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Plant Science and Agronomy
USA
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
93
Citations
30298
World Ranking
233
National Ranking
82

Microbiology

D-Index
95
Citations
30853
World Ranking
540
National Ranking
251

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2000 - Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1999 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Steven E. Lindow is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Plant Science, evidenced by 49 publications in this subfield. Additional areas of study include Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, and Plant Parasitism and Resistance.

Key recent publications include:

  • Unraveling the functional dark matter through global metagenomics, 2023, Nature
  • Plant neighborhood shapes diversity and reduces interspecific variation of the phyllosphere microbiome, 2022, The ISME Journal
  • DSF-family quorum sensing signal-mediated intraspecies, interspecies, and inter-kingdom communication, 2022, Trends in Microbiology
  • Evolution of combinatorial diversity in trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthase assembly lines across bacteria, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Leaf side determines the relative importance of dispersal versus host filtering in the phyllosphere microbiome, 2023, mBio

Frequent co-authors listed include Kyle Meyer, Clelia Baccari, Britt Koskella, Oseias R. Feitosa-Junior, and Paulo A. Zaini.

Steven E. Lindow has published regularly in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE
  • mBio
  • Phytopathology
  • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Their work spans a range of fields, with a focus on understanding interactions between plants and microorganisms, microbial communications, and various aspects of plant disease and immunity. Their contributions also address topics around symbiosis, microbial diversity, and microbiome ecology.

Recognition for their work includes major awards such as the Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology from the American Society for Microbiology (2000), election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1999, and membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 1999.

Best Publications

  • Microbiology of the Phyllosphere

    Steven E. Lindow;Maria T. Brandl

  • Improved gfp and inaZ broad-host-range promoter-probe vectors.

    William G. Miller;Johan H. J. Leveau;Steven E. Lindow

  • Comparative Genomics of Plant-Associated Pseudomonas spp.: Insights into Diversity and Inheritance of Traits Involved in Multitrophic Interactions

    Joyce E Loper;Joyce E Loper;Karl A Hassan;Dmitri V. Mavrodi;Edward W. Davis Ii

  • Comparison of the complete genome sequences of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a and pv. tomato DC3000

    Helene Feil;William S. Feil;Patrick Chain;Frank Larimer

  • HOW ROOTS CONTROL THE FLUX OF CARBON TO THE RHIZOSPHERE

    John Farrar;Martha Hawes;Davey Jones;Steven Lindow

  • Role of Leaf Surface Sugars in Colonization of Plants by Bacterial Epiphytes

    Julien Mercier;S. E. Lindow

  • Bacterial colonization of leaves: a spectrum of strategies.

    Gwyn A. Beattie;Steven E. Lindow

  • Living in two worlds: the plant and insect lifestyles of Xylella fastidiosa.

    Subhadeep Chatterjee;Rodrigo P P Almeida;Steven Lindow

  • Mapping of sugar and amino acid availability in soil around roots with bacterial sensors of sucrose and tryptophan

    C. H. Jaeger;S. E. Lindow;W. Miller;E. Clark

  • THE ROLE OF BACTERIAL ICE NUCLEATION IN FROST INJURY TO PLANTS

    S E Lindow

  • Selective progressive response of soil microbial community to wild oat roots.

    Kristen M DeAngelis;Eoin L Brodie;Todd Z DeSantis;Gary L Andersen

  • The secret life of foliar bacterial pathogens on leaves.

    Gwyn A Beattie;Steven E Lindow

  • Utilization of the Plant Hormone Indole-3-Acetic Acid for Growth by Pseudomonas putida Strain 1290

    Johan H. J. Leveau;Steven E. Lindow

  • Appetite of an epiphyte: Quantitative monitoring of bacterial sugar consumption in the phyllosphere

    Johan H. J. Leveau;Steven E. Lindow

  • Bacterial Ice Nucleation: A Factor in Frost Injury to Plants

    Steven E. Lindow;Deane C. Arny;Christen D. Upper

  • Quorum sensing regulates exopolysaccharide production, motility, and virulence in Pseudomonas syringae.

    Beatriz Quiñones;Glenn Dulla;Steven E Lindow

  • Coexistence among Epiphytic Bacterial Populations Mediated through Nutritional Resource Partitioning.

    Mark Wilson;Steven E. Lindow

  • Cell-cell signaling controls Xylella fastidiosa interactions with both insects and plants

    Karyn L. Newman;Rodrigo P. P. Almeida;Alexander H. Purcell;Steven E. Lindow

  • A plant pathogen virulence factor inhibits the eukaryotic proteasome by a novel mechanism

    Michael Groll;Barbara Schellenberg;André S. Bachmann;Crystal R. Archer

  • Distribution of ice nucleation-active bacteria on plants in nature.

    S E Lindow;D C Arny;C D Upper

  • Differential survival of solitary and aggregated bacterial cells promotes aggregate formation on leaf surfaces.

    J.-M. Monier;S. E. Lindow

Frequent Co-Authors

Nickolas J. Panopoulos
Nickolas J. Panopoulos University of Crete
Joyce E. Loper
Joyce E. Loper Oregon State University
Mark V. H. Wilson
Mark V. H. Wilson Colorado College
Thomas D. Bruns
Thomas D. Bruns University of California, Berkeley
Rodrigo P. P. Almeida
Rodrigo P. P. Almeida University of California, Berkeley
Johan H. J. Leveau
Johan H. J. Leveau University of California, Davis
William G. Miller
William G. Miller United States Department of Agriculture
John W. Taylor
John W. Taylor University of California, Berkeley
William W. Nazaroff
William W. Nazaroff University of California, Berkeley
Alexander H. Purcell
Alexander H. Purcell University of California, Berkeley

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