Curtis A. Suttle

27.2k citations

194 papers · 17.5k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 67

Impact in

Ecology top 0.01%
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
Endocrinology top 0.2%

Papers in

Ecology 161
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 137
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 97
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies 24
Endocrinology 16

Co-authors: Amy M. Chan Steven W. Wilhelm Matthew T. Cottrell Markus G. Weinbauer Jed A. Fuhrman Andrew S. Lang Matthias Fischer Alexander I. Culley
Journals: Applied and Environmental Microbiology (23 papers)Frontiers in Microbiology (13 papers)Aquatic Microbial Ecology (11 papers)The ISME Journal (10 papers)Journal of Phycology (9 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States France

In The Last Decade

Curtis A. Suttle

190 papers receiving 16.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Marine viruses — major players in the global ecosystem 2007 · 2.1k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2007 Nature Reviews Microbiology
2006 PLoS Biology
2005 Nature
1999 BioScience

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1	Evolutionarily divergent nidovirus with an exceptionally large genome identified in Pacific oysters undergoing mass mortality Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kevin Xu Zhong, Amy M. Chan, Kristina M. Miller, Rob Saunders, Curtis A. Suttle	2025	0
2	An amplicon panel for high-throughput and low-cost genotyping of Pacific oyster G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·Ben Sutherland, Neil F. Thompson, Liam B Surry, Krishna Reddy Gujjula, Claudio D. Carrasco, Srinivas Chadaram, Spencer L. Lunda, Chris Langdon, Amy M. Chan, Curtis A. Suttle, Timothy J. Green	2024	2
3	The core microbiome of cultured Pacific oyster spat is affected by age but not mortality Microbiology Spectrum ·Anna Cho, Jan F. Finke, Kevin Xu Zhong, Amy M. Chan, Rob Saunders, Angela D. Schulze, Snehal Warne, Kristina M. Miller, Curtis A. Suttle	2024	1
4	The prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbiome of Pacific oyster spat is shaped by ocean warming but not acidification Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Kevin Xu Zhong, Amy M. Chan, Brenna Collicutt, Maxim Daspe, Jan F. Finke, Megan Foss, Timothy J. Green, Christopher D. G. Harley, Amelia V. Hesketh, Kristina M. Miller, Sarah P. Otto, Kate Rolheiser, Rob Saunders, Ben Sutherland, Curtis A. Suttle	2024	6
5	Metatranscriptomics reveals a shift in microbial community composition and function during summer months in a coastal marine environment Environmental DNA ·Ben Sutherland, Jan F. Finke, Rob Saunders, Snehal Warne, Angela D. Schulze, Jeff H. T. Strohm, Amy M. Chan, Curtis A. Suttle, Kristina M. Miller	2022	7
6	From the Inside Out: an Epibiotic Bdellovibrio Predator with an Expanded Genomic Complement Journal of Bacteriology ·Christoph Deeg, Tan T. Le, Matthias M. Zimmer, Curtis A. Suttle	2020	14
7	Discovery and surveillance of viruses from salmon in British Columbia using viral immune-response biomarkers, metatranscriptomics, and high-throughput RT-PCR Virus Evolution ·Gideon Mordecai, Emiliano Di Cicco, Oliver P. Günther, Angela D. Schulze, Karia H. Kaukinen, Shaorong Li, Amy Tabata, Tobi J. Ming, Hugh Ferguson, Curtis A. Suttle, Kristina M. Miller	2020	20
8	Relative genomic impacts of translocation history, hatchery practices, and farm selection in Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas throughout the Northern Hemisphere Evolutionary Applications ·Ben Sutherland, Claire Rycroft, Anne‐Laure Ferchaud, Rob Saunders, Li Li, Sheng Liu, Amy M. Chan, Sarah P. Otto, Curtis A. Suttle, Kristina M. Miller	2020	16
9	Active and diverse viruses persist in the deep sub-seafloor sediments over thousands of years The ISME Journal ·Lanlan Cai, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Curtis A. Suttle, Maoqiu He, Barry A. Cragg, Nianzhi Jiao, Rui Zhang	2019	54
10	A multitrophic model to quantify the effects of marine viruses on microbial food webs and ecosystem processes The ISME Journal ·Joshua S. Weitz, Charles A. Stock, Steven W. Wilhelm, Lydia Bourouiba, Maureen L. Coleman, Alison Buchan, Michael J. Follows, Jed A. Fuhrman, Luis F. Jover, Jay T. Lennon, Mathias Middelboe, Derek L. Sonderegger, Curtis A. Suttle, Bradford P. Taylor, T. Frede Thingstad, William H. Wilson, K. Eric Wommack	2015	177
11	Dissecting the role of viruses in marine nutrient cycling: bacterial uptake of D- and L-amino acids released by viral lysis Aquatic Microbial Ecology ·EJ Shelford, NOG Jørgensen, S. E. Rasmussen, Curtis A. Suttle, Mathias Middelboe	2014	4
12	Viral infection of bacteria and phytoplankton in the Arctic Ocean as viewed through the lens of fingerprint analysis Aquatic Microbial Ecology ·JP Payet, Curtis A. Suttle	2014	8
13	Virus-driven nitrogen cycling enhances phytoplankton growth Aquatic Microbial Ecology ·EJ Shelford, Mathias Middelboe, Eva Friis Møller, Curtis A. Suttle	2012	87
14	A Virophage at the Origin of Large DNA Transposons Science ·Matthias Fischer, Curtis A. Suttle	2011	214
15	Milne Fiord epishelf lake: A coastal Arctic ecosystem vulnerable to climate change Ecoscience ·Julie Veillette, Connie Lovejoy, Marianne Potvin, Tommy Harding, Anne D. Jungblut, Dermot Antoniades, Caroline Chénard, Curtis A. Suttle, Warwick F. Vincent	2011	12
16	Giant virus with a remarkable complement of genes infects marine zooplankton Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Matthias Fischer, Michael J. Allen, William H. Wilson, Curtis A. Suttle	2010	261
17	The Marine Viromes of Four Oceanic Regions PLoS Biology ·Florent Angly, Ben Felts, Mya Breitbart, Peter Salamon, Robert A. Edwards, Craig A. Carlson, Amy M. Chan, Matthew Haynes, Scott T. Kelley, Hong Liu, Joseph M. Mahaffy, Jennifer E Mueller, Jim Nulton, Robert Olson, Rachel Parsons, Steve Rayhawk, Curtis A. Suttle, Forest Rohwer Hit paper breakdown →	2006	709
18	Marine T4-type bacteriophages, a ubiquitous component of the dark matter of the biosphere Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jonathan Filée, Françoise Tétart, Curtis A. Suttle, Henry Krisch	2005	183
19	Do Viruses Control the Oceans?: Infection may be the spice of planktonic life. Natural history ·Curtis A. Suttle	1999	2
20	Viruses and Nutrient Cycles in the Sea BioScience ·Steven W. Wilhelm, Curtis A. Suttle Hit paper breakdown →	1999	901

About Curtis A. Suttle

Curtis A. Suttle is a scholar working on Ecology, Endocrinology, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography and Plant Science, having authored 194 papers that have together received 17.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (137 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (97 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (43 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (29 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (24 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (19 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (17 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (15.1k citations), Endocrinology (1.5k citations), Oceanography (2.3k citations), Environmental Chemistry (1.7k citations) and Microbiology (987 citations). Curtis A. Suttle has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Amy M. Chan, Steven W. Wilhelm, Matthew T. Cottrell, Markus G. Weinbauer, Jed A. Fuhrman, Andrew S. Lang, Matthias Fischer, Alexander I. Culley, Steven M. Short and Feng Chen. Their work appears in journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Frontiers in Microbiology, Aquatic Microbial Ecology, The ISME Journal and Journal of Phycology.

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