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D-Index
84
Citations
20311
World Ranking
948
National Ranking
86

Miguel A. Valvano 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 Miguel A. Valvano sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 290 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Miguel A. Valvano 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 Miguel A. Valvano sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 84 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Miguel A. Valvano is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant output in this field represented by 79 publications.

The subfields of study associated with their work include molecular biology, endocrinology, plant science, molecular medicine, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. These areas highlight a broad range of interests spanning fundamental molecular mechanisms to specialized aspects of medicine and plant biology.

Valvano's research covers key topics such as antibiotic resistance in bacteria, Vibrio bacteria research studies, cystic fibrosis research advances, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and bacteriophages and microbial interactions. This diversity reflects a multidisciplinary approach to understanding bacterial physiology and pathogenesis.

Frequent coauthors contributing to their research network include Inmaculada García-Romero, Rebecca J. Ingram, Julia Monjarás Feria, Guanbo Wang, and Paulina Zarodkiewicz.

The main publication venues where Valvano's work appears multiple times are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Microbiological Research
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Virulence

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Valvano include:

  • "An Overview of Anti-Eukaryotic T6SS Effectors" (2020), published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • "An improved bind-n-seq strategy to determine protein-DNA interactions validated using the bacterial transcriptional regulator YipR" (2020), published in BMC Microbiology
  • "Characterization of the Exopolysaccharide Biosynthesis Pathway in Myxococcus xanthus" (2020), published in Journal of Bacteriology
  • "Inherent colistin resistance in genogroups of the Enterobacter cloacae complex: epidemiological, genetic and biochemical analysis from the BSAC Resistance Surveillance Programme" (2020), published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • "Current Advances in Burkholderia Vaccines Development" (2020), published in Cells

Best Publications

  • An essential role for NOD1 in host recognition of bacterial peptidoglycan containing diaminopimelic acid.

    Mathias Chamaillard;Masahito Hashimoto;Yasuo Horie;Junya Masumoto

  • Lipopolysaccharide modification in Gram-negative bacteria during chronic infection

    Rita F. Maldonado;Isabel Sá-Correia;Miguel A. Valvano;Miguel A. Valvano

  • Bacterial polysaccharide synthesis and gene nomenclature

    Peter R. Reeves;Matthew Hobbs;Miguel A. Valvano;Mikael Skurnik

  • CHARMM-GUI Membrane Builder for Complex Biological Membrane Simulations with Glycolipids and Lipoglycans.

    Jumin Lee;Dhilon S Patel;Jonas Ståhle;Sang-Jun Park

  • Engineering N-linked protein glycosylation with diverse O antigen lipopolysaccharide structures in Escherichia coli.

    Mario F. Feldman;Michael Wacker;Marcela Hernandez;Paul G. Hitchen

  • Antimicrobial Heteroresistance: an Emerging Field in Need of Clarity

    Omar M. El-Halfawy;Miguel A. Valvano;Miguel A. Valvano

  • Translocation of lipid-linked oligosaccharides across the ER membrane requires Rft1 protein.

    Jonne Helenius;Davis T W Ng;Cristina L Marolda;Peter Walter

  • Biosynthesis and expression of cell-surface polysaccharides in gram-negative bacteria

    Chris Whitfield;Miguel A. Valvano

  • Functional analysis of the Campylobacter jejuni N-linked protein glycosylation pathway.

    Dennis Linton;Nick Dorrell;Paul G. Hitchen;Saba Amber

  • Biosynthesis Pathway of ADP-l-glycero-β-d-manno-Heptose in Escherichia coli

    Bernd Kneidinger;Cristina Marolda;Michael Graninger;Alla Zamyatina

  • Extreme antimicrobial Peptide and polymyxin B resistance in the genus burkholderia

    Slade A. Loutet;Miguel A. Valvano

  • Substrate specificity of bacterial oligosaccharyltransferase suggests a common transfer mechanism for the bacterial and eukaryotic systems

    Michael Wacker;Mario F. Feldman;Nico Callewaert;Michael Kowarik

  • The Activity of a Putative Polyisoprenol-linked Sugar Translocase (Wzx) Involved in Escherichia coli O Antigen Assembly Is Independent of the Chemical Structure of the O Repeat

    Mario F. Feldman;Cristina L. Marolda;Mario A. Monteiro;Malcolm B. Perry

  • Functional Characterization and Membrane Topology of Escherichia coli WecA, a Sugar-Phosphate Transferase Initiating the Biosynthesis of Enterobacterial Common Antigen and O-Antigen Lipopolysaccharide

    Jason Lehrer;Karen A. Vigeant;Laura D. Tatar;Miguel A. Valvano

  • Autophagy stimulation by rapamycin suppresses lung inflammation and infection by Burkholderia cenocepacia in a model of cystic fibrosis.

    Basant A Abdulrahman;Arwa Abu Khweek;Anwari Akhter;Kyle Caution

  • A decade of Burkholderia cenocepacia virulence determinant research.

    Slade A. Loutet;Miguel A. Valvano

  • Role of the rfe gene in the biosynthesis of the Escherichia coli O7-specific lipopolysaccharide and other O-specific polysaccharides containing N-acetylglucosamine.

    D C Alexander;M A Valvano

  • Two distinct but interchangeable mechanisms for flipping of lipid-linked oligosaccharides.

    Cristina Alaimo;Ina Catrein;Laura Morf;Cristina L Marolda

  • Construction and Evaluation of Plasmid Vectors Optimized for Constitutive and Regulated Gene Expression in Burkholderia cepacia Complex Isolates

    Matthew D. Lefebre;Miguel A. Valvano

  • A system for the construction of targeted unmarked gene deletions in the genus Burkholderia.

    Ronald S. Flannagan;Thomas Linn;Miguel A. Valvano

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Molinaro
Antonio Molinaro University of Naples Federico II
Jorge H. Crosa
Jorge H. Crosa Oregon Health & Science University
Markus Aebi
Markus Aebi ETH Zurich
Paul Kosma
Paul Kosma BOKU University
Elizabeth L. Hartland
Elizabeth L. Hartland Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Mario F. Feldman
Mario F. Feldman Washington University in St. Louis
Yuriy A. Knirel
Yuriy A. Knirel Russian Academy of Sciences
Michael M. Tunney
Michael M. Tunney Queen's University Belfast
Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa
Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa University of Wrocław
Pamela A. Sokol
Pamela A. Sokol University of Calgary

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