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Citations
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World Ranking
208
National Ranking
97

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Microbiology and Immunology

Overview

Andreas J. Bäumler is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also touching on specialized subfields such as Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Food Science, and General Health Professions.

Their research focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Public Health Policies and Education
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health

Some of their notable recent publications include:

  • The microbiome and gut homeostasis, 2022, Science
  • High-fat diet-induced colonocyte dysfunction escalates microbiota-derived trimethylamine N-oxide, 2021, Science
  • Bile acids as modulators of gut microbiota composition and function, 2023, Gut Microbes
  • High-Fat Diet and Antibiotics Cooperatively Impair Mitochondrial Bioenergetics to Trigger Dysbiosis that Exacerbates Pre-inflammatory Bowel Disease, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • 5-Aminosalicylic Acid Ameliorates Colitis and Checks Dysbiotic Escherichia coli Expansion by Activating PPAR-γ Signaling in the Intestinal Epithelium, 2021, mBio

The venues where Bäumler frequently publishes include:

  • Infection and Immunity
  • Cell Host & Microbe
  • mBio
  • Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Throughout their career, Bäumler has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Patrick D. Schloss
  • César A. Arias
  • Arturo Casadevall
  • Corrella S. Detweiler
  • Michael J. Imperiale

In 2020, Bäumler received recognition from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften for contributions in Microbiology and Immunology.

Best Publications

  • Gut inflammation provides a respiratory electron acceptor for Salmonella

    Sebastian E. Winter;Parameth Thiennimitr;Parameth Thiennimitr;Maria G. Winter;Brian P. Butler

  • Interactions between the microbiota and pathogenic bacteria in the gut

    Andreas J. Bäumler;Vanessa Sperandio

  • Microbiota-activated PPAR-γ signaling inhibits dysbiotic Enterobacteriaceae expansion

    Mariana X. Byndloss;Erin E. Olsan;Fabian Rivera-Chávez;Connor R. Tiffany

  • Host-Derived Nitrate Boosts Growth of E. coli in the Inflamed Gut

    Sebastian E. Winter;Maria G. Winter;Mariana N. Xavier;Parameth Thiennimitr;Parameth Thiennimitr

  • Phase and Antigenic Variation in Bacteria

    Marjan W. van der Woude;Andreas J. Bäumler

  • Extraintestinal dissemination of Salmonella by CD18-expressing phagocytes

    Andrés Vazquez-Terres;Jessica Jones-Carson;Andreas J. Bäumler;Stanley Falkow

  • Depletion of Butyrate-Producing Clostridia from the Gut Microbiota Drives an Aerobic Luminal Expansion of Salmonella

    Fabian Rivera-Chávez;Lillian F. Zhang;Franziska Faber;Christopher A. Lopez

  • Intestinal inflammation allows Salmonella to use ethanolamine to compete with the microbiota

    Parameth Thiennimitr;Parameth Thiennimitr;Sebastian E. Winter;Maria G. Winter;Mariana N. Xavier

  • Simian immunodeficiency virus-induced mucosal interleukin-17 deficiency promotes Salmonella dissemination from the gut

    Manuela Raffatellu;Renato L Santos;David E Verhoeven;Michael D George

  • Colonocyte metabolism shapes the gut microbiota

    Yael Litvak;Mariana X. Byndloss;Andreas J. Bäumler

  • Animal models of Salmonella infections: enteritis versus typhoid fever

    Renato L. Santos;Shuping Zhang;Renée M. Tsolis;Robert A. Kingsley

  • Dysbiotic Proteobacteria expansion: a microbial signature of epithelial dysfunction.

    Yael Litvak;Mariana X Byndloss;Renée M Tsolis;Andreas J Bäumler

  • Lipocalin-2 resistance confers an advantage to Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium for growth and survival in the inflamed intestine.

    Manuela Raffatellu;Manuela Raffatellu;Michael D. George;Yuko Akiyama;Michael J. Hornsby

  • Fur regulon in gram-negative bacteria : identification and characterization of new iron-regulated Escherichia coli genes by a Fur titration assay

    Igor Stojiljkovic;Andreas J. Bäumler;Klaus Hantke

  • Evolution of Host Adaptation in Salmonella Enterica

    Andreas J. Bäumler;Renée M. Tsolis;Thomas A. Ficht;L. Garry Adams

  • Precision editing of the gut microbiota ameliorates colitis

    Wenhan Zhu;Maria G. Winter;Mariana X. Byndloss;Luisella Spiga

  • Non-typhoidal salmonellosis: emerging problems

    Wolfgang Rabsch;Helmut Tschäpe;Andreas J. Bäumler

  • NOD1 and NOD2 signalling links ER stress with inflammation

    A. Marijke Keestra-Gounder;Mariana X. Byndloss;Núbia Seyffert;Briana M. Young

  • Ethanolamine utilization in Salmonella typhimurium: nucleotide sequence, protein expression, and mutational analysis of the cchA cchB eutE eutJ eutG eutH gene cluster.

    I. Stojiljkovic;Andreas J Baumler;F. Heffron

  • Human α-Defensin 6 Promotes Mucosal Innate Immunity Through Self-Assembled Peptide Nanonets

    Hiutung Chu;Marzena Pazgier;Grace Jung;Sean Paul Nuccio

  • Molecular Pathogenesis of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium-Induced Diarrhea

    Shuping Zhang;Robert A. Kingsley;Renato L. Santos;Helene Andrews-Polymenis

Frequent Co-Authors

Renée M. Tsolis
Renée M. Tsolis University of California, Davis
Sebastian E. Winter
Sebastian E. Winter University of California, Davis
L. Garry Adams
L. Garry Adams Texas A&M University
Manuela Raffatellu
Manuela Raffatellu University of California, San Diego
Renato L. Santos
Renato L. Santos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Robert A. Kingsley
Robert A. Kingsley University of East Anglia
Fred Heffron
Fred Heffron Oregon Health & Science University
Patrick D. Schloss
Patrick D. Schloss University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Harold L. Drake
Harold L. Drake University of Bayreuth
Susan T. Lovett
Susan T. Lovett Brandeis University

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