| Report of the ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology. E Stackebrandt, W Frederiksen, GM Garrity, PAD Grimont, P Kämpfer, ... International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 52 (3 …, 2002 | 1799 | 2002 |
| Relationships between Staphylococcus aureus genetic background, virulence factors, agr groups (alleles), and human disease S Jarraud, C Mougel, J Thioulouse, G Lina, H Meugnier, F Forey, ... Infection and immunity 70 (2), 631-641, 2002 | 1152 | 2002 |
| Detection and enumeration of bacteria in soil by direct DNA extraction and polymerase chain reaction. C Picard, C Ponsonnet, E Paget, X Nesme, P Simonet Applied and Environmental Microbiology 58 (9), 2717-2722, 1992 | 619 | 1992 |
| Quantification of bias related to the extraction of DNA directly from soils Å Frostegård, S Courtois, V Ramisse, S Clerc, D Bernillon, F Le Gall, ... Applied and environmental microbiology 65 (12), 5409-5420, 1999 | 596 | 1999 |
| Identification of Agrobacterium strains by PCR-RFLP analysis of pTi and chromosomal regions C Ponsonnet, X Nesme Archives of Microbiology 161 (4), 300-309, 1994 | 197 | 1994 |
| ITS analysis of prokaryotes P Normand Molecular microbial ecology manual, 1-12, 1996 | 193 | 1996 |
| A mathematical method for determining genome divergence and species delineation using AFLP. C Mougel, J Thioulouse, G Perrière, X Nesme International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 52 (2 …, 2002 | 157 | 2002 |
| Phylogeny of the Rhizobium–Allorhizobium–Agrobacterium clade supports the delineation of Neorhizobium gen. nov. SA Mousavi, J Österman, N Wahlberg, X Nesme, C Lavire, L Vial, L Paulin, ... Systematic and applied microbiology 37 (3), 208-215, 2014 | 153 | 2014 |
| GC-content evolution in bacterial genomes: the biased gene conversion hypothesis expands F Lassalle, S Périan, T Bataillon, X Nesme, L Duret, V Daubin PLoS Genet 11 (2), e1004941, 2015 | 147 | 2015 |
| Revised phylogeny of Rhizobiaceae: proposal of the delineation of Pararhizobium gen. nov., and 13 new species combinations SA Mousavi, A Willems, X Nesme, P de Lajudie, K Lindström Systematic and applied microbiology 38 (2), 84-90, 2015 | 131 | 2015 |
| Potential of a 16S rRNA-based taxonomic microarray for analyzing the rhizosphere effects of maize on Agrobacterium spp. and bacterial communities H Sanguin, B Remenant, A Dechesne, J Thioulouse, TM Vogel, X Nesme, ... Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72 (6), 4302-4312, 2006 | 129 | 2006 |
| Comparison of Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA with Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism To Assess Genetic Diversity and Genetic Relatedness within Genospecies III … A Clerc, C Manceau, X Nesme Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64 (4), 1180-1187, 1998 | 117 | 1998 |
| Conditions for natural transformation of Ralstonia solanacearum. F Bertolla, F Van Gijsegem, X Nesme, P Simonet Applied and environmental microbiology 63 (12), 4965-4968, 1997 | 115 | 1997 |
| During Infection of Its Host, the Plant Pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum Naturally Develops a State of Competence and Exchanges Genetic Material F Bertolla, Å Frostegård, B Brito, X Nesme, P Simonet Molecular plant-microbe interactions 12 (5), 467-472, 1999 | 112 | 1999 |
| Immobilization of single-stranded DNA fragments to solid surfaces and their repeatable specific hybridization: covalent binding or adsorption? V Dugas, G Depret, Y Chevalier, X Nesme, É Souteyrand Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 101 (1-2), 112-121, 2004 | 106 | 2004 |
| Rapid and Efficient Identification of Agrobacterium Species by recA Allele Analysis D Costechareyre, A Rhouma, C Lavire, P Portier, D Chapulliot, F Bertolla, ... Microbial Ecology 60 (4), 862-872, 2010 | 103 | 2010 |
| Genomic species are ecological species as revealed by comparative genomics in Agrobacterium tumefaciens F Lassalle, T Campillo, L Vial, J Baude, D Costechareyre, D Chapulliot, ... Genome Biology and Evolution 3, 762-781, 2011 | 102 | 2011 |
| Development and validation of a prototype 16S rRNA‐based taxonomic microarray for Alphaproteobacteria H Sanguin, A Herrera, C Oger‐Desfeux, A Dechesne, P Simonet, ... Environmental Microbiology 8 (2), 289-307, 2006 | 99 | 2006 |
| Optimization and biochemical characterization of a bacteriocin from a newly isolated Bacillus subtilis strain 14B for biocontrol of Agrobacterium spp. strains I Hammami, A Rhouma, B Jaouadi, A Rebai, X Nesme Letters in applied microbiology 48 (2), 253-260, 2009 | 98 | 2009 |
| Polyphasic characterization of xanthomonads pathogenic to members of the Anacardiaceae and their relatedness to species of Xanthomonas N Ah-You, L Gagnevin, PAD Grimont, S Brisse, X Nesme, F Chiroleu, ... International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 59 (2 …, 2009 | 94 | 2009 |
