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D-Index
45
Citations
6885
World Ranking
5041
National Ranking
156

Susana Merino 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 Susana Merino sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 168 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Susana Merino 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 Susana Merino sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 10th percentile

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

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

Overview

Susana Merino is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has produced research spanning several fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work is distributed across multiple subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ecology, Endocrinology, Immunology, and Microbiology.

The scientist's research topics address bacteriophages and microbial interactions, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Vibrio bacteria research, genomics and phylogenetic studies, Escherichia coli studies, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, as well as bacterial infections and vaccines.

Their recent papers include:

  • Monitoring influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in wastewater. Beyond COVID-19 (2023) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Flagellar motility mediates biofilm formation in Aeromonas dhakensis (2023) published in Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Surface Glucan Structures in Aeromonas spp. (2021) published in Marine Drugs
  • Roles of Proteins Containing Immunoglobulin-Like Domains in the Conjugation of Bacterial Plasmids (2022) published in mSphere
  • Polar Flagella Glycosylation in Aeromonas: Genomic Characterization and Involvement of a Specific Glycosyltransferase (Fgi-1) in Heterogeneous Flagella Glycosylation (2021) published in Frontiers in Microbiology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Susana Merino are:

  • Juan M. Tomás
  • Elena Mendoza-Barberà
  • Kelly M. Fulton
  • Susan M. Twine
  • Mário Hüttener

Susana Merino regularly publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • eLife
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Emerging pathogens: Aeromonas spp.

    Susana Merino;Xavier Rubires;Susanne Knøchel;Juan M. Tomás

  • Mechanisms of Klebsiella pneumoniae resistance to complement-mediated killing.

    S Merino;S Camprubí;S Albertí;V J Benedí

  • Lateral flagella of Aeromonas species are essential for epithelial cell adherence and biofilm formation.

    Rosalina Gavín;Ali A. Rabaan;Susana Merino;Juan M. Tomás

  • Virulence Factors of Erwinia amylovora: A Review

    Núria Piqué;David Miñana-Galbis;Susana Merino;Juan M. Tomás

  • A Type III Secretion System Is Required for Aeromonas hydrophila AH-1 Pathogenesis

    H. B. Yu;P. S. Srinivasa Rao;H. C. Lee;S. Vilches

  • Bacterial lateral flagella: an inducible flagella system

    Susana Merino;Jonathan G. Shaw;Juan M. Tomás

  • Identification and Characterization of Putative Virulence Genes and Gene Clusters in Aeromonas hydrophila PPD134/91

    H. B. Yu;Y. L. Zhang;Y. L. Lau;F. Yao

  • C1q binding and activation of the complement classical pathway by Klebsiella pneumoniae outer membrane proteins.

    S Albertí;G Marqués;S Camprubí;S Merino

  • Klebsiella pneumoniae Lipopolysaccharide O Typing: Revision of Prototype Strains and O-Group Distribution among Clinical Isolates from Different Sources and Countries

    Dennis S. Hansen;Francesca Mestre;Sebastián Albertí;Santiago Hernández-Allés

  • Capsular polysaccharide is a major complement resistance factor in lipopolysaccharide O side chain-deficient Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates.

    Dolores Álvarez;Susana Merino;Juan M. Tomás;Vicente J. Benedí

  • A Gene, uge, Is Essential for Klebsiella pneumoniae Virulence

    Miguel Regué;Beatriz Hita;Nuria Piqué;Luis Izquierdo

  • A gene (wbbL) from Serratia marcescens N28b (O4) complements the rfb-50 mutation of Escherichia coli K-12 derivatives.

    X Rubirés;F Saigi;N Piqué;N Climent

  • Cloning, sequencing, and role in virulence of two phospholipases (A1 and C) from mesophilic Aeromonas sp. serogroup O:34.

    Susana Merino;Alicia Aguilar;Maria Mercedes Nogueras;Miguel Regue

  • Complete type III secretion system of a mesophilic Aeromonas hydrophila strain.

    Silvia Vilches;Cecilia Urgell;Susana Merino;Matilde R. Chacón

  • The Klebsiella pneumoniae wabG gene: role in biosynthesis of the core lipopolysaccharide and virulence.

    Luis Izquierdo;Núria Coderch;Nuria Piqué;Emiliano Bedini

  • Lateral flagella are required for increased cell adherence, invasion and biofilm formation by Aeromonas spp.

    Rosalina Gavı́n;Susana Merino;Maria Altarriba;Rocı́o Canals

  • Analysis of complement C3 deposition and degradation on Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    S Albertí;D Alvarez;S Merino;M T Casado

  • Polar Flagellum Biogenesis in Aeromonas hydrophila

    Rocío Canals;Silvia Ramirez;Silvia Vilches;Gavin Horsburgh

  • Analysis of the Lateral Flagellar Gene System of Aeromonas hydrophila AH-3

    Rocío Canals;Maria Altarriba;Silvia Vilches;Gavin Horsburgh

  • The role of flagella and motility in the adherence and invasion to fish cell lines by Aeromonas hydrophila serogroup O:34 strains

    Susana Merino;Xavier Rubires;Alicia Aguilar;Juan M Tomás

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan M. Tomás
Juan M. Tomás University of Barcelona
Yuriy A. Knirel
Yuriy A. Knirel Russian Academy of Sciences
Sebastián Albertí
Sebastián Albertí University of the Balearic Islands
Alexander S. Shashkov
Alexander S. Shashkov Russian Academy of Sciences
Burke A. Cunha
Burke A. Cunha New York University Langone Medical Center
Buko Lindner
Buko Lindner Research Center Borstel - Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences
Paul Williams
Paul Williams University of Nottingham
Antonio Figueras
Antonio Figueras Spanish National Research Council
Maria José Figueras
Maria José Figueras Rovira i Virgili University
Beatriz Novoa
Beatriz Novoa Spanish National Research Council

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