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Jean-Marc Ghigo

Jean-Marc Ghigo

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Microbiology

D-Index
75
Citations
22905
World Ranking
1489
National Ranking
85

Overview

Jean-Marc Ghigo is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work primarily spans molecular biology, ecology, genetics, endocrinology, and immunology.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics including bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, gut microbiota and health, Vibrio bacteria research studies, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and aquaculture disease management and microbiota.

Jean-Marc Ghigo has published papers in a range of venues with a notable number of publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), mBio, Microbiology Spectrum, The ISME Journal, and Journal of Bacteriology.

  • 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)
  • Mining zebrafish microbiota reveals key community-level resistance against fish pathogen infection (2020, The ISME Journal)
  • Gnotobiotic rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) model reveals endogenous bacteria that protect against Flavobacterium columnare infection (2021, PLoS Pathogens)
  • Intermittent antibiotic treatment of bacterial biofilms favors the rapid evolution of resistance (2023, Communications Biology)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jean-Marc Ghigo include Christophe Beloin, David Pérez-Pascual, Nathalie Béchon, Sol Vendrell-Fernández, and Joaquín Bernal-Bayard.

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

  • Organised Genome Dynamics in the Escherichia coli Species Results in Highly Diverse Adaptive Paths

    Marie Touchon;Marie Touchon;Claire Hoede;Olivier Tenaillon;Valérie Barbe

  • Definitions and guidelines for research on antibiotic persistence

    Naomi N.Q. Balaban;Sophie Helaine;Kim Lewis;Martin Ackermann;Martin Ackermann

  • Natural conjugative plasmids induce bacterial biofilm development

    Jean-Marc Ghigo

  • Escherichia coli biofilms.

    Christophe Beloin;Agnès Roux;Jean-Marc Ghigo

  • Genetic analysis of Salmonella enteritidis biofilm formation: critical role of cellulose

    Cristina Solano;Begoña García;Jaione Valle;Carmen Berasain

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

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

  • SarA and not σB is essential for biofilm development by Staphylococcus aureus

    Jaione Valle;Alejandro Toledo-Arana;Carmen Berasain;Jean-Marc Ghigo

  • A rapid method for efficient gene replacement in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans

    Marie-Kim Chaveroche;Jean-Marc Ghigo;Christophe d’Enfert

  • Localization of FtsI (PBP3) to the septal ring requires its membrane anchor, the Z ring, FtsA, FtsQ, and FtsL

    David S. Weiss;Joseph C. Chen;Jean-Marc Ghigo;Dana Boyd

  • Candida albicans biofilms: a developmental state associated with specific and stable gene expression patterns.

    Susana García-Sánchez;Sylvie Aubert;Ismaïl Iraqui;Guilhem Janbon

  • 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

  • Role of bacterial volatile compounds in bacterial biology

    Bianca Audrain;Mohamed A. Farag;Choong-Min Ryu;Jean-Marc Ghigo

  • BapA, a large secreted protein required for biofilm formation and host colonization of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis

    Cristina Latasa;Agnès Roux;Alejandro Toledo-Arana;Jean-Marc Ghigo

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

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

  • Multi‐species biofilms: how to avoid unfriendly neighbors

    Olaya Rendueles;Jean-Marc Ghigo

  • A rapid and simple method for inactivating chromosomal genes in Yersinia.

    Anne Derbise;Biliana Lesic;Denis Dacheux;Jean Marc Ghigo

  • Broad-spectrum biofilm inhibition by a secreted bacterial polysaccharide

    Jaione Valle;Sandra Da Re;Nelly Henry;Thierry Fontaine

  • Antibiofilm polysaccharides: Bacterial antibiofilm polysaccharides

    Olaya Rendueles;Jeffrey B. Kaplan;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

  • Protein secretion by Gram-negative bacterial ABC exporters--a review.

    Rachel Binet;Sylvie Létoffé;Jean Marc Ghigo;Philippe Delepelaire

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Beloin
Christophe Beloin Institut Pasteur
Mark A. Schembri
Mark A. Schembri University of Queensland
Makrina Totsika
Makrina Totsika Queensland University of Technology
Cécile Wandersman
Cécile Wandersman Institut Pasteur
Muriel Delepierre
Muriel Delepierre Institut Pasteur
Jérôme F. L. Duval
Jérôme F. L. Duval University of Lorraine
Glen C. Ulett
Glen C. Ulett Griffith University
Jean-Pierre Levraud
Jean-Pierre Levraud Institut Pasteur
David Bensimon
David Bensimon University of California, Los Angeles
Didier Mazel
Didier Mazel Université Paris Cité

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