Michiko E. Taga

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Michiko E. Taga is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Rheumatology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michiko E. Taga has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Rheumatology and 15 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Michiko E. Taga's work include Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (31 papers), Folate and B Vitamins Research (18 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (9 papers). Michiko E. Taga is often cited by papers focused on Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (31 papers), Folate and B Vitamins Research (18 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (9 papers). Michiko E. Taga collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and United Kingdom. Michiko E. Taga's co-authors include Bonnie L. Bassler, Graham C. Walker, Erica C. Seth, Patrick H. Degnan, Andrew L. Goodman, Stephen T. Miller, Kathryn M. Jones, Bryan W. Davies, Hajime Kobayashi and Kenny C. Mok and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michiko E. Taga

52 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

How rhizobial symbionts invade plants: the Sinorhizobium–Medicago model

2007 639 citations Kathryn M. Jones, Hajime Kobayashi et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michiko E. Taga United States	27	2.8k	1.1k	740	694	503	55	4.3k
Yi Geng China	41	1.6k 0.6×	864 0.8×	328 0.4×	314 0.5×	336 0.7×	270	6.0k
Michael E. Hibbing United States	14	1.4k 0.5×	759 0.7×	606 0.8×	403 0.6×	67 0.1×	17	3.1k
Carlos Blanco Spain	43	1.6k 0.6×	812 0.8×	536 0.7×	586 0.8×	274 0.5×	158	5.6k
J. Apajalahti Finland	39	2.7k 1.0×	894 0.8×	432 0.6×	463 0.7×	73 0.1×	89	6.4k
Svetlana Gerdes United States	27	5.0k 1.8×	1.3k 1.2×	2.4k 3.2×	517 0.7×	53 0.1×	40	8.0k
Hilary J. Rogers United Kingdom	47	3.0k 1.1×	3.7k 3.5×	573 0.8×	530 0.8×	55 0.1×	194	6.3k
Robert T. DeBoy United States	16	3.5k 1.3×	339 0.3×	856 1.2×	508 0.7×	45 0.1×	17	4.9k
Ana Marcu Germany	16	2.7k 1.0×	788 0.7×	1.3k 1.8×	329 0.5×	32 0.1×	24	5.1k
Katherine Huang United States	28	2.9k 1.1×	721 0.7×	1.7k 2.3×	547 0.8×	35 0.1×	51	4.6k
Gabriel Moreno‐Hagelsieb Canada	29	3.5k 1.2×	2.0k 1.9×	1.1k 1.5×	798 1.1×	27 0.1×	78	6.1k

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Mok, Kenny C., et al.. (2025). Laboratory evolution of E. coli with a natural vitamin B ₁₂ analog reveals roles for cobamide uptake and adenosylation in methionine synthase-dependent growth. Journal of Bacteriology. 207(2). e0028424–e0028424. 1 indexed citations

Hallberg, Zachary F., Alexa M. Nicolas, Kenny C. Mok, et al.. (2024). Soil microbial community response to corrinoids is shaped by a natural reservoir of vitamin B12. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 4 indexed citations

Hallberg, Zachary F., Alexa M. Nicolas, Kenny C. Mok, et al.. (2024). Phylogenetic distribution and experimental characterization of corrinoid production and dependence in soil bacterial isolates. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 4 indexed citations

Nicolas, Alexa M., Ella T. Sieradzki, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, et al.. (2023). A subset of viruses thrives following microbial resuscitation during rewetting of a seasonally dry California grassland soil. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5835–5835. 24 indexed citations

Kennedy, Kristopher J., et al.. (2023). Genetic dissection of regulation by a repressing and novel activating corrinoid riboswitch enables engineering of synthetic riboswitches. mBio. 14(5). e0158823–e0158823.

Taga, Michiko E., et al.. (2023). Bacteriophage-mediated lysis supports robust growth of amino acid auxotrophs. The ISME Journal. 17(10). 1785–1788. 24 indexed citations

Mok, Kenny C., Zachary F. Hallberg, & Michiko E. Taga. (2022). Purification and detection of vitamin B12 analogs. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 668. 61–85. 8 indexed citations

Nicolas, Alexa M., Alexander L. Jaffe, Erin Nuccio, et al.. (2021). Soil Candidate Phyla Radiation Bacteria Encode Components of Aerobic Metabolism and Co-occur with Nanoarchaea in the Rare Biosphere of Rhizosphere Grassland Communities. mSystems. 6(4). e0120520–e0120520. 39 indexed citations

Mok, Kenny C., Olga M. Sokolovskaya, Alexa M. Nicolas, et al.. (2020). Identification of a Novel Cobamide Remodeling Enzyme in the Beneficial Human Gut Bacterium Akkermansia muciniphila. mBio. 11(6). 28 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Kristopher J. & Michiko E. Taga. (2020). Cobamides. Current Biology. 30(2). R55–R56. 8 indexed citations

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Sokolovskaya, Olga M., H. Bailey, Matthias R. Baumgartner, et al.. (2020). Naturally occurring cobalamin (B12) analogs can function as cofactors for human methylmalonyl-CoA mutase. Biochimie. 183. 35–43. 17 indexed citations

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Sokolovskaya, Olga M., et al.. (2019). Cofactor Selectivity in Methylmalonyl Coenzyme A Mutase, a Model Cobamide-Dependent Enzyme. mBio. 10(5). 26 indexed citations

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Shelton, Amanda N., et al.. (2019). Flexible Cobamide Metabolism in Clostridioides ( Clostridium ) difficile 630 Δ erm. Journal of Bacteriology. 202(2). 13 indexed citations

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Shelton, Amanda N., et al.. (2018). Uneven distribution of cobamide biosynthesis and dependence in bacteria predicted by comparative genomics. The ISME Journal. 13(3). 789–804. 162 indexed citations

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Degnan, Patrick H., Natasha A. Barry, Kenny C. Mok, Michiko E. Taga, & Andrew L. Goodman. (2014). Human Gut Microbes Use Multiple Transporters to Distinguish Vitamin B12 Analogs and Compete in the Gut. Cell Host & Microbe. 15(1). 47–57. 212 indexed citations

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Hazra, Amrita B., et al.. (2013). Analysis of Substrate Specificity in CobT Homologs Reveals Widespread Preference for DMB, the Lower Axial Ligand of Vitamin B12. Chemistry & Biology. 20(10). 1275–1285. 38 indexed citations

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Crofts, Terence S., Erica C. Seth, Amrita B. Hazra, & Michiko E. Taga. (2013). Cobamide Structure Depends on Both Lower Ligand Availability and CobT Substrate Specificity. Chemistry & Biology. 20(10). 1265–1274. 64 indexed citations

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Taga, Michiko E., Nicholas Larsen, Annaleise R. Howard‐Jones, Christopher T. Walsh, & Graham C. Walker. (2007). BluB cannibalizes flavin to form the lower ligand of vitamin B12. Nature. 446(7134). 449–453. 129 indexed citations

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Jones, Kathryn M., Hajime Kobayashi, Bryan W. Davies, Michiko E. Taga, & Graham C. Walker. (2007). How rhizobial symbionts invade plants: the Sinorhizobium–Medicago model. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 5(8). 619–633. 639 indexed citations breakdown →

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Miller, Stephen T., Karina B. Xavier, Shawn R. Campagna, et al.. (2004). Salmonella typhimurium Recognizes a Chemically Distinct Form of the Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Signal AI-2. Molecular Cell. 15(5). 677–687. 425 indexed citations

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