Fabien Burki

12.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Fabien Burki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fabien Burki has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Molecular Biology, 46 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Fabien Burki's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (51 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (38 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (33 papers). Fabien Burki is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (51 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (38 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (33 papers). Fabien Burki collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Sweden and United States. Fabien Burki's co-authors include Patrick J. Keeling, Jan Pawłowski, Kamran Shalchian‐Tabrizi, Andrew J. Roger, Matthew W. Brown, Alastair G. B. Simpson, Jürgen F. H. Strassert, Henrik Kaessmann, Iker Irisarri and Alexander P. Mylnikov and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Fabien Burki

63 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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The New Tree of Eukaryotes

2019 540 citations Fabien Burki, Andrew J. Roger et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Identification of a deep-branching lineage of algae using environmental plastid genomes 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Mahwash Jamy, Thomas M. Huber, (unknown), Hans‐Joachim Ruscheweyh, Lucas Paoli, Éric Pelletier, Tom O. Delmont, Fabien Burki	0
2	Comparative genomics of Ascetosporea gives new insight into the evolutionary basis for animal parasitism in Rhizaria 2024 ·BMC Biology ·(unknown), Ioana Onut Brännström, (unknown), Hana Pecková, (unknown), Chantelle Hooper, Astrid S. Holzer, David Bass, Fabien Burki	2
3	Benchmarking long‐read sequencing strategies for obtaining ASV ‐resolved rRNA operons from environmental microeukaryotes 2024 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·(unknown), Mahwash Jamy, Simona Radutoiu, Fabien Burki, Morten Simonsen Dueholm	6
4	A Mitosome With Distinct Metabolism in the Uncultured Protist ParasiteParamikrocytos canceri(Rhizaria, Ascetosporea) 2023 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Ioana Onut Brännström, Courtney W. Stairs, (unknown), (unknown), Thijs J. G. Ettema, Patrick J. Keeling, David Bass, Fabien Burki	5
5	Contrasting outcomes of genome reduction in mikrocytids and microsporidians 2023 ·BMC Biology ·Vojtěch Žárský, Anna Karnkowska, Vittorio Boscaro, (unknown), Thomas A. Whelan, (unknown), Ioana Onut Brännström, Cathryn L. Abbott, Naomi M. Fast, Fabien Burki, Patrick J. Keeling	9
6	Photophysiological response of Symbiodiniaceae single cells to temperature stress 2022 ·The ISME Journal ·Linhong Xiao, Sofia Johansson, (unknown), Fabien Burki, Miguel Méndez Sandín, Maria Tenje, Lars Behrendt	11
7	The long‐time orphan protist Meringosphaera mediterranea Lohmann, 1902 [1903] is a centrohelid heliozoan 2021 ·Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology ·Vasily V. Zlatogursky, (unknown), (unknown), Fabien Burki	7
8	Phylogenomic Insights into the Origin of Primary Plastids 2021 ·Systematic Biology ·Iker Irisarri, Jürgen F. H. Strassert, Fabien Burki	29
9	A molecular timescale for eukaryote evolution with implications for the origin of red algal-derived plastids 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Jürgen F. H. Strassert, Iker Irisarri, Tom A. Williams, Fabien Burki	158
10	Author Correction: A molecular timescale for eukaryote evolution with implications for the origin of red algal-derived plastids 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Jürgen F. H. Strassert, Iker Irisarri, Tom A. Williams, Fabien Burki	6
11	Automated Removal of Non-homologous Sequence Stretches with PREQUAL 2020 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Iker Irisarri, Fabien Burki, Simon Whelan	0
12	New Phylogenomic Analysis of the Enigmatic Phylum Telonemia Further Resolves the Eukaryote Tree of Life 2019 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Jürgen F. H. Strassert, Mahwash Jamy, Alexander P. Mylnikov, Denis V. Tikhonenkov, Fabien Burki	81
13	Long‐read metabarcoding of the eukaryotic rDNA operon to phylogenetically and taxonomically resolve environmental diversity 2019 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·Mahwash Jamy, Rachel Foster, Pierre Barbera, Lucas Czech, Alexey M. Kozlov, Alexandros Stamatakis, Gary D. Bending, Sally Hilton, David Bass, Fabien Burki	79
14	The New Tree of Eukaryotes breakdown → 2019 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Fabien Burki, Andrew J. Roger, Matthew W. Brown, Alastair G. B. Simpson	540
15	Progress towards the Tree of Eukaryotes 2019 ·Current Biology ·Patrick J. Keeling, Fabien Burki	97
16	Single cell genomics of uncultured marine alveolates shows paraphyly of basal dinoflagellates 2017 ·The ISME Journal ·Jürgen F. H. Strassert, Anna Karnkowska, Elisabeth Hehenberger, Javier del Campo, Martin Kolísko, Noriko Okamoto, Fabien Burki, Jan Janouškovec, Camille Poirier, Guy Leonard, Steven Hallam, Thomas A. Richards, Alexandra Z. Worden, Alyson E. Santoro, Patrick J. Keeling	28
17	Major transitions in dinoflagellate evolution unveiled by phylotranscriptomics 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jan Janouškovec, Gregory S. Gavelis, Fabien Burki, (unknown), Tsvetan R. Bachvaroff, Sebastian G. Gornik, Kelley J. Bright, Behzad Imanian, Suzanne Strom, Charles F. Delwiche, Ross F. Waller, Robert A. Fensome, Brian S. Leander, Forest Rohwer, Juan F. Saldarriaga	189
18	Phylogenomics of the Intracellular Parasite Mikrocytos mackini Reveals Evidence for a Mitosome in Rhizaria 2013 ·Current Biology ·Fabien Burki, Nicolas Corradi, Roberto Sierra, Jan Pawłowski, Gary R. Meyer, Cathryn L. Abbott, Patrick J. Keeling	54
19	Phylogenomics of the Intracellular Parasite Mikrocytos mackini Reveals Evidence for a Mitosome in Rhizaria 2013 ·Current Biology ·Fabien Burki, Nicolas Corradi, Roberto Sierra, Jan Pawłowski, Gary R. Meyer, Cathryn L. Abbott, Patrick J. Keeling	3
20	Monophyly of Rhizaria and Multigene Phylogeny of Unicellular Bikonts 2006 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Fabien Burki, Jan Pawłowski	39

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