Michael J. Morowitz

Michael J. Morowitz 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 Michael J. Morowitz sits on this spectrum.

Michael J. Morowitz 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 Michael J. Morowitz sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Microbes in the neonatal intensive care unit resemble those found in the gut of premature infants

  Brandon Brooks;Brian A Firek;Christopher S Miller;Christopher S Miller;Itai Sharon

  601
  Citations

• inStrain profiles population microdiversity from metagenomic data and sensitively detects shared microbial strains.

  Matthew R. Olm;Matthew R. Olm;Alexander Crits-Christoph;Keith Bouma-Gregson;Brian A. Firek

  532
  Citations

• Time series community genomics analysis reveals rapid shifts in bacterial species, strains, and phage during infant gut colonization

  Itai Sharon;Michael J. Morowitz;Brian C. Thomas;Elizabeth K. Costello

  511
  Citations

• Clades of huge phages from across Earth’s ecosystems

  Basem Al-Shayeb;Rohan Sachdeva;Lin-Xing Chen;Fred Ward

  504
  Citations

• Intestinal Epithelial Toll-Like Receptor 4 Regulates Goblet Cell Development and Is Required for Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Mice

  Chhinder P. Sodhi;Chhinder P. Sodhi;Matthew D. Neal;Matthew D. Neal;Richard Siggers;Richard Siggers;Shonan Sho;Shonan Sho

  346
  Citations

• Redefining the role of intestinal microbes in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis.

  Unknown

  242
  Citations

• Strain-resolved community genomic analysis of gut microbial colonization in a premature infant

  Michael J. Morowitz;Vincent J. Denef;Elizabeth K. Costello;Brian C. Thomas

  235
  Citations

• Contributions of Intestinal Bacteria to Nutrition and Metabolism in the Critically Ill

  Unknown

  232
  Citations

• Strain-resolved analysis of hospital rooms and infants reveals overlap between the human and room microbiome.

  Brandon Brooks;Matthew R. Olm;Brian A. Firek;Robyn Baker

  229
  Citations

• Microbiome Assembly across Multiple Body Sites in Low-Birthweight Infants

  Elizabeth K. Costello;Erica M. Carlisle;Elisabeth M. Bik;Michael J. Morowitz

  178
  Citations

• Necrotizing enterocolitis is preceded by increased gut bacterial replication, Klebsiella, and fimbriae-encoding bacteria

  Matthew R. Olm;Nicholas Bhattacharya;Alexander Crits-Christoph;Brian A. Firek

  169
  Citations

• Gut bacteria are rarely shared by co-hospitalized premature infants, regardless of necrotizing enterocolitis development.

  Tali Raveh-Sadka;Brian C Thomas;Andrea Singh;Brian Firek

  144
  Citations

• Disruption of the microbiota across multiple body sites in critically ill children

  Matthew B. Rogers;Brian Firek;Min Shi;Andrew Yeh

  137
  Citations

• Identical bacterial populations colonize premature infant gut, skin, and oral microbiomes and exhibit different in situ growth rates.

  Matthew R. Olm;Christopher T. Brown;Brandon Brooks;Brian Firek

  133
  Citations

• Safety, Clinical Response, and Microbiome Findings Following Fecal Microbiota Transplant in Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

  Unknown

  130
  Citations

• Gut microbial gene expression in mother-fed and formula-fed piglets.

  Valeriy Poroyko;James Robert White;Mei Wang;Sharon Donovan

  125
  Citations

• Dynamics of the preterm gut microbiome in health and disease

  Unknown

  111
  Citations

• The developing premature infant gut microbiome is a major factor shaping the microbiome of neonatal intensive care unit rooms

  Brandon Brooks;Matthew R. Olm;Brian A. Firek;Robyn Baker

  101
  Citations

• Dysbiosis in the intensive care unit: Microbiome science coming to the bedside

  Georgios D Kitsios;Michael J Morowitz;Michael J Morowitz;Robert P Dickson;Gary B. Huffnagle

  98
  Citations

• Machine Learning Leveraging Genomes from Metagenomes Identifies Influential Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Infant Gut Microbiome.

  Sumayah F. Rahman;Matthew R. Olm;Michael J. Morowitz;Jillian F. Banfield

  93
  Citations