Steffen N. Lindner

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Steffen N. Lindner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen N. Lindner has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 14 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Steffen N. Lindner's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (48 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (25 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (20 papers). Steffen N. Lindner is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (48 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (25 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (20 papers). Steffen N. Lindner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Denmark. Steffen N. Lindner's co-authors include Volker F. Wendisch, Arren Bar‐Even, Oren Yishai, Hezi Tenenboim, Doris Rittmann, Sebastian Wenk, Tobias M. Meiswinkel, Selçuk Aslan, Karin Schann and Pablo I. Nikel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Steffen N. Lindner

64 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Growth of E. coli on formate and methanol via the reductive glycine pathway

2020 275 citations Steffen N. Lindner, Selçuk Aslan et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →

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James M. Clomburg United States

Xiulai Chen China

Katja Buehler Germany

Stéphane Guillouet France

Niv Antonovsky Israel

Guipeng Hu China

Andreas Schirmer Germany

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Qian Ma China

Juan Nogales Spain

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lindner, Steffen N., et al.. (2025). Rewiring Escherichia coli to transform formate into methyl groups. Microbial Cell Factories. 24(1). 55–55. 3 indexed citations

Grüning, Nana‐Maria, Federica Agostini, Camila Caldana, et al.. (2025). The return of metabolism: biochemistry and physiology of glycolysis. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 101(2). 751–803. 1 indexed citations

Boecker, Simon, Philipp Schneider, Nicole Paczia, et al.. (2024). Engineering new-to-nature biochemical conversions by combining fermentative metabolism with respiratory modules. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6725–6725. 12 indexed citations

Lindner, Steffen N., et al.. (2024). Prospects of formamide as nitrogen source in biotechnological production processes. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 108(1). 105–105. 3 indexed citations

Lindner, Steffen N., et al.. (2024). Orthogonal redox control. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(11). 1395–1396.

Cotton, Charles A. R., et al.. (2023). The cofactor challenge in synthetic methylotrophy: bioengineering and industrial applications. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 82. 102953–102953. 18 indexed citations

Wu, Tong, Steffen N. Lindner, Philippe Marlière, et al.. (2023). Engineering a synthetic energy-efficient formaldehyde assimilation cycle in Escherichia coli. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8490–8490. 26 indexed citations

Machens, Fabian, et al.. (2023). Optimizing E. coli as a formatotrophic platform for bioproduction via the reductive glycine pathway. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 11. 1091899–1091899. 37 indexed citations

Wu, Tong, et al.. (2023). Formamide-based production of amines by metabolically engineering Corynebacterium glutamicum. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 107(13). 4245–4260. 2 indexed citations

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Claassens, Nico J., Beau Dronsella, Enrico Orsi, et al.. (2022). Engineering the Reductive Glycine Pathway: A Promising Synthetic Metabolism Approach for C1-Assimilation. Advances in biochemical engineering, biotechnology. 180. 299–350. 15 indexed citations

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Wu, Tong, Pascal Pfister, Selçuk Aslan, et al.. (2022). On the flexibility of the cellular amination network in E coli. eLife. 11. 15 indexed citations

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Krahn, Irene, et al.. (2021). Evolving a New Efficient Mode of Fructose Utilization for Improved Bioproduction in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 9. 669093–669093. 10 indexed citations

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Orsi, Enrico, Nico J. Claassens, Pablo I. Nikel, & Steffen N. Lindner. (2021). Growth-coupled selection of synthetic modules to accelerate cell factory development. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5295–5295. 68 indexed citations

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Cotton, Charles A. R., Hai He, Simon Burgener, et al.. (2020). Underground isoleucine biosynthesis pathways in E. coli. eLife. 9. 30 indexed citations

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Dronsella, Beau, Εlad Noor, Bastian Vögeli, et al.. (2020). Awakening a latent carbon fixation cycle in Escherichia coli. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5812–5812. 78 indexed citations

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Song, Shanshan, Stefan Timm, Steffen N. Lindner, et al.. (2020). Expression of Formate-Tetrahydrofolate Ligase Did Not Improve Growth but Interferes With Nitrogen and Carbon Metabolism of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 1650–1650. 9 indexed citations

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Yishai, Oren, et al.. (2016). The formate bio-economy. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 35. 1–9. 246 indexed citations

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Lindner, Steffen N., et al.. (2015). Transcription of *malP* is subject to PTS-dependent regulation in *Corynebacterium glutamicum*. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 1 indexed citations

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Siedler, Solvej, Steffen N. Lindner, Stephanie Bringer, Volker F. Wendisch, & Michael Bott. (2012). Reductive whole-cell biotransformation with Corynebacterium glutamicum: improvement of NADPH generation from glucose by a cyclized pentose phosphate pathway using pfkA and gapA deletion mutants. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 97(1). 143–152. 40 indexed citations

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Lindner, Steffen N., et al.. (2010). Polyphosphate/ATP-dependent NAD kinase of Corynebacterium glutamicum: biochemical properties and impact of ppnK overexpression on lysine production. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 87(2). 583–593. 43 indexed citations

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