Gerhard Gottschalk

21.1k citations

191 papers · 15.6k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 62

Impact in

Endocrinology top 0.2%
- Escherichia coli research studies
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
- Gut microbiota and health

Papers in

Endocrinology 14
Biochemistry 19

Co-authors: Heiko Liesegang Rolf Daniel Hubert Bahl Anke Henne Jörg Hacker Ulrich Dobrindt Michaël Blaut Axel Strittmatter
Journals: Archives of Microbiology (25 papers)European Journal of Biochemistry (25 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (13 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (12 papers)Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (9 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States France

In The Last Decade

Gerhard Gottschalk

190 papers receiving 15.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Clostridium ljungdahlii represents a microbial production platform based on syngas 2010 · 506 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2010 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2007 Nature Biotechnology
2006 Nature Biotechnology
2006 Science
1986 Bacterial Metabolism

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Gerhard Gottschalk, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Genome sequence analyses of two isolates from the recent Escherichia coli outbreak in Germany reveal the emergence of a new pathotype: Entero-Aggregative-Haemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EAHEC) Archives of Microbiology ·Elżbieta Brzuszkiewicz, Andrea Thürmer, Jörg Schuldes, Andreas Leimbach, Heiko Liesegang, Frauke-Dorothee Meyer, Stephen Nelson, Heiko Petersen, Gerhard Gottschalk, Rolf Daniel	2011	209
2	Clostridium ljungdahlii represents a microbial production platform based on syngas Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michael Köpke, Claudia Held, ÃVA SÃRDI, Heiko Liesegang, Arnim Wiezer, Antje Wollherr, Armin Ehrenreich, Wolfgang Liebl, Gerhard Gottschalk, Peter Dürre Hit paper breakdown →	2010	506
3	Host Imprints on Bacterial Genomes—Rapid, Divergent Evolution in Individual Patients PLoS Pathogens ·Jaroslaw Zdziarski, Elżbieta Brzuszkiewicz, Björn Wullt, Heiko Liesegang, Dvora Biran, Birgit Voigt, Pavel. Martínez Guerrero, Bryndís Ragnarsdóttir, Michael Hecker, Eliora Z. Ron, Rolf Daniel, Gerhard Gottschalk, Jörg Hacker, Catharina Svanborg, Ulrich Dobrindt	2010	106
4	A universal strategy for high-yield production of soluble and functional clostridial collagenases in E. coli Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Oluwatosin Lepe, Ulrich Eckhard, Esther Schönauer, Fanny Vallerand, Gerhard Gottschalk, Hans Brandstetter, Natalija Mirić	2009	24
5	Metagenomics of the Deep Mediterranean, a Warm Bathypelagic Habitat PLoS ONE ·Ana-Belén Martín-Cuadrado, Purificación López‐García, А. П. Бегма, David Moreira, Luis Salvador Monticelli, Axel Strittmatter, Gerhard Gottschalk, Francisco Rodríguez‐Valera	2007	170
6	How to become a uropathogen: Comparative genomic analysis of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli strains Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Elżbieta Brzuszkiewicz, Holger Brüggemann, Heiko Liesegang, N. Janecke, Tobias Ölschläger, Gábor Nagy, Kaj Albermann, Christian Wagner, Carmen Buchrieser, Levente Emödy, Gerhard Gottschalk, Jörg Hacker, Ulrich Dobrindt	2006	274
7	Escherichia coli Induces DNA Double-Strand Breaks in Eukaryotic Cells Science ·Jean‐Philippe Nougayrède, Stefan Homburg, Frédéric Taïeb, Michèle Boury, Elżbieta Brzuszkiewicz, Gerhard Gottschalk, Carmen Buchrieser, Jörg Hacker, Ulrich Dobrindt, Éric Oswald Hit paper breakdown →	2006	850
8	Göttinger Gelehrte : die Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen in Bildnissen und Wûrdigungen 1751-2001 Wallstein eBooks ·G. Nanava, Gerhard Gottschalk, Rudolf Smend	2001	2
9	Isolation of a new Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum strain (FH1) producing a thermostable dextranase. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology ·Frank Hoster, Rolf Daniel, Gerhard Gottschalk	2001	30
10	Identification and analysis of proton‐translocating pyrophosphatases in the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina mazei Archaea ·Sebastian Bäumer, Mariam Khotenashvili, Gerhard Gottschalk, Uwe Deppenmeier	2001	16
11	The F420H2 Dehydrogenase fromMethanosarcina mazei Is a Redox-driven Proton Pump Closely Related to NADH Dehydrogenases Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Sebastian Bäumer, J. Lefèvre, Carsten Jacobi, André Johann, Gerhard Gottschalk, Uwe Deppenmeier	2000	96
12	Identification of the syntrophic partners in a coculture coupling anaerobic methanol oxidation to Fe(III) reduction FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Rolf Daniel, Falk Warnecke, Nayan Gowda, Gerhard Gottschalk	1999	16
13	Novel reactions involved in energy conservation by methanogenic archaea FEBS Letters ·Uwe Deppenmeier, Tanja Lienard, Gerhard Gottschalk	1999	97
14	The F420H2-dehydrogenase from Methanolobus tindarius: cloning of the ffd operon and expression of the genes in Escherichia coli FEMS Microbiology Letters ·David Westenberg, Annett Braune, Deng-Yi Wang, Marie Therese O Rigor, Christina Herzberg, Gerhard Gottschalk, Michaël Blaut	1999	9
15	Properties and sequence of the coenzyme B₁₂-dependent glycerol dehydratase ofClostridium pasteurianum FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Steven P. Briggs, Rolf Daniel, Gerhard Gottschalk	1998	53
16	Cloning, sequencing and expression of the genes encoding the sodium translocating N⁵‐methyltetrahydromethanopterin:coenzyme M methyltransferase of the methylotrophic archaeon Methanosarcina mazei Gö1 FEBS Letters ·Tanja Lienard, Gerhard Gottschalk	1998	20
17	Succinate-ethanol fermentation in Clostridium kluyveri: purification and characterisation of 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydratase/vinylacetyl-CoA ?3-?2-isomerase Archives of Microbiology ·Uwe Scherf, V.I. Verulašvili, Gerhard Gottschalk, Dietmar Linder, Wolfgang Buckel	1994	34
18	Sodium bioenergetics in methanogens and acetogens FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Volker Müller, Michaël Blaut, Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, A. Macchiolo, Gerhard Gottschalk	1990	16
19	Methanofuran-b is required for CO₂formation from formaldehyde byMethanosarcina barkeri FEMS Microbiology Letters ·A Mahlmann, Uwe Deppenmeier, Gerhard Gottschalk	1989	12
20	Formation of ethylamine and methane from dimethylethylamine byMethanosarcina barkeri FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Stanislaus Tatul, Hans Hippe, Gerhard Gottschalk	1983	5

About Gerhard Gottschalk

Gerhard Gottschalk is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, having authored 191 papers that have together received 15.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (33 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (30 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (24 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (23 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (21 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (19 papers), Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (19 papers) and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrinology (1.4k citations), Molecular Biology (9.8k citations), Building and Construction (1.8k citations), Biotechnology (1.1k citations) and Molecular Medicine (565 citations). Gerhard Gottschalk has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Heiko Liesegang, Rolf Daniel, Hubert Bahl, Anke Henne, Jörg Hacker, Ulrich Dobrindt, Michaël Blaut, Axel Strittmatter, Holger Brüggemann and Elżbieta Brzuszkiewicz. Their work appears in journals such as Archives of Microbiology, European Journal of Biochemistry, Journal of Bacteriology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

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