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Margaret McFall‐Ngai

California Institute of Technology ORCID

250

Works

18,557

Citations

70

h-index

162

i10-index

Research Topics

Cephalopods and Marine Biology Vibrio bacteria research studies Aquaculture disease management and microbiota

Affiliations

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research2019–2024

University of Southern California1990–1996

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa1997–2025

California Institute of Technology2022–2026

University of Iowa2004–2004

Top Works

Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

Margaret McFall‐Ngai,Michael G.‏ Hadfield,et al.

20132,800 citations

Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

An ecological and evolutionary perspective on human–microbe mutualism and disease

Les Dethlefsen,Margaret McFall‐Ngai,et al.

20071,665 citations

The winnowing: establishing the squid–vibrio symbiosis

Spencer V. Nyholm,Margaret McFall‐Ngai

2004796 citations

Metaorganisms as the new frontier

Thomas C. G. Bosch,Margaret McFall‐Ngai

2011415 citations

Microbial Factor-Mediated Development in a Host-Bacterial Mutualism

Tanya A. Koropatnick,Jacquelyn T. Engle,et al.

2004383 citations

<i>Vibrio fischeri lux</i> Genes Play an Important Role in Colonization and Development of the Host Light Organ

Karen L. Visick,Jamie S. Foster,et al.

2000361 citations

Care for the community

Margaret McFall‐Ngai

2007346 citations

Symbiont Recognition and Subsequent Morphogenesis as Early Events in an Animal-Bacterial Mutualism

Margaret McFall‐Ngai,Edward G. Ruby

1991341 citations

Unseen Forces: The Influence of Bacteria on Animal Development

Margaret McFall‐Ngai

2002307 citations