Melissa Dsouza

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Melissa Dsouza is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Dsouza has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Melissa Dsouza's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (5 papers). Melissa Dsouza is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (5 papers). Melissa Dsouza collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and China. Melissa Dsouza's co-authors include Jack A. Gilbert, Philip C. Brookes, Zhongmin Dai, Jianming Xu, Bin Ma, Yan He, Haizhen Wang, Jun Lou, Michael W. Taylor and Jackie Aislabie and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Dsouza

19 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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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.

Geographic patterns of co-occurrence network topological features for soil microbiota at continental scale in eastern China

2016 950 citations Bin Ma, Haizhen Wang et al. The ISME Journal profile →

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Melissa Dsouza

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Michaeline Albright United States

Claudia Weihe United States

Battle Karimi France

Mincheol Kim South Korea

Shuo Jiao China

Chongqing Wen China

Minjie Yao China

Franziska Wemheuer Germany

Gehong Wei China

Dominik Schneider Germany

Michaeline Albright United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Dsouza

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19 of 19 papers shown

Schwebke, Jane R., Paul Nyirjesy, Melissa Dsouza, & Damon Getman. (2024). Vaginitis and risk of sexually transmitted infections: results of a multi-center U.S. clinical study using STI nucleic acid amplification testing. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 62(9). e0081624–e0081624. 3 indexed citations

Sharma, Anukriti, Cameron Martino, Melissa Dsouza, et al.. (2023). Microbiome response in an urban river system is dominated by seasonality over wastewater treatment upgrades. Environmental Microbiome. 18(1). 10–10. 6 indexed citations

Han, Maozhen, Melissa Dsouza, Hongjun Li, et al.. (2019). Agricultural Risk Factors Influence Microbial Ecology in Honghu Lake. Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 17(1). 76–90. 33 indexed citations

Yee, Alyson L., et al.. (2018). Dysbiosis in Children Born by Caesarean Section. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 73(Suppl. 3). 24–32. 20 indexed citations

Waite, David W., Melissa Dsouza, Yuji Sekiguchi, Philip Hugenholtz, & Michael W. Taylor. (2018). Network-guided genomic and metagenomic analysis of the faecal microbiota of the critically endangered kakapo. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8128–8128. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Haitao, et al.. (2018). Soil Bacterial Diversity Is Associated with Human Population Density in Urban Greenspaces. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(9). 5115–5124. 57 indexed citations

Griffin, James S., Nanxi Lu, Naseer Sangwan, et al.. (2017). Microbial diversity in an intensively managed landscape is structured by landscape connectivity. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93(10). 25 indexed citations

Ma, Bin, Zhongmin Dai, Haizhen Wang, et al.. (2017). Distinct Biogeographic Patterns for Archaea, Bacteria, and Fungi along the Vegetation Gradient at the Continental Scale in Eastern China. mSystems. 2(1). 112 indexed citations

Waite, David W., et al.. (2016). Development and validation of a real-time PCR assay for the glassy-winged sharpshooter Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 107(3). 332–339. 1 indexed citations

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Dsouza, Melissa, et al.. (2016). Printing-Assisted Surface Modifications of Patterned Ultrafiltration Membranes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 8(44). 30271–30280. 27 indexed citations

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Dhami, Manpreet K., Melissa Dsouza, David W. Waite, Diane Anderson, & Dongmei Li. (2016). Real-Time PCR Assay for the Identification of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys). Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 3. 5–5. 17 indexed citations

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Sun, Ruibo, Melissa Dsouza, Jack A. Gilbert, et al.. (2016). Fungal community composition in soils subjected to long‐term chemical fertilization is most influenced by the type of organic matter. Environmental Microbiology. 18(12). 5137–5150. 220 indexed citations

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Ma, Bin, Haizhen Wang, Melissa Dsouza, et al.. (2016). Geographic patterns of co-occurrence network topological features for soil microbiota at continental scale in eastern China. The ISME Journal. 10(8). 1891–1901. 950 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Haitao, Melissa Dsouza, Xiaoqing Yu, et al.. (2015). Temporal and spatial variations of greenhouse gas fluxes from a tidal mangrove wetland in Southeast China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(2). 1873–1885. 77 indexed citations

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Dsouza, Melissa, Michael W. Taylor, Susan Turner, & Jackie Aislabie. (2015). Genomic and phenotypic insights into the ecology of Arthrobacter from Antarctic soils. BMC Genomics. 16(1). 36–36. 71 indexed citations

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Waite, David W., Melissa Dsouza, Kristi Biswas, et al.. (2015). Microbial community structure in the gut of the New Zealand insect Auckland tree weta (Hemideina thoracica). Archives of Microbiology. 197(4). 603–612. 15 indexed citations

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Dsouza, Melissa, Michael W. Taylor, Susan Turner, & Jackie Aislabie. (2014). Genome-Based Comparative Analyses of Antarctic and Temperate Species of Paenibacillus. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e108009–e108009. 27 indexed citations

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Dsouza, Melissa, Michael W. Taylor, Jason Ryan, et al.. (2014). Paenibacillus darwinianus sp. nov., isolated from gamma-irradiated Antarctic soil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 64(Pt_4). 1406–1411. 29 indexed citations

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Aislabie, Jackie, et al.. (2013). Bacterial composition of soils of the Lake Wellman area, Darwin Mountains, Antarctica. Extremophiles. 17(5). 775–786. 20 indexed citations

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