| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Bacteria with ACC deaminase can promote plant growth and help to feed the world | Microbiological Research | 2014 | 1,661 |
| 2 | Plant growth-promoting bacterial endophytes | Microbiological Research | 2016 | 1,194 |
| 3 | Screening of free-living rhizospheric bacteria for their multiple plant growth promoting activities | Microbiological Research | 2008 | 1,124 |
| 4 | Enhancement of drought stress tolerance in crops by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria | Microbiological Research | 2016 | 808 |
| 5 | Revitalization of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for sustainable development in agriculture | Microbiological Research | 2018 | 765 |
| 6 | Antifungal activity of zinc oxide nanoparticles against Botrytis cinerea and Penicillium expansum | Microbiological Research | 2011 | 724 |
| 7 | Growth promotion and yield enhancement of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) by application of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria | Microbiological Research | 2004 | 593 |
| 8 | Interactions of Bacillus spp. and plants – With special reference to induced systemic resistance (ISR) | Microbiological Research | 2009 | 561 |
| 9 | Bacteria and fungi can contribute to nutrients bioavailability and aggregate formation in degraded soils | Microbiological Research | 2016 | 534 |
| 10 | Plant beneficial endophytic bacteria: Mechanisms, diversity, host range and genetic determinants | Microbiological Research | 2019 | 518 |
| 11 | Plant growth promotion in cereal and leguminous agricultural important plants: From microorganism capacities to crop production | Microbiological Research | 2014 | 504 |
| 12 | Does plant—Microbe interaction confer stress tolerance in plants: A review? | Microbiological Research | 2018 | 446 |
| 13 | Pathogenesis-related proteins and peptides as promising tools for engineering plants with multiple stress tolerance | Microbiological Research | 2018 | 433 |
| 14 | Bioaugmentation as a strategy for cleaning up of soils contaminated with aromatic compounds | Microbiological Research | 2010 | 419 |
| 15 | Bacillus strains isolated from rhizosphere showed plant growth promoting and antagonistic activity against phytopathogens | Microbiological Research | 2012 | 416 |
| 16 | Phytochemicals for human disease: An update on plant-derived compounds antibacterial activity | Microbiological Research | 2017 | 402 |
| 17 | Plant growth promoting bacteria as an alternative strategy for salt tolerance in plants: A review | Microbiological Research | 2018 | 399 |
| 18 | Antifungal photodynamic therapy | Microbiological Research | 2008 | 380 |
| 19 | Does a rhizospheric microorganism enhance K+ availability in agricultural soils? | Microbiological Research | 2014 | 372 |
| 20 | Antimicrobial action of propolis and some of its components: the effects on growth, membrane potential and motility of bacteria | Microbiological Research | 1997 | 370 |
| 21 | Antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral activities of some flavonoids | Microbiological Research | 2010 | 366 |
| 22 | Recent developments and future prospects of antimicrobial metabolites produced by endophytes | Microbiological Research | 2010 | 337 |
| 23 | Pharmaceutically active secondary metabolites of marine actinobacteria | Microbiological Research | 2014 | 321 |
| 24 | Isolation and characterization of plant growth promoting endophytic diazotrophic bacteria from Korean rice cultivars | Microbiological Research | 2014 | 314 |
| 25 | Growth promotion of maize by phosphate-solubilizing bacteria isolated from composts and macrofauna | Microbiological Research | 2008 | 313 |
| 26 | Marine actinomycetes: An ongoing source of novel bioactive metabolites | Microbiological Research | 2012 | 310 |
| 27 | Bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates: Still fabulous? | Microbiological Research | 2016 | 306 |
| 28 | Endophytic Bacillus spp. produce antifungal lipopeptides and induce host defence gene expression in maize | Microbiological Research | 2015 | 295 |
| 29 | A novel surfactant nanoemulsion with a unique non-irritant topical antimicrobial activity against bacteria, enveloped viruses and fungi | Microbiological Research | 2001 | 280 |
| 30 | Chemical compositions and antimicrobial activities of four different Anatolian propolis samples | Microbiological Research | 2005 | 278 |
| 31 | Effects of Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck epicarp essential oil on growth and morphogenesis of Aspergillus niger (L.) Van Tieghem | Microbiological Research | 2008 | 270 |
| 32 | Synthesis, nature and utility of universal iron chelator – Siderophore: A review | Microbiological Research | 2018 | 270 |
| 33 | Exploring the potential of endophytes from medicinal plants as sources of antimycobacterial compounds | Microbiological Research | 2014 | 268 |
| 34 | Screening of PGPR from saline desert of Kutch: Growth promotion in Arachis hypogea by Bacillus licheniformis A2 | Microbiological Research | 2014 | 266 |
| 35 | Antimicrobial and antioxidative activity of extracts and essential oils of Myrtus communis L. | Microbiological Research | 2014 | 266 |
| 36 | Microbiome engineering to improve biocontrol and plant growth-promoting mechanisms | Microbiological Research | 2018 | 266 |
| 37 | Growth promoting influence of siderophore-producing Pseudomonas strains GRP3A and PRS9 in maize (Zea mays L.) under iron limiting conditions | Microbiological Research | 2003 | 234 |
| 38 | Isolation and characterization of diazotrophic growth promoting bacteria from rhizosphere of agricultural crops of Korea | Microbiological Research | 2005 | 230 |
| 39 | Microbial phylogeny and diversity: Small subunit ribosomal RNA sequence analysis and beyond | Microbiological Research | 2011 | 229 |
| 40 | Bacteria associated with orchid roots and microbial production of auxin | Microbiological Research | 2007 | 226 |
| 41 | Role of allelochemicals in plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for biocontrol of phytopathogens | Microbiological Research | 2014 | 225 |
| 42 | Legume growth-promoting rhizobia: An overview on the Mesorhizobium genus | Microbiological Research | 2014 | 225 |
| 43 | Diffusible and volatile compounds produced by an antagonistic Bacillus subtilis strain cause structural deformations in pathogenic fungi in vitro | Microbiological Research | 2005 | 221 |
| 44 | Methods of isolation and purification of outer membrane vesicles from gram-negative bacteria | Microbiological Research | 2015 | 218 |
| 45 | Screening of Brazilian cacti rhizobacteria for plant growth promotion under drought | Microbiological Research | 2013 | 215 |
| 46 | Production of PHB by a Bacillus megaterium strain using sugarcane molasses and corn steep liquor as sole carbon and nitrogen sources | Microbiological Research | 2001 | 204 |
| 47 | In vitro antimicrobial activity of propolis and synergism between propolis and antimicrobial drugs | Microbiological Research | 2003 | 203 |
| 48 | Alternatives to overcoming bacterial resistances: State-of-the-art | Microbiological Research | 2016 | 202 |
| 49 | ACC deaminase in plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB): An efficient mechanism to counter salt stress in crops | Microbiological Research | 2020 | 200 |
| 50 | Wheat seeds harbour bacterial endophytes with potential as plant growth promoters and biocontrol agents of Fusarium graminearum | Microbiological Research | 2016 | 197 |
