| Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences M McFall-Ngai, MG Hadfield, TCG Bosch, HV Carey, T Domazet-Lošo, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (9), 3229-3236, 2013 | 2627 | 2013 |
| An ecological and evolutionary perspective on human–microbe mutualism and disease L Dethlefsen, M McFall-Ngai, DA Relman Nature 449 (7164), 811-818, 2007 | 2000 | 2007 |
| The winnowing: establishing the squid–vibrio symbiosis SV Nyholm, M McFall-Ngai Nature Reviews Microbiology 2 (8), 632-642, 2004 | 871 | 2004 |
| Care for the community M McFall-Ngai Nature 445 (7124), 153-153, 2007 | 470 | 2007 |
| Vibrio fischeri lux Genes Play an Important Role in Colonization and Development of the Host Light Organ KL Visick, J Foster, J Doino, M McFall-Ngai, EG Ruby Journal of Bacteriology 182 (16), 4578-4586, 2000 | 465 | 2000 |
| Metaorganisms as the new frontier TCG Bosch, MJ McFall-Ngai Zoology 114 (4), 185-190, 2011 | 443 | 2011 |
| Microbial factor-mediated development in a host-bacterial mutualism TA Koropatnick, JT Engle, MA Apicella, EV Stabb, WE Goldman, ... Science 306 (5699), 1186-1188, 2004 | 424 | 2004 |
| Symbiont recognition and subsequent morphogenesis as early events in an animal-bacterial mutualism MJ McFall-Ngai, EG Ruby Science 254 (5037), 1491-1494, 1991 | 418 | 1991 |
| Unseen forces: the influence of bacteria on animal development MJ McFall-Ngai Developmental biology 242 (1), 1-14, 2002 | 376 | 2002 |
| Establishment of an animal–bacterial association: recruiting symbiotic vibrios from the environment SV Nyholm, EV Stabb, EG Ruby, MJ McFall-Ngai Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97 (18), 10231-10235, 2000 | 358 | 2000 |
| The importance of microbes in animal development: lessons from the squid-vibrio symbiosis MJ McFall-Ngai Annual review of microbiology 68, 177-194, 2014 | 271 | 2014 |
| A unified initiative to harness Earth's microbiomes AP Alivisatos, MJ Blaser, EL Brodie, M Chun, JL Dangl, TJ Donohue, ... Science 350 (6260), 507-508, 2015 | 256 | 2015 |
| Reflectins: the unusual proteins of squid reflective tissues WJ Crookes, LL Ding, QL Huang, JR Kimbell, J Horwitz, MJ McFall-Ngai Science 303 (5655), 235-238, 2004 | 254 | 2004 |
| An Exclusive Contract: Specificity in the Vibrio fischeri-Euprymna scolopes Partnership KL Visick, MJ McFall-Ngai Journal of Bacteriology 182 (7), 1779-1787, 2000 | 248 | 2000 |
| Evolution, human-microbe interactions, and life history plasticity G Rook, F Bäckhed, BR Levin, MJ McFall-Ngai, AR McLean The Lancet 390 (10093), 521-530, 2017 | 237 | 2017 |
| NO means ‘yes’ in the squid‐vibrio symbiosis: nitric oxide (NO) during the initial stages of a beneficial association SK Davidson, TA Koropatnick, R Kossmehl, L Sycuro, MJ McFall‐Ngai Cellular microbiology 6 (12), 1139-1151, 2004 | 230 | 2004 |
| Bacterial symbionts induce host organ morphogenesis during early postembryonic development of the squid Euprymna scolopes MK Montgomery, M McFall-Ngai Development 120 (7), 1719-1729, 1994 | 223 | 1994 |
| Why science needs philosophy L Laplane, P Mantovani, R Adolphs, H Chang, A Mantovani, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (10), 3948-3952, 2019 | 211 | 2019 |
| Divining the essence of symbiosis: insights from the squid-vibrio model M McFall-Ngai PLoS Biology 12 (2), e1001783, 2014 | 203 | 2014 |
| A squid that glows in the night: development of an animal-bacterial mutualism EG Ruby, MJ McFall-Ngai Journal of bacteriology 174 (15), 4865-4870, 1992 | 196 | 1992 |
