Kai Schuchmann

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Kai Schuchmann is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Schuchmann has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 3 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Schuchmann's work include Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (6 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (5 papers) and Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (4 papers). Kai Schuchmann is often cited by papers focused on Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (6 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (5 papers) and Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (4 papers). Kai Schuchmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany and United States. Kai Schuchmann's co-authors include Volker Müller, Verena Hess, Fabian Schwarz, Nilanjan Pal Chowdhury, Silke Schmidt, Anne‐Kristin Kaster, Andrea Thürmer, Anja Poehlein, Meike Goenrich and Rolf Daniel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Kai Schuchmann

14 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Autotrophy at the thermodynamic limit of life: a model for energy conservation in acetogenic bacteria

2014 631 citations Kai Schuchmann, Volker Müller Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Schuchmann Germany	14	1.1k	667	538	490	457	14	2.0k
Anne M. Henstra United Kingdom	22	881 0.8×	212 0.3×	597 1.1×	366 0.7×	479 1.0×	27	1.6k
Xing Liu China	31	411 0.4×	474 0.7×	310 0.6×	1.3k 2.6×	162 0.4×	75	2.3k
Johannes Gescher Germany	34	967 0.9×	278 0.4×	717 1.3×	1.5k 3.0×	163 0.4×	109	3.1k
Thomas J. Lie United States	18	810 0.7×	175 0.3×	272 0.5×	197 0.4×	338 0.7×	27	1.4k
Naoya Ohmura Japan	25	354 0.3×	164 0.2×	784 1.5×	397 0.8×	317 0.7×	76	1.8k
Arpita Bose United States	22	345 0.3×	277 0.4×	218 0.4×	661 1.3×	151 0.3×	38	1.2k
Atsushi Kouzuma Japan	26	423 0.4×	306 0.5×	378 0.7×	1.6k 3.4×	186 0.4×	72	2.4k
Kisay Lee South Korea	28	345 0.3×	2.0k 3.0×	635 1.2×	190 0.4×	104 0.2×	70	2.9k
Mirko Basen Germany	19	560 0.5×	179 0.3×	328 0.6×	210 0.4×	153 0.3×	36	926
David J. F. Walker United States	15	361 0.3×	125 0.2×	307 0.6×	979 2.0×	337 0.7×	20	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Schuchmann

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Schwarz, Fabian, et al.. (2021). Capture of carbon dioxide and hydrogen by engineered Escherichia coli: hydrogen-dependent CO2 reduction to formate. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 105(14-15). 5861–5872. 20 indexed citations

Schuchmann, Kai, et al.. (2018). Efficient whole cell biocatalyst for formate-based hydrogen production. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 11(1). 93–93. 42 indexed citations

Schwarz, Fabian, Kai Schuchmann, & Volker Müller. (2018). Hydrogenation of CO2 at ambient pressure catalyzed by a highly active thermostable biocatalyst. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 11(1). 237–237. 78 indexed citations

Schuchmann, Kai, Nilanjan Pal Chowdhury, & Volker Müller. (2018). Complex Multimeric [FeFe] Hydrogenases: Biochemistry, Physiology and New Opportunities for the Hydrogen Economy. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 68 indexed citations

Schuchmann, Kai, et al.. (2016). Ethylene Glycol Metabolism in the Acetogen Acetobacterium woodii. Journal of Bacteriology. 198(7). 1058–1065. 73 indexed citations

Schuchmann, Kai & Volker Müller. (2016). Energetics and Application of Heterotrophy in Acetogenic Bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 82(14). 4056–4069. 196 indexed citations

Ceccaldi, Pierre, Kai Schuchmann, Volker Müller, & Sean J. Elliott. (2016). The hydrogen dependent CO₂ reductase: the first completely CO tolerant FeFe-hydrogenase. Energy & Environmental Science. 10(2). 503–508. 32 indexed citations

Schuchmann, Kai, Janet Vonck, & Volker Müller. (2016). A bacterial hydrogen‐dependent CO₂ reductase forms filamentous structures. FEBS Journal. 283(7). 1311–1322. 20 indexed citations

Schuchmann, Kai & Volker Müller. (2014). Autotrophy at the thermodynamic limit of life: a model for energy conservation in acetogenic bacteria. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 12(12). 809–821. 631 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schuchmann, Kai, Silke Schmidt, Antonio Martínez, et al.. (2014). Nonacetogenic Growth of the Acetogen Acetobacterium woodii on 1,2-Propanediol. Journal of Bacteriology. 197(2). 382–391. 29 indexed citations

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Hess, Verena, Kai Schuchmann, & Volker Müller. (2013). The Ferredoxin:NAD+ Oxidoreductase (Rnf) from the Acetogen Acetobacterium woodii Requires Na+ and Is Reversibly Coupled to the Membrane Potential. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(44). 31496–31502. 124 indexed citations

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Schuchmann, Kai & Volker Müller. (2013). Direct and Reversible Hydrogenation of CO ₂ to Formate by a Bacterial Carbon Dioxide Reductase. Science. 342(6164). 1382–1385. 339 indexed citations

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Schuchmann, Kai & Volker Müller. (2012). A Bacterial Electron-bifurcating Hydrogenase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(37). 31165–31171. 166 indexed citations

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Poehlein, Anja, Silke Schmidt, Anne‐Kristin Kaster, et al.. (2012). An Ancient Pathway Combining Carbon Dioxide Fixation with the Generation and Utilization of a Sodium Ion Gradient for ATP Synthesis. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e33439–e33439. 210 indexed citations

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