Stephen H. Zinder

11.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
91 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Stephen H. Zinder is a scholar working on Ecology, Pollution and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen H. Zinder has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Ecology, 36 papers in Pollution and 32 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Stephen H. Zinder's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (33 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (30 papers) and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (22 papers). Stephen H. Zinder is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (33 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (30 papers) and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (22 papers). Stephen H. Zinder collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Stephen H. Zinder's co-authors include James M. Gossett, Yueh‐tyng Chien, Hinsby Cadillo‐Quiroz, Joseph B. Yavitt, Donna E. Fennell, Monica J. Lee, Largus T. Angenent, Matthew T. Agler, Brian A. Wrenn and Markus Koch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Stephen H. Zinder

90 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

Isolation of a Bacterium That Reductively Dechlorinates Tetrachloroethene to Ethene

1997 858 citations Stephen H. Zinder et al. profile →
Waste to bioproduct conversion with undefined mixed cultures: the carboxylate platform

2010 647 citations Stephen H. Zinder et al. profile →
Dehalococcoides mccartyi gen. nov., sp. nov., obligately organohalide-respiring anaerobic bacteria relevant to halogen cycling and bioremediation, belong to a novel bacterial class, Dehalococcoidia classis nov., order Dehalococcoidales ord. nov. and family Dehalococcoidaceae fam. nov., within the phylum Chloroflexi

2012 444 citations Lorenz Adrian, Elizabeth A. Edwards et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen H. Zinder

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Colors of Life in the Clouds: Biopigments of Atmospheric Microorganisms as a New Signature to Detect Life on Planets like Earth 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·(unknown), Lisa Kaltenegger, William Philpot, (unknown), (unknown), Stephen H. Zinder, Brent C. Christner	0
2	Color Catalogue of Life in Ice: Surface Biosignatures on Icy Worlds 2021 ·Astrobiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Lisa Kaltenegger, Stephen H. Zinder, William Philpot, M. Glória Esquível, João Canário, Rodrigo Costa, Warwick F. Vincent, Zita Martins	13
3	The Green Berry Consortia of the Sippewissett Salt Marsh: Millimeter-Sized Aggregates of Diazotrophic Unicellular Cyanobacteria 2017 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Elizabeth G. Wilbanks, (unknown), Ulrike Jaekel, Parris T. Humphrey, Jonathan A. Eisen, Daniel H. Buckley, Stephen H. Zinder	5
4	Genomic composition and dynamics among Methanomicrobiales predict adaptation to contrasting environments 2016 ·The ISME Journal ·Patrick Denis Browne, Hideyuki Tamaki, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Tanja Woyke, Lynne Goodwin, Hiroyuki Imachi, Suzanna L. Bräuer, Joseph B. Yavitt, Wen‐Tso Liu, Stephen H. Zinder, Hinsby Cadillo‐Quiroz	35
5	Isolation of an aerobic vinyl chloride oxidizer from anaerobic groundwater 2014 ·Biodegradation ·Heather Fullerton, (unknown), David L. Freedman, Stephen H. Zinder	19
6	Anaerobic Conversion of Chlorobenzene and Benzene to CH ₄ and CO ₂ in Bioaugmented Microcosms 2013 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Xiaoming Liang, (unknown), (unknown), Barbara Sherwood Lollar, Stephen H. Zinder, Elizabeth A. Edwards	44
7	Seasonal Changes in Methanogenesis and Methanogenic Community in Three Peatlands, New York State 2012 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Christine Sun, Suzanna L. Bräuer, Hinsby Cadillo‐Quiroz, Stephen H. Zinder, Joseph B. Yavitt	44
8	Global gene expression of Dehalococcoides within a robust dynamic TCE‐dechlorinating community under conditions of periodic substrate supply 2012 ·Biotechnology and Bioengineering ·Kimberlee A. West, Patrick K. H. Lee, David R. Johnson, Stephen H. Zinder, Lisa Alvarez‐Cohen	18
9	Comparative genomics of two newly isolated Dehalococcoides strains and an enrichment using a genus microarray 2011 ·The ISME Journal ·Patrick K. H. Lee, Dan Cheng, Ping Hu, Kimberlee A. West, Gregory J. Dick, Eoin Brodie, Gary L. Andersen, Stephen H. Zinder, Jianzhong He, Lisa Alvarez‐Cohen	48
10	ORIGINAL RESEARCH: Comparative constraint-based model development for thermophilic hydrogen production 2011 ·Industrial Biotechnology ·Sarah Munro, Stephen H. Zinder, Larry P. Walker	4
11	Sustainable syntrophic growth of Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195 with Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough and Methanobacterium congolense : global transcriptomic and proteomic analyses 2011 ·The ISME Journal ·Yujie Men, Helene Feil, Nathan C. VerBerkmoes, Manesh Shah, David R. Johnson, Patrick K. H. Lee, Kimberlee A. West, Stephen H. Zinder, Gary L. Andersen, Lisa Alvarez‐Cohen	130
12	Multicellular photo‐magnetotactic bacteria 2010 ·Environmental Microbiology Reports ·Orr H. Shapiro, Roland Hatzenpichler, Daniel H. Buckley, Stephen H. Zinder, Victoria J. Orphan	40
13	The fermentation stoichiometry of Thermotoga neapolitana and influence of temperature, oxygen, and pH on hydrogen production 2009 ·Biotechnology Progress ·Sarah Munro, Stephen H. Zinder, Larry P. Walker	45
14	Vertical profiles of methanogenesis and methanogens in two contrasting acidic peatlands in central New York State, USA 2006 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Hinsby Cadillo‐Quiroz, Suzanna L. Bräuer, Erika Yashiro, Christine Sun, Joseph B. Yavitt, Stephen H. Zinder	168
15	Isolation of a novel acidiphilic methanogen from an acidic peat bog 2006 ·Nature ·Suzanna L. Bräuer, Hinsby Cadillo‐Quiroz, Erika Yashiro, Joseph B. Yavitt, Stephen H. Zinder	134
16	Genome sequence of the chlorinated compound–respiring bacterium Dehalococcoides species strain CBDB1 2005 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Michael Kube, Alfred Beck, Stephen H. Zinder, Heiner Kuhl, Richard Reinhardt, Lorenz Adrian	234
17	The future for culturing environmental organisms: a golden era ahead? 2002 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Stephen H. Zinder	6
18	Reductive Dechlorination of Chlorinated Ethenes and 1,2-Dichloroethane by “ Dehalococcoides ethenogenes ” 195 1999 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown), T. Anguish, Stephen H. Zinder	270
19	Acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase in the thermophilic, acetate-utilizing methanogenMethanothrixsp. strain CALS-1 1992 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·(unknown), Stephen H. Zinder	13
20	Carbon monoxide pathway enzyme activities in a thermophilic anaerobic bacterium grown acetogenically and in a syntrophic acetate-oxidizing coculture 1988 ·Archives of Microbiology ·Monica J. Lee, Stephen H. Zinder	26

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