Miguel A. Álvarez

8.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
166 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Miguel A. Álvarez is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Miguel A. Álvarez has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Molecular Biology, 89 papers in Food Science and 23 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Miguel A. Álvarez's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (83 papers), Polyamine Metabolism and Applications (82 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (23 papers). Miguel A. Álvarez is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (83 papers), Polyamine Metabolism and Applications (82 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (23 papers). Miguel A. Álvarez collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Netherlands. Miguel A. Álvarez's co-authors include Marı́a Fernández, Víctor Ladero, M. Cruz Martín, Beatriz del Río, Begoña Redruello, Daniel M. Linares, M. Victoria Moreno‐Arribas, Marina Calles-Enríquez, Marta Pérez and Noelia Martínez and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nature Biotechnology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Miguel A. Álvarez

162 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

The Relationship among Tyrosine Decarboxylase and Agmatine Deiminase Pathways in Enterococcus faecalis

2017 691 citations Víctor Ladero, Beatriz del Río et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Miguel A. Álvarez Spain	49	4.4k	2.9k	834	588	562	166	6.8k
Víctor Ladero Spain	40	3.6k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	719 0.9×	472 0.8×	485 0.9×	115	5.0k
Marı́a Fernández Spain	45	4.4k 1.0×	3.1k 1.1×	543 0.7×	618 1.1×	582 1.0×	122	6.0k
M. Cruz Martín Spain	39	3.0k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	598 0.7×	374 0.6×	370 0.7×	109	4.7k
Bart C. Weimer United States	43	3.9k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	669 0.8×	182 0.3×	496 0.9×	178	7.1k
Hajime Takahashi Japan	40	2.7k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	293 0.4×	241 0.4×	638 1.1×	340	5.4k
Bon Kimura Japan	39	2.5k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	437 0.5×	146 0.2×	283 0.5×	214	4.6k
Steve L. Taylor United States	64	4.7k 1.1×	2.8k 1.0×	242 0.3×	477 0.8×	1.4k 2.5×	289	13.5k
Emmanuelle Maguin France	45	4.4k 1.0×	3.5k 1.2×	758 0.9×	119 0.2×	492 0.9×	123	7.7k
John W. Foster United States	54	4.5k 1.0×	3.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.6×	353 0.6×	817 1.5×	125	10.6k
Annie John United Arab Emirates	26	5.4k 1.2×	668 0.2×	450 0.5×	404 0.7×	1.7k 3.0×	61	11.0k

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Río, Beatriz del, et al.. (2024). Tryptamine accumulates in cheese mainly via the decarboxylation of tryptophan by lactic acid bacteria. Food Research International. 199. 115380–115380.

Sánchez‐Llana, Esther, et al.. (2024). The development of a whole-cell biosensor enabled the identification of agmatine-producing Hafnia spp. in cheese. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 427. 110970–110970.

Río, Beatriz del, et al.. (2023). Enterococcus faecium Bacteriophage vB_EfaH_163, a New Member of the Herelleviridae Family, Reduces the Mortality Associated with an E. faecium vanR Clinical Isolate in a Galleria mellonella Animal Model. Viruses. 15(1). 179–179. 19 indexed citations

Renes, Erica, Domingo Fernández, Víctor Ladero, et al.. (2021). Effect of forage type, season, and ripening time on selected quality properties of sheep milk cheese. Journal of Dairy Science. 104(3). 2539–2552. 11 indexed citations

Río, Beatriz del, Begoña Redruello, Beatriz Martı́nez, et al.. (2020). Polyphasic Characterisation of Non-Starter Lactic Acid Bacteria from Algerian Raw Camel’s Milk and Their Technological Aptitudes. Food Technology and Biotechnology. 58(3). 260–272. 12 indexed citations

Río, Beatriz del, Patricia Alvarez-Sieiro, Begoña Redruello, et al.. (2018). Lactobacillus rossiae strain isolated from sourdough produces putrescine from arginine. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 3989–3989. 32 indexed citations

Alvarez-Sieiro, Patricia, Begoña Redruello, Víctor Ladero, et al.. (2016). Screening sourdough samples for gliadin-degrading activity revealed Lactobacillus casei strains able to individually metabolize the coeliac-disease-related 33-mer peptide. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 62(5). 422–430. 8 indexed citations

Río, Beatriz del, Begoña Redruello, Víctor Ladero, et al.. (2016). Putrescine production by Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris CECT 8666 is reduced by NaCl via a decrease in bacterial growth and the repression of the genes involved in putrescine production. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 232. 1–6. 17 indexed citations

Linares, Daniel M., Beatriz del Río, Begoña Redruello, et al.. (2015). Comparative analysis of the in vitro cytotoxicity of the dietary biogenic amines tyramine and histamine. Food Chemistry. 197(Pt A). 658–663. 153 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Miguel A., et al.. (2014). Detección de información oculta mediante potenciales relacionados con eventos. Anuario de Psicología Jurídica. 24(1). 49–55. 2 indexed citations

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Romano, Andrea, Víctor Ladero, Miguel A. Álvarez, & Patrick Lucas. (2014). Putrescine production via the ornithine decarboxylation pathway improves the acid stress survival of Lactobacillus brevis and is part of a horizontally transferred acid resistance locus. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 175. 14–19. 68 indexed citations

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Alvarez-Sieiro, Patricia, M. Cruz Martín, Begoña Redruello, et al.. (2014). Generation of food-grade recombinant Lactobacillus casei delivering Myxococcus xanthus prolyl endopeptidase. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 98(15). 6689–6700. 24 indexed citations

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Hevia, Arancha, Noelia Martínez, Víctor Ladero, et al.. (2013). An Extracellular Serine/Threonine-Rich Protein from Lactobacillus plantarum NCIMB 8826 Is a Novel Aggregation-Promoting Factor with Affinity to Mucin. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(19). 6059–6066. 31 indexed citations

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Linares, Daniel M., Marı́a Fernández, Beatriz del Río, et al.. (2012). The tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase like gene located in the tyramine biosynthesis cluster of Enterococcus duransis transcriptionally regulated by tyrosine concentration and extracellular pH. BMC Microbiology. 12(1). 23–23. 20 indexed citations

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Martínez, Noelia, M. Cruz Martín, Ana Herrero-Fresno, et al.. (2011). qPCR as a powerful tool for microbial food spoilage quantification: Significance for food quality. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 22(7). 367–376. 43 indexed citations

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Linares, Daniel M., Marı́a Fernández, M. Cruz Martín, & Miguel A. Álvarez. (2009). Tyramine biosynthesis in Enterococcus durans is transcriptionally regulated by the extracellular pH and tyrosine concentration. Microbial Biotechnology. 2(6). 625–633. 51 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Miguel A., Nora B. Debattista, & Nora B. Pappano. (2008). Antimicrobial activity and synergism of some substituted flavonoids. Folia Microbiologica. 53(1). 23–28. 53 indexed citations

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Pardo, Isabel, Miguel A. Álvarez, J. Jesús Casas, et al.. (2002). The habitat of Mediterranean rivers Designation of an index of habitat diversity El habitat de los rios mediterraneos Diseno de un indice de diversidad de habitat. Limnetica. 21. 115–133. 58 indexed citations

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Martin, Robert L., et al.. (2001). Collinone, a New Recombinant Angular Polyketide Antibiotic Made by an Engineered Streptomyces Strain.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 54(3). 239–249. 38 indexed citations

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Arnaiz‐Villena, A., Jorge Martı́nez-Laso, Miguel A. Álvarez, et al.. (1997). Primate Mhc-E and -G alleles. Immunogenetics. 46(4). 251–266. 29 indexed citations

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