Michael Pester

6.7k citations

50 papers · 4.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 29

Impact in

Environmental Chemistry top 0.5%
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Mine drainage and remediation techniques
Pollution top 0.5%
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal

Papers in ⓘ

Environmental Chemistry 24
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena 17
- Mine drainage and remediation techniques 7
Ecology 41
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 38
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology 7

Co-authors: Alexander Loy (17 shared papers)Michael Wagner (7 shared papers)Thomas Rattei (6 shared papers)Christa Schleper (1 shared paper)Andreas Brune (7 shared papers)Bela Hausmann (7 shared papers)Andreas Richter (3 shared papers)Bernhard Schink (8 shared papers)
Journals: The ISME Journal (9 papers)Environmental Microbiology (7 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (5 papers)INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY (4 papers)FEMS Microbiology Ecology (4 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Austria United States

In The Last Decade

Michael Pester

48 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Expanded diversity of microbial groups that shape the dissimilatory sulfur cycle 2018 · 295 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 The ISME Journal
2011 Current Opinion in Microbiology
2011 Environmental Microbiology

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1	amoA ‐based consensus phylogeny of ammonia‐oxidizing archaea and deep sequencing of amoA genes from soils of four different geographic regions Environmental Microbiology ·Michael Pester, Thomas Rattei, Stefan Flechl, Alexander Gröngröft, Andreas Richter, Jörg Overmann, Barbara Reinhold‐Hurek, Alexander Loy, Michael Wagner Hit paper breakdown →	2011	449
2	The Thaumarchaeota: an emerging view of their phylogeny and ecophysiology Current Opinion in Microbiology ·Michael Pester, Christa Schleper, Michael Wagner Hit paper breakdown →	2011	439
3	Expanded diversity of microbial groups that shape the dissimilatory sulfur cycle The ISME Journal ·Karthik Anantharaman, Bela Hausmann, Sean P. Jungbluth, Rose S. Kantor, Adi Lavy, Lesley A. Warren, Michael S. Rappé, Michael Pester, Alexander Loy, Brian C. Thomas, Jillian F. Banfield Hit paper breakdown →	2018	295
4	A ‘rare biosphere’ microorganism contributes to sulfate reduction in a peatland The ISME Journal ·Michael Pester, Norbert Bittner, Pinsurang Deevong, Michael Wagner, Alexander Loy	2010	295
5	Sulfate-reducing microorganisms in wetlands – fameless actors in carbon cycling and climate change Frontiers in Microbiology ·Michael Pester	2012	275
6	NxrB encoding the beta subunit of nitrite oxidoreductase as functional and phylogenetic marker for nitrite‐oxidizing N itrospira Environmental Microbiology ·Michael Pester, Frank Maixner, David Berry, Thomas Rattei, Hanna Koch, Sebastian Lücker, Boris Nowka, Andreas Richter, Eva Spieck, E. V. Lebedeva, Alexander Loy, Michael Wagner, Holger Daims	2013	270
7	Phylogenetic and environmental diversity of DsrAB-type dissimilatory (bi)sulfite reductases The ISME Journal ·Albert Müller, Kasper Urup Kjeldsen, Thomas Rattei, Michael Pester, Alexander Loy	2014	266
8	Functionally relevant diversity of closely related Nitrospira in activated sludge The ISME Journal ·Christiane Gruber-Dorninger, Michael Pester, Katharina Kitzinger, Domenico Savio, Alexander Loy, Thomas Rattei, Michael Wagner, Holger Daims	2014	151
9	Consortia of low-abundance bacteria drive sulfate reduction-dependent degradation of fermentation products in peat soil microcosms The ISME Journal ·Bela Hausmann, Klaus‐Holger Knorr, Katharina Schreck, Susannah G. Tringe, Tijana Glavina Del Rio, Alexander Loy, Michael Pester	2016	148
10	Pyrite formation from FeS and H ₂ S is mediated through microbial redox activity Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Joana Thiel, James M. Byrne, Andreas Kappler, Bernhard Schink, Michael Pester	2019	133
11	Peatland Acidobacteria with a dissimilatory sulfur metabolism The ISME Journal ·Bela Hausmann, Claus Pelikan, Craig W. Herbold, Stephan Köstlbacher, Mads Albertsen, Stephanie A. Eichorst, Tijana Glavina Del Rio, Martin Huemer, Per Halkjær Nielsen, Thomas Rattei, Ulrich Stingl, Susannah G. Tringe, Daniela Trojan, Cecilia Wentrup, Dagmar Woebken, Michael Pester, Alexander Loy	2018	110
12	Hydrogen is the central free intermediate during lignocellulose degradation by termite gut symbionts The ISME Journal ·Michael Pester, Andreas Brune	2007	88
13	Three manganese oxide-rich marine sediments harbor similar communities of acetate-oxidizing manganese-reducing bacteria The ISME Journal ·Verona Vandieken, Michael Pester, Niko Finke, Jung‐Ho Hyun, Michael W. Friedrich, Alexander Loy, Bo Thamdrup	2012	86
14	pmoA -Based Analysis of Methanotrophs in a Littoral Lake Sediment Reveals a Diverse and Stable Community in a Dynamic Environment Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Michael Pester, Michael W. Friedrich, Bernhard Schink, Andreas Brune	2004	82
15	Ammonia‐oxidising archaea living at low pH: Insights from comparative genomics Environmental Microbiology ·Craig W. Herbold, Laura E. Lehtovirta‐Morley, Man‐Young Jung, Nico Jehmlich, Bela Hausmann, Ping Han, Alexander Loy, Michael Pester, Luis A. Sayavedra‐Soto, Sung‐Keun Rhee, James I. Prosser, Graeme W. Nicol, Michael Wagner, Cécile Gubry‐Rangin	2017	81
16	A Small Number of Low-abundance Bacteria Dominate Plant Species-specific Responses during Rhizosphere Colonization Frontiers in Microbiology ·Wayne Dawson, Jens Hör, Markus Egert, Mark van Kleunen, Michael Pester	2017	79
17	Rice Paddy Nitrospirae Carry and Express Genes Related to Sulfate Respiration: Proposal of the New Genus “Candidatus Sulfobium” Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Sarah Zecchin, Ralf Mueller, Jana Seifert, Ulrich Stingl, Karthik Anantharaman, Martin von Bergen, Lucia Cavalca, Michael Pester	2017	64
18	Diversity analysis of sulfite‐ and sulfate‐reducing microorganisms by multiplex dsrA and dsrB amplicon sequencing using new primers and mock community‐optimized bioinformatics Environmental Microbiology ·Claus Pelikan, Craig W. Herbold, Bela Hausmann, Albert Müller, Michael Pester, Alexander Loy	2015	58
19	Expression profiles of fhs (FTHFS) genes support the hypothesis that spirochaetes dominate reductive acetogenesis in the hindgut of lower termites Environmental Microbiology ·Michael Pester, Andreas Brune	2006	58
20	Preferential cultivation of type II methanotrophic bacteria from littoral sediments (Lake Constance) FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Ingeborg Bussmann, Michael Pester, Andreas Brune, Bernhard Schink	2003	54

About Michael Pester

Michael Pester is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Pollution, Molecular Biology and Insect Science, having authored 50 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (38 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (21 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (17 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (7 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (7 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (6 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (3 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Environmental Chemistry (1.3k citations), Pollution (1.1k citations), Ecology (2.4k citations), Soil Science (287 citations) and Geochemistry and Petrology (157 citations). Michael Pester has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Frequent co-authors include Alexander Loy, Michael Wagner, Thomas Rattei, Christa Schleper, Andreas Brune, Bela Hausmann, Andreas Richter, Bernhard Schink, Albert Müller and Pinsurang Deevong. Their work appears in journals such as The ISME Journal, Environmental Microbiology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY and FEMS Microbiology Ecology.

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