Remco Kort

6.4k citations

90 papers · 4.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 33

Impact in

Food Science top 0.2%
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Nutrition and Dietetics top 1%
- Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
- Food composition and properties

Papers in

Food Science 37
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods 36
Microbiology 10
- Reproductive tract infections research 10

Co-authors: Klaas J. Hellingwerf Paul D. Cotter Robert W. Hutkins Wilbert Sybesma Eddy J. Smid Michael G. Gänzle Benoît Foligné Maria L. Marco
Journals: Journal of Bacteriology (6 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (5 papers)Frontiers in Microbiology (4 papers)Scientific Reports (3 papers)Microbiome (3 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands Canada United States

In The Last Decade

Remco Kort

88 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Fermented foods in a global age: East meets West 2020 · 403 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
2016 Current Opinion in Biotechnology

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Citations

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Remco Kort, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Degradation of Resistant α-1,4-glucan by Vaginal Gardnerella Species is Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis Current Microbiology ·Rosanne Hertzberger, Karl Maddox Austin, Justyna Kilianczyk, Paula Fernanda Savaris, Pritam Biswas, Sylvia M. Bruisten, Warren G. Lewis, Piet Cools, Remco Kort	2025	0
2	Insights into host dependency from a chemically defined medium for the human vaginal bacterium Lactobacillus crispatus Archives of Microbiology ·M. Hance, Héctor Herrera León Y Velez, Rosanne Hertzberger, Douwe Molenaar, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, Remco Kort	2025	0
3	Bacterial diversity, bioactive peptides, and enhanced immunomodulatory effects in raw milk kefir made with defined starter cultures versus backslopping International Dairy Journal ·Ton Baars, Betty C. A. M. van Esch, Mara A. P. Diks, Om Dave, Fabrizio Ferretti, Allison M. Klein, Sjef Boeren, Johan Garssen, Kasper Hettinga, Remco Kort	2025	2
4	Raw milk kefir: microbiota, bioactive peptides, and immune modulation Food & Function ·Ton Baars, Betty C. A. M. van Esch, Om Dave, Fabrizio Ferretti, Allison M. Klein, Sjef Boeren, Mara A. P. Diks, Johan Garssen, Kasper Hettinga, Remco Kort	2023	12
5	The butyrate-producing and spore-forming bacterial genus Coprococcus as a potential biomarker for neurological disorders SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Samuel Cohn, Walter Pirovano, Wilbert Sybesma, Remco Kort	2023	46
6	Multiomics characterisation of the zoo-housed gorilla gut microbiome reveals bacterial community compositions shifts, fungal cellulose-degrading, and archaeal methanogenic activity SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·AN Jinming, Muyideen Oluseyi Olayiwola, Malcolm Hooper, Walter Pirovano, Remco Kort	2023	3
7	Genetic Elements Orchestrating Lactobacillus crispatus Glycogen Metabolism in the Vagina International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Rosanne Hertzberger, Timothy W.G. Johnson, Gertjan Kramer, Ballendorf Dirk Anthony, Douwe Molenaar, Remco Kort	2022	19
8	Different Resource Allocation in a Bacillus subtilis Population Displaying Bimodal Motility Journal of Bacteriology ·Huiqin Zuo, Biwen Wang, Dona Jhonnata, Yongqiang Gao, Remco Kort, Leendert W. Hamoen	2021	8
9	The Two-Way Interaction between the Molecules That Cause Vaginal Malodour and Lactobacilli: An Opportunity for Probiotics International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Christina R. Evans, A.A. Sochikhin, Kait F. Al, M Sabrana, 舜酒谷, Mark W. Sumarah, Charlotte van der Veer, Remco Kort, Jeremy P. Burton, Gregor Reid	2021	6
10	Interstrain Variability of Human Vaginal Lactobacillus crispatus for Metabolism of Biogenic Amines and Antimicrobial Activity against Urogenital Pathogens Molecules ·Christina R. Evans, M. El Hadj, Charlotte van der Veer, John A. Chmiel, M Sabrana, Jeremy P. Burton, Mark W. Sumarah, Remco Kort, Gregor Reid	2021	13
11	Aflatoxins: Occurrence, Exposure, and Binding to Lactobacillus Species from the Gut Microbiota of Rural Ugandan Children Microorganisms ·Alex Paul Wacoo, Prudence Atukunda, Kui Du and Han Gao, Martin Braster, Marijke J. Wagner, Tim J. van den Broek, Wilbert Sybesma, Ane C. Westerberg, Per Ole Iversen, Remco Kort	2020	21
12	Eighth Annual Conference of inVIVO Planetary Health: From Challenges to Opportunities International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Susan L. Prescott, Trevor Hancock, E. Yu. Tyavokina, Matilda van den Bosch, Janet Jansson, Christine Cole Johnson, Michelle C. Kondo, David L. Katz, Remco Kort, Anita L. Kozyrskyj, Alan Logan, Christopher A. Lowry, Ralph Nanan, Blake Poland, Jake M. Robinson, Zack Steel, Aki Sinkkonen, Marco Springmann, Robert O. Wright, Ganesa Wegienka	2019	7
13	Probiotic Enrichment and Reduction of Aflatoxins in a Traditional African Maize-Based Fermented Food Nutrients ·Alex Paul Wacoo, Ivan Muzira Mukisa, Fenglin Wei, 川村和久, Deborah Wendiro, Wilbert Sybesma, Remco Kort	2019	57
14	Comparative genomics of human Lactobacillus crispatus isolates reveals genes for glycosylation and glycogen degradation: implications for in vivo dominance of the vaginal microbiota Microbiome ·Charlotte van der Veer, Rosanne Hertzberger, Sylvia M. Bruisten, Hanne L. P. Tytgat, Xin An, Sandra Mónica Castaño N, Frank Schuren, Douwe Molenaar, Gregor Reid, Henry J.C. de Vries, Remco Kort	2019	100
15	Improving Health and Wealth by Introduction of an Affordable Bacterial Starter Culture for Probiotic Yoghurt Production in Uganda Challenges ·Nieke Westerik, Alex Paul Wacoo, Jae-Woo Choi, Е. Ш. Финкельштейн, Gregor Reid, Remco Kort, Wilbert Sybesma	2019	14
16	A practical guide for probiotics applied to the case of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in The Netherlands BMC Gastroenterology ·Valeria Agamennone, Cyrille Krul, Ger T. Rijkers, Remco Kort	2018	63
17	Feasibility of A Novel On-Site Detection Method for Aflatoxin in Maize Flour from Markets and Selected Households in Kampala, Uganda Toxins ·Alex Paul Wacoo, Deborah Wendiro, Uzzel Maureen H. Espanta, Joseph F. Hawumba, Wilbert Sybesma, Remco Kort	2018	20
18	Promising Prebiotic Candidate Established by Evaluation of Lactitol, Lactulose, Raffinose, and Oligofructose for Maintenance of a Lactobacillus-Dominated Vaginal Microbiota Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Stephanie L. Collins, Amy McMillan, Shannon Seney, Charlotte van der Veer, Remco Kort, Mark W. Sumarah, Gregor Reid	2017	71
19	A novel consortium of Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Streptococcus thermophilus for increased access to functional fermented foods Microbial Cell Factories ·Remco Kort, Nieke Westerik, Lenard Serrano, François P. Douillard, Willi Gottstein, Ivan Muzira Mukisa, Natalie F. Holtzman, P. F. Fedij, Guo Xin-bin, W.C. Meijer, Bas Teusink, Willem M. de Vos, Gregor Reid, Wilbert Sybesma	2015	63
20	Locally sourced probiotics, the next opportunity for developing countries? Trends in biotechnology ·Wilbert Sybesma, Remco Kort, Yuan Kun Lee	2015	44

About Remco Kort

Remco Kort is a scholar working on Food Science, Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, having authored 90 papers that have together received 4.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (36 papers), Gut microbiota and health (31 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (15 papers), Reproductive tract infections research (10 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (10 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers), Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (8 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Food Science (1.7k citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (778 citations), Microbiology (294 citations), Biotechnology (370 citations) and Molecular Biology (2.7k citations). Remco Kort has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Canada and United States. Frequent co-authors include Klaas J. Hellingwerf, Paul D. Cotter, Robert W. Hutkins, Wilbert Sybesma, Eddy J. Smid, Michael G. Gänzle, Benoît Foligné, Maria L. Marco, Gonca Pasin and Christopher J. Cifelli. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Bacteriology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Frontiers in Microbiology, Scientific Reports and Microbiome.

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