Timo M. Takala

857 total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 652 citations indexed

About

Timo M. Takala is a scholar working on Food Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Timo M. Takala has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 652 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Food Science, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Timo M. Takala's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (25 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers). Timo M. Takala is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (25 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers). Timo M. Takala collaborates with scholars based in Finland, China and Russia. Timo M. Takala's co-authors include Per E. J. Saris, Kari Murros, Xing Wan, Mingqiang Qiao, Olli Koponen, Ruiqing Li, Justus Reunanen, J. Apajalahti, Soile Tynkkynen and Shea Beasley and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Timo M. Takala

32 papers receiving 620 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Desulfovibrio Bacteria Are Associated With Parkinson’s Disease

2021 148 citations Kari Murros, Timo M. Takala et al. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Timo M. Takala Finland	15	354	348	126	94	86	34	652
Alicja K. Warda Ireland	12	219 0.6×	365 1.0×	53 0.4×	135 1.4×	64 0.7×	19	551
Basavaprabhu Haranahalli Nataraj India	13	514 1.5×	556 1.6×	208 1.7×	65 0.7×	75 0.9×	28	906
Giulia Longhi Italy	15	369 1.0×	680 2.0×	155 1.2×	33 0.4×	70 0.8×	44	903
Babu V. Vakil India	4	381 1.1×	514 1.5×	272 2.2×	39 0.4×	83 1.0×	13	915
Büşra Aktaş Türkiye	10	222 0.6×	354 1.0×	128 1.0×	49 0.5×	64 0.7×	14	634
Johannes Aarnikunnas Finland	8	190 0.5×	346 1.0×	111 0.9×	27 0.3×	30 0.3×	9	586
Maria Kechagia Greece	4	424 1.2×	339 1.0×	202 1.6×	38 0.4×	60 0.7×	7	725
Tony Savard Canada	12	318 0.9×	269 0.8×	186 1.5×	68 0.7×	30 0.3×	25	740
Aura Ferreiro United States	10	124 0.4×	423 1.2×	38 0.3×	54 0.6×	69 0.8×	17	660
Gabriel Vasconcelos Pereira United States	13	194 0.5×	543 1.6×	218 1.7×	78 0.8×	68 0.8×	19	835

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Lood, Cédric, et al.. (2024). Complete genome sequences of two Leuconostoc carnosum strains: 4010 and AMS1. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 13(3). e0096123–e0096123. 1 indexed citations

Mokhtari, Samira, Per E. J. Saris, & Timo M. Takala. (2024). Heterologous expression and purification of the phage lysin-like bacteriocin LysL from Lactococcus lactis LAC460. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 371.

Tang, Jie, Jiachen Lv, Yuwei Jiang, et al.. (2024). Heterologous Expression of the Antiviral Lectin Griffithsin in Probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii and In Vitro Characterization of Its Properties. Microorganisms. 12(12). 2414–2414. 1 indexed citations

Takala, Timo M., et al.. (2023). Desulfovibrio bacteria enhance alpha-synuclein aggregation in a Caenorhabditis elegans model of Parkinson’s disease. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13. 1181315–1181315. 34 indexed citations

Takala, Timo M., et al.. (2023). Wild-type Lactococcus lactis producing bacteriocin-like prophage lysins. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1219723–1219723. 8 indexed citations

Wan, Xing, Timo M. Takala, Lars Paulín, et al.. (2023). Comparative genomics of 40 Weissella paramesenteroides strains. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1128028–1128028. 8 indexed citations

Kanerva, Mikko, Arja Puolakka, Timo M. Takala, et al.. (2021). Weathering of Antibacterial Melt-Spun Polyfilaments Modified by Pine Rosin. Molecules. 26(4). 876–876. 5 indexed citations

Li, Ran, Xiaoqian Tan, Shuhong Li, et al.. (2021). Cloning, Expression, Characterization, and Tissue Distribution of Cystatin C from Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 69(17). 5144–5154. 4 indexed citations

Wan, Xing, Timo M. Takala, Mingqiang Qiao, & Per E. J. Saris. (2021). Complete Genome Sequence of Nisin-Producing Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis N8. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 10(1). 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Shanna, Yongjun Liu, Timo M. Takala, Ping Zhang, & Suhua Wang. (2020). Phenotypic comparison and DNA sequencing analysis of a wild-type and a pediocin-resistant mutant of Listeria ivanovii. Research in Microbiology. 171(3-4). 115–121. 1 indexed citations

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Kanerva, Mikko, Rama K. Layek, Timo M. Takala, et al.. (2020). Comparison of Rosin and Propolis Antimicrobials in Cellulose Acetate Fibers Against Staphylococcus aureus. BioResources. 15(2). 3756–3773. 5 indexed citations

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Kanerva, Mikko, Arja Puolakka, Timo M. Takala, et al.. (2019). Antibacterial polymer fibres by rosin compounding and melt-spinning. Materials Today Communications. 20. 100527–100527. 26 indexed citations

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Liu, Shanna, et al.. (2014). Attachment of Escherichia coli to Listeria monocytogenes for Pediocin-Mediated Killing. Current Microbiology. 70(2). 195–198. 3 indexed citations

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Wan, Xing, Ruiqing Li, Per E. J. Saris, & Timo M. Takala. (2012). Genetic characterisation and heterologous expression of leucocin C, a class IIa bacteriocin from Leuconostoc carnosum 4010. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 97(8). 3509–3518. 22 indexed citations

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Fang, Cheng, Timo M. Takala, & Per E. J. Saris. (2007). Nisin Biosynthesis in vitro. Microbial Physiology. 13(4). 248–254. 14 indexed citations

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Takala, Timo M.. (2005). Nisin Immunity and Food-Grade Transformation in Lactic Acid Bacteria. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 4 indexed citations

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Beasley, Shea, Timo M. Takala, Justus Reunanen, J. Apajalahti, & Per E. J. Saris. (2004). Characterization and Electrotransformation of Lactobacillus Crispatus Isolated from Chicken Crop and Intestine. Poultry Science. 83(1). 45–48. 34 indexed citations

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Koponen, Olli, Timo M. Takala, Ulla Saarela, Mingqiang Qiao, & Per E. J. Saris. (2004). Distribution of the NisI immunity protein and enhancement of nisin activity by the lipid-free NisI. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 231(1). 85–90. 34 indexed citations

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Takala, Timo M., Per E. J. Saris, & Soile Tynkkynen. (2003). Food-grade host/vector expression system for Lactobacillus casei based on complementation of plasmid-associated phospho-β-galactosidase gene lacG. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 60(5). 564–570. 21 indexed citations

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Takala, Timo M. & Per E. J. Saris. (2002). A food-grade cloning vector for lactic acid bacteria based on the nisin immunity gene nisI. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 59(4-5). 467–471. 69 indexed citations

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