Marko Virta

13.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
124 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Marko Virta is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pollution and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marko Virta has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Pollution and 31 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Marko Virta's work include bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (46 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (43 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (23 papers). Marko Virta is often cited by papers focused on bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (46 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (43 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (23 papers). Marko Virta collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and China. Marko Virta's co-authors include Antti Karkman, Matti Karp, Manu Tamminen, Fiona Walsh, Thị Thùy, Angela Ivask, Katariina Pärnänen, James M. Tiedje, Kaisa Hakkila and Christina Lyra and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Marko Virta

122 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

Antibiotic-Resistance Genes in Waste Water

2017 677 citations Antti Karkman, Marko Virta et al. profile →
Maternal gut and breast milk microbiota affect infant gut antibiotic resistome and mobile genetic elements

2018 454 citations Katariina Pärnänen, Antti Karkman et al. profile →
Antimicrobial Transformation Products in the Aquatic Environment: Global Occurrence, Ecotoxicological Risks, and Potential of Antibiotic Resistance

2023 101 citations Beate I. Escher, Christine Baduel et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Marko Virta	3.7k	3.0k	1.7k	1.2k	1.2k	124	7.6k
Syed A. Hashsham	3.5k 1.0×	2.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	111	6.7k
Robert D. Stedtfeld	3.5k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	694 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	76	5.6k
Erik Kristiansson	4.1k 1.1×	3.5k 1.2×	2.7k 1.6×	405 0.3×	1.8k 1.5×	145	10.8k
Thomas U. Berendonk	3.3k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	413 0.3×	1.5k 1.2×	131	6.4k
Min Qiao	5.9k 1.6×	1.3k 0.4×	2.0k 1.1×	522 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	87	8.3k
Yi Luo	6.9k 1.9×	1.7k 0.6×	2.6k 1.5×	787 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	154	9.9k
Daqing Mao	4.2k 1.2×	1.2k 0.4×	2.0k 1.2×	486 0.4×	849 0.7×	82	5.8k
Timothy A. Johnson	2.6k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	604 0.5×	792 0.6×	124	7.4k
Craig Baker‐Austin	2.1k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	895 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	91	7.1k
Christophe Merlin	4.7k 1.3×	1.5k 0.5×	2.2k 1.3×	809 0.7×	895 0.7×	60	7.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marko Virta

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Mei, Zhi, Fang Wang, Yu Liu, et al.. (2024). Biofilm enhanced the mitigations of antibiotics and resistome in sulfadiazine and trimethoprim co-contaminated soils. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 479. 135721–135721. 3 indexed citations

Fu, Yuhao, Fang Wang, Min Xu, et al.. (2024). Field-based evidence for the prevalence of soil antibiotic resistomes under long-term antibiotic-free fertilization. Environment International. 195. 109202–109202. 5 indexed citations

Fu, Yuhao, Yu‐Qin Zhang, Xiangzhen Li, et al.. (2024). Co-occurrence patterns of gut microbiome, antibiotic resistome and the perturbation of dietary uptake in captive giant pandas. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 471. 134252–134252. 5 indexed citations

Escher, Beate I., et al.. (2023). Antimicrobial Transformation Products in the Aquatic Environment: Global Occurrence, Ecotoxicological Risks, and Potential of Antibiotic Resistance. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(26). 9474–9494. 101 indexed citations breakdown →

Hall, James P. J., Ellie Harrison, Katariina Pärnänen, Marko Virta, & Michael A. Brockhurst. (2020). The Impact of Mercury Selection and Conjugative Genetic Elements on Community Structure and Resistance Gene Transfer. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 1846–1846. 18 indexed citations

Suzuki, Satoru, Manu Tamminen, Taichi Yokokawa, et al.. (2019). Occurrence of sul and tet(M) genes in bacterial community in Japanese marine aquaculture environment throughout the year: Profile comparison with Taiwanese and Finnish aquaculture waters. The Science of The Total Environment. 669. 649–656. 58 indexed citations

Wang, Shang, Kai Feng, Zhili He, et al.. (2019). Unraveling the diversity of sedimentary sulfate-reducing prokaryotes (SRP) across Tibetan saline lakes using epicPCR. Microbiome. 7(1). 71–71. 23 indexed citations

Rijavec, Tomaž, Jan Zrimec, Manca Kovač Viršek, et al.. (2016). Development of Highly Sensitive, Automatized and Portable Whole-Cell Hg Biosensor Based on Environmentally Relevant Microorganisms. Geomicrobiology Journal. 34(7). 596–605. 11 indexed citations

Pärnänen, Katariina, Antti Karkman, Manu Tamminen, et al.. (2016). Evaluating the mobility potential of antibiotic resistance genes in environmental resistomes without metagenomics. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35790–35790. 45 indexed citations

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Muziasari, Windi, Satoshi Managaki, Katariina Pärnänen, et al.. (2014). Sulphonamide and Trimethoprim Resistance Genes Persist in Sediments at Baltic Sea Aquaculture Farms but Are Not Detected in the Surrounding Environment. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e92702–e92702. 99 indexed citations

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Tamminen, Manu, Marko Virta, Renato Fani, & Marco Fondi. (2011). Large-Scale Analysis of Plasmid Relationships through Gene-Sharing Networks. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29(4). 1225–1240. 81 indexed citations

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Jääskeläinen, Anu, Tero Soukka, Urpo Lamminmäki, Teemu Korpimäki, & Marko Virta. (2008). Development of a denaturation/renaturation‐based production process for ferritin nanoparticles. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 102(4). 1012–1024. 9 indexed citations

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Virta, Marko, et al.. (2006). Real-time monitoring of antimicrobial activity with the multiparameter microplate assay. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 66(3). 381–389. 42 indexed citations

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Isobe, Tomohiko, et al.. (2006). Luminescent yeast cells entrapped in hydrogels for estrogenic endocrine disrupting chemical biodetection. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 21(12). 2263–2269. 47 indexed citations

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Peltola, Pasi, Angela Ivask, Mats Åström, & Marko Virta. (2005). Lead and Cu in contaminated urban soils: Extraction with chemical reagents and bioluminescent bacteria and yeast. The Science of The Total Environment. 350(1-3). 194–203. 30 indexed citations

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Hakkila, Kaisa, et al.. (2004). Toxicity detection from EILATox‐Oregon Workshop samples by using kinetic photobacteria measurement: the flash method. Journal of Applied Toxicology. 24(5). 349–353. 7 indexed citations

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Virta, Marko, Sisko Tauriainen, & Matti Karp. (2003). Bioluminescence-Based Metal Detectors. Humana Press eBooks. 102. 219–230. 4 indexed citations

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Hakkila, Kaisa, Mikael Maksimow, Matti Karp, & Marko Virta. (2002). Reporter Genes lucFF, luxCDABE, gfp, and dsred Have Different Characteristics in Whole-Cell Bacterial Sensors. Analytical Biochemistry. 301(2). 235–242. 152 indexed citations

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Kurittu, Jussi, Stefan Lönnberg, Marko Virta, & Matti Karp. (2000). Qualitative Detection of Tetracycline Residues in Milk with a Luminescence-Based Microbial Method: The Effect of Milk Composition and Assay Performance in Relation to an Immunoassay and a Microbial Inhibition Assay. Journal of Food Protection. 63(7). 953–957. 42 indexed citations

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Tauriainen, Sisko, Matti Karp, Wei-Tun Chang, & Marko Virta. (1998). Luminescent bacterial sensor for cadmium and lead. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 13(9). 931–938. 182 indexed citations

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