Peter Kämpfer

27.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
542 papers, 21.0k citations indexed

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Peter Kämpfer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Kämpfer has authored 542 papers receiving a total of 21.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 404 papers in Molecular Biology, 218 papers in Ecology and 91 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Peter Kämpfer's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (342 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (171 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (62 papers). Peter Kämpfer is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (342 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (171 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (62 papers). Peter Kämpfer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Peter Kämpfer's co-authors include Hans‐Jürgen Busse, Stefanie P. Glaeser, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Ramon Rosselló‐Móra, H.-J. Busse, Brian J. Tindall, Enevold Falsen, W. Ludwiǵ, Wolfgang Dott and N. Lodders and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Peter Kämpfer

537 papers receiving 20.5k 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.

Report of the ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology.

2002 1.2k citations Peter Kämpfer, Ramon Rosselló‐Móra et al. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY profile →
Notes on the characterization of prokaryote strains for taxonomic purposes

2009 1.1k citations Ramon Rosselló‐Móra, Peter Kämpfer et al. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY profile →
Numerical analysis of fatty acid patterns of coryneform bacteria and related taxa

1996 1.0k citations Peter Kämpfer et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Kämpfer Germany	66	12.7k	7.9k	4.3k	2.3k	2.1k	542	21.0k
Ramon Rosselló‐Móra Spain	57	15.7k 1.2×	11.6k 1.5×	4.0k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	208	24.2k
David Lane France	38	11.9k 0.9×	9.5k 1.2×	5.0k 1.2×	3.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	100	25.4k
Sergey Nurk United States	11	12.2k 1.0×	6.9k 0.9×	4.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	2.6k 1.2×	13	22.6k
Nikolay Vyahhi Russia	6	13.0k 1.0×	7.0k 0.9×	5.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	3.2k 1.5×	7	24.8k
Dmitry Antipov Russia	16	12.2k 1.0×	6.9k 0.9×	4.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	3.0k 1.4×	29	23.5k
Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis United States	58	12.9k 1.0×	10.6k 1.3×	3.5k 0.8×	2.9k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	211	22.7k
Andrey D. Prjibelski Russia	15	11.7k 0.9×	6.4k 0.8×	4.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	2.8k 1.3×	25	22.5k
Robert A. Edwards United States	69	15.7k 1.2×	14.9k 1.9×	4.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	2.4k 1.1×	219	30.0k
Max A. Alekseyev United States	14	10.6k 0.8×	5.7k 0.7×	4.1k 0.9×	963 0.4×	2.5k 1.2×	35	19.9k
Alexey Gurevich Russia	20	15.3k 1.2×	8.1k 1.0×	5.9k 1.4×	1.4k 0.6×	3.4k 1.6×	30	28.4k

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Elmaidomy, Abeer H., et al.. (2025). Cytotoxicity evaluation and metabolomic profiling of Spheciospongia vagabunda-associated fungi corroborated by in silico studies. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 20115–20115.

Kämpfer, Peter, et al.. (2025). Fertilization with microalgal biomass of wastewater treatment high-rate algae ponds (HRAP): Effects on the wheat root microbiome. 1(4). 100033–100033.

Alanazi, Mohammad, et al.. (2025). Apium graveolens-associated Aspergillus sp.: metabolomic profiling and anti-MRSA potential supported by in silico studies. Microbial Cell Factories. 24(1). 57–57. 1 indexed citations

Kämpfer, Peter, André Lipski, Kathy Lawrence, et al.. (2025). Flavobacterium plantiphilum sp. nov., Flavobacterium rhizophilum sp. nov., Flavobacterium rhizosphaerae sp. nov., Chryseobacterium terrae sp. nov., and Sphingomonas plantiphila sp. nov. isolated from salty soil showing plant growth promoting potential. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 48(2). 126588–126588. 1 indexed citations

Kämpfer, Peter, Stefanie P. Glaeser, John A. McInroy, et al.. (2024). Description of Cohnella rhizoplanae sp. nov., isolated from the root surface of soybean (Glycine max). Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 118(2). 41–41. 1 indexed citations

Kämpfer, Peter, André Lipski, Dominique Clermont, et al.. (2023). Paenibacillus plantiphilus sp. nov. from the plant environment of Zea mays. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 116(9). 883–892. 2 indexed citations

Glaeser, Stefanie P., Liliana M. R. Silva, Rui Prieto, et al.. (2021). A Preliminary Comparison on Faecal Microbiomes of Free-Ranging Large Baleen (Balaenoptera musculus, B. physalus, B. borealis) and Toothed (Physeter macrocephalus) Whales. Microbial Ecology. 83(1). 18–33. 6 indexed citations

Foster, Geoffrey, Abdulwahed Ahmed Hassan, Christoph Lämmler, et al.. (2020). Arcanobacterium bovis sp. nov., isolated from the milk of a cow with mastitis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 70(7). 4105–4110. 6 indexed citations

Nicholson, Ainsley, Christopher A. Gulvik, Anne M. Whitney, et al.. (2020). Division of the genus Chryseobacterium: Observation of discontinuities in amino acid identity values, a possible consequence of major extinction events, guides transfer of nine species to the genus Epilithonimonas, eleven species to the genus Kaistella, and three species to the genus Halpernia gen. nov., with description of Kaistella daneshvariae sp. nov. and Epilithonimonas vandammei sp. nov. derived from clinical specimens. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 70(8). 4432–4450. 101 indexed citations

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Hassan, Abdulwahed Ahmed, Christoph Lämmler, Stefanie P. Glaeser, et al.. (2019). Epidemiological analysis of Trueperella abortisuis isolated from cases of pig abortion of a single farm. Folia Microbiologica. 65(3). 491–496. 11 indexed citations

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Kämpfer, Peter, David Fuglsang-Damgaard, Søren Overballe‐Petersen, et al.. (2019). Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Pseudocitrobacter using whole genome sequencing: Pseudocitrobacter anthropi is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudocitrobacter faecalis and description of Pseudocitrobacter vendiensis sp. nov.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 70(2). 1315–1320. 8 indexed citations

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Busse, Hans‐Jürgen, Christopher Huptas, Igor Loncaric, et al.. (2019). Proposal of Lysobacter pythonis sp. nov. isolated from royal pythons (Python regius). Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 42(3). 326–333. 7 indexed citations

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Moser, Gerald M., et al.. (2018). Long-Term Warming Shifts the Composition of Bacterial Communities in the Phyllosphere of Galium album in a Permanent Grassland Field-Experiment. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 144–144. 78 indexed citations

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Glaeser, Stefanie P., et al.. (2016). Pilot study for the detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) carrying Escherichia coli, vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) and methicillin resistant staphylococci (MRS) in input and output samples of German biogas plants. Berliner und Münchener tierärztliche Wochenschrift. 129. 3 indexed citations

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Campos, Víctor, Cristián Valenzuela, Pablo Yarza, et al.. (2010). Pseudomonas arsenicoxydans sp nov., an arsenite-oxidizing strain isolated from the Atacama desert. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 33(4). 193–197. 50 indexed citations

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Albrecht, Andreas, et al.. (2007). Recommendations for study design and sampling strategies for airborne microorganisms, MVOC and odours in the surrounding of composting facilities. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 211(1-2). 121–131. 27 indexed citations

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Auman, Ann J., et al.. (2006). Psychromonas ingrahamii sp. nov., a novel gas vacuolate, psychrophilic bacterium isolated from Arctic polar sea ice. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 56(5). 1001–1007. 58 indexed citations

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Denner, Ewald B.M., Dietmar Vybiral, Michal Koblížek, et al.. (2002). Erythrobacter citreus sp. nov., a yellow-pigmented bacterium that lacks bacteriochlorophyll a, isolated from the western Mediterranean Sea.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 52(5). 1655–1661. 70 indexed citations

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Buczolits, Sandra, Ewald B.M. Denner, Dietmar Vybiral, et al.. (2002). Classification of three airborne bacteria and proposal of Hymenobacter aerophilus sp. nov.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 52(2). 445–456. 94 indexed citations

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Kämpfer, Peter, et al.. (2002). Georgenia muralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a medieval wall painting.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 52(3). 875–881. 38 indexed citations

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