Everything about B9

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: B9A 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Identification and Characterization of Bacillus subtilis B9: A Diazotrophic Plant Growth-Promoting Endophytic Bacterium Isolated from Sugarcane RootInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Julius CaesarThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Conditional anterograde tracing reveals distinct targeting of individual serotonin cell groups (B5–B9) to the forebrain and brainstemCited 282 times
5. Go sideways: B8A closely related topic
6. Go sideways: B4A closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Conditional anterograde tracing reveals distinct targeting of individual serotonin cell groups (B5–B9) to the forebrain and brainstem

  Aude Muzerelle, Sophie Scotto-Lomassese, Jean François Bernard · 2014 · Brain Structure and Function · 282 citations

• Folate (vitamin B9) and vitamin B12 and their function in the maintenance of nuclear and mitochondrial genome integrity

  Michael Fenech · 2012 · Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis · 243 citations

• Improving folate (vitamin B9) stability in biofortified rice through metabolic engineering

  Dieter Blancquaert, Jeroen Van Daele, Simon Strobbe · 2015 · Nature Biotechnology · 172 citations

• A novel nanosensor based on Pt:Co nanoalloy ionic liquid carbon paste electrode for voltammetric determination of vitamin B9 in food samples

  Tahoora Jamali, Hassan Karimi-Maleh, Mohammad A. Khalilzadeh · 2014 · LWT - Food Science and Technology · 166 citations

• Prostate-specific membrane antigen cleavage of vitamin B9 stimulates oncogenic signaling through metabotropic glutamate receptors

  Charalambos Kaittanis, Chrysafis Andreou, Haley Hieronymus · 2017 · Journal of Experimental Medicine · 166 citations

• Rab11a and myosin Vb are required for bile canalicular formation in WIF-B9 cells

  Yoshiyuki Wakabayashi, Parmesh Dutt, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz · 2005 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 157 citations

• Disruption of a Ciliary B9 Protein Complex Causes Meckel Syndrome

  William E. Dowdle, Jon F. Robinson, Andreas Kneist · 2011 · The American Journal of Human Genetics · 155 citations

• A spectroscopic atlas of the HgMn star HD 175640 (B9 V) $\lambda\lambda$ 3040–10 000 Å

  F. Castelli, S. Hubrig · 2004 · Astronomy & Astrophysics · 154 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Identification and Characterization of Bacillus subtilis B9: A Diazotrophic Plant Growth-Promoting Endophytic Bacterium Isolated from Sugarcane Root

  Yi-ning Di, Ling Kui, Pratiksha Singh · 2022 · Journal of Plant Growth Regulation · 46 citations

• Role of Selenium and Vitamins E and B9 in the Alleviation of Bovine Mastitis during the Periparturient Period

  Muhammad Zahoor Khan, Yulin Ma, Jianxin Xiao · 2022 · Antioxidants · 44 citations

• Biological, dietetic and pharmacological properties of vitamin B9

  Tomáš Siatka, Marek Mát’uš, Monika Moravcová · 2025 · npj Science of Food · 42 citations

• Enhanced encapsulation efficiency and controlled release of co-encapsulated Bacillus coagulans spores and vitamin B9 in gellan/κ-carrageenan/chitosan tri-composite hydrogel

  Nandita Srivastava, Richa, Anirban Roy Choudhury · 2023 · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules · 36 citations

• Vitamin B6, B9, and B12 Intakes and Cognitive Performance in Elders: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011–2014

  Hui Xu, Shanshan Wang, Feng Gao · 2022 · Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment · 35 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Julius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare · 1656
• PersuasionJane Austen · 1789
• Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare · 1597
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManJames Joyce, James Joyce · 1818
• BelovedToni Morrison · 1987
• The Blind AssassinMargaret Atwood · 2000
• White TeethZadie Smith · 2000
• I am MalalaMalala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb · 2012

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