Lorenz Adrian

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Lorenz Adrian is a scholar working on Pollution, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lorenz Adrian has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Pollution, 60 papers in Molecular Biology and 42 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Lorenz Adrian's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (54 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (41 papers) and Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (24 papers). Lorenz Adrian is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (54 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (41 papers) and Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (24 papers). Lorenz Adrian collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Spain. Lorenz Adrian's co-authors include Helmut Görisch, Stephen H. Zinder, Ulrich Szewzyk, Ernest Marco‐Urrea, Frank E. Löffler, Jörg Wecke, Elizabeth A. Edwards, Hans H. Richnow, Tina Hölscher and Kirsti M. Ritalahti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Lorenz Adrian

140 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

Dehalococcoides mccartyi gen. nov., sp. nov., obligately ... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Dehalococcoides mccartyi gen. nov., sp. nov., obligately organohalide-respiring anaerobic bacteria relevant to halogen cycling and bioremediation, belong to a novel bacterial class, Dehalococcoidia classis nov., order Dehalococcoidales ord. nov. and family Dehalococcoidaceae fam. nov., within the phylum Chloroflexi
    2012 444 citations Lorenz Adrian et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lorenz Adrian Germany 42 3.3k 2.0k 1.5k 1.5k 975 147 5.9k
Kirsti M. Ritalahti United States 31 3.3k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 843 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 36 4.9k
Christof Holliger Switzerland 54 4.5k 1.3× 1.6k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 1.4k 1.4× 156 7.7k
Stephen H. Zinder United States 46 3.9k 1.2× 2.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 2.0k 1.3× 1.6k 1.6× 91 7.9k
Carsten Vogt Germany 44 2.3k 0.7× 1.8k 0.9× 887 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 175 5.6k
Gabriele Diekert Germany 45 2.3k 0.7× 864 0.4× 980 0.6× 2.8k 1.8× 889 0.9× 118 5.9k
Jim C. Spain United States 56 6.0k 1.8× 1.2k 0.6× 2.3k 1.5× 3.0k 2.0× 869 0.9× 199 10.4k
Kevin R. Sowers United States 42 2.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 1.7k 1.1× 520 0.5× 85 5.0k
James M. Gossett United States 34 3.7k 1.1× 802 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 781 0.5× 1.4k 1.5× 56 5.8k
Jalal Hawari Canada 53 3.6k 1.1× 720 0.4× 2.7k 1.8× 1.1k 0.7× 463 0.5× 246 8.6k
Gerben J. Zylstra United States 47 3.6k 1.1× 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 3.0k 1.9× 331 0.3× 122 6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lorenz Adrian

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xu, Guofang, Darrell W.S. Tang, Qihong Lu, et al.. (2025). High-Throughput Screening of Microbial Reductive Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls: Patterns in Reactivity and Pathways. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(15). 7712–7721. 3 indexed citations
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Keuschnig, Christoph, Athanasios Zervas, Martyn Tranter, et al.. (2025). Linking extreme light availability to cellular function in algae-dominated communities on the Greenland Ice Sheet. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 101(10).
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Frank, Ronny, et al.. (2024). Reductive dehalogenase of Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain CBDB1 reduces cobalt- containing metal complexes enabling anodic respiration. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1457014–1457014. 4 indexed citations
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Kohlstedt, Michael, et al.. (2024). Systems biology of electrogenic Pseudomonas putida - multi-omics insights and metabolic engineering for enhanced 2-ketogluconate production. Microbial Cell Factories. 23(1). 246–246. 3 indexed citations
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Rohwerder, Thore, et al.. (2024). A Novel Sulfatase for Acesulfame Degradation in Wastewater Treatment Plants as Evidenced from Shinella Strains. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(42). 18892–18902. 2 indexed citations
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Mayer, Klaus, et al.. (2023). Yeast gene KTI13 (alias DPH8) operates in the initiation step of diphthamide synthesis on elongation factor 2. Microbial Cell. 10(9). 195–203. 4 indexed citations
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Wasmund, Kenneth, et al.. (2023). Respiratory protein interactions in Dehalobacter sp. strain 8M revealed through genomic and native proteomic analyses. Environmental Microbiology. 25(11). 2604–2620. 5 indexed citations
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Ding, Chang, et al.. (2023). Effects of reducing, stabilizing, and antibiotic agents on “Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis”. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 107(5-6). 1829–1843. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hongliang, Julia Quintana, Lorenz Adrian, et al.. (2022). Translational fidelity and growth of Arabidopsis require stress-sensitive diphthamide biosynthesis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4009–4009. 13 indexed citations
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Stripp, Sven T., Christina S. Müller, D. Ehrenberg, et al.. (2021). Electron inventory of the iron-sulfur scaffold complex HypCD essential in [NiFe]-hydrogenase cofactor assembly. Biochemical Journal. 478(17). 3281–3295. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Song‐Can, Lorenz Adrian, Federica Calabrese, et al.. (2021). Novel clades of soil biphenyl degraders revealed by integrating isotope probing, multi-omics, and single-cell analyses. The ISME Journal. 15(12). 3508–3521. 22 indexed citations
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Türkowsky, Dominique, Bruna Matturro, Nico Jehmlich, et al.. (2021). Interspecies metabolite transfer and aggregate formation in a co-culture of Dehalococcoides and Sulfurospirillum dehalogenating tetrachloroethene to ethene. The ISME Journal. 15(6). 1794–1809. 39 indexed citations
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Currier, Rachel B., Kathrin Ulrich, Alejandro E. Leroux, et al.. (2019). An essential thioredoxin-type protein of Trypanosoma brucei acts as redox-regulated mitochondrial chaperone. PLoS Pathogens. 15(9). e1008065–e1008065. 12 indexed citations
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Adrian, Lorenz, et al.. (2019). Deiodination in the presence of Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain CBDB1: comparison of the native enzyme and co-factor vitamin B12. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26(31). 32636–32644. 4 indexed citations
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Busche, Tobias, Mélanie Hillion, Vu Van Loi, et al.. (2018). Comparative Secretome Analyses of Human and Zoonotic Staphylococcus aureus Isolates CC8, CC22, and CC398. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 17(12). 2412–2433. 27 indexed citations
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Martín-González, Lucía, Teresa Vicent, Glòria Caminal, et al.. (2017). Detoxification of 1,1,2-trichloroethane to ethene in a bioreactor co-culture of Dehalogenimonas and Dehalococcoides mccartyi strains. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 331. 218–225. 27 indexed citations
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Adrian, Lorenz, Richard Reinhardt, & Michael Kube. (2009). Genomics as a tool to analyze bioremediation potentials and functional diversification in subsurface environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 1 indexed citations
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Adrian, Lorenz, Ulrich Szewzyk, Jörg Wecke, & Helmut Görisch. (2000). Bacterial dehalorespiration with chlorinated benzenes. Nature. 408(6812). 580–583. 352 indexed citations

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