Sarah O’Flaherty

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Sarah O’Flaherty is a scholar working on Food Science, Molecular Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah O’Flaherty has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Food Science, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Sarah O’Flaherty's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (31 papers), Gut microbiota and health (18 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (13 papers). Sarah O’Flaherty is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (31 papers), Gut microbiota and health (18 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (13 papers). Sarah O’Flaherty collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Belgium. Sarah O’Flaherty's co-authors include Todd R. Klaenhammer, R. Paul Ross, Aidan Coffey, Rodolphe Barrangou, William J. Meaney, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Yong Jun Goh, Casey M. Theriot, Matthew H. Foley and Douwe van Sinderen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Nature Reviews Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Sarah O’Flaherty

43 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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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.

Bile salt hydrolases shape the bile acid landscape and restrict Clostridioides difficile growth in the murine gut

2023 95 citations Matthew H. Foley, Morgan E. Walker et al. Nature Microbiology profile →

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Pascal Courtin France

Sean‐Paul Nuccio United States

Knut J. Heller Germany

Karsten Tedin Germany

Aldert Zomer Netherlands

Tobias A. Oelschlaeger Germany

Juan E. Suárez Spain

Pascale Serror France

Kirsi Savijoki Finland

Karin Hammer Denmark

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah O’Flaherty

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20 of 20 papers shown

O’Flaherty, Sarah, et al.. (2023). Impact of Pomegranate on Probiotic Growth, Viability, Transcriptome and Metabolism. Microorganisms. 11(2). 404–404. 2 indexed citations

Foley, Matthew H., Morgan E. Walker, Allison K. Stewart, et al.. (2023). Bile salt hydrolases shape the bile acid landscape and restrict Clostridioides difficile growth in the murine gut. Nature Microbiology. 8(4). 611–628. 95 indexed citations breakdown →

Pan, Meichen, Yong Jun Goh, Sarah O’Flaherty, et al.. (2023). Lactobacillus acidophilus Expressing Murine Rotavirus VP8 and Mucosal Adjuvants Induce Virus-Specific Immune Responses. Vaccines. 11(12). 1774–1774. 4 indexed citations

O’Flaherty, Sarah, et al.. (2022). Metabolomic Analysis of Lactobacillus acidophilus, L. gasseri, L. crispatus, and Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus Strains in the Presence of Pomegranate Extract. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 863228–863228. 19 indexed citations

Foley, Matthew H., Sarah O’Flaherty, Alissa J. Rivera, et al.. (2021). Lactobacillus bile salt hydrolase substrate specificity governs bacterial fitness and host colonization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(6). 136 indexed citations

Goh, Yong Jun, et al.. (2020). Deletion of S-Layer Associated Ig-Like Domain Protein Disrupts the Lactobacillus acidophilus Cell Surface. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 345–345. 14 indexed citations

Nethery, Matthew A., et al.. (2020). Genomic characterization of Lactobacillus fermentum DSM 20052. BMC Genomics. 21(1). 328–328. 27 indexed citations

Foley, Matthew H., Sarah O’Flaherty, Rodolphe Barrangou, & Casey M. Theriot. (2019). Bile salt hydrolases: Gatekeepers of bile acid metabolism and host-microbiome crosstalk in the gastrointestinal tract. PLoS Pathogens. 15(3). e1007581–e1007581. 180 indexed citations

Hidalgo-Cantabrana, Claudio, Sarah O’Flaherty, & Rodolphe Barrangou. (2017). CRISPR-based engineering of next-generation lactic acid bacteria. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 37. 79–87. 59 indexed citations

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Selle, Kurt, Yong Jun Goh, Brant R. Johnson, et al.. (2017). Deletion of Lipoteichoic Acid Synthase Impacts Expression of Genes Encoding Cell Surface Proteins in Lactobacillus acidophilus. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 553–553. 10 indexed citations

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O’Flaherty, Sarah, et al.. (2017). Investigating the Effect of Growth Phase on the Surface-Layer Associated Proteome of Lactobacillus acidophilus Using Quantitative Proteomics. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 2174–2174. 24 indexed citations

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Selle, Kurt, Yong Jun Goh, Sarah O’Flaherty, & Todd R. Klaenhammer. (2014). Development of an integration mutagenesis system inLactobacillus gasseri. Gut Microbes. 5(3). 326–525. 8 indexed citations

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Mohamadzadeh, Mansour, Erika A. Pfeiler, Jeffrey B. Brown, et al.. (2011). Regulation of induced colonic inflammation by Lactobacillus acidophilus deficient in lipoteichoic acid. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(supplement_1). 4623–4630. 218 indexed citations

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O’Flaherty, Sarah, Delphine Saulnier, Bruno Pot, & James Versalovic. (2010). How can probiotics and prebiotics impact mucosal immunity?. Gut Microbes. 1(5). 293–300. 77 indexed citations

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O’Flaherty, Sarah, R. Paul Ross, & Aidan Coffey. (2009). Bacteriophage and their lysins for elimination of infectious bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 33(4). 801–819. 201 indexed citations

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Gardiner, Gillian E., Sarah O’Flaherty, Pat G. Casey, et al.. (2009). Evaluation of colostrum-derived human mammary-associated serum amyloid A3 (M-SAA3) protein and peptide derivatives for the prevention of enteric infection:in vitroand in murine models of intestinal disease. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology. 55(3). 404–413. 12 indexed citations

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Klaenhammer, Todd R., Eric Altermann, Erika A. Pfeiler, et al.. (2008). Functional Genomics of Probiotic Lactobacilli. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 42(Supplement 3). S160–S162. 62 indexed citations

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Ventura, Marco, Sarah O’Flaherty, Marcus J. Claesson, et al.. (2008). Genome-scale analyses of health-promoting bacteria: probiogenomics. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 7(1). 61–71. 367 indexed citations

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O’Flaherty, Sarah, Aidan Coffey, William J. Meaney, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, & R. Paul Ross. (2005). Inhibition of bacteriophage K proliferation on Staphylococcus aureus in raw bovine milk. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 41(3). 274–279. 110 indexed citations

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O’Flaherty, Sarah, R. Paul Ross, James Flynn, et al.. (2005). Isolation and characterization of two anti-staphylococcal bacteriophages specific for pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus associated with bovine infections. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 41(6). 482–486. 60 indexed citations

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