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Frédéric Barras

Frédéric Barras

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
65
Citations
13308
World Ranking
2533
National Ranking
151

Frédéric Barras 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 Frédéric Barras sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 151 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frédéric Barras 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 Frédéric Barras sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Frédéric Barras is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France and has contributed extensively to the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, genetics, environmental engineering, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's work primarily focuses on several main topics:

  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Bacterial genetics and biotechnology
  • Microbial fuel cells and bioremediation
  • Enzyme structure and function
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Emmanuelle Bouveret
  • Sandrine Ollagnier de Choudens
  • Béatrice Py
  • Marc Fontecave
  • Fabien Pierrel

Research by Frédéric Barras has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, with a notable number of papers published in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
  • mBio
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • eLife

Some of the recent published papers include:

  • "An early origin of iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis machineries before Earth oxygenation," 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Degradation of Exogenous Fatty Acids in Escherichia coli," 2022, Biomolecules
  • "Making iron-sulfur cluster: structure, regulation and evolution of the bacterial ISC system," 2020, Advances in Microbial Physiology
  • "The O2-independent pathway of ubiquinone biosynthesis is essential for denitrification in Pseudomonas aeruginosa," 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Iron-sulfur biology invades tRNA modification: the case of U34 sulfuration," 2021, Nucleic Acids Research

Best Publications

  • Oxidative stress, protein damage and repair in bacteria

    Benjamin Ezraty;Alexandra Gennaris;Frédéric Barras;Jean-François Collet

  • EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES AND PATHOGENESIS OF SOFT-ROT ERWINIA

    F. Barras;F. van Gijsegem;A.K. Chatterjee

  • Building Fe–S proteins: bacterial strategies

    Béatrice Py;Frédéric Barras

  • Iron/sulfur proteins biogenesis in prokaryotes: formation, regulation and diversity.

    Béatrice Roche;Laurent Aussel;Benjamin Ezraty;Pierre Mandin

  • Repair of oxidized proteins : Identification of a new methionine sulfoxide reductase

    Régis Grimaud;Benjamin Ezraty;Jennifer K. Mitchell;Daniel Lafitte

  • Mutants of Erwinia chrysanthemi defective in secretion of pectinase and cellulase.

    T Andro;J P Chambost;A Kotoujansky;J Cattaneo

  • Species-specific activity of antibacterial drug combinations

    Ana Rita Brochado;Anja Telzerow;Jacob Bobonis;Manuel Banzhaf

  • SufC: an unorthodox cytoplasmic ABC/ATPase required for [Fe-S] biogenesis under oxidative stress.

    Laurence Nachin;Laurent Loiseau;Dominique Expert;Frédéric Barras

  • The great GATC: DNA methylation in E. coli

    Frederic Barras;Martin G. Marinus

  • Biogenesis of Fe-S cluster by the bacterial Suf system: SufS and SufE form a new type of cysteine desulfurase.

    Laurent Loiseau;Sandrine Ollagnier-de-Choudens;Laurence Nachin;Marc Fontecave

  • Fe-S Cluster Biosynthesis Controls Uptake of Aminoglycosides in a ROS-Less Death Pathway

    Benjamin Ezraty;Alexandra Vergnes;Manuel Banzhaf;Yohann Duverger

  • The desert of Tataouine: an extreme environment that hosts a wide diversity of microorganisms and radiotolerant bacteria

    Angélique Chanal;Virginie Chapon;Karim Benzerara;Karim Benzerara;Mohamed Barakat

  • An inner membrane platform in the type II secretion machinery of Gram‐negative bacteria

    Béatrice Py;Laurent Loiseau;Frédéric Barras

  • Iron-Sulfur (Fe/S) Protein Biogenesis: Phylogenomic and Genetic Studies of A-Type Carriers

    Daniel Vinella;Céline Brochier-Armanet;Céline Brochier-Armanet;Laurent Loiseau;Laurent Loiseau;Emmanuel Talla;Emmanuel Talla

  • Redundant Hydrogen Peroxide Scavengers Contribute to Salmonella Virulence and Oxidative Stress Resistance

    Magali Hébrard;Julie P. M. Viala;Julie P. M. Viala;Stéphane Méresse;Stéphane Méresse;Frédéric Barras;Frédéric Barras

  • Cobalt Stress in Escherichia coli THE EFFECT ON THE IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS

    Caroline Ranquet;Sandrine Ollagnier-de-Choudens;Laurent Loiseau;Frédéric Barras

  • Methionine sulfoxide reductases in prokaryotes.

    Benjamin Ezraty;Laurent Aussel;Frédéric Barras

  • SoxR‐dependent response to oxidative stress and virulence of Erwinia chrysanthemi: the key role of SufC, an orphan ABC ATPase

    Laurence Nachin;Mohammed El Hassouni;Laurent Loiseau;Dominique Expert

  • The minimal gene set member msrA, encoding peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase, is a virulence determinant of the plant pathogen Erwinia chrysanthemi

    Mohammed El Hassouni;Jean Pierre Chambost;Dominique Expert;Frederique Van Gijsegem

  • Repairing oxidized proteins in the bacterial envelope using respiratory chain electrons

    Alexandra Gennaris;Benjamin Ezraty;Camille Henry;Rym Agrebi

  • NfuA, a new factor required for maturing Fe/S proteins in Escherichia coli under oxidative stress and iron starvation conditions.

    Sendra Angelini;Catherine Gerez;Catherine Gerez;Sandrine Ollagnier de Choudens;Sandrine Ollagnier de Choudens;Yiannis Sanakis

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Fontecave
Marc Fontecave Collège de France
Stéphane Méresse
Stéphane Méresse Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy
Yiannis Sanakis
Yiannis Sanakis Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research
Jacques Haiech
Jacques Haiech University of Strasbourg
Martin G. Marinus
Martin G. Marinus University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Jean-François Collet
Jean-François Collet Université Catholique de Louvain
Céline Brochier-Armanet
Céline Brochier-Armanet Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Didier Vertommen
Didier Vertommen Université Catholique de Louvain
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Josep Casadesús
Josep Casadesús University of Seville

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