Otto Geiger

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

About

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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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.

Bacterial membrane lipids: diversity in structures and pathways

2015 835 citations Christian Sohlenkamp, Otto Geiger profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Otto Geiger	2.1k	1.6k	712	578	294	80	4.3k
Christian Sohlenkamp	1.5k 0.7×	893 0.6×	466 0.7×	378 0.7×	181 0.6×	55	2.8k
Ilya Borovok	2.0k 0.9×	534 0.3×	681 1.0×	486 0.8×	211 0.7×	87	3.7k
Susan E. Brown	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	462 0.6×	753 1.3×	157 0.5×	101	4.5k
Yves Dessaux	2.8k 1.3×	2.4k 1.5×	516 0.7×	571 1.0×	383 1.3×	51	4.7k
Rudi F. Vogel	5.0k 2.3×	2.1k 1.3×	627 0.9×	503 0.9×	246 0.8×	319	12.8k
Anton Hartmann	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	780 1.1×	532 0.9×	230 0.8×	72	4.1k
Kim Findlay	3.5k 1.7×	5.2k 3.2×	520 0.7×	691 1.2×	236 0.8×	93	7.6k
Michiko E. Taga	2.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	740 1.0×	694 1.2×	463 1.6×	55	4.3k
Xavier Robert	3.6k 1.7×	951 0.6×	351 0.5×	618 1.1×	238 0.8×	42	5.8k
Isabel M. López‐Lara	941 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	407 0.6×	289 0.5×	154 0.5×	52	2.2k

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Liu, Shengwei, Mingyu Li, Michaela A. Mausz, et al.. (2024). Aminolipids in bacterial membranes and the natural environment. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 3 indexed citations

Geiger, Otto, et al.. (2023). Multiple approaches of cellular metabolism define the bacterial ancestry of mitochondria. Science Advances. 9(32). eadh0066–eadh0066. 25 indexed citations

Román‐Ponce, Brenda, Lorena Carro, José M. Igual, et al.. (2023). 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. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 73(9). 2 indexed citations

Poggio, Sebastián, et al.. (2022). Specialized acyl carrier protein used by serine palmitoyltransferase to synthesize sphingolipids in Rhodobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 961041–961041. 2 indexed citations

Geiger, Otto, Christian Sohlenkamp, Daniela B. Medeot, et al.. (2021). ExoS/ChvI Two-Component Signal-Transduction System Activated in the Absence of Bacterial Phosphatidylcholine. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 678976–678976. 10 indexed citations

Nogales, Joaquina, et al.. (2020). Role of Sinorhizobium meliloti and Escherichia coli Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Synthetase FadD in Long-Term Survival. Microorganisms. 8(4). 470–470. 6 indexed citations

Geiger, Otto. (2016). Biogenesis of Fatty Acids, Lipids and Membranes. 46 indexed citations

López‐Lara, Isabel M. & Otto Geiger. (2016). Bacterial lipid diversity. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1862(11). 1287–1299. 93 indexed citations

Vences‐Guzmán, Miguel Ángel, Florence Schubotz, Mario Sandoval‐Calderón, et al.. (2015). OlsG (Sinac_1600) Is an Ornithine Lipid N-Methyltransferase from the Planctomycete Singulisphaera acidiphila. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(24). 15102–15111. 15 indexed citations

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Vences‐Guzmán, Miguel Ángel, Otto Geiger, & Christian Sohlenkamp. (2012). Ornithine lipids and their structural modifications: from A to E and beyond. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 335(1). 1–10. 56 indexed citations

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Geiger, Otto, Isabel M. López‐Lara, & Christian Sohlenkamp. (2012). Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and function in bacteria. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1831(3). 503–513. 170 indexed citations

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Sohlenkamp, Christian, Ziqiang Guan, Pablo Vinuesa, et al.. (2007). The Lipid Lysyl-Phosphatidylglycerol Is Present in Membranes of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 and Confers Increased Resistance to Polymyxin B Under Acidic Growth Conditions. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 20(11). 1421–1430. 78 indexed citations

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López‐Lara, Isabel M., Marı́a J. Soto, Barbara Weissenmayer, et al.. (2005). Phosphorus-Free Membrane Lipids of Sinorhizobium meliloti Are Not Required for the Symbiosis with Alfalfa but Contribute to Increased Cell Yields Under Phosphorus-Limiting Conditions of Growth. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 18(9). 973–982. 52 indexed citations

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Gao, Jun-lian, et al.. (2004). Identification of a gene required for the formation of lyso‐ornithine lipid, an intermediate in the biosynthesis of ornithine‐containing lipids. Molecular Microbiology. 53(6). 1757–1770. 69 indexed citations

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López‐Lara, Isabel M., Christian Sohlenkamp, & Otto Geiger. (2003). Membrane Lipids in Plant-Associated Bacteria: Their Biosyntheses and Possible Functions. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 16(7). 567–579. 87 indexed citations

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Weissenmayer, Barbara, Otto Geiger, & Christoph Benning. (2000). Disruption of a Gene Essential for Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol Biosynthesis in Sinorhizobium meliloti Has No Detectable Effect on Root Nodule Symbiosis. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 13(6). 666–672. 26 indexed citations

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López‐Lara, Isabel M., et al.. (2000). Inactivation of the gene for phospholipid N‐methyltransferase in Sinorhizobium meliloti: phosphatidylcholine is required for normal growth. Molecular Microbiology. 37(4). 763–772. 74 indexed citations

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Geiger, Otto, Viola Röhrs, Barbara Weissenmayer, Turlough M. Finan, & Jane Thomas‐Oates. (1999). The regulator gene phoB mediates phosphate stress‐controlled synthesis of the membrane lipid diacylglyceryl‐N,N,N‐trimethylhomoserine in Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti. Molecular Microbiology. 32(1). 63–73. 133 indexed citations

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Geiger, Otto, John Glushka, Ben Lugtenberg, Herman P. Spaink, & Jane Thomas‐Oates. (1998). NodFE-Dependent Fatty Acids That Lack an α-β Unsaturation Are Subject to Differential Transfer, Leading to Novel Phospholipids. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 11(1). 33–44. 11 indexed citations

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Spaink, Herman P., Douglas M. Sheeley, Anton A. N. van Brussel, et al.. (1991). A novel highly unsaturated fatty acid moiety of lipo-oligosaccharide signals determines host specificity of Rhizobium. Nature. 354(6349). 125–130. 383 indexed citations

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