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Laurent Philippot is affiliated with INRAE, the Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement in France. Their research primarily spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to the study of biological and ecological processes in agricultural contexts.

Their subfields of study include Plant Science, Ecology, Soil Science, Molecular Biology, and Pollution. This broad spectrum indicates a focus on understanding interactions at multiple levels, from molecular mechanisms to ecosystem dynamics.

The main topics addressed in their work are:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Nematode management and characterization studies

Laurent Philippot has published numerous papers in various scientific venues, with some prominent recent works including:

  • "The interplay between microbial communities and soil properties," 2023, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Microbial Community Resilience across Ecosystems and Multiple Disturbances," 2021, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
  • "A closer look at the functions behind ecosystem multifunctionality: A review," 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • "Crop cover is more important than rotational diversity for soil multifunctionality and cereal yields in European cropping systems," 2021, Nature Food
  • "Unraveling negative biotic interactions determining soil microbial community assembly and functioning," 2021, The ISME Journal

Their frequent co-authors include Sana Romdhane, Aymé Spor, David Bru, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, and Sara Hallin. These collaborations suggest an extensive network of research partnerships in related fields.

Laurent Philippot's publications often appear in journals such as Soil Biology and Biochemistry, SSRN Electronic Journal, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Scientific Reports, and Biology and Fertility of Soils.

Best Publications

  • Going back to the roots: the microbial ecology of the rhizosphere.

    Laurent Philippot;Jos M. Raaijmakers;Philippe Lemanceau;Wim H. van der Putten

  • Insights into the resistance and resilience of the soil microbial community

    Bryan S. Griffiths;Laurent Philippot

  • Quantitative Detection of the nosZ Gene, Encoding Nitrous Oxide Reductase, and Comparison of the Abundances of 16S rRNA, narG, nirK, and nosZ Genes in Soils

    S. Henry;D. Bru;B. Stres;S. Hallet

  • The interplay between microbial communities and soil properties.

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  • DNA extraction from soils: old bias for new microbial diversity analysis methods.

    F. Martin-Laurent;L. Philippot;S. Hallet;R. Chaussod

  • Loss in microbial diversity affects nitrogen cycling in soil.

    Laurent Philippot;Aymé Spor;Catherine Hénault;David Bru

  • The unaccounted yet abundant nitrous oxide-reducing microbial community: a potential nitrous oxide sink

    Christopher M Jones;Daniel R H Graf;David Bru;Laurent Philippot

  • Quantification of denitrifying bacteria in soils by nirK gene targeted real-time PCR.

    Sonia Henry;Ezékiel Baudoin;Juan C. López-Gutiérrez;Fabrice Martin-Laurent

  • Abundance of narG, nirS, nirK, and nosZ genes of denitrifying bacteria during primary successions of a glacier foreland

    Ellen Kandeler;Kathrin Deiglmayr;Dagmar Tscherko;David Bru

  • Microbes as engines of ecosystem function: When does community structure enhance predictions of ecosystem processes?

    Emily B. Graham;Emily B. Graham;Joseph E. Knelman;Joseph E. Knelman;Andreas Schindlbacher;Steven Siciliano

  • Denitrifying genes in bacterial and Archaeal genomes.

    Laurent Philippot

  • The ecological coherence of high bacterial taxonomic ranks

    Laurent Philippot;Siv G. E. Andersson;Tom J. Battin;James I. Prosser

  • Relationship between N-cycling communities and ecosystem functioning in a 50-year-old fertilization experiment.

    Sara Hallin;Christopher M Jones;Michael Schloter;Laurent Philippot;Laurent Philippot

  • Genomics and Ecology of Novel N2O-Reducing Microorganisms

    Sara Hallin;Laurent Philippot;Frank E. Löffler;Robert A. Sanford

  • A plant perspective on nitrogen cycling in the rhizosphere

    Delphine Moreau;Richard D. Bardgett;Roger D. Finlay;David L. Jones;David L. Jones

  • Insights into the effect of soil pH on N(2)O and N(2) emissions and denitrifier community size and activity.

    Jiří Čuhel;Miloslav Šimek;Ronnie J. Laughlin;David Bru;David Bru

  • Ecology of Denitrifying Prokaryotes in Agricultural Soil

    Laurent Philippot;Sara Hallin;Michael Schloter

  • Recently identified microbial guild mediates soil N2O sink capacity

    Christopher M. Jones;Christopher M. Jones;Ayme Spor;Fiona P. Brennan;Fiona P. Brennan;Fiona P. Brennan;Marie-Christine Breuil

  • Activity and Composition of the Denitrifying Bacterial Community Respond Differently to Long-Term Fertilization

    Karin Enwall;Laurent Philippot;Sara Hallin

  • Determinants of the distribution of nitrogen-cycling microbial communities at the landscape scale

    D Bru;Alban Nicolas Ramette;N P A Saby;S Dequiedt;S Dequiedt

  • Quantification of a novel group of nitrate-reducing bacteria in the environment by real-time PCR

    Juan C López-Gutiérrez;Sonia Henry;Stéphanie Hallet;Fabrice Martin-Laurent

Frequent Co-Authors

David Bru
David Bru INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Fabrice Martin-Laurent
Fabrice Martin-Laurent INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Sara Hallin
Sara Hallin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Philippe Lemanceau
Philippe Lemanceau INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Ellen Kandeler
Ellen Kandeler University of Hohenheim
Lionel Ranjard
Lionel Ranjard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Bryan S. Griffiths
Bryan S. Griffiths Scotland's Rural College
Michael Schloter
Michael Schloter Technical University of Munich
Sven Marhan
Sven Marhan University of Hohenheim
Cory C. Cleveland
Cory C. Cleveland University of Montana

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