Silvan Scheller

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Silvan Scheller is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Silvan Scheller has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Silvan Scheller's work include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (8 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (6 papers). Silvan Scheller is often cited by papers focused on Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (8 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (6 papers). Silvan Scheller collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Germany and United States. Silvan Scheller's co-authors include Victoria J. Orphan, Bernhard Jaun, Meike Goenrich, Rudolf K. Thauer, Hang Yu, Shawn E. McGlynn, Grayson L. Chadwick, Patricia L. Tavormina, Brett M. Babin and Roland Hatzenpichler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Silvan Scheller

23 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Artificial electron acceptors decouple archaeal methane oxidation from sulfate reduction

2016 325 citations Silvan Scheller, Hang Yu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Silvan Scheller Finland	11	491	408	352	165	165	24	1.1k
Viola Krukenberg United States	12	670 1.4×	439 1.1×	607 1.7×	263 1.6×	181 1.1×	15	1.3k
Doris Hafenbradl Germany	18	423 0.9×	696 1.7×	523 1.5×	225 1.4×	57 0.3×	26	1.6k
Anne Godfroy France	25	617 1.3×	880 2.2×	1.0k 2.9×	161 1.0×	145 0.9×	72	1.8k
Olivier Nercessian France	16	412 0.8×	472 1.2×	646 1.8×	170 1.0×	78 0.5×	20	1.1k
Meike Goenrich Germany	19	368 0.7×	734 1.8×	194 0.6×	206 1.2×	84 0.5×	24	1.5k
Runar Stokke Norway	17	340 0.7×	380 0.9×	389 1.1×	59 0.4×	79 0.5×	38	820
Hryhoriy Stryhanyuk Germany	19	196 0.4×	271 0.7×	377 1.1×	134 0.8×	52 0.3×	30	999
Rolf Schauder Germany	13	321 0.7×	445 1.1×	351 1.0×	114 0.7×	43 0.3×	14	976
Shino Suzuki Japan	19	399 0.8×	331 0.8×	420 1.2×	693 4.2×	42 0.3×	40	1.5k
Toshihiro Hoaki Japan	15	223 0.5×	649 1.6×	386 1.1×	67 0.4×	63 0.4×	25	1.1k

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Bao, Jichen, et al.. (2025). Nature AND nurture: enabling formate‐dependent growth in Methanosarcina acetivorans. FEBS Journal. 292(9). 2251–2271.

Kumar, Anuj, Christian Lorent, Stefan Bohn, et al.. (2025). Structure of the ATP-driven methyl-coenzyme M reductase activation complex. Nature. 642(8068). 814–821. 5 indexed citations

Ossowski, Ingemar von, et al.. (2024). A promoter–RBS library for fine-tuning gene expression in Methanosarcina acetivorans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 90(9). e0109224–e0109224. 6 indexed citations

Ossowski, Ingemar von, et al.. (2024). Realities of the consortium approach in science: sustainable enzymatic production of C1 chemicals from carbon dioxide. RSC Sustainability. 2(11). 3264–3275. 2 indexed citations

Li, Feilong, Silvan Scheller, & Michael Lienemann. (2024). A growth-based screening strategy for engineering the catalytic activity of an oxygen-sensitive formate dehydrogenase. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 90(9). e0147224–e0147224. 2 indexed citations

Li, Feilong, Silvan Scheller, & Michael Lienemann. (2023). Comparative analysis of CO2 reduction by soluble Escherichia coli formate dehydrogenase H and its selenocysteine-to-cysteine substitution variant. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 77. 102608–102608. 5 indexed citations

Bao, Jichen, et al.. (2023). CRISPR/Cas12a toolbox for genome editing in Methanosarcina acetivorans. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1235616–1235616. 5 indexed citations

Scheller, Silvan, et al.. (2023). Thiol‐Disulfide Exchange Kinetics and Redox Potential of the Coenzyme M and Coenzyme B Heterodisulfide, an Electron Acceptor Coupled to Energy Conservation in Methanogenic Archaea. ChemBioChem. 25(1). e202300595–e202300595. 6 indexed citations

Bao, Jichen, et al.. (2022). Efficient CRISPR/Cas12a-Based Genome-Editing Toolbox for Metabolic Engineering in Methanococcus maripaludis. ACS Synthetic Biology. 11(7). 2496–2503. 25 indexed citations

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Poehlein, Anja, Nico Jehmlich, Rolf Daniel, et al.. (2022). Deconstructing Methanosarcina acetivorans into an acetogenic archaeon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(2). 36 indexed citations

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Yu, Hang, Dwi Susanti, Shawn E. McGlynn, et al.. (2018). Comparative Genomics and Proteomic Analysis of Assimilatory Sulfate Reduction Pathways in Anaerobic Methanotrophic Archaea. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 2917–2917. 38 indexed citations

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Scheller, Silvan. (2018). Microbial Interconversion of Alkanes to Electricity. Frontiers in Energy Research. 6. 3 indexed citations

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Dawson, Katherine S., Silvan Scheller, Jesse G. Dillon, & Victoria J. Orphan. (2016). Stable Isotope Phenotyping via Cluster Analysis of NanoSIMS Data As a Method for Characterizing Distinct Microbial Ecophysiologies and Sulfur-Cycling in the Environment. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 774–774. 15 indexed citations

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Marlow, Jeffrey, Joshua A. Steele, Wiebke Ziebis, et al.. (2016). Monodeuterated methane: an isotopic probe to measure biological methane metabolism rates and track catabolic exchange reactions. 1 indexed citations

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Hatzenpichler, Roland, Silvan Scheller, Patricia L. Tavormina, et al.. (2014). In situ visualization of newly synthesized proteins in environmental microbes using amino acid tagging and click chemistry. Environmental Microbiology. 16(8). 2568–2590. 154 indexed citations

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Fielding, Alistair J., Kristian Parey, Ulrich Ermler, et al.. (2013). Advanced electron paramagnetic resonance on the catalytic iron–sulfur cluster bound to the CCG domain of heterodisulfide reductase and succinate: quinone reductase. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 18(8). 905–915. 7 indexed citations

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Scheller, Silvan, Meike Goenrich, Rudolf K. Thauer, & Bernhard Jaun. (2013). Methyl-Coenzyme M Reductase from Methanogenic Archaea: Isotope Effects on Label Exchange and Ethane Formation with the Homologous Substrate Ethyl-Coenzyme M. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(40). 14985–14995. 20 indexed citations

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Scheller, Silvan, Meike Goenrich, Rudolf K. Thauer, & Bernhard Jaun. (2013). Methyl-Coenzyme M Reductase from Methanogenic Archaea: Isotope Effects on the Formation and Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(40). 14975–14984. 49 indexed citations

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Scheller, Silvan, Meike Goenrich, Stefan G. Mayr, Rudolf K. Thauer, & Bernhard Jaun. (2010). Intermediates in the Catalytic Cycle of Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase: Isotope Exchange is Consistent with Formation of a σ‐Alkane–Nickel Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(44). 8112–8115. 37 indexed citations

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Scheller, Silvan, et al.. (2010). The key nickel enzyme of methanogenesis catalyses the anaerobic oxidation of methane. Nature. 465(7298). 606–608. 298 indexed citations

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