Richard T. Marconi

Richard T. Marconi publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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Richard T. Marconi D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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Overview

Best Publications

• Development of polymerase chain reaction primer sets for diagnosis of Lyme disease and for species-specific identification of Lyme disease isolates by 16S rRNA signature nucleotide analysis.

  R T Marconi;C F Garon

  308
  Citations

• Identification of novel insertion elements, restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns, and discontinuous 23S rRNA in Lyme disease spirochetes: phylogenetic analyses of rRNA genes and their intergenic spacers in Borrelia japonica sp. nov. and genomic group 21038 (Borrelia andersonii sp. nov.) isolates.

  R T Marconi;D Liveris;I Schwartz

  297
  Citations

• Transcriptional analyses and mapping of the ospC gene in Lyme disease spirochetes.

  R T Marconi;D S Samuels;C F Garon

  216
  Citations

• Rrp1, a cyclic-di-GMP-producing response regulator, is an important regulator of Borrelia burgdorferi core cellular functions.

  Elizabeth A. Rogers;Darya Terekhova;Hong-Ming Zhang;Kelley M. Hovis

  184
  Citations

• Demonstration of OspC Type Diversity in Invasive Human Lyme Disease Isolates and Identification of Previously Uncharacterized Epitopes That Define the Specificity of the OspC Murine Antibody Response

  Christopher G. Earnhart;Eric L. Buckles;John Stephen Dumler;Richard T. Marconi

  181
  Citations

• Comprehensive analysis of the factor H binding capabilities of Borrelia species associated with Lyme disease: Delineation of two distinct classes of factor H binding proteins

  John V. McDowell;Jill Wolfgang;Emily Tran;Michael S. Metts

  172
  Citations

• Analysis of the OspE Determinants Involved in Binding of Factor H and OspE-Targeting Antibodies Elicited during Borrelia burgdorferi Infection in Mice

  Michael S. Metts;John V. McDowell;Michael Theisen;Paul Robert Hansen

  149
  Citations

• Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Borrelia: a comparison of North American and European isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi.

  R T Marconi;C F Garon

  146
  Citations

• Recent Progress in Lyme Disease and Remaining Challenges.

  Jason R. Bobe;Brandon L. Jutras;Elizabeth J. Horn;Monica E. Embers

  145
  Citations

• Microbes bind complement inhibitor factor H via a common site.

  T. Meri;H. Amdahl;M. J. Lehtinen;Satu Hyvärinen

  144
  Citations

• Evidence that the variable regions of the central domain of VlsE are antigenic during infection with lyme disease spirochetes.

  John V. McDowell;Shian Ying Sung;Linden T. Hu;Richard T. Marconi

  140
  Citations

• Identification and Characterization of a Linear-Plasmid-Encoded Factor H-Binding Protein (FhbA) of the Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia hermsii

  Kelley M. Hovis;John V. McDowell;LaToya Griffin;Richard T. Marconi

  131
  Citations

• Development of an OspC-based tetravalent, recombinant, chimeric vaccinogen that elicits bactericidal antibody against diverse Lyme disease spirochete strains.

  Christopher G. Earnhart;Eric L. Buckles;Richard T. Marconi

  128
  Citations

• The diguanylate cyclase, Rrp1, regulates critical steps in the enzootic cycle of the Lyme disease spirochetes.

  Jessica L. Kostick;Lee T. Szkotnicki;Elizabeth A. Rogers;Paola Bocci

  126
  Citations

• Variability of osp genes and gene products among species of Lyme disease spirochetes.

  R T Marconi;M E Konkel;C F Garon

  125
  Citations

• Molecular and evolutionary analyses of a variable series of genes in Borrelia burgdorferi that are related to ospE and ospF, constitute a gene family, and share a common upstream homology box.

  Richard T. Marconi;Shian Ying Sung;Carrie A Norton Hughes;Jason A. Carlyon

  119
  Citations

• Identification of a third genomic group of Borrelia burgdorferi through signature nucleotide analysis and 16S rRNA sequence determination.

  Richard T. Marconi;Claude F. Garon

  113
  Citations

• Analysis of the distribution and molecular heterogeneity of the ospD gene among the Lyme disease spirochetes: evidence for lateral gene exchange.

  R T Marconi;D S Samuels;R K Landry;C F Garon

  106
  Citations

• An Octavalent Lyme Disease Vaccine Induces Antibodies That Recognize All Incorporated ospC Type-Specific Sequences

  Christopher G. Earnhart;Richard T. Marconi

  105
  Citations

• Selective Binding of Borrelia burgdorferi OspE Paralogs to Factor H and Serum Proteins from Diverse Animals: Possible Expansion of the Role of OspE in Lyme Disease Pathogenesis

  Kelley M. Hovis;Emily Tran;Christina M. Sundy;Eric Buckles

  100
  Citations