| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Plant species and soil type cooperatively shape the structure and function of microbial communities in the rhizosphere | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2009 | 1,879 |
| 2 | New primers to amplify the fungal ITS2 region - evaluation by 454-sequencing of artificial and natural communities | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2012 | 1,568 |
| 3 | Multivariate analyses in microbial ecology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2007 | 1,477 |
| 4 | Anaerobic ammonium oxidation discovered in a denitrifying fluidized bed reactor | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 1995 | 1,315 |
| 5 | Reassessing PCR primers targeting nirS, nirK and nosZ genes for community surveys of denitrifying bacteria with DGGE | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2004 | 1,095 |
| 6 | The ecology of CytophagaâFlavobacteria in aquatic environments | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2002 | 963 |
| 7 | Microbial communities in acid mine drainage | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2003 | 916 |
| 8 | Are root exudates more important than other sources of rhizodeposits in structuring rhizosphere bacterial communities? | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2010 | 790 |
| 9 | Using ecological diversity measures with bacterial communities | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2003 | 724 |
| 10 | Signature fatty acids provide tools for determination of the distribution and interactions of mycorrhizal fungi in soil | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 1999 | 699 |
| 11 | Detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their resistance genes in wastewater, surface water, and drinking water biofilms | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2003 | 690 |
| 12 | Improved PCR primers for the detection and identification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2008 | 664 |
| 13 | Contribution of hydrogen to methane production and control of hydrogen concentrations in methanogenic soils and sediments | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 1999 | 652 |
| 14 | Development of a real-time PCR assay for monitoring anaerobic fungal and cellulolytic bacterial populations within the rumen | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2006 | 643 |
| 15 | Nitrogen as a regulatory factor of methane oxidation in soils and sediments | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2004 | 639 |
| 16 | 454 pyrosequencing analyses of bacterial and archaeal richness in 21 full-scale biogas digesters | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2013 | 624 |
| 17 | Advantages and limitations of quantitative PCR (Q-PCR)-based approaches in microbial ecology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2009 | 596 |
| 18 | Comparison of prokaryotic diversity at offshore oceanic locations reveals a different microbiota in the Mediterranean Sea | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2006 | 580 |
| 19 | Comparison of temperature effects on soil respiration and bacterial and fungal growth rates | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2005 | 569 |
| 20 | Microbial interactions in the mycorrhizosphere and their significance for sustainable agriculture | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2004 | 561 |
| 21 | Mapping of picoeucaryotes in marine ecosystems with quantitative PCR of the 18S rRNA gene | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2005 | 540 |
| 22 | Analysis and interpretation of community-level physiological profiles in microbial ecology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2006 | 539 |
| 23 | Marine sponges as microbial fermenters | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2006 | 521 |
| 24 | Molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonising arable crops | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2001 | 516 |
| 25 | Stable isotopes and biomarkers in microbial ecology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2002 | 509 |
| 26 | Analysis of microbial community functional diversity using sole-carbon-source utilisation profiles â a critique | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2002 | 472 |
| 27 | Endophytic and ectophytic potato-associated bacterial communities differ in structure and antagonistic function against plant pathogenic fungi | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2005 | 464 |
| 28 | Distribution and ecophysiology of the nitrifying bacteria emphasizing cultured species | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2001 | 458 |
| 29 | Interspecific combative interactions between wood-decaying basidiomycetes | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2000 | 452 |
| 30 | Marine Pseudoalteromonas species are associated with higher organisms and produce biologically active extracellular agents | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 1999 | 448 |
| 31 | Climate change effects on beneficial plant-microorganism interactions | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2010 | 443 |
| 32 | Bacterial diversity in aquatic and other environments: what 16S rDNA libraries can tell us | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2004 | 441 |
| 33 | Quantitation and diversity analysis of ruminal methanogenic populations in response to the antimethanogenic compound bromochloromethane | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2007 | 429 |
| 34 | Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea grow under contrasting soil nitrogen conditions | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2010 | 419 |
| 35 | Revisiting life strategy concepts in environmental microbial ecology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2017 | 416 |
| 36 | Denitrification gene pools, transcription and kinetics of NO, N2O and N2 production as affected by soil pH | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2010 | 401 |
| 37 | Iron metabolism in anoxic environments at near neutral pH | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2001 | 400 |
| 38 | 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 | 398 |
| 39 | microeco: an R package for data mining in microbial community ecology | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2021 | 398 |
| 40 | Biodiversity and ecology of acidophilic microorganisms | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 1998 | 390 |
| 41 | Effect of low temperature on microbial growth: lowered affinity for substrates limits growth at low temperature | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 1999 | 389 |
| 42 | Candidatus âBrocadia fulgidaâ: an autofluorescent anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacterium | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2008 | 388 |
| 43 | Grazing of protozoa and its effect on populations of aquatic bacteria | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2001 | 385 |
| 44 | Cellulose utilization in forest litter and soil: identification of bacterial and fungal decomposers | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2012 | 381 |
| 45 | Effect of primer mismatch, annealing temperature and PCR cycle number on 16S rRNA gene-targetting bacterial community analysis | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2007 | 377 |
| 46 | Spatial and seasonal variation in diversity and structure of microbial biofilms on marine plastics in Northern European waters | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2014 | 376 |
| 47 | Plant microbial diversity is suggested as the key to future biocontrol and health trends | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2017 | 376 |
| 48 | Effects of site and plant species on rhizosphere community structure as revealed by molecular analysis of microbial guilds | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2006 | 372 |
| 49 | Establishment and development of intestinal microbiota in preterm neonates | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2012 | 365 |
| 50 | Growth of saprotrophic fungi and bacteria in soil | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2011 | 353 |
