Andreas Pospiech

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 929 citations indexed

About

Andreas Pospiech is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas Pospiech has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 929 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Andreas Pospiech's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (3 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (3 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (2 papers). Andreas Pospiech is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (3 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (3 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (2 papers). Andreas Pospiech collaborates with scholars based in Germany and Switzerland. Andreas Pospiech's co-authors include Hans Ulrich Schairer, Björn Neumann, Thomas Schupp and Barbara Silakowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Bacteriology, Molecular Microbiology and Trends in Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Andreas Pospiech

8 papers receiving 889 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A versatile quick-prep of genomic DNA from Gram-positive bacteria

1995 634 citations Andreas Pospiech Trends in Genetics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andreas Pospiech Germany	7	532	208	177	173	160	8	929
Leslie Cuthbertson Canada	9	636 1.2×	166 0.8×	109 0.6×	136 0.8×	111 0.7×	10	1.2k
Jean-Marc Simonet France	21	840 1.6×	191 0.9×	328 1.9×	330 1.9×	68 0.4×	42	1.1k
J. Gaspar Lorén Spain	17	382 0.7×	90 0.4×	116 0.7×	69 0.4×	150 0.9×	45	900
Donald Y. Kobayashi United States	20	468 0.9×	129 0.6×	74 0.4×	870 5.0×	150 0.9×	33	1.3k
David A. Widdick United Kingdom	13	971 1.8×	370 1.8×	90 0.5×	406 2.3×	199 1.2×	19	1.5k
Valérie Gautier France	25	710 1.3×	283 1.4×	287 1.6×	149 0.9×	50 0.3×	51	2.4k
Denise Mara Soares Bazzolli Brazil	19	312 0.6×	160 0.8×	140 0.8×	318 1.8×	83 0.5×	55	1.0k
Rijun Zhang China	20	672 1.3×	71 0.3×	298 1.7×	146 0.8×	136 0.8×	83	1.2k
Max Béchet France	21	587 1.1×	131 0.6×	118 0.7×	614 3.5×	121 0.8×	33	1.3k
Gonzalo Sierra Netherlands	11	469 0.9×	81 0.4×	105 0.6×	319 1.8×	161 1.0×	23	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andreas Pospiech

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Pospiech, Andreas, et al.. (1996). Two multifunctional peptide synthetases and an O-methyltransferase are involved in the biosynthesis of the DNA-binding antibiotic and antitumour agent saframycin Mx1 from Myxococcus xanthus. Microbiology. 142(4). 741–746. 73 indexed citations

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Silakowski, Barbara, et al.. (1996). Stigmatella aurantiaca fruiting body formation is dependent on the fbfA gene encoding a polypeptide homologous to chitin synthases. Journal of Bacteriology. 178(23). 6706–6713. 15 indexed citations

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Pospiech, Andreas. (1995). A versatile quick-prep of genomic DNA from Gram-positive bacteria. Trends in Genetics. 11(6). 217–218. 634 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pospiech, Andreas, et al.. (1995). A new Myxococcus xanthus gene cluster for the biosynthesis of the antibiotic saframycin Mx1 encoding a peptide synthetase. Microbiology. 141(8). 1793–1803. 49 indexed citations

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Neumann, Björn, Andreas Pospiech, & Hans Ulrich Schairer. (1993). A physical and genetic map of the Stigmatella aurantiaca DW4/3.1 chromosome. Molecular Microbiology. 10(5). 1087–1099. 18 indexed citations

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Pospiech, Andreas, et al.. (1993). Detection of developmentally regulated genes of the myxobacterium Stigmatella aurantiaca with the transposon Tn5lacZ. Archives of Microbiology. 159(3). 201–206. 5 indexed citations

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Neumann, Björn, Andreas Pospiech, & Hans Ulrich Schairer. (1992). Rapid isolation of genomic DNA from Gram-negative bacteria. Trends in Genetics. 8(10). 332–333. 115 indexed citations

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Pospiech, Andreas, et al.. (1992). Size and stability of the genomes of the myxobacteria Stigmatella aurantiaca and Stigmatella erecta. Journal of Bacteriology. 174(19). 6307–6310. 20 indexed citations

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