A. E. Jacob

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

A. E. Jacob is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, A. E. Jacob has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Genetics, 12 papers in Molecular Medicine and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in A. E. Jacob's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (13 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (12 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers). A. E. Jacob is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (13 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (12 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers). A. E. Jacob collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. A. E. Jacob's co-authors include R. W. Hedges, Fred Heffron, R D Sublett, Stanley Falkow, Nigel J. Grinter, Pauline S. Handley, George A. Jacoby, P T Barth, Patrice Courvalin and William V. Shaw and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, FEBS Letters and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

A. E. Jacob

30 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Conjugal Transfer of Plasmid-Borne Multiple Antibiotic Resistance in Streptococcus faecalis var. zymogenes

1974 628 citations A. E. Jacob et al. Journal of Bacteriology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. E. Jacob United Kingdom	19	842	585	504	503	364	30	1.9k
B. R. Lyon Australia	24	1.1k 1.3×	403 0.7×	426 0.8×	1.1k 2.1×	256 0.7×	35	2.1k
Gérard Guédon France	23	1.0k 1.2×	412 0.7×	374 0.7×	324 0.6×	564 1.5×	47	1.9k
Donald J. LeBlanc United States	31	1.6k 1.9×	907 1.6×	360 0.7×	780 1.6×	627 1.7×	72	3.5k
Richard P. Silver United States	26	988 1.2×	839 1.4×	496 1.0×	475 0.9×	589 1.6×	37	2.8k
K. G. H. Dyke United Kingdom	25	1.1k 1.3×	472 0.8×	354 0.7×	1.2k 2.4×	261 0.7×	60	1.9k
J.P. Claverys France	29	1.7k 2.0×	987 1.7×	697 1.4×	380 0.8×	487 1.3×	39	3.4k
Orietta Massidda Italy	23	844 1.0×	531 0.9×	399 0.8×	366 0.7×	207 0.6×	54	1.7k
Douglas G. Storey Canada	28	1.8k 2.1×	701 1.2×	626 1.2×	270 0.5×	257 0.7×	62	2.8k
María Victoria Francia Spain	22	1.3k 1.5×	680 1.2×	978 1.9×	743 1.5×	775 2.1×	29	2.7k
Raquel Tobes Spain	19	1.3k 1.5×	569 1.0×	242 0.5×	297 0.6×	279 0.8×	42	2.2k

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Jacob, A. E., et al.. (1996). The combined effects of plasma and hydrogel coating on adhesion ofStaphylococcus epidermidisandStaphylococcus aureusto polyurethane catheters. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 144(2-3). 241–247. 9 indexed citations

Cookson, Adrian L., et al.. (1996). An investigation into the use of SDS-PAGE of cell surface extracts and proteolytic activity to differentiatePrevotella nigrescensandPrevotella intermedia. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 136(2). 109–115. 14 indexed citations

Jacob, A. E., et al.. (1996). The interaction of cationic liposomes with the skin-associated bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis: effects of ionic strength and temperature. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1283(2). 207–214. 52 indexed citations

Cookson, Adrian L., Pauline S. Handley, A. E. Jacob, G.K. Watson, & C. Allison. (1995). Coaggregation between Prevotella nigrescens and Prevotella intermedia with Actinomyces naeslundii strains. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 132(3). 291–296. 17 indexed citations

Siegrist, Hans H., et al.. (1987). Detection of a large haemolysin plasmid carrying multiple antibiotic resistance markers in Streptococcus faecalis. Microbial Pathogenesis. 2(2). 155–158. 3 indexed citations

Jacoby, George A., Robert B. Weiss, Thomas R. Korfhagen, et al.. (1978). An explanation for the apparent host specificity of Pseudomonas plasmid R91 expression. Journal of Bacteriology. 136(3). 1159–1164. 10 indexed citations

Jacoby, George A., John E. Rogers, A. E. Jacob, & R. W. Hedges. (1978). Transposition of Pseudomonas toluene-degrading genes and expression in Escherichia coli. Nature. 274(5667). 179–180. 61 indexed citations

Courvalin, Patrice, William V. Shaw, & A. E. Jacob. (1978). Plasmid-Mediated Mechanisms of Resistance to Aminoglycoside-Aminocyclitol Antibiotics and to Chloramphenicol in Group D Streptococci. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 13(5). 716–725. 60 indexed citations

Hedges, R. W., et al.. (1977). Properties of a transposon conferring resistance to penicillins and streptomycin. Gene. 1(3-4). 241–253. 14 indexed citations

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Hedges, R. W., A. E. Jacob, & Irving P. Crawford. (1977). Wide ranging plasmid bearing the Pseudomonas aeruginosa tryptophan synthase genes. Nature. 267(5608). 283–284. 48 indexed citations

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Pinney, R. J., A. E. Jacob, R. W. Hedges, & J. T. Smith. (1977). Dislodgement and thymineless elimination of N-group plasmids. Genetics Research. 30(1). 21–30. 4 indexed citations

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Jacoby, George A., A. E. Jacob, & R. W. Hedges. (1976). Recombination between plasmids of incompatibility groups P-1 and P-2. Journal of Bacteriology. 127(3). 1278–1285. 43 indexed citations

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Jacob, A. E., et al.. (1976). Properties of plasmids constructed by the in vitro insertion of DNA fromRhizobium leguminosarum orProteus mirabilis into RP4. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 147(3). 315–323. 39 indexed citations

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Hedges, R. W., A. E. Jacob, Naomi Datta, & J. N. COETZEE. (1975). Propeties of plasmids produced by recombination between R factors of groups J and FII. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 140(4). 289–302. 17 indexed citations

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Heffron, Fred, R D Sublett, R. W. Hedges, A. E. Jacob, & Stanley Falkow. (1975). Origin of the TEM-beta-lactamase gene found on plasmids. Journal of Bacteriology. 122(1). 250–256. 189 indexed citations

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Jacob, A. E., et al.. (1975). Self-transferable plasmids determining the hemolysin and bacteriocin of Streptococcus faecalis var. zymogenes. Journal of Bacteriology. 121(3). 863–872. 83 indexed citations

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COETZEE, J. N., A. E. Jacob, & R. W. Hedges. (1975). Susceptibility of a hybrid plasmid to excision of genetic material. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 140(1). 7–14. 11 indexed citations

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Hedges, R. W., A. E. Jacob, P T Barth, & Nigel J. Grinter. (1975). Compatibility properties of P1 and ϕAMP prophages. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 141(3). 263–267. 59 indexed citations

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Jacob, A. E. & Nigel J. Grinter. (1975). Plasmid RP4 as a vector replicon in genetic engineering. Nature. 255(5508). 504–506. 37 indexed citations

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Hedges, R. W., A. E. Jacob, & J. T. Smith. (1974). Properties of an R Factor from Bordetella bronchiseptica. Journal of General Microbiology. 84(1). 199–204. 39 indexed citations

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