Éric Giraud

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Éric Giraud is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Éric Giraud has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Plant Science, 35 papers in Ecology and 33 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Éric Giraud's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (85 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (40 papers) and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (28 papers). Éric Giraud is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (85 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (40 papers) and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (28 papers). Éric Giraud collaborates with scholars based in France, Thailand and Italy. Éric Giraud's co-authors include B Dreyfus, Joël Fardoux, Catherine Masson‐Boivin, André Verméglio, Xavier Perret, Maurice Raimbault, Clémence Chaintreuil, Jacques Batut, Philippe de Lajudie and Monique Gillis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Éric Giraud

118 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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Establishing nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with legumes: how many rhizobium recipes?

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Éric Giraud France	36	3.0k	1.4k	817	782	320	125	4.4k
Stephen J. Powers United Kingdom	46	5.5k 1.8×	2.5k 1.9×	524 0.6×	221 0.3×	919 2.9×	138	7.1k
Luigi Cattivelli Italy	54	8.2k 2.7×	2.8k 2.0×	1.4k 1.7×	266 0.3×	671 2.1×	219	9.8k
Michael A. Djordjevic Australia	48	5.5k 1.8×	2.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.5×	482 0.6×	139 0.4×	123	6.8k
Brian Forde United Kingdom	50	9.1k 3.0×	3.3k 2.4×	542 0.7×	179 0.2×	351 1.1×	112	10.4k
Robert R. Klein United States	38	3.5k 1.2×	2.4k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	122 0.2×	109 0.3×	110	5.0k
K. Peter Pauls Canada	39	3.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.4×	348 0.4×	347 0.4×	414 1.3×	181	5.0k
Stijn Spaepen Belgium	30	6.4k 2.1×	2.1k 1.6×	305 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	227 0.7×	52	8.0k
Kevin L. Childs United States	37	4.0k 1.3×	3.1k 2.3×	370 0.5×	139 0.2×	178 0.6×	85	5.8k
Ellen Zuther Germany	43	3.8k 1.3×	2.3k 1.7×	159 0.2×	264 0.3×	273 0.9×	94	5.1k
Takakazu Kaneko Japan	42	4.4k 1.5×	2.7k 2.0×	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	62 0.2×	86	6.9k

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Pervent, Marjorie, Nico Nouwen, Christophe Klopp, et al.. (2025). The receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase AeRLCK2 mediates Nod-independent rhizobial symbiosis in Aeschynomene legumes. The Plant Cell. 37(8).

Hashimoto, Shun, Pongpan Songwattana, Kamonluck Teamtisong, et al.. (2025). Diversity of bradyrhizobial T3SS systems and their roles in symbiosis with peanut ( Arachis hypogaea ) and Vigna species ( V. radiata and V. mungo ). Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 91(9). e0060025–e0060025.

Piromyou, Pongdet, Pakpoom Boonchuen, Pongpan Songwattana, et al.. (2024). A new type III effector from Bradyrhizobium sp. DOA9 encoding a putative SUMO-protease blocks nodulation in Arachis hypogaea L.. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 31646–31646. 2 indexed citations

Teulet, Albin, Djamel Gully, Marjorie Pervent, et al.. (2023). Widespread Bradyrhizobium distribution of diverse Type III effectors that trigger legume nodulation in the absence of Nod factor. The ISME Journal. 17(9). 1416–1429. 10 indexed citations

Bardot, Corinne, François Enault, Jean‐François Carrias, et al.. (2021). Assemblages of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in tank bromeliads exhibit a host‐specific signature. Journal of Ecology. 109(7). 2550–2565. 7 indexed citations

Boonkerd, Nantakorn, et al.. (2018). Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation in Bradyrhizobium sp. Strain DOA9 Involves Two Distinct NifA Regulatory Proteins That Are Functionally Redundant During Symbiosis but Not During Free-Living Growth. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 1644–1644. 31 indexed citations

Marchetti, Roberta, Flaviana Di Lorenzo, Antonio Fabozzi, et al.. (2018). Zymomonas mobilis exopolysaccharide structure and role in high ethanol tolerance. Carbohydrate Polymers. 201. 293–299. 18 indexed citations

Lorenzo, Flaviana Di, Fabio A. Facchini, Djamel Gully, et al.. (2018). Structure and inflammatory activity of the LPS isolated from Acetobacter pasteurianus CIP103108. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 119. 1027–1035. 26 indexed citations

Busset, Nicolas, Flaviana Di Lorenzo, Angelo Palmigiano, et al.. (2017). The Very Long Chain Fatty Acid (C26:25OH) Linked to the Lipid A Is Important for the Fitness of the Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium Strain ORS278 and the Establishment of a Successful Symbiosis with Aeschynomene Legumes. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 1821–1821. 12 indexed citations

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Busset, Nicolas, Clémence Chaintreuil, Djamel Gully, et al.. (2016). The LPS O-Antigen in Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium Strains Is Dispensable for the Establishment of a Successful Symbiosis with Aeschynomene Legumes. PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0148884–e0148884. 5 indexed citations

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Gully, Djamel, Arthur Poitout, Delphine Patrel, et al.. (2015). The Nod factor-independent nodulation in Aeschynomene evenia required the common plant-microbe symbiotic "toolkit". PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 169(4). pp.01134.2015–pp.01134.2015. 29 indexed citations

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Ahlgren, Nathan A., Caroline S. Harwood, Amy L. Schaefer, Éric Giraud, & E. Peter Greenberg. (2011). Aryl-homoserine lactone quorum sensing in stem-nodulating photosynthetic bradyrhizobia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(17). 7183–7188. 79 indexed citations

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Bonaldi, Katia, Daniel Gargani, Yves Prin, et al.. (2011). Nodulation of Aeschynomene afraspera and A. indica by Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium Sp. Strain ORS285: The Nod-Dependent Versus the Nod-Independent Symbiotic Interaction. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 24(11). 1359–1371. 100 indexed citations

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Maillet, Fabienne, et al.. (2011). PhotosyntheticBradyrhizobiumSp. Strain ORS285 Synthesizes 2-O-Methylfucosylated Lipochitooligosaccharides fornodGene–Dependent Interaction withAeschynomenePlants. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 24(12). 1440–1447. 37 indexed citations

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Bonaldi, Katia, Hassen Gherbi, Claudine Franche, et al.. (2010). The Nod Factor–Independent Symbiotic Signaling Pathway: Development of Agrobacterium rhizogenes–Mediated Transformation for the Legume Aeschynomene indica. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 23(12). 1537–1544. 34 indexed citations

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Jaubert, Marianne, Laure Hannibal, Joël Fardoux, Éric Giraud, & André Verméglio. (2009). Identification of novel genes putatively involved in the photosystem synthesis of Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS 278. Photosynthesis Research. 100(2). 97–105. 3 indexed citations

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Kojadinovic, Mila, Aurélie Laugraud, Laurie Vuillet, et al.. (2007). Dual role for a bacteriophytochrome in the bioenergetic control of Rhodopsdeudomonas palustris: Enhancement of photosystem synthesis and limitation of respiration. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1777(2). 163–172. 17 indexed citations

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Giraud, Éric, Joël Fardoux, Laure Hannibal, et al.. (2002). Bacteriophytochrome controls photosystem synthesis in anoxygenic bacteria. Nature. 417(6885). 202–205. 161 indexed citations

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Sy, Abdoulaye, et al.. (2001). Certain legumes of the genus Crotalaria are specifically nodulated by a new species of Methylobacterium.. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 47(6). 503–508. 3 indexed citations

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Giraud, Éric & G Cuny. (1997). Molecular characterization of the α-amylase genes of Lactobacillus plantarum A6 and Lactobacillus amylovorus reveals an unusual 3′ end structure with direct tandem repeats and suggests a common evolutionary origin. Gene. 198(1-2). 149–157. 47 indexed citations

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