Bengt Guss

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Bengt Guss is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bengt Guss has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 29 papers in Infectious Diseases and 22 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Bengt Guss's work include Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (39 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (27 papers) and Microbial infections and disease research (17 papers). Bengt Guss is often cited by papers focused on Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (39 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (27 papers) and Microbial infections and disease research (17 papers). Bengt Guss collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Bengt Guss's co-authors include Martin Lindberg, Mathias Uhlén, Björn Nilsson, Jan‐Ingmar Flock, Lennart Philipson, Lars Frykberg, Sten Gatenbeck, Hans Lindmark, Martin Nilsson and Hans Jonsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Bengt Guss

72 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Complete sequence of the staphylococcal gene encoding pro... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Complete sequence of the staphylococcal gene encoding protein A. A gene evolved through multiple duplications.
    1984 483 citations Bengt Guss, Martin Lindberg et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers

Bengt Guss
Jan‐Ingmar Flock Sweden
Ulf Sjöbring Sweden
Thomas Proft New Zealand
Joseph M. Patti United States
Fabiana Falugi Italy
Suzan H. M. Rooijakkers Netherlands
Michael Kehoe United Kingdom
Gregory A. Bohach United States
Gunnar Lindahl Sweden
Maartje Ruyken Netherlands
Jan‐Ingmar Flock Sweden
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Citations per year, relative to Bengt Guss Bengt Guss (= 1×) peers Jan‐Ingmar Flock

Countries citing papers authored by Bengt Guss

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bengt Guss

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bengt Guss

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bengt Guss. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bengt Guss based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bengt Guss. Bengt Guss is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Righetti, Francesco, Joakim Bjerketorp, Sara Frosth, et al.. (2025). Closing the Stable Door on Strangles: Serological Responses of Vaccinated Horses on a Farm Following the Arrival of a New Horse. Animals. 15(24). 3584–3584.
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Robinson, Carl, Andrew S. Waller, Lars Frykberg, et al.. (2020). Intramuscular vaccination with Strangvac is safe and induces protection against equine strangles caused by Streptococcus equi. Vaccine. 38(31). 4861–4868. 26 indexed citations
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Levenfors, Jolanta J., Joakim Bjerketorp, Jerry Ståhlberg, et al.. (2020). Antibacterial pyrrolidinyl and piperidinyl substituted 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinols from Pseudomonas protegens UP46. The Journal of Antibiotics. 73(11). 739–747. 4 indexed citations
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Waern, Ida, Jens Eriksson, Fábio Rabelo Melo, et al.. (2019). StreptococcalsagAactivates a proinflammatory response in mast cells by a sublytic mechanism. Cellular Microbiology. 21(9). e13064–e13064. 8 indexed citations
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Rönnberg, Elin, et al.. (2016). Live Staphylococcus aureus Induces Expression and Release of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Terminally Differentiated Mouse Mast Cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 7. 247–247. 10 indexed citations
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Artursson, Karin, et al.. (2016). Mastitis Pathogens with High Virulence in a Mouse Model Produce a Distinct Cytokine Profile In Vivo. Frontiers in Immunology. 7. 368–368. 13 indexed citations
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Rosander, Anna, Bengt Guss, Lars Frykberg, et al.. (2011). Identification of immunogenic proteins in Treponema phagedenis-like strain V1 from digital dermatitis lesions by phage display. Veterinary Microbiology. 153(3-4). 315–322. 17 indexed citations
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Rosengren, Åsa, et al.. (2010). Occurrence of foodborne pathogens and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in cheese produced on farm-dairies. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 144(2). 263–269. 97 indexed citations
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Kalamajski, Sebastian, Dominique Bihan, Bengt Guss, et al.. (2010). The Streptococcal Collagen-binding Protein CNE Specifically Interferes with αVβ3-mediated Cellular Interactions with Triple Helical Collagen. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(46). 35803–35813. 11 indexed citations
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Rosander, Anna, Bengt Guss, & Märit Pringle. (2010). An IgG-binding protein A homolog in Staphylococcus hyicus. Veterinary Microbiology. 149(1-2). 273–276. 10 indexed citations
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Waller, Andrew S., Margareta Flock, Ken Smith, et al.. (2007). Vaccination of horses against strangles using recombinant antigens from Streptococcus equi. Vaccine. 25(18). 3629–3635. 27 indexed citations
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Guss, Bengt, et al.. (2006). IdeE, an IgG-endopeptidase ofStreptococcus equissp.equi. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 262(2). 230–235. 43 indexed citations
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Karlström, Åsa, Jonas Lannergård, Sebastian Kalamajski, et al.. (2005). A fibronectin-binding protein from Streptococcus equi binds collagen and modulates cell-mediated collagen gel contraction. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 340(2). 604–610. 9 indexed citations
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Karlström, Åsa, Karin Jacobsson, Margareta Flock, Jan‐Ingmar Flock, & Bengt Guss. (2004). Identification of a novel collagen-like protein, SclC, in using signal sequence phage display. Veterinary Microbiology. 104(3-4). 179–188. 28 indexed citations
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Frykberg, Lars, et al.. (2003). CNE, a collagen-binding protein ofStreptococcus equi. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 222(1). 69–74. 57 indexed citations
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Lindmark, Hans, Per R. Jonsson, Eva Engvall, & Bengt Guss. (1999). Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and distribution of the geneszagandfnzin isolates ofStreptococcus equi. Research in Veterinary Science. 66(2). 93–99. 28 indexed citations
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Mattsson, Jens G., Bengt Guss, & Karl‐Erik Johansson. (1994). The phylogeny ofMycoplasma bovisas determined by sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 115(2-3). 325–328. 32 indexed citations
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Jonsson, Hans, et al.. (1994). MAG, a novel plasma protein receptor from Streptococcus dysgalactiae. Gene. 143(1). 85–89. 29 indexed citations

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