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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
116
Citations
54258
World Ranking
180
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Fernando Baquero is affiliated with the Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria in Spain. Their research spans various areas tied to molecular biology and infectious diseases, with a primary focus on antibiotic resistance and bacterial evolution.

The scientist has published extensively in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work covers related subfields including Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, and Ecology.

Key research topics in their work include:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Gut Microbiota and Health
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

Fernando Baquero has authored several recent articles, such as:

  • Proximate and ultimate causes of the bactericidal action of antibiotics, 2020, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • The Origin of Niches and Species in the Bacterial World, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology

The scientist frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including Teresa M. Coque, Val F. Lanza, Rafael Cantón, Bruce R. Levin, and José Luis Martínez.

Publication venues where Baquero has contributed frequently include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • microLife
  • International Microbiology
  • Microbiology Spectrum

In addition to journal publications, Baquero has contributed to book publications, notably with the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos eBooks on titles such as "Remesas internacionales y ruralidad en América Latina y el Caribe en tiempos de la Covid-19" published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in water environments

    Fernando Baquero;José-Luis Martínez;Rafael Cantón

  • Tackling antibiotic resistance: the environmental framework

    Thomas U. Berendonk;Célia M. Manaia;Christophe Merlin;Despo Fatta-Kassinos

  • Comparative Genomics of Listeria Species

    P Glaser;L Frangeul;C Buchrieser;C Rusniok

  • High Frequency of Hypermutable Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Infection

    Antonio Oliver;Rafael Cantón;Pilar Campo;Fernando Baquero

  • The global threat of antimicrobial resistance: science for intervention

    Ignasi Roca;Murat Akova;F. Baquero;Jean Carlet

  • Defining and combating antibiotic resistance from One Health and Global Health perspectives

    Sara Hernando-Amado;Teresa M. Coque;Fernando Baquero;José L. Martínez

  • Increasing prevalence of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Europe.

    T M Coque;F Baquero;R Cantón

  • What is a resistance gene? Ranking risk in resistomes.

    José L. Martínez;Teresa M. Coque;Fernando Baquero

  • Prevalence and spread of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Europe

    R. Cantón;A. Novais;A. Valverde;E. Machado;E. Machado

  • Mutation Frequencies and Antibiotic Resistance

    J. L. Martinez;F. Baquero

  • Dissemination of Clonally Related Escherichia coli Strains Expressing Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase CTX-M-15

    Teresa M. Coque;Ângela Novais;Alessandra Carattoli;Laurent Poirel

  • Antibiotics as intermicrobial signaling agents instead of weapons

    J. F. Linares;I. Gustafsson;F. Baquero;J. L. Martinez

  • Interactions among Strategies Associated with Bacterial Infection: Pathogenicity, Epidemicity, and Antibiotic Resistance

    José L. Martínez;Fernando Baquero

  • Global Spread of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium from Distinct Nosocomial Genetic Complex

    Rob J L Willems;Janetta Top;Marga van Santen;D Ashley Robinson

  • Global Spread of Vancomycin-resistantEnterococcus faeciumfrom Distinct Nosocomial Genetic Complex

    Rob J.L. Willems;Janetta Top;Marga van Santen;D. Ashley Robinson

  • Listeriolysin O is essential for virulence of Listeria monocytogenes: direct evidence obtained by gene complementation.

    P Cossart;M F Vicente;J Mengaud;F Baquero

  • Dramatic Increase in Prevalence of Fecal Carriage of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae during Nonoutbreak Situations in Spain

    Aránzazu Valverde;Teresa M. Coque;M. Paz Sánchez-Moreno;Azucena Rollán

  • The microbiome as a human organ

    Fernando Baquero;César Nombela

  • Antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter strains isolated from animals, foods, and humans in Spain in 1997-1998.

    Y. Sáenz;M. Zarazaga;M. Lantero;M. J. Gastañares

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Enterococcus faecalis Reveals Hospital-Adapted Genetic Complexes in a Background of High Rates of Recombination

    Patricia Ruiz-Garbajosa;Marc J. M. Bonten;D. Ashley Robinson;Janetta Top

  • Escherichia coli: an old friend with new tidings.

    J. Vila;J. Vila;E. Sáez-López;James R Johnson;U. Römling

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael Cantón
Rafael Cantón Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria
Teresa M. Coque
Teresa M. Coque Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria
Rosa del Campo
Rosa del Campo Instituto de Salud Carlos III
José L. Martínez
José L. Martínez Spanish National Research Council
Luísa Peixe
Luísa Peixe University of Porto
Jesús Blázquez
Jesús Blázquez Spanish National Research Council
Antonio Oliver
Antonio Oliver Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Bruce R. Levin
Bruce R. Levin Emory University
Rob J. L. Willems
Rob J. L. Willems Utrecht University
Andrés Moya
Andrés Moya University of Valencia

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