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D-Index
49
Citations
10001
World Ranking
2241
National Ranking
71

Bernard Dreyfus publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernard Dreyfus sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 150 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Bernard Dreyfus D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernard Dreyfus sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Bacteria

Bernard Dreyfus spends much of his time researching Botany, Bradyrhizobium, Root nodule, Rhizobia and Azorhizobium. His research in Botany intersects with topics in Mesorhizobium, Bradyrhizobium japonicum, 16S ribosomal RNA, Sinorhizobium and Rhizobium. In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Rhizobium, Azorhizobium caulinodans, Sesbania rostrata and Sesbania is strongly linked to Rhizobium galegae.

He works mostly in the field of Bradyrhizobium, limiting it down to concerns involving Proteobacteria and, occasionally, Burkholderia, Dalbergia and Methylobacterium radiotolerans. His Root nodule research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Aeschynomene and Rhizobacteria. His Rhizobia research incorporates elements of Oryza, Oryza glaberrima, Oryza sativa and Rhizobiaceae.

His most cited work include:

  • Legumes Symbioses: Absence of Nod Genes in Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobia (465 citations)
  • Methylotrophic Methylobacterium bacteria nodulate and fix nitrogen in symbiosis with legumes. (414 citations)
  • Characterization of Azorhizobium caulinodans gen. nov., sp. nov., a stem-nodulating nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from Sesbania rostrata (373 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Botany, Rhizobia, Nitrogen fixation, Bradyrhizobium and Symbiosis. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Rhizobiaceae, Rhizobium and Root nodule. His work on Nod factor as part of general Rhizobia research is often related to Sustainable management and Beneficial use, thus linking different fields of science.

His study on Nitrogen fixation also encompasses disciplines like

  • Agronomy, which have a strong connection to Soil water and Rhizosphere,
  • Microbiology that intertwine with fields like Sesbania and Bacteria. His research integrates issues of Aeschynomene, Bradyrhizobium japonicum, 16S ribosomal RNA and Fabaceae in his study of Bradyrhizobium. His Azorhizobium study combines topics in areas such as Sinorhizobium and Rhizobium galegae.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (61.11%)
  • Rhizobia (25.93%)
  • Nitrogen fixation (24.07%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2007-2020)?

  • Botany (61.11%)
  • Rhizobia (25.93%)
  • Ecology (9.26%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Bernard Dreyfus mainly focuses on Botany, Rhizobia, Ecology, Acacia and Symbiosis. His Botany research includes elements of Bradyrhizobium, Phylogenetic tree, Pisolithus, Mycorrhiza and Root nodule. The study incorporates disciplines such as Officinalis, Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Host and Pterocarpus in addition to Bradyrhizobium.

His work deals with themes such as Natural resource and Domestication, which intersect with Rhizobia. His study looks at the intersection of Symbiosis and topics like Nitrogen fixation with Root hair, Crotalaria, Rhizobium and Acacia auriculiformis. His Methylobacterium study incorporates themes from Fabaceae and Rhizobiaceae.

Between 2007 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Multi-host ectomycorrhizal fungi are predominant in a Guinean tropical rainforest and shared between canopy trees and seedlings. (52 citations)
  • Nurse shrubs increased the early growth of Cupressus seedlings by enhancing belowground mutualism and soil microbial activity (38 citations)
  • The Exotic Legume Tree Species Acacia holosericea Alters Microbial Soil Functionalities and the Structure of the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Community (34 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Bacteria

Bernard Dreyfus mainly investigates Botany, Rhizobia, Pisolithus, Root nodule and Mycorrhiza. Bernard Dreyfus studies Biofertilizer which is a part of Botany. His Rhizobia research incorporates themes from Aeschynomene, Bradyrhizobium and Phylogenetic tree.

The various areas that Bernard Dreyfus examines in his Pisolithus study include Soil classification, Mycorrhizosphere, Phosphate solubilizing bacteria and Soil conditioner. His work deals with themes such as Rhizobacteria and Rhizobium leguminosarum, which intersect with Root nodule. His work carried out in the field of Mycorrhiza brings together such families of science as Acacia, Acacia holosericea, Resistance, Rhizosphere and Soil microbiology.

Best Publications

  • Methylotrophic Methylobacterium bacteria nodulate and fix nitrogen in symbiosis with legumes.

    Abdourahmane Sy;Eric Giraud;Philippe Jourand;Nelly Garcia

  • Legumes Symbioses: Absence of Nod Genes in Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobia

    Eric Giraud;Lionel Moulin;David Vallenet;Valérie Barbe

  • Characterization of Azorhizobium caulinodans gen. nov., sp. nov., a stem-nodulating nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from Sesbania rostrata

    Bernard Dreyfus;Jean-Louis Garcia;Monique Gillis

  • Nodulation of legumes by members of the β-subclass of Proteobacteria

    Unknown

  • Polyphasic Taxonomy of Rhizobia: Emendation of the Genus Sinorhizobium and Description of Sinorhizobium meliloti comb. nov., Sinorhizobium saheli sp. nov., and Sinorhizobium teranga sp. nov.

    Philippe De Lajudie;Anne Willems;Bruno Pot;Dirk Dewettinck

  • Photosynthetic bradyrhizobia are natural endophytes of the African wild rice Oryza breviligulata.

    Clémence Chaintreuil;Eric Giraud;Yves Prin;Jean Lorquin

  • Methylobacterium nodulans sp nov., for a group of aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic, legume root-nodule-forming and nitrogen-fixing bacteria

    Philippe Jourand;Eric Giraud;Gilles Béna;Abdoulaye Sy

  • Characterization of tropical tree rhizobia and description of Mesorhizobium plurifarium sp. nov

    P de Lajudie;A Willems;G Nick;F Moreira

  • Allorhizobium undicola gen. nov., sp. nov., nitrogen-fixing bacteria that efficiently nodulate Neptunia natans in Senegal

    P de Lajudie;E Laurent-Fulele;A Willems;U Torck

  • Bacteriophytochrome controls photosystem synthesis in anoxygenic bacteria

    Eric Giraud;Joël Fardoux;Nicolas Fourrier;Laure Hannibal

  • Free-living Rhizobium strain able to grow on n(2) as the sole nitrogen source.

    B. L. Dreyfus;C. Elmerich;Y. R. Dommergues

  • Nitrogen-fixing nodules induced by Rhizobium on the stem of the tropical legume Sesbania rostrata

    Unknown

  • Diverse Bacteria Associated with Root Nodules of Spontaneous Legumes in Tunisia and First Report for nifH -like Gene within the Genera Microbacterium and Starkeya

    Frédéric Zakhia;Habib Jeder;Anne Willems;Monique Gillis

  • Nodulation of Acacia Species by Fast- and Slow-Growing Tropical Strains of Rhizobium

    Unknown

  • Characterisation of wild legume nodulating bacteria (LNB) in the infra-arid zone of Tunisia.

    Frédéric Zakhia;Habib Jeder;Odile Domergue;Anne Willems

  • Nitrogen-fixing nodules from rose wood legume trees (Dalbergia spp.) endemic to Madagascar host seven different genera belonging to α- and β-Proteobacteria

    R. Rasolomampianina;X. Bailly;R. Fetiarison;R. Rabevohitra

  • Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of bradyrhizobia nodulating the leguminous tree Acacia albida.

    Nicolas Dupuy;Anne Willems;Bruno Pot;Dirk Dewettinck

  • The last common ancestor of Sarcolaenaceae and Asian dipterocarp trees was ectomycorrhizal before the India–Madagascar separation, about 88 million years ago

    M. Ducousso;Gilles Béna;C. Bourgeois;Bernard Buyck

  • Photosynthetic bradyrhizobia from Aeschynomene spp. are specific to stem-nodulated species and form a separate 16S ribosomal DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism group.

    Flore Molouba;Jean Lorquin;Anne Willems;Bart Hoste

  • Agrobacterium bv. 1 strains isolated from nodules of tropical legumes.

    Philippe de Lajudie;Anne Willems;Giselle Nick;Salah Hassan Mohamed

  • Identification of the carotenoid pigment canthaxanthin from photosynthetic bradyrhizobium strains.

    Jean Lorquin;Flore Molouba;Bernard Dreyfus

  • Multi-host ectomycorrhizal fungi are predominant in a Guinean tropical rainforest and shared between canopy trees and seedlings.

    Abadala Gamby Diédhiou;Abadala Gamby Diédhiou;Marc-André Selosse;Antoine Galiana;Moussa Diabaté

  • Isolation and characterization of canthaxanthin biosynthesis genes from the photosynthetic bacterium Bradyrhizobium sp. strain ORS278.

    Laure Hannibal;Jean Lorquin;Nicolas Angles D'Ortoli;Nelly Garcia

  • Genetic Diversity of Acacia seyal Del. Rhizobial Populations Indigenous to Senegalese Soils in Relation to Salinity and pH of the Sampling Sites

    Diégane Diouf;Ramatoulaye Samba-Mbaye;Didier Lesueur;Amadou Tidiane Ba

  • Stem nodulation in legumes: diversity, mechanisms, and unusual characteristics

    C. Boivin;I. Ndoye;F. Molouba;P. de Lajudie

Frequent Co-Authors

Monique Gillis
Monique Gillis Ghent University
Anne Willems
Anne Willems Ghent University
Jean Thioulouse
Jean Thioulouse Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Robin Duponnois
Robin Duponnois Montpellier SupAgro
Sergio Miana de Faria
Sergio Miana de Faria Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Matthew D. Collins
Matthew D. Collins University of Reading
Karel Kersters
Karel Kersters Ghent University
Bruno Pot
Bruno Pot Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Bart Hoste
Bart Hoste Ghent University
Kristina Lindström
Kristina Lindström University of Helsinki

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