Barbara J. MacGregor

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Barbara J. MacGregor is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara J. MacGregor has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Ecology, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Barbara J. MacGregor's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (40 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (18 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (12 papers). Barbara J. MacGregor is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (40 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (18 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (12 papers). Barbara J. MacGregor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Denmark. Barbara J. MacGregor's co-authors include David A. Stahl, Andreas Teske, Duane P. Moser, Kenneth H. Nealson, Holger W. Jannasch, Anna‐Louise Reysenbach, Costantino Vetriani, Rudolf Amann, Erko Stackebrandt and David B. Ringelberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Barbara J. MacGregor

45 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Polyphasic taxonomy of the genus Shewanella and description of Shewanella oneidensis sp. nov.

1999 540 citations Duane P. Moser, Barbara J. MacGregor et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara J. MacGregor United States	25	1.9k	1.1k	995	419	388	48	2.8k
Hisako Hirayama Japan	35	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	1.6k 1.6×	558 1.3×	328 0.8×	54	3.6k
Chuanlun Zhang China	34	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	623 1.5×	320 0.8×	138	3.6k
Henrik Sass Germany	37	2.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	1.7k 1.8×	458 1.1×	421 1.1×	66	3.6k
Halina E. Tegetmeyer Germany	22	1.5k 0.8×	850 0.8×	902 0.9×	315 0.8×	801 2.1×	33	2.7k
Anke Meyerdierks Germany	26	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	962 1.0×	257 0.6×	183 0.5×	34	2.4k
Kasper Urup Kjeldsen Denmark	33	2.6k 1.4×	1.8k 1.6×	1.7k 1.7×	495 1.2×	538 1.4×	81	4.5k
Laura Villanueva Netherlands	32	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	989 1.0×	681 1.6×	507 1.3×	102	3.9k
Yuki Morono Japan	32	2.0k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.7×	475 1.1×	275 0.7×	105	3.3k
Niculina Musat Germany	30	2.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	795 0.8×	1.2k 2.9×	501 1.3×	69	3.8k
Mary F. DeFlaun United States	26	1.0k 0.6×	707 0.6×	602 0.6×	235 0.6×	284 0.7×	58	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Barbara J. MacGregor

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara J. MacGregor

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lagostina, Lorenzo, Barbara J. MacGregor, Clemens Glombitza, et al.. (2021). Interactions between temperature and energy supply drive microbial communities in hydrothermal sediment. Communications Biology. 4(1). 1006–1006. 14 indexed citations

Teske, Andreas, Gunter Wegener, Jeffrey P. Chanton, et al.. (2021). Microbial Communities Under Distinct Thermal and Geochemical Regimes in Axial and Off-Axis Sediments of Guaymas Basin. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 633649–633649. 25 indexed citations

Boston, B., R. A. Dunn, D. J. Shillington, et al.. (2019). Lithospheric structure across the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain from seismic wide angle reflection-refraction tomography. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

Buckley, Andrew, Barbara J. MacGregor, & Andreas Teske. (2019). Identification, Expression and Activity of Candidate Nitrite Reductases From Orange Beggiatoaceae, Guaymas Basin. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 644–644. 13 indexed citations

MacGregor, Barbara J.. (2016). Visualizing Evolutionary Relationships of Multidomain Proteins: An Example from Receiver (REC) Domains of Sensor Histidine Kinases in the Candidatus Maribeggiatoa str. Orange Guaymas Draft Genome. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 1780–1780. 1 indexed citations

Nigro, Lisa M., et al.. (2016). Phylogeography, Salinity Adaptations and Metabolic Potential of the Candidate Division KB1 Bacteria Based on a Partial Single Cell Genome. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 1266–1266. 21 indexed citations

Yang, Tingting, Kelly E. Speare, Luke J. McKay, et al.. (2016). Distinct Bacterial Communities in Surficial Seafloor Sediments Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Blowout. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 1384–1384. 33 indexed citations

MacGregor, Barbara J., Jennifer F. Biddle, Christopher J. Harbort, Ann G. Matthysse, & Andreas Teske. (2013). Sulfide oxidation, nitrate respiration, carbon acquisition, and electron transport pathways suggested by the draft genome of a single orange Guaymas Basin Beggiatoa (Cand. Maribeggiatoa) sp. filament. Marine Genomics. 11. 53–65. 27 indexed citations

Lloyd, Karen G., Barbara J. MacGregor, & Andreas Teske. (2009). Quantitative PCR methods for RNA and DNA in marine sediments: maximizing yield while overcoming inhibition. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 72(1). 143–151. 59 indexed citations

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Duperron, Sébastien, et al.. (2007). Diversity, relative abundance and metabolic potential of bacterial endosymbionts in three Bathymodiolus mussel species from cold seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Microbiology. 9(6). 1423–1438. 113 indexed citations

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Lücker, Sebastian, Doris Steger, Kasper Urup Kjeldsen, et al.. (2007). Improved 16S rRNA-targeted probe set for analysis of sulfate-reducing bacteria by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 69(3). 523–528. 95 indexed citations

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MacGregor, Barbara J. & Rudolf Amann. (2006). Single-stranded conformational polymorphism for separation of mixed rRNAS (rRNA-SSCP), a new method for profiling microbial communities. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 29(8). 661–670. 13 indexed citations

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MacGregor, Barbara J., Henricus T. S. Boschker, & Rudolf Amann. (2006). Comparison of rRNA and Polar-Lipid-Derived Fatty Acid Biomarkers for Assessment of ¹³ C-Substrate Incorporation by Microorganisms in Marine Sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(8). 5246–5253. 20 indexed citations

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Ishii, Kousuke, Marc Mußmann, Barbara J. MacGregor, & Rudolf Amann. (2004). An improved fluorescence in situ hybridization protocol for the identification of bacteria and archaea in marine sediments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 50(3). 203–213. 145 indexed citations

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Baker, Brett J., Duane P. Moser, Barbara J. MacGregor, et al.. (2003). Related assemblages of sulphate‐reducing bacteria associated with ultradeep gold mines of South Africa and deep basalt aquifers of Washington State. Environmental Microbiology. 5(4). 267–277. 85 indexed citations

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MacGregor, Barbara J., et al.. (2002). Isolation of small‐subunit rRNA for stable isotopic characterization. Environmental Microbiology. 4(8). 451–464. 37 indexed citations

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MacGregor, Barbara J., S. Toze, Elizabeth Wheeler Alm, et al.. (2001). Distribution and abundance of Gram-positive bacteria in the environment: development of a group-specific probe. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 44(3). 193–203. 11 indexed citations

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MacGregor, Barbara J., Benjamin Van Mooy, Brett J. Baker, et al.. (2001). Microbiological, molecular biological and stable isotopic evidence for nitrogen fixation in the open waters of Lake Michigan. Environmental Microbiology. 3(3). 205–219. 43 indexed citations

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Sahm, Kerstin, Barbara J. MacGregor, Bo Barker Jørgensen, & David A. Stahl. (1999). Sulphate reduction and vertical distribution of sulphate‐reducing bacteria quantified by rRNA slot‐blot hybridization in a coastal marine sediment. Environmental Microbiology. 1(1). 65–74. 137 indexed citations

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Wu, Yong, et al.. (1991). Genetic and physical mapping of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides photosynthetic gene cluster from R-prime pWS2. Plasmid. 25(3). 163–176. 8 indexed citations

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