Michael J. Federle

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Michael J. Federle is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Federle has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 40 papers in Infectious Diseases and 29 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Federle's work include Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (48 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (38 papers) and Neonatal and Maternal Infections (18 papers). Michael J. Federle is often cited by papers focused on Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (48 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (38 papers) and Neonatal and Maternal Infections (18 papers). Michael J. Federle collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Poland. Michael J. Federle's co-authors include Breah LaSarre, Bonnie L. Bassler, June R. Scott, Lauren Mashburn‐Warren, Donald A. Morrison, Matthew B. Neiditch, Laura C. Cook, Jennifer C. Chang, Kevin S. McIver and Chaitanya Aggarwal and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Federle

69 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Exploiting Quorum Sensing... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Exploiting Quorum Sensing To Confuse Bacterial Pathogens
    2013 601 citations Breah LaSarre, Michael J. Federle profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael J. Federle United States 34 2.5k 1.7k 1.5k 883 586 72 4.6k
Joseph J. Ferretti United States 43 2.2k 0.9× 2.7k 1.6× 1.9k 1.3× 690 0.8× 990 1.7× 120 5.8k
Indranil Biswas United States 31 1.6k 0.7× 777 0.4× 482 0.3× 487 0.6× 427 0.7× 91 3.2k
Tarek Msadek France 45 3.7k 1.5× 705 0.4× 1.6k 1.1× 2.3k 2.6× 502 0.9× 64 6.1k
Donald J. LeBlanc United States 31 1.6k 0.7× 691 0.4× 780 0.5× 907 1.0× 633 1.1× 72 3.5k
Yoshiyuki Kamio Japan 38 2.9k 1.2× 538 0.3× 1.5k 1.0× 851 1.0× 236 0.4× 164 4.9k
Greg A. Somerville United States 36 2.3k 0.9× 389 0.2× 1.9k 1.3× 830 0.9× 265 0.5× 57 3.6k
Christopher Weidenmaier Germany 33 2.6k 1.1× 398 0.2× 2.0k 1.3× 445 0.5× 522 0.9× 50 4.8k
Kelly C. Rice United States 29 2.4k 1.0× 286 0.2× 1.4k 1.0× 585 0.7× 261 0.4× 74 3.5k
Bernard Martin France 36 2.5k 1.0× 674 0.4× 518 0.3× 1.5k 1.7× 1.8k 3.1× 72 5.1k
Jean-Christophe Giárd France 36 1.4k 0.6× 265 0.2× 1.2k 0.8× 505 0.6× 348 0.6× 88 3.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael J. Federle

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All Works

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Woo, Jerry K. K., Adriana M. Zimnicka, Michael J. Federle, & Nancy E. Freitag. (2024). Novel motif associated with carbon catabolite repression in two major Gram-positive pathogen virulence regulatory proteins. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(11). e0048524–e0048524. 1 indexed citations
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Federle, Michael J., et al.. (2023). Identification and Characterization of Negative Regulators of Rgg1518 Quorum Sensing in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Journal of Bacteriology. 205(7). e0008723–e0008723. 4 indexed citations
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Federle, Michael J., et al.. (2023). A Streptomyces tendae Specialized Metabolite Inhibits Quorum Sensing in Group A Streptococcus. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(4). e0527922–e0527922. 1 indexed citations
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Federle, Michael J., et al.. (2023). A Staphylococcal Glucosaminidase Drives Inflammatory Responses by Processing Peptidoglycan Chains to Physiological Lengths. Infection and Immunity. 91(2). e0050022–e0050022. 2 indexed citations
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Rued, Britta E. & Michael J. Federle. (2023). The ComRS-SigX Pathway Regulates Natural Transformation in Streptococcus ferus. Journal of Bacteriology. 205(6). e0008923–e0008923. 3 indexed citations
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Shao, Xinhao, Adam J. Hockenberry, Yu Gao, et al.. (2022). Discovery of Unannotated Small Open Reading Frames in Streptococcus pneumoniae D39 Involved in Quorum Sensing and Virulence Using Ribosome Profiling. mBio. 13(4). e0124722–e0124722. 13 indexed citations
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Kyono, Yasuhiro, et al.. (2022). The Atypical Antipsychotic Quetiapine Promotes Multiple Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 204(5). e0010222–e0010222. 10 indexed citations
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Rued, Britta E., et al.. (2022). The Proteomic and Transcriptomic Landscapes Altered by Rgg2/3 Activity in Streptococcus pyogenes. Journal of Bacteriology. 204(11). e0017522–e0017522. 4 indexed citations
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Rush, Jeffrey S., Prakash Parajuli, Jian Li, et al.. (2022). PplD is a de-N-acetylase of the cell wall linkage unit of streptococcal rhamnopolysaccharides. Nature Communications. 13(1). 590–590. 15 indexed citations
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Chang, Jennifer C., et al.. (2022). Quorum Sensing Regulation of a Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter Affects Multiple Streptococcal Virulence Factors. Journal of Bacteriology. 204(9). e0017622–e0017622. 6 indexed citations
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Chang, Jennifer C., et al.. (2021). A Streptococcus Quorum Sensing System Enables Suppression of Innate Immunity. mBio. 12(3). 23 indexed citations
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Woo, Jerry K. K., Kevin S. McIver, & Michael J. Federle. (2021). Carbon catabolite repression on the Rgg2/3 quorum sensing system in Streptococcus pyogenes is mediated by PTSMan and Mga. Molecular Microbiology. 117(2). 525–538. 8 indexed citations
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Federle, Michael J., et al.. (2020). Colonization of the Murine Oropharynx by Streptococcus pyogenes Is Governed by the Rgg2/3 Quorum Sensing System. Infection and Immunity. 88(10). 12 indexed citations
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Capodagli, Glenn C., et al.. (2020). Structure–function studies of Rgg binding to pheromones and target promoters reveal a model of transcription factor interplay. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(39). 24494–24502. 12 indexed citations
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Lei, Benfang, Frank R. DeLeo, Nancy P. Hoe, et al.. (2001). Evasion of human innate and acquired immunity by a bacterial homolog of CD11b that inhibits opsonophagocytosis. Nature Medicine. 7(12). 1298–1305. 144 indexed citations
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Eichenbaum, Zehava, Michael J. Federle, Willem M. de Vos, et al.. (1998). Use of the Lactococcal nisA Promoter To Regulate Gene Expression in Gram-Positive Bacteria: Comparison of Induction Level and Promoter Strength. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 3 indexed citations

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