| Competition and Coexistence between Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sanguinis in the Dental Biofilm J Kreth, J Merritt, W Shi, F Qi Journal of bacteriology 187 (21), 7193-7203, 2005 | 589 | 2005 |
| Mutation of luxS Affects Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus mutans J Merritt, F Qi, SD Goodman, MH Anderson, W Shi Infection and immunity 71 (4), 1972-1979, 2003 | 403 | 2003 |
| Bacterial and host interactions of oral streptococci J Kreth, J Merritt, F Qi DNA and cell biology 28 (8), 397-403, 2009 | 298 | 2009 |
| Co‐ordinated bacteriocin production and competence development: a possible mechanism for taking up DNA from neighbouring species J Kreth, J Merritt, W Shi, F Qi Molecular microbiology 57 (2), 392-404, 2005 | 247 | 2005 |
| Streptococcus oligofermentans inhibits Streptococcus mutans through conversion of lactic acid into inhibitory H2O2: a possible counteroffensive strategy for … H Tong, W Chen, J Merritt, F Qi, W Shi, X Dong Molecular microbiology 63 (3), 872-880, 2007 | 190 | 2007 |
| The mutacins of Streptococcus mutans: regulation and ecology J Merritt, F Qi Molecular oral microbiology 27 (2), 57-69, 2012 | 188 | 2012 |
| Inactivation of the ciaH Gene in Streptococcus mutans Diminishes Mutacin Production and Competence Development, Alters Sucrose-Dependent Biofilm … F Qi, J Merritt, R Lux, W Shi Infection and immunity 72 (8), 4895-4899, 2004 | 147 | 2004 |
| Immunological evaluation of Lactobacillus casei Zhang: a newly isolated strain from koumiss in Inner Mongolia, China T Ya, Q Zhang, F Chu, J Merritt, M Bilige, T Sun, R Du, H Zhang BMC immunology 9, 1-9, 2008 | 135 | 2008 |
| Mutanobactin A from the human oral pathogen Streptococcus mutans is a cross-kingdom regulator of the yeast-mycelium transition PM Joyner, J Liu, Z Zhang, J Merritt, F Qi, RH Cichewicz Organic & biomolecular chemistry 8 (24), 5486-5489, 2010 | 133 | 2010 |
| LuxS controls bacteriocin production in Streptococcus mutans through a novel regulatory component J Merritt, J Kreth, W Shi, F Qi Molecular microbiology 57 (4), 960-969, 2005 | 126 | 2005 |
| Cloning-independent and counterselectable markerless mutagenesis system in Streptococcus mutans Z Xie, T Okinaga, F Qi, Z Zhang, J Merritt Applied and environmental microbiology 77 (22), 8025-8033, 2011 | 117 | 2011 |
| Cell density- and ComE-dependent expression of a group of mutacin and mutacin-like genes in Streptococcus mutans J Kreth, J Merritt, L Zhu, W Shi, F Qi FEMS microbiology letters 265 (1), 11-17, 2006 | 114 | 2006 |
| Community and gene composition of a human dental plaque microbiota obtained by metagenomic sequencing G Xie, PSG Chain, CC Lo, KL Liu, J Gans, J Merritt, F Qi Molecular oral microbiology 25 (6), 391-405, 2010 | 112 | 2010 |
| The response regulator ComE in Streptococcus mutans functions both as a transcription activator of mutacin production and repressor of CSP biosynthesis J Kreth, DCI Hung, J Merritt, J Perry, L Zhu, SD Goodman, DG Cvitkovitch, ... Microbiology 153 (6), 1799-1807, 2007 | 104 | 2007 |
| Live and let die: Hydrogen peroxide production by the commensal flora and its role in maintaining a symbiotic microbiome S Redanz, X Cheng, RA Giacaman, CS Pfeifer, J Merritt, J Kreth Molecular Oral Microbiology 33 (5), 337-352, 2018 | 99 | 2018 |
| Genomic Island TnSmu2 of Streptococcus mutans Harbors a Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase-Polyketide Synthase Gene Cluster Responsible for the Biosynthesis of Pigments Involved … C Wu, R Cichewicz, Y Li, J Liu, B Roe, J Ferretti, J Merritt, F Qi Applied and environmental microbiology 76 (17), 5815-5826, 2010 | 91 | 2010 |
| Role of sucrose in the fitness of Streptococcus mutans J Kreth, L Zhu, J Merritt, W Shi, F Qi Oral microbiology and immunology 23 (3), 213-219, 2008 | 91 | 2008 |
| The road less traveled – defining molecular commensalism with Streptococcus sanguinis J Kreth, RA Giacaman, R Raghavan, J Merritt Molecular Oral Microbiology 32 (3), 181-196, 2017 | 86 | 2017 |
| Development of a tunable wide-range gene induction system useful for the study of streptococcal toxin-antitoxin systems Z Xie, F Qi, J Merritt Applied and environmental microbiology 79 (20), 6375-6384, 2013 | 77 | 2013 |
| Quantitative analyses of Streptococcus mutans biofilms with quartz crystal microbalance, microjet impingement and confocal microscopy J Kreth, E Hagerman, K Tam, J Merritt, DTW Wong, BM Wu, NV Myung, ... Biofilms 1 (4), 277-284, 2004 | 77 | 2004 |
