| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Syntrophic Acetate-Oxidizing Microbes in Methanogenic Environments | Microbes and Environments | 2008 | 406 |
| 2 | Escherichia coli in the Environment: Implications for Water Quality and Human Health | Microbes and Environments | 2008 | 393 |
| 3 | Microbial Ecology along the Gastrointestinal Tract | Microbes and Environments | 2017 | 372 |
| 4 | Recent Trends in Control Methods for Bacterial Wilt Diseases Caused by <i>Ralstonia solanacearum</i> | Microbes and Environments | 2015 | 347 |
| 5 | The Ecology, Biology and Pathogenesis of Acinetobacter spp.: An Overview | Microbes and Environments | 2011 | 322 |
| 6 | Intestinal Colonization by a <i>Lachnospiraceae</i> Bacterium Contributes to the Development of Diabetes in Obese Mice | Microbes and Environments | 2014 | 322 |
| 7 | Effect of Probiotics/Prebiotics on Cattle Health and Productivity | Microbes and Environments | 2015 | 270 |
| 8 | Cultivation of Uncultured Chloroflexi Subphyla: Significance and Ecophysiology of Formerly Uncultured Chloroflexi 'Subphylum I' with Natural and Biotechnological Relevance | Microbes and Environments | 2009 | 247 |
| 9 | Endophytic Bacteria in the Rice Plant | Microbes and Environments | 2008 | 243 |
| 10 | A Comprehensive, Automatically Updated Fungal ITS Sequence Dataset for Reference-Based Chimera Control in Environmental Sequencing Efforts | Microbes and Environments | 2015 | 231 |
| 11 | <i>Candidatus</i> Methanogranum caenicola: a Novel Methanogen from the Anaerobic Digested Sludge, and Proposal of <i>Methanomassiliicoccaceae</i> fam. nov. and <i>Methanomassiliicoccales</i> ord. nov., for a Methanogenic Lineage of the Class <i>Thermoplasmata</i> | Microbes and Environments | 2013 | 211 |
| 12 | Endosymbiotic Bacteria in Insects: Their Diversity and Culturability | Microbes and Environments | 2009 | 187 |
| 13 | Nitrogen Cycling in Rice Paddy Environments: Past Achievements and Future Challenges | Microbes and Environments | 2011 | 180 |
| 14 | Rice Seeds as Sources of Endophytic Bacteria | Microbes and Environments | 2009 | 150 |
| 15 | Current and Future Biotechnological Applications of Bacterial Phytases and Phytase-Producing Bacteria | Microbes and Environments | 2008 | 149 |
| 16 | Culturable Surface and Endophytic Bacterial Flora of the Maturing Seeds of Rice Plants (Oryza sativa) Cultivated in a Paddy Field | Microbes and Environments | 2006 | 143 |
| 17 | Interspecies Interaction between <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> and Other Microorganisms | Microbes and Environments | 2013 | 143 |
| 18 | Survival of Enveloped and Non-Enveloped Viruses on Inanimate Surfaces | Microbes and Environments | 2015 | 131 |
| 19 | An Improved DNA Extraction Method Using Skim Milk from Soils That Strongly Adsorb DNA | Microbes and Environments | 2004 | 130 |
| 20 | Detection of Anammox Activity and Diversity of Anammox Bacteria-Related 16S rRNA Genes in Coastal Marine Sediment in Japan | Microbes and Environments | 2007 | 129 |
| 21 | Oxidative Stress Induced in Microorganisms by Zero-valent Iron Nanoparticles | Microbes and Environments | 2011 | 129 |
| 22 | Microbial Contribution to Global Iodine Cycling: Volatilization, Accumulation, Reduction, Oxidation, and Sorption of Iodine | Microbes and Environments | 2008 | 127 |
| 23 | Are Uncultivated Bacteria Really Uncultivable? | Microbes and Environments | 2012 | 123 |
| 24 | Bacterial Flora of Endophytes in the Maturing Seed of Cultivated Rice (Oryza sativa) | Microbes and Environments | 2005 | 121 |
| 25 | The Soil Microbial Biomass: Concept, Measurement and Applications in Soil Ecosystem Research. | Microbes and Environments | 2001 | 120 |
| 26 | Biotechnological Aspects of Microbial Extracellular Electron Transfer | Microbes and Environments | 2015 | 115 |
| 27 | Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by Plant Growth-Promoting Fungus <i>Phoma</i> sp. GS8-3 for Growth Promotion Effects on Tobacco | Microbes and Environments | 2013 | 114 |
| 28 | Culturable Endophytic Bacterial Flora of the Maturing Leaves and Roots of Rice Plants (Oryza sativa) Cultivated in a Paddy Field | Microbes and Environments | 2007 | 113 |
| 29 | Distribution and Diversity of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (Anammox) Bacteria in the Sediment of a Eutrophic Freshwater Lake, Lake Kitaura, Japan | Microbes and Environments | 2011 | 113 |
| 30 | Identification of Chemotaxis Sensory Proteins for Amino Acids in <i>Pseudomonas fluorescens</i> Pf0-1 and Their Involvement in Chemotaxis to Tomato Root Exudate and Root Colonization | Microbes and Environments | 2012 | 113 |
| 31 | Ecological Perspectives on Microbes Involved in N-Cycling | Microbes and Environments | 2014 | 111 |
| 32 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Polymer Surfaces as a Substrate for Bacterial Attachment and Biofilm Formation | Microbes and Environments | 2009 | 110 |
| 33 | Plant Growth-Promoting Nitrogen-Fixing Enterobacteria Are in Association with Sugarcane Plants Growing in Guangxi, China | Microbes and Environments | 2012 | 109 |
| 34 | Biodiversity of Dehalorespiring Bacteria with Special Emphasis on Polychlorinated Biphenyl/Dioxin Dechlorinators | Microbes and Environments | 2008 | 100 |
| 35 | Energy Metabolism during Anaerobic Methane Oxidation in ANME Archaea | Microbes and Environments | 2017 | 100 |
| 36 | Microbial Diversity in Deep-sea Methane Seep Sediments Presented by SSU rRNA Gene Tag Sequencing | Microbes and Environments | 2012 | 99 |
| 37 | An Improved DNA Isolation Method for Metagenomic Analysis of the Microbial Flora of the Human Intestine | Microbes and Environments | 2007 | 95 |
| 38 | Comparative Analysis of Bacterial and Archaeal Communities in Methanogenic Sludge Granules from Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactors Treating Various Food-Processing, High-Strength Organic Wastewaters | Microbes and Environments | 2009 | 92 |
| 39 | Seasonal Dynamics of Anammox Bacteria in Estuarial Sediment of the Mai Po Nature Reserve Revealed by Analyzing the 16S rRNA and Hydrazine Oxidoreductase (hzo) Genes | Microbes and Environments | 2011 | 90 |
| 40 | Low Nitrogen Fertilization Adapts Rice Root Microbiome to Low Nutrient Environment by Changing Biogeochemical Functions | Microbes and Environments | 2014 | 90 |
| 41 | Isolation and Characterization of a Thermophilic, Obligately Anaerobic and Heterotrophic Marine <i>Chloroflexi</i> Bacterium from a <i>Chloroflexi</i>-dominated Microbial Community Associated with a Japanese Shallow Hydrothermal System, and Proposal for <i>Thermomarinilinea lacunofontalis</i> gen. nov., sp. nov. | Microbes and Environments | 2013 | 89 |
| 42 | Microbial Monitoring of Crewed Habitats in Space—Current Status and Future Perspectives | Microbes and Environments | 2014 | 89 |
| 43 | Ecological and Evolutionary Interactions in Syntrophic Methanogenic Consortia | Microbes and Environments | 2010 | 88 |
| 44 | Novel Conjugative Transferable Multiple Drug Resistance Plasmid pAQU1 from <i>Photobacterium damselae</i> subsp. <i>damselae</i> Isolated from Marine Aquaculture Environment | Microbes and Environments | 2012 | 87 |
| 45 | Diversification of Bacterial Community Composition along a Temperature Gradient at a Thermal Spring | Microbes and Environments | 2012 | 87 |
| 46 | nirK-Harboring Denitrifiers Are More Responsive to Denitrification- Inducing Conditions in Rice Paddy Soil Than nirS-Harboring Bacteria | Microbes and Environments | 2010 | 85 |
| 47 | Characterization of Diverse Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria Isolated from Indonesian Seawater | Microbes and Environments | 2007 | 84 |
| 48 | Identification of Antimony- and Arsenic-Oxidizing Bacteria Associated with Antimony Mine Tailing | Microbes and Environments | 2013 | 84 |
| 49 | FLDS: A Comprehensive dsRNA Sequencing Method for Intracellular RNA Virus Surveillance | Microbes and Environments | 2016 | 84 |
| 50 | Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal Affects Membrane Vesicle Production in not only Gram-Negative but also Gram-Positive Bacteria | Microbes and Environments | 2010 | 83 |
