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Q1FEMS Microbiology Ecology
About FEMS Microbiology Ecology
FEMS Microbiology Ecology is a scholarly journal published by Oxford University Press. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 1.028 and H-index of 199.
Coverage: 1990-2026. Research categories: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Ecology (Q1); Microbiology (Q2).
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Topics in published research
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology; Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal; Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena; Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies; Marine and coastal ecosystems; Gut microbiota and health.
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2026-10-01 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiag093Variation in Microbial and Plant Associations Across Wild Bee Families, Functional Groups, and Urban Environments
Katherine D Chau, Trevor J L Sless, Phuong N Nguyen, Sandra M Rehan et al.
2026-09-30 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiag109Holobiomes in succession: post-glacial microbial communities are structured by hosts, time and habitat heterogeneity
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2023-06-12 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiad064Spatial patterns in host-associated and free-living bacterial communities across six temperate estuaries
Alessandra L Suzzi, Michael Stat, Troy F Gaston, Megan J Huggett et al.
2023-06-02 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiad061Diet modulation of the microbiome of the pest storage mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae
Jan Hubert, Marta Nesvorna, Bruno Sopko, Stefan J Green et al.
2023-01-27 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiad011Strong host-specific selection and over-dominance characterize arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal root colonizers of coastal sand dune plants of the Mediterranean region
M Tsiknia, V Skiada, I Ipsilantis, S Vasileiadis et al.
2021-07-28 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab109Ecology and biogeography of the ‘marine Geitlerinema’ cluster and a description of Sodalinema orleanskyi sp. nov., Sodalinema gerasimenkoae sp. nov., Sodalinema stali sp. nov. and Baaleninema simplex gen. et sp. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria)
Olga S Samylina, Maria A Sinetova, Elena V Kupriyanova, Alexander Yu Starikov et al.
2021-07-13 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab104Synergistic interactions prevail in multispecies biofilms formed by the human gut microbiota on mucin
Faizan Ahmed Sadiq, Lu Wenwei, Marc Heyndrickx, Steve Flint et al.
2021-07-13 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab096Exploring microbial communities, assessment methodologies and applications of animal's carcass decomposition: a review
Mian Gul Hilal, Qiaoling Yu, Rui Zhou, Yijie Wang et al.
2021-07-13 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab098Stress response of the marine sponge Scopalina sp.. Can microbial community composition predict sponge disease?
Jessica A Taylor, Cristina Díez-Vives, Marwan E Majzoub, Shaun Nielsen et al.
2021-07-13 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab095Multi-stable bacterial communities exhibit extreme sensitivity to initial conditions
Erik S Wright, Raveena Gupta, Kalin H Vetsigian
2021-06-04 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab073Rhizosphere shotgun metagenomic analyses fail to show differences between ancestral and modern wheat genotypes grown under low fertilizer inputs
Liliana Quiza, Julien Tremblay, Charles W Greer, Sean M Hemmingsen et al.
2021-06-04 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab071Macroecological diversification and convergence in a clade of keystone symbionts
Matthew P Nelsen, Steven D Leavitt, Kathleen Heller, Lucia Muggia et al.
2021-06-04 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab072Erratum to “Positive linkage between bacterial social traits reveals that homogeneous rather than specialized behavioral repertoires prevail in natural Pseudomonas communities”
Jos Kramer, Miguel Ángel López Carrasco, Rolf Kümmerli
2021-04-13 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiaa250Bacteria responsible for antimonite oxidation in antimony-contaminated soil revealed by DNA-SIP coupled to metagenomics
Miaomiao Zhang, Max Kolton, Zhe Li, Hanzhi Lin et al.
2021-04-13 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab057Responses of abundant and rare bacterioplankton to temporal change in a subtropical urban reservoir
Pascaline Nyirabuhoro, Xiaofei Gao, Jean Claude Ndayishimiye, Peng Xiao et al.
2021-03-31 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab036The association between initial adhesion and cyanobacterial biofilm development
Sara I Faria, Rita Teixeira-Santos, João Morais, Vitor Vasconcelos et al.
2021-04-13 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab052DNA-SIP and repeated isolation corroborate Variovorax as a key organism in maintaining the genetic memory for linuron biodegradation in an agricultural soil
Harry Lerner, Başak Öztürk, Anja B Dohrmann, Joice Thomas et al.
2021-04-13 · DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab051Reviews
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