Meghan E. Chafee

1.6k citations

17 papers · 1.2k · 1 hit paper · h-index 10

Impact in

Ecology top 2%
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Oceanography top 10%
- Marine and coastal ecosystems

Papers in

Ecology 7
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 6
Food Science 3
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods 3

Co-authors: Hanno Teeling (5 shared papers)A. Murat Eren (2 shared papers)Rudolf Amann (4 shared papers)Loïs Maignien (2 shared papers)Sheri L. Simmons (2 shared papers)Gunnar Gerdts (3 shared papers)Emelia DeForce (1 shared paper)Karen Krüger (2 shared papers)
Journals: Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (3 papers)Gastroenterology (2 papers)Environmental Microbiology (2 papers)The ISME Journal (2 papers)Molecular Biology and Evolution (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Germany United Kingdom

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Meghan E. Chafee

16 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Meghan E. Chafee's Hit Papers

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Recurring patterns in bacterioplankton dynamics during coastal spring algae blooms 2016 · 368 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2016 eLife

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1	Recurring patterns in bacterioplankton dynamics during coastal spring algae blooms eLife ·Hanno Teeling, Bernhard Maximilian Fuchs, Christin M. Bennke, Karen Krüger, Meghan E. Chafee, Lennart Kappelmann, Greta Reintjes, Jost Waldmann Hit paper breakdown →	2016	368
2	Ecological Succession and Stochastic Variation in the Assembly of Arabidopsis thaliana Phyllosphere Communities mBio ·Loïs Maignien, Emelia DeForce, Meghan E. Chafee, A. Murat Eren, Sheri L. Simmons	2014	246
3	In marine Bacteroidetes the bulk of glycan degradation during algae blooms is mediated by few clades using a restricted set of genes The ISME Journal ·Karen Krüger, Meghan E. Chafee, Ben Francis, Tijana Glavina del Rio, Dörte Becher, Thomas Schweder, Rudolf Amann, Hanno Teeling	2019	142
4	Recurrent patterns of microdiversity in a temperate coastal marine environment The ISME Journal ·Meghan E. Chafee, Antonio Fernàndez-Guerra, Pier Luigi Buttigieg, Gunnar Gerdts, A. Murat Eren, Hanno Teeling, Rudolf Amann	2017	123
5	A Phase 1b Safety Study of SER-287, a Spore-Based Microbiome Therapeutic, for Active Mild to Moderate Ulcerative Colitis Gastroenterology ·Matthew R. Henn, Edward J. O’Brien, Liyang Diao, Brian G. Feagan, William J. Sandborn, Curtis Huttenhower, Jennifer Russo Wortman, Barbara McGovern	2020	101
6	Annual dynamics of North Sea bacterioplankton: seasonal variability superimposes short-term variation FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Judith Lucas, Antje Wichels, Hanno Teeling, Meghan E. Chafee, Mirco Scharfe, Gunnar Gerdts	2015	56
7	Lateral Phage Transfer in Obligate Intracellular Bacteria (Wolbachia): Verification from Natural Populations Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Meghan E. Chafee, Daniel J. Funk, Seth R. Bordenstein +1 other	2009	54
8	Decoupling of Host–Symbiont–Phage Coadaptations Following Transfer Between Insect Species Genetics ·Meghan E. Chafee, Courtney N. Zecher, Michelle L Gourley, Victor T. Schmidt, John H. Chen, Sarah R. Bordenstein, Michael E. Clark, Seth R. Bordenstein +1 other	2010	40
9	The effects of variable sample biomass on comparative metagenomics Environmental Microbiology ·Meghan E. Chafee, Loïs Maignien, Sheri L. Simmons	2014	22
10	Genomic and physiological analyses of ‘ Reinekea forsetii ’ reveal a versatile opportunistic lifestyle during spring algae blooms Environmental Microbiology ·Burak Avcı, Richard L. Hahnke, Meghan E. Chafee, Tanja Fischer, Harald R. Gruber‐Vodicka, Halina E. Tegetmeyer, Jens Harder, Bernhard Maximilian Fuchs	2016	11
11	Safety and Efficacy Results from a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Cohort 2 of a Phase 1b Study of an Investigational Live Biotherapeutic, SER-155, in Adults Undergoing Allo-HCT Transplantation and Cellular Therapy ·Doris M. Ponce, Satyajit Kosuri, Nandita Khera, Hemant S. Murthy, David N. Fredricks, Karamjeet Sandhu, R. Nath, Nosha Farhadfar	2025	5
12	The impact of an oral purified microbiome therapeutic on the gastrointestinal microbiome Nature Medicine ·Jessica A. Bryant, Marin Vulić, Emily Walsh, Edward G. Allen, Nicholas Beauchemin, Meghan E. Chafee, Liyang Diao, Kathrin Fenn	2026	5
13	Preliminary Results of the Open-Label Phase of a 2-Part Phase 1b Study That Evaluates Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Efficacy of Investigational Microbiome Therapeutic SER-155 in Adults Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (allo-HCT) Transplantation and Cellular Therapy ·Doris M. Ponce, Satyajit Kosuri, Nandita Khera, Zachariah Michael DeFilipp, David Gordon Lichter, Mary‐Jane Lombardo, Jonathan U. Peled, Marcel R.M. van den Brink	2024	2
14	A GENETIC MARKER FOR COASTAL DIATOMS BASED ON PSBA Meghan E. Chafee	2008	1
15	681 SER-301, AN INVESTIGATIONAL, RATIONALLY-DESIGNED BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM FOR MILD-TO-MODERATE ULCERATIVE COLITIS, RECAPITULATES THE EFFECTS OF SER-287, A CONSORTIUM OF FIRMICUTE SPORES, ON REMISSION ASSOCIATED MICROBIAL METABOLITES AND HOST GENE EXPRESSION Gastroenterology ·Edward J. O’Brien, Divya Balasubramanian, Meghan E. Chafee, Ambar Piña, Priyanka Narendar, Karen J. Kieser, Marin Vulić, Liyang Diao	2021	1
16	Comparability of Gastrointestinal Microbiome and Bile Acid Profiles in Patients With First or Multiply Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Jessica A. Bryant, Timothy J. Straub, Darrell S. Pardi, Kevin D. Litcofsky, Colleen R. Kelly, Meghan E. Chafee, Stuart H. Cohen, Sahil Khanna	2025	1
17	Pharmacokinetic (PK) and Pharmacodynamic (PD) Results from a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Cohort 2 of a Phase 1b Study of an Investigational, Oral, Live Biotherapeutic, SER-155, in Adults Undergoing Allo-HCT Transplantation and Cellular Therapy ·Jonathan U. Peled, Doris M. Ponce, Satyajit Kosuri, Nandita Khera, Hemant S. Murthy, David N. Fredricks, Karamjeet Sandhu, R. Nath	2025	0

About Meghan E. Chafee

Meghan E. Chafee is a scholar working on Ecology, Food Science, Insect Science, Hematology and Infectious Diseases, having authored 17 papers that have together received 1.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (3 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (2 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (2 papers), Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (2 papers), Gut microbiota and health (2 papers), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (2 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (624 citations), Oceanography (109 citations), Insect Science (84 citations), Plant Science (227 citations) and Environmental Chemistry (41 citations). Meghan E. Chafee has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Hanno Teeling, A. Murat Eren, Rudolf Amann, Loïs Maignien, Sheri L. Simmons, Gunnar Gerdts, Emelia DeForce, Karen Krüger, Antje Wichels and Judith Lucas. Their work appears in journals such as Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Gastroenterology, Environmental Microbiology, The ISME Journal and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

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