Alejandro Caro‐Quintero

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alejandro Caro‐Quintero is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Caro‐Quintero has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Caro‐Quintero's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (10 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (7 papers). Alejandro Caro‐Quintero is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (10 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (7 papers). Alejandro Caro‐Quintero collaborates with scholars based in Colombia, United States and France. Alejandro Caro‐Quintero's co-authors include Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Howard Ochman, Deus Mjungu, Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf, Anne E. Pusey, Alexander V. Georgiev, Andrew H. Moeller, Martine Peeters, Beatrice H. Hahn and Martin N. Muller and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Caro‐Quintero

26 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Cospeciation of gut microbiota with hominids

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alejandro Caro‐Quintero Colombia	14	679	396	158	136	123	27	1.1k
Olivier Zemb France	20	565 0.8×	421 1.1×	106 0.7×	107 0.8×	125 1.0×	47	1.3k
Pil Soo Kim South Korea	20	793 1.2×	374 0.9×	163 1.0×	114 0.8×	100 0.8×	67	1.4k
Dong‐Wook Hyun South Korea	22	799 1.2×	409 1.0×	136 0.9×	84 0.6×	90 0.7×	69	1.2k
Kim Lee Ng Denmark	8	739 1.1×	580 1.5×	136 0.9×	73 0.5×	140 1.1×	12	1.6k
Isabell Flade Germany	3	594 0.9×	540 1.4×	53 0.3×	99 0.7×	148 1.2×	5	1.3k
Woon Kee Paek South Korea	18	520 0.8×	209 0.5×	286 1.8×	155 1.1×	84 0.7×	56	1.2k
Doug Wendel United States	4	657 1.0×	291 0.7×	97 0.6×	46 0.3×	110 0.9×	5	1.0k
Silvio Waschina Germany	18	834 1.2×	259 0.7×	136 0.9×	249 1.8×	88 0.7×	36	1.3k
Sina Beier Germany	8	653 1.0×	589 1.5×	54 0.3×	108 0.8×	149 1.2×	11	1.4k
Alon Shaiber United States	8	630 0.9×	499 1.3×	79 0.5×	47 0.3×	100 0.8×	11	964

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Yockteng, Roxana, et al.. (2024). Implications of Domestication in Theobroma cacao L. Seed-Borne Microbial Endophytes Diversity. Microbial Ecology. 87(1). 108–108.

Porcel, Mario, Roxana Yockteng, Alejandro Caro‐Quintero, et al.. (2023). Integrating new variables into a framework to support cacao denomination of origin: a case study in Southwest Colombia. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 104(3). 1367–1381. 2 indexed citations

Caro‐Quintero, Alejandro, et al.. (2023). Studying the microbiome of suppressive soils against vascular wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum in cape gooseberry ( Physalis peruviana ). Environmental Microbiology Reports. 15(6). 757–768. 4 indexed citations

Caro‐Quintero, Alejandro, et al.. (2023). Enhancing the Conventional Culture: the Evaluation of Several Culture Media and Growth Conditions Improves the Isolation of Ruminal Bacteria. Microbial Ecology. 87(1). 13–13. 3 indexed citations

Sierra, Jelver, Juan S. Escobar, Vanessa Corrales-Agudelo, et al.. (2022). Consumption of golden berries (Physalis peruviana L.) might reduce biomarkers of oxidative stress and alter gut permeability in men without changing inflammation status or the gut microbiota. Food Research International. 162(Pt A). 111949–111949. 7 indexed citations

Mares, Maryam Chaib De, et al.. (2022). Functional and Phylogenetic Characterization of Bacteria in Bovine Rumen Using Fractionation of Ruminal Fluid. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 813002–813002. 22 indexed citations

González, Adriana, et al.. (2021). Gnotobiotic system for selecting microorganisms with biocontrol potential against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. physali. Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Hortícolas. 15(1). 2 indexed citations

Vargas-García, Cesar A., et al.. (2021). Disentangling the Complexity of the Rumen Microbial Diversity Through Fractionation Using a Sucrose Density Gradient. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 664754–664754. 2 indexed citations

González, Carolina, et al.. (2021). Putative Novel Effector Genes Revealed by the Genomic Analysis of the Phytopathogenic Fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. physali (Foph) That Infects Cape Gooseberry Plants. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 593915–593915. 12 indexed citations

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Perdomo, Felipe A., et al.. (2020). Genomic and phenotypic analysis of rock phosphate-solubilizing rhizobacteria. Rhizosphere. 17. 100290–100290. 40 indexed citations

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Rey, Federico E., et al.. (2020). Gut-derived Flavonifractor species variants are differentially enriched during in vitro incubation with quercetin. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0227724–e0227724. 12 indexed citations

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Reyes, Alejandro, et al.. (2020). Fine Resolution Analysis of Microbial Communities Provides Insights Into the Variability of Cocoa Bean Fermentation. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 650–650. 35 indexed citations

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Caro‐Quintero, Alejandro, et al.. (2019). Metagenome level metabolic network reconstruction analysis reveals the microbiome in the Bogotá River is functionally close to the microbiome in produced water. Ecological Modelling. 399. 1–12. 4 indexed citations

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Rodríguez-Bautista, José Luis, et al.. (2017). The draft genome of Brucella abortus strain Ba col-B012, isolated from a dairy farm in Nariño, Colombia, bring new insights into the epidemiology of biovar 4 strains. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 12(1). 89–89. 3 indexed citations

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Caro‐Quintero, Alejandro, et al.. (2017). Advances in Gut Microbiome Research, Opening New Strategies to Cope with a Western Lifestyle. Frontiers in Genetics. 7. 224–224. 25 indexed citations

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Caro‐Quintero, Alejandro & Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis. (2014). Inter-phylum HGT has shaped the metabolism of many mesophilic and anaerobic bacteria. The ISME Journal. 9(4). 958–967. 46 indexed citations

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Caro‐Quintero, Alejandro, Jennifer M. Auchtung, Jie Deng, et al.. (2012). Genome Sequencing of Five Shewanella baltica Strains Recovered from the Oxic-Anoxic Interface of the Baltic Sea. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(5). 1236–1236. 17 indexed citations

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Caro‐Quintero, Alejandro & Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis. (2011). Bacterial species may exist, metagenomics reveal. Environmental Microbiology. 14(2). 347–355. 128 indexed citations

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Oh, Seungdae, Alejandro Caro‐Quintero, Despina Tsementzi, et al.. (2011). Metagenomic Insights into the Evolution, Function, and Complexity of the Planktonic Microbial Community of Lake Lanier, a Temperate Freshwater Ecosystem. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(17). 6000–6011. 120 indexed citations

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Caro‐Quintero, Alejandro, Jie Deng, Jennifer M. Auchtung, et al.. (2010). Unprecedented levels of horizontal gene transfer among spatially co-occurring Shewanella bacteria from the Baltic Sea. The ISME Journal. 5(1). 131–140. 51 indexed citations

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