Sarah O’Flaherty

4.1k citations

44 papers · 3.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 28

Co-authors: Todd R. Klaenhammer R. Paul Ross Aidan Coffey Rodolphe Barrangou William J. Meaney Gerald F. Fitzgerald Yong Jun Goh Casey M. Theriot
Topics: Probiotics and Fermented Foods (31 papers)Gut microbiota and health (18 papers)Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (13 papers)
Cited by: Microbiology Food Science Ecology
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Applied and Environmental Microbiology Nature Reviews Microbiology
Partner nations: United States Ireland Belgium

In The Last Decade

Sarah O’Flaherty

43 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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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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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Impact of Pomegranate on Probiotic Growth, Viability, Transcriptome and Metabolism 2023 ·Microorganisms ·Sarah O’Flaherty,(unknown),Rodolphe Barrangou	2
2	Bile salt hydrolases shape the bile acid landscape and restrict Clostridioides difficile growth in the murine gutbreakdown → 2023 ·Nature Microbiology ·Matthew H. Foley,Morgan E. Walker,Allison K. Stewart,Sarah O’Flaherty,Emily C. Gentry,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Meichen Pan,Joshua B. Simpson,Caroline Perkins,(unknown),Michael Dougherty,Sarah McGill,Ajay Gulati,Pieter C. Dorrestein,Erin Baker,Matthew R. Redinbo,Rodolphe Barrangou,Casey M. Theriot	95
3	Lactobacillus acidophilus Expressing Murine Rotavirus VP8 and Mucosal Adjuvants Induce Virus-Specific Immune Responses 2023 ·Vaccines ·(unknown),(unknown),Meichen Pan,Yong Jun Goh,Sarah O’Flaherty,Ningguo Feng,(unknown),(unknown),Harry B. Greenberg,Zaid Abdo,Rodolphe Barrangou,Gregg A. Dean	4
4	Metabolomic Analysis of Lactobacillus acidophilus, L. gasseri, L. crispatus, and Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus Strains in the Presence of Pomegranate Extract 2022 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown),Sarah O’Flaherty,(unknown),Rodolphe Barrangou	19
5	Lactobacillus bile salt hydrolase substrate specificity governs bacterial fitness and host colonization 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Matthew H. Foley,Sarah O’Flaherty,(unknown),Alissa J. Rivera,Allison K. Stewart,Rodolphe Barrangou,Casey M. Theriot	136
6	Deletion of S-Layer Associated Ig-Like Domain Protein Disrupts the Lactobacillus acidophilus Cell Surface 2020 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown),Yong Jun Goh,Sarah O’Flaherty,Brant R. Johnson,Rodolphe Barrangou	14
7	Genomic characterization of Lactobacillus fermentum DSM 20052 2020 ·BMC Genomics ·(unknown),Matthew A. Nethery,Sarah O’Flaherty,Rodolphe Barrangou	27
8	Bile salt hydrolases: Gatekeepers of bile acid metabolism and host-microbiome crosstalk in the gastrointestinal tract 2019 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Matthew H. Foley,Sarah O’Flaherty,Rodolphe Barrangou,Casey M. Theriot	180
9	CRISPR-based engineering of next-generation lactic acid bacteria 2017 ·Current Opinion in Microbiology ·Claudio Hidalgo-Cantabrana,Sarah O’Flaherty,Rodolphe Barrangou	59
10	Deletion of Lipoteichoic Acid Synthase Impacts Expression of Genes Encoding Cell Surface Proteins in Lactobacillus acidophilus 2017 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Kurt Selle,Yong Jun Goh,Brant R. Johnson,Sarah O’Flaherty,Joakim M. Andersen,Rodolphe Barrangou,Todd R. Klaenhammer	10
11	Investigating the Effect of Growth Phase on the Surface-Layer Associated Proteome of Lactobacillus acidophilus Using Quantitative Proteomics 2017 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown),Sarah O’Flaherty,Yong Jun Goh,Rodolphe Barrangou	24
12	Development of an integration mutagenesis system inLactobacillus gasseri 2014 ·Gut Microbes ·Kurt Selle,Yong Jun Goh,Sarah O’Flaherty,Todd R. Klaenhammer	8
13	Regulation of induced colonic inflammation by Lactobacillus acidophilus deficient in lipoteichoic acid 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mansour Mohamadzadeh,Erika A. Pfeiler,Jeffrey B. Brown,Mojgan Zadeh,(unknown),Elizabeth Managlia,(unknown),Bara Sarraj,Mohammad W. Khan,Krishna Chaitanya Pakanati,Mohammed Javeed Ansari,Sarah O’Flaherty,Terrence A. Barrett,Todd R. Klaenhammer	218
14	How can probiotics and prebiotics impact mucosal immunity? 2010 ·Gut Microbes ·Sarah O’Flaherty,Delphine Saulnier,Bruno Pot,James Versalovic	77
15	Bacteriophage and their lysins for elimination of infectious bacteria 2009 ·FEMS Microbiology Reviews ·Sarah O’Flaherty,R. Paul Ross,Aidan Coffey	201
16	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 2009 ·FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology ·Gillian E. Gardiner,Sarah O’Flaherty,Pat G. Casey,Annika Weber,Thomas L. McDonald,Michael Cronin,Colin Hill,R. Paul Ross,Cormac G. M. Gahan,Fergus Shanahan	12
17	Functional Genomics of Probiotic Lactobacilli 2008 ·Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology ·Todd R. Klaenhammer,Eric Altermann,Erika A. Pfeiler,B. Logan Buck,(unknown),Sarah O’Flaherty,Rodolphe Barrangou,Tri Duong	62
18	Genome-scale analyses of health-promoting bacteria: probiogenomics 2008 ·Nature Reviews Microbiology ·Marco Ventura,Sarah O’Flaherty,Marcus J. Claesson,Francesca Turroni,Todd R. Klaenhammer,Douwe van Sinderen,Paul W. O’Toole	367
19	Inhibition of bacteriophage K proliferation on Staphylococcus aureus in raw bovine milk 2005 ·Letters in Applied Microbiology ·Sarah O’Flaherty,Aidan Coffey,William J. Meaney,Gerald F. Fitzgerald,R. Paul Ross	110
20	Isolation and characterization of two anti-staphylococcal bacteriophages specific for pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus associated with bovine infections 2005 ·Letters in Applied Microbiology ·Sarah O’Flaherty,R. Paul Ross,James Flynn,William J. Meaney,Gerald F. Fitzgerald,Aidan Coffey	60

About Sarah O’Flaherty

Sarah O’Flaherty is a scholar working on Food Science, Microbiology and Nutrition and Dietetics, having authored 44 papers that have together received 3.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (31 papers), Gut microbiota and health (18 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Microbiology (518 citations), Food Science (1.4k citations) and Ecology (1.0k citations). Sarah O’Flaherty has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Belgium. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Nature Reviews Microbiology.

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