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Steven A. Wakelin

Steven A. Wakelin

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
48
Citations
7614
World Ranking
2438
National Ranking
29

Environmental Sciences

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48
Citations
8010
World Ranking
5574
National Ranking
29

Overview

Steven A. Wakelin is affiliated with Scion in New Zealand. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a total of 66, 40, and 30 publications respectively in these areas.

Their work touches on several subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Soil Science, Ecology, and Pollution. Major topics in their research include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Gut Microbiota and Health, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Loretta G. Garrett, Sarah L. Addison, Kathryn Wigley, Leo M. Condron, and Simeon J. Smaill.

Steven A. Wakelin has published multiple papers in key scientific venues. Some of their recent publications are:

  • Changes in microbial community structure during pig manure composting and its relationship to the fate of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Biotic interactions drive ecosystem responses to exotic plant invaders, 2020, Science
  • Microbiome Interconnectedness throughout Environments with Major Consequences for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet, 2023, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
  • Impact of grassland afforestation with contrasting tree species on soil phosphorus fractions and alkaline phosphatase gene communities, 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Change in root-associated fungal communities affects soil enzymatic activities during Pinus massoniana forest development in subtropical China, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management

They have also frequently published in the following venues:

  • Environmental Microbiome
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Biology and Fertility of Soils

Best Publications

  • Phosphate solubilization by Penicillium spp. closely associated with wheat roots

    Steven A. Wakelin;Rosemary A. Warren;Paul R. Harvey;Maarten H. Ryder

  • Habitat selective factors influencing the structural composition and functional capacity of microbial communities in agricultural soils

    S.A. Wakelin;L.M. Macdonald;L.M. Macdonald;S.L. Rogers;A.L. Gregg

  • Long-term organic and inorganic fertilization alters temperature sensitivity of potential N2O emissions and associated microbes

    Peiyuan Cui;Fenliang Fan;Chang Yin;Alin Song

  • Effect of Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent on Microbial Function and Community Structure in the Sediment of a Freshwater Stream with Variable Seasonal Flow

    Steven A. Wakelin;Matt J. Colloff;Rai S. Kookana

  • Incidence and diversity of phosphate-solubilising bacteria are linked to phosphorus status in grassland soils

    Carolyn Mander;Steve Wakelin;Sandra Young;Leo Condron

  • Bacteria, not archaea, restore nitrification in a zinc-contaminated soil.

    Jelle Mertens;Kris Broos;Kris Broos;Steven A Wakelin;George A Kowalchuk

  • Probing potential microbial coupling of carbon and nitrogen cycling during decomposition of maize residue by 13C-DNA-SIP

    Fenliang Fan;Chang Yin;Yongjun Tang;Zhaojun Li

  • Nanoparticle factories: Biofilms hold the key to gold dispersion and nugget formation

    Frank Reith;Frank Reith;Lintern Fairbrother;Lintern Fairbrother;Gert Nolze;Oliver Wilhelmi

  • Life history determines biogeographical patterns of soil bacterial communities over multiple spatial scales

    A. Bissett;A.E. Richardson;G. Baker;S. Wakelin;S. Wakelin

  • The effects of stubble retention and nitrogen application on soil microbial community structure and functional gene abundance under irrigated maize.

    Steven A. Wakelin;Matt J. Colloff;Paul R. Harvey;Petra Marschner

  • Response of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in calcareous soil to mineral and organic fertilizer application and their relative contribution to nitrification

    Rui Tao;Steven A. Wakelin;Yongchao Liang;Guixin Chu

  • Supplementing chemical fertilizer with an organic component increases soil biological function and quality

    Rui Tao;Yongchao Liang;Steven A. Wakelin;Guixin Chu

  • Pasture management clearly affects soil microbial community structure and N-cycling bacteria

    Steven Alan Wakelin;Adrienne L. Gregg;Richard John Simpson;Guandgi D. Li

  • Nitrous oxide emission and denitrifier communities in drip-irrigated calcareous soil as affected by chemical and organic fertilizers.

    Rui Tao;Steven A. Wakelin;Yongchao Liang;Baowei Hu

  • Changes in microbial community structure during pig manure composting and its relationship to the fate of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes.

    Yuanwang Liu;Dengmiao Cheng;Jianming Xue;Louise Weaver

  • The Abundance of Microbial Functional Genes in Grassy Woodlands Is Influenced More by Soil Nutrient Enrichment than by Recent Weed Invasion or Livestock Exclusion

    Elizabeth A. Lindsay;Matthew J. Colloff;Nerida L. Gibb;Steven A. Wakelin;Steven A. Wakelin

  • Effect of nitrogen and waterlogging on denitrifier gene abundance, community structure and activity in the rhizosphere of wheat.

    Kelly Hamonts;Tim J. Clough;Alison Stewart;Peter W. Clinton

  • Forms of phosphorus in bacteria and fungi isolated from two Australian soils

    E.K. Bünemann;R.J. Smernik;A.L. Doolette;P. Marschner

  • The efficacy of 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate on N2O emissions is linked to niche differentiation of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria across four arable soils

    Xiaoping Fan;Chang Yin;Hao Chen;Mujun Ye

  • Links between sulphur oxidation and sulphur-oxidising bacteria abundance and diversity in soil microcosms based on soxB functional gene analysis.

    Maria Tourna;Paul Maclean;Leo Condron;Maureen O'Callaghan

  • Supergene gold transformation: Secondary and nano-particulate gold from southern New Zealand

    Frank Reith;Frank Reith;Lachlan Stewart;Steven A. Wakelin

  • Potential to improve root access to phosphorus: the role of non-symbiotic microbial inoculants in the rhizosphere

    P. R. Harvey;R. A. Warren;S. Wakelin

Frequent Co-Authors

Leo M. Condron
Leo M. Condron Lincoln University
Frank Reith
Frank Reith University of Adelaide
Yongchao Liang
Yongchao Liang Zhejiang University
George A. Kowalchuk
George A. Kowalchuk Utrecht University
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Matthew J. Colloff
Matthew J. Colloff Australian National University
Mike J. McLaughlin
Mike J. McLaughlin University of Adelaide
Tim J. Clough
Tim J. Clough Lincoln University
Tingqiang Li
Tingqiang Li Zhejiang University
Alison Stewart
Alison Stewart Foundation for Arable Research

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