Dirk Krüger

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Dirk Krüger is a scholar working on Plant Science, Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Krüger has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Plant Science, 22 papers in Insect Science and 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Dirk Krüger's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (35 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (22 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (16 papers). Dirk Krüger is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (35 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (22 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (16 papers). Dirk Krüger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and South Africa. Dirk Krüger's co-authors include François Buscot, Witoon Purahong, Tesfaye Wubet, Martin Hofrichter, Björn Hoppe, Tiemo Kahl, Sean B. Carroll, Antonis Rokas, Jürgen Bauhus and Michael Schloter and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Krüger

46 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Life in leaf litter: novel insights into community dynamics of bacteria and fungi during litter decomposition

2016 315 citations Witoon Purahong, Tesfaye Wubet et al. profile →

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Dirk Krüger

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Ariana Kubartová Sweden

Petr Kohout Czechia

Sergei Põlme Estonia

Hui Sun China

Jeri Lynn Parrent United States

Sydney I. Glassman United States

P. A. McGee Australia

Ylva Strid Sweden

Jon Menke United States

Zewei Song United States

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Purahong, Witoon, Tiemo Kahl, Dirk Krüger, François Buscot, & Björn Hoppe. (2019). Home-Field Advantage in Wood Decomposition Is Mainly Mediated by Fungal Community Shifts at “Home” Versus “Away”. Microbial Ecology. 78(3). 725–736. 26 indexed citations

Purahong, Witoon, Tesfaye Wubet, Guillaume Lentendu, et al.. (2018). Determinants of Deadwood-Inhabiting Fungal Communities in Temperate Forests: Molecular Evidence From a Large Scale Deadwood Decomposition Experiment. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 2120–2120. 55 indexed citations

Hoppe, Björn, Witoon Purahong, Tesfaye Wubet, et al.. (2015). Linking molecular deadwood-inhabiting fungal diversity and community dynamics to ecosystem functions and processes in Central European forests. Fungal Diversity. 77(1). 367–379. 149 indexed citations

Hoppe, Björn, Dirk Krüger, Tiemo Kahl, et al.. (2015). A pyrosequencing insight into sprawling bacterial diversity and community dynamics in decaying deadwood logs of Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 10498–10498. 98 indexed citations

Purahong, Witoon, Barbara Stempfhuber, Guillaume Lentendu, et al.. (2015). Influence of Commonly Used Primer Systems on Automated Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis of Bacterial Communities in Environmental Samples. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0118967–e0118967. 16 indexed citations

Floren, Andreas, Dirk Krüger, Tobias Müller, et al.. (2015). Diversity and Interactions of Wood-Inhabiting Fungi and Beetles after Deadwood Enrichment. PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0143566–e0143566. 17 indexed citations

Moll, Julia, Kezia Goldmann, S. Krämer, et al.. (2015). Resource Type and Availability Regulate Fungal Communities Along Arable Soil Profiles. Microbial Ecology. 70(2). 390–399. 40 indexed citations

Fiore‐Donno, Anna Maria, Björn Hoppe, Dirk Krüger, et al.. (2015). First insight into dead wood protistan diversity: a molecular sampling of bright-spored Myxomycetes (Amoebozoa, slime-moulds) in decaying beech logs. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 91(6). 20 indexed citations

Kellner, Harald, Patricia Luis, Marek J. Pecyna, et al.. (2014). Widespread Occurrence of Expressed Fungal Secretory Peroxidases in Forest Soils. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e95557–e95557. 85 indexed citations

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Purahong, Witoon, Danuta Kapturska, Marek J. Pecyna, et al.. (2014). Influence of Different Forest System Management Practices on Leaf Litter Decomposition Rates, Nutrient Dynamics and the Activity of Ligninolytic Enzymes: A Case Study from Central European Forests. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e93700–e93700. 66 indexed citations

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Purahong, Witoon, Björn Hoppe, Tiemo Kahl, et al.. (2014). Changes within a single land-use category alter microbial diversity and community structure: Molecular evidence from wood-inhabiting fungi in forest ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Management. 139. 109–119. 56 indexed citations

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Hoppe, Björn, Tiemo Kahl, Peter Karasch, et al.. (2014). Network Analysis Reveals Ecological Links between N-Fixing Bacteria and Wood-Decaying Fungi. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e88141–e88141. 111 indexed citations

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Krüger, Dirk, Danuta Kapturska, Christiane Fischer, Rolf Daniel, & Tesfaye Wubet. (2012). Diversity Measures in Environmental Sequences Are Highly Dependent on Alignment Quality—Data from ITS and New LSU Primers Targeting Basidiomycetes. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e32139–e32139. 16 indexed citations

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Yurkov, Andrey, Dirk Krüger, Dominik Begerow, Norbert Arnold, & Mika Tarkka. (2011). Basidiomycetous Yeasts from Boletales Fruiting Bodies and Their Interactions with the Mycoparasite Sepedonium chrysospermum and the Host Fungus Paxillus. Microbial Ecology. 63(2). 295–303. 31 indexed citations

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Krüger, Dirk & Andrea Gargas. (2010). Unusual polypore fungi - a taxonomic emendation of Polyporus (Basidiomycotina) after ribosomal spacer characters. Cryptogamie Mycologie. 31(4). 389–401. 1 indexed citations

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Krüger, Dirk & Andrea Gargas. (2008). Secondary structure of ITS2 rRNA provides taxonomic characters for systematic studies — a case in Lycoperdaceae (Basidiomycota). Mycological Research. 112(3). 316–330. 27 indexed citations

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Krüger, Dirk, et al.. (2003). Proposing Morganella subgen. Apioperdon subgen. nov. for the puffball Lycoperdon pyriforme. Mycotaxon. 86. 169–177. 6 indexed citations

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Krüger, Dirk, Manfred Binder, Michael Fischer, & Hanns Kreisel. (2001). The Lycoperdales. A molecular approach to the systematics of some gasteroid mushrooms. Mycologia. 93(5). 947–957. 35 indexed citations

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Paluh, Janet L., Michael Plamann, Dirk Krüger, et al.. (1990). Determination of the inactivating alterations in two mutant alleles of the Neurospora crassa cross-pathway control gene cpc-1.. Genetics. 124(3). 599–606. 20 indexed citations

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Krüger, Dirk. (1958). [Surgery in pain syndromes].. PubMed. 70(7). 109–14. 1 indexed citations

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