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Christophe Beloin

Christophe Beloin

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
10406
World Ranking
17946
National Ranking
799

Overview

Christophe Beloin is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France and has contributed extensively to the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, genomics and phylogenetic studies, microbial community ecology and physiology, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, and bacterial identification and susceptibility testing.

Beloin's work spans several key subfields, including molecular biology, genetics, ecology, molecular medicine, and infectious diseases. Their publication record includes significant contributions in various respected journals, particularly:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Nature Communications
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Among recent papers, the following are noteworthy for their contributions to microbiology and bacterial studies:

  • One or two membranes? Diderm Firmicutes challenge the Gram-positive/Gram-negative divide, 2020, Molecular Microbiology
  • Genome-wide analysis of the Firmicutes illuminates the diderm/monoderm transition, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Capsular Polysaccharide Cross-Regulation Modulates Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Biofilm Formation, 2020, mBio
  • An ancient divide in outer membrane tethering systems in bacteria suggests a mechanism for the diderm-to-monoderm transition, 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • Intermittent antibiotic treatment of bacterial biofilms favors the rapid evolution of resistance, 2023, Communications Biology

Beloin collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jean-Marc Ghigo
  • Simonetta Gribaldo
  • Najwa Taïb
  • Jerzy Witwinowski
  • Stanislas Thiriet-Rupert

Best Publications

  • Biofilm-Related Infections: Bridging the Gap between Clinical Management and Fundamental Aspects of Recalcitrance toward Antibiotics

    David Lebeaux;Jean-Marc Ghigo;Christophe Beloin

  • Escherichia coli biofilms.

    Christophe Beloin;Agnès Roux;Jean-Marc Ghigo

  • Global impact of mature biofilm lifestyle on Escherichia coli K‐12 gene expression

    Christophe Beloin;Jaione Valle;Patricia Latour-Lambert;Philippe Faure

  • From in vitro to in vivo Models of Bacterial Biofilm-Related Infections

    David Lebeaux;Ashwini Chauhan;Olaya Rendueles;Christophe Beloin

  • Silent Mischief: Bacteriophage Mu Insertions Contaminate Products of Escherichia coli Random Mutagenesis Performed Using Suicidal Transposon Delivery Plasmids Mobilized by Broad-Host-Range RP4 Conjugative Machinery

    Lionel Ferrières;Lionel Ferrières;Gaëlle Hémery;Gaëlle Hémery;Toan Nham;Toan Nham;Anne-Marie Guérout;Anne-Marie Guérout

  • CpxR/OmpR Interplay Regulates Curli Gene Expression in Response to Osmolarity in Escherichia coli

    Gregory Jubelin;Anne Vianney;Christophe Beloin;Jean-Marc Ghigo

  • Starvation, together with the SOS response, mediates high biofilm-specific tolerance to the fluoroquinolone ofloxacin.

    Steve P. Bernier;David Lebeaux;Alicia S. DeFrancesco;Amandine Valomon

  • Finding gene-expression patterns in bacterial biofilms

    Christophe Beloin;Jean Marc Ghigo

  • Functional Analysis of Antigen 43 in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Reveals a Role in Long-Term Persistence in the Urinary Tract

    Glen Charles Ulett;Jaione Valle;Christophe Beloin;Orla Sherlock

  • Escherichia coli K‐12 possesses multiple cryptic but functional chaperone–usher fimbriae with distinct surface specificities

    Charalampia-Georgia Korea;Réana Badouraly;Marie-Christine Prevost;Jean-Marc Ghigo

  • Management of infections related to totally implantable venous-access ports: challenges and perspectives

    David Lebeaux;Nuria Fernández-Hidalgo;Ashwini Chauhan;Samuel Lee

  • Central venous catheters and biofilms: where do we stand in 2017?

    Marie Gominet;Fabrice Compain;Christophe Beloin;David Lebeaux

  • UpaG, a New Member of the Trimeric Autotransporter Family of Adhesins in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

    Jaione Valle;Amada N. Mabbett;Glen Charles Ulett;Alejandro Toledo-Arana

  • Novel approaches to combat bacterial biofilms

    Christophe Beloin;Stéphane Renard;Jean-Marc Ghigo;David Lebeaux

  • Combined inactivation and expression strategy to study gene function under physiological conditions: application to identification of new Escherichia coli adhesins.

    Agnès Roux;Christophe Beloin;Jean-Marc Ghigo

  • pH-mediated Potentiation of Aminoglycosides Kills Bacterial Persisters and Eradicates in Vivo Biofilms

    David Lebeaux;Ashwini Chauhan;Sylvie Létoffé;Frédéric Fischer

  • An extended role for the nucleoid structuring protein H-NS in the virulence gene regulatory cascade of Shigella flexneri

    Christophe Beloin;Charles J. Dorman

  • Mapping of Bacterial Biofilm Local Mechanics by Magnetic Microparticle Actuation

    Olivier Galy;Patricia Latour-Lambert;Kais Zrelli;Jean-Marc Ghigo

  • The Transcriptional Antiterminator RfaH Represses Biofilm Formation in Escherichia coli

    Christophe Beloin;Kai Michaelis;Karin Lindner;Paolo Landini

  • Contribution of DNA conformation and topology in right-handed DNA wrapping by the Bacillus subtilis LrpC protein.

    Christophe Beloin;Josette Jeusset;Bernard Révet;Gilles Mirambeau

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Marc Ghigo
Jean-Marc Ghigo Institut Pasteur
Mark A. Schembri
Mark A. Schembri University of Queensland
Makrina Totsika
Makrina Totsika Queensland University of Technology
Simonetta Gribaldo
Simonetta Gribaldo Institut Pasteur
Jérôme F. L. Duval
Jérôme F. L. Duval University of Lorraine
Charles J. Dorman
Charles J. Dorman Trinity College Dublin
Glen C. Ulett
Glen C. Ulett Griffith University
David Bensimon
David Bensimon University of California, Los Angeles
Frédéric Tangy
Frédéric Tangy Institut Pasteur
Sabine Szunerits
Sabine Szunerits University of Lille

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