Hans G. Schlegel

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Hans G. Schlegel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pollution and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans G. Schlegel has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Pollution and 14 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Hans G. Schlegel's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (17 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (10 papers) and Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (9 papers). Hans G. Schlegel is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (17 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (10 papers) and Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (9 papers). Hans G. Schlegel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Hans G. Schlegel's co-authors include Klaus Schneider, Heinrich Kaltwasser, G. Gottschalk, Andreas Schirmer, Dieter Jendrossek, Alexander Steinbüchel, Peter Schubert, Botho Bowien, Max Mergeay and Patricia Charles and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Hans G. Schlegel

87 papers receiving 5.1k citations

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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.

Ein Submersverfahren zur Kultur wasserstoffoxydierender Bakterien: Wachstumsphysiologische Untersuchungen

1961 743 citations Hans G. Schlegel, Heinrich Kaltwasser et al. Archives of Microbiology profile →
Alcaligenes eutrophus CH34 is a facultative chemolithotroph with plasmid-bound resistance to heavy metals

1985 672 citations Hans G. Schlegel et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hans G. Schlegel Germany	33	2.8k	1.2k	1.2k	885	732	88	5.4k
H. G. Schlegel Germany	39	3.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	718 0.8×	835 1.1×	137	6.1k
G. Gottschalk Germany	45	3.8k 1.4×	763 0.6×	498 0.4×	600 0.7×	1.1k 1.5×	108	5.9k
Botho Bowien Germany	31	2.0k 0.7×	468 0.4×	519 0.4×	545 0.6×	469 0.6×	76	3.1k
Liliana Gianfreda Italy	44	1.4k 0.5×	2.2k 1.8×	585 0.5×	193 0.2×	542 0.7×	135	7.4k
Nirupama Mallick India	40	1.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	2.9k 3.2×	1.4k 2.0×	117	5.8k
Matthias Boll Germany	39	2.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.8×	160 0.1×	649 0.7×	510 0.7×	138	5.3k
Hisao Ohtake Japan	40	2.8k 1.0×	716 0.6×	206 0.2×	183 0.2×	915 1.3×	189	5.4k
Alan A. DiSpirito United States	42	3.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	127 0.1×	387 0.4×	830 1.1×	108	5.4k
R S Hanson United States	32	2.9k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	103 0.1×	227 0.3×	466 0.6×	58	5.3k
Hans‐Peter E. Kohler Switzerland	49	1.4k 0.5×	4.6k 3.8×	673 0.6×	292 0.3×	667 0.9×	120	7.3k

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Jendrossek, Dieter, Andreas Schirmer, & Hans G. Schlegel. (1996). Biodegradation of polyhydroxyalkanoic acids. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 46(5-6). 451–463. 318 indexed citations

Fischer, Dominik, et al.. (1993). The giant linear plasmid pHG207 from Rhodococcus sp. encoding hydrogen autotrophy: characterization of the plasmid and its termini. Journal of General Microbiology. 139(9). 2055–2065. 38 indexed citations

Schlegel, Hans G., et al.. (1988). Plasmid pMOL28-encoded resistance to nickel is due to specific efflux. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 55(3). 295–298. 44 indexed citations

Tilak, K. V. B. R., Klaus Schneider, & Hans G. Schlegel. (1986). Autotrophic growth of nitrogen-fixingAzospirillum species and partial characterization of hydrogenase from strain CC. Current Microbiology. 13(6). 291–297. 7 indexed citations

Tilak, K. V. B. R., Klaus Schneider, & Hans G. Schlegel. (1984). Autotrophic growth of strains ofRhizobium and properties of isolated hydrogenase. Current Microbiology. 10(1). 49–52. 7 indexed citations

Schneider, Klaus, et al.. (1983). The hydrogenase of a thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 17(1-3). 137–141. 13 indexed citations

Malik, K. A. & Hans G. Schlegel. (1981). Chemolithoautotrophic growth of bacteria able to grow under N₂-fixing conditions. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 11(1). 63–20. 47 indexed citations

Lee, Chi-Mei & Hans G. Schlegel. (1981). Physiological characterization ofPseudomonas pseudoflava GA3. Current Microbiology. 5(6). 333–337. 4 indexed citations

Schlegel, Hans G., et al.. (1980). Oxygen supply to bacterial suspensions of high cell densities by hydrogen peroxide. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 22(9). 1877–1894. 20 indexed citations

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Schneider, Klaus, Richard Cammack, Hans G. Schlegel, & David O. Hall. (1979). The iron-sulphur centres of soluble hydrogenase from Alcaligenes eutrophus. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure. 578(2). 445–461. 115 indexed citations

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Schlegel, Hans G., et al.. (1979). A Defective Generalized Transducing Bacteriophage in Xanthobacter autotrophicus GZ29. Journal of General Microbiology. 115(2). 403–410. 6 indexed citations

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Aragno, Michel & Hans G. Schlegel. (1978). Aquaspirillum autotrophicum, a New Species of Hydrogen-Oxidizing, Facultatively Autotrophic Bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 28(1). 112–116. 24 indexed citations

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Schlegel, Hans G., et al.. (1978). Excretion of metabolites by hydrogen bacteria II. Influences of aeration, pH, temperature, and age of cells. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 6(2). 157–166. 24 indexed citations

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Wiegel, Juergen & Hans G. Schlegel. (1977). Leucine biosynthesis: effect of branched-chain amino acids and threonine on synthase activity from aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 5(3). 169–176. 5 indexed citations

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Lalucat, Jorge, et al.. (1976). Identification and physiological characterization of the nitrogen fixing bacterium Corynebacterium autotrophicum GZ 29. Archives of Microbiology. 108(1). 17–26. 27 indexed citations

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Schlegel, Hans G. & Holger W. Jannasch. (1967). Enrichment Cultures. Annual Review of Microbiology. 21(1). 49–70. 28 indexed citations

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Kaltwasser, Heinrich, G. Vogt, & Hans G. Schlegel. (1962). Polyphosphatsynthese w�hrend der Nitrat-Atmung von Micrococcus denitrificans Stamm 11. Archives of Microbiology. 44(3). 259–265. 8 indexed citations

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Schlegel, Hans G. & Heinrich Kaltwasser. (1961). Veränderungen des Polyphosphatgehalts während des Wachstums von Knallgasbakterien unter Phosphatmangel. Flora oder Allgemeine Botanische Zeitung. 150(2-3). 259–273. 5 indexed citations

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Schlegel, Hans G. & R. M. Lafferty. (1960). Radioaktivit�tsmessung an Einzellern auf Membranfiltern. Archives of Microbiology. 38(1). 52–54. 23 indexed citations

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Kaltwasser, Heinrich & Hans G. Schlegel. (1959). Nachweis und quantitative Bestimmung der Polyphosphate in wasserstoffoxydierenden Bakterien. Archives of Microbiology. 34(1). 76–92. 14 indexed citations

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