Gayatri Vedantam

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Gayatri Vedantam is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gayatri Vedantam has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Infectious Diseases, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Gayatri Vedantam's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (30 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (14 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (12 papers). Gayatri Vedantam is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (30 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (14 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (12 papers). Gayatri Vedantam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Gayatri Vedantam's co-authors include V. K. Viswanathan, Michael Mallozzi, Dale N. Gerding, Stuart Johnson, Jennifer R. O’Connor, Susan P. Sambol, Bryan Roxas, Julian I. Rood, Tongted Phumoonna and Glen P. Carter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Gayatri Vedantam

43 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Toxin B is essential for virulence of Clostridium difficile 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Toxin B is essential for virulence of Clostridium difficile
    2009 589 citations Jennifer R. O’Connor, Susan P. Sambol et al. profile →

Peers

Gayatri Vedantam
Lisa F. Dawson United Kingdom
Joseph A. Sorg United States
Béatrice Burghoffer France
Denise Drudy Ireland
Cornelis W. Knetsch Netherlands
V. Avesani Belgium
Melissa J. Martin United States
Marie-Claude Barc France
Laurent Chesnel United States
Melina Kachrimanidou Greece
Lisa F. Dawson United Kingdom
Gayatri Vedantam
Citations per year, relative to Gayatri Vedantam Gayatri Vedantam (= 1×) peers Lisa F. Dawson

Countries citing papers authored by Gayatri Vedantam

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gayatri Vedantam

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gayatri Vedantam

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gayatri Vedantam. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gayatri Vedantam based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Gayatri Vedantam. Gayatri Vedantam is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Roxas, Jennifer Lising, et al.. (2025). CAT-GxD: Centralized access to gene expression datasets. Anaerobe. 96. 103005–103005.
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Viswanathan, V. K., et al.. (2024). Clostridioides difficile superoxide reductase mitigates oxygen sensitivity. Journal of Bacteriology. 206(7). e0017524–e0017524. 4 indexed citations
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Lainhart, William, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of diagnostically-discrepant Clostridioides difficile clinical specimens: insights from longitudinal surveillance. Frontiers in Medicine. 10. 1238159–1238159. 1 indexed citations
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Kangath, Archana, Sierra A. Jaramillo, Gayatri Vedantam, et al.. (2023). Oligofructose improves small intestinal lipid-sensing mechanisms via alterations to the small intestinal microbiota. Microbiome. 11(1). 169–169. 27 indexed citations
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Vedantam, Gayatri, et al.. (2022). Surface-displayed glycopolymers of Clostridioides difficile. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 66. 86–91. 3 indexed citations
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Clark, Andrew E., et al.. (2022). The Alternative Sigma Factor SigL Influences Clostridioides difficile Toxin Production, Sporulation, and Cell Surface Properties. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 871152–871152. 7 indexed citations
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Maseda, Damián, Joseph P. Zackular, Bruno Caetano Trindade, et al.. (2019). Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Alter the Microbiota and Exacerbate Clostridium difficile Colitis while Dysregulating the Inflammatory Response. mBio. 10(1). 43 indexed citations
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Gaudin, Françoise, Sandra Hoÿs, Valérie Nicolas, et al.. (2017). Biofilm Structures in a Mono-Associated Mouse Model of Clostridium difficile Infection. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 2086–2086. 52 indexed citations
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Mallozzi, Michael, Bryan Roxas, Mário A. Monteiro, et al.. (2016). A Clostridium difficile Cell Wall Glycopolymer Locus Influences Bacterial Shape, Polysaccharide Production and Virulence. PLoS Pathogens. 12(10). e1005946–e1005946. 36 indexed citations
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Kullin, Brian, et al.. (2016). Characterisation of Clostridium difficile strains isolated from Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 35(10). 1709–1718. 18 indexed citations
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Monteiro, Mário A., Zuchao Ma, Luis G. Arroyo, et al.. (2013). Carbohydrate-basedClostridium difficilevaccines. Expert Review of Vaccines. 12(4). 421–431. 39 indexed citations
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Vedantam, Gayatri & V. K. Viswanathan. (2012). Leptin signaling protects the gut fromEntamoeba histolyticainfection. Gut Microbes. 3(1). 2–3. 12 indexed citations
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Vedantam, Gayatri & V. K. Viswanathan. (2012). Naming names. Gut Microbes. 3(3). 173–175. 2 indexed citations
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Siddiqui, Farida, Jennifer R. O’Connor, Kristin Nagaro, et al.. (2011). Vaccination With Parenteral Toxoid B Protects Hamsters Against Lethal Challenge With Toxin A–Negative, Toxin B–Positive Clostridium difficile but Does Not Prevent Colonization. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 205(1). 128–133. 31 indexed citations
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Lepp, Dion, Bryan Roxas, Valeria R. Parreira, et al.. (2010). Identification of Novel Pathogenicity Loci in Clostridium perfringens Strains That Cause Avian Necrotic Enteritis. PLoS ONE. 5(5). e10795–e10795. 91 indexed citations
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Viswanathan, V. K., Michael Mallozzi, & Gayatri Vedantam. (2010). Clostridium difficileinfection. Gut Microbes. 1(4). 234–242. 84 indexed citations
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Trinh, Hien T., et al.. (2010). Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin is produced in the intestines of broiler chicks inoculated with an alpha toxin mutant. Anaerobe. 16(6). 614–617. 17 indexed citations
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Hecht, David W., et al.. (2007). Characterization of BctA, a mating apparatus protein required for transfer of the Bacteroides fragilis conjugal element BTF-37. Research in Microbiology. 158(7). 600–607. 5 indexed citations
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Hecht, David W., Gayatri Vedantam, & James R. Osmolski. (1999). Antibiotic Resistance Among Anaerobes: What Does it Mean?. Anaerobe. 5(3-4). 421–429. 17 indexed citations
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Vedantam, Gayatri & Brian P. Nichols. (1998). Characterization of a Mutationally Altered Dihydropteroate Synthase Contributing to Sulfathiazole Resistance in Escherichia coli. Microbial Drug Resistance. 4(2). 91–97. 19 indexed citations

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