# Engineering natural microbiomes toward enhanced bioremediation by microbiome modeling

*PRI Rank #1 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #1 |
| 18m citations | 120 |
| Journal | Nature Communications |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41467-024-49098-z |
| Corresponding authors | Yanzheng Gao, Jiandong Jiang, Xihui Xu |
| Institution | Nanjing Agricultural University, China |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/microbial-metabolic-engineering-and-bioproduction/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1038/s41467-024-49098-z](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49098-z)

## Topics

Microbial consortia · bioremediation · metabolic interactions · herbicide degradation · herbicide-degrader inoculation · convergent succession · Microbial consortia · Genome-scale metabolic modeling · SuperCC · keystone species · top-down and bottom-up framework · herbicide-contaminated soils · Microbial consortia · microbiome modeling pipeline · Microbial consortia

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