Mya Breitbart

24.1k total citations · 9 hit papers
148 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Mya Breitbart is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mya Breitbart has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Ecology, 56 papers in Plant Science and 41 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mya Breitbart's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (72 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (54 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (31 papers). Mya Breitbart is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (72 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (54 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (31 papers). Mya Breitbart collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and New Zealand. Mya Breitbart's co-authors include Forest Rohwer, Karyna Rosario, Peter Salamon, Joseph M. Mahaffy, Robert A. Edwards, Erin M. Symonds, Ben Felts, Matthew Haynes, Linda Wegley and Siobain Duffy and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Mya Breitbart

142 papers receiving 14.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The Marine Viromes of Four Oceanic Regions

2006 709 citations Florent Angly, Ben Felts et al. PLoS Biology profile →
Genomic analysis of uncultured marine viral communities

2002 700 citations Mya Breitbart, Peter Salamon et al. profile →
RNA Viral Community in Human Feces: Prevalence of Plant Pathogenic Viruses

2005 592 citations Mya Breitbart, Forest Rohwer et al. PLoS Biology profile →
Here a virus, there a virus, everywhere the same virus?

2005 590 citations Mya Breitbart, Forest Rohwer profile →
Metagenomic Analyses of an Uncultured Viral Community from Human Feces

2003 549 citations Mya Breitbart, Ian Hewson et al. Journal of Bacteriology profile →
Laboratory procedures to generate viral metagenomes

2009 449 citations Matthew Haynes, Mya Breitbart et al. profile →
Phage puppet masters of the marine microbial realm

2018 420 citations Mya Breitbart, Chelsea Bonnain et al. Nature Microbiology profile →
Marine Viruses: Truth or Dare

2011 406 citations Mya Breitbart profile →
Revisiting the taxonomy of the family Circoviridae: establishment of the genus Cyclovirus and removal of the genus Gyrovirus

2017 300 citations Karyna Rosario, Mya Breitbart et al. Archives of Virology profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mya Breitbart

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Diverse RNA viruses discovered in multiple seagrass species 2024 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Mya Breitbart, Carolyn J. Lundquist, Keizo Nagasaki, Ian Hewson	1
2	Dissolved Inorganic Carbon-Accumulating Complexes from Autotrophic Bacteria from Extreme Environments 2021 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Sarah Schmid, Dale Chaput, Mya Breitbart, (unknown), Samantha Williams, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kathleen M. Scott	4
3	Regeneration of macronutrients and trace metals during phytoplankton decay: An experimental study 2020 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·(unknown), (unknown), Kema Malki, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mya Breitbart, Katherine A. Hubbard, Kristen N. Buck	16
4	Environmental DNA reveals seasonal shifts and potential interactions in a marine community 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Anni Djurhuus, Collin J. Closek, Ryan P. Kelly, Kathleen Pitz, Reiko Michisaki, Hilary Starks, Kristine Walz, Elizabeth A. Andruszkiewicz, (unknown), Katherine A. Hubbard, Enrique Montes, D. B. Otis, Frank Müller‐Karger, Francisco P. Chávez, Alexandria B. Boehm, Mya Breitbart	212
5	Discovery of a novel potexvirus in the seagrass Thalassia testudinum from Tampa Bay, Florida 2018 ·Limnology and Oceanography Letters ·(unknown), Karyna Rosario, Bradley T. Furman, Margaret O. Hall, Anthony M. Greco, Mya Breitbart	7
6	Phage puppet masters of the marine microbial realm breakdown → 2018 ·Nature Microbiology ·Mya Breitbart, Chelsea Bonnain, Kema Malki, Natalie A. Sawaya	420
7	Rewards and Challenges of eDNA Sequencing with Multiple Genetic Markers for Marine Observation Programs 2017 ·Biodiversity Information Science and Standards ·Kathleen Pitz, Collin J. Closek, Anni Djurhuus, Reiko Michisaki, Kristine Walz, Alexandria B. Boehm, Mya Breitbart, Ryan P. Kelly, Francisco P. Chávez	2
8	The gut virome of the protochordate model organism, Ciona intestinalis subtype A 2017 ·Virus Research ·Brittany A. Leigh, Anni Djurhuus, Mya Breitbart, Larry J. Dishaw	16
9	Discovery of a novel circular DNA virus in the Forbes sea star, Asterias forbesi 2015 ·Archives of Virology ·Elizabeth Fahsbender, Ian Hewson, Karyna Rosario, Allison D. Tuttle, Arvind Varsani, Mya Breitbart	21
10	Metagenomic identification of a nodavirus and a circular ssDNA virus in semi-purified viral nucleic acids from the hepatopancreas of healthy Farfantepenaeus duorarum shrimp 2013 ·Diseases of Aquatic Organisms ·Terry Fei Fan Ng, S.V. Alavandi, Arvind Varsani, (unknown), Mya Breitbart	23
11	PhiSiGns: an online tool to identify signature genes in phages and design PCR primers for examining phage diversity 2012 ·BMC Bioinformatics ·Bhakti Dwivedi, Robert Schmieder, Dawn B. Goldsmith, Robert A. Edwards, Mya Breitbart	17
12	Ocean time-series reveals recurring seasonal patterns of virioplankton dynamics in the northwestern Sargasso Sea 2011 ·The ISME Journal ·Rachel Parsons, Mya Breitbart, Michael W. Lomas, Craig A. Carlson	118
13	Phage Encoded H-NS: A Potential Achilles Heel in the Bacterial Defence System 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Connor T. Skennerton, Florent Angly, Mya Breitbart, Lauren M. Bragg, Shaomei He, Katherine D. McMahon, Philip Hugenholtz, Gene W. Tyson	47
14	Broad Surveys of DNA Viral Diversity Obtained through Viral Metagenomics of Mosquitoes 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Terry Fei Fan Ng, Dana Willner, Yan Wei Lim, Robert Schmieder, Betty Chau, Christína Nilsson, Simon J. Anthony, Yijun Ruan, Forest Rohwer, Mya Breitbart	178
15	Diversity and distribution of single-stranded DNA phages in the North Atlantic Ocean 2010 ·The ISME Journal ·Kimberly Pause Tucker, Rachel Parsons, Erin M. Symonds, Mya Breitbart	83
16	The Marine Viromes of Four Oceanic Regions breakdown → 2006 ·PLoS Biology ·Florent Angly, Ben Felts, Mya Breitbart, Peter Salamon, Robert A. Edwards, Craig A. Carlson, Amy M. Chan, Matthew Haynes, Scott T. Kelley, Hong Liu, Joseph M. Mahaffy, (unknown), Jim Nulton, Robert Olson, Rachel Parsons, (unknown), Curtis A. Suttle, Forest Rohwer	709
17	Role of elevated organic carbon levels and microbial activity in coral mortality 2006 ·Marine Ecology Progress Series ·David I. Kline, (unknown), Mya Breitbart, Nancy Knowlton, Forest Rohwer	214
18	Power law rank-abundance relationships in marine phage populations 2005 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Peter Salamon, Karl Heinz Hoffmann, Beltrán Rodriguez-Brito, Mya Breitbart, (unknown), Florent Angly, Ben Felts, James Nulton, Forest Rohwer	2
19	Coral-associated Archaea 2004 ·Marine Ecology Progress Series ·Linda Wegley, Yanan Yu, Mya Breitbart, Veronica Casas, David I. Kline, Forest Rohwer	114
20	Diversity of bacteria associated with the Caribbean coral Montastraea franksi 2001 ·Coral Reefs ·Forest Rohwer, Mya Breitbart, Javier Jara, Farooq Azam, Nancy Knowlton	353

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