Manuel Banzhaf

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Manuel Banzhaf is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Manuel Banzhaf has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Manuel Banzhaf's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (18 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers). Manuel Banzhaf is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (18 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers). Manuel Banzhaf collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Australia. Manuel Banzhaf's co-authors include Athanasios Typas, Waldemar Vollmer, Carol A. Gross, Tanneke den Blaauwen, Matylda Zietek, Jolanda Verheul, Eefjan Breukink, H. Bart van den Berg van Saparoea, Béatrice Py and Ana Rita Brochado and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Manuel Banzhaf

35 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

From the regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis to bacterial growth and morphology

2011 932 citations Athanasios Typas, Manuel Banzhaf et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
Species-specific activity of antibacterial drug combinations

2018 267 citations Ana Rita Brochado, Anja Telzerow et al. Nature profile →

Peers

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Alessandra Polissi Italy

Paolo Landini Italy

Etienne Maisonneuve France

Romé Voulhoux France

Cezar M. Khursigara Canada

Seok Hoon Hong United States

Tracy Raivio Canada

Cristina L. Marolda Canada

Timothy C. Meredith United States

Mark P. Brynildsen United States

Alessandra Polissi Italy

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Countries citing papers authored by Manuel Banzhaf

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Fields of papers citing papers by Manuel Banzhaf

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manuel Banzhaf

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Manuel Banzhaf. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Manuel Banzhaf based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Manuel Banzhaf. Manuel Banzhaf is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Hart, Adam G., Joe Gray, Jacob Biboy, et al.. (2025). An Evolutionarily Conserved Laterally Acquired Toolkit Enables Microbiota Targeting by Trichomonas. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(11).

Williams, G.D., Susan Sutherland, James R. J. Haycocks, et al.. (2025). High-throughput chemical genomic screening: a step-by-step workflow from plate to phenotype. mSystems. 10(12). e0088525–e0088525.

Saal, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Wettability and Bactericidal Properties of Bioinspired ZnO Nanopillar Surfaces. Langmuir. 40(14). 7353–7363. 7 indexed citations

Mize, Todd H., Sudagar S. Gurcha, Gurdyal S. Besra, et al.. (2024). The mycobacterial glycoside hydrolase LamH enables capsular arabinomannan release and stimulates growth. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5740–5740. 5 indexed citations

Moradigaravand, Danesh, Liguan Li, Arnaud Dechesne, et al.. (2023). Plasmid permissiveness of wastewater microbiomes can be predicted from 16S rRNA sequences by machine learning. Bioinformatics. 39(7). 2 indexed citations

Karbowniczek, Joanna, Krzysztof Berniak, Joanna Knapczyk‐Korczak, et al.. (2023). Strategies of nanoparticles integration in polymer fibers to achieve antibacterial effect and enhance cell proliferation with collagen production in tissue engineering scaffolds. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 650(Pt B). 1371–1381. 25 indexed citations

Goodall, Emily C. A., Faye C. Morris, Emma Sheehan, et al.. (2022). LI-Detector: a Method for Curating Ordered Gene-Replacement Libraries. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(4). e0083322–e0083322. 1 indexed citations

Verheul, Jolanda, Hamish C. L. Yau, Alexandra S. Solovyova, et al.. (2022). Early midcell localization of Escherichia coli PBP4 supports the function of peptidoglycan amidases. PLoS Genetics. 18(5). e1010222–e1010222. 9 indexed citations

Banzhaf, Manuel, et al.. (2021). A Dynamic Network of Proteins Facilitate Cell Envelope Biogenesis in Gram-Negative Bacteria. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(23). 12831–12831. 17 indexed citations

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Banzhaf, Manuel, Hamish C. L. Yau, Jolanda Verheul, et al.. (2020). Outer membrane lipoprotein NlpI scaffolds peptidoglycan hydrolases within multi‐enzyme complexes in Escherichia coli. The EMBO Journal. 39(5). e102246–e102246. 63 indexed citations

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Bryant, Jack A., Ian T. Cadby, Yanina R. Sevastsyanovich, et al.. (2020). Structure-Function Characterization of the Conserved Regulatory Mechanism of the Escherichia coli M48 Metalloprotease BepA. Journal of Bacteriology. 203(2). 11 indexed citations

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Banzhaf, Manuel, Osbaldo Reséndis-Antonio, & Marie Lisandra Zepeda Mendoza. (2020). Uncovering the Dynamic Mechanisms of the Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Quorum Sensing and Virulence Networks Using Boolean Modelling. IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience. 19(3). 394–402. 4 indexed citations

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Kandiah, Eaazhisai, Pierre Garcia, Jan Félix, et al.. (2019). Structure, Function, and Evolution of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lysine Decarboxylase LdcA. Structure. 27(12). 1842–1854.e4. 11 indexed citations

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Brochado, Ana Rita, Anja Telzerow, Jacob Bobonis, et al.. (2018). Species-specific activity of antibacterial drug combinations. Nature. 559(7713). 259–263. 267 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kritikos, George, Manuel Banzhaf, Lucía Herrera-Domínguez, et al.. (2017). A tool named Iris for versatile high-throughput phenotyping in microorganisms. Nature Microbiology. 2(5). 17014–17014. 49 indexed citations

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Cho, Seung‐Hyun, Christina Pesavento, Matylda Zietek, et al.. (2014). Detecting Envelope Stress by Monitoring β-Barrel Assembly. Cell. 159(7). 1652–1664. 141 indexed citations

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Ezraty, Benjamin, Alexandra Vergnes, Manuel Banzhaf, et al.. (2013). Fe-S Cluster Biosynthesis Controls Uptake of Aminoglycosides in a ROS-Less Death Pathway. Science. 340(6140). 1583–1587. 178 indexed citations

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Typas, Athanasios, Manuel Banzhaf, Carol A. Gross, & Waldemar Vollmer. (2011). From the regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis to bacterial growth and morphology. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 10(2). 123–136. 932 indexed citations breakdown →

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Typas, Athanasios, Manuel Banzhaf, H. Bart van den Berg van Saparoea, et al.. (2010). Regulation of Peptidoglycan Synthesis by Outer-Membrane Proteins. Cell. 143(7). 1097–1109. 293 indexed citations

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Potluri, Lakshmi‐Prasad, Aneta Karczmarek, Jolanda Verheul, et al.. (2010). Septal and lateral wall localization of PBP5, the major D,D‐carboxypeptidase of Escherichia coli, requires substrate recognition and membrane attachment. Molecular Microbiology. 77(2). 300–323. 70 indexed citations

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