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D-Index
109
Citations
48103
World Ranking
248
National Ranking
116

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Harry L. T. Mobley is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these disciplines, subfields of focus include Endocrinology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their work covers a range of topics with notable emphasis on Urinary Tract Infections Management, Escherichia coli research studies, and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria. Other areas of study include Gut microbiota and health, Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, and Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research.

Frequent publication venues for Mobley include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), mBio, PLoS Pathogens, Infection and Immunity, and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mobley include:

  • Pathogenesis of Gram-Negative Bacteremia (2021, Clinical Microbiology Reviews)
  • A systematic analysis of hypermucoviscosity and capsule reveals distinct and overlapping genes that impact Klebsiella pneumoniae fitness (2021, PLoS Pathogens)
  • The ArcAB Two-Component System: Function in Metabolism, Redox Control, and Infection (2022, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews)
  • Optimization of an Experimental Vaccine To Prevent Escherichia coli Urinary Tract Infection (2020, mBio)
  • The Gene Expression Profile of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli in Women with Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections Is Recapitulated in the Mouse Model (2020, mBio)

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Mobley include Sara N. Smith, Michael A. Bachman, Mark T. Anderson, Allyson E. Shea, and Caitlyn L. Holmes.

Mobley has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Pathogenic Escherichia coli

    James B. Kaper;James P. Nataro;Harry L. T. Mobley

  • Microbial ureases: significance, regulation, and molecular characterization.

    H. L T Mobley;R. P. Hausinger

  • Molecular biology of microbial ureases.

    H. L T Mobley;M. D. Island;R. P. Hausinger

  • Extensive mosaic structure revealed by the complete genome sequence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli

    R. A. Welch;V. Burland;G. Plunkett;P. Redford

  • Complicated Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Due to Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis

    S. M. Jacobsen;D. J. Stickler;H. L. T. Mobley;M. E. Shirtliff

  • Pyelonephritogenic Escherichia coli and killing of cultured human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells: role of hemolysin in some strains.

    H. L. T. Mobley;D. M. Green;A. L. Trifillis;D. E. Johnson

  • Host–pathogen interactions in urinary tract infection

    Greta R. Nielubowicz;Harry L. T. Mobley

  • Expression of flagella is coincident with uropathogenic Escherichia coli ascension to the upper urinary tract

    M. Chelsea Lane;Christopher J. Alteri;Sara N. Smith;Harry L. T. Mobley

  • Helicobacter pylori arginase inhibits nitric oxide production by eukaryotic cells: A strategy for bacterial survival

    Alain P. Gobert;David J. McGee;Mahmood Akhtar;George L. Mendz

  • Transcriptome of uropathogenic Escherichia coli during urinary tract infection.

    Jennifer A. Snyder;Brian J. Haugen;Eric L. Buckles;C. Virginia Lockatell

  • Characterization of urease from Campylobacter pylori.

    H. L.T. Mobley;M. J. Cortesia;L. E. Rosenthal;B. D. Jones

  • Pathogenesis of Proteus mirabilis Infection.

    Chelsie E. Armbruster;Chelsie E. Armbruster;Harry L. T. Mobley;Melanie M. Pearson

  • Urease-positive bacteriuria and obstruction of long-term urinary catheters.

    H. L. T. Mobley;J. W. Warren

  • Urinary Tract Infections: Molecular Pathogenesis and Clinical Management

    Harry L. T. Mobley;John W. Warren

  • Role of P-fimbrial-mediated adherence in pyelonephritis and persistence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) in the mammalian kidney.

    M.C. Lane;H.L.T. Mobley

  • Vaxign: The First Web-Based Vaccine Design Program for Reverse Vaccinology and Applications for Vaccine Development

    Yongqun He;Zuoshuang Xiang;Harry L. T. Mobley

  • Purification and N-terminal analysis of urease from Helicobacter pylori.

    Li-Tai Hu;H. L. T. Mobley

  • Merging mythology and morphology: the multifaceted lifestyle of Proteus mirabilis

    Chelsie E. Armbruster;Harry L. T. Mobley

  • Fitness of Escherichia coli during Urinary Tract Infection Requires Gluconeogenesis and the TCA Cycle

    Christopher J. Alteri;Sara N. Smith;Harry L. T. Mobley

  • Defining Genomic Islands and Uropathogen-Specific Genes in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

    Amanda L. Lloyd;David A. Rasko;Harry L. T. Mobley

  • Helicobacter pylori urease activity is toxic to human gastric epithelial cells

    D. T. Smoot;H. L. T. Mobley;G. R. Chippendale;J. F. Lewison

  • Helicobacter Pylori: Physiology and Genetics

    Harry L. T. Mobley;George L Mendz;Stuart L. Hazell

Frequent Co-Authors

David E. Johnson
David E. Johnson United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Bradley D. Jones
Bradley D. Jones University of Iowa
David A. Rasko
David A. Rasko University of Maryland, Baltimore
Michael S. Donnenberg
Michael S. Donnenberg Virginia Commonwealth University
Barry P. Rosen
Barry P. Rosen Florida International University
James R. Johnson
James R. Johnson University of Minnesota
Kathryn A. Eaton
Kathryn A. Eaton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mark E. Shirtliff
Mark E. Shirtliff University of Maryland, Baltimore
James B. Kaper
James B. Kaper University of Maryland, Baltimore
Rodney A. Welch
Rodney A. Welch University of Wisconsin–Madison

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