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Peter Zuber publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Zuber sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 106 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Peter Zuber D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Zuber sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peter Zuber is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. The scientist's research spans multiple disciplines with a focus on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work contributes to subfields such as epidemiology, periodontics, molecular biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and clinical biochemistry.

The main topics of Peter Zuber's research include:

  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research

Recent publications by Peter Zuber include:

  • Aspects of oral streptococcal metabolic diversity: Imagining the landscape beneath the fog, 2023, Molecular Microbiology
  • Disruption of the adh (Acetoin Dehydrogenase) Operon Has Wide-Ranging Effects on Streptococcus mutans Growth and Stress Response, 2022, Journal of Bacteriology

Other notable recent works related to co-authors but not exclusively by Zuber include:

  • Increased Oxidative Stress Tolerance of a Spontaneously Occurring perR Gene Mutation in Streptococcus mutans UA159, 2021, Journal of Bacteriology
  • Increased oxidative stress tolerance of a spontaneously-occurring perR gene mutation in Streptococcus mutans UA159, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Jessica K. Kajfasz
  • José A. Lemos
  • Tridib Ganguly
  • Jacqueline Abranches
  • Jens Kreth

Peter Zuber's work has been published mainly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Bacteriology
  • Molecular Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • A new enzyme superfamily — the phosphopantetheinyl transferases

    Ralph H. Lambalot;Amy M. Gehring;Roger S. Flugel;Peter Zuber

  • CHARACTERIZATION OF SFP, A BACILLUS SUBTILIS PHOSPHOPANTETHEINYL TRANSFERASE FOR PEPTIDYL CARRIER PROTEIN DOMAINS IN PEPTIDE SYNTHETASES

    Luis E. N. Quadri;Paul H. Weinreb;Ming Lei;Michiko M. Nakano

  • ANAEROBIC GROWTH OF A “STRICT AEROBE” (BACILLUS SUBTILIS)

    Michiko M. Nakano;Peter Zuber

  • Identification of a genetic locus required for biosynthesis of the lipopeptide antibiotic surfactin in Bacillus subtilis.

    M M Nakano;M A Marahiel;P Zuber

  • Role of AbrB in Spo0A- and Spo0B-dependent utilization of a sporulation promoter in Bacillus subtilis.

    P Zuber;R Losick

  • Spatial variability overwhelms seasonal patterns in bacterioplankton communities across a river to ocean gradient.

    Caroline S Fortunato;Lydie Herfort;Peter Zuber;Antonio M Baptista

  • Isolation and characterization of sfp: a gene that functions in the production of the lipopeptide biosurfactant, surfactin, in Bacillus subtilis.

    Michiko M. Nakano;Nathan Corbell;Jerry Besson;Peter Zuber

  • Spx-dependent global transcriptional control is induced by thiol-specific oxidative stress in Bacillus subtilis

    Shunji Nakano;Elke Küster-Schöck;Alan D. Grossman;Peter Zuber

  • Characterization of anaerobic fermentative growth of Bacillus subtilis: identification of fermentation end products and genes required for growth.

    Michiko M. Nakano;Yves P. Dailly;Peter Zuber;David P. Clark

  • Structure of Subtilosin A, a Cyclic Antimicrobial Peptide from Bacillus subtilis with Unusual Sulfur to α-Carbon Cross-Links: Formation and Reduction of α-Thio-α-Amino Acid Derivatives†,‡

    Karen E. Kawulka;Tara Sprules;Christopher M. Diaper;Randy M. Whittal

  • srfA is an operon required for surfactin production, competence development, and efficient sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.

    M M Nakano;R Magnuson;A Myers;J Curry

  • Genes of the sbo-alb Locus of Bacillus subtilis Are Required for Production of the Antilisterial Bacteriocin Subtilosin

    Guolu Zheng;Liang Z. Yan;John C. Vederas;Peter Zuber

  • Mutation changing the specificity of an RNA polymerase sigma factor.

    Peter Zuber;Peter Zuber;Judy Healy;H.Luke Carter;Simon Cutting

  • Use of a lacZ fusion to study the role of the spoO genes of bacillus subtilis in developmental regulation

    Peter Zuber;Richard Losick

  • Transcription initiation region of the srfA operon, which is controlled by the comP-comA signal transduction system in Bacillus subtilis.

    M. M. Nakano;Liang Xia;P. Zuber

  • Regulation of peptide antibiotic production in Bacillus

    M. A. Marahier;M. M. Nakano;P. Zuber

  • Management of Oxidative Stress in Bacillus

    Peter Zuber

  • Identification of comS, a gene of the srfA operon that regulates the establishment of genetic competence in Bacillus subtilis

    Cletus D'Souza;Michiko M. Nakano;Peter Zuber

  • Spx-RNA Polymerase Interaction and Global Transcriptional Control during Oxidative Stress

    Peter Zuber

  • Two-component regulatory proteins ResD-ResE are required for transcriptional activation of fnr upon oxygen limitation in Bacillus subtilis.

    M M Nakano;P Zuber;P Glaser;A Danchin

Frequent Co-Authors

Michiko M. Nakano
Michiko M. Nakano Oregon Health & Science University
Richard Losick
Richard Losick Harvard University
Mohamed A. Marahiel
Mohamed A. Marahiel Philipp University of Marburg
Byron C. Crump
Byron C. Crump Oregon State University
Haike Antelmann
Haike Antelmann Freie Universität Berlin
John C. Vederas
John C. Vederas University of Alberta
Michael Hecker
Michael Hecker University of Greifswald
Christopher T. Walsh
Christopher T. Walsh Stanford University
Richard G. Brennan
Richard G. Brennan Duke University
Antoine Danchin
Antoine Danchin Institut Cochin

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