Marcus V. Merfa

858 total citations
21 papers, 531 citations indexed

About

Marcus V. Merfa is a scholar working on Plant Science, Horticulture and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcus V. Merfa has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 531 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Horticulture and 5 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Marcus V. Merfa's work include Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens (15 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (12 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (8 papers). Marcus V. Merfa is often cited by papers focused on Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens (15 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (12 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (8 papers). Marcus V. Merfa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Uganda. Marcus V. Merfa's co-authors include Alessandra Alves de Souza, Marco Aurélio Takita, Leonardo De La Fuente, Paula Maria Moreira Martins, Paul A. Cobine, Dean W. Gabriel, Marcos Antônio Machado, Mukesh Jain, Edel Pérez‐López and Ronaldo J. D. Dalio and has published in prestigious journals such as Nano Letters, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Marcus V. Merfa

20 papers receiving 524 citations

Peers

Marcus V. Merfa
Sunil Kokane India
Ofir Bahar Israel
Rui Gao China
Yoko B. Rosato Brazil
Sabrina Palmano Italy
Gundula A. Noll Germany
Amit Levy United States
Nikon Vassilakos Greece
Jonatan Niño‐Sánchez Spain
Subhas Hajeri United States
Sunil Kokane India
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All Works

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Scala, Valeria, et al.. (2025). XadA-like adhesin XADA2 regulates biofilm formation in X. fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa putatively by engaging oleic-acid derived oxylipins. Molecular Biology Reports. 52(1). 263–263. 1 indexed citations
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Jaiswal, Namrata, Weiwei Zhang, Marcus V. Merfa, et al.. (2024). A Ralstonia solanacearum type III effector alters the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton to promote bacterial virulence in plants. PLoS Pathogens. 20(12). e1012814–e1012814.
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Merfa, Marcus V., et al.. (2023). Complete functional analysis of type IV pilus components of a reemergent plant pathogen reveals neofunctionalization of paralog genes. PLoS Pathogens. 19(2). e1011154–e1011154. 10 indexed citations
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Shantharaj, Deepak, et al.. (2022). Zinc Oxide-Based Nanoformulation Zinkicide Mitigates the Xylem-Limited Pathogen Xylella fastidiosa in Tobacco and Southern Highbush Blueberry. Plant Disease. 107(4). 1096–1106. 12 indexed citations
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Fuente, Leonardo De La, Marcus V. Merfa, Paul A. Cobine, & Jeffrey J. Coleman. (2022). Pathogen Adaptation to the Xylem Environment. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 60(1). 163–186. 21 indexed citations
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Merfa, Marcus V., et al.. (2021). Overexpression of mqsR in Xylella fastidiosa Leads to a Priming Effect of Cells to Copper Stress Tolerance. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 712564–712564. 5 indexed citations
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Dalio, Ronaldo J. D., et al.. (2020). Hypersensitive response: From NLR pathogen recognition to cell death response. Annals of Applied Biology. 178(2). 268–280. 43 indexed citations
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Merfa, Marcus V., Swadeshmukul Santra, Ali Özcan, et al.. (2020). Zinkicide Is a ZnO-Based Nanoformulation with Bactericidal Activity against Liberibacter crescens in Batch Cultures and in Microfluidic Chambers Simulating Plant Vascular Systems. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 86(16). 20 indexed citations
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Potnis, Neha, Marcus V. Merfa, Adam C. Retchless, et al.. (2019). Patterns of inter- and intrasubspecific homologous recombination inform eco-evolutionary dynamics of Xylella fastidiosa. The ISME Journal. 13(9). 2319–2333. 37 indexed citations
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Merfa, Marcus V., Mukesh Jain, Michael J. Davis, et al.. (2019). Liberibacter crescens biofilm formation in vitro: establishment of a model system for pathogenic ‘Candidatus Liberibacter spp.’. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 5150–5150. 22 indexed citations
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Sicard, Anne, et al.. (2019). Discriminating between viable and membrane-damaged cells of the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa. PLoS ONE. 14(8). e0221119–e0221119. 16 indexed citations
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Merfa, Marcus V., et al.. (2019). Progress and Obstacles in Culturing ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’, the Bacterium Associated with Huanglongbing. Phytopathology. 109(7). 1092–1101. 58 indexed citations
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Merfa, Marcus V., et al.. (2018). QTLs and eQTLs mapping related to citrandarins’ resistance to citrus gummosis disease. BMC Genomics. 19(1). 516–516. 14 indexed citations
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Martins, Paula Maria Moreira, Marcus V. Merfa, Marco Aurélio Takita, & Alessandra Alves de Souza. (2018). Persistence in Phytopathogenic Bacteria: Do We Know Enough?. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 1099–1099. 99 indexed citations
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Merfa, Marcus V., et al.. (2018). Genetic tools and strategies for citrus breeding aiming at resistant rootstocks to gummosis disease. Tropical Plant Pathology. 43(4). 279–288. 10 indexed citations
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Merfa, Marcus V., et al.. (2016). The MqsRA Toxin-Antitoxin System from Xylella fastidiosa Plays a Key Role in Bacterial Fitness, Pathogenicity, and Persister Cell Formation. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 904–904. 42 indexed citations
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Merfa, Marcus V., et al.. (2016). Draft Genome Sequence of 11399, a Transformable Citrus-Pathogenic Strain of Xylella fastidiosa. Genome Announcements. 4(5). 11 indexed citations
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Sahoo, Prasana K., Richard Janissen, Alessandro Cavalli, et al.. (2016). Nanowire Arrays as Cell Force Sensors To Investigate Adhesin-Enhanced Holdfast of Single Cell Bacteria and Biofilm Stability. Nano Letters. 16(7). 4656–4664. 63 indexed citations

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