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Natividad Ruiz publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Natividad Ruiz sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 76 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Natividad Ruiz D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Natividad Ruiz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Natividad Ruiz is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Molecular Medicine, and Surgery.

Their work addresses topics including Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Surgical Simulation and Training, and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Ruiz has published in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to Cureus, Chemical Reviews, Journal of Bacteriology, Molecular Microbiology, and Contact.

Notable recent publications by Ruiz include:

  • How Escherichia coli Became the Flagship Bacterium of Molecular Biology, 2022, Journal of Bacteriology

Other significant papers relevant to their research network (though with coauthors) are:

  • Assembly and Maintenance of Lipids at the Bacterial Outer Membrane, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • The Bacterial Cell Wall: From Lipid II Flipping to Polymerization, 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • Bacterial AsmA-Like Proteins: Bridging the Gap in Intermembrane Phospholipid Transport, 2023, Contact
  • Detection of Transport Intermediates in the Peptidoglycan Flippase MurJ Identifies Residues Essential for Conformational Cycling, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Ruiz has collaborated frequently with researchers such as Sujeet Kumar, Daniel Kahne, Emily Lundstedt, Aurelio Mollo, and Andrew Wilson.

Best Publications

  • Identification of a Multicomponent Complex Required for Outer Membrane Biogenesis in Escherichia coli

    Tao Wu;Tao Wu;Juliana Malinverni;Natividad Ruiz;Seokhee Kim;Seokhee Kim

  • Advances in understanding bacterial outer-membrane biogenesis

    Natividad Ruiz;Daniel Kahne;Thomas J. Silhavy

  • Function and Biogenesis of Lipopolysaccharides.

    Blake Bertani;Natividad Ruiz

  • Lipopolysaccharide transport and assembly at the outer membrane: the PEZ model.

    Suguru Okuda;David J. Sherman;Thomas J. Silhavy;Natividad Ruiz

  • MurJ is the flippase of lipid-linked precursors for peptidoglycan biogenesis

    Lok To Sham;Emily K. Butler;Matthew D. Lebar;Daniel Kahne

  • Cytolysin-Mediated Translocation (CMT): A Functional Equivalent of Type III Secretion in Gram-Positive Bacteria

    John C Madden;Natividad Ruiz;Michael Caparon

  • Chemical conditionality: a genetic strategy to probe organelle assembly.

    Natividad Ruiz;Brian Falcone;Daniel Kahne;Daniel Kahne;Thomas J. Silhavy

  • Sensing external stress: watchdogs of the Escherichia coli cell envelope.

    Natividad Ruiz;Thomas J Silhavy

  • Transport of lipopolysaccharide across the cell envelope: the long road of discovery

    Natividad Ruiz;Daniel Kahne;Thomas J. Silhavy

  • Identification of two inner-membrane proteins required for the transport of lipopolysaccharide to the outer membrane of Escherichia coli

    Natividad Ruiz;Luisa S. Gronenberg;Daniel Kahne;Thomas Joseph Silhavy

  • Bioinformatics identification of MurJ (MviN) as the peptidoglycan lipid II flippase in Escherichia coli

    Natividad Ruiz

  • Characterization of the two-protein complex in Escherichia coli responsible for lipopolysaccharide assembly at the outer membrane

    Shu-Sin Chng;Natividad Ruiz;Gitanjali Chimalakonda;Thomas J. Silhavy

  • Regulation of cell size in response to nutrient availability by fatty acid biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

    Zhizhong Yao;Rebecca M. Davis;Roy Kishony;Daniel Kahne

  • Characterization of the role of the Escherichia coli periplasmic chaperone SurA using differential proteomics

    Didier Vertommen;Natividad Ruiz;Pauline Leverrier;Thomas J. Silhavy

  • Genetic Basis for Activity Differences Between Vancomycin and Glycolipid Derivatives of Vancomycin

    Ulrike S. Eggert;Natividad Ruiz;Brian V. Falcone;Arthur A. Branstrom

  • Regulated assembly of the transenvelope protein complex required for lipopolysaccharide export.

    Elizaveta Freinkman;Suguru Okuda;Natividad Ruiz;Daniel Kahne

  • Lipoprotein LptE is required for the assembly of LptD by the β-barrel assembly machine in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli

    Gitanjali Chimalakonda;Natividad Ruiz;Natividad Ruiz;Shu Sin Chng;Ronald A. Garner

  • Streptolysin O and adherence synergistically modulate proinflammatory responses of keratinocytes to group A streptococci

    Natividad Ruiz;Bei Wang;Alice Pentland;Michael Caparon

  • Synthesis of new hydride-carbyne and hydride-vinylcarbyne complexes of osmium(II) by reaction of OsH2Cl2(P-iso-Pr3)2 with terminal alkynes

    Jesus Espuelas;Miguel A. Esteruelas;Fernando J. Lahoz;Luis A. Oro

  • Nonconsecutive disulfide bond formation in an essential integral outer membrane protein

    Natividad Ruiz;Shu-Sin Chng;Annie Hiniker;Annie Hiniker;Daniel Kahne

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Kahne
Daniel Kahne Harvard University
Thomas J. Silhavy
Thomas J. Silhavy Princeton University
Luis A. Oro
Luis A. Oro University of Zaragoza
Miguel A. Esteruelas
Miguel A. Esteruelas University of Zaragoza
Fernando J. Lahoz
Fernando J. Lahoz University of Zaragoza
Suzanne Walker
Suzanne Walker Harvard University
Michael G. Caparon
Michael G. Caparon Washington University in St. Louis
Ana M. López
Ana M. López University of Zaragoza
Thomas G. Bernhardt
Thomas G. Bernhardt Harvard University
Jean-François Collet
Jean-François Collet Université Catholique de Louvain

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