Markus Göker

35.7k total citations · 14 hit papers
221 papers, 21.4k citations indexed

About

Markus Göker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Göker has authored 221 papers receiving a total of 21.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Molecular Biology, 102 papers in Ecology and 61 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Markus Göker's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (127 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (90 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (35 papers). Markus Göker is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (127 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (90 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (35 papers). Markus Göker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Israel. Markus Göker's co-authors include Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff, Alexander F. Auch, Hans-Peter Klenk, Hans‐Peter Klenk, J. Sarda Carbasse, Mathias von Jan, L.C. Reimer, Aidan C. Parte, Franz Oberwinkler and Hermann Voglmayr and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Markus Göker

209 papers receiving 21.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Genome sequence-based species delimitation with confidence intervals and improved distance functions

2013 5.2k citations Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff, Markus Göker et al. profile →
TYGS is an automated high-throughput platform for state-of-the-art genome-based taxonomy

2019 2.1k citations Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff, Markus Göker profile →
Digital DNA-DNA hybridization for microbial species delineation by means of genome-to-genome sequence comparison

2010 1.3k citations Hans‐Peter Klenk, Markus Göker et al. Standards in Genomic Sciences profile →
List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ

2020 1.3k citations J. Sarda Carbasse, Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff et al. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY profile →
TYGS and LPSN: a database tandem for fast and reliable genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes

2021 1.2k citations Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff, J. Sarda Carbasse et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria

2018 510 citations Imen Nouioui, Lorena Carro et al. profile →
Taxonomic use of DNA G+C content and DNA–DNA hybridization in the genomic age

2014 488 citations Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff, Hans‐Peter Klenk et al. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY profile →
Complete genome sequence of DSM 30083T, the type strain (U5/41T) of Escherichia coli, and a proposal for delineating subspecies in microbial taxonomy

2014 460 citations Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff, Jörn Petersen et al. Standards in Genomic Sciences profile →
When should a DDH experiment be mandatory in microbial taxonomy?

2013 456 citations Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff, Markus Göker et al. profile →
VICTOR: genome-based phylogeny and classification of prokaryotic viruses

2017 452 citations Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff, Markus Göker Bioinformatics profile →
Toward a Novel Multilocus Phylogenetic Taxonomy for the Dermatophytes

2016 444 citations Markus Göker et al. profile →
Towards an integrated phylogenetic classification of theTremellomycetes

2015 357 citations Markus Göker et al. profile →
Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria

2020 332 citations Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff, Brian J. Tindall et al. profile →
International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision)

2023 159 citations Aharon Oren, David R. Arahal et al. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Judicial Opinion 131 2025 ·INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY ·David R. Arahal, Carolee T. Bull, Henrik Christensen, Christopher A. Dunlap, Maria del Carmen Montero‐Calasanz, Charles Thomas Parker, Peter Vandamme, António Ventosa, Stefano Ventura, J. Peter W. Young, Markus Göker	4
2	SILVA in 2026: a global core biodata resource for rRNA within the DSMZ digital diversity 2025 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Maria Chuvochina, Jan Gerken, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Heike M. Freese, Markus Göker, Johannes Sikorski, Pablo Yarza, Christian Quast, Jörg Peplies, Frank Oliver Glöckner, L.C. Reimer	1
3	‘What’s in a name? Fit-for-purpose bacterial nomenclature’: meeting report 2025 ·INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY ·Sheila Patrick, Laura Filkins, Markus Göker, Nicola Holden, Paul A. Hoskisson, (unknown), Conor J. Meehan, Mark J. Pallen, Leighton Pritchard, (unknown), Iain C. Sutcliffe, Martha E. Trujillo, (unknown), (unknown), Susan M. Butler‐Wu	3
4	Draft genome sequence of Nitrobacter vulgaris DSM 10236 ^T 2024 ·Microbiology Resource Announcements ·(unknown), (unknown), Matthew A. Escobar, Vera Thiel, Markus Göker, Natalia Ivanova, R. Seshadri, Kalyani Maitra	1
5	Notification that new names of prokaryotes, new combinations, and new taxonomic opinions have appeared in volume 73, part 4 of the IJSEM 2023 ·INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY ·Aharon Oren, Markus Göker	1
6	Notification that new names of prokaryotes, new combinations, and new taxonomic opinions have appeared in volume 72, part 12 of the IJSEM 2023 ·INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY ·Aharon Oren, Markus Göker	3
7	Notification that new names of prokaryotes, new combinations, and new taxonomic opinions have appeared in volume 73, part 1 of the IJSEM 2023 ·INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY ·Aharon Oren, Markus Göker	2
8	Judicial Opinions 112–122 2022 ·INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY ·David R. Arahal, Hans‐Jürgen Busse, Carolee T. Bull, Henrik Christensen, Maria Chuvochina, Svetlana N. Dedysh, Pierre‐Edouard Fournier, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Charles Thomas Parker, Ramon Rosselló‐Móra, António Ventosa, Markus Göker	13
9	Evidence of taxonomic bias in public databases: The example of the genus Borrelia 2022 ·Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases ·(unknown), Gary P. Wormser, Ira Schwartz, Mateusz Markowicz, Anna J. Henningsson, Reto Lienhard, Brian Stevenson, Agustín Estrada‐Peña, Andreas Sing, Volker Fingerle, Markus Göker	12
10	TYGS and LPSN: a database tandem for fast and reliable genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes breakdown → 2021 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff, J. Sarda Carbasse, (unknown), Markus Göker	1237
11	Ancestral regulatory mechanisms specify conserved midbrain circuitry in arthropods and vertebrates 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jéssika Cristina Bridi, (unknown), Benjamin Kottler, Beate Hartmann, Lies Vanden Broeck, (unknown), Markus Göker, Nicholas J. Strausfeld, Patrick Callaerts, Frank Hirth	19
12	Draft Genome Sequences of Six Type Strains of the Genus Massilia 2020 ·Microbiology Resource Announcements ·(unknown), Andri Frediansyah, Markus Göker, Harald Gross	9
13	High-quality draft genome sequences of Pseudomonas monteilii DSM 14164T, Pseudomonas mosselii DSM 17497T, Pseudomonas plecoglossicida DSM 15088T, Pseudomonas taiwanensis DSM 21245T and Pseudomonas vranovensis DSM 16006T: taxonomic considerations 2019 ·Access Microbiology ·Arantxa Peña, Antonio Busquets, Margarita Gomila, Magdalena Mulet, Rosa M. Gomila, Elena García‐Valdés, T. B. K. Reddy, Marcel Huntemann, Neha Varghese, Natalia Ivanova, I-Min A. Chen, Markus Göker, Tanja Woyke, Hans‐Peter Klenk, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Jorge Lalucat	4
14	Horizontal operon transfer, plasmids, and the evolution of photosynthesis in Rhodobacteraceae 2018 ·The ISME Journal ·Henner Brinkmann, Markus Göker, Michal Koblížek, Irene Wagner‐Döbler, Jörn Petersen	64
15	Genome-based classification of micromonosporae with a focus on their biotechnological and ecological potential 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Lorena Carro, Imen Nouioui, Vartul Sangal, Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff, Martha E. Trujillo, Maria del Carmen Montero‐Calasanz, Nevzat Şahi̇n, Darren Smith, (unknown), Paul Peluso, Shweta Deshpande, Tanja Woyke, Nicole Shapiro, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Hans‐Peter Klenk, Markus Göker, Michael Goodfellow	83
16	VICTOR: genome-based phylogeny and classification of prokaryotic viruses breakdown → 2017 ·Bioinformatics ·Jan P. Meier‐Kolthoff, Markus Göker	452
17	Genome sequence of Leisingera nanhaiensis strain DSM 24252 T isolated from marine sediment 2014 ·Standards in Genomic Sciences ·(unknown), Hazuki Teshima, Jörn Petersen, Olga Chertkov, (unknown), Amy Chen, Amrita Pati, Natalia Ivanova, Alla Lapidus, Lynne Goodwin, Patrick Chain, John C. Detter, Manfred Rohde, Brian J. Tindall, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Tanja Woyke, Meinhard Simon, Markus Göker, Hans‐Peter Klenk, Thorsten Brinkhoff	0
18	Description of gamma radiation-resistant Geodermatophilus dictyosporus sp. nov. to accommodate the not validly named Geodermatophilus obscurus subsp. dictyosporus (Luedemann, 1968) 2014 ·Extremophiles ·Maria del Carmen Montero‐Calasanz, Karima Hezbri, Markus Göker, Haïtham Sghaier, Manfred Rohde, Cathrin Spröer, Peter Schümann, Hans‐Peter Klenk	20
19	Cutaneotropic Human β-/γ-Papillomaviruses Are Rarely Shared between Family Members 2009 ·Journal of Investigative Dermatology ·Marc Gottschling, Markus Göker, Anja Köhler, Mandy Lehmann, Eggert Stockfleth, Ingo Nindl	16
20	Molecular Taxonomy of Phytopathogenic Fungi: A Case Study in Peronospora 2009 ·PLoS ONE ·Markus Göker, (unknown), Hermann Voglmayr, M. Teresa Tellería, María P. Martín	171

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