Roberto Kolter

63.1k citations

265 papers · 48.9k indexed · 24 hit papers · h-index 116

Impact in

Endocrinology top 0.01%
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
Molecular Medicine top 0.05%
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Papers in

Endocrinology 25
Genetics 112
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 103

Co-authors: George A. O’Toole Richard Losick Hera Vlamakis Leslie A. Pratt Paula I. Watnick Heidi B. Kaplan Lisa Friedman Steven S. Branda
Journals: Journal of Bacteriology (53 papers)Molecular Microbiology (27 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (19 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (8 papers)Genes & Development (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States Spain Germany

In The Last Decade

Roberto Kolter

264 papers receiving 47.7k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Simplified and representative bacterial community of maize roots 2017 · 482 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.

2017 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2013 Nature Reviews Microbiology
2013 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2010 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2010 Science
2010 Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
2005 Molecular Microbiology
2004 Gene
2004 Trends in Microbiology
2003 Molecular Microbiology
2001 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2000 Journal of Bacteriology
2000 Journal of Bacteriology
2000 Nature
2000 Annual Review of Microbiology
1999 Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology
1999 Molecular Microbiology
1998 Molecular Microbiology
1998 Molecular Microbiology
1998 Molecular Microbiology
1993 Microbiological Reviews
1993 Annual Review of Microbiology
1992 Genes & Development
1979 Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	The History of Microbiology—A Personal Interpretation Annual Review of Microbiology ·Roberto Kolter	2021	12
2	Amycomicin is a potent and specific antibiotic discovered with a targeted interaction screen Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Gleb Pishchany, Emily Mevers, Sula Ndousse-Fetter, Dennis J. Horvath, Camila Raquel Paludo, Eduardo A. Silva-Junior, Sergey Koren, Eric P. Skaar, Jon Clardy, Roberto Kolter	2018	82
3	An Introduced Crop Plant Is Driving Diversification of the Virulent Bacterial Pathogen Erwinia tracheiphila mBio ·Lori R. Shapiro, Joseph N. Paulson, Brian Arnold, Erin D. Scully, Olga Zhaxybayeva, Naomi E. Pierce, Jorge Rocha, Vanja Klepac‐Ceraj, Kristina M. Holton, Roberto Kolter	2018	22
4	Simplified and representative bacterial community of maize roots Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ben Niu, Joseph N. Paulson, Ibrohimova Visola Azizbek kizi, Roberto Kolter Hit paper breakdown →	2017	482
5	Division of Labor in Biofilms: the Ecology of Cell Differentiation Microbiology Spectrum ·Jordi van Gestel, Hera Vlamakis, Roberto Kolter	2015	144
6	Bacillus subtilis biofilm induction by plant polysaccharides Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Pascale B. Beauregard, Yunrong Chai, Hera Vlamakis, Richard Losick, Roberto Kolter Hit paper breakdown →	2013	397
7	Osmotic spreading of Bacillus subtilis biofilms driven by an extracellular matrix Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Agnese Seminara, Thomas E. Angelini, James N. Wilking, Hera Vlamakis, S Ebrahim, Roberto Kolter, David A. Weitz, Michael P. Brenner	2012	224
8	Interspecies interactions that result in Bacillus subtilis forming biofilms are mediated mainly by members of its own genus Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Elizabeth A. Shank, Vanja Klepac‐Ceraj, Leonardo Collado‐Torres, Akanbi Samuel Toyjn, Richard Losick, Roberto Kolter	2011	82
9	d -Amino Acids Trigger Biofilm Disassembly Science ·Ilana Kolodkin‐Gal, Diego Romero, Shugeng Cao, Jon Clardy, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick Hit paper breakdown →	2010	688
10	Bacillus subtilis spreads by surfing on waves of surfactant Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Thomas E. Angelini, Marcus Roper, Roberto Kolter, David A. Weitz, Michael P. Brenner	2009	134
11	Bistability and biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis Molecular Microbiology ·Yunrong Chai, Frances Chu, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick	2007	261
12	A singular enzymatic megacomplex from Bacillus subtilis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Paul D. Straight, Michael A. Fischbach, Christopher T. Walsh, David Z. Rudner, Roberto Kolter	2006	147
13	Genetically encoded short peptide tag for versatile protein labeling by Sfp phosphopantetheinyl transferase Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jun Yin, Paul D. Straight, Shaun M. McLoughlin, Zhe Zhou, Alison J. Lin, David E. Golan, Neil L. Kelleher, Roberto Kolter, Christopher T. Walsh	2005	306
14	A major protein component of the Bacillus subtilis biofilm matrix Molecular Microbiology ·Steven S. Branda, Frances Chu, Daniel B. Kearns, Richard Losick, Roberto Kolter Hit paper breakdown →	2005	530
15	Pseudomonas - Saccharomyces Interactions: Influence of Fungal Metabolism on Bacterial Physiology and Survival Journal of Bacteriology ·Julia D. Romano, Roberto Kolter	2005	43
16	A master regulator for biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis Molecular Microbiology ·Daniel B. Kearns, Frances Chu, Steven S. Branda, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick	2004	475
17	Genes Involved in Formation of Structured Multicellular Communities by Bacillus subtilis Journal of Bacteriology ·Steven S. Branda, José Eduardo González‐Pastor, Etienne Dervyn, S. Dusko Ehrlich, Richard Losick, Roberto Kolter	2004	224
18	Pseudomonas - Candida Interactions: An Ecological Role for Virulence Factors Science ·Deborah A. Hogan, Roberto Kolter	2002	447
19	Fruiting body formation by Bacillus subtilis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Steven S. Branda, José Eduardo González‐Pastor, Sigal Ben‐Yehuda, Richard Losick, Roberto Kolter Hit paper breakdown →	2001	905
20	DNA as a Nutrient: Novel Role for Bacterial Competence Gene Homologs Journal of Bacteriology ·Steven E. Finkel, Roberto Kolter	2001	279

About Roberto Kolter

Roberto Kolter is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Genetics, Ecology, Molecular Medicine and Molecular Biology, having authored 265 papers that have together received 48.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (103 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (95 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (45 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (43 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (34 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (19 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (17 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrinology (6.3k citations), Molecular Medicine (3.7k citations), Periodontics (2.6k citations), Molecular Biology (32.2k citations) and Microbiology (2.8k citations). Roberto Kolter has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Spain and Germany. Frequent co-authors include George A. O’Toole, Richard Losick, Hera Vlamakis, Leslie A. Pratt, Paula I. Watnick, Heidi B. Kaplan, Lisa Friedman, Steven S. Branda, Daniel López and Åshild Vik. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Bacteriology, Molecular Microbiology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Molecular Biology and Genes & Development.

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