Mervyn J. Bibb

19.5k citations

152 papers · 13.7k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 66

Molecular Biology top 0.2%
Pharmacology top 0.01%
Plant Science top 0.5%
Genetics top 0.5%
Biotechnology top 0.05%

Co-authors: Juan Pablo Gomez‐Escribano Gary R. Janssen David A. Hopwood Stanley N. Cohen Eriko Takano Mark J. Buttner Frank Wright Keith Chater
Topics: Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (104 papers)Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (55 papers)RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (50 papers)
Cited by: Pharmacology Biotechnology Molecular Biology
Journals: Nature Cell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Netherlands

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Mervyn J. Bibb

150 papers receiving 13.2k citations

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The relationship between base composition and codon usage in bacterial genes and its use for the simple and reliable identification of protein-coding sequences

1984 760 citations Mervyn J. Bibb et al. profile →
Regulation of secondary metabolism in streptomycetes

2005 652 citations Mervyn J. Bibb profile →
Engineering Streptomyces coelicolor for heterologous expression of secondary metabolite gene clusters

2010 432 citations Juan Pablo Gomez‐Escribano, Mervyn J. Bibb profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Total Synthesis of iso -Gladiolin Methyl Ester (Lagriene Methyl Ester) via Catalytic Asymmetric C–C Coupling of Alcohols 2026 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown),(unknown),James A. Duncan,Yu Zhang,(unknown),Mervyn J. Bibb,(unknown)	0
2	Streptomyces venezuelae NRRL B-65442: genome sequence of a model strain used to study morphological differentiation in filamentous actinobacteria 2021 ·Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology ·Juan Pablo Gomez‐Escribano,Neil A. Holmes,Susan Schlimpert,Maureen J. Bibb,Govind Chandra,Barrie Wilkinson,Mark J. Buttner,Mervyn J. Bibb	20
3	In Situ Activation and Heterologous Production of a Cryptic Lantibiotic from an African Plant Ant-Derived Saccharopolyspora Species 2019 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown),David A. Widdick,(unknown),Daniel Heine,Neil A. Holmes,Mervyn J. Bibb,Dino J. Martins,Naomi E. Pierce,Matthew I. Hutchings,Barrie Wilkinson	28
4	Discovery of Unusual Biaryl Polyketides by Activation of a Silent Streptomyces venezuelae Biosynthetic Gene Cluster 2016 ·ChemBioChem ·(unknown),Juan Pablo Gomez‐Escribano,Lijiang Song,Maureen J. Bibb,(unknown),Mahmoud M. Al‐Bassam,Govind Chandra,Arinthip Thamchaipenet,Gregory L. Challis,Mervyn J. Bibb	54
5	A system for the targeted amplification of bacterial gene clusters multiplies antibiotic yield in Streptomyces coelicolor 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Takeshi Murakami,Ján Burian,K. Yanai,Mervyn J. Bibb,Charles J. Thompson	59
6	Genome-wide dynamics of a bacterial response to antibiotics that target the cell envelope 2011 ·BMC Genomics ·Andrew Hesketh,Chris H. Hill,(unknown),Gabriela Balíková Novotná,Ngat T. Tran,Mervyn J. Bibb,Hee‐Jeon Hong	54
7	Genome mining and genetic analysis of cypemycin biosynthesis reveal an unusual class of posttranslationally modified peptides 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jan Claesen,Mervyn J. Bibb	112
8	Microbisporicin gene cluster reveals unusual features of lantibiotic biosynthesis in actinomycetes 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lucy Foulston,Mervyn J. Bibb	118
9	Amplification of the entire kanamycin biosynthetic gene cluster during empirical strain improvement of Streptomyces kanamyceticus 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·K. Yanai,Takeshi Murakami,Mervyn J. Bibb	83
10	A New Piece of an Old Jigsaw: Glucose Kinase Is Activated Posttranslationally in a Glucose Transport-Dependent Manner in <i>Streptomyces coelicolor </i>A3(2) 2006 ·Microbial Physiology ·Gilles P. van Wezel,(unknown),Kerstin Mahr,Harald Nothaft,Andreas W. Thomae,Mervyn J. Bibb,Fritz Titgemeyer	49
11	Conjugal transfer of plasmid DNA from Escherichia coli to Streptomyces lavendulae FRI-5 2000 ·Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Shigeru Kitani,Mervyn J. Bibb,Takuya Nihira,Yasuhiro Yamada	25
12	Purification and Structural Determination of SCB1, a γ-Butyrolactone That Elicits Antibiotic Production inStreptomyces coelicolor A3(2) 2000 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Eriko Takano,Takuya Nihira,Yoshitaka Hara,Jo J. Jones,(unknown),Yasuhiro Yamada,Mervyn J. Bibb	129
13	Analysis of aptsHhomologue fromStreptomyces coelicolorA3(2) 1999 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Michael J. Butler,Josef Deutscher,Pieter W. Postma,(unknown),Anne Galinier,Mervyn J. Bibb	22
14	The Linear Plasmid SCP1 of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Possesses a Centrally Located Replication Origin and Shows Significant Homology to the Transposon Tn4811 1999 ·Plasmid ·Matthias Redenbach,Mervyn J. Bibb,Bertolt Gust,(unknown),(unknown)	31
15	Actinorhodin and undecylprodigiosin production in wild-type andrelAmutant strains ofStreptomyces coelicolorA3(2) grown in continuous culture 1998 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Sung Gyun Kang,Jin Wook,Mervyn J. Bibb,(unknown)	61
16	Cloning, characterization and disruption of a (p)ppGpp synthetase gene (relA) of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) 1996 ·Molecular Microbiology ·(unknown),Janet White,Eriko Takano,Mervyn J. Bibb	65
17	Stationary‐phase production of the antibiotic actinorhodin in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) is transcriptionally regulated 1993 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Hugo Gramajo,Eriko Takano,Mervyn J. Bibb	176
18	The repressor gene (c) of the Streptomyces temperate phage ϕc31: Nucleotide sequence, analysis and functional cloning 1988 ·Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·(unknown),Mervyn J. Bibb	33
19	The Agarase Gene (dag A) of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2): Affinity Purification and Characterization of the Cloned Gene Product 1987 ·Microbiology ·Mervyn J. Bibb,George Jones,Roy Joseph,Mark J. Buttner,John M. Ward	50
20	The nucleotide sequence of a 16S rRNA gene fromStreptomyces coelicolorA3(2) 1987 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·H.A. Baylis,Mervyn J. Bibb	50

About Mervyn J. Bibb

Mervyn J. Bibb is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, having authored 152 papers that have together received 13.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (104 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (55 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (50 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pharmacology (8.4k citations), Biotechnology (2.4k citations) and Molecular Biology (10.0k citations). Mervyn J. Bibb has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Juan Pablo Gomez‐Escribano, Gary R. Janssen, David A. Hopwood, Stanley N. Cohen, Eriko Takano, Mark J. Buttner, Frank Wright, Keith Chater, Andrew Hesketh and Janet White. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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