Dominique Holtappels

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 750 citations indexed

About

Dominique Holtappels is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dominique Holtappels has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 750 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 18 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Dominique Holtappels's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (18 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (17 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (8 papers). Dominique Holtappels is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (18 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (17 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (8 papers). Dominique Holtappels collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Italy and United States. Dominique Holtappels's co-authors include Jeroen Wagemans, Rob Lavigne, Barbara Berckmans, Bruno P.A. Cammue, Britt Koskella, Poliane Alfenas‐Zerbini, Mojgan Rabiey, Marta Vallino, Massimo Turina and Robert W. Jackson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dominique Holtappels

21 papers receiving 732 citations

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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.

Screening for novel biocontrol agents applicable in plant disease management – A review

2020 227 citations Dominique Holtappels, Barbara Berckmans et al. Biological Control profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dominique Holtappels Belgium	14	557	334	181	103	79	23	750
Johan Van Vaerenbergh Belgium	18	836 1.5×	308 0.9×	192 1.1×	159 1.5×	68 0.9×	47	1.0k
L. E. Jackson United States	11	776 1.4×	500 1.5×	121 0.7×	90 0.9×	91 1.2×	18	978
Botond Balogh United States	15	1.2k 2.1×	757 2.3×	150 0.8×	168 1.6×	120 1.5×	23	1.4k
Antonet M. Svircev Canada	21	1.1k 1.9×	612 1.8×	386 2.1×	166 1.6×	154 1.9×	59	1.4k
Gayle C. McGhee United States	13	693 1.2×	103 0.3×	119 0.7×	260 2.5×	57 0.7×	24	869
Laura Mattinen Finland	14	584 1.0×	98 0.3×	307 1.7×	120 1.2×	115 1.5×	23	855
Volker Jacobi Canada	15	347 0.6×	183 0.5×	129 0.7×	146 1.4×	155 2.0×	25	524
Yannick Born Switzerland	13	255 0.5×	389 1.2×	191 1.1×	30 0.3×	62 0.8×	15	536
Marc-André Jehl Austria	7	174 0.3×	96 0.3×	249 1.4×	35 0.3×	73 0.9×	9	503
Maxuel O. Andrade Brazil	18	747 1.3×	69 0.2×	401 2.2×	76 0.7×	140 1.8×	33	1.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wheatley, Rachel M., Dominique Holtappels, & Britt Koskella. (2025). Evaluation of bacteriophages as a signature of microbiome health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Microbe. 6(12). 101196–101196. 1 indexed citations

Holtappels, Dominique, Kai Wu, Britt Koskella, & Eunjung Roh. (2025). Impact of phage treatment on fire blight disease outcome and floral microbiome composition. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 91(11). e0159825–e0159825.

Holtappels, Dominique, Marleen Voet, Marta Vallino, et al.. (2024). Characterization of four Acidovorax phages and their potential in phage biocontrol for lamb’s lettuce seed decontamination. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(12). e0099324–e0099324.

Holtappels, Dominique, et al.. (2024). Genomic characterization of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae from Callery pear and the efficiency of associated phages in disease protection. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(3). e0283323–e0283323. 2 indexed citations

Szoboszlay, Márton, et al.. (2023). Assessing the environmental biosafety of phage-based biocontrol applications. Biological Control. 187. 105375–105375. 4 indexed citations

Holtappels, Dominique, Poliane Alfenas‐Zerbini, & Britt Koskella. (2023). Drivers and consequences of bacteriophage host range. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 47(4). 39 indexed citations

Holtappels, Dominique, Steve Baeyen, Marta Vallino, et al.. (2023). Back to the Roots: Agrobacterium -Specific Phages Show Potential to Disinfect Nutrient Solution from Hydroponic Greenhouses. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 89(4). e0021523–e0021523. 10 indexed citations

Holtappels, Dominique, Louis Lippens, Steve Baeyen, et al.. (2022). The potential of bacteriophages to control Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris at different stages of disease development. Microbial Biotechnology. 15(6). 1762–1782. 29 indexed citations

Holtappels, Dominique, et al.. (2022). Isolation, characterization and genome analysis of an orphan phage FoX4 of the new Foxquatrovirus genus. BMC Microbiology. 22(1). 304–304. 3 indexed citations

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Holtappels, Dominique, et al.. (2022). Biological and Molecular Characterization of the Lytic Bacteriophage SoKa against Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, Causal Agent of Citrus Blast and Black Pit in Tunisia. Viruses. 14(9). 1949–1949. 10 indexed citations

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Holtappels, Dominique, Marta Vallino, Rob Lavigne, et al.. (2021). Phage Biocontrol of Bacterial Leaf Blight Disease on Welsh Onion Caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. allii. Antibiotics. 10(5). 517–517. 20 indexed citations

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Holtappels, Dominique, Marta Vallino, Marco Chiapello, et al.. (2021). Molecular Characterization and Taxonomic Assignment of Three Phage Isolates from a Collection Infecting Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae and P. syringae pv. phaseolicola from Northern Italy. Viruses. 13(10). 2083–2083. 24 indexed citations

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Holtappels, Dominique, et al.. (2021). Dossier: bestrijding bacterieziekten met faagbiocontrole. 26–34. 1 indexed citations

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Holtappels, Dominique, Mohammed H. Ahmed, Bart Van Meerbeek, et al.. (2020). First Report of Filamentous Phages Isolated from Tunisian Orchards to Control Erwinia amylovora. Microorganisms. 8(11). 1762–1762. 17 indexed citations

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Karimi, Mansour, Griet Coussens, Stijn Aesaert, et al.. (2020). Efficient CRISPR-mediated base editing in Agrobacterium spp.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(2). 49 indexed citations

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Rabiey, Mojgan, Shyamali Roy, Dominique Holtappels, et al.. (2020). Phage biocontrol to combat Pseudomonas syringae pathogens causing disease in cherry. Microbial Biotechnology. 13(5). 1428–1445. 68 indexed citations

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Holtappels, Dominique, et al.. (2020). The future of phage biocontrol in integrated plant protection for sustainable crop production. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 68. 60–71. 116 indexed citations

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Wagemans, Jeroen, Dominique Holtappels, Jean-Pierre Hernálsteens, et al.. (2020). Structural Analysis of Jumbo Coliphage phAPEC6. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(9). 3119–3119. 14 indexed citations

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Boon, Maarten, Dominique Holtappels, Cédric Lood, Vera van Noort, & Rob Lavigne. (2020). Host Range Expansion of Pseudomonas Virus LUZ7 Is Driven by a Conserved Tail Fiber Mutation. PubMed. 1(2). 87–90. 19 indexed citations

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Holtappels, Dominique, et al.. (2020). Screening for novel biocontrol agents applicable in plant disease management – A review. Biological Control. 144. 104240–104240. 227 indexed citations breakdown →

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