Douwe Molenaar

13.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
131 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Douwe Molenaar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Douwe Molenaar has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Molecular Biology, 57 papers in Food Science and 32 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Douwe Molenaar's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (51 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (29 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (24 papers). Douwe Molenaar is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (51 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (29 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (24 papers). Douwe Molenaar collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Douwe Molenaar's co-authors include Bas Teusink, Willem M. de Vos, Michiel Kleerebezem, Michel E. van der Rest, Roland J. Siezen, Johan E. T. van Hylckama Vlieg, Peter A. Bron, Tjakko Abee, Christian Lange and Arnold J. M. Driessen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Douwe Molenaar

130 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

Complete genome sequence of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1

2003 1.2k citations Michiel Kleerebezem, Jos Boekhorst et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A benzene-degrading nitrate-reducing microbial consortium displays aerobic and anaerobic benzene degradation pathways

2018 364 citations Douwe Molenaar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Douwe Molenaar Netherlands	56	7.1k	4.5k	2.0k	1.6k	975	131	10.5k
Wil N. Konings Netherlands	69	9.8k 1.4×	5.0k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	2.7k 1.7×	743 0.8×	318	16.0k
Jan Kok Netherlands	69	10.1k 1.4×	7.3k 1.6×	2.5k 1.3×	3.0k 1.9×	519 0.5×	251	15.5k
Roland J. Siezen Netherlands	69	10.8k 1.5×	7.7k 1.7×	2.9k 1.5×	1.8k 1.1×	683 0.7×	227	16.2k
Tjakko Abee Netherlands	74	8.3k 1.2×	7.0k 1.5×	1.6k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	339	16.2k
Bart C. Weimer United States	43	3.9k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	553 0.3×	372 0.4×	178	7.1k
Dmitry A. Rodionov United States	57	7.1k 1.0×	918 0.2×	1.4k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	856 0.9×	168	11.3k
Paul L.H. McSweeney Ireland	55	6.6k 0.9×	10.2k 2.3×	3.0k 1.5×	732 0.5×	580 0.6×	217	14.2k
Bart Devreese Belgium	57	5.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.2×	622 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	822 0.8×	306	10.9k
Jos Vanderleyden Belgium	69	8.6k 1.2×	4.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	834 0.9×	224	18.1k
Ian R. Booth United Kingdom	58	6.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.3×	408 0.2×	2.8k 1.8×	980 1.0×	166	10.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Douwe Molenaar

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Hertzberger, Rosanne, et al.. (2025). Insights into host dependency from a chemically defined medium for the human vaginal bacterium Lactobacillus crispatus. Archives of Microbiology. 207(9). 212–212.

Breur, Marjolein, Douwe Molenaar, Sophie van der Sluis, et al.. (2022). Cortical Pathology in Vanishing White Matter. Cells. 11(22). 3581–3581. 6 indexed citations

Battjes, J.A., Chrats Melkonian, Sebastián N. Mendoza, et al.. (2022). Ethanol-lactate transition of Lachancea thermotolerans is linked to nitrogen metabolism. Food Microbiology. 110. 104167–104167. 21 indexed citations

Hertzberger, Rosanne, et al.. (2022). Genetic Elements Orchestrating Lactobacillus crispatus Glycogen Metabolism in the Vagina. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(10). 5590–5590. 19 indexed citations

Brenzinger, Kristof, Ohana Y. A. Costa, Adrian Ho, et al.. (2021). Steering microbiomes by organic amendments towards climate-smart agricultural soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 57(8). 1053–1074. 20 indexed citations

Chen, Yu, Sjef Boeren, Herwig Bachmann, et al.. (2021). Proteome constraints reveal targets for improving microbial fitness in nutrient‐rich environments. Molecular Systems Biology. 17(4). e10093–e10093. 33 indexed citations

Lara, Elena Garcia, et al.. (2021). Using Functional Annotations to Study Pairwise Interactions in Urinary Tract Infection Communities. Genes. 12(8). 1221–1221. 5 indexed citations

Veer, Charlotte van der, Rosanne Hertzberger, Sylvia M. Bruisten, et al.. (2019). Comparative genomics of human Lactobacillus crispatus isolates reveals genes for glycosylation and glycogen degradation: implications for in vivo dominance of the vaginal microbiota. Microbiome. 7(1). 49–49. 100 indexed citations

Mendoza, Sebastián N., Brett G. Olivier, Douwe Molenaar, & Bas Teusink. (2019). A systematic assessment of current genome-scale metabolic reconstruction tools. Genome biology. 20(1). 158–158. 150 indexed citations

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Eckhardt, Thomas, Anne de Jong, Filipe Branco dos Santos, et al.. (2015). Protein costs do not explain evolution of metabolic strategies and regulation of ribosomal content: does protein investment explain an anaerobic bacterial C rabtree effect?. Molecular Microbiology. 97(1). 77–92. 49 indexed citations

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Siezen, Roland J., Jumamurat R. Bayjanov, Giovanna E. Felis, et al.. (2011). Genome‐scale diversity and niche adaptation analysis of Lactococcus lactis by comparative genome hybridization using multi‐strain arrays. Microbial Biotechnology. 4(3). 383–402. 67 indexed citations

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Saulnier, Delphine, Filipe Duarte Santos, Stefan Roos, et al.. (2011). Exploring Metabolic Pathway Reconstruction and Genome-Wide Expression Profiling in Lactobacillus reuteri to Define Functional Probiotic Features. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e18783–e18783. 146 indexed citations

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Rud, Ida, Kristine Naterstad, Roger S. Bongers, et al.. (2010). Functional analysis of the role of CggR (central glycolytic gene regulator) in Lactobacillus plantarum by transcriptome analysis. Microbial Biotechnology. 4(3). 345–356. 10 indexed citations

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Hemert, Saskia van, Marjolein Meijerink, Douwe Molenaar, et al.. (2010). Identification of Lactobacillus plantarum genes modulating the cytokine response of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. BMC Microbiology. 10(1). 293–293. 163 indexed citations

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Derrien, Muriel, Sahar El Aidy, Mirjana Rajilić–Stojanović, et al.. (2009). Spatial And Temporal Analysis Of Intestinal Microbiota In Conventionalized Germ Free Mice In Correlation With The Host Responses, Using A High-Throughput Phylogenetic Microarray.. Microbial Ecology. 57(3). 566–567. 2 indexed citations

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Wels, Michiel, Roger S. Bongers, Jos Boekhorst, et al.. (2009). Large Intergenic Cruciform-Like Supermotifs in the Lactobacillus plantarum Genome. Journal of Bacteriology. 191(10). 3420–3423. 4 indexed citations

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Stevens, Marc J. A., Douwe Molenaar, Anne de Jong, Willem M. de Vos, & Michiel Kleerebezem. (2009). σ 54-mediated control of the mannose phosphotransferase sytem in Lactobacillus plantarum impacts on carbohydrate metabolism. Microbiology. 156(3). 695–707. 25 indexed citations

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Ingham, Colin J., A.J. Sprenkels, Johan G. Bomer, et al.. (2007). The micro-Petri dish, a million-well growth chip for the culture and high-throughput screening of microorganisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(46). 18217–18222. 192 indexed citations

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Siezen, Roland J., et al.. (2007). Genome-scale genotype-phenotype matching of two Lactococcus lactis plant isolates identifies adaptation mechanisms to the plant niche. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 424–436. 1 indexed citations

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Rademaker, J. L. W., et al.. (2006). Natural diversity and adaptive responses of Lactococcus lactis. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 17(2). 183–190. 94 indexed citations

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