Alfred M. Spormann

14.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
154 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Alfred M. Spormann is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfred M. Spormann has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Ecology and 37 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alfred M. Spormann's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (38 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (37 papers) and Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (25 papers). Alfred M. Spormann is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (38 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (37 papers) and Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (25 papers). Alfred M. Spormann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Denmark. Alfred M. Spormann's co-authors include Harry R. Beller, Jörg S. Deutzmann, Friedrich Widdel, Perry L. McCarty, Alison M. Cupples, Renée M. Saville, Rudolf K. Thauer, Merve Şahin, Gordon E. Brown and Kai M. Thormann and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Alfred M. Spormann

150 papers receiving 10.3k citations

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Towards environmental systems biology of Shewanella

2008 791 citations Alfred M. Spormann et al. profile →
Dehalococcoides mccartyi gen. nov., sp. nov., obligately organohalide-respiring anaerobic bacteria relevant to halogen cycling and bioremediation, belong to a novel bacterial class, Dehalococcoidia classis nov., order Dehalococcoidales ord. nov. and family Dehalococcoidaceae fam. nov., within the phylum Chloroflexi

2012 444 citations Alfred M. Spormann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alfred M. Spormann United States	58	3.5k	3.2k	3.0k	2.3k	1.4k	154	10.5k
Kazuya Watanabe Japan	58	3.1k 0.9×	5.1k 1.6×	3.2k 1.1×	2.9k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	297	12.5k
Jim Fredrickson United States	49	3.5k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	4.0k 1.7×	1.1k 0.8×	115	9.7k
Michael J. McInerney United States	54	2.9k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	3.9k 1.3×	2.3k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	168	10.4k
Dianne K. Newman United States	71	6.7k 1.9×	3.8k 1.2×	1.3k 0.4×	2.8k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	196	16.9k
David W. Kennedy United States	43	1.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.3×	2.6k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	88	8.9k
Ian M. Head United Kingdom	67	3.8k 1.1×	4.1k 1.3×	5.5k 1.9×	6.0k 2.5×	1.3k 0.9×	205	17.2k
Craig S. Criddle United States	65	2.4k 0.7×	3.1k 1.0×	5.8k 1.9×	2.6k 1.1×	2.3k 1.6×	209	15.9k
Andreas Schramm Denmark	58	2.9k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	3.7k 1.2×	5.3k 2.3×	773 0.5×	267	11.8k
Thomas R. Neu Germany	59	4.2k 1.2×	1.1k 0.3×	3.4k 1.2×	2.8k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	196	12.1k
Qiaoyun Huang China	64	2.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.3×	4.4k 1.5×	2.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	424	14.2k

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MUELLER, F., Albert Müller, Wenyu Gu, et al.. (2025). Non-canonical resource allocation in heterotrophically growing Thermoanaerobacter kivui. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8489–8489.

Spormann, Alfred M., et al.. (2024). Dream reactions of CO2 capture, conversion, and beyond. Cell Reports Physical Science. 5(12). 102302–102302.

McCully, Alexandra L., et al.. (2023). Double emulsions as a high-throughput enrichment and isolation platform for slower-growing microbes. ISME Communications. 3(1). 47–47. 16 indexed citations

Gerrick, Elias R., Soumaya Zlitni, Patrick T. West, et al.. (2023). Metabolic diversity in commensal protists regulates intestinal immunity and trans-kingdom competition. Cell. 187(1). 62–78.e20. 17 indexed citations

Hatton, T. Alan, et al.. (2023). Electrochemistry‐Based CO₂ Removal Technologies. ChemSusChem. 16(11). e202202345–e202202345. 17 indexed citations

Jayathilake, Buddhinie Srimali, Swetha Chandrasekaran, Megan C. Freyman, et al.. (2022). Developing reactors for electrifying bio-methanation: a perspective from bio-electrochemistry. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 6(5). 1249–1263. 10 indexed citations

Müller, Albert, Wenyu Gu, Vadim Patsalo, et al.. (2021). An alternative resource allocation strategy in the chemolithoautotrophic archaeonMethanococcus maripaludis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(16). 31 indexed citations

Kracke, Frauke, Jörg S. Deutzmann, Wenyu Gu, & Alfred M. Spormann. (2020). In situ electrochemical H₂ production for efficient and stable power-to-gas electromethanogenesis. Green Chemistry. 22(18). 6194–6203. 55 indexed citations

Huang, Liusheng, Janus A. J. Haagensen, Davide Verotta, et al.. (2018). Determination of Tobramycin in M₉ Medium by LC-MS/MS: Signal Enhancement by Trichloroacetic Acid. Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry. 2018. 1–8. 8 indexed citations

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Haagensen, Janus A. J., Davide Verotta, Liusheng Huang, et al.. (2017). Spatiotemporal pharmacodynamics of meropenem- and tobramycin-treated Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 72(12). 3357–3365. 23 indexed citations

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Seedorf, Henning, Nicholas W. Griffin, Vanessa K. Ridaura, et al.. (2014). Bacteria from Diverse Habitats Colonize and Compete in the Mouse Gut. Cell. 159(2). 253–266. 286 indexed citations

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Woebken, Dagmar, Luke C. Burow, Faris Behnam, et al.. (2014). Revisiting N2 fixation in Guerrero Negro intertidal microbial mats with a functional single-cell approach. The ISME Journal. 9(2). 485–496. 64 indexed citations

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Kaster, Anne‐Kristin, et al.. (2012). Single cell genomic study of dehalogenating Chloroflexi in deep sea sediments of Peru Margin 1230. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Azizian, Mohammad F., Ian P. G. Marshall, Sebastian Behrens, Alfred M. Spormann, & Lewis Semprini. (2010). Comparison of lactate, formate, and propionate as hydrogen donors for the reductive dehalogenation of trichloroethene in a continuous-flow column. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 113(1-4). 77–92. 51 indexed citations

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Behrens, Sebastian, Tina Lösekann, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, et al.. (2008). Linking Microbial Phylogeny to Metabolic Activity at the Single-Cell Level by Using Enhanced Element Labeling-Catalyzed Reporter Deposition Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (EL-FISH) and NanoSIMS. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74(10). 3143–3150. 170 indexed citations

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Miller, M. Clarke, et al.. (2007). vpsA-andluxO-independent biofilms ofVibrio cholerae. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 275(2). 199–206. 28 indexed citations

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Jew, Adam D., et al.. (2006). Bacterially Mediated Breakdown of Cinnabar and Metacinnabar and Environmental Implications. AGUFM. 2006. 3 indexed citations

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Cupples, Alison M., Alfred M. Spormann, & Perry L. McCarty. (2003). Growth of a Dehalococcoides -Like Microorganism on Vinyl Chloride and cis -Dichloroethene as Electron Acceptors as Determined by Competitive PCR. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69(2). 953–959. 202 indexed citations

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Johnson, Hope A., Dale A. Pelletier, & Alfred M. Spormann. (2001). Isolation and Characterization of Anaerobic Ethylbenzene Dehydrogenase, a Novel Mo-Fe-S Enzyme. Journal of Bacteriology. 183(15). 4536–4542. 91 indexed citations

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Ellis, Lynda B.M., C. Douglas Hershberger, Hans‐Joachim Knackmuss, et al.. (1999). Predicting microbial biodegradation pathways. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 65(2). 87–93. 10 indexed citations

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