Otto Geiger

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

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Otto Geiger is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Otto Geiger has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Plant Science, 30 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Otto Geiger's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (53 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (33 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (15 papers). Otto Geiger is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (53 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (33 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (15 papers). Otto Geiger collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, United States and Germany. Otto Geiger's co-authors include Christian Sohlenkamp, Isabel M. López‐Lara, Jane Thomas‐Oates, Herman P. Spaink, Barbara Weissenmayer, Eugene P. Kennedy, Ben Lugtenberg, Napoleón González‐Silva, Miguel Ángel Vences‐Guzmán and Ziqiang Guan 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

Otto Geiger

80 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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Bacterial membrane lipids: diversity in structures and pathways

2015 835 citations Christian Sohlenkamp, Otto Geiger profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Aminolipids in bacterial membranes and the natural environment 2024 ·The ISME Journal ·Shengwei Liu, (unknown), Mingyu Li, Michaela A. Mausz, Branko Rihtman, (unknown), Otto Geiger, David J. Scanlan, Yin Chen	3
2	Multiple approaches of cellular metabolism define the bacterial ancestry of mitochondria 2023 ·Science Advances ·Otto Geiger, Alejandro Sánchez‐Flores, (unknown), Mauro Degli Esposti	25
3	Microbacterium plantarum sp. nov. and Microbacterium thalli sp. nov., two endophytic metal-resistant bacteria isolated from Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don and Prosopis laevigata (Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd) M.C. Johnston 2023 ·INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY ·(unknown), Brenda Román‐Ponce, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lorena Carro, José M. Igual, Otto Geiger, Ayixón Sánchez‐Reyes, Paulina Estrada‐de los Santos, En Tao Wang, María Soledad Vásquez-Murrieta	2
4	Role of Sinorhizobium meliloti and Escherichia coli Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Synthetase FadD in Long-Term Survival 2020 ·Microorganisms ·(unknown), (unknown), Joaquina Nogales, Otto Geiger, Marı́a J. Soto, Isabel M. López‐Lara	6
5	Biogenesis of Fatty Acids, Lipids and Membranes 2016 ·Otto Geiger	46
6	Bacterial lipid diversity 2016 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids ·Isabel M. López‐Lara, Otto Geiger	93
7	Deletion of the 2-acyl-glycerophosphoethanolamine cycle improve glucose metabolism in Escherichia coli strains employed for overproduction of aromatic compounds 2015 ·Microbial Cell Factories ·César Aguilar, Noemí Flores, Fernando Riveros-Mckay, (unknown), (unknown), Otto Geiger, Adelfo Escalante, Francisco Bolívar	6
8	OlsG (Sinac_1600) Is an Ornithine Lipid N-Methyltransferase from the Planctomycete Singulisphaera acidiphila 2015 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Miguel Ángel Vences‐Guzmán, Florence Schubotz, Mario Sandoval‐Calderón, Roger E. Summons, Isabel M. López‐Lara, Otto Geiger, Christian Sohlenkamp	15
9	Ornithine lipids and their structural modifications: from A to E and beyond 2012 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Miguel Ángel Vences‐Guzmán, Otto Geiger, Christian Sohlenkamp	56
10	Functional and topological analysis of phosphatidylcholine synthase from Sinorhizobium meliloti 2012 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids ·(unknown), Fernando Martínez‐Morales, Otto Geiger, Christian Sohlenkamp	14
11	Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and function in bacteria 2012 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids ·Otto Geiger, Isabel M. López‐Lara, Christian Sohlenkamp	170
12	Altered lipid A structures and polymyxin hypersensitivity of Rhizobium etli mutants lacking the LpxE and LpxF phosphatases 2010 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids ·Brian O. Ingram, Christian Sohlenkamp, Otto Geiger, Christian R.H. Raetz	30
13	The Lipid Lysyl-Phosphatidylglycerol Is Present in Membranes of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 and Confers Increased Resistance to Polymyxin B Under Acidic Growth Conditions 2007 ·Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Christian Sohlenkamp, (unknown), Ziqiang Guan, Pablo Vinuesa, Sally Robinson, Jane Thomas‐Oates, Christian R.H. Raetz, Otto Geiger	78
14	Identification of a gene required for the biosynthesis of ornithine‐derived lipids 2002 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Barbara Weissenmayer, Jun-lian Gao, Isabel M. López‐Lara, Otto Geiger	70
15	Rhizobial acyl carrier proteins and their roles in the formation of bacterial cell-surface components that are required for the development of nitrogen-fixing root nodules on legume hosts 2002 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Otto Geiger, Isabel M. López‐Lara	31
16	The Nodulation Protein NodG Shows the Enzymatic Activity of an 3-Oxoacyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Reductase 2001 ·Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Isabel M. López‐Lara, Otto Geiger	28
17	Inactivation of the gene for phospholipid N‐methyltransferase in Sinorhizobium meliloti: phosphatidylcholine is required for normal growth 2000 ·Molecular Microbiology ·(unknown), Isabel M. López‐Lara, Otto Geiger	74
18	NodFE-Dependent Fatty Acids That Lack an α-β Unsaturation Are Subject to Differential Transfer, Leading to Novel Phospholipids 1998 ·Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Otto Geiger, John Glushka, Ben Lugtenberg, Herman P. Spaink, Jane Thomas‐Oates	11
19	A novel highly unsaturated fatty acid moiety of lipo-oligosaccharide signals determines host specificity of Rhizobium 1991 ·Nature ·Herman P. Spaink, Douglas M. Sheeley, Anton A. N. van Brussel, John Glushka, William S. York, Teun Tak, Otto Geiger, Eugene P. Kennedy, Vernon N. Reinhold, Ben Lugtenberg	383
20	Enzymatic determination of pyrroloquinoline quinone using crude membranes from Escherichia coli 1987 ·Analytical Biochemistry ·Otto Geiger, Helmut Görisch	36

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