Martin Könneke

9.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
47 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Martin Könneke is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Könneke has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Ecology, 30 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Martin Könneke's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (34 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (27 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (13 papers). Martin Könneke is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (34 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (27 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (13 papers). Martin Könneke collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Martin Könneke's co-authors include David A. Stahl, José R. de la Torre, C. B. Walker, John Waterbury, Anne E. Bernhard, Kai‐Uwe Hinrichs, Anitra E. Ingalls, Felix J. Elling, Michaela Stieglmeier and Christa Schleper and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Martin Könneke

47 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Isolation of an autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing marine archaeon

2005 2.2k citations Martin Könneke, Anne E. Bernhard et al. Nature profile →
Nitrososphaera viennensis , an ammonia oxidizing archaeon from soil

2011 765 citations Martin Könneke, Michael Wagner et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Cultivation of a thermophilic ammonia oxidizing archaeon synthesizing crenarchaeol

2008 530 citations José R. de la Torre, C. B. Walker et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martin Könneke Germany	28	4.6k	2.2k	2.1k	2.0k	1.2k	47	6.2k
Alyson E. Santoro United States	35	4.7k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.6×	79	6.4k
J. Michael Beman United States	24	4.1k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.5×	32	5.8k
Christopher Francis United States	49	7.2k 1.6×	4.7k 2.2×	1.9k 0.9×	2.7k 1.3×	2.2k 1.8×	100	9.9k
Ben Abbas Netherlands	40	2.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	970 0.8×	74	5.3k
Gregory J. Dick United States	43	3.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	2.4k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	115	7.2k
Terry J. McGenity United Kingdom	47	2.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.9×	626 0.5×	113	5.3k
Anitra E. Ingalls United States	37	3.6k 0.8×	960 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	2.0k 1.6×	71	5.2k
Byron C. Crump United States	45	6.0k 1.3×	1.0k 0.5×	1.8k 0.9×	2.7k 1.3×	3.2k 2.6×	102	8.2k
Willm Martens‐Habbena United States	24	2.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	886 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	908 0.7×	46	3.9k
Henricus T. S. Boschker Netherlands	41	3.6k 0.8×	621 0.3×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	2.0k 1.6×	88	6.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Könneke

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Lara‐Martín, Pablo A., Oliver Wurl, Martin Könneke, et al.. (2025). Effects of ciprofloxacin on bacterial abundance and enrichments in samples taken from the sea surface microlayer and underlying waters in the southern North Sea. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1624041–1624041. 1 indexed citations

Dlugosch, Leon, Kertu Lõhmus, Martin Könneke, et al.. (2023). Microbial drivers of DMSO reduction and DMS-dependent methanogenesis in saltmarsh sediments. The ISME Journal. 17(12). 2340–2351. 13 indexed citations

Meador, Travis B., et al.. (2020). Carbon recycling efficiency and phosphate turnover by marine nitrifying archaea. Science Advances. 6(19). eaba1799–eaba1799. 24 indexed citations

Wu, Weichao, Travis B. Meador, Martin Könneke, et al.. (2020). Substrate‐dependent incorporation of carbon and hydrogen for lipid biosynthesis by Methanosarcina barkeri. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 12(5). 555–567. 16 indexed citations

Wörmer, Lars, Tatsuhiko Hoshino, Marshall W. Bowles, et al.. (2019). Microbial dormancy in the marine subsurface: Global endospore abundance and response to burial. Science Advances. 5(2). eaav1024–eaav1024. 58 indexed citations

Kitzinger, Katharina, Cory C. Padilla, Hannah K. Marchant, et al.. (2018). Cyanate and urea are substrates for nitrification by Thaumarchaeota in the marine environment. Nature Microbiology. 4(2). 234–243. 110 indexed citations

Ermel, M., Thomas Behrendt, R. Oswald, et al.. (2018). Hydroxylamine released by nitrifying microorganisms is a precursor for HONO emission from drying soils. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1877–1877. 42 indexed citations

Evans, T., Martin Könneke, Julius S. Lipp, et al.. (2018). Lipid biosynthesis of Nitrosopumilus maritimus dissected by lipid specific radioisotope probing (lipid-RIP) under contrasting ammonium supply. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 242. 51–63. 26 indexed citations

Hurley, Sarah J., Felix J. Elling, Martin Könneke, et al.. (2016). Influence of ammonia oxidation rate on thaumarchaeal lipid composition and the TEX ₈₆ temperature proxy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(28). 7762–7767. 115 indexed citations

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Birgel, Daniel, Felix J. Elling, Paul Sutton, et al.. (2016). From ether to acid: A plausible degradation pathway of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 183. 138–152. 34 indexed citations

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Czech, Laura, Felix J. Elling, Martin Könneke, et al.. (2015). Strangers in the archaeal world: osmostress‐responsive biosynthesis of ectoine and hydroxyectoine by the marine thaumarchaeon Nitrosopumilus maritimus. Environmental Microbiology. 18(4). 1227–1248. 59 indexed citations

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Elling, Felix J., Kevin W. Becker, Martin Könneke, et al.. (2015). Respiratory quinones in A rchaea : phylogenetic distribution and application as biomarkers in the marine environment. Environmental Microbiology. 18(2). 692–707. 62 indexed citations

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Elling, Felix J., Martin Könneke, Julius S. Lipp, et al.. (2014). Effects of growth phase on the membrane lipid composition of the thaumarchaeon Nitrosopumilus maritimus and their implications for archaeal lipid distributions in the marine environment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 141. 579–597. 143 indexed citations

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Meador, Travis B., Chun Zhu, Felix J. Elling, Martin Könneke, & Kai‐Uwe Hinrichs. (2014). Identification of isoprenoid glycosidic glycerol dibiphytanol diethers and indications for their biosynthetic origin. Organic Geochemistry. 69. 70–75. 23 indexed citations

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Löscher, Carolin R., Annette Kock, Martin Könneke, et al.. (2012). Production of oceanic nitrous oxide by ammonia-oxidizing archaea. Biogeosciences. 9(7). 2419–2429. 199 indexed citations

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Kraft, Beate, Bert Engelen, Tobias Goldhammer, et al.. (2012). Desulfofrigussp. prevails in sulfate-reducing dilution cultures from sediments of the Benguela upwelling area. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 84(1). 86–97. 5 indexed citations

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Yan, Jia, Suzanne C. M. Haaijer, Huub J. M. Op den Camp, et al.. (2012). Mimicking the oxygen minimum zones: stimulating interaction of aerobic archaeal and anaerobic bacterial ammonia oxidizers in a laboratory‐scale model system. Environmental Microbiology. 14(12). 3146–3158. 97 indexed citations

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Könneke, Martin, Anne E. Bernhard, José R. de la Torre, et al.. (2005). Isolation of an autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing marine archaeon. Nature. 437(7058). 543–546. 2218 indexed citations breakdown →

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Könneke, Martin & Friedrich Widdel. (2003). Effect of growth temperature on cellular fatty acids in sulphate‐reducing bacteria. Environmental Microbiology. 5(11). 1064–1070. 27 indexed citations

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Llobet-Brossa, Enrique, Ralf Rabus, Michael E. Böttcher, et al.. (2002). Community structure and activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria in an intertidal surface sediment: a multi-method approach. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 29. 211–226. 104 indexed citations

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