Christopher M. Waters

9.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Christopher M. Waters is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher M. Waters has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Endocrinology and 26 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Christopher M. Waters's work include Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (49 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (37 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (19 papers). Christopher M. Waters is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (49 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (37 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (19 papers). Christopher M. Waters collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Mexico. Christopher M. Waters's co-authors include Bonnie L. Bassler, Benjamin J. Koestler, Disha Srivastava, Joshua D. Rabinowitz, Wenyun Lu, Eric L. Bruger, Matthew B. Neiditch, Geoffrey B. Severin, Sine Lo Svenningsen and Rebecca C. Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Christopher M. Waters

101 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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QUORUM SENSING: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria

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Marvin Whiteley United States

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Cynthia B. Whitchurch Australia

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Chris W. Michiels Belgium

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Lei Wang China

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Zhang, Yan, Guoying Zhang, Ankit Pandeya, et al.. (2025). Pyroptosis of pulmonary fibroblasts and macrophages through NLRC4 inflammasome leads to acute respiratory failure. Cell Reports. 44(4). 115479–115479. 7 indexed citations

Grant, Nkrumah A., et al.. (2025). Deployment of a Vibrio cholerae ordered transposon mutant library in a quorum-competent genetic background. mBio. 16(4). e0003625–e0003625.

Waters, Christopher M., et al.. (2024). Plasmid-free cheater cells commonly evolve during laboratory growth. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 90(4). e0231123–e0231123. 1 indexed citations

Waters, Christopher M., et al.. (2024). A Vibrio cholerae Type IV restriction system targets glucosylated 5-hydroxymethylcytosine to protect against phage infection. Journal of Bacteriology. 206(9). e0014324–e0014324. 5 indexed citations

Waters, Christopher M., et al.. (2023). Replication cycle timing determines phage sensitivity to a cytidine deaminase toxin/antitoxin bacterial defense system. PLoS Pathogens. 19(9). e1011195–e1011195. 6 indexed citations

Tai, Jung‐Shen B., et al.. (2023). New Insights into Vibrio cholerae Biofilms from Molecular Biophysics to Microbial Ecology. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1404. 17–39. 1 indexed citations

Severin, Geoffrey B., Benjamin J. Ridenhour, Kristin N. Parent, et al.. (2022). Phage defence by deaminase-mediated depletion of deoxynucleotides in bacteria. Nature Microbiology. 7(8). 1210–1220. 59 indexed citations

Waters, Christopher M.. (2021). Au naturale: use of biologically derived cyclic di-nucleotides for cancer immunotherapy. Open Biology. 11(12). 210277–210277. 3 indexed citations

Bruger, Eric L., Daniel J. Snyder, Vaughn S. Cooper, & Christopher M. Waters. (2020). Quorum sensing provides a molecular mechanism for evolution to tune and maintain investment in cooperation. The ISME Journal. 15(4). 1236–1247. 25 indexed citations

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Mhatre, Eisha, Daniel J. Snyder, Caroline B. Turner, et al.. (2020). One gene, multiple ecological strategies: A biofilm regulator is a capacitor for sustainable diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(35). 21647–21657. 17 indexed citations

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Waters, Christopher M., et al.. (2020). Triclosan depletes the membrane potential in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms inhibiting aminoglycoside induced adaptive resistance. PLoS Pathogens. 16(10). e1008529–e1008529. 20 indexed citations

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Heindl, Jason E., Sukhdev S. Brar, Aaron Buechlein, et al.. (2019). Reciprocal control of motility and biofilm formation by the PdhS2 two-component sensor kinase of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Microbiology. 165(2). 146–162. 7 indexed citations

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Nieto, Vincent, Jonathan D. Partridge, Geoffrey B. Severin, et al.. (2019). Under Elevated c-di-GMP in Escherichia coli, YcgR Alters Flagellar Motor Bias and Speed Sequentially, with Additional Negative Control of the Flagellar Regulon via the Adaptor Protein RssB. Journal of Bacteriology. 202(1). 25 indexed citations

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Severin, Geoffrey B., et al.. (2019). The Vc2 Cyclic di-GMP-Dependent Riboswitch of Vibrio cholerae Regulates Expression of an Upstream Putative Small RNA by Controlling RNA Stability. Journal of Bacteriology. 201(21). 15 indexed citations

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Waters, Christopher M., et al.. (2019). Cyclic di-GMP Increases Catalase Production and Hydrogen Peroxide Tolerance in Vibrio cholerae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85(18). 18 indexed citations

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Severin, Geoffrey B. & Christopher M. Waters. (2019). Pyrimidines and Cyclic Trinucleotides Join the Second Messenger Symphony. Cell Host & Microbe. 25(4). 471–473. 4 indexed citations

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Severin, Geoffrey B., Miriam Ramliden, Lisa A. Hawver, et al.. (2018). Direct activation of a phospholipase by cyclic GMP-AMP in El Tor Vibrio cholerae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(26). E6048–E6055. 99 indexed citations

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Dalia, Ankur B., et al.. (2017). Enhancing multiplex genome editing by natural transformation (MuGENT) via inactivation of ssDNA exonucleases. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(12). 7527–7537. 30 indexed citations

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Xu, Jing, Kylie D. Allen, Benjamin J. Koestler, et al.. (2015). A Pterin-Dependent Signaling Pathway Regulates a Dual-Function Diguanylate Cyclase-Phosphodiesterase Controlling Surface Attachment in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. mBio. 6(4). e00156–e00156. 47 indexed citations

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Xu, Jing, Jinwoo Kim, Benjamin J. Koestler, et al.. (2013). Genetic analysis of A grobacterium tumefaciens unipolar polysaccharide production reveals complex integrated control of the motile‐to‐sessile switch. Molecular Microbiology. 89(5). 929–948. 82 indexed citations

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