Peter Dürre

8.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
123 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Peter Dürre is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Dürre has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 55 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 21 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Peter Dürre's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (61 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (51 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (26 papers). Peter Dürre is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (61 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (51 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (26 papers). Peter Dürre collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Peter Dürre's co-authors include Frank R. Bengelsdorf, Bettina Schiel‐Bengelsdorf, Gerhard Gottschalk, Bernhard J. Eikmanns, Jan R. Andreesen, Michael Köpke, Heiko Liesegang, Arnim Wiezer, Anja Poehlein and Ulrike Gerischer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Peter Dürre

121 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Biobutanol: An attractive biofuel 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2010 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Biobutanol: An attractive biofuel
    2007 708 citations Peter Dürre profile →
  2. Clostridium ljungdahlii represents a microbial production platform based on syngas
    2010 506 citations Michael Köpke, Claudia Held et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Dürre Germany 45 4.2k 3.2k 1.0k 729 605 123 6.5k
Hans P. Blaschek United States 44 4.9k 1.2× 4.8k 1.5× 559 0.5× 202 0.3× 511 0.8× 102 6.8k
Philippe Soucaille France 48 4.0k 0.9× 2.8k 0.9× 484 0.5× 520 0.7× 495 0.8× 111 6.0k
Richard Sparling Canada 37 2.7k 0.6× 3.1k 0.9× 1.7k 1.6× 645 0.9× 259 0.4× 137 6.1k
Sheng Yang China 50 5.7k 1.3× 3.0k 0.9× 240 0.2× 243 0.3× 1.2k 1.9× 237 8.4k
Toshinari Maeda Japan 38 2.2k 0.5× 965 0.3× 904 0.9× 461 0.6× 446 0.7× 185 4.8k
Hubert Bahl Germany 39 3.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 531 0.5× 258 0.4× 564 0.9× 93 4.5k
Masayuki Inui Japan 50 7.8k 1.9× 4.2k 1.3× 326 0.3× 386 0.5× 1.4k 2.2× 243 9.5k
Byung‐Kwan Cho South Korea 49 5.1k 1.2× 1.0k 0.3× 244 0.2× 338 0.5× 1.4k 2.3× 222 7.1k
Thaddeus Chukwuemeka Ezeji United States 37 4.1k 1.0× 4.6k 1.4× 652 0.6× 203 0.3× 144 0.2× 96 6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Dürre

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Dürre

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Dürre

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Dürre. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Dürre based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Peter Dürre. Peter Dürre is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Poehlein, Anja, et al.. (2024). Refining and illuminating acetogenic Eubacterium strains for reclassification and metabolic engineering. Microbial Cell Factories. 23(1). 24–24. 15 indexed citations
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Wittgens, Andreas, Markus Krämer, Ann‐Kathrin Kissmann, et al.. (2024). Recombinant Production of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Rhamnolipids in P. putida KT2440 on Acetobacterium woodii Cultures Grown Chemo-Autotrophically with Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen. Microorganisms. 12(3). 529–529. 3 indexed citations
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Dürre, Peter, et al.. (2023). Heterologous Production of Isopropanol Using Metabolically Engineered Acetobacterium woodii Strains. Bioengineering. 10(12). 1381–1381. 8 indexed citations
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Guazzaroni, María‐Eugenia, et al.. (2023). Enhancing 1,3-Propanediol Productivity in the Non-Model Chassis Clostridium beijerinckii through Genetic Manipulation. Microorganisms. 11(7). 1855–1855. 2 indexed citations
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Dürre, Peter, et al.. (2023). Heterologous 1,3-Propanediol Production Using Different Recombinant Clostridium beijerinckii DSM 6423 Strains. Microorganisms. 11(3). 784–784. 4 indexed citations
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Dürre, Peter, et al.. (2023). Production of Potential Substitutes for Conventional Plastics Using Metabolically Engineered Acetobacterium woodii. Fermentation. 9(9). 799–799. 6 indexed citations
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Wentzel, Alexander, et al.. (2022). Production of propionate using metabolically engineered strains of Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 106(22). 7547–7562. 8 indexed citations
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Baker, Jonathan, et al.. (2022). Autotrophic lactate production from H2 + CO2 using recombinant and fluorescent FAST-tagged Acetobacterium woodii strains. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 106(4). 1447–1458. 24 indexed citations
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Poehlein, Anja, Frank R. Bengelsdorf, Christian Bille Jendresen, et al.. (2020). Genome-Based Comparison of All Species of the Genus Moorella, and Status of the Species Moorella thermoacetica and Moorella thermoautotrophica. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 3070–3070. 18 indexed citations
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Follonier, Stéphanie, et al.. (2019). Anaerobic Production of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and Its Precursor 3-Hydroxybutyrate from Synthesis Gas by Autotrophic Clostridia. Biomacromolecules. 20(9). 3271–3282. 61 indexed citations
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Bengelsdorf, Frank R., et al.. (2019). Induced heterologous expression of the arginine deiminase pathway promotes growth advantages in the strict anaerobe Acetobacterium woodii. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 104(2). 687–699. 29 indexed citations
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Poehlein, Anja, Preben Krabben, Klaus Winzer, et al.. (2017). Microbial solvent formation revisited by comparative genome analysis. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 10(1). 58–58. 57 indexed citations
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Poehlein, Anja, et al.. (2017). Genome sequencing and description of Oerskovia enterophila VJag, an agar- and cellulose-degrading bacterium. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 12(1). 30–30. 2 indexed citations
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Köpke, Michael, Claudia Held, Heiko Liesegang, et al.. (2010). Clostridium ljungdahlii represents a microbial production platform based on syngas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(29). 13087–13092. 506 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gerischer, Ulrike & Peter Dürre. (2003). Primer Design and Primer-Directed Sequencing. Humana Press eBooks. 167. 39–51.
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Schaffer, Steffen, et al.. (1998). Electroporation of, plasmid isolation from and plasmid conservation in Clostridium acetobutylicum DSM 792. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 50(5). 564–567. 39 indexed citations
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Dürre, Peter, et al.. (1995). Solventogenic enzymes ofClostridium acetobutylicum: catalytic properties, genetic organization, and transcriptional regulation. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 17(3). 251–262. 68 indexed citations

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