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Rita C. Smith

Northern Illinois University · US
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Infectious Diseases
Research interest
Research interests include Gut microbiota and health, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.
h-index
7
citations
324
works
12
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Fecal metabolite profiling identifies critically ill patients with increased 30-day mortality
Science Advances 2025cited by 5position: middledoi
Dietary- and host-derived metabolites are used by diverse gut bacteria for anaerobic respiration
Nature Microbiology 2024cited by 70position: middledoi
Comprehensive analyses of a large human gut Bacteroidales culture collection reveal species- and strain-level diversity and evolution
Cell Host & Microbe 2024cited by 35position: middledoi
A ubiquitous mobile genetic element changes the antagonistic weaponry of a human gut symbiont
Science 2024cited by 21position: middledoi
Protection against Clostridioides difficile disease by a naturally avirulent strain
Cell Host & Microbe 2024cited by 12position: middledoi
Virulence and genomic diversity among clinical isolates of ST1 (BI/NAP1/027) Clostridioides difficile
Cell Reports 2023cited by 24position: middledoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

Anitha Sundararajan · University of Chicago5 papers (2023–2024)Eric G. Pamer · Mahindra and Mahindra Limited (India)4 papers (2023–2024)Mary McMillin · University of Chicago3 papers (2024–2024)David Morán · University of Chicago3 papers (2024–2024)Victoria Burgo · Bellevue College3 papers (2023–2024)Che Woodson · University of Chicago3 papers (2023–2024)Ashley M. Sidebottom · University of Chicago3 papers (2024–2024)Michael J. Coyne · IDEXX Laboratories (United States)2 papers (2024–2024)Emma McSpadden · University of Chicago2 papers (2024–2024)Michael W. Mullowney · University of Illinois Chicago2 papers (2024–2024)Qiwen Dong · Tufts University2 papers (2023–2024)Jessica Little · Duchossois Group (United States)2 papers (2024–2024)Amber R. Rose · Duchossois Group (United States)2 papers (2024–2024)Huaiying Lin · University of Chicago2 papers (2023–2024)Laurie E. Comstock · University of Chicago2 papers (2024–2024) · 2 papers (2023–2024)Nicholas P. Dylla · Ecolab (United Kingdom)2 papers (2023–2024)Emily Waligurski · University of Chicago2 papers (2024–2024) · 2 papers (2023–2024)Carolyn Metcalfe · Purdue University West Lafayette2 papers (2023–2024)