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Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Caroline Weis
GlaxoSmithKline (India)
2
Mislav Acman
University College London
3
Valentina Puca
University of Chieti-Pescara
4
Abigail Bartlett
University of Exeter
5
Ajaya Kumar Rout
Central Agricultural University
6
Katrina Kalantar
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States)
7
Mark Verway
McGill University
8
Mohamed Chakkour
Wayne State University
9
Sebastian Beyvers
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
10
Oldřich Bartoš
Military Research Institute

Papers

1
Publication in Journal of Hazardous Materials (2024) [53 citations, W4394987487]
Journal of Hazardous Materials|2024
53 cit.
2
Publication in Current Research in Biotechnology (2024) [45 citations, W4391568682]
Current Research in Biotechnology|2024
45 cit.
3
Biofilm and bacterial membrane vesicles: recent advances
Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents|2024
12 cit.
4
Antimicrobial efficacy of direct air gas soft jet plasma for the in vitro reduction of oral bacterial biofilms
Scientific Reports|2024
11 cit.
5
Cell Response Toward Inflammation of <scp>DPSCs</scp> Co‐Cultured With <scp><i>Streptococcus mutans</i></scp> in the Presence of Alginate/Hydroxyapatite‐Based Scaffolds Enriched With Silver Nanoparticles
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials|2025
0 cit.
6
Developing a multi-domain EHR foundation model for predicting Hepatitis B liver disease: a clinical perspective
medRxiv|2026
0 cit.
7
Characterization of Helicobacter pylori Outer Membrane Vesicles over time, in biofilm and planktonic phenotypes
Frontiers in Microbiology|2026
0 cit.
8
Publication in Frontiers in Microbiology (2026) [W7163328943]
Frontiers in Microbiology|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
William Klimke
National Institutes of Health
2
Benjamin M. Lomaestro
Albany Medical Center Hospital
3
Patricia J. Simner
Mayo Clinic
4
Belén Rodríguez‐Sánchez
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
5
Bradford L. Walters
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
6
Sam Abraham
Murdoch University
7
Gerald Larrouy‐Maumus
Imperial College London
8
Emma B. Hodcroft
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
9
Rossella Grande
University of Chieti-Pescara
10
Natacha Couto
University of Bath

Papers

1
Evaluation of Metagenomic and Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Workflows for Detection of Respiratory Pathogens from Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Specimens
Journal of Clinical Microbiology|2022
198 cit.
2
Evolution, geographic spreading, and demographic distribution of Enterovirus D68
PLoS Pathogens|2022
71 cit.
3
Status check: next-generation sequencing for infectious-disease diagnostics
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2024
70 cit.
4
An NDM-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> Clinical Isolate Exhibiting Resistance to Cefiderocol and the Combination of Ceftazidime-Avibactam and Aztreonam: Another Step Toward Pan-β-Lactam Resistance
Open Forum Infectious Diseases|2023
66 cit.
5
Curation of the AMRFinderPlus databases: applications, functionality and impact
Microbial Genomics|2022
58 cit.
6
Multicenter Evaluation of an MIC-Based Aztreonam and Ceftazidime-Avibactam Broth Disk Elution Test
Journal of Clinical Microbiology|2023
45 cit.
7
Expression of a novel mycobacterial phosphodiesterase successfully lowers cAMP levels resulting in reduced tolerance to cell wall–targeting antimicrobials
Journal of Biological Chemistry|2022
41 cit.
8
Multicentre study on the reproducibility of MALDI-TOF MS for nontuberculous mycobacteria identification
Scientific Reports|2022
40 cit.
9
Identification of Mycobacterium abscessus Subspecies by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Machine Learning
Journal of Clinical Microbiology|2023
40 cit.
10
Combination of phage therapy and cefiderocol to successfully treat <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> cranial osteomyelitis
JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance|2022
39 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Didier Raoult
Aix-Marseille Université
2
James M. Tiedje
Michigan State University
3
Margaret A. Dudeck
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4
James C. Wade
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
5
Jongsik Chun
Unknown
6
Marilyn C. Roberts
University of Washington
7
Ole Lund
Technical University of Denmark
8
Michael J. Rybak
Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
9
Fred C. Tenover
University of Dayton
10
Richard P. Wenzel
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

Papers

1
Introducing EzBioCloud: a taxonomically united database of 16S rRNA gene sequences and whole-genome assemblies
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY|2016
7.7k cit.
2
CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care–associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting
American Journal of Infection Control|2008
6.6k cit.
3
Introducing EzTaxon-e: a prokaryotic 16S rRNA gene sequence database with phylotypes that represent uncultured species
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY|2011
5.3k cit.
4
RETRACTED: Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents|2020
5k cit.
5
The Ribosomal Database Project: improved alignments and new tools for rRNA analysis
Nucleic Acids Research|2008
4.9k cit.
6
DNA–DNA hybridization values and their relationship to whole-genome sequence similarities
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY|2007
4.8k cit.
7
Ribosomal Database Project: data and tools for high throughput rRNA analysis
Nucleic Acids Research|2013
4.6k cit.
8
Tetracycline Antibiotics: Mode of Action, Applications, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology of Bacterial Resistance
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews|2001
4.5k cit.
9
A large-scale evaluation of algorithms to calculate average nucleotide identity
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek|2017
3.6k cit.
10
OrthoANI: An improved algorithm and software for calculating average nucleotide identity
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY|2015
3.2k cit.

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