| Microbiological basis of NO and N 2 O production and consumption in soil MK Firestone, EA Davidson Exchange of trace gases between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere 47 …, 1989 | 2392 | 1989 |
| Dynamic root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive patterns in rhizosphere microbial community assembly K Zhalnina, KB Louie, Z Hao, N Mansoori, UN Da Rocha, S Shi, H Cho, ... Nature microbiology 3 (4), 470-480, 2018 | 1586 | 2018 |
| Nitrogen mineralization, immobilization, and nitrification SC Hart, JM Stark, EA Davidson, MK Firestone Methods of soil analysis: Part 2 microbiological and biochemical properties …, 1994 | 1507 | 1994 |
| The role of ecological theory in microbial ecology JI Prosser, BJM Bohannan, TP Curtis, RJ Ellis, MK Firestone, ... Nature Reviews Microbiology 5 (5), 384-392, 2007 | 1190 | 2007 |
| Methods for measuring denitrification: diverse approaches to a difficult problem PM Groffman, MA Altabet, JK Böhlke, K Butterbach-Bahl, MB David, ... Ecological applications 16 (6), 2091-2122, 2006 | 1114 | 2006 |
| Microbial biomass response to a rapid increase in water potential when a dry soil is wetted MK Kieft, T. L., Soroker, E. and Firestone Soil Biology and Biochemistry 19, 119-126, 1987 | 1007 | 1987 |
| Mechanisms for soil moisture effects on activity of nitrifying bacteria JM Stark, MK Firestone Applied and environmental microbiology 61 (1), 218-221, 1995 | 1004 | 1995 |
| The interconnected rhizosphere: high network complexity dominates rhizosphere assemblages S Shi, EE Nuccio, ZJ Shi, Z He, J Zhou, MK Firestone Ecology letters 19 (8), 926-936, 2016 | 922 | 2016 |
| Responses of soil bacterial and fungal communities to extreme desiccation and rewetting RL Barnard, CA Osborne, MK Firestone The ISME journal 7 (11), 2229-2241, 2013 | 918 | 2013 |
| Linking microbial community composition to function in a tropical soil MP Waldrop, TC Balser, MK Firestone Soil biology and biochemistry 32 (13), 1837-1846, 2000 | 837 | 2000 |
| Biological denitrification MK Firestone Nitrogen in agricultural soils 22, 289-326, 1982 | 813 | 1982 |
| Evaluating rRNA as an indicator of microbial activity in environmental communities: limitations and uses SJ Blazewicz, RL Barnard, RA Daly, MK Firestone The ISME journal 7 (11), 2061-2068, 2013 | 809 | 2013 |
| Relationship between Desiccation and Exopolysaccharide Production in a Soil Pseudomonas sp EB Roberson, MK Firestone Applied and environmental microbiology 58 (4), 1284-1291, 1992 | 808 | 1992 |
| Measuring gross nitrogen mineralization, and nitrification by 15 N isotopic pool dilution in intact soil cores EA Davidson, SC Hart, CA Shanks, MK Firestone Journal of Soil Science 42 (3), 335-349, 1991 | 720 | 1991 |
| A quantitative framework reveals ecological drivers of grassland microbial community assembly in response to warming D Ning, M Yuan, L Wu, Y Zhang, X Guo, X Zhou, Y Yang, AP Arkin, ... Nature communications 11 (1), 4717, 2020 | 662 | 2020 |
| Environmental controls on denitrifying communities and denitrification rates: insights from molecular methods MD Wallenstein, DD Myrold, M Firestone, M Voytek Ecological applications 16 (6), 2143-2152, 2006 | 638 | 2006 |
| Plant invasion alters nitrogen cycling by modifying the soil nitrifying community CV Hawkes, IF Wren, DJ Herman, MK Firestone Ecology letters 8 (9), 976-985, 2005 | 633 | 2005 |
| Nitrous oxide from soil denitrification: factors controlling its biological production MK Firestone, RB Firestone, JM Tiedje Science 208 (4445), 749-751, 1980 | 611 | 1980 |
| Linking microbial community composition and soil processes in a California annual grassland and mixed-conifer forest TC Balser, MK Firestone Biogeochemistry 73, 395-415, 2005 | 577 | 2005 |
| Life and death in the soil microbiome: how ecological processes influence biogeochemistry NW Sokol, E Slessarev, GL Marschmann, A Nicolas, SJ Blazewicz, ... Nature Reviews Microbiology 20 (7), 415-430, 2022 | 571 | 2022 |
Eoin BrodieDeputy Division Director, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National LabVerified email at lbl.gov
