P. N. Hobson

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

P. N. Hobson is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Building and Construction and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, P. N. Hobson has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 17 papers in Building and Construction and 12 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in P. N. Hobson's work include Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (36 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (17 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (11 papers). P. N. Hobson is often cited by papers focused on Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (36 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (17 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (11 papers). P. N. Hobson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Belgium. P. N. Hobson's co-authors include C.S. Stewart, S. O. Mann, Ryan M. Summers, Ben Shaw, T. H. Blackburn, J. Margaret Eadie, M. P. Bryant, R. J. Wallace, Margaret Macpherson and Stanley Peat and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Water Research and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

P. N. Hobson

84 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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The Rumen Microbial Ecosystem

1997 1.7k citations P. N. Hobson, C.S. Stewart profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Rumen Microbial Ecosystem breakdown → 1997 ·P. N. Hobson, C.S. Stewart	1653
2	Identification of anaerobic digester bacteria using a polymerase chain reaction method 1994 ·Bioresource Technology ·Aylwin Ng, William T. Melvin, P. N. Hobson	19
3	An Integrated Approach to Utilization of Agro-Residues Through Pleurotus Cultivation 1987 ·Critical Reviews in Biotechnology ·(unknown), Virendra S. Bisaria, P. N. Hobson	12
4	Interactions among cellulolytic bacteria from an anaerobic digester 1986 ·Microbial Ecology ·Vijay K. Sharma, P. N. Hobson	8
5	Anaerobic digestion of agricultural wastes 1984 ·P. N. Hobson	5
6	The kinetics of anaerobic digestion of farm wastes 1983 ·P. N. Hobson	36
7	Microbial Ecology and Activities in the Rumen: Part II 1982 ·P. N. Hobson, R. J. Wallace, M. P. Bryant	41
8	Production and use of biogas in agriculture 1982 ·Progress in Energy and Combustion Science ·P. N. Hobson, (unknown)	7
9	Inhibition of methane production by Methanobacterium formicicum 1976 ·Water Research ·P. N. Hobson, Ben Shaw	127
10	Microflora of the Rumen 1976 ·P. N. Hobson	8
11	The bacterial population of piggery-waste anaerobic digesters 1974 ·Water Research ·P. N. Hobson, Ben Shaw	52
12	Effect of Antibiotics on Some Rumen and Intestinal Bacteria 1966 ·Nature ·(unknown), P. N. Hobson	17
13	The effects of antibiotics on the growth of some rumen and intestinal bacteria. 1966 ·PubMed ·(unknown), P. N. Hobson	3
14	Effect of the Presence or Absence of Rumen Ciliate Protozoa on the Total Rumen Bacterial Count in Lambs 1962 ·Nature ·J. Margaret Eadie, P. N. Hobson	59
15	Serological Tests of a Relationship between Rumen Selenomonads in vitro and in vivo 1962 ·Journal of General Microbiology ·P. N. Hobson, S. O. Mann, William G. Smith	17
16	Breakdown of Protein and Proteolytic Activity in the Sheep Rumen at Different Times after Feeding 1960 ·Journal of General Microbiology ·T. H. Blackburn, P. N. Hobson	19
17	A Gram-negative Sporing Bacterium from the Rumen 1959 ·Nature ·P. N. Hobson, (unknown)	5
18	Some Factors Affecting the Formation of Iodophilic Poly-saccharide in Group D Streptococci from the Rumen 1955 ·Journal of General Microbiology ·P. N. Hobson, S. O. Mann	22
19	127. The enzymic synthesis and degradation of starch. Part XII. The mechanism of synthesis of amylopectin 1951 ·Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) ·P. N. Hobson, William J. Whelan, Stanley Peat	7
20	175. The enzymic synthesis and degradation of starch. Part XIII. Improved methods for the fractionation of potato starch 1951 ·Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) ·P. N. Hobson, S. J. Pirt, William J. Whelan, Stanley Peat	8

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