Stefan Pflügl

1.4k total citations
35 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Stefan Pflügl is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Pflügl has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 6 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Stefan Pflügl's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (23 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (20 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (17 papers). Stefan Pflügl is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (23 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (20 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (17 papers). Stefan Pflügl collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and South Korea. Stefan Pflügl's co-authors include Christoph Herwig, Diethard Mattanovich, Hans Marx, Michael Sauer, Donya Kamravamanesh, Maximilian Lackner, Paul Kröll, Irina S. Druzhinina, Tamás Kovács and Steffen Klamt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Pflügl

34 papers receiving 999 citations

Peers

Stefan Pflügl
Nancy Dowe United States
Valeria Mapelli Sweden
Pixiang Wang United States
Evert K. Holwerda United States
Borbála Erdei Sweden
Han Qin China
Yingping Zhuang China
Subramanian Mohan Raj South Korea
Keke Cheng China
Hyeongmin Seo South Korea
Nancy Dowe United States
Stefan Pflügl
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Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Pflügl

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Pflügl

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Pflügl

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefan Pflügl. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefan Pflügl 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 Stefan Pflügl. Stefan Pflügl 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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Pflügl, Stefan, et al.. (2025). Utilization of the liquid one carbon feedstocks methanol and formate for acetogenic bioproduction of chemicals and fuels. Bioresource Technology. 432. 132643–132643. 1 indexed citations
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Pflügl, Stefan, et al.. (2025). Improving sustainable isopropanol production in engineered Escherichia coli W via oxygen limitation. Microbial Cell Factories. 24(1). 94–94. 1 indexed citations
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Thallinger, Gerhard, et al.. (2025). A megatransposon drives the adaptation of Thermoanaerobacter kivui to carbon monoxide. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4217–4217. 1 indexed citations
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Pflügl, Stefan, et al.. (2025). Hi-TARGET: a fast, efficient and versatile CRISPR type I-B genome editing tool for the thermophilic acetogen Thermoanaerobacter kivui. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts. 18(1). 49–49. 2 indexed citations
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Thallinger, Gerhard, et al.. (2025). Sequencing of a Thermoanaerobacter kivui isolate from DSMZ stock: major differences with reference assembly. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 14(3). e0125024–e0125024. 1 indexed citations
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Pflügl, Stefan, et al.. (2024). Industrial biotechnology goes thermophilic: Thermoanaerobes as promising hosts in the circular carbon economy. Bioresource Technology. 408. 131164–131164. 8 indexed citations
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Tomin, Tamara, et al.. (2024). Efficiency of acetate-based isopropanol synthesis in Escherichia coli W is controlled by ATP demand. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17(1). 110–110. 2 indexed citations
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Marx, Hans, et al.. (2024). Predictive dynamic control accurately maps the design space for 2,3-butanediol production. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 23. 3850–3858. 1 indexed citations
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Gautier, Arnaud, et al.. (2023). A fluorescent reporter system for anaerobic thermophiles. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 11. 1226889–1226889. 18 indexed citations
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Herwig, Christoph, et al.. (2022). Reducing Organic Load From Industrial Residual Process Brine With a Novel Halophilic Mixed Culture: Scale-Up and Long-Term Piloting of an Integrated Bioprocess. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10. 896576–896576. 1 indexed citations
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Herwig, Christoph, et al.. (2022). Mixotrophic co-utilization of glucose and carbon monoxide boosts ethanol and butanol productivity of continuous Clostridium carboxidivorans cultures. Bioresource Technology. 353. 127138–127138. 30 indexed citations
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Boecker, Simon, et al.. (2021). Increasing ATP turnover boosts productivity of 2,3-butanediol synthesis in Escherichia coli. Microbial Cell Factories. 20(1). 63–63. 26 indexed citations
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Klamt, Steffen, et al.. (2020). Blending industrial blast furnace gas with H2 enables Acetobacterium woodii to efficiently co-utilize CO, CO2 and H2. Bioresource Technology. 323. 124573–124573. 37 indexed citations
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Kamravamanesh, Donya, Tamás Kovács, Stefan Pflügl, et al.. (2018). Increased poly-β-hydroxybutyrate production from carbon dioxide in randomly mutated cells of cyanobacterial strain Synechocystis sp. PCC 6714: Mutant generation and characterization. Bioresource Technology. 266. 34–44. 84 indexed citations
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Steiger, Matthias G., Martin Pfeffer, Seung Bum Sohn, et al.. (2014). Model based engineering of Pichia pastoris central metabolism enhances recombinant protein production. Metabolic Engineering. 24. 129–138. 116 indexed citations
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Pflügl, Stefan, Hans Marx, Diethard Mattanovich, & Michael Sauer. (2013). Heading for an economic industrial upgrading of crude glycerol from biodiesel production to 1,3-propanediol by Lactobacillus diolivorans. Bioresource Technology. 152. 499–504. 73 indexed citations
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Pflügl, Stefan, Hans Marx, Diethard Mattanovich, & Michael Sauer. (2013). Genetic engineering ofLactobacillus diolivorans. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 344(2). 152–158. 13 indexed citations
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Pflügl, Stefan, Hans Marx, Diethard Mattanovich, & Michael Sauer. (2012). 1,3-Propanediol production from glycerol with Lactobacillus diolivorans. Bioresource Technology. 119. 133–140. 108 indexed citations

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