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D-Index
67
Citations
17125
World Ranking
2262
National Ranking
53

Bart Hoste publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bart Hoste sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 112 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Bart Hoste D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bart Hoste sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bart Hoste is a researcher affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium, specializing in the Agricultural and Biological Sciences with a specific focus on Plant Science. Their work primarily addresses key aspects of plant biology including legume nitrogen fixing symbiosis, plant parasitism and resistance, as well as nematode management and characterization studies.

The scientist's recent research contributions include publications such as:

  • The association between Dioscorea sansibarensis and Orrella dioscoreae as a model for hereditary leaf symbiosis (2024), published in PLoS ONE
  • The association between Dioscorea sansibarensis and Orrella dioscoreae as a model for hereditary leaf symbiosis (2023), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Bart Hoste frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Tessa Acar
  • Sandra Moreau
  • Marie-Françoise Jardinaud
  • Gabriella Houdinet
  • Felicia Maviane-Macia

Their publications commonly appear in venues such as:

  • PLoS ONE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The main research themes within their work comprise:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Nematode management and characterization studies

Best Publications

  • Reclassification of Xanthomonas

    L Vauterin;Bart Hoste;Karel Kersters;Jean Swings

  • Revision of Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Wolinella taxonomy: emendation of generic descriptions and proposal of Arcobacter gen. nov.

    P. Vandamme;E. Falsen;R. Rossau;B. Hoste

  • Occurrence of multiple genomovars of Burkholderia cepacia in cystic fibrosis patients and proposal of Burkholderia multivorans sp. nov.

    Peter Vandamme;B Holmes;Marc Vancanneyt;Tom Coenye

  • Phylogeny and molecular identification of vibrios on the basis of multilocus sequence analysis.

    Fl Thompson;Dirk Gevers;Cc Thompson;Peter Dawyndt

  • Polyphasic taxonomic study of the emended genus Arcobacter with Arcobacter butzleri comb. nov. and Arcobacter skirrowii sp. nov., an aerotolerant bacterium isolated from veterinary specimens

    P. Vandamme;M. Vancanneyt;B. Pot;L. Mels

  • Vibrio coralliilyticus sp. nov., a temperature-dependent pathogen of the coral Pocillopora damicornis.

    Y Ben-Haim;Fl Thompson;Cc Thompson;Margo Cnockaert

  • Application of multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) for rapid identification of Enterococcus species based on rpoA and pheS genes.

    Sabri M. Naser;Fabiano L. Thompson;Bart Hoste;Dirk Gevers

  • Comparison of AFLP and rep-PCR genomic fingerprinting with DNA-DNA homology studies: Xanthomonas as a model system.

    J. L. W. Rademaker;B. Hoste;F. J. Louws;K. Kersters

  • Azoarcus gen. nov., Nitrogen-Fixing Proteobacteria Associated with Roots of Kallar Grass (Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth), and Description of Two Species, Azoarcus indigens sp. nov. and Azoarcus communis sp. nov.

    Barbara Reinhold-Hurek;Thomas Hurek;Monique Gillis;Bart Hoste

  • Acetobacter diazotrophicus sp. nov., a Nitrogen-Fixing Acetic Acid Bacterium Associated with Sugarcane

    M. Gillis;K. Kersters;B. Hoste;D. Janssens

  • Classification of Alcaligenes faecalis-like isolates from the environment and human clinical samples as Ralstonia gilardii sp. nov.

    Tom Coenye;Enevold Falsen;Marc Vancanneyt;Bart Hoste

  • Hydrogenophaga, a new genus of hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria that includes Hydrogenophaga flava comb. nov. (formerly Pseudomonas flava), Hydrogenophaga palleronii (formerly Pseudomonas palleronii), Hydrogenophaga pseudoflava (formerly Pseudomonas pseudoflava and Pseudomonas carboxydoflava), and Hydrogenophaga taeniospiralis (formerly Pseudomonas taeniospiralis)

    A. Willems;J. Busse;M. Goor;B. Pot

  • Taxonomic study of Weissella confusa and description of Weissella cibaria sp. nov., detected in food and clinical samples

    K Johanna Björkroth;Ulrich Schillinger;Rolf Geisen;Norbert Weiss

  • Emended description of Herbaspirillum; inclusion of [Pseudomonas] rubrisubalbicans, a milk plant pathogen, as Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans comb. nov.; and classification of a group of clinical isolates (EF group 1) as Herbaspirillum species 3

    Ji Baldani;Bruno Pot;G Kirchhof;E Falsen

  • Identification of lactobacilli by pheS and rpoA gene sequence analyses

    Sabri M. Naser;Peter Dawyndt;Bart Hoste;Dirk Gevers

  • Classification of Pseudomonas diminuta Leifson and Hugh 1954 and Pseudomonas vesicularis Büsing, Döll, and Freytag 1953 in Brevundimonas gen. nov. as Brevundimonas diminuta comb. nov. and Brevundimonas vesicularis comb. nov., respectively

    P. Segers;M. Vancanneyt;B. Pot;U. Torck

  • Characterization of tropical tree rhizobia and description of Mesorhizobium plurifarium sp. nov

    P de Lajudie;A Willems;G Nick;F Moreira

  • Classification of metal-resistant bacteria from industrial biotopes as Ralstonia campinensis sp. nov., Ralstonia metallidurans sp. nov. and Ralstonia basilensis Steinle et al. 1998 emend.

    J Goris;P De Vos;T Coenye;B Hoste

  • Acidovorax, a new genus for Pseudomonas facilis, Pseudomonas delafieldii, E. Falsen (EF) group 13, EF group 16, and several clinical isolates, with the species Acidovorax facilis comb. nov., Acidovorax delafieldii comb. nov., and Acidovorax temperans sp. nov.

    A. Willems;E. Falsen;B. Pot;E. Jantzen

  • Identification and Population Structure of Burkholderia stabilis sp. nov. (formerly Burkholderia cepacia Genomovar IV)

    P. Vandamme;Eshwar Mahenthiralingam;B. Holmes;T. Coenye

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Swings
Jean Swings Ghent University
Marc Vancanneyt
Marc Vancanneyt Ghent University
Peter Vandamme
Peter Vandamme Ghent University
Monique Gillis
Monique Gillis Ghent University
Karel Kersters
Karel Kersters Ghent University
Ilse Cleenwerck
Ilse Cleenwerck Ghent University
Enevold Falsen
Enevold Falsen University of Gothenburg
P. De Vos
P. De Vos Ghent University
Anne Willems
Anne Willems Ghent University
Tom Coenye
Tom Coenye Ghent University

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