| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Reassessing PCR primers targeting nirS, nirK and nosZ genes for community surveys of denitrifying bacteria with DGGE | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2004 | 1,095 |
| 2 | Fluorescein Diacetate Hydrolysis as a Measure of Total Microbial Activity in Soil and Litter | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1982 | 1,007 |
| 3 | A Pyrosequencing Study in Twins Shows That Gastrointestinal Microbial Profiles Vary With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Phenotypes | Gastroenterology | 2010 | 916 |
| 4 | Long-term ecological impacts of antibiotic administration on the human intestinal microbiota | ISME Journal | 2007 | 885 |
| 5 | Interactions of bacteria, protozoa and plants leading to mineralization of soil nitrogen | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1985 | 595 |
| 6 | Interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria and their potential for stimulating plant growth | Environmental Microbiology | 2006 | 567 |
| 7 | The ecological coherence of high bacterial taxonomic ranks | Nature Reviews Microbiology | 2010 | 562 |
| 8 | Lactobacillus plantarum MiLAB 393 Produces the Antifungal Cyclic Dipeptides Cyclo(l-Phe-l-Pro) and Cyclo(l-Phe-trans-4-OH-l-Pro) and 3-Phenyllactic Acid | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2002 | 537 |
| 9 | The unaccounted yet abundant nitrous oxide-reducing microbial community: a potential nitrous oxide sink | ISME Journal | 2013 | 529 |
| 10 | Shotgun metaproteomics of the human distal gut microbiota | ISME Journal | 2009 | 484 |
| 11 | Relationship between N-cycling communities and ecosystem functioning in a 50-year-old fertilization experiment | ISME Journal | 2009 | 478 |
| 12 | Lactobacillus coryniformis subsp. coryniformis Strain Si3 Produces a Broad-Spectrum Proteinaceous Antifungal Compound | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2001 | 446 |
| 13 | Metabolomics Reveals Metabolic Biomarkers of Crohn's Disease | PLoS ONE | 2009 | 429 |
| 14 | Phylogenetic Analysis of Nitrite, Nitric Oxide, and Nitrous Oxide Respiratory Enzymes Reveal a Complex Evolutionary History for Denitrification | Molecular Biology and Evolution | 2008 | 424 |
| 15 | Antagonistic activities of lactic acid bacteria in food and feed fermentations | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 1990 | 421 |
| 16 | Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the industrially and medically important fungal genus Aspergillus | Genome Biology | 2017 | 417 |
| 17 | Molecular analysis of the gut microbiota of identical twins with Crohn's disease | ISME Journal | 2008 | 407 |
| 18 | Twin studies reveal specific imbalances in the mucosa-associated microbiota of patients with ileal Crohnʼs disease | Inflammatory Bowel Diseases | 2009 | 407 |
| 19 | Nucleotide sequence of the gene for a fibronectin-binding protein from Staphylococcus aureus: use of this peptide sequence in the synthesis of biologically active peptides. | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1989 | 399 |
| 20 | PCR Detection of Genes Encoding Nitrite Reductase in Denitrifying Bacteria | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1999 | 391 |
| 21 | Intergenomic Comparisons Highlight Modularity of the Denitrification Pathway and Underpin the Importance of Community Structure for N2O Emissions | PLoS ONE | 2014 | 383 |
| 22 | Recently identified microbial guild mediates soil N2O sink capacity | Nature Climate Change | 2014 | 364 |
| 23 | Microbial biomass and activity in an agricultural soil with different organic matter contents | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1985 | 355 |
| 24 | Broad and complex antifungal activity among environmental isolates of lactic acid bacteria | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 2003 | 346 |
| 25 | Cytokinin production by Paenibacillus polymyxa | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1999 | 337 |
| 26 | Two different genes encode fibronectin binding proteins in Staphylococcus aureus. The complete nucleotide sequence and characterization of the second gene | FEBS Journal | 1991 | 332 |
| 27 | Protozoan grazing of bacteria in soil—impact and importance | Microbial Ecology | 1981 | 317 |
| 28 | A high-molecular-mass cell-surface protein from Lactobacillus reuteri 1063 adheres to mucus components The GenBank accession number for the sequence reported in this paper is AF120104. | Microbiology (United Kingdom) | 2002 | 311 |
| 29 | Ammonia, a selective agent for methane production by syntrophic acetate oxidation at mesophilic temperature | Water Science and Technology | 2008 | 305 |
| 30 | Importance and regulation of the colonic mucus barrier in a mouse model of colitis | American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology | 2011 | 302 |
| 31 | Importance of denitrifiers lacking the genes encoding the nitrous oxide reductase for N2O emissions from soil | Global Change Biology | 2011 | 300 |
| 32 | Clostridium ultunense sp. nov., a Mesophilic Bacterium Oxidizing Acetate in Syntrophic Association with a Hydrogenotrophic Methanogenic Bacterium | International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology | 1996 | 298 |
| 33 | Effect of process temperature on bacterial and archaeal communities in two methanogenic bioreactors treating organic household waste | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2007 | 292 |
| 34 | Activity and Composition of the Denitrifying Bacterial Community Respond Differently to Long-Term Fertilization | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2005 | 286 |
| 35 | Lactobacillus reuteriDSM 17938 in Infantile Colic: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial | Pediatrics | 2010 | 286 |
| 36 | Host-microbial symbiosis in the vertebrate gastrointestinal tract and the Lactobacillus reuteri paradigm | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2011 | 283 |
| 37 | Antifungal 3-Hydroxy Fatty Acids from Lactobacillus plantarum MiLAB14 | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2003 | 275 |
| 38 | The formation ofStaphylococcus aureusenterotoxin in food environments and advances in risk assessment | Virulence | 2011 | 267 |
| 39 | Molecular characterization of the stomach microbiota in patients with gastric cancer and in controls | Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2009 | 260 |
| 40 | Diversification of the gut symbiont Lactobacillus reuteri as a result of host-driven evolution | ISME Journal | 2010 | 254 |
| 41 | Biogas production through syntrophic acetate oxidation and deliberate operating strategies for improved digester performance | Applied Energy | 2016 | 251 |
| 42 | Collection of airborne micro‐organisms on Nuclepore filters, estimation and analysis—CAMNEA method | Journal of Applied Bacteriology | 1986 | 240 |
| 43 | Soft inertial microfluidics for high throughput separation of bacteria from human blood cells | Lab on A Chip | 2009 | 222 |
| 44 | Closing the Global Energy and Nutrient Cycles through Application of Biogas Residue to Agricultural Land – Potential Benefits and Drawback | Energies | 2009 | 220 |
| 45 | Syntrophaceticus schinkii gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, syntrophic acetate-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a mesophilic anaerobic filter | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 2010 | 220 |
| 46 | Methane Production in Dairy Cows Correlates with Rumen Methanogenic and Bacterial Community Structure | Frontiers in Microbiology | 2017 | 218 |
| 47 | Ecological and evolutionary factors underlying global and local assembly of denitrifier communities | ISME Journal | 2010 | 217 |
| 48 | Biobeds for Environmental Protection from Pesticide Use—A Review | Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry | 2008 | 213 |
| 49 | A Fibrinogen-Binding Protein of Staphylococcus epidermidis | Infection and Immunity | 1998 | 213 |
| 50 | Removal of Antibiotic Resistance Gene-Carrying Plasmids from Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC 55730 and Characterization of the Resulting Daughter Strain, L . reuteri DSM 17938 | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2008 | 212 |
