Brian C. Thomas

23.4k citations
116 papers · 15.1k · 11 hit papers · h-index 60

Impact in

  • Ecology top 0.05%
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
    • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
    • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Papers in

    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 56
    • Gut microbiota and health 15
    • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 10
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 9
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 55
    • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 15

Brian C. Thomas

115 papers receiving 14.9k citations

Brian C. Thomas's Hit Papers

Expanded diversity of microbial groups that shape the dissimilatory sulfur cycle 2018 · 295 citations
2950+4+9Years since publication4008001.2k

Peers

Brian C. Thomas
Comparison fields: 5 of 190
  • Ecology 7.7k
  • Environmental Chemistry 2.5k
  • Molecular Biology 9.6k
  • Pollution 1.3k
  • Endocrinology 413
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Christopher T. Brown United States
Søren J. Sørensen Denmark
Zhili He China
Itai Sharon United States
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A new view of the tree of life
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20161282
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Recovery of genomes from metagenomes via a dereplication, aggregation and scoring strategy
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2018922
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Unusual biology across a group comprising more than 15% of domain Bacteria
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2015774
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Thousands of microbial genomes shed light on interconnected biogeochemical processes in an aquifer system
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2016741
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Community genomic analyses constrain the distribution of metabolic traits across the Chloroflexi phylum and indicate roles in sediment carbon cycling
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2013490
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Fermentation, Hydrogen, and Sulfur Metabolism in Multiple Uncultivated Bacterial Phyla
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2012486
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Microbes in the neonatal intensive care unit resemble those found in the gut of premature infants
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2014443
8
New CRISPR–Cas systems from uncultivated microbes
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2016409
9 2009408
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Genomic Expansion of Domain Archaea Highlights Roles for Organisms from New Phyla in Anaerobic Carbon Cycling
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2015392
11 2006352
12 2006328
13 2012322
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Novel soil bacteria possess diverse genes for secondary metabolite biosynthesis
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2018304
15 2013299
16 2015296
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Expanded diversity of microbial groups that shape the dissimilatory sulfur cycle
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2018295
18 2011272
19 2016262
20 2013232

About Brian C. Thomas

Brian C. Thomas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Food Science and Genetics, having authored 116 papers that have together received 15.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (56 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (55 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (15 papers), Gut microbiota and health (15 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (11 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (10 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (7.7k citations), Environmental Chemistry (2.5k citations), Molecular Biology (9.6k citations), Pollution (1.3k citations) and Endocrinology (413 citations). Brian C. Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Jillian F. Banfield, Itai Sharon, Cindy J. Castelle, Christopher T. Brown, Laura Hug, Alexander J. Probst, Kenneth H. Williams, Kelly Wrighton, Michael Freeling and Karthik Anantharaman. Their work appears in journals such as The ISME Journal, Nature Communications, Genome Research, Environmental Microbiology and mBio.

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