Cathrin Spröer

12.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
341 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Cathrin Spröer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Cathrin Spröer has authored 341 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 269 papers in Molecular Biology, 154 papers in Ecology and 80 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Cathrin Spröer's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (236 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (119 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (48 papers). Cathrin Spröer is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (236 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (119 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (48 papers). Cathrin Spröer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Spain. Cathrin Spröer's co-authors include Peter Schümann, Hans‐Peter Klenk, Boyke Bunk, Markus Göker, Jörg Overmann, Manfred Rohde, Erko Stackebrandt, Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff, Elke Lang and Reiner M. Kroppenstedt and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Cathrin Spröer

337 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. When should a DDH experiment be mandatory in microbial taxonomy?
    2013 456 citations Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff, Cathrin Spröer et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Cathrin Spröer 5.1k 3.1k 1.9k 988 751 341 8.5k
Hana Yi 7.3k 1.4× 4.5k 1.4× 2.0k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 112 10.5k
Hans‐Jürgen Busse 6.1k 1.2× 4.2k 1.4× 1.8k 0.9× 711 0.7× 790 1.1× 302 9.3k
Michael Richter 6.1k 1.2× 4.3k 1.4× 1.9k 1.0× 617 0.6× 750 1.0× 26 8.9k
Reiner M. Kroppenstedt 5.9k 1.1× 2.6k 0.8× 2.1k 1.1× 1.4k 1.4× 753 1.0× 175 9.6k
Hyungseok Seo 5.2k 1.0× 2.7k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 674 0.7× 687 0.9× 28 8.0k
Alla Lapidus 7.1k 1.4× 4.0k 1.3× 2.2k 1.2× 772 0.8× 842 1.1× 150 12.9k
Milton S. da Costa 6.8k 1.3× 4.2k 1.4× 1.4k 0.8× 487 0.5× 1.1k 1.5× 197 9.9k
Alexander F. Auch 7.8k 1.5× 4.7k 1.5× 2.3k 1.2× 581 0.6× 712 0.9× 17 10.5k
Sung Min Ha 8.3k 1.6× 4.8k 1.5× 2.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.5× 45 11.0k
Yong‐Joon Cho 4.4k 0.9× 2.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 727 0.7× 672 0.9× 99 6.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cathrin Spröer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cathrin Spröer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cathrin Spröer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cathrin Spröer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cathrin Spröer. Cathrin Spröer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Suzuki, Masato, Birgit Wolters, Ryo Yamazaki, et al.. (2025). The transferable resistome of biosolids—plasmid sequencing reveals carriage of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes. mBio. 16(11). e0206825–e0206825. 1 indexed citations
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Zautner, Andreas E., Thomas Riedel, Boyke Bunk, et al.. (2023). Molecular characterization of Arcobacter butzleri isolates from poultry in rural Ghana. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13. 1094067–1094067. 10 indexed citations
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Chuvochina, Maria, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, et al.. (2023). Andean soil-derived lignocellulolytic bacterial consortium as a source of novel taxa and putative plastic-active enzymes. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 47(1). 126485–126485. 2 indexed citations
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Chibani, Cynthia Maria, Robert Hertel, Meina Neumann‐Schaal, et al.. (2023). Vibrio syngnathi sp. nov., a fish pathogen, isolated from the Kiel Fjord. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 73(6). 4 indexed citations
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Kuzmanović, Nemanja, George C. diCenzo, Boyke Bunk, et al.. (2023). Genomics of the “tumorigenes” clade of the family Rhizobiaceae and description of Rhizobium rhododendri sp. nov.. MicrobiologyOpen. 12(2). e1352–e1352. 7 indexed citations
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Ashrafi, Samad, Nemanja Kuzmanović, Sascha Patz, et al.. (2022). Two New Rhizobiales Species Isolated from Root Nodules of Common Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) Show Different Plant Colonization Strategies. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(5). e0109922–e0109922. 15 indexed citations
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Bohne, Wolfgang, Uwe Groß, Yvonne Pfeifer, et al.. (2021). Detection of a New Resistance-Mediating Plasmid Chimera in a blaOXA-48-Positive Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain at a German University Hospital. Microorganisms. 9(4). 720–720. 7 indexed citations
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Öztürk, Başak, Johannes Werner, Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff, et al.. (2020). Comparative Genomics Suggests Mechanisms of Genetic Adaptation toward the Catabolism of the Phenylurea Herbicide Linuron in Variovorax. Genome Biology and Evolution. 12(6). 827–841. 9 indexed citations
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Wibberg, Daniel, Marc Stadler, Christopher Lambert, et al.. (2020). High quality genome sequences of thirteen Hypoxylaceae (Ascomycota) strengthen the phylogenetic family backbone and enable the discovery of new taxa. Fungal Diversity. 106(1). 7–28. 71 indexed citations
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Maus, Irena, Daniel Wibberg, Robert Heyer, et al.. (2020). The Role of Petrimonas mucosa ING2-E5AT in Mesophilic Biogas Reactor Systems as Deduced from Multiomics Analyses. Microorganisms. 8(12). 2024–2024. 38 indexed citations
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Bletz, Molly C., Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, et al.. (2019). Amphibian skin-associated Pigmentiphaga: Genome sequence and occurrence across geography and hosts. PLoS ONE. 14(10). e0223747–e0223747. 11 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Johannes, Nancy Obeng, Wentao Yang, et al.. (2019). The functional repertoire contained within the native microbiota of the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The ISME Journal. 14(1). 26–38. 68 indexed citations
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Suarez, Christian, Stefan Ratering, Torsten Hain, et al.. (2019). Complete Genome Sequence of the Plant Growth-Promoting BacteriumHartmannibacter diazotrophicusStrain E19T. International Journal of Genomics. 2019. 1–12. 19 indexed citations
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Heeger, Felix, Elizabeth C. Bourne, Christiane Baschien, et al.. (2018). Long‐read DNA metabarcoding of ribosomal RNA in the analysis of fungi from aquatic environments. Molecular Ecology Resources. 18(6). 1500–1514. 96 indexed citations
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Riedel, Thomas, Raimond Lugert, Isabel Schober, et al.. (2018). The transducer-like protein Tlp12 of Campylobacter jejuni is involved in glutamate and pyruvate chemotaxis. BMC Microbiology. 18(1). 111–111. 12 indexed citations
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Sonnenschein, Eva C., Kristian Fog Nielsen, Paul D’Alvise, et al.. (2016). Global occurrence and heterogeneity of the Roseobacter -clade species Ruegeria mobilis. The ISME Journal. 11(2). 569–583. 85 indexed citations
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Spring, Stefan, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, et al.. (2016). Characterization of the first cultured representative of Verrucomicrobia subdivision 5 indicates the proposal of a novel phylum. The ISME Journal. 10(12). 2801–2816. 119 indexed citations
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Morgan, Richard, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, et al.. (2013). The complex methylome of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(4). 2415–2432. 97 indexed citations

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