Bart P. H. J. Thomma

34.2k citations

209 papers · 23.6k indexed · 16 hit papers · h-index 78

Plant Science top 0.01%
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
Cell Biology top 0.05%
Insect Science top 0.1%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.5%

Co-authors: Willem F. Broekaert Bruno P.A. Cammue Melvin D. Bolton Iris A. M. A. Penninckx Emilie F. Fradin Kristel Eggermont M.H.A.J. Joosten Ronnie de Jonge
Topics: Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (137 papers)Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (85 papers)Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (63 papers)
Cited by: Plant Science Cell Biology Horticulture
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of Biological Chemistry
Partner nations: Netherlands United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Bart P. H. J. Thomma

207 papers receiving 23.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Separate jasmonate-dependent and salicylate-dependent defense-response pathways in Arabidopsis are essential for resistance to distinct microbial pathogens

1998 1.2k citations Bart P. H. J. Thomma, Kristel Eggermont et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary: biology and molecular traits of a cosmopolitan pathogen

2005 870 citations Melvin D. Bolton, Bart P. H. J. Thomma et al. Molecular Plant Pathology profile →
Concomitant Activation of Jasmonate and Ethylene Response Pathways Is Required for Induction of a Plant Defensin Gene in Arabidopsis

1998 828 citations Iris A. M. A. Penninckx, Bart P. H. J. Thomma et al. profile →
Pathogen-induced systemic activation of a plant defensin gene in Arabidopsis follows a salicylic acid-independent pathway.

1996 782 citations Iris A. M. A. Penninckx, Kristel Eggermont et al. profile →
Of PAMPs and Effectors: The Blurred PTI-ETI Dichotomy

2011 746 citations Bart P. H. J. Thomma, M.H.A.J. Joosten et al. profile →
Physiology and molecular aspects of Verticillium wilt diseases caused by V. dahliae and V. albo‐atrum

2006 709 citations Bart P. H. J. Thomma et al. Molecular Plant Pathology profile →
Alternaria spp.: from general saprophyte to specific parasite

2003 603 citations Bart P. H. J. Thomma Molecular Plant Pathology profile →
Bidirectional cross-kingdom RNAi and fungal uptake of external RNAs confer plant protection

2016 550 citations Bart P. H. J. Thomma et al. Nature Plants profile →
Plant defensins

2002 547 citations Bart P. H. J. Thomma, Bruno P.A. Cammue et al. profile →
Conserved Fungal LysM Effector Ecp6 Prevents Chitin-Triggered Immunity in Plants

2010 542 citations Ronnie de Jonge, H. Peter van Esse et al. Science profile →
The complexity of disease signaling in Arabidopsis

2001 513 citations Bart P. H. J. Thomma, Iris A. M. A. Penninckx et al. profile →
AlternariasectionAlternaria: Species,formae specialesor pathotypes?

2015 435 citations Michael Seidl, Bart P. H. J. Thomma et al. profile →
The xylem as battleground for plant hosts and vascular wilt pathogens

2013 409 citations Bart P. H. J. Thomma et al. profile →
Effector-Mediated Suppression of Chitin-Triggered Immunity by Magnaporthe oryzae Is Necessary for Rice Blast Disease

2012 401 citations Anja Kombrink, Tomonori Shinya et al. profile →
Tomato immune receptor Ve1 recognizes effector of multiple fungal pathogens uncovered by genome and RNA sequencing

2012 393 citations Ronnie de Jonge, H. Peter van Esse et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Understanding Plant Immunity as a Surveillance System to Detect Invasion

2015 369 citations David E. Cook, Bart P. H. J. Thomma et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Undermining the cry for help: the phytopathogenic fungus Verticillium dahliae secretes an antimicrobial effector protein to undermine host recruitment of antagonistic Pseudomonas bacteria 2025 ·New Phytologist ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Nick C. Snelders,Bart P. H. J. Thomma	0
2	Starship giant transposons dominate plastic genomic regions in a fungal plant pathogen and drive virulence evolution 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Yukiyo Sato,(unknown),Grardy C. M. van den Berg,Parthasarathy Santhanam,Monica Höfte,Michael Seidl,Bart P. H. J. Thomma	6
3	Implications of the three-dimensional chromatin organization for genome evolution in a fungal plant pathogen 2024 ·Nature Communications ·David E. Torres,(unknown),Vittorio Tracanna,Gabriel L. Fiorin,David E. Cook,Michael Seidl,Bart P. H. J. Thomma	12
4	High quality genome assembly and annotation (v1) of the eukaryotic terrestrial microalga Coccomyxa viridis SAG 216-4 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown),(unknown),Nadège Guiglielmoni,Eva Schnell,(unknown),Stefanie Heilmann‐Heimbach,Kerstin Becker,Karl Köhrer,Philipp H. Schiffer,Bart P. H. J. Thomma,Hanna Rövenich	0
5	Fungal dual-domain LysM effectors undergo chitin-induced intermolecular, and not intramolecular, dimerization 2022 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Hui Tian,Gabriel L. Fiorin,Anja Kombrink,J.R. Mesters,Bart P. H. J. Thomma	10
6	Transposable Elements Contribute to Genome Dynamics and Gene Expression Variation in the Fungal Plant Pathogen Verticillium dahliae 2021 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·David E. Torres,Bart P. H. J. Thomma,Michael Seidl	35
7	An ancient antimicrobial protein co-opted by a fungal plant pathogen for in planta mycobiome manipulation 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Nick C. Snelders,Gabriella C. Petti,Grardy C. M. van den Berg,Michael Seidl,Bart P. H. J. Thomma	55
8	Three LysM effectors of Zymoseptoria tritici collectively disarm chitin‐triggered plant immunity 2021 ·Molecular Plant Pathology ·Hui Tian,(unknown),Luis Rodríguez‐Moreno,Grardy C. M. van den Berg,Hongxin Chen,J. J. Rudd,J.R. Mesters,Bart P. H. J. Thomma	37
9	A secreted LysM effector protects fungal hyphae through chitin-dependent homodimer polymerization 2020 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Andrea Sánchez‐Vallet,Hui Tian,Luis Rodríguez‐Moreno,Dirk‐Jan Valkenburg,R. Saleem-Batcha,Stephan Wawra,Anja Kombrink,Leonie Verhage,Ronnie de Jonge,H. Peter van Esse,Alga Zuccaro,Daniel Croll,J.R. Mesters,Bart P. H. J. Thomma	53
10	Microbiome manipulation by a soil-borne fungal plant pathogen using effector proteins 2020 ·Nature Plants ·Nick C. Snelders,Hanna Rövenich,Gabriella C. Petti,Mercedes Rocafort,Grardy C. M. van den Berg,Julia A. Vorholt,J.R. Mesters,Michael Seidl,Reindert Nijland,Bart P. H. J. Thomma	151
11	In silico prediction and characterisation of secondary metabolite clusters in the plant pathogenic fungus Verticillium dahliae 2019 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Xiaoqian Shi‐Kunne,(unknown),Jasper R. L. Depotter,Malaika K. Ebert,Michael Seidl,Bart P. H. J. Thomma	12
12	The Genome of the Fungal Pathogen Verticillium dahliae Reveals Extensive Bacterial to Fungal Gene Transfer 2019 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Xiaoqian Shi‐Kunne,(unknown),Jasper R. L. Depotter,Bart P. H. J. Thomma,Michael Seidl	17
13	Gene cluster conservation provides insight into cercosporin biosynthesis and extends production to the genus Colletotrichum 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ronnie de Jonge,Malaika K. Ebert,(unknown),(unknown),Jeffrey C. Suttle,Rebecca Spanner,Jonathan D. Neubauer,Wayne M. Jurick,(unknown),Gary A. Secor,Bart P. H. J. Thomma,Yves Van de Peer,Craig A. Townsend,Melvin D. Bolton	67
14	The Emerging British Verticillium longisporum Population Consists of Aggressive Brassica Pathogens 2017 ·Phytopathology ·Jasper R. L. Depotter,Luis Rodríguez‐Moreno,Bart P. H. J. Thomma,Thomas A. Wood	8
15	Transposons passively and actively contribute to evolution of the two-speed genome of a fungal pathogen 2016 ·Genome Research ·Luigi Faino,Michael Seidl,Xiaoqian Shi‐Kunne,Marc Pauper,Grardy C. M. van den Berg,Alexander Wittenberg,Bart P. H. J. Thomma	192
16	RNA-sequencing of Cercospora beticola DMI-sensitive and -resistant isolates after treatment with tetraconazole identifies common and contrasting pathway induction 2016 ·Fungal Genetics and Biology ·Melvin D. Bolton,Malaika K. Ebert,Luigi Faino,Viviana Rivera-Varas,Ronnie de Jonge,Yves Van de Peer,Bart P. H. J. Thomma,Gary A. Secor	35
17	Receptor-like kinase SOBIR1/EVR interacts with receptor-like proteins in plant immunity against fungal infection 2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Thomas W. H. Liebrand,Grardy C. M. van den Berg,Zhao Zhang,Patrick Smit,Jan Cordewener,Antoine H. P. America,Jan Sklenář,Alexandra M. E. Jones,W.I.L. Tameling,Silke Robatzek,Bart P. H. J. Thomma,M.H.A.J. Joosten	256
18	Plant Fungal Pathogens 2011 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Melvin D. Bolton,Bart P. H. J. Thomma	37
19	Conserved Fungal LysM Effector Ecp6 Prevents Chitin-Triggered Immunity in Plantsbreakdown → 2010 ·Science ·Ronnie de Jonge,H. Peter van Esse,Anja Kombrink,Tomonori Shinya,Yoshitake Desaki,Ralph Bours,Sander van der Krol,Naoto Shibuya,M.H.A.J. Joosten,Bart P. H. J. Thomma	542
20	Separate jasmonate-dependent and salicylate-dependent defense-response pathways in Arabidopsis are essential for resistance to distinct microbial pathogensbreakdown → 1998 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Bart P. H. J. Thomma,Kristel Eggermont,Iris A. M. A. Penninckx,Brigitte Mauch‐Mani,R. Vogelsang,Bruno P.A. Cammue,Willem F. Broekaert	1217

About Bart P. H. J. Thomma

Bart P. H. J. Thomma is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Biotechnology, having authored 209 papers that have together received 23.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (137 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (85 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (63 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (20.8k citations), Cell Biology (6.0k citations) and Horticulture (173 citations). Bart P. H. J. Thomma has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Willem F. Broekaert, Bruno P.A. Cammue, Melvin D. Bolton, Iris A. M. A. Penninckx, Emilie F. Fradin, Kristel Eggermont, M.H.A.J. Joosten, Ronnie de Jonge, Michael Seidl and Bart Lievens. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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