Dennis Romero

12.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
41 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Dennis Romero is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Dennis Romero has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Dennis Romero's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (22 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (14 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers). Dennis Romero is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (22 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (14 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers). Dennis Romero collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Peru. Dennis Romero's co-authors include Philippe Horvath, Christophe Fremaux, Patrick Boyaval, Rodolphe Barrangou, Sylvain Moineau, Hélène Deveau, Melissa Richards, Josiane E. Garneau, Alfonso H. Magadán and Manuela Villion and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dennis Romero

39 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

CRISPR Provides Acquired Resistance Against Viruses in Prokaryotes

2007 4.4k citations Rodolphe Barrangou, Christophe Fremaux et al. Science profile →
The CRISPR/Cas bacterial immune system cleaves bacteriophage and plasmid DNA

2010 1.7k citations Josiane E. Garneau, Manuela Villion et al. Nature profile →
Phage Response to CRISPR-Encoded Resistance in Streptococcus thermophilus

2007 918 citations Hélène Deveau, Rodolphe Barrangou et al. Journal of Bacteriology profile →
Diversity, Activity, and Evolution of CRISPR Loci in Streptococcus thermophilus

2007 594 citations Philippe Horvath, Dennis Romero et al. Journal of Bacteriology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dennis Romero United States	22	7.9k	2.3k	1.8k	991	898	41	8.9k
Christophe Fremaux France	27	9.3k 1.2×	2.5k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	989 1.1×	45	10.5k
Hélène Deveau Canada	12	6.1k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	737 0.7×	752 0.8×	15	6.9k
David Bikard France	35	6.2k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	670 0.7×	744 0.8×	63	7.6k
Edze R. Westra United Kingdom	38	7.6k 1.0×	3.3k 1.4×	2.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	978 1.1×	80	9.1k
Francisco J. M. Mojica Spain	22	5.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	769 0.8×	631 0.7×	35	6.4k
Cynthia M. Sharma Germany	41	7.5k 0.9×	2.7k 1.1×	3.1k 1.7×	308 0.3×	790 0.9×	86	9.1k
Philippe Horvath United States	30	15.2k 1.9×	3.5k 1.5×	3.4k 1.9×	1.8k 1.8×	1.7k 1.9×	49	16.8k
Melissa Richards United States	5	4.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	555 0.6×	598 0.7×	7	5.1k
Blake Wiedenheft United States	40	7.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	832 0.9×	82	8.1k
Leonid Minakhin United States	28	4.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	332 0.3×	488 0.5×	57	5.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dennis Romero

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Leprince, Audrey, J. Lefrançois, Philippe Horvath, et al.. (2025). Strengthening phage resistance of Streptococcus thermophilus by leveraging complementary defense systems. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7142–7142.

Romero, Dennis, et al.. (2023). Living benthic foraminifera from El Ferrol Bay. Revista Peruana de Biología. 30(2). e24425–e24425. 1 indexed citations

Woehle, Christian, Alexandra-Sophie Roy, Nicolaas Glock, et al.. (2022). Denitrification in foraminifera has an ancient origin and is complemented by associated bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(25). e2200198119–e2200198119. 23 indexed citations

Labrie, Simon J., Cas Mosterd, Philippe Desjardins, et al.. (2019). A mutation in the methionine aminopeptidase gene provides phage resistance in Streptococcus thermophilus. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13816–13816. 23 indexed citations

Glock, Nicolaas, Alexandra-Sophie Roy, Dennis Romero, et al.. (2019). Metabolic preference of nitrate over oxygen as an electron acceptor in foraminifera from the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(8). 2860–2865. 62 indexed citations

Hynes, Alexander P., Geneviève M. Rousseau, Daniel Agudelo, et al.. (2018). Widespread anti-CRISPR proteins in virulent bacteriophages inhibit a range of Cas9 proteins. Nature Communications. 9(1). 125 indexed citations

Samson, Julie, Denise M. Tremblay, Alfonso H. Magadán, et al.. (2018). Lactococcus lactis type III-A CRISPR-Cas system cleaves bacteriophage RNA. RNA Biology. 16(4). 461–468. 16 indexed citations

Hynes, Alexander P., Geneviève M. Rousseau, Marie-Laurence Lemay, et al.. (2017). An anti-CRISPR from a virulent streptococcal phage inhibits Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9. Nature Microbiology. 2(10). 1374–1380. 137 indexed citations

Cardich, Jorge, Dimitri Gutiérrez, Dennis Romero, et al.. (2015). Calcareous benthic foraminifera from the upper central Peruvian margin: control of the assemblage by pore water redox and sedimentary organic matter. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 535. 63–87. 24 indexed citations

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Horvath, Philippe, et al.. (2012). Mobile CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Bacteriophage Resistance in Lactococcus lactis. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e51663–e51663. 66 indexed citations

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Garneau, Josiane E., Manuela Villion, Dennis Romero, et al.. (2010). The CRISPR/Cas bacterial immune system cleaves bacteriophage and plasmid DNA. Nature. 468(7320). 67–71. 1677 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barrangou, Rodolphe, Lindsay L. Traeger, Melissa Richards, et al.. (2009). Comparison of the Complete Genome Sequences of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis DSM 10140 and Bl-04. Journal of Bacteriology. 191(13). 4144–4151. 118 indexed citations

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Horvath, Philippe, et al.. (2008). Comparative analysis of CRISPR loci in lactic acid bacteria genomes. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 131(1). 62–70. 213 indexed citations

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Deveau, Hélène, Rodolphe Barrangou, Josiane E. Garneau, et al.. (2007). Phage Response to CRISPR-Encoded Resistance in Streptococcus thermophilus. Journal of Bacteriology. 190(4). 1390–1400. 918 indexed citations breakdown →

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Horvath, Philippe, Dennis Romero, Melissa Richards, et al.. (2007). Diversity, Activity, and Evolution of CRISPR Loci in Streptococcus thermophilus. Journal of Bacteriology. 190(4). 1401–1412. 594 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barrangou, Rodolphe, Christophe Fremaux, Hélène Deveau, et al.. (2007). CRISPR Provides Acquired Resistance Against Viruses in Prokaryotes. Science. 315(5819). 1709–1712. 4410 indexed citations breakdown →

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Duplessis, Martin, W. M. S. Russell, Dennis Romero, & Sylvain Moineau. (2005). Global gene expression analysis of two Streptococcus thermophilus bacteriophages using DNA microarray. Virology. 340(2). 192–208. 39 indexed citations

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Romero, Dennis & Todd R. Klaenhammer. (1993). Transposable Elements in Lactococci: A Review. Journal of Dairy Science. 76(1). 1–19. 39 indexed citations

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Romero, Dennis. (1992). Bacteria as potential sources of flavor metabolites. 2 indexed citations

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Romero, Dennis & Larry L. McKay. (1985). Isolation and Plasmid Characterization of a Lactobacillus Species Involved in the Manufacture of Fermented Sausage. Journal of Food Protection. 48(12). 1028–1035. 11 indexed citations

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