Kevin L. Vergin

9.5k citations

61 papers · 7.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 35

Co-authors: Stephen J. Giovannoni Michael S. Rappé Stephanie A. Connon Craig A. Carlson Robert M. Morris Jang‐Cheon Cho H. James Tripp Rachel Parsons
Topics: Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (55 papers)Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (28 papers)Protist diversity and phylogeny (22 papers)
Cited by: Ecology Oceanography Environmental Chemistry
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States South Korea Bermuda

In The Last Decade

Kevin L. Vergin

60 papers receiving 6.8k citations

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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.

SAR11 clade dominates ocean surface bacterioplankton communities

2002 862 citations Robert M. Morris, Michael S. Rappé et al. Nature profile →
Genome Streamlining in a Cosmopolitan Oceanic Bacterium

2005 849 citations Stephen J. Giovannoni, H. James Tripp et al. Science profile →
Cultivation of the ubiquitous SAR11 marine bacterioplankton clade

2002 699 citations Michael S. Rappé, Stephanie A. Connon et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Seasonal patterns of DOM molecules are linked to microbial functions in the oligotrophic ocean 2025 ·mSystems ·(unknown),(unknown),Luis M. Bolaños,Craig A. Carlson,Ruth Curry,Stephen J. Giovannoni,Michelle L. Michelsen,Rachel Parsons,Melissa C. Kido Soule,Gretchen J. Swarr,Ben Temperton,Kevin L. Vergin,Alexandra Z. Worden,Krista Longnecker,Elizabeth B. Kujawinski	0
2	Recurring seasonality exposes dominant species and niche partitioning strategies of open ocean picoeukaryotic algae 2024 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·(unknown),Charles Bachy,(unknown),Jan Strauss,Leocadio Blanco‐Bercial,Kevin L. Vergin,Rachel Parsons,Raphael M. Kudela,Rod Johnson,Luis M. Bolaños,Stephen J. Giovannoni,Craig A. Carlson,Alexandra Z. Worden	4
3	Linkages Among Dissolved Organic Matter Export, Dissolved Metabolites, and Associated Microbial Community Structure Response in the Northwestern Sargasso Sea on a Seasonal Scale 2022 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Shuting Liu,Krista Longnecker,Elizabeth B. Kujawinski,Kevin L. Vergin,Luis M. Bolaños,Stephen J. Giovannoni,Rachel Parsons,(unknown),Elisa R. Halewood,Dennis A. Hansell,Rod Johnson,Ruth Curry,Craig A. Carlson	18
4	Stable Isotope Probing Identifies Bacterioplankton Lineages Capable of Utilizing Dissolved Organic Matter Across a Range of Bioavailability 2020 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Shuting Liu,Nicholas Baetge,(unknown),(unknown),Rachel Parsons,Elisa R. Halewood,(unknown),Stephen J. Giovannoni,Luis M. Bolaños,Craig E. Nelson,Kevin L. Vergin,Craig A. Carlson	23
5	Elemental content and stoichiometry of SAR11 chemoheterotrophic marine bacteria 2019 ·Limnology and Oceanography Letters ·Angelicque White,Stephen J. Giovannoni,Yanlin Zhao,Kevin L. Vergin,Craig A. Carlson	34
6	Meta-omic signatures of microbial metal and nitrogen cycling in marine oxygen minimum zones 2015 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Jennifer B. Glass,Cécilia B. Kretz,Sangita Ganesh,Piyush Ranjan,(unknown),Kristen N. Buck,William M. Landing,Peter L. Morton,James W. Moffett,Stephen J. Giovannoni,Kevin L. Vergin,Frank J. Stewart	51
7	High-resolution SAR11 ecotype dynamics at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site by phylogenetic placement of pyrosequences 2013 ·The ISME Journal ·Kevin L. Vergin,Bánk Beszteri,Adam Monier,J. Cameron Thrash,Ben Temperton,Alexander H. Treusch,Fabian Kilpert,Alexandra Z. Worden,Stephen J. Giovannoni	145
8	Abundant SAR11 viruses in the ocean 2013 ·Nature ·Yanlin Zhao,Ben Temperton,J. Cameron Thrash,Michael S. Schwalbach,Kevin L. Vergin,Zachary Landry,Mark H. Ellisman,Tom Deerinck,Matthew B. Sullivan,Stephen J. Giovannoni	253
9	Seasonality in Ocean Microbial Communities 2012 ·Science ·Stephen J. Giovannoni,Kevin L. Vergin	220
10	The small genome of an abundant coastal ocean methylotroph 2008 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Stephen J. Giovannoni,(unknown),H. James Tripp,Ulrich Stingl,Scott A. Givan,Jang‐Cheon Cho,Hyun‐Myung Oh,Joshua B. Kitner,Kevin L. Vergin,Michael S. Rappé	156
11	Dilution-to-Extinction Culturing of Psychrotolerant Planktonic Bacteria from Permanently Ice-covered Lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica 2007 ·Microbial Ecology ·Ulrich Stingl,Jang‐Cheon Cho,(unknown),Kevin L. Vergin,Brian Lanoil,Stephen J. Giovannoni	22
12	Polyphyletic photosynthetic reaction centre genes in oligotrophic marine Gammaproteobacteria 2007 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Jang‐Cheon Cho,Martha Stapels,Robert M. Morris,Kevin L. Vergin,Michael S. Schwalbach,Scott A. Givan,Douglas F. Barofsky,Stephen J. Giovannoni	61
13	Genome Streamlining in a Cosmopolitan Oceanic Bacteriumbreakdown → 2005 ·Science ·Stephen J. Giovannoni,H. James Tripp,Scott A. Givan,Mircea Podar,Kevin L. Vergin,(unknown),Lisa Bibbs,Jonathan Eads,Toby H. Richardson,Michiel Noordewier,Michael S. Rappé,Jay M. Short,James C. Carrington,Eric J. Mathur	849
14	Interactions among dissolved organic carbon, microbial processes, and community structure in the mesopelagic zone of the northwestern Sargasso Sea 2004 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·Craig A. Carlson,Stephen J. Giovannoni,Dennis A. Hansell,(unknown),Rachel Parsons,Kevin L. Vergin	180
15	Effect of nutrient amendments on bacterioplankton production, community structure, and DOC utilization in the northwestern Sargasso Sea 2002 ·Aquatic Microbial Ecology ·(unknown),(unknown),Dennis A. Hansell,(unknown),Rachel Parsons,(unknown),Kevin L. Vergin,(unknown)	189
16	Cultivation of the ubiquitous SAR11 marine bacterioplankton cladebreakdown → 2002 ·Nature ·Michael S. Rappé,Stephanie A. Connon,Kevin L. Vergin,Stephen J. Giovannoni	699
17	SAR11 clade dominates ocean surface bacterioplankton communitiesbreakdown → 2002 ·Nature ·Robert M. Morris,Michael S. Rappé,Stephanie A. Connon,Kevin L. Vergin,(unknown),Craig A. Carlson,Stephen J. Giovannoni	862
18	Phylogenetic comparisons of a coastal bacterioplankton community with its counterparts in open ocean and freshwater systems 2000 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·(unknown),Kevin L. Vergin,Stephen J. Giovannoni	207
19	Interspecies Recombination Between Enterococci: Genetic and Phenotypic Diversity of Vancomycin-Resistant Transconjugants 1999 ·Microbial Drug Resistance ·(unknown),Kevin L. Vergin,Stephen J. Giovannoni,David S. Thaler	12
20	Diversity and depth-specific distribution of SAR11 cluster rRNA genes from marine planktonic bacteria 1997 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Katharine G. Field,Douglas A. Gordon,(unknown),Michael S. Rappé,(unknown),Kevin L. Vergin,Stephen J. Giovannoni	237

About Kevin L. Vergin

Kevin L. Vergin is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Microbiology, having authored 61 papers that have together received 7.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (55 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (28 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (5.7k citations), Oceanography (2.5k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (1.1k citations). Kevin L. Vergin has collaborated with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Bermuda. Frequent co-authors include Stephen J. Giovannoni, Michael S. Rappé, Stephanie A. Connon, Craig A. Carlson, Robert M. Morris, Jang‐Cheon Cho, H. James Tripp, Rachel Parsons, Ena Urbach and Alexander H. Treusch. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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