricultural soils drives the selection towards NS-tolerant microorganisms harboring various levels of sensitivity to nicosulfuron. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(5). 4320–4333. 23 indexed citations

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Corbel, Sylvain, Christian Mougin, Fabrice Martin‐Laurent, et al.. (2015). Evaluation of phytotoxicity and ecotoxicity potentials of a cyanobacterial extract containing microcystins under realistic environmental concentrations and in a soil–plant system. Chemosphere. 128. 332–340. 50 indexed citations

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Karpouzas, Dimitrios G., Ellen Kandeler, David Bru, et al.. (2014). A tiered assessment approach based on standardized methods to estimate the impact of nicosulfuron on the abundance and function of the soil microbial community. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 75. 282–291. 53 indexed citations

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Marhan, Sven, Laurent Philippot, David Bru, et al.. (2011). Abundance and activity of nitrate reducers in an arable soil are more affected by temporal variation and soil depth than by elevated atmospheric [CO2]. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 76(2). 209–219. 26 indexed citations

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Petrić, Ines, et al.. (2010). Insight in the PCB-degrading functional community in long-term contaminated soil under bioremediation. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 11(2). 290–300. 33 indexed citations

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Philippot, Laurent, Jiří Čuhel, Nicolas Saby, et al.. (2009). Mapping field‐scale spatial patterns of size and activity of the denitrifier community. Environmental Microbiology. 11(6). 1518–1526. 248 indexed citations

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Philippot, Laurent, David Bru, Nicolas Saby, et al.. (2009). Spatial patterns of bacterial taxa in nature reflect ecological traits of deep branches of the 16S rRNA bacterial tree. Environmental Microbiology. 11(12). 3096–3104. 122 indexed citations

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Bru, David, A. Sarr, & Laurent Philippot. (2007). Relative Abundances of Proteobacterial Membrane-Bound and Periplasmic Nitrate Reductases in Selected Environments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73(18). 5971–5974. 220 indexed citations

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