| 1 | Plant species and soil type cooperatively shape the structure and function of microbial communities in the rhizosphere | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2009 | 1,714 |
| 2 | New primers to amplify the fungal ITS2 region - evaluation by 454-sequencing of artificial and natural communities | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2012 | 1,482 |
| 3 | Multivariate analyses in microbial ecology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2007 | 1,423 |
| 4 | Anaerobic ammonium oxidation discovered in a denitrifying fluidized bed reactor | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 1995 | 1,333 |
| 5 | Comparison of prokaryotic diversity at offshore oceanic locations reveals a different microbiota in the Mediterranean Sea | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2006 | 1,167 |
| 6 | Reassessing PCR primers targeting nirS, nirK and nosZ genes for community surveys of denitrifying bacteria with DGGE | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2004 | 1,079 |
| 7 | The ecology of CytophagaâFlavobacteria in aquatic environments | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2002 | 924 |
| 8 | Microbial communities in acid mine drainage | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2003 | 884 |
| 9 | Molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonising arable crops | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2001 | 781 |
| 10 | Are root exudates more important than other sources of rhizodeposits in structuring rhizosphere bacterial communities? | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2010 | 754 |
| 11 | Using ecological diversity measures with bacterial communities | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2003 | 737 |
| 12 | Signature fatty acids provide tools for determination of the distribution and interactions of mycorrhizal fungi in soil | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 1999 | 695 |
| 13 | Detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their resistance genes in wastewater, surface water, and drinking water biofilms | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2003 | 676 |
| 14 | microeco: an R package for data mining in microbial community ecology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2021 | 642 |
| 15 | Nitrogen as a regulatory factor of methane oxidation in soils and sediments | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2004 | 636 |
| 16 | Contribution of hydrogen to methane production and control of hydrogen concentrations in methanogenic soils and sediments | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 1999 | 633 |
| 17 | Improved PCR primers for the detection and identification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2008 | 627 |
| 18 | Development of a real-time PCR assay for monitoring anaerobic fungal and cellulolytic bacterial populations within the rumen | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2006 | 624 |
| 19 | Advantages and limitations of quantitative PCR (Q-PCR)-based approaches in microbial ecology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2009 | 602 |
| 20 | 454 pyrosequencing analyses of bacterial and archaeal richness in 21 full-scale biogas digesters | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2013 | 590 |
| 21 | Comparison of temperature effects on soil respiration and bacterial and fungal growth rates | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2005 | 574 |
| 22 | Analysis and interpretation of community-level physiological profiles in microbial ecology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 1997 | 544 |
| 23 | Microbial interactions in the mycorrhizosphere and their significance for sustainable agriculture | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2004 | 543 |
| 24 | Marine sponges as microbial fermenters | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2006 | 493 |
| 25 | Mapping of picoeucaryotes in marine ecosystems with quantitative PCR of the 18S rRNA gene | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2005 | 479 |
| 26 | Stable isotopes and biomarkers in microbial ecology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2002 | 476 |
| 27 | Distribution and ecophysiology of the nitrifying bacteria emphasizing cultured species | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2001 | 453 |
| 28 | Analysis of microbial community functional diversity using sole-carbon-source utilisation profiles â a critique | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2002 | 452 |
| 29 | Interspecific combative interactions between wood-decaying basidiomycetes | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2000 | 446 |
| 30 | Bacterial diversity in aquatic and other environments: what 16S rDNA libraries can tell us | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2004 | 430 |
| 31 | Endophytic and ectophytic potato-associated bacterial communities differ in structure and antagonistic function against plant pathogenic fungi | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2005 | 416 |
| 32 | Marine Pseudoalteromonas species are associated with higher organisms and produce biologically active extracellular agents | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 1999 | 413 |
| 33 | Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea grow under contrasting soil nitrogen conditions | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 0 | 412 |
| 34 | Climate change effects on beneficial plant-microorganism interactions | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2010 | 412 |
| 35 | Quantitation and diversity analysis of ruminal methanogenic populations in response to the antimethanogenic compound bromochloromethane | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2007 | 409 |
| 36 | Denitrification gene pools, transcription and kinetics of NO, N2O and N2 production as affected by soil pH | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2010 | 403 |
| 37 | Spatial and seasonal variation in diversity and structure of microbial biofilms on marine plastics in Northern European waters | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2014 | 399 |
| 38 | Iron metabolism in anoxic environments at near neutral pH | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2001 | 389 |
| 39 | Revisiting life strategy concepts in environmental microbial ecology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2017 | 389 |
| 40 | Candidatus âBrocadia fulgidaâ: an autofluorescent anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacterium | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2008 | 384 |
| 41 | Biodiversity and ecology of acidophilic microorganisms | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 1998 | 379 |
| 42 | Evaluation of nested PCRâDGGE (denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis) with group-specific 16S rRNA primers for the analysis of bacterial communities from different wastewater treatment plants | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2002 | 376 |
| 43 | Grazing of protozoa and its effect on populations of aquatic bacteria | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2001 | 374 |
| 44 | Cellulose utilization in forest litter and soil: identification of bacterial and fungal decomposers | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2012 | 373 |
| 45 | Effect of low temperature on microbial growth: lowered affinity for substrates limits growth at low temperature | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 1999 | 372 |
| 46 | Growth of saprotrophic fungi and bacteria in soil | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2011 | 364 |
| 47 | Plant microbial diversity is suggested as the key to future biocontrol and health trends | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2017 | 354 |
| 48 | Establishment and development of intestinal microbiota in preterm neonates | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2012 | 353 |
| 49 | Prebiotic stimulation of human colonic butyrate-producing bacteria and bifidobacteria,in vitro | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2014 | 350 |
| 50 | Archaea rather than bacteria control nitrification in two agricultural acidic soils | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2010 | 349 |
