Rocha, Eduardo P. C.

The complete genome sequence of the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis.

Kunst, F., Ogasawara, N., Moszer, I., Albertini, A. M., Alloni, G., Azevedo, V., Bertero, M. G., Bessières, P., Bolotin, A., Borchert, S., et al. (1997) · Nature

Bacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Cited by 3,679

Horizontal Transfer, Not Duplication, Drives the Expansion of Protein Families in Prokaryotes

Treangen, T. J., & Rocha, E. P. C. (2011) · PLoS Genetics

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesChromosomal and Genetic Variations

Cited by 509

The interplay of restriction-modification systems with mobile genetic elements and their prokaryotic hosts

Oliveira, P. H., Touchon, M., & Rocha, E. P. C. (2014) · Nucleic Acids Research

Bacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyBacteriophages and microbial interactions

Cited by 354

Gene essentiality determines chromosome organisation in bacteria

Rocha, E. P. C. (2003) · Nucleic Acids Research

Bacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Cited by 166

Regulation of genetic flux between bacteria by restriction–modification systems

Oliveira, P. H., Touchon, M., & Rocha, E. P. C. (2016) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Bacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyBacteriophages and microbial interactions

Cited by 166

Persistence drives gene clustering in bacterial genomes

Fang, G., Rocha, E. P., & Danchin, A. (2008) · BMC Genomics

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Cited by 112

Order and disorder in bacterial genomes

Rocha, E. P. (2004) · Current Opinion in Microbiology

Bacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyGenome Rearrangement Algorithms

Cited by 104

Highly variable rates of genome rearrangements between hemiascomycetous yeast lineages

Fischer, G., Rocha, E. P. C., Brunet, F., Vergassola, M., & Dujon, B. (2006) · PLoS Genetics

Genome Rearrangement AlgorithmsFungal and yeast genetics research

Cited by 101

Restriction-modification systems have shaped the evolution and distribution of plasmids across bacteria

Shaw, L. P., Rocha, E. P. C., & MacLean, R. C. (2023) · Nucleic Acids Research

Bacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyBacteriophages and microbial interactions

Cited by 92

Abundance and co-occurrence of extracellular capsules increase environmental breadth: Implications for the emergence of pathogens

Rendueles, O., Garcia-Garcerà, M., Néron, B., Touchon, M., & Rocha, E. P. C. (2017) · PLOS Pathogens

Escherichia coli research studiesBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Cited by 89

IMG/PR: a database of plasmids from genomes and metagenomes with rich annotations and metadata

Camargo, A. P., Call, L., Roux, S., Nayfach, S., Huntemann, M., Palaniappan, K., Ratner, A., Chu, K., Mukherjeep, S., Reddy, T. B. K., et al. (2024) · Nucleic Acids Research

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Cited by 87

Capsules and their traits shape phage susceptibility and plasmid conjugation efficiency

Haudiquet, M., Le Bris, J., Nucci, A., Bonnin, R. A., Domingo-Calap, P., Rocha, E. P. C., & Rendueles, O. (2024) · Nature Communications

Bacteriophages and microbial interactionsBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Cited by 72

DNA repeats lead to the accelerated loss of gene order in bacteria

Rocha, E. P. C. (2003) · Trends in Genetics

Genome Rearrangement AlgorithmsGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Cited by 59

Genetic exchanges are more frequent in bacteria encoding capsules

Rendueles, O., de Sousa, J. A. M., Bernheim, A., Touchon, M., & Rocha, E. P. C. (2018) · PLOS Genetics

Bacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Cited by 41

Community diversity and habitat structure shape the repertoire of extracellular proteins in bacteria

Garcia-Garcera, M., & Rocha, E. P. C. (2020) · Nature Communications

Microbial Community Ecology and PhysiologyEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

Cited by 39

Latent evolution of biofilm formation depends on life-history and genetic background

Nucci, A., Rocha, E. P. C., & Rendueles, O. (2023) · npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensingEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

Cited by 18

Latent evolution of biofilm formation depends on life-history and genetic background

Nucci, A., Rocha, E. P. C., & Rendueles, O. (2023) · npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensingEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

Cited by 18

Capsular specificity in temperate phages of Klebsiella pneumoniae is driven by diverse receptor-binding enzymes

Otwinowska, A., Koszucki, J., Panicker, V. R., Leconte, J., Olejniczak, S., Holt, K. E., Feil, E. J., Rocha, E. P. C., Smug, B., Maciejewska, B., et al. (2025) · PLoS Biology

Bacteriophages and microbial interactionsEscherichia coli research studies

Cited by 5

Capsular specificity in temperate phages of Klebsiella pneumoniae is driven by diverse receptor-binding enzymes

Otwinowska, A., Koszucki, J., Panicker, V. R., Leconte, J., Olejniczak, S., Holt, K. E., Feil, E. J., Rocha, E. P. C., Smug, B., Maciejewska, B., et al. (2026) · PLOS Biology

Bacteriophages and microbial interactionsEscherichia coli research studies

Cited by 5