Shawn Lewenza

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Shawn Lewenza is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shawn Lewenza has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Molecular Medicine and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Shawn Lewenza's work include Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (28 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (14 papers) and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (12 papers). Shawn Lewenza is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (28 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (14 papers) and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (12 papers). Shawn Lewenza collaborates with scholars based in Canada, France and United States. Shawn Lewenza's co-authors include Heidi Mulcahy, Laetitia Charron‐Mazenod, Robert E. W. Hancock, Pamela A. Sokol, Joseph B. McPhee, Mike Wilton, E. Peter Greenberg, Manjeet Bains, Fiona S. L. Brinkman and Richard A. Moore and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Bacteriology and Genome Research.

In The Last Decade

Shawn Lewenza

43 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Extracellular DNA Chelates Cations and Induces Antibiotic Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

2008 507 citations Heidi Mulcahy, Laetitia Charron‐Mazenod et al. PLoS Pathogens profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shawn Lewenza Canada	29	2.8k	984	833	820	731	45	3.9k
Morten Alhede Denmark	32	2.8k 1.0×	756 0.8×	633 0.8×	336 0.4×	574 0.8×	46	4.1k
Manjeet Bains Canada	32	2.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	906 1.1×	521 0.7×	46	3.9k
David A. D’Argenio United States	20	3.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	400 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	752 1.0×	23	4.3k
Janus A. J. Haagensen Denmark	28	2.8k 1.0×	931 0.9×	391 0.5×	770 0.9×	815 1.1×	49	4.1k
Eliana Drenkard United States	12	2.0k 0.7×	738 0.8×	327 0.4×	717 0.9×	492 0.7×	13	3.1k
Blaise R. Boles United States	31	3.6k 1.3×	378 0.4×	843 1.0×	683 0.8×	539 0.7×	36	5.0k
Sophie de Bentzmann France	34	2.0k 0.7×	623 0.6×	349 0.4×	572 0.7×	683 0.9×	69	3.5k
Douglas G. Storey Canada	28	1.8k 0.6×	626 0.6×	370 0.4×	701 0.9×	450 0.6×	62	2.8k
Luciano Passador United States	17	4.0k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	468 0.6×	1.9k 2.3×	937 1.3×	21	4.7k
Igor Stojiljković United States	37	2.4k 0.9×	516 0.5×	762 0.9×	1.5k 1.9×	912 1.2×	58	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Shawn Lewenza

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shawn Lewenza

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Headley, John V., et al.. (2024). Construction of Whole Cell Bacterial Biosensors as an Alternative Environmental Monitoring Technology to Detect Naphthenic Acids in Oil Sands Process-Affected Water. ACS Synthetic Biology. 13(10). 3197–3211. 2 indexed citations

Gauthier, Jeff, et al.. (2023). Draft genome sequences of six bacterial strains isolated from Cannabis rhizosphere soil. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 12(11). e0065323–e0065323.

Lewenza, Shawn, et al.. (2020). Extracellular DNA controls expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa genes involved in nutrient utilization, metal homeostasis, acid pH tolerance and virulence. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 69(6). 895–905. 15 indexed citations

Lewenza, Shawn, et al.. (2018). Pseudomonas aeruginosa displays a dormancy phenotype during long-term survival in water. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0198384–e0198384. 34 indexed citations

Bernardes, Erik van Tilburg, et al.. (2017). Exopolysaccharide-Repressing Small Molecules with Antibiofilm and Antivirulence Activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 61(5). 45 indexed citations

Kang, Yun, Jan Zarzycki‐Siek, Michael H. Norris, et al.. (2017). Spatial transcriptomes within the Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm architecture. Molecular Microbiology. 106(6). 976–985. 41 indexed citations

Reckseidler-Zenteno, Shauna, et al.. (2017). Membrane damage-responsive biosensors for the discovery of antimicrobials from Lenzites betulina and Haploporus odorus. 3. 1 indexed citations

Lewenza, Shawn, et al.. (2014). Feeding behaviour of Caenorhabditis elegans is an indicator of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 virulence. PeerJ. 2. e521–e521. 13 indexed citations

Fuente‐Núñez, César de la, Victoria Korolik, Manjeet Bains, et al.. (2012). Inhibition of Bacterial Biofilm Formation and Swarming Motility by a Small Synthetic Cationic Peptide. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 56(5). 2696–2704. 382 indexed citations

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Mulcahy, Heidi & Shawn Lewenza. (2011). Magnesium Limitation Is an Environmental Trigger of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Lifestyle. PLoS ONE. 6(8). e23307–e23307. 65 indexed citations

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Lewenza, Shawn, Reza Falsafi, Manjeet Bains, et al.. (2011). The olsA gene mediates the synthesis of an ornithine lipid in Pseudomonas aeruginosa during growth under phosphate-limiting conditions, but is not involved in antimicrobial peptide susceptibility. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 320(2). 95–102. 31 indexed citations

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Mulcahy, Heidi, Christopher D. Sibley, Michael G. Surette, & Shawn Lewenza. (2011). Drosophila melanogaster as an Animal Model for the Study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Infections In Vivo. PLoS Pathogens. 7(10). e1002299–e1002299. 84 indexed citations

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Lewenza, Shawn, Musa M. Mhlanga, & Anthony P. Pugsley. (2008). Novel Inner Membrane Retention Signals in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipoproteins. Journal of Bacteriology. 190(18). 6119–6125. 63 indexed citations

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Mulcahy, Heidi, Laetitia Charron‐Mazenod, & Shawn Lewenza. (2008). Extracellular DNA Chelates Cations and Induces Antibiotic Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms. PLoS Pathogens. 4(11). e1000213–e1000213. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lewenza, Shawn, Dominique Vidal-Ingigliardi, & Anthony P. Pugsley. (2006). Direct Visualization of Red Fluorescent Lipoproteins Indicates Conservation of the Membrane Sorting Rules in the Family Enterobacteriaceae. Journal of Bacteriology. 188(10). 3516–3524. 55 indexed citations

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McPhee, Joseph B., Manjeet Bains, Geoffrey L. Winsor, et al.. (2006). Contribution of the PhoP-PhoQ and PmrA-PmrB Two-Component Regulatory Systems to Mg ²⁺ -Induced Gene Regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology. 188(11). 3995–4006. 170 indexed citations

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Lewenza, Shawn, Jennifer L. Gardy, Fiona S. L. Brinkman, & Robert E. W. Hancock. (2005). Genome-wide identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exported proteins using a consensus computational strategy combined with a laboratory-based PhoA fusion screen. Genome Research. 15(2). 321–329. 96 indexed citations

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Lewenza, Shawn, Reza Falsafi, Geoffrey L. Winsor, et al.. (2005). Construction of a mini-Tn5-luxCDABE mutant library in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1: A tool for identifying differentially regulated genes. Genome Research. 15(4). 583–589. 137 indexed citations

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McPhee, Joseph B., Shawn Lewenza, & Robert E. W. Hancock. (2003). Cationic antimicrobial peptides activate a two‐component regulatory system, PmrA‐PmrB, that regulates resistance to polymyxin B and cationic antimicrobial peptides in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Molecular Microbiology. 50(1). 205–217. 350 indexed citations

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Lewenza, Shawn, et al.. (1999). Quorum Sensing in Burkholderia cepacia : Identification of the LuxRI Homologs CepRI. Journal of Bacteriology. 181(3). 748–756. 282 indexed citations

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