Gerard Muyzer

46.8k total citations · 10 hit papers
290 papers, 36.2k citations indexed

About

Gerard Muyzer is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerard Muyzer has authored 290 papers receiving a total of 36.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 191 papers in Ecology, 98 papers in Molecular Biology and 89 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Gerard Muyzer's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (177 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (60 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (57 papers). Gerard Muyzer is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (177 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (60 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (57 papers). Gerard Muyzer collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Russia. Gerard Muyzer's co-authors include André G. Uitterlinden, Alfons J. M. Stams, Kornelia Smalla, Dimitry Y. Sorokin, Ferrán García‐Pichel, Ulrich Nübel, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, J. Gijs Kuenen, Andreas Teske and Robbert Kleerebezem and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gerard Muyzer

286 papers receiving 34.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Profiling of complex microbial populations by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of polymerase chain reaction-amplified genes coding for 16S rRNA

1993 9.5k citations Gerard Muyzer et al. profile →
The ecology and biotechnology of sulphate-reducing bacteria

2008 1.7k citations Gerard Muyzer, Alfons J. M. Stams profile →
Application of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TGGE) in microbial ecology

1998 1.6k citations Gerard Muyzer et al. profile →
PCR primers to amplify 16S rRNA genes from cyanobacteria

1997 1.3k citations Gerard Muyzer et al. profile →
Missing lithotroph identified as new planctomycete

1999 1.2k citations Gerard Muyzer et al. profile →
Application of bacteria as self-healing agent for the development of sustainable concrete

2009 1.2k citations H.M. Jonkers, Gerard Muyzer et al. profile →
Phylogenetic relationships ofThiomicrospira species and their identification in deep-sea hydrothermal vent samples by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of 16S rDNA fragments

1995 931 citations Gerard Muyzer et al. profile →
Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profiles of 16S rRNA-defined populations inhabiting a hot spring microbial mat community

1996 742 citations Gerard Muyzer et al. profile →
The anaerobic oxidation of ammonium

1998 659 citations Gerard Muyzer, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht et al. profile →
DGGE/TGGE a method for identifying genes from natural ecosystems

1999 616 citations Gerard Muyzer profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerard Muyzer

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Impact of persistently high sea surface temperatures on the rhizobiomes of Zostera marina in a Baltic Sea benthocosms 2024 ·Global Change Biology ·Tânia Aires, (unknown), Janina Brakel, Florian Weinberger, Martin Wahl, Ana Teles, Gerard Muyzer, Aschwin H. Engelen	2
2	Diversity of the holopelagic Sargassum microbiome from the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt to coastal stranding locations 2022 ·Harmful Algae ·(unknown), (unknown), Aschwin H. Engelen, Henk Bolhuis, Ligia Collado‐Vides, Brigitta I. van Tussenbroek, Marta García-Sánchez, Erik Zettler, Gerard Muyzer, Linda Amaral‐Zettler	25
3	Subcellular view of host–microbiome nutrient exchange in sponges: insights into the ecological success of an early metazoan–microbe symbiosis 2021 ·Microbiome ·(unknown), Laura Rix, Michelle Achlatis, Jeremy Bougoure, Paul Guagliardo, Peta L. Clode, Nicole S. Webster, Gerard Muyzer, Mathieu Pernice, Jasper M. de Goeij	35
4	Marine sponges maintain stable bacterial communities between reef sites with different coral to algae cover ratios 2021 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), Kathrin Busch, Ute Hentschel, Gerard Muyzer, Jasper M. de Goeij	9
5	DNA ‐stable isotope probing (DNA‐SIP) identifies marine sponge‐associated bacteria actively utilizing dissolved organic matter (DOM) 2021 ·Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown), Kathrin Busch, Ute Hentschel, Gerard Muyzer, Jasper M. de Goeij	29
6	Wide diversity of methane and short-chain alkane metabolisms in uncultured archaea 2019 ·Nature Microbiology ·Guillaume Borrel, Panagiotis S. Adam, Luke J. McKay, Lin-Xing Chen, Isabel N. Sierra-García, Christian M. K. Sieber, Quentin Letourneur, Amine Ghozlane, Gary L. Andersen, Wen‐Jun Li, Steven Hallam, Gerard Muyzer, Valéria Maia de Oliveira, William P. Inskeep, Jillian F. Banfield, Simonetta Gribaldo	156
7	Transcriptomic Analysis of Two Thioalkalivibrio Species Under Arsenite Stress Revealed a Potential Candidate Gene for an Alternative Arsenite Oxidation Pathway 2019 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown), Lucia Cavalca, Milena Colombo, J. Merijn Schuurmans, Dimitry Y. Sorokin, Gerard Muyzer	13
8	Metagenomes and metatranscriptomes shed new light on the microbial-mediated sulfur cycle in a Siberian soda lake 2019 ·BMC Biology ·Charlotte D. Vavourakis, Maliheh Mehrshad, Cherel Balkema, (unknown), Adrian‐Ștefan Andrei, Rohit Ghai, Dimitry Y. Sorokin, Gerard Muyzer	77
9	Metagenomic Insights into the Uncultured Diversity and Physiology of Microbes in Four Hypersaline Soda Lake Brines 2016 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Charlotte D. Vavourakis, Rohit Ghai, Francisco Rodríguez‐Valera, Dimitry Y. Sorokin, Susannah G. Tringe, Philip Hugenholtz, Gerard Muyzer	140
10	Genome analysis of Desulfotomaculum kuznetsovii strain 17T reveals a physiological similarity with Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum strain SIT. 2013 ·Standards in Genomic Sciences ·Michael Visser, Petra Worm, Gerard Muyzer, Inês A. C. Pereira, Peter J. Schaap, Caroline M. Plugge, Jan Kuever, Sofiya N. Parshina, Tamara N. Nazina, А. Е. Иванова, Rizlan Bernier‐Latmani, Lynne Goodwin, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Tanja Woyke, Patrick Chain, Karen W. Davenport, Stefan Spring, Hans‐Peter Klenk, Alfons J. M. Stams	31
11	Characterization of geochemical constituents and bacterial populations associated with As mobilization in deep and shallow tube wells in Bangladesh 2009 ·Water Research ·Nora B. Sutton, (unknown), Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, Gerard Muyzer, J. Bruining, R. J. Schotting	74
12	Utilization of arylaliphatic nitriles by haloalkaliphilic Halomonas nitrilicus sp. nov. isolated from soda soils 2008 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·A. Chmura, (unknown), Sander van Pelt, Fred van Rantwijk, T. P. Tourova, Gerard Muyzer, Dimitry Y. Sorokin	19
13	Diversity and expression of cyanobacterial hupS genes in pure cultures and in a nitrogen-limited phototrophic biofilm 2008 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Guus Roeselers, (unknown), Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, Gerard Muyzer	5
14	Ultrabasic Spring Geomicrobiology of the Cedars Peridotite 2006 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown), (unknown), Gerard Muyzer, J. Gijs Kuenen, Kenneth H. Nealson	1
15	Fossil DNA as a Recorder of Ancient Microbial Communities and Palaeoenvironments 2005 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Marco J. L. Coolen, A.C. Boere, Ben Abbas, Gerard Muyzer, Jörg Overmann, Stuart G. Wakeham, John K. Volkman, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté	1
16	Structural and functional analysis of a microbial mat ecosystem from a unique permanent hypersaline inland lake: âLa Salada de Chipranaâ (NE Spain) 2003 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·H.M. Jonkers, (unknown), Rutger de Wit, Olivier Pringault, Gerard Muyzer, Helge Niemann, Niko Finke, Dirk de Beer	101
17	Bacterial activity and genetic richness along an estuarine gradient (Rhone River plume, France) 2002 ·Aquatic Microbial Ecology ·Marc Troussellier, Hendrik Schäfer, Nicole Batailler, Laëtitia Bernard, (unknown), Philippe Lebaron, Gerard Muyzer, (unknown), (unknown)	98
18	Composition and temporal dynamics of planktonic archaeal assemblages from anaerobic sulfurous environments studied by 16S rDNA denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and sequencing 2001 ·Aquatic Microbial Ecology ·Emilio O. Casamayor, Gerard Muyzer, Carlos Pedrós‐Alió	55
19	A Polyphasic Approach to Study the Diversity and Vertical Distribution of Sulfur-Oxidizing Thiomicrospira Species in Coastal Sediments of the German Wadden Sea 1999 ·PubMed Central ·Thorsten Brinkhoff, Cecilia M. Santegoeds, Kerstin Sahm, Jan Kuever, Gerard Muyzer	4
20	Immunological investigations of relationships within the terebratulid brachiopods 1991 ·Bristol Research (University of Bristol) ·Matthew J. Collins, (unknown), Gerard Muyzer, Rhonda L. Quinn, (unknown), Peter Westbroek, (unknown)	10

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