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2026

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Molecular Biology

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Emanuel M. Souza publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Emanuel M. Souza sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 361 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Emanuel M. Souza D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Emanuel M. Souza sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Emanuel M. Souza is affiliated with the Federal University of Paraná in Brazil. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Medicine. The scientist's work covers significant subfields including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Plant Science, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their research topics reflect a focus on SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Emanuel M. Souza include:

  • Everything you must know about Azospirillum and its impact on agriculture and beyond (2020, Biology and Fertility of Soils)
  • The protective role of PHB and its degradation products against stress situations in bacteria (2020, FEMS Microbiology Reviews)
  • Magnetic Bead-Based Immunoassay Allows Rapid, Inexpensive, and Quantitative Detection of Human SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies (2021, ACS Sensors)
  • Genome-based reclassification of Azospirillum brasilense Sp245 as the type strain of Azospirillum baldaniorum sp. nov (2020, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY)
  • Identification of miRNAs Enriched in Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Serum Samples of Breast Cancer Patients (2020, Biomolecules)

Emanuel M. Souza collaborates frequently with other researchers. Regular coauthors include Eduardo Balsanelli, Valter A. Baura, Fábio O. Pedrosa, Fábio de Oliveira Pedrosa, and Luciano F. Huergo.

The scientist's work is commonly published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Microbiology, Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, and The Cambridge Structural Database.

Best Publications

  • Inoculation with selected strains of Azospirillum brasilense and A. lipoferum improves yields of maize and wheat in Brazil

    Mariangela Hungria;Mariangela Hungria;Rubens J. Campo;Emanuel M. Souza;Emanuel M. Souza;Fabio O. Pedrosa;Fabio O. Pedrosa

  • Genome of Herbaspirillum seropedicae Strain SmR1, a Specialized Diazotrophic Endophyte of Tropical Grasses

    Fábio O. Pedrosa;Rose Adele Monteiro;Roseli Wassem;Leonardo M. Cruz

  • Robust biological nitrogen fixation in a model grass-bacterial association.

    Vânia C. S. Pankievicz;Fernanda P. do Amaral;Karina F. D. N. Santos;Beverly Agtuca

  • Influence of soil characteristics on the diversity of bacteria in the Southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

    H. Faoro;A. C. Alves;E. M. Souza;L. U. Rigo

  • Identification and characterization of a new true lipase isolated through metagenomic approach

    Arnaldo Glogauer;Viviane P Martini;Helisson Faoro;Gustavo H Couto

  • Herbaspirillum -plant interactions: microscopical, histological and molecular aspects

    Rose Adele Monteiro;Eduardo Balsanelli;Roseli Wassem;Anelis M. Marin

  • Endophytic Herbaspirillum seropedicae expresses nif genes in gramineous plants.

    Lauren D.B Roncato-Maccari;Humberto J.O Ramos;Fabio O Pedrosa;Yedo Alquini

  • Diversity of endophytic bacteria in Brazilian sugarcane.

    G. S. Magnani;C. M. Didonet;L. M. Cruz;C. F. Picheth

  • Exploring the genomic diversity of black yeasts and relatives (Chaetothyriales, Ascomycota)

    M.M. Teixeira;M.M. Teixeira;L.F. Moreno;L.F. Moreno;L.F. Moreno;B.J. Stielow;A. Muszewska

  • Direct and indirect effects of a pH gradient bring insights into the mechanisms driving prokaryotic community structures.

    Daniel R. Lammel;Daniel R. Lammel;Gabriel Barth;Otso Ovaskainen;Otso Ovaskainen;Leonardo M. Cruz

  • Dual RNA-seq transcriptional analysis of wheat roots colonized by Azospirillum brasilense reveals up-regulation of nutrient acquisition and cell cycle genes

    Doumit Camilios-Neto;Doumit Camilios-Neto;Paloma Bonato;Roseli Wassem;Michelle Z Tadra-Sfeir

  • 16S ribosomal DNA characterization of nitrogen-fixing bacteria isolated from banana (Musa spp.) and pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merril).

    Leonardo Magalhães Cruz;Emanuel Maltempi de Souza;Olmar Baler Weber;José Ivo Baldani

  • Virulence characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains.

    F.A. Oliveira;K.S. Paludo;L.N.V.S. Arend;S.M.S.S. Farah

  • Monitoring Azospirillum-wheat interactions using the gfp and gusA genes constitutively expressed from a new broad-host range vector.

    Humberto J.O Ramos;Lauren D.B Roncato-Maccari;Emanuel M Souza;Juliana R.L Soares-Ramos

  • Herbaspirillum seropedicae rfbB and rfbC genes are required for maize colonization

    Eduardo Balsanelli;Rodrigo V. Serrato;Valter A. De Baura;Guilherme Sassaki

  • First evidence for the salt-dependent folding and activity of an esterase from the halophilic archaea Haloarcula marismortui.

    Marcelo Müller-Santos;Emanuel M. de Souza;Fabio de O. Pedrosa;David Alexander Mitchell

  • Effect of nitrogen compounds on nitrogenase activity in Herbaspirillum seropedicae SMR1

    G. Klassen;F. O. Pedrosa;E. M. Souza;S. Funayama

  • Control of Herbaspirillum seropedicae NifA activity by ammonium ions and oxygen.

    E. M. Souza;F. O. Pedrosa;M. Drummond;L. U. Rigo

  • Genome structure of the genus Azospirillum.

    Claudia C. G. Martin-Didonet;Leda S. Chubatsu;Emanuel M. Souza;Margareth Kleina

  • Exploring the genomic diversity of black yeasts and relatives (

    M M Teixeira;L F Moreno;B J Stielow;A Muszewska

Frequent Co-Authors

Fábio O. Pedrosa
Fábio O. Pedrosa Federal University of Paraná
David A. Mitchell
David A. Mitchell Federal University of Paraná
Miguel Pedro Guerra
Miguel Pedro Guerra Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Ray Dixon
Ray Dixon John Innes Centre
Martin Buck
Martin Buck Imperial College London
Mike Merrick
Mike Merrick John Innes Centre
Karl Forchhammer
Karl Forchhammer University of Tübingen
Gary Stacey
Gary Stacey University of Missouri
Guilherme L. Sassaki
Guilherme L. Sassaki Federal University of Paraná
José Ivo Baldani
José Ivo Baldani Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation

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