| Embracing the enemy: the diversification of microbial gene repertoires by phage-mediated horizontal gene transfer M Touchon, JAM de Sousa, EPC Rocha Current Opinion in Microbiology 38, 66-73, 2017 | 264 | 2017 |
| Phylogenetic background and habitat drive the genetic diversification of Escherichia coli M Touchon, A Perrin, JAM de Sousa, B Vangchhia, S Burn, CL O’Brien, ... Plos Genetics 16 (6), e1008866, 2020 | 161 | 2020 |
| Bacteria have numerous distinctive groups of phage–plasmids with conserved phage and variable plasmid gene repertoires E Pfeifer, JA Moura de Sousa, M Touchon, EPC Rocha Nucleic Acids Research 49 (5), 2655-2673, 2021 | 106 | 2021 |
| The Genetic Basis of Escherichia coli Pathoadaptation to Macrophages M Miskinyte, A Sousa, RS Ramiro, JAM de Sousa, J Kotlinowski, ... PLOS Pathogens 9 (12), e1003802, 2013 | 88 | 2013 |
| Multidrug-resistant bacteria compensate for the epistasis between resistances J Moura de Sousa, R Balbontín, P Durão, I Gordo PLoS biology 15 (4), e2001741, 2017 | 85 | 2017 |
| Bacteriophages benefit from generalized transduction A Fillol-Salom, A Alsaadi, JAM Sousa, L Zhong, KR Foster, EPC Rocha, ... PLoS pathogens 15 (7), e1007888, 2019 | 83 | 2019 |
| Causes and consequences of bacteriophage diversification via genetic exchanges across lifestyles and bacterial taxa JA Moura de Sousa, E Pfeifer, M Touchon, EPC Rocha Molecular biology and evolution 38 (6), 2497-2512, 2021 | 65 | 2021 |
| Selfish, promiscuous and sometimes useful: how mobile genetic elements drive horizontal gene transfer in microbial populations M Haudiquet, JM de Sousa, M Touchon, EPC Rocha Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 377 (1861), 20210234, 2022 | 53 | 2022 |
| Modular prophage interactions driven by capsule serotype select for capsule loss under phage predation JAM de Sousa, A Buffet, M Haudiquet, EPC Rocha, O Rendueles The ISME Journal 14 (12), 2980-2996, 2020 | 42 | 2020 |
| Genetic exchanges are more frequent in bacteria encoding capsules O Rendueles, JAM de Sousa, A Bernheim, M Touchon, EPC Rocha PLOS Genetics 14 (12), e1007862, 2018 | 40 | 2018 |
| Environmental structure drives resistance to phages and antibiotics during phage therapy and to invading lysogens during colonisation JAM de Sousa, EPC Rocha Scientific reports 9 (1), 1-13, 2019 | 39 | 2019 |
| To catch a hijacker: abundance, evolution and genetic diversity of P4-like bacteriophage satellites JA Moura de Sousa, EPC Rocha Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 377 (1842), 20200475, 2022 | 25 | 2022 |
| Identification and characterization of thousands of bacteriophage satellites across bacteria JAM de Sousa, A Fillol-Salom, JR Penadés, EPC Rocha Nucleic Acids Research 51 (6), 2759-2777, 2023 | 22 | 2023 |
| Horizontal gene transfer among host-associated microbes JM de Sousa, M Lourenço, I Gordo Cell Host & Microbe 31 (4), 513-527, 2023 | 21 | 2023 |
| Potential for adaptation overrides cost of resistance J Moura de Sousa, A Sousa, C Bourgard, I Gordo Future microbiology 10 (9), 1415-1431, 2015 | 20 | 2015 |
| An ABC method for estimating the rate and distribution of effects of beneficial mutations JA Moura de Sousa, PRA Campos, I Gordo Genome biology and evolution 5 (5), 794-806, 2013 | 18 | 2013 |
| Trade-Offs of Escherichia coli Adaptation to an Intracellular Lifestyle in Macrophages M Azevedo, A Sousa, J Moura de Sousa, JA Thompson, JT Proença, ... PloS one 11 (1), e0146123, 2016 | 15 | 2016 |
| Designing an Epigenetic Approach in Artificial Life: The EpiAL Model JAB Sousa, E Costa Agents and Artificial Intelligence, 78-90, 2010 | 13 | 2010 |
| When bacteria are phage playgrounds: interactions between viruses, cells, and mobile genetic elements E Pfeifer, JM Sousa, M Touchon, EPC Rocha Current Opinion in Microbiology 70, 102230, 2022 | 11 | 2022 |
| A widespread family of phage-inducible chromosomal islands only steals bacteriophage tails to spread in nature N Alqurainy, L Miguel-Romero, JM de Sousa, J Chen, EPC Rocha, ... Cell Host & Microbe 31 (1), 69-82. e5, 2023 | 10 | 2023 |
Eduardo RochaCNRS, Institut PasteurVerified email at pasteur.fr
