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Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira

Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
48
Citations
8556
World Ranking
2410
National Ranking
38

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Bacteria

Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira mainly focuses on Botany, Rhizobium, Rhizobia, Biodiversity and Ecology. Her studies deal with areas such as Nitrogen fixation and Root nodule as well as Botany. Her study in Nitrogen fixation is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Taxonomy and Symbiosis.

In Rhizobium, she works on issues like Microbial inoculant, which are connected to Food science. Her research investigates the connection between Rhizobia and topics such as Horticulture that intersect with problems in Heavy metals and Burkholderia fungorum. Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira interconnects Old-growth forest, Land use, Soil ecology, Soil classification and Secondary forest in the investigation of issues within Biodiversity.

Her most cited work include:

  • Changes in land use alter the structure of bacterial communities in Western Amazon soils. (251 citations)
  • Biodiversity conservation in human-modified Amazonian forest landscapes (201 citations)
  • Characterization of tropical tree rhizobia and description of Mesorhizobium plurifarium sp. nov (199 citations)

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

Her scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Agronomy, Rhizobia, Nitrogen fixation and Horticulture. Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira has included themes like Bradyrhizobium, Rhizobium, Root nodule, Bacteria and Symbiosis in her Botany study. Her Rhizobium research integrates issues from Paenibacillus and Sinorhizobium.

Her studies in Agronomy integrate themes in fields like Inoculation, Soil quality and Oxisol. Her Rhizobia research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Randomized block design, Axenic, Legume and Rhizobacteria. Her work focuses on many connections between Nitrogen fixation and other disciplines, such as Microbial inoculant, that overlap with her field of interest in Phaseolus.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (37.70%)
  • Agronomy (30.37%)
  • Rhizobia (26.18%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Rhizobia (26.18%)
  • Agronomy (30.37%)
  • Bradyrhizobium (16.23%)

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

Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira mostly deals with Rhizobia, Agronomy, Bradyrhizobium, Botany and Soil quality. Her Rhizobia study combines topics in areas such as Phaseolus and Horticulture. Her Agronomy research incorporates themes from Introduced species, Inoculation and Understory.

Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira has researched Bradyrhizobium in several fields, including Microbial inoculant, 16S ribosomal RNA and Root nodule. Her research investigates the connection with Botany and areas like rpoB which intersect with concerns in Vigna. In her study, Paenibacillus is strongly linked to Plant growth, which falls under the umbrella field of Rhizobium.

Between 2018 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Critical mercury concentration in tropical soils: Impact on plants and soil biological attributes. (11 citations)
  • Selected bacterial strains enhance phosphorus availability from biochar-based rock phosphate fertilizer (9 citations)
  • Microbiological indicators of soil quality are related to greater coffee yield in the Brazilian Cerrado region (9 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Bacteria

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Paenibacillus, Agronomy, Genetic diversity, Bradyrhizobium and Rhizobia. Her Paenibacillus study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Shoot, Horticulture, Rhizobium and Phosphate. Her Horticulture research includes elements of Soil pH and Fertilizer, Phosphorite.

Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Inoculation, Cation-exchange capacity, Fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis and Soil functions. She combines subjects such as Vigna, Botany and rpoB with her study of Bradyrhizobium. Her Rhizobia research incorporates elements of Rhizoctonia solani, Rhizobacteria, Damping off, Phaseolus and Burkholderia fungorum.

Best Publications

  • Changes in land use alter the structure of bacterial communities in Western Amazon soils.

    Ederson da C Jesus;Ederson da C Jesus;Terence L Marsh;James M Tiedje;Fatima M de S Moreira

  • Biodiversity conservation in human-modified Amazonian forest landscapes

    Carlos A. Peres;Toby A. Gardner;Jos Barlow;Jansen Zuanon

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

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

  • Global soil biodiversity atlas

    A. Orgiazzi;R.D. Bardgett;E. Barrios;V. Behan-Pelletier

  • A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: the Sustainable Amazon Network

    Toby A. Gardner;Toby A. Gardner;Joice Ferreira;Jos Barlow;Alexander C. Lees

  • Biological nitrogen fixation and phosphate solubilization by bacteria isolated from tropical soils

    Leandro Marciano Marra;Cláudio Roberto Fonsêca Sousa Soares;Silvia Maria de Oliveira;Paulo Ademar Avelar Ferreira

  • The mosaic of habitats in the high-altitude Brazilian rupestrian fields is a hotspot for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Fernanda de Carvalho;Francisco Adriano de Souza;Rosilaine Carrenho;Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira

  • Characterization of Rhizobia Isolated from Different Divergence Groups of Tropical Leguminosae by Comparative Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis of their Total Proteins

    Fatima M.S. Moreira;Monique Gillis;Bruno Pot;Karel Kersters

  • Occurrence of nodulation in legume species in the Amazon region of Brazil

    Fatima Maria De Souza Moreira;Marlene Freitas Da Silva;Faria De Sérgio Miana

  • Bactérias diazotróficas associativas: diversidade, ecologia e potencial de aplicações

    Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira;Krisle da Silva;Rafaela Simão Abrahão Nóbrega;Fernanda de Carvalho

  • Genetic and Symbiotic Diversity of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Isolated from Agricultural Soils in the Western Amazon by Using Cowpea as the Trap Plant

    Amanda Azarias Guimarães;Paula Marcela Duque Jaramillo;Rafaela Simão Abrahão Nóbrega;Ligiane Aparecida Florentino

  • Biodiversity of rhizobia isolated from a wide range of forest legumes in Brazil.

    F. M. S. Moreira;K. Haukka;K. Haukka;J. P. W. Young

  • Agricultural intensification, soil biodiversity and ecosystem function in the tropics: the role of nitrogen-fixing bacteria

    J.H.P. Kahindi;P. Woomer;T. George;F.M. de Souza Moreira

  • Nodulation of Sesbania species by Rhizobium (Agrobacterium) strain IRBG74 and other rhizobia

    Stephen P. Cummings;Prasad Gyaneshwar;Pablo Vinuesa;Frank T. Farruggia

  • Biomassa e atividade microbiana em solo sob diferentes sistemas de manejo na região fisiográfica Campos das Vertentes – MG

    Rubens Ribeiro da Silva;Marx Leandro Naves Silva;Evaldo Luis Cardoso;Fátima Maria de Souza Moreira

  • A Handbook of Tropical Soil Biology: Sampling and Characterization of Below-ground Biodiversity

    Fátima Maria de Souza Moreira;Jeroen Huising;David Edward Bignell

  • Crescimento e teor de metais de mudas de espécies arbóreas cultivadas em solo contaminado com metais pesados

    Teresa Cristina Lara Lanza de Sá e Melo Marques;Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira;José Oswaldo Siqueira

  • Land use intensification in the humid tropics increased both alpha and beta diversity of soil bacteria

    Teotonio Soares de Carvalho;Teotonio Soares de Carvalho;Ederson da Conceição Jesus;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Toby A. Gardner

  • Efficient nitrogen-fixing Rhizobium strains isolated from amazonian soils are highly tolerant to acidity and aluminium

    Paulo Ademar Avelar Ferreira;Cleide Aparecida Bomfeti;Bruno Lima Soares;Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira

  • Solubilisation of inorganic phosphates by inoculant strains from tropical legumes

    Leandro Marciano Marra;Silvia Maria de Oliveira;Cláudio Roberto Fonsêca Sousa Soares;Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira

  • Nitrogen-fixing bacteria communities occurring in soils under different uses in the Western Amazon Region as indicated by nodulation of siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum)

    Adriana Silva Lima;Rafaela Simão Abrahão Nóbrega;Alexandre Barberi;Krisle da Silva

  • Exopolysaccharides produced by the symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria of leguminosae

    Cleide Aparecida Bomfeti;Ligiane Aparecida Florentino;Ana Paula Guimarães;Patrícia Gomes Cardoso

  • Multiple linear regression and random forest to predict and map soil properties using data from portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (pXRF).

    Sérgio Henrique Godinho Silva;Anita Fernanda dos Santos Teixeira;Michele Duarte de Menezes;Luiz Roberto Guimarães Guilherme

  • Symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterial populations trapped from soils under agroforestry systems in the Western Amazon

    Paula Marcela Duque Jaramillo;Amanda Azarias Guimarães;Ligiane Aparecida Florentino;Karina Barroso Silva

  • Conservation value of alternative land-use systems for dung beetles in Amazon: valuing traditional farming practices

    Vanesca Korasaki;Rodrigo F. Braga;Ronald Zanetti;Fatima M. S. Moreira

  • Initial pH of medium affects organic acids production but do not affect phosphate solubilization

    Leandro M. Marra;Silvia M. de Oliveira-Longatti;Cláudio R.F.S. Soares;Cláudio R.F.S. Soares;José M. de Lima

  • Cowpea symbiotic efficiency, pH and aluminum tolerance in nitrogen-fixing bacteria

    Bruno Lima Soares;Paulo Avelar Ademar Ferreira;Silvia Maria de Oliveira-Longatti;Leandro Marciano Marra

  • Erratum: Changes in land use alter the structure of bacterial communities in Western Amazon soils (The ISME Journal (2009) 3 (1004-1011) DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.47)

    Ederson Da C Jesus;Terence L. Marsh;James M. Tiedje;Fatima M. De S Moreira

Frequent Co-Authors

José Oswaldo Siqueira
José Oswaldo Siqueira Federal University of Lavras
Paulo A. Ferreira
Paulo A. Ferreira Duke University
Anne Willems
Anne Willems Ghent University
Nilton Curi
Nilton Curi Federal University of Lavras
Luiz Roberto Guimarães Guilherme
Luiz Roberto Guimarães Guilherme Federal University of Lavras
Julio Louzada
Julio Louzada Federal University of Lavras
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Toby A. Gardner
Toby A. Gardner Stockholm Environment Institute
David E. Bignell
David E. Bignell Queen Mary University of London
Jaco Vangronsveld
Jaco Vangronsveld Hasselt University

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