Todd Z. DeSantis

43.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
52 papers, 21.6k citations indexed

About

Todd Z. DeSantis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Todd Z. DeSantis has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 21.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Todd Z. DeSantis's work include Gut microbiota and health (28 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (22 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (14 papers). Todd Z. DeSantis is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (28 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (22 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (14 papers). Todd Z. DeSantis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Todd Z. DeSantis's co-authors include Gary L. Andersen, Philip Hugenholtz, Rob Knight, Eoin Brodie, Keith Keller, Daniel Dalevi, N. Larsen, Thomas Huber, Pengwei Hu and Mark Rojas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Bioinformatics and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Todd Z. DeSantis

50 papers receiving 21.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Greengenes, a Chimera-Checked 16S rRNA Gene Database and Workbench Compatible with ARB

2006 8.6k citations Todd Z. DeSantis, Philip Hugenholtz et al. profile →
An improved Greengenes taxonomy with explicit ranks for ecological and evolutionary analyses of bacteria and archaea

2011 4.0k citations Todd Z. DeSantis, Alexander J. Probst et al. The ISME Journal profile →
PyNAST: a flexible tool for aligning sequences to a template alignment

2009 2.9k citations Todd Z. DeSantis, Gary L. Andersen et al. profile →
Chronic kidney disease alters intestinal microbial flora

2012 894 citations Nosratola D. Vaziri, Madeleine V. Pahl et al. Kidney International profile →
NAST: a multiple sequence alignment server for comparative analysis of 16S rRNA genes

2006 880 citations Todd Z. DeSantis, Philip Hugenholtz et al. profile →
Expansion of Urease- and Uricase-Containing, Indole- and p-Cresol-Forming and Contraction of Short-Chain Fatty Acid-Producing Intestinal Microbiota in ESRD

2014 519 citations Yvette M. Piceno, Todd Z. DeSantis et al. profile →
Impact of training sets on classification of high-throughput bacterial 16s rRNA gene surveys

2011 459 citations Philip Hugenholtz, Todd Z. DeSantis et al. The ISME Journal profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	StrainSelect: A novel microbiome reference database that disambiguates all bacterial strains, genome assemblies and extant cultures worldwide 2023 ·Heliyon ·Todd Z. DeSantis, César Cardona, Nicole Narayan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cheryl‐Emiliane T. Chow, Shoko Iwai	3
2	Topic modeling for multi-omic integration in the human gut microbiome and implications for Autism 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·Christine Tataru, (unknown), Erica Rutherford, (unknown), Xiaochen Yin, Brianna Chrisman, Todd Z. DeSantis, Dennis P. Wall, Shoko Iwai, Maude M. David	6
3	Adaptation of the gut holobiont to malnutrition during mouse pregnancy depends on the type of nutritional adversity 2022 ·The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry ·Kristin L. Connor, Enrrico Bloise, Todd Z. DeSantis, Stephen J. Lye	4
4	Longitudinal study of stool-associated microbial taxa in sibling pairs with and without autism spectrum disorder 2021 ·ISME Communications ·Christine Tataru, (unknown), Kaitlyn Dunlap, (unknown), Brianna Chrisman, Erica Rutherford, (unknown), (unknown), Xiaochen Yin, (unknown), Roberta L. Hannibal, (unknown), Michelle Lin, (unknown), (unknown), Todd Z. DeSantis, Shoko Iwai, Dennis P. Wall, Maude M. David	5
5	Improved detection of disease-associated gut microbes using 16S sequence-based biomarkers 2021 ·BMC Bioinformatics ·Brianna Chrisman, Kelley Paskov, Nate Stockham, Jae-Yoon Jung, Maya Varma, Peter Washington, Christine Tataru, Shoko Iwai, Todd Z. DeSantis, Maude M. David, Dennis P. Wall	8
6	Piphillin predicts metagenomic composition and dynamics from DADA2-corrected 16S rDNA sequences 2020 ·BMC Genomics ·Nicole Narayan, Thomas Weinmaier, Emilio J. Laserna‐Mendieta, Marcus J. Claesson, Fergus Shanahan, Karim Dabbagh, Shoko Iwai, Todd Z. DeSantis	56
7	A Comparative Evaluation of Tools to Predict Metabolite Profiles From Microbiome Sequencing Data 2020 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Xiaochen Yin, Tomer Altman, Erica Rutherford, Kiana West, (unknown), Jinlyung Choi, Paul L. Beck, Gilaad G. Kaplan, Karim Dabbagh, Todd Z. DeSantis, Shoko Iwai	21
8	Leveraging sequence-based faecal microbial community survey data to identify a composite biomarker for colorectal cancer 2017 ·Gut ·Manasi S. Shah, Todd Z. DeSantis, Thomas Weinmaier, Paul J. McMurdie, Julia Cope, Adam Altrichter, José‐Miguel Yamal, Emily B. Hollister	138
9	Piphillin: Improved Prediction of Metagenomic Content by Direct Inference from Human Microbiomes 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Shoko Iwai, Thomas Weinmaier, Brian L. Schmidt, Donna G. Albertson, Neil J. Poloso, Karim Dabbagh, Todd Z. DeSantis	224
10	New Perspectives on Microbial Community Distortion after Whole-Genome Amplification 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Alexander J. Probst, Thomas Weinmaier, Todd Z. DeSantis, Jorge W. Santo Domingo, Nicholas J. Ashbolt	28
11	An in vitro culture model to study the dynamics of colonic microbiota in Syrian golden hamsters and their susceptibility to infection with Clostridium difficile 2014 ·The ISME Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Su Wang, (unknown), Susan Secore, David S. Thiriot, Charlie C. Hsu, (unknown), Todd Z. DeSantis, Justin Kuczynski, Alexander J. Probst, Christel Chehoud, (unknown), Janet A. Warrington, Jean-Luc Bodmer, Jon H. Heinrichs	17
12	Coupling Genetic and Chemical Microbiome Profiling Reveals Heterogeneity of Archaeome and Bacteriome in Subsurface Biofilms That Are Dominated by the Same Archaeal Species 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Alexander J. Probst, Giovanni Birarda, Hoi‐Ying N. Holman, Todd Z. DeSantis, Gerhard Wanner, Gary L. Andersen, Alexandra Perras, (unknown), Jörg Völkel, Hans A. Bechtel, Reinhard Wirth, Christine Moissl‐Eichinger	17
13	Comparing Bacterial Community Composition between Healthy and White Plague-Like Disease States in Orbicella annularis Using PhyloChip™ G3 Microarrays 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Christina A. Kellogg, Yvette M. Piceno, Lauren M. Tom, Todd Z. DeSantis, (unknown), David G. Zawada, Gary L. Andersen	32
14	Truffle Brûlés Have an Impact on the Diversity of Soil Bacterial Communities 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Antonietta Mello, Guo‐Chun Ding, Yvette M. Piceno, Chiara Napoli, Lauren M. Tom, Todd Z. DeSantis, Gary L. Andersen, Kornelia Smalla, Paola Bonfante	45
15	Chronic kidney disease alters intestinal microbial flora breakdown → 2012 ·Kidney International ·Nosratola D. Vaziri, (unknown), Madeleine V. Pahl, Yvette M. Piceno, Jun Yuan, Todd Z. DeSantis, Zhenmin Ni, (unknown), Gary L. Andersen	894
16	A microbiota signature associated with experimental food allergy promotes allergic sensitization and anaphylaxis 2012 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·Magali Noval Rivas, Oliver T. Burton, Petra M. Wise, Yuqian Zhang, (unknown), Maria Garcia Lloret, Christel Chehoud, Justin Kuczynski, Todd Z. DeSantis, Janet A. Warrington, Embriette R. Hyde, Joseph F. Petrosino, Georg K. Gerber, Lynn Bry, Hans C. Oettgen, Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Talal A. Chatila	373
17	Bacterial communities in commercial aircraft high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters assessed by PhyloChip analysis 2012 ·Indoor Air ·Tonia Korves, Yvette M. Piceno, (unknown), Todd Z. DeSantis, Byron Jones, Gary L. Andersen, Grace M. Hwang	37
18	Bacterial Community Analysis of Beef Cattle Feedlots Reveals That Pen Surface Is Distinct from Feces 2011 ·Foodborne Pathogens and Disease ·Lisa M. Durso, Gregory P. Harhay, Timothy P. L. Smith, James L. Bono, Todd Z. DeSantis, Michael L. Clawson	21
19	Automated group assignment in large phylogenetic trees using GRUNT: GRouping, Ungrouping, Naming Tool 2007 ·BMC Bioinformatics ·Daniel Dalevi, Todd Z. DeSantis, Jakob Fredslund, Gary L. Andersen, Victor Markowitz, Philip Hugenholtz	8
20	Greengenes: Chimera-checked 16S rRNA gene database and workbench compatible in ARB 2006 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·Todd Z. DeSantis, Philip Hugenholtz, N. Larsen, María R. Rojas, (unknown), Keith Keller, Thomas Huber, Daniel Dalevi, Pengwei Hu, Gary L. Andersen	10

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