Joseph A. Sorg

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Joseph A. Sorg is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph A. Sorg has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Infectious Diseases, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Joseph A. Sorg's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (49 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (21 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (15 papers). Joseph A. Sorg is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (49 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (21 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (15 papers). Joseph A. Sorg collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Portugal. Joseph A. Sorg's co-authors include Abraham L. Sonenshein, Michael Francis, Ritu Shrestha, Aimee Shen, Daniel Paredes‐Sabja, Olaf Schneewind, Sean S. Dineen, Laurent Bouillaut, Xingmin Sun and Jennifer L. Giel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Joseph A. Sorg

59 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Bile Salts and Glycine as Cogerminants for Clostridium difficile Spores

2008 536 citations Joseph A. Sorg, Abraham L. Sonenshein Journal of Bacteriology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph A. Sorg United States	29	2.5k	1.6k	713	502	414	59	3.2k
Shonna M. McBride United States	30	1.7k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	336 0.5×	448 0.9×	114 0.3×	56	2.4k
Vicki Adams Australia	23	2.2k 0.9×	722 0.5×	394 0.6×	219 0.4×	79 0.2×	48	2.7k
Gayatri Vedantam United States	20	1.8k 0.7×	499 0.3×	735 1.0×	382 0.8×	126 0.3×	44	2.1k
Adrianne N. Edwards United States	23	892 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	164 0.2×	259 0.5×	59 0.1×	40	1.8k
Olivia L. Champion United Kingdom	19	836 0.3×	1.3k 0.8×	281 0.4×	159 0.3×	167 0.4×	28	2.6k
Laurent Bouillaut United States	19	751 0.3×	633 0.4×	231 0.3×	183 0.4×	83 0.2×	21	1.2k
Tomoko Hanawa Japan	27	366 0.1×	691 0.4×	337 0.5×	579 1.2×	111 0.3×	66	1.9k
Kyoko Kuwahara‐Arai Japan	29	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	336 0.5×	66 0.1×	63 0.2×	58	2.8k
Milena M. Awad Australia	23	1.7k 0.7×	588 0.4×	183 0.3×	126 0.3×	33 0.1×	48	2.3k
Maija Saxelin Finland	23	604 0.2×	2.0k 1.3×	209 0.3×	230 0.5×	243 0.6×	34	3.6k

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Auchtung, Thomas A., Sigmund J. Haidacher, Kathleen M. Hoch, et al.. (2025). Clostridioides difficile colonization is not mediated by bile salts and utilizes Stickland fermentation of proline in an in vitro model. mSphere. 10(2). e0104924–e0104924. 3 indexed citations

Barwinska‐Sendra, Anna, Daniela Vollmer, Joe Gray, et al.. (2024). Cleavage of an engulfment peptidoglycan hydrolase by a sporulation signature protease in Clostridioides difficile. Molecular Microbiology. 122(2). 213–229. 1 indexed citations

Serrano, Mónica, et al.. (2024). The Impact of YabG Mutations on Clostridioides difficile Spore Germination and Processing of Spore Substrates. Molecular Microbiology. 122(4). 534–548. 1 indexed citations

Sorg, Joseph A., et al.. (2024). The small acid-soluble proteins of spore-forming organisms: similarities and differences in function. Anaerobe. 87. 102844–102844. 5 indexed citations

Melo, Manuel N., Wilson Antunes, Nigel P. Minton, et al.. (2023). A sporulation signature protease is required for assembly of the spore surface layers, germination and host colonization in Clostridioides difficile. PLoS Pathogens. 19(11). e1011741–e1011741. 3 indexed citations

Sorg, Joseph A., et al.. (2022). Imaging Clostridioides difficile Spore Germination and Germination Proteins. Journal of Bacteriology. 204(7). e0021022–e0021022. 9 indexed citations

Sorg, Joseph A., et al.. (2022). Clostridioides difficile bile salt hydrolase activity has substrate specificity and affects biofilm formation. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 8(1). 94–94. 15 indexed citations

Sorg, Joseph A., et al.. (2021). The Selenophosphate Synthetase Gene, selD , Is Important for Clostridioides difficile Physiology. Journal of Bacteriology. 203(12). e0000821–e0000821. 10 indexed citations

Sorg, Joseph A., et al.. (2021). Clostridioides difficile SpoVAD and SpoVAE Interact and Are Required for Dipicolinic Acid Uptake into Spores. Journal of Bacteriology. 203(21). e0039421–e0039421. 8 indexed citations

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Yalçınkaya, Nazlı, Qinglong Wu, Alton G. Swennes, et al.. (2021). Bile acid-independent protection against Clostridioides difficile infection. PLoS Pathogens. 17(10). e1010015–e1010015. 60 indexed citations

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Sorg, Joseph A., et al.. (2021). The small acid-soluble proteins of Clostridioides difficile are important for UV resistance and serve as a check point for sporulation. PLoS Pathogens. 17(9). e1009516–e1009516. 13 indexed citations

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Sorg, Joseph A., et al.. (2020). Factors and Conditions That Impact Electroporation of Clostridioides difficile Strains. mSphere. 5(2). 8 indexed citations

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Shrestha, Ritu, et al.. (2019). The requirement for co-germinants during Clostridium difficile spore germination is influenced by mutations in yabG and cspA. PLoS Pathogens. 15(4). e1007681–e1007681. 38 indexed citations

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Shrestha, Ritu, Steve W. Lockless, & Joseph A. Sorg. (2017). A Clostridium difficile alanine racemase affects spore germination and accommodates serine as a substrate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(25). 10735–10742. 33 indexed citations

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Shrestha, Ritu & Joseph A. Sorg. (2017). Hierarchical recognition of amino acid co-germinants during Clostridioides difficile spore germination. Anaerobe. 49. 41–47. 44 indexed citations

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Paredes‐Sabja, Daniel, Aimee Shen, & Joseph A. Sorg. (2014). Clostridium difficile spore biology: sporulation, germination, and spore structural proteins. Trends in Microbiology. 22(7). 406–416. 307 indexed citations

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Richter, Stefan, Derek Elli, Hwan Keun Kim, et al.. (2013). Small molecule inhibitor of lipoteichoic acid synthesis is an antibiotic for Gram-positive bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(9). 3531–3536. 87 indexed citations

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Francis, Michael, et al.. (2013). Muricholic Acids Inhibit Clostridium difficile Spore Germination and Growth. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e73653–e73653. 50 indexed citations

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Giel, Jennifer L., Joseph A. Sorg, Abraham L. Sonenshein, & Jun Zhu. (2010). Metabolism of Bile Salts in Mice Influences Spore Germination in Clostridium difficile. PLoS ONE. 5(1). e8740–e8740. 151 indexed citations

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Sorg, Joseph A., et al.. (2008). Yersinia enterocolitica type III secretion of YopR requires a structure in its mRNA. Molecular Microbiology. 70(5). 1210–1222. 15 indexed citations

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