Dörte Becher

18.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
294 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Dörte Becher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dörte Becher has authored 294 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 196 papers in Molecular Biology, 77 papers in Ecology and 64 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Dörte Becher's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (63 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (45 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (41 papers). Dörte Becher is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (63 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (45 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (41 papers). Dörte Becher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Dörte Becher's co-authors include Michael Hecker, Andreas Otto, Thomas Schweder, Haike Antelmann, Katharina Riedel, Jörg Bernhardt, Dirk Albrecht, Stephanie Markert, Daniela Zühlke and Jan Maarten van Dijl and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Dörte Becher

286 papers receiving 11.6k 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.

Polysulfides Link H ₂ S to Protein Thiol Oxidation

2013 411 citations Dörte Becher et al. profile →
Cellulose and hemicellulose decomposition by forest soil bacteria proceeds by the action of structurally variable enzymatic systems

2016 340 citations Dörte Becher et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Dörte Becher	6.8k	2.9k	1.8k	1.3k	1.1k	294	11.7k
Ian T. Paulsen	11.5k 1.7×	4.6k 1.6×	3.7k 2.0×	2.0k 1.6×	724 0.7×	312	22.7k
Roman L. Tatusov	11.7k 1.7×	3.3k 1.2×	2.5k 1.4×	964 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	38	16.6k
Gary J. Olsen	6.9k 1.0×	3.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	477 0.4×	485 0.5×	63	10.4k
Thomas Rattei	8.4k 1.2×	6.4k 2.2×	1.2k 0.7×	672 0.5×	824 0.8×	177	17.7k
Thomas J. Smith	3.6k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.3×	514 0.5×	171	9.5k
Loren Hauser	8.1k 1.2×	6.4k 2.2×	727 0.4×	544 0.4×	381 0.4×	77	14.1k
Frank W. Larimer	8.8k 1.3×	5.8k 2.0×	816 0.4×	514 0.4×	364 0.3×	97	15.4k
Roland J. Siezen	10.8k 1.6×	1.4k 0.5×	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	227	16.2k
Leo Eberl	12.6k 1.9×	3.6k 1.2×	3.0k 1.6×	832 0.7×	2.3k 2.2×	254	21.2k
Shigeaki Harayama	8.1k 1.2×	4.5k 1.6×	1.7k 1.0×	284 0.2×	202 0.2×	263	17.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Dörte Becher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dörte Becher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dörte Becher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dörte Becher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dörte Becher 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 Dörte Becher. Dörte Becher is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Fanuel, Mathieu, Ekaterina V. Sokolova, Daniela Latorre, et al.. (2025). Structure, function and catalytic mechanism of the carrageenan-sulfatases from the marine bacterium Zobellia galactanivorans DsijT. Carbohydrate Polymers. 358. 123487–123487.

Moraïs, Sarah, Omar E. Tovar-Herrera, Meltem Tatlı, et al.. (2025). Spatial constraints drive amylosome-mediated resistant starch degradation by Ruminococcus bromii in the human colon. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10763–10763.

Sura, Thomas, et al.. (2024). MamF-like proteins are distant Tic20 homologs involved in organelle assembly in bacteria. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10657–10657. 2 indexed citations

Haneburger, Ina, Caroline Barisch, Sandra Maaß, et al.. (2023). Legionella ‐ and host‐driven lipid flux at LCV‐ER membrane contact sites promotes vacuole remodeling. EMBO Reports. 24(3). e56007–e56007. 19 indexed citations

Salazar, Manuela Gesell, Leif Steil, Stephan Michalik, et al.. (2023). Enhancing bacterial fitness and recombinant enzyme yield by engineering the quality control protease HtrA of Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(6). e0177823–e0177823. 6 indexed citations

Schubert, Hendrik, Sandra Maaß, Dörte Becher, et al.. (2023). The high‐light‐induced protein SliP4 binds to NDH1 and photosystems facilitating cyclic electron transport and state transition in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. New Phytologist. 239(3). 1083–1097. 5 indexed citations

Bartel, Jürgen, Lisa‐Katharina Maier, Sandra Maaß, et al.. (2023). Revealing the small proteome ofHaloferax volcaniiby combining ribosome profiling and small-protein optimized mass spectrometry. PubMed. 4. uqad001–uqad001. 16 indexed citations

Sasson, Goor, Sarah Moraïs, Fotini Kokou, et al.. (2022). Metaproteome plasticity sheds light on the ecology of the rumen microbiome and its connection to host traits. The ISME Journal. 16(11). 2610–2621. 14 indexed citations

Alvares, Caroline, et al.. (2022). Understanding a high-risk acute myeloid leukemia by analyzing the interactome of its major driver mutation. PLoS Genetics. 18(10). e1010463–e1010463. 5 indexed citations

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Bartel, Jürgen, Omer S. Alkhnbashi, Sandra Maaß, et al.. (2021). CdrS Is a Global Transcriptional Regulator Influencing Cell Division in Haloferax volcanii. mBio. 12(4). e0141621–e0141621. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Siqi, Sandra Maaß, John Ziebuhr, et al.. (2021). Reprograming of sRNA target specificity by the leader peptide peTrpL in response to antibiotic exposure. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(5). 2894–2915. 8 indexed citations

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Suárez, Rocío Aguilar, et al.. (2021). Redirected Stress Responses in a Genome-Minimized ‘midi Bacillus ’ Strain with Enhanced Capacity for Protein Secretion. mSystems. 6(6). e0065521–e0065521. 9 indexed citations

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Schlüter, Rabea, et al.. (2021). Reaching out in anticipation: bacterial membrane extensions represent a permanent investment in polysaccharide sensing and utilization. Environmental Microbiology. 23(6). 3149–3163. 14 indexed citations

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Venturini, Elisa, Sarah L. Svensson, Sandra Maaß, et al.. (2020). A global data-driven census of Salmonella small proteins and their potential functions in bacterial virulence. PubMed. 1(1). uqaa002–uqaa002. 35 indexed citations

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Lemay, Marie-Laurence, Sandra Maaß, Andreas Otto, et al.. (2020). A Lactococcal Phage Protein Promotes Viral Propagation and Alters the Host Proteomic Response During Infection. Viruses. 12(8). 797–797. 3 indexed citations

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Koch, Hanna, Thomas Schweder, Beatriz E. Noriega‐Ortega, et al.. (2018). Biphasic cellular adaptations and ecological implications of Alteromonas macleodii degrading a mixture of algal polysaccharides. The ISME Journal. 13(1). 92–103. 59 indexed citations

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Smirnov, Alexandre, Konrad U. Förstner, Erik Holmqvist, et al.. (2016). Grad-seq guides the discovery of ProQ as a major small RNA-binding protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(41). 11591–11596. 222 indexed citations

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Wenzel, Michaela, Alina Iulia Chiriac, Andreas Otto, et al.. (2014). Small cationic antimicrobial peptides delocalize peripheral membrane proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(14). E1409–18. 280 indexed citations

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Xing, Peng, Richard L. Hahnke, Frank Unfried, et al.. (2014). Niches of two polysaccharide-degrading Polaribacter isolates from the North Sea during a spring diatom bloom. The ISME Journal. 9(6). 1410–1422. 153 indexed citations

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Elsholz, Alexander, Kürşad Turgay, Stephan Michalik, et al.. (2012). Global impact of protein arginine phosphorylation on the physiology of Bacillus subtilis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(19). 7451–7456. 116 indexed citations

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