Ruth E. Ley

Max Planck Institute for Biology — Germany

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

92h-index179.5kcitations282works7.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Gut microbiota and health(163), Diet and metabolism studies(42), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(35), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(34), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research(32)

Publications270 total

Fidelity in co-diversified symbiosis
Nature Communications·2026Open Access
Optimizing Magnesium Uptake in Lacticaseibacillus Rhamnosus To Advance Nutribiotic Strategies
Current Microbiology·2026Open Access
Fidelity in co-diversified symbiosis
2025
MMonitor for real-time monitoring of microbial communities using long reads
Cell Reports Methods·2025Open Access
Infection with gut parasites correlates with gut microbiome diversity across human populations in Africa
Gut Microbes·2025Open Access
Dietary fat disrupts a commensal-host lipid network that promotes metabolic health
Cell Metabolism·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
D- and L-lactate consumers in the human gut are taxonomically, biochemically, and energetically different
2025Open Access
Selection and transmission of the gut microbiome alone can shift mammalian behavior
Nature Communications·2025Open Access
Human gut metagenomes and assembled microbial genomes from an urban cohort from Colombia, South America
2025Open Access
Carbohydrates and the oxidative branch of the pentose phosphate pathway modify <i>Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron</i> phage resistance by phase-variable S-layers
Journal of Bacteriology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
MMonitor: Software for Real-Time Monitoring of Microbial Communities Using Long Reads
2025Open Access
Class switch toward IgG2 and IgG4 is more pronounced in BNT162b2 compared to mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccinees
International Journal of Infectious Diseases·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Human gut flagellome profiling using FlaPro reveals TLR5-related phenotype-specific alterations in IBD
2025Open Access
Carbohydrates and the oxidative branch of the pentose phosphate pathway modify <i>Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron</i> phage resistance by phase variable S-layers
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Clinical translation of microbiome research
Nature Medicine·2025· 40 cited
Monitoring metagenomes using long-read nanopore sequencing
New Biotechnology·2025Open Access
Cross-kingdom-mediated detection of intestinal protozoa through NLRP6
Cell Host & Microbe·2025· 4 cited
Characterization and description of <i>Clostridium filamentum</i> ETTB, a novel gut bacterium with TLR5 modulating properties
2025Open Access
Flagellin in the human gut microbiome is a diet-adjustable adjuvant for vaccination
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
<i>In vitro</i> microbiota model recapitulates and predicts individualised sensitivity to dietary emulsifier
Gut·2025· 11 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Rob Knight(23), Omry Koren(15), Jeffrey I. Gordon(14), Julia K. Goodrich(11), Peter J. Turnbaugh(11), Catherine Lozupone(10), Dan Knights(8), William A. Walters(8), Aymé Spor(7), Scott T. Kelley(6), Manimozhiyan Arumugam(6), Curtis Huttenhower(6), Jordana T. Bell(6), Jesse Stombaugh(5), Kyle Bittinger(5), Gavin Huttley(5), Daniel McDonald(5), Elmar Pruesse(5), Nicola Segata(5), John R. Spear(5)