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Bernard Ollivier

Bernard Ollivier

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Microbiology

D-Index
69
Citations
14548
World Ranking
2088
National Ranking
121

Overview

Bernard Ollivier is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader disciplines, Ollivier has contributed to subfields such as Ecology, Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Pollution.

The scientific work of Ollivier covers several topics, including microbial community ecology and physiology, genomics and phylogenetic studies, methane hydrates and related phenomena, enzyme production and characterization, polar research and ecology, microbial metabolism and enzyme function, and microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants.

Ollivier has authored recent papers covering diverse subjects within microbiology and environmental science. These include:

  • A novel Thermotoga strain TFO isolated from a Californian petroleum reservoir phylogenetically related to Thermotoga petrophila and T. naphthophila, two thermophilic anaerobic isolates from a Japanese reservoir: Taxonomic and genomic considerations (2020, Systematic and Applied Microbiology)
  • LES MICRO-ORGANISMES DE L'EXTRÊME (2021, Société française de médecine thermale)
  • Enhanced Repeatability of Methanotroph Growth Via Specialized Treatment of Labware and Vessels to Eliminate Trace Metals (2025, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • A Trace Metals Cleaning Protocol for Laboratory Equipment to Enhance the Repeatability of Methanotroph Cultures (2025, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • A trace metal cleaning protocol for laboratory equipment to enhance the repeatability of methanotroph cultures (2025, MethodsX)

The venues in which Ollivier frequently publishes include the SSRN Electronic Journal, Systematic and Applied Microbiology, Société française de médecine thermale, and MethodsX.

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Ollivier's research. Frequent coauthors include Alain Dolla, Marie Noguer, Sandrine Chifflet, Sylvain Davidson, and Florian Haitz, with several papers produced in partnership.

Best Publications

  • Taxonomic, Phylogenetic, and Ecological Diversity of Methanogenic Archaea

    Jean-Louis Garcia;Bharat K.C Patel;Bernard Ollivier

  • Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a methanogenic archaeon isolated from human faeces

    Bédis Dridi;Marie Laure Fardeau;Bernard Ollivier;Didier Raoult

  • Microbiology of petroleum reservoirs.

    Michel Magot;Bernard Ollivier;Bharat K.C. Patel

  • Anaerobic bacteria from hypersaline environments.

    B Ollivier;P Caumette;J L Garcia;R A Mah

  • Macellibacteroides fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Porphyromonadaceae isolated from an upflow anaerobic filter treating abattoir wastewaters

    Linda Jabari;Linda Jabari;Hana Gannoun;Jean-Luc Cayol;Abdeljabbar Hedi

  • Thermotoga hypogea sp. nov., a Xylanolytic, Thermophilic Bacterium from an Oil-Producing Well

    M.-L. Fardeau;B. Ollivier;B. K. C. Patel;M. Magot

  • Desulfotomaculum spp. and related gram-positive sulfate-reducing bacteria in deep subsurface environments.

    Thomas Aüllo;Anthony Ranchou-Peyruse;Bernard Ollivier;Michel Magot

  • Dethiosulfovibrio peptidovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Anaerobic, Slightly Halophilic, Thiosulfate-Reducing Bacterium from Corroding Offshore Oil Wells

    M. Magot;G. Ravot;X. Campaignolle;B. Ollivier

  • Thermotoga elfii sp. nov., a Novel Thermophilic Bacterium from an African Oil-producing Well

    G. Ravot;M. Magot;M.-L. Fardeau;B. K. C. Patel

  • Desulfosporosinus acidiphilus sp. nov.: a moderately acidophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from acid mining drainage sediments : New taxa: Firmicutes (Class Clostridia, Order Clostridiales, Family Peptococcaceae).

    Didier Alazard;Manon Joseph;Fabienne Battaglia-Brunet;Jean Luc Cayol

  • Methanocalculus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oil-producing well.

    Bernard Ollivier;Marie-Laure Fardeau;Jean-Luc Cayol;Michel Magot

  • Isolation from oil reservoirs of novel thermophilic anaerobes phylogenetically related to Thermoanaerobacter subterraneus: reassignment of T. subterraneus, Thermoanaerobacter yonseiensis, Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis and Carboxydibrachium pacificum to Caldanaerobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., comb. nov. as four novel subspecies

    Marie-Laure Fardeau;Monica Bonilla Salinas;Stephane L'Haridon;Christian Jeanthon

  • Fusibacter paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thiosulfate-reducing bacterium from an oil-producing well

    Gilles Ravot;Michel Magot;Marie-Laure Fardeau;Bharat K. C. Patel

  • Bacillus thermoamylovorans sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic and amylolytic bacterium.

    Yannick Combet-Blanc;Bernard Ollivier;C. Streicher;B.K.C. Patel

  • Aminobacterium colombiensegen. nov. sp. nov., an amino acid-degrading anaerobe isolated from anaerobic sludge.

    S Baena;S Baena;M.-L Fardeau;M Labat;B Ollivier

  • The antimicrobial resistance pattern of cultured human methanogens reflects the unique phylogenetic position of archaea

    Bédis Dridi;Marie-Laure Fardeau;Bernard Ollivier;Didier Raoult

  • Isolation and characterization of Halothermothrix orenii gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, thermophilic, fermentative, strictly anaerobic bacterium.

    Jean-Luc Cayol;Bernard Ollivier;B.K.C. Patel;G. Prensier

  • Thiosulfate reduction, an important physiological feature shared by members of the order thermotogales.

    G. Ravot;B. Ollivier;M. Magot;B. K. C. Patel

  • Defluviitoga tunisiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from a mesothermic and anaerobic whey digester.

    Wajdi Ben Hania;Wajdi Ben Hania;Ramzi Godbane;Ramzi Godbane;Anne Postec;Moktar Hamdi

  • Haloanaerobium congolense sp. nov., an anaerobic, moderately halophilic, thiosulfate- and sulfur-reducing bacterium from an African oil field.

    G Ravot;M Magot;B Ollivier;B.K.C Patel

  • Characterization of Desulfovibrio fructosovorans sp. nov.

    Bernard Ollivier;Ralf Cord-Ruwisch;E.C. Hatchikian;Jean-Louis Garcia

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Louis Garcia
Jean-Louis Garcia Aix-Marseille University
Bharat K. C. Patel
Bharat K. C. Patel Griffith University
Moktar Hamdi
Moktar Hamdi University of Carthage
Patricia Bonin
Patricia Bonin Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
Claude Payri
Claude Payri Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Patrick A. D. Grimont
Patrick A. D. Grimont Institut Pasteur
Céline Brochier-Armanet
Céline Brochier-Armanet Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
François Guyot
François Guyot French National Museum of Natural History
Ricardo Amils
Ricardo Amils Spanish National Research Council
Paul W. O'Toole
Paul W. O'Toole University College Cork

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