Ferrán García‐Pichel

Arizona State University — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

72h-index17.4kcitations247works2.12yr avg
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Research Topics

Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology(142), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics(85), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(69), Algal biology and biofuel production(62), Lichen and fungal ecology(30)

Publications247 total

Swift microbiome‐mediated phenotype transfer from transgenic plants
Journal of Environmental Quality·2025Open Access
Impact of bacterial biodegradation in fog on formaldehyde and hydroxymethanesulfonate (HMS) concentrations
Atmospheric Environment·2025
Cyanoexosortase B is essential for motility, biofilm formation, and scytonemin production in a filamentous cyanobacterium
mSphere·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Urea-based mutualistic transfer of nitrogen in biological soil crusts
The ISME Journal·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Cyanoexosortase B is essential for motility, biofilm formation and scytonemin production in a filamentous cyanobacterium
2024Open Access
Aeolian dust deposition as a driver of cyanobacterial community structure in biological soil crusts
Soil Biology and Biochemistry·2024· 4 cited
Abiotic crust formation in fallow agricultural desert soils through carbonate cementation reduces fugitive dust
Cambridge Prisms Drylands·2024Open Access
Author comment: Abiotic crust formation in fallow agricultural desert soils through carbonate cementation reduces fugitive dust — R0/PR1
2024Open Access
An evolutionary optimum amid moderate heritability in prokaryotic cell size
Cell Reports·2024Open Access
An evolutionary optimum amid moderate heritability in prokaryotic cell size
Cell Reports·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Nimble vs. torpid responders to hydration pulse duration among soil microbes
Communications Biology·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
A urea-based symbiotic transfer of nitrogen in biological soil crusts
2024Open Access
Spatial organization of a soil cyanobacterium and its cyanosphere through GABA/Glu signaling to optimize mutualistic nitrogen fixation
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
The transient and species-specific microbiome of radiation fog water
2024Open Access
Aeolian Dust Deposition as a Driver of Cyanobacterial Community Structure in Biological Soil Crusts
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
Spatial organization of a soil cyanobacterium and its cyanosphere through GABA/Glu signaling to optimize mutualistic nitrogen fixation
The ISME Journal·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
An evolutionary optimum amid moderate heritability in prokaryotic cell size
2023Open Access
Water vapor moistening is driven by the litter type and permits microbial respiration in non-rainy period
2023Open Access
Dual use of solar power plants as biocrust nurseries for large-scale arid soil restoration
Nature Sustainability·2023· 37 cited
The Microbiology of Biological Soil Crusts
Annual Review of Microbiology·2023· 64 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Richard W. Castenholz(7), Ulrich Nübel(5), Gerard Muyzer(5), Jayne Belnap(5), Ulisses Nunes da Rocha(3), Eoin Brodie(3), Trent R. Northen(3), Anne Portwich(3), Qunjie Gao(2), Pilar Mateo(2), Ruth M. Potrafka(2), Benjamin P. Bowen(2), Estelle Couradeau(2), Ulaş Karaöz(2), Shannon L. Johnson(2), Susanne Neuer(2), Ulf Karsten(2), Ester Clavero(2), Alejandro López‐Cortés(1), Philip Proteau(1)