Gurvan Michel

13.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
99 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Gurvan Michel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gurvan Michel has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Biotechnology and 36 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in Gurvan Michel's work include Enzyme Production and Characterization (39 papers), Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds (36 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (30 papers). Gurvan Michel is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Production and Characterization (39 papers), Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds (36 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (30 papers). Gurvan Michel collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United Kingdom. Gurvan Michel's co-authors include Mirjam Czjzek, Tristan Barbeyron, Jan‐Hendrik Hehemann, Bernard Kloareg, François Thomas, E. Rebuffet, William Helbert, Thierry Tonon, Gaëlle Correc and Cécile Hervé and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Gurvan Michel

97 papers receiving 7.8k 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.

Environmental and Gut Bacteroidetes: The Food Connection

2011 983 citations François Thomas, Jan‐Hendrik Hehemann et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →
Transfer of carbohydrate-active enzymes from marine bacteria to Japanese gut microbiota

2010 799 citations Jan‐Hendrik Hehemann, Tristan Barbeyron et al. profile →
Evolution and Diversity of Plant Cell Walls: From Algae to Flowering Plants

2011 532 citations Gurvan Michel, Cécile Hervé et al. profile →

Peers

Gurvan Michel

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Tristan Barbeyron France

Xiu‐Lan Chen China

Jan‐Hendrik Hehemann Germany

William Helbert France

Torsten Thomas Australia

Peter Bossier Belgium

Bai‐Cheng Zhou China

Zhong Hu China

William G. T. Willats Denmark

J. Grant Burgess United Kingdom

Tristan Barbeyron France

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1.4k ×0.8

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943 ×0.6

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Citations per year, relative to Gurvan Michel Gurvan Michel (= 1×) peers Tristan Barbeyron

Countries citing papers authored by Gurvan Michel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gurvan Michel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gurvan Michel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gurvan Michel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gurvan Michel 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 Gurvan Michel. Gurvan Michel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fanuel, Mathieu, Ekaterina V. Sokolova, Daniela Latorre, et al.. (2025). Structure, function and catalytic mechanism of the carrageenan-sulfatases from the marine bacterium Zobellia galactanivorans DsijT. Carbohydrate Polymers. 358. 123487–123487.

Rousvoal, Sylvie, Delphine Champeval, Gurvan Michel, et al.. (2024). A review on the chemical ecology of the Fucaceae holobionts: from fundamental knowledge to applications. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 26(S2). 23–47. 3 indexed citations

Sokolova, Ekaterina V., Murielle Jam, Nathalie Desban, et al.. (2023). Enzymatically-derived oligo-carrageenans interact with α-Gal antibodies and Galectin-3. Carbohydrate Polymers. 324. 121563–121563. 9 indexed citations

Nam, Ki Hyun, François Thomas, Lukas Reisky, et al.. (2023). Unique alcohol dehydrogenases involved in algal sugar utilization by marine bacteria. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 107(7-8). 2363–2384. 2 indexed citations

Thomas, François, Karen Methling, Daniel Bartosik, et al.. (2022). Connecting Algal Polysaccharide Degradation to Formaldehyde Detoxification. ChemBioChem. 23(14). e202200269–e202200269. 4 indexed citations

Viborg, Alexander Holm, Nicolas Terrapon, Vincent Lombard, et al.. (2019). A subfamily roadmap of the evolutionarily diverse glycoside hydrolase family 16 (GH16). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(44). 15973–15986. 134 indexed citations

Reisky, Lukas, Aurélie Préchoux, Craig S. Robb, et al.. (2019). A marine bacterial enzymatic cascade degrades the algal polysaccharide ulvan. Nature Chemical Biology. 15(8). 803–812. 113 indexed citations

Gobet, Angélique, Simon M. Dittami, Sylvain Huchette, et al.. (2018). Seasonal and algal diet-driven patterns of the digestive microbiota of the European abalone Haliotis tuberculata, a generalist marine herbivore. Microbiome. 6(1). 60–60. 60 indexed citations

Rydahl, Maja Gro, Stjepan Krešimir Kračun, Jonatan U. Fangel, et al.. (2017). Development of novel monoclonal antibodies against starch and ulvan - implications for antibody production against polysaccharides with limited immunogenicity. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9326–9326. 20 indexed citations

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Pérez-Pascual, David, Aurélie Lunazzi, Ghislaine Magdelenat, et al.. (2017). The Complete Genome Sequence of the Fish Pathogen Tenacibaculum maritimum Provides Insights into Virulence Mechanisms. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 1542–1542. 69 indexed citations

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Fischl, Richard Michael, Kresten Bertelsen, Fanny Gaillard, et al.. (2016). The cell-wall active mannuronan C5-epimerases in the model brown algaEctocarpus: From gene context to recombinant protein. Glycobiology. 26(9). 973–983. 37 indexed citations

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Labourel, Aurore, Murielle Jam, Laurent Legentil, et al.. (2015). Structural and biochemical characterization of the laminarinaseZgLamC_GH16fromZobellia galactanivoranssuggests preferred recognition of branched laminarin. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 71(2). 173–184. 40 indexed citations

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Thomas, François, Tristan Barbeyron, Thierry Tonon, et al.. (2012). Characterization of the first alginolytic operons in a marine bacterium: from their emergence in marine Flavobacteriia to their independent transfers to marine Proteobacteria and human gut Bacteroides. Environmental Microbiology. 14(9). 2379–2394. 156 indexed citations

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Wecker, Patricia, et al.. (2010). Life cycle analysis of the model organism Rhodopirellula baltica SH 1 ^T by transcriptome studies. Microbial Biotechnology. 3(5). 583–594. 13 indexed citations

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Groisillier, Agnès, Cécile Hervé, Alexandra Jeudy, et al.. (2010). MARINE-EXPRESS: taking advantage of high throughput cloning and expression strategies for the post-genomic analysis of marine organisms. Microbial Cell Factories. 9(1). 45–45. 51 indexed citations

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Feiters, Martin C., Wolfram Meyer‐Klaucke, А. В. Солдатов, et al.. (2009). Anion binding in biological systems. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 190. 12196–12196. 3 indexed citations

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Baumann, Martin, Jens Eklöf, Gurvan Michel, et al.. (2007). Structural Evidence for the Evolution of Xyloglucanase Activity from Xyloglucan Endo -Transglycosylases: Biological Implications for Cell Wall Metabolism. The Plant Cell. 19(6). 1947–1963. 223 indexed citations

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Charrier, Bénédicte, Aude Le Bail, Thierry Tonon, et al.. (2007). Development and physiology of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus: two centuries of research. New Phytologist. 177(2). 319–332. 109 indexed citations

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Michel, Gurvan, L. Chantalat, E. Duée, et al.. (2001). The κ-carrageenase of P. carrageenovora Features a Tunnel-Shaped Active Site. Structure. 9(6). 513–525. 173 indexed citations

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Barbeyron, Tristan, Gurvan Michel, Philippe Potin, Bernard Henrissat, & Bernard Kloareg. (2000). ι-Carrageenases Constitute a Novel Family of Glycoside Hydrolases, Unrelated to That of κ-Carrageenases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(45). 35499–35505. 110 indexed citations

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