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Roy Gross 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 Roy Gross sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 120 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roy Gross 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 Roy Gross sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Roy Gross is a researcher affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany. Their work spans several interconnected fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology.

The primary subfields of study for this researcher include Insect Science, Genetics, Microbiology, and Epidemiology. Their research predominantly focuses on topics such as Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, Insect and Pesticide Research, as well as Bacterial Infections and Vaccines. There is also notable attention to Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections and Microbial infections and disease research.

Roy Gross has published papers in various scientific venues. These include:

  • "Formicine ants swallow their highly acidic poison for gut microbial selection and control," 2020, published in eLife
  • "Activity of Tracheal Cytotoxin of Bordetella pertussis in a Human Tracheobronchial 3D Tissue Model," 2021, published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • "Formicine ants swallow their highly acidic poison for gut microbial selection and control," 2020, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Simon Tragust, Claudia Herrmann, Jane Häfner, Ronja Braasch, and Christina Tilgen.

The venues where Roy Gross most often publishes include eLife, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Regulation of bacterial virulence by two-component systems.

    Dagmar Beier;Roy Gross

  • The genome sequence of Blochmannia floridanus: Comparative analysis of reduced genomes

    Rosario Gil;Francisco J. Silva;Evelyn Zientz;François Delmotte;François Delmotte

  • Sequences required for expression of Bordetella pertussis virulence factors share homology with prokaryotic signal transduction proteins.

    Beatrice Arico;Jeff F. Miller;Craig Roy;Scott Stibitz

  • Nutritional upgrading for omnivorous carpenter ants by the endosymbiont Blochmannia

    Heike Feldhaar;Josef Straka;Markus Krischke;Kristina Berthold

  • Metabolic Interdependence of Obligate Intracellular Bacteria and Their Insect Hosts

    Evelyn Zientz;Thomas Dandekar;Roy Gross

  • Analysis of and function predictions for previously conserved hypothetical or putative proteins in Blochmannia floridanus

    Peter Gaudermann;Ina Vogl;Evelyn Zientz;Francisco J Silva

  • Families of bacterial signal‐transducing proteins

    R. Gross;B. Aricò;R. Rappuoli

  • Systematic relationships and cospeciation of bacterial endosymbionts and their carpenter ant host species: proposal of the new taxon Candidatus Blochmannia gen. nov.

    Christina Sauer;Erko Stackebrandt;Jürgen Gadau;Bert Hölldobler

  • Signalling pathways in two-component phosphorelay systems.

    Anne-Laure Perraud;Verena Weiss;Roy Gross

  • Intracellular endosymbiotic bacteria of Camponotus species (carpenter ants): systematics, evolution and ultrastructural characterization

    Doris Schröder;Heike Deppisch;Malu Obermayer;Georg Krohne

  • Identification of immunodominant antigens from Helicobacter pylori and evaluation of their reactivities with sera from patients with different gastroduodenal pathologies.

    Brigitte Kimmel;Armin Bosserhoff;Rainer Frank;Roy Gross

  • Composition of epiphytic bacterial communities differs on petals and leaves.

    Robert R. Junker;C. Loewel;Roy Gross;Stefan Dötterl

  • Bordetella petrii sp. nov., isolated from an anaerobic bioreactor, and emended description of the genus Bordetella.

    F von Wintzingerode;A Schattke;R A Siddiqui;U Rösick

  • Evolutionary trends in the genus Bordetella

    Gabriele Gerlach;Friedrich von Wintzingerode;Barbara Middendorf;Roy Gross

  • The virulence regulator protein of Listeria ivanovii is highly homologous to PrfA from Listeria monocytogenes and both belong to the Crp-Fnr family of transcription regulators

    Robert Lampidis;Roy Gross;Zeljka Sokolovic;Werner Goebel

  • Insects as hosts for mutualistic bacteria.

    Heike Feldhaar;Roy Gross

  • The lipopolysaccharide of Bordetella bronchiseptica acts as a protective shield against antimicrobial peptides

    Andreas Banemann;Heike Deppisch;Roy Gross

  • Immune reactions of insects on bacterial pathogens and mutualists

    Heike Feldhaar;Roy Gross

  • Tissue Localization of the Endosymbiotic Bacterium “Candidatus Blochmannia floridanus” in Adults and Larvae of the Carpenter Ant Camponotus floridanus

    Christina Sauer;Dieter Dudaczek;Bert Hölldobler;Roy Gross

  • Positive regulation of pertussis toxin expression.

    Roy Gross;Rino Rappuoli

Frequent Co-Authors

Heike Feldhaar
Heike Feldhaar University of Bayreuth
Rino Rappuoli
Rino Rappuoli Imperial College London
Thomas Dandekar
Thomas Dandekar University of Würzburg
Werner Goebel
Werner Goebel University of Würzburg
Bert Hölldobler
Bert Hölldobler Arizona State University
Karsten Rippe
Karsten Rippe German Cancer Research Center
Volkmar Braun
Volkmar Braun Max Planck Society
Andrés Moya
Andrés Moya University of Valencia
William E. Goldman
William E. Goldman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carlos A. Guzmán
Carlos A. Guzmán Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

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