Alain Sarniguet

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Alain Sarniguet is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Sarniguet has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Plant Science, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Alain Sarniguet's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (17 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (12 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (11 papers). Alain Sarniguet is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (17 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (12 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (11 papers). Alain Sarniguet collaborates with scholars based in France, Morocco and United States. Alain Sarniguet's co-authors include Pascale Frey‐Klett, Matthieu Barret, Mika Tarkka, Aurélie Deveau, Joyce E. Loper, Philippe Lucas, Kévin Gazengel, Lionel Lebreton, Anne‐Yvonne Guillerm‐Erckelboudt and Coralie Marais and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alain Sarniguet

41 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Bacterial-Fungal Interactions: Hyphens between Agricultur... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 200 400 600
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  1. Bacterial-Fungal Interactions: Hyphens between Agricultural, Clinical, Environmental, and Food Microbiologists
    2011 620 citations Pascale Frey‐Klett, Aurélie Deveau et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alain Sarniguet France 26 1.6k 690 337 335 233 42 2.3k
Gary Y. Yuen United States 24 1.7k 1.0× 811 1.2× 470 1.4× 163 0.5× 279 1.2× 71 2.3k
Aline Aparecida Pizzirani‐Kleiner Brazil 24 1.4k 0.9× 642 0.9× 601 1.8× 224 0.7× 174 0.7× 66 2.2k
Brian B. McSpadden Gardener United States 29 3.3k 2.0× 937 1.4× 737 2.2× 440 1.3× 128 0.5× 47 4.0k
Jessy Labbé United States 27 1.7k 1.0× 799 1.2× 434 1.3× 362 1.1× 335 1.4× 61 2.4k
Brion Duffy Switzerland 19 3.4k 2.1× 884 1.3× 909 2.7× 244 0.7× 154 0.7× 23 3.9k
Jesús Caballero-Mellado Mexico 34 3.3k 2.0× 950 1.4× 250 0.7× 523 1.6× 87 0.4× 51 4.1k
Paulina Estrada‐de los Santos Mexico 27 2.2k 1.4× 634 0.9× 202 0.6× 413 1.2× 78 0.3× 87 2.9k
Jorge Teodoro de Souza Brazil 21 1.9k 1.2× 500 0.7× 527 1.6× 131 0.4× 158 0.7× 83 2.4k
Andrea Campisano Italy 15 1.9k 1.1× 957 1.4× 908 2.7× 310 0.9× 290 1.2× 18 3.0k
J.H.M. Schneider Netherlands 15 2.0k 1.2× 450 0.7× 402 1.2× 377 1.1× 69 0.3× 24 2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Sarniguet

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All Works

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Brault, Agathe, Coralie Marais, Martial Briand, et al.. (2025). T6SS-mediated competition by Stenotrophomonas rhizophila shapes seed-borne bacterial communities and seed-to-seedling transmission dynamics. mSystems. 10(8). e0045725–e0045725.
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Brin, Chrystelle, Anne Préveaux, Agathe Brault, et al.. (2024). The type VI secretion system of Stenotrophomonas rhizophila CFBP13503 limits the transmission of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris 8004 from radish seeds to seedlings. Molecular Plant Pathology. 25(1). e13412–e13412. 5 indexed citations
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Marais, Coralie, Anne Préveaux, Martial Briand, et al.. (2024). Seedling microbiota engineering using bacterial synthetic community inoculation on seeds. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 100(4). 25 indexed citations
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Simonin, Marie, et al.. (2023). Transmission of synthetic seed bacterial communities to radish seedlings: impact on microbiota assembly and plant phenotype. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 9 indexed citations
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Simonin, Marie, Martial Briand, Guillaume Chesneau, et al.. (2022). Seed microbiota revealed by a large‐scale meta‐analysis including 50 plant species. New Phytologist. 234(4). 1448–1463. 107 indexed citations
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Lebreton, Lionel, Anne‐Yvonne Guillerm‐Erckelboudt, Kévin Gazengel, et al.. (2019). Temporal dynamics of bacterial and fungal communities during the infection of Brassica rapa roots by the protist Plasmodiophora brassicae. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0204195–e0204195. 41 indexed citations
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Deveau, Aurélie, Matthieu Barret, Abdala Gamby Diédhiou, et al.. (2014). Pairwise Transcriptomic Analysis of the Interactions Between the Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Laccaria bicolor S238N and Three Beneficial, Neutral and Antagonistic Soil Bacteria. Microbial Ecology. 69(1). 146–159. 22 indexed citations
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Daval, Stéphanie, Lionel Lebreton, Anne‐Yvonne Guillerm‐Erckelboudt, et al.. (2013). Strain-specific variation in a soilborne phytopathogenic fungus for the expression of genes involved in pH signal transduction pathway, pathogenesis and saprophytic survival in response to environmental pH changes. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 61. 80–89. 8 indexed citations
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Boutin, Morgane, Kévin Gazengel, Claude Rispe, et al.. (2013). Genomic analysis of the biocontrol strain P seudomonas fluorescens   Pf 29 Arp with evidence of T 3 SS and T 6 SS gene expression on plant roots. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 5(3). 393–403. 42 indexed citations
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Daval, Stéphanie, Lionel Lebreton, Kévin Gazengel, et al.. (2011). The biocontrol bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf29Arp strain affects the pathogenesis‐related gene expression of the take‐all fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici on wheat roots. Molecular Plant Pathology. 12(9). 839–854. 38 indexed citations
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Barret, Matthieu, et al.. (2009). Effect of Wheat Roots Infected with the Pathogenic FungusGaeumannomyces graminisvar.triticion Gene Expression of the Biocontrol BacteriumPseudomonas fluorescensPf29Arp. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 22(12). 1611–1623. 28 indexed citations
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Tarkka, Mika, Alain Sarniguet, & Pascale Frey‐Klett. (2009). Inter-kingdom encounters: recent advances in molecular bacterium–fungus interactions. Current Genetics. 55(3). 233–243. 88 indexed citations
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Daval, Stéphanie, Lionel Lebreton, Kévin Gazengel, Anne‐Yvonne Guillerm‐Erckelboudt, & Alain Sarniguet. (2009). Genetic evidence for differentiation of Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici into two major groups. Plant Pathology. 59(1). 165–178. 19 indexed citations
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Sanguin, Hervé, Alain Sarniguet, Kévin Gazengel, Yvan Moënne‐Loccoz, & Geneviève L. Grundmann. (2009). Rhizosphere bacterial communities associated with disease suppressiveness stages of take‐all decline in wheat monoculture. New Phytologist. 184(3). 694–707. 129 indexed citations
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Barret, Matthieu, Pascale Frey‐Klett, Morgane Boutin, et al.. (2008). The plant pathogenic fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici improves bacterial growth and triggers early gene regulations in the biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf29Arp. New Phytologist. 181(2). 435–447. 23 indexed citations
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Deveau, Aurélie, Christine Delaruelle, Martina Peter, et al.. (2007). The mycorrhiza helper Pseudomonas fluorescens BBc6R8 has a specific priming effect on the growth, morphology and gene expression of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor S238N. New Phytologist. 175(4). 743–755. 117 indexed citations
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Lebreton, Lionel, Marie Gosme, Philippe Lucas, Anne‐Yvonne Guillerm‐Erckelboudt, & Alain Sarniguet. (2006). Linear relationship between Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici ( Ggt ) genotypic frequencies and disease severity on wheat roots in the field. Environmental Microbiology. 9(2). 492–499. 20 indexed citations
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Lebreton, Lionel, et al.. (2004). Changes in population structure of the soilborne fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici during continuous wheat cropping. Environmental Microbiology. 6(11). 1174–1185. 44 indexed citations
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Vos, Pieter, et al.. (1993). Detection of the outer membrane lipoprotein I and its gene in fluorescent and non-fluorescent pseudomonads: implications for taxonomy and diagnosis. Journal of General Microbiology. 139(9). 2215–2223. 35 indexed citations
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Rouxel, Thierry T., et al.. (1989). Accumulation of a phytoalexin in Brassica spp in relation to a hypersensitive reaction to Leptosphaeria maculans. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 34(6). 507–517. 33 indexed citations

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