Karthik Urs

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 731 citations indexed

About

Karthik Urs is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Karthik Urs has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 731 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 2 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Karthik Urs's work include Gut microbiota and health (7 papers), Food composition and properties (3 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (2 papers). Karthik Urs is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (7 papers), Food composition and properties (3 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (2 papers). Karthik Urs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Karthik Urs's co-authors include Nicholas A. Pudlo, Eric C. Martens, Theresa Rogers, G.J. Davies, Harry Brumer, G.R. Hemsworth, Johan Larsbrink, Oliver Spadiut, Alexandra Tauzin and A. Louise Creagh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Bacteriology and The ISME Journal.

In The Last Decade

Karthik Urs

9 papers receiving 719 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.

A discrete genetic locus confers xyloglucan metabolism in select human gut Bacteroidetes

2014 380 citations Johan Larsbrink, Theresa Rogers et al. Nature profile →

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Didier Ndeh United Kingdom

Morten Ejby Denmark

Ana S. Luís United Kingdom

Zhengyuan Zhai China

Stefan Klinter Sweden

Samira Boudebbouze France

Vikas Sangwan India

Louise J. Salt United Kingdom

Yingying Lu China

Hafiz Arbab Sakandar China

Didier Ndeh United Kingdom

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karthik Urs

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Urs, Karthik, et al.. (2026). The Robot Of Theseus: a modular robotic testbed for legged locomotion. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 21(1). 16028–16028.

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Urs, Karthik, Philippe E. Zimmern, & Larry Reitzer. (2024). Abundant urinary amino acids activate glutamine synthetase-encoding glnA by two different mechanisms in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 206(3). e0037623–e0037623. 2 indexed citations

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Urs, Karthik, Philippe E. Zimmern, & Larry Reitzer. (2023). Control of glnA (glutamine synthetase) expression by urea in non-pathogenic and uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 205(11). e0026823–e0026823. 1 indexed citations

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Muñoz, Rafael R. Segura, Inés Martínez, Fuyong Li, et al.. (2022). Experimental evaluation of ecological principles to understand and modulate the outcome of bacterial strain competition in gut microbiomes. The ISME Journal. 16(6). 1594–1604. 41 indexed citations

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Pudlo, Nicholas A., Karthik Urs, Ryan Crawford, et al.. (2022). Phenotypic and Genomic Diversification in Complex Carbohydrate-Degrading Human Gut Bacteria. mSystems. 7(1). e0094721–e0094721. 42 indexed citations

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Urs, Karthik, et al.. (2022). Design and Characterization of 3D Printed, Open-Source Actuators for Legged Locomotion. 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 1957–1964. 6 indexed citations

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Pudlo, Nicholas A., Gabriel Vasconcelos Pereira, Stephanie Markert, et al.. (2020). Extensive Transfer of Genes for Edible Seaweed Digestion from Marine to Human Gut Bacteria. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Tamura, Kazune, G.R. Hemsworth, Guillaume Déjean, et al.. (2017). Molecular Mechanism by which Prominent Human Gut Bacteroidetes Utilize Mixed-Linkage Beta-Glucans, Major Health-Promoting Cereal Polysaccharides. Cell Reports. 21(2). 417–430. 125 indexed citations

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Pudlo, Nicholas A., et al.. (2015). Symbiotic Human Gut Bacteria with Variable Metabolic Priorities for Host Mucosal Glycans. mBio. 6(6). e01282–15. 133 indexed citations

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Larsbrink, Johan, Theresa Rogers, G.R. Hemsworth, et al.. (2014). A discrete genetic locus confers xyloglucan metabolism in select human gut Bacteroidetes. Nature. 506(7489). 498–502. 380 indexed citations breakdown →

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