Mariana G. Pinho

Mariana G. Pinho publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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Mariana G. Pinho 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 Mariana G. Pinho sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Bacterial Cell Wall Synthesis: New Insights from Localization Studies

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  841
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• An acquired and a native penicillin-binding protein cooperate in building the cell wall of drug-resistant staphylococci

  Mariana G. Pinho;Hermínia de Lencastre;Alexander Tomasz

  535
  Citations

• How to get (a)round: mechanisms controlling growth and division of coccoid bacteria

  Mariana G. Pinho;Morten Kjos;Jan-Willem Veening

  344
  Citations

• Dispersed mode of Staphylococcus aureus cell wall synthesis in the absence of the division machinery

  Mariana G. Pinho;Jeff Errington

  331
  Citations

• Teichoic acids are temporal and spatial regulators of peptidoglycan cross-linking in Staphylococcus aureus.

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  329
  Citations

• Complementation of the Essential Peptidoglycan Transpeptidase Function of Penicillin-Binding Protein 2 (PBP2) by the Drug Resistance Protein PBP2A in Staphylococcus aureus

  Mariana G. Pinho;Mariana G. Pinho;Sérgio R. Filipe;Sérgio R. Filipe;Hermı́nia de Lencastre;Hermı́nia de Lencastre;Alexander Tomasz

  304
  Citations

• Restoring Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Susceptibility to β-Lactam Antibiotics

  Christopher M. Tan;Alex G. Therien;Jun Lu;Sang H. Lee

  303
  Citations

• Cell shape dynamics during the staphylococcal cell cycle.

  João M. Monteiro;Pedro B. Fernandes;Filipa Vaz;Ana R. Pereira

  270
  Citations

• The different shapes of cocci.

  André Zapun;Thierry Vernet;Mariana G. Pinho

  244
  Citations

• Staphylococcus aureus PBP4 Is Essential for β-Lactam Resistance in Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Strains

  Guido Memmi;Sergio R. Filipe;Mariana G. Pinho;Zhibiao Fu

  240
  Citations

• Recruitment of penicillin-binding protein PBP2 to the division site of Staphylococcus aureus is dependent on its transpeptidation substrates

  Mariana G. Pinho;Jeffery Errington

  238
  Citations

• Inhibition of WTA synthesis blocks the cooperative action of PBPs and sensitizes MRSA to β-lactams.

  Maya A Farha;Alexander Leung;Edward W Sewell;Michael A D'Elia

  227
  Citations

• Antibiotic Resistance As a Stress Response: Complete Sequencing of a Large Number of Chromosomal Loci in Staphylococcus aureus Strain COL That Impact on the Expression of Resistance to Methicillin

  H. De Lencastre;S.W. Wu;M.G. Pinho;A.M. Ludovice

  223
  Citations

• Inactivated pbp4 in Highly Glycopeptide-resistant Laboratory Mutants of Staphylococcus aureus

  Krzysztof Sieradzki;Mariana G. Pinho;Alexander Tomasz

  189
  Citations

• Peptidoglycan synthesis drives an FtsZ-treadmilling-independent step of cytokinesis

  João M. Monteiro;Ana R. Pereira;Nathalie T. Reichmann;Bruno M. Saraiva

  187
  Citations

• Role of PBP1 in Cell Division of Staphylococcus aureus

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  146
  Citations

• Cloning, Characterization, and Inactivation of the Gene pbpC, Encoding Penicillin-Binding Protein 3 of Staphylococcus aureus

  Mariana G. Pinho;Mariana G. Pinho;Hermínia de Lencastre;Hermínia de Lencastre;Alexander Tomasz

  117
  Citations

• Fluorescence Ratio Imaging Microscopy Shows Decreased Access of Vancomycin to Cell Wall Synthetic Sites in Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

  Pedro M. Pereira;Sérgio R. Filipe;Alexander Tomasz;Mariana G. Pinho

  116
  Citations

• SEDS-bPBP pairs direct lateral and septal peptidoglycan synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus.

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  114
  Citations

• Staphylococcus aureus Survives with a Minimal Peptidoglycan Synthesis Machine but Sacrifices Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance

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  108
  Citations