Mike S. M. Jetten

73.0k total citations · 24 hit papers
488 papers, 52.6k citations indexed

About

Mike S. M. Jetten is a scholar working on Pollution, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mike S. M. Jetten has authored 488 papers receiving a total of 52.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 258 papers in Pollution, 216 papers in Ecology and 171 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mike S. M. Jetten's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (245 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (193 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (124 papers). Mike S. M. Jetten is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (245 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (193 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (124 papers). Mike S. M. Jetten collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Mike S. M. Jetten's co-authors include Marc Strous, Huub J. M. Op den Camp, J. Gijs Kuenen, Boran Kartal, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, Markus Schmid, J. Gijs Kuenen, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Katharina F. Ettwig and Laura van Niftrik and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Mike S. M. Jetten

481 papers receiving 51.2k citations

Hit Papers

The sequencing batch reactor as a powerful tool for the s... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1998 2015 1996 1999 1999 500 1000 1.5k
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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. The sequencing batch reactor as a powerful tool for the study of slowly growing anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing microorganisms
    1998 1.9k citations Marc Strous, Mike S. M. Jetten et al. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology profile →
  2. Complete nitrification by a single microorganism
    2015 1.4k citations Daan R. Speth, Huub J. M. Op den Camp et al. profile →
  3. Autotrophic growth of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing micro-organisms in a fluidized bed reactor
    1996 1.2k citations Mike S. M. Jetten et al. Microbiology profile →
  4. Missing lithotroph identified as new planctomycete
    1999 1.2k citations Marc Strous, John A. Fuerst et al. profile →
  5. Key Physiology of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation
    1999 1.1k citations Marc Strous, Mike S. M. Jetten et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
  6. Nitrous oxide emission during wastewater treatment
    2009 1.1k citations Mike S. M. Jetten, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht et al. profile →
  7. A microbial consortium couples anaerobic methane oxidation to denitrification
    2006 1.0k citations Arjan Pol, Katharina F. Ettwig et al. profile →
  8. Anaerobic ammonium oxidation by anammox bacteria in the Black Sea
    2003 947 citations Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Gaute Lavik et al. profile →
  9. Molecular mechanism of anaerobic ammonium oxidation
    2011 737 citations Boran Kartal, Naomi M. de Almeida et al. profile →
  10. The anaerobic oxidation of ammonium
    1998 659 citations Mike S. M. Jetten, Marc Strous et al. profile →
  11. The SHARON-Anammox process for treatment of ammonium rich wastewater.
    2001 639 citations Udo van Dongen, Mike S. M. Jetten et al. profile →
  12. Revising the nitrogen cycle in the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone
    2009 609 citations Phyllis Lam, Gaute Lavik et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  13. Anaerobic oxidation of ammonium is a biologically mediated process
    1995 606 citations Mike S. M. Jetten et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
  14. Massive nitrogen loss from the Benguela upwelling system through anaerobic ammonium oxidation
    2005 577 citations Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Gaute Lavik et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  15. Molecular Evidence for Genus Level Diversity of Bacteria Capable of Catalyzing Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation
    2000 573 citations Markus Schmid, Marc Strous et al. profile →
  16. The SHARON®-Anammox® process for treatment of ammonium rich wastewater
    2001 557 citations Udo van Dongen, Mike S. M. Jetten et al. Water Science & Technology profile →
  17. Microbiology and application of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation (‘anammox’) process
    2001 511 citations Mike S. M. Jetten, John A. Fuerst et al. profile →
  18. Candidatus “Scalindua brodae”, sp. nov., Candidatus “Scalindua wagneri”, sp. nov., Two New Species of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidizing Bacteria
    2003 501 citations Markus Schmid, John A. Fuerst et al. profile →
  19. How to make a living from anaerobic ammonium oxidation
    2012 453 citations Boran Kartal, Naomi M. de Almeida et al. profile →
  20. Archaea catalyze iron-dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane
    2016 452 citations Katharina F. Ettwig, Daan R. Speth et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  21. Methane Feedbacks to the Global Climate System in a Warmer World
    2018 401 citations Joshua Dean, Mike S. M. Jetten et al. profile →
  22. Genome-based microbial ecology of anammox granules in a full-scale wastewater treatment system
    2016 392 citations Daan R. Speth, Michiel H. in ‘t Zandt et al. profile →
  23. Rare earth metals are essential for methanotrophic life in volcanic mudpots
    2013 381 citations Arjan Pol, Ahmad F. Khadem et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →
  24. Methane-dependent complete denitrification by a single Methylomirabilis bacterium
    2024 54 citations Mike S. M. Jetten 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
Mike S. M. Jetten Netherlands 118 34.2k 18.8k 12.8k 10.0k 9.7k 488 52.6k
Marc Strous Netherlands 66 17.4k 0.5× 9.4k 0.5× 6.6k 0.5× 5.1k 0.5× 4.0k 0.4× 157 24.8k
Per Halkjær Nielsen Denmark 96 18.8k 0.6× 10.4k 0.6× 6.3k 0.5× 4.7k 0.5× 2.6k 0.3× 537 34.8k
Lenore S. Clesceri United States 13 19.5k 0.6× 8.8k 0.5× 8.5k 0.7× 10.5k 1.0× 10.8k 1.1× 24 66.8k
Boran Kartal Netherlands 54 11.6k 0.3× 5.9k 0.3× 4.5k 0.3× 3.2k 0.3× 2.1k 0.2× 89 16.0k
Derek R. Lovley United States 160 14.6k 0.4× 13.2k 0.7× 53.1k 4.1× 6.8k 0.7× 14.5k 1.5× 530 88.5k
Huub J. M. Op den Camp Netherlands 70 7.9k 0.2× 7.1k 0.4× 2.9k 0.2× 2.2k 0.2× 4.8k 0.5× 311 20.0k
J. Gijs Kuenen Netherlands 56 10.0k 0.3× 4.5k 0.2× 4.0k 0.3× 2.9k 0.3× 2.0k 0.2× 144 14.9k
Holger Daims Austria 63 9.8k 0.3× 9.2k 0.5× 3.2k 0.3× 3.0k 0.3× 2.0k 0.2× 109 17.0k
Baoshan Xing United States 129 21.5k 0.6× 2.3k 0.1× 2.6k 0.2× 11.9k 1.2× 4.9k 0.5× 926 67.9k
Alfons J. M. Stams Netherlands 91 8.3k 0.2× 5.6k 0.3× 6.3k 0.5× 2.7k 0.3× 6.7k 0.7× 434 29.0k

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All Works

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Koch, Hanna, Daan R. Speth, Claudia Lüke, et al.. (2025). Comparative genome analysis reveals broad phylogenetic and functional diversity within the order Nitrospirales. The ISME Journal. 19(1). 1 indexed citations
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Helmond, Niels A. G. M. van, et al.. (2024). Seasonal euxinia in a coastal basin: Impact on sedimentary molybdenum enrichments and isotope signatures. Chemical Geology. 670. 122430–122430. 1 indexed citations
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Leu, Andy O, Martin Pabst, Simon Jon McIlroy, et al.. (2024). Osmoregulation in freshwater anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea under salt stress. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 7 indexed citations
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Meisel, Ove H., Ruud Rijkers, Joshua Dean, et al.. (2023). Geochemical, sedimentological and microbial diversity in two thermokarst lakes of far Eastern Siberia. Biogeochemistry. 165(3). 239–263.
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Arshad, Arslan, Stefanie Berger, Huub J. M. Op den Camp, et al.. (2023). Acetate and Acetyl-CoA Metabolism of ANME-2 Anaerobic Archaeal Methanotrophs. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 89(6). e0036723–e0036723. 7 indexed citations
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Zhu, Guibing, Xiaomin Wang, Ting Yang, et al.. (2020). Air pollution could drive global dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes. The ISME Journal. 15(1). 270–281. 136 indexed citations
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Hester, Eric R., Sarah F. Harpenslager, J.M.H. van Diggelen, et al.. (2018). Linking Nitrogen Load to the Structure and Function of Wetland Soil and Rhizosphere Microbial Communities. mSystems. 3(1). 91 indexed citations
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Hu, Ziye, Theo van Alen, Mike S. M. Jetten, & Boran Kartal. (2013). Lysozyme and Penicillin Inhibit the Growth of Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing Planctomycetes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(24). 7763–7769. 39 indexed citations
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Teeseling, Muriel C. F. van, Naomi M. de Almeida, Andreas Klingl, et al.. (2013). A New Addition to the Cell Plan of Anammox Bacteria: "Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis" Has a Protein Surface Layer as the Outermost Layer of the Cell. Journal of Bacteriology. 196(1). 80–89. 40 indexed citations
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Kartal, Boran, Laura van Niftrik, Jan T. Keltjens, Huub J. M. Op den Camp, & Mike S. M. Jetten. (2012). Anammox—Growth Physiology, Cell Biology, and Metabolism. Advances in microbial physiology. 60. 211–262. 208 indexed citations
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Wu, Ming, Theo A. van Alen, Elly G. van Donselaar, et al.. (2012). Co-localization of particulate methane monooxygenase and cd1 nitrite reductase in the denitrifying methanotroph ‘Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera’. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 334(1). 49–56. 30 indexed citations
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Wu, Ming, Muriel C. F. van Teeseling, Elly G. van Donselaar, et al.. (2011). Ultrastructure of the Denitrifying Methanotroph “Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera,” a Novel Polygon-Shaped Bacterium. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(2). 284–291. 54 indexed citations
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Zhu, Guibing, Mike S. M. Jetten, Peter Kuschk, Katharina F. Ettwig, & Chengqing Yin. (2010). Potential roles of anaerobic ammonium and methane oxidation in the nitrogen cycle of wetland ecosystems. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 86(4). 1043–1055. 149 indexed citations
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Khadem, Ahmad F., Arjan Pol, Mike S. M. Jetten, & Huub J. M. Op den Camp. (2010). Nitrogen fixation by the verrucomicrobial methanotroph ‘Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum’ SolV. Microbiology. 156(4). 1052–1059. 95 indexed citations
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Niftrik, Laura van, Willie J. C. Geerts, Elly G. van Donselaar, et al.. (2009). Cell division ring, a new cell division protein and vertical inheritance of a bacterial organelle in anammox planctomycetes. Molecular Microbiology. 73(6). 1009–1019. 44 indexed citations
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Schmid, Markus, Alan B. Hooper, Martin G. Klotz, et al.. (2008). Environmental detection of octahaem cytochrome c hydroxylamine/hydrazine oxidoreductase genes of aerobic and anaerobic ammonium‐oxidizing bacteria. Environmental Microbiology. 10(11). 3140–3149. 157 indexed citations
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Farhoud, Murtada H., Hans J. C. T. Wessels, Peter J.M. Steenbakkers, et al.. (2005). Protein Complexes in the Archaeon Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus Analyzed by Blue Native/SDS-PAGE and Mass Spectrometry. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 4(11). 1653–1663. 69 indexed citations
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Kuypers, Marcel M. M., Gaute Lavik, Dagmar Woebken, et al.. (2005). Massive nitrogen loss from the Benguela upwelling system through anaerobic ammonium oxidation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(18). 6478–6483. 577 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dongen, Udo van, Mike S. M. Jetten, & Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht. (2001). The SHARON®-Anammox® process for treatment of ammonium rich wastewater. Water Science & Technology. 44(1). 153–160. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

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