2026 Emanuel M. Souza: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	54	2326	2094	3	3	361	10000

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

874
Citations
Genome of Herbaspirillum seropedicae Strain SmR1, a Specialized Diazotrophic Endophyte of Tropical Grasses

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

267
Citations
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

241
Citations
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

233
Citations
Identification and characterization of a new true lipase isolated through metagenomic approach

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

221
Citations
Herbaspirillum -plant interactions: microscopical, histological and molecular aspects

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

214
Citations
Endophytic Herbaspirillum seropedicae expresses nif genes in gramineous plants.

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

198
Citations
Diversity of endophytic bacteria in Brazilian sugarcane.

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

188
Citations
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

185
Citations
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

174
Citations
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

163
Citations
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

161
Citations
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

158
Citations
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

150
Citations
Herbaspirillum seropedicae rfbB and rfbC genes are required for maize colonization

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

137
Citations
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

123
Citations
Effect of nitrogen compounds on nitrogenase activity in Herbaspirillum seropedicae SMR1

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

107
Citations
Control of Herbaspirillum seropedicae NifA activity by ammonium ions and oxygen.

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

100
Citations
Genome structure of the genus Azospirillum.

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

91
Citations
Exploring the genomic diversity of black yeasts and relatives (

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

9
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Fábio O. Pedrosa Federal University of Paraná

David A. Mitchell Federal University of Paraná

Miguel Pedro Guerra Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Ray Dixon John Innes Centre

Martin Buck Imperial College London

Mike Merrick John Innes Centre

Karl Forchhammer University of Tübingen

Gary Stacey University of Missouri

Guilherme L. Sassaki Federal University of Paraná

José Ivo Baldani Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation

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