 Environmental Microbiology
"Environmental Microbiology" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The study of microorganisms living in a variety of environments (air, soil, water, etc.) and their pathogenic relationship to other organisms including man.
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D004783
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H01.158.273.540.274 N06.850.425
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Environmental Microbiology" by people in this website by year, and whether "Environmental Microbiology" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2015 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2019 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Environmental Microbiology" by people in Profiles.
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Penaranda C, Brenner EP, Clatworthy AE, Cosimi LA, Ravi J, Hung DT. Genomic comparison and phenotypic characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates across environmental and diverse clinical isolation sites. mSystems. 2026 Mar 24; 11(3):e0136225.
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Gebert MJ, Lipner EM, Galletta JM, Henley JB, Hoffert M, Riskin ML, Prevots DR, Fierer N. A cross-environment comparison of nontuberculous mycobacterial diversity. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2026 Jan 27; 92(1):e0155225.
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Watkin S, Dunn H, Ready D, Rennie K, Soares A, Ciric L, Cloutman-Green E. Two-step or one-step - are all methods for neonatal incubator decontamination equal? J Hosp Infect. 2024 Nov; 153:50-54.
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Lee JS, Lowell JL, Whitewater K, Roane TM, Miller CS, Chan AP, Sylvester AW, Jackson D, Hunter LE. Monitoring environmental microbiomes: Alignment of microbiology and computational biology competencies within a culturally integrated curriculum and research framework. Mol Ecol Resour. 2025 Feb; 25(2):e13867.
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Crits-Christoph A, Kantor RS, Olm MR, Whitney ON, Al-Shayeb B, Lou YC, Flamholz A, Kennedy LC, Greenwald H, Hinkle A, Hetzel J, Spitzer S, Koble J, Tan A, Hyde F, Schroth G, Kuersten S, Banfield JF, Nelson KL. Genome Sequencing of Sewage Detects Regionally Prevalent SARS-CoV-2 Variants. mBio. 2021 01 19; 12(1).
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Brewer TE, Albertsen M, Edwards A, Kirkegaard RH, Rocha EPC, Fierer N. Unlinked rRNA genes are widespread among bacteria and archaea. ISME J. 2020 02; 14(2):597-608.
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Sharma A, Richardson M, Cralle L, Stamper CE, Maestre JP, Stearns-Yoder KA, Postolache TT, Bates KL, Kinney KA, Brenner LA, Lowry CA, Gilbert JA, Hoisington AJ. Longitudinal homogenization of the microbiome between both occupants and the built environment in a cohort of United States Air Force Cadets. Microbiome. 2019 05 02; 7(1):70.
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Checinska Sielaff A, Urbaniak C, Mohan GBM, Stepanov VG, Tran Q, Wood JM, Minich J, McDonald D, Mayer T, Knight R, Karouia F, Fox GE, Venkateswaran K. Characterization of the total and viable bacterial and fungal communities associated with the International Space Station surfaces. Microbiome. 2019 04 08; 7(1):50.
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Olm MR, West PT, Brooks B, Firek BA, Baker R, Morowitz MJ, Banfield JF. Genome-resolved metagenomics of eukaryotic populations during early colonization of premature infants and in hospital rooms. Microbiome. 2019 02 15; 7(1):26.
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Loftus RW, Dexter F, Robinson ADM, Horswill AR. Desiccation tolerance is associated with Staphylococcus aureus hypertransmissibility, resistance and infection development in the operating room. J Hosp Infect. 2018 Nov; 100(3):299-308.
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