M. D. COLLINS

8.4k citations

99 papers · 6.4k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 41

Impact in

Microbiology top 0.2%
Endocrinology top 0.5%
- Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus

Papers in

Microbiology 8
Endocrinology 20
- Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus 18

Co-authors: Glenn R. Gibson Fergus G. Priest C. Ash J. A. E. FARROW Anne Willems Paul A. Lawson Dorothy Jones B. A. PHILLIPS
Journals: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY (21 papers)Microbiology (6 papers)Journal of Clinical Microbiology (5 papers)Letters in Applied Microbiology (2 papers)Clinical Infectious Diseases (1 paper)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Germany Switzerland

In The Last Decade

M. D. COLLINS

97 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics: approaches for modulating the microbial ecology of the gut 1999 · 678 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1999 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
1994 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
1989 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

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All Works

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1	Secondary structure analysis of the dissimilatory sulphite reductase in Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Letters in Applied Microbiology ·Robert Morse, Glenn R. Gibson, M. D. COLLINS	2000	4
2	Lactobacillus fornicalis sp. nov., isolated from the posterior fornix of the human vagina. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY ·Leon M. T. Dicks, Haifa Tuffahati, Paul A. Lawson, M. D. COLLINS	2000	23
3	Probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics: approaches for modulating the microbial ecology of the gut American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·M. D. COLLINS, Glenn R. Gibson Hit paper breakdown →	1999	678
4	Corynebacterium confusum sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology ·Rogers John, Carlos R. Osorio, Reno Frei, P. Riegel, M. D. COLLINS	1998	25
5	Fermentation of non-digestible oligosaccharides by human colonic bacteria Proceedings of The Nutrition Society ·Glenn R. Gibson, Anne Willems, S Naor, M. D. COLLINS	1996	52
6	Phylogenetic Relationships of the Genera Acetobacterium and Eubacterium Sensu Stricto and Reclassification of Eubacterium alactolyticum as Pseudoramibacter alactolyticus gen. nov., comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology ·Anne Willems, M. D. COLLINS	1996	67
7	Phylogenetic Relationships among Members of the Ascomycetous Yeast Genera Brettanomyces, Debaryomyces, Dekkera, and Kluyveromyces Deduced by Small-Subunit rRNA Gene Sequences International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology ·J. CAI, Ian N. Roberts, M. D. COLLINS	1996	111
8	Phylogenetic Analysis of Butyrivibrio Strains Reveals Three Distinct Groups of Species within the Clostridium Subphylum of the Gram-Positive Bacteria International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology ·Anne Willems, Chiu-Ming Hu, M. D. COLLINS	1996	75
9	NOTES: 16S rRNA Gene Similarities Indicate that Hallella seregens (Moore and Moore) and Mitsuokella dentalis (Haapasalo et al.) Are Genealogically Highly Related and Are Members of the Genus Prevotella: Emended Description of the Genus Prevotella (Shah and Collins) and Description of Prevotella dentalis comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology ·Anne Willems, M. D. COLLINS	1995	37
10	Heterogeneity within Human-Derived Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Coryneform Group ANF-1-Like Bacteria and Description of Corynebacterium auris sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology ·Rogers John, Paul A. Lawson, M. D. COLLINS	1995	38
11	Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus Corynebacterium Based on 16S rRNA Gene Sequences International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology ·C. PASCUAL, Paul A. Lawson, J. A. E. FARROW, A.Yu. Zavarina, M. D. COLLINS	1995	125
12	Phylogenetic Analysis of Species of the meso-Diaminopimelic Acid-Containing Genera Brevibacterium and Dermabacter International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology ·J. CAI, M. D. COLLINS	1994	14
13	Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Round-Spore-Forming Bacilli Containing Cell Walls Based on Lysine and the Non-Spore-Forming Genera Caryophanon, Exiguobacterium, Kurthia, and Planococcus International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology ·J. A. E. FARROW, S. Wallbanks, M. D. COLLINS	1994	78
14	Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Bradyrhizobia Nodulating the Leguminous Tree Acacia albida International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology ·M. E. Ped, Anne Willems, B. POT, Dirk Dewettinck, Burck James M., Gloria M. Maestrojuan, B Dreyfus, K. Kersters, M. D. COLLINS, M. Gillis	1994	90
15	Molecular characterization of DNA encoding 23S rRNA and 16Sâ23S rRNA intergenic spacer regions ofAeromonas hydrophila FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Alison K. East, M. D. COLLINS	1993	19
16	Taxonomic studies on a psychrophilic Clostridium from vacuum-packed beef: Description of Clostridium estertheticum sp. nov. FEMS Microbiology Letters ·M. D. COLLINS	1992	6
17	Intrageneric Structure of Streptococcus Based on Comparative Analysis of Small-Subunit rRNA Sequences International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology ·Robert W Bentley, James A. Leigh, M. D. COLLINS	1991	191
18	Enterococcus raffinosus sp. nov., Enterococcus solitarius sp. nov. and Enterococcus pseudoavium sp. nov. FEMS Microbiology Letters ·M. D. COLLINS	1989	48
19	Corynebacterium amycolatum sp. nov. a new mycolic acid-less Corynebacterium species from human skin FEMS Microbiology Letters ·M. D. COLLINS	1988	5
20	Structures of the partially saturated menaquinones of Glycomyces rutgersensis FEMS Microbiology Letters ·M. D. COLLINS	1987	0

About M. D. COLLINS

M. D. COLLINS is a scholar working on Microbiology, Endocrinology, Clinical Biochemistry, Food Science and Biotechnology, having authored 99 papers that have together received 6.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (51 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (20 papers), Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus (18 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (18 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (11 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (10 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (10 papers) and Microbial Metabolism and Applications (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Microbiology (245 citations), Endocrinology (888 citations), Clinical Biochemistry (704 citations), Food Science (1.5k citations) and Biotechnology (405 citations). M. D. COLLINS has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Glenn R. Gibson, Fergus G. Priest, C. Ash, J. A. E. FARROW, Anne Willems, Paul A. Lawson, Dorothy Jones, B. A. PHILLIPS, J. CAI and Geoffrey Foster. Their work appears in journals such as INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, Microbiology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Letters in Applied Microbiology and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

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