Birgit Mitter

9.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
52 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Birgit Mitter is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Mitter has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Birgit Mitter's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (33 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (25 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (15 papers). Birgit Mitter is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (33 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (25 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (15 papers). Birgit Mitter collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and France. Birgit Mitter's co-authors include Angela Sessitsch, Stéphane Compant, Friederike Trognitz, Günter Brader, Muhammad Naveed, H. Gangl, Juan Gualberto Collí-Mull, Muhammad Naveed, Livio Antonielli and Thomas G. Reichenauer and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Mitter

51 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Functional Characteristics of an Endophyte Community Colo... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2013 2013 2017 2017 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Functional Characteristics of an Endophyte Community Colonizing Rice Roots as Revealed by Metagenomic Analysis
    2011 460 citations Angela Sessitsch, Pablo R. Hardoim et al. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions profile →
  2. Metabolic potential of endophytic bacteria
    2013 419 citations Günter Brader, Stéphane Compant et al. Current Opinion in Biotechnology profile →
  3. Increased drought stress resilience of maize through endophytic colonization by Burkholderia phytofirmans PsJN and Enterobacter sp. FD17
    2013 321 citations Muhammad Naveed, Birgit Mitter et al. profile →
  4. Ecology and Genomic Insights into Plant-Pathogenic and Plant-Nonpathogenic Endophytes
    2017 308 citations Günter Brader, Stéphane Compant et al. profile →
  5. A New Approach to Modify Plant Microbiomes and Traits by Introducing Beneficial Bacteria at Flowering into Progeny Seeds
    2017 270 citations Birgit Mitter, Stéphane Compant et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →
  6. The plant endosphere world – bacterial life within plants
    2020 217 citations Stéphane Compant, Marine C. Cambon et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Birgit Mitter Austria 31 3.9k 1.1k 807 643 371 52 4.9k
Gustavo Santoyo Mexico 39 5.5k 1.4× 1.7k 1.5× 939 1.2× 709 1.1× 359 1.0× 168 6.8k
Rubén Garrido‐Oter Germany 25 4.6k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 683 0.8× 1.0k 1.6× 284 0.8× 33 5.7k
Davide Bulgarelli United Kingdom 20 5.0k 1.3× 1.3k 1.1× 803 1.0× 1.2k 1.8× 332 0.9× 27 6.0k
Tomislav Cernava Austria 38 2.9k 0.7× 925 0.8× 766 0.9× 667 1.0× 725 2.0× 151 4.2k
Waseem Raza China 42 4.0k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 995 1.2× 558 0.9× 186 0.5× 96 5.3k
Qirong Shen China 40 3.0k 0.8× 1000 0.9× 570 0.7× 668 1.0× 185 0.5× 141 4.5k
Sharon Doty United States 33 2.7k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 697 0.9× 438 0.7× 471 1.3× 70 4.0k
Nan Zhang China 37 3.3k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 453 0.6× 904 1.4× 151 0.4× 99 4.7k
I. S. de Melo Brazil 36 2.8k 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 589 0.7× 1.1k 1.8× 214 0.6× 203 4.8k
Pablo R. Hardoim Netherlands 13 3.2k 0.8× 988 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 558 0.9× 391 1.1× 15 3.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Antonielli, Livio, et al.. (2023). Seed Imbibition and Metabolism Contribute Differentially to Initial Assembly of the Soybean Holobiont. Phytobiomes Journal. 8(1). 21–33. 3 indexed citations
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Rodríguez, Carolina Escobar, Livio Antonielli, Birgit Mitter, & Angela Sessitsch. (2022). Assembly of Endophytic Communities of Setaria viridis Plants when Grown in Different Soils and Derived from Different Seeds. Phytobiomes Journal. 8(1). 34–45. 3 indexed citations
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Rodríguez, Carolina Escobar, et al.. (2021). The Bacterial Microbiome of the Tomato Fruit Is Highly Dependent on the Cultivation Approach and Correlates With Flavor Chemistry. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 775722–775722. 22 indexed citations
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Compant, Stéphane, Marine C. Cambon, Corinne Vacher, et al.. (2020). The plant endosphere world – bacterial life within plants. Environmental Microbiology. 23(4). 1812–1829. 217 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rodríguez, Carolina Escobar, Livio Antonielli, Birgit Mitter, Friederike Trognitz, & Angela Sessitsch. (2019). Heritability and Functional Importance of the Setaria viridis Bacterial Seed Microbiome. Phytobiomes Journal. 4(1). 40–52. 80 indexed citations
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Passera, Alessandro, Stéphane Compant, P. Casati, et al.. (2019). Not Just a Pathogen? Description of a Plant-Beneficial Pseudomonas syringae Strain. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 1409–1409. 53 indexed citations
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Mitter, Birgit, et al.. (2019). Next generation microbiome applications for crop production — limitations and the need of knowledge-based solutions. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 49. 59–65. 78 indexed citations
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Sessitsch, Angela, et al.. (2019). Microbiome Applications from Lab to Field: Facing Complexity. Trends in Plant Science. 24(3). 194–198. 154 indexed citations
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Sessitsch, Angela, Birgit Mitter, Stéphane Compant, Friederike Trognitz, & Günter Brader. (2018). The plant microbiome: ecology and functioning of bacterial endophytes and how plants can benefit. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2201. 1 indexed citations
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Berninger, Teresa, Birgit Mitter, & Claudia Preininger. (2016). The smaller, the better? The size effect of alginate beads carrying plant growth-promoting bacteria for seed coating. Journal of Microencapsulation. 33(2). 127–136. 26 indexed citations
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Sheibani‐Tezerji, Raheleh, Thomas Rattei, Angela Sessitsch, Friederike Trognitz, & Birgit Mitter. (2015). Transcriptome Profiling of the Endophyte Burkholderia phytofirmans PsJN Indicates Sensing of the Plant Environment and Drought Stress. mBio. 6(5). e00621–15. 115 indexed citations
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Sheibani‐Tezerji, Raheleh, Muhammad Naveed, Marc-André Jehl, et al.. (2015). The genomes of closely related Pantoea ananatis maize seed endophytes having different effects on the host plant differ in secretion system genes and mobile genetic elements. 6. 1 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Iftikhar, Muhammad Javed Akhtar, Zahir Ahmad Zahir, et al.. (2014). Cadmium-tolerant bacteria induce metal stress tolerance in cereals. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 21(18). 11054–11065. 116 indexed citations
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Brader, Günter, Stéphane Compant, Birgit Mitter, Friederike Trognitz, & Angela Sessitsch. (2013). Metabolic potential of endophytic bacteria. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 27. 30–37. 419 indexed citations breakdown →
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Coutinho, Bruna Gonçalves, Birgit Mitter, Angela Sessitsch, et al.. (2013). Regulon Studies and In Planta Role of the BraI/R Quorum-Sensing System in the Plant-Beneficial Burkholderia Cluster. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(14). 4421–4432. 20 indexed citations
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Engelmeier, Doris, et al.. (2012). Combining microdilution with MicroResp™: Microbial substrate utilization, antimicrobial susceptibility and respiration. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 88(3). 399–412. 10 indexed citations
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Gorfer, Markus, Sylvia Klaubauf, Alexander E. Urban, et al.. (2011). Community profiling and gene expression of fungal assimilatory nitrate reductases in agricultural soil. The ISME Journal. 5(11). 1771–1783. 64 indexed citations
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Weilharter, Alexandra, Birgit Mitter, Maria Shin, et al.. (2011). Complete Genome Sequence of the Plant Growth-Promoting\nEndophyte <i>Burkholderia phytofirmans</i> Strain PsJN. Insecta mundi. 113 indexed citations
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Sessitsch, Angela, Pablo R. Hardoim, Jessica Döring, et al.. (2011). Functional Characteristics of an Endophyte Community Colonizing Rice Roots as Revealed by Metagenomic Analysis. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 25(1). 28–36. 460 indexed citations breakdown →
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Szukics, Ute, Guy C. J. Abell, Birgit Mitter, et al.. (2010). Nitrifiers and denitrifiers respond rapidly to changed moisture and increasing temperature in a pristine forest soil. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 72(3). 395–406. 230 indexed citations

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