T. Kent Kirk

21.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
138 papers, 15.5k citations indexed

About

T. Kent Kirk is a scholar working on Plant Science, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, T. Kent Kirk has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 15.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Plant Science, 80 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 60 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in T. Kent Kirk's work include Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (100 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (66 papers) and Biochemical and biochemical processes (54 papers). T. Kent Kirk is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (100 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (66 papers) and Biochemical and biochemical processes (54 papers). T. Kent Kirk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Japan. T. Kent Kirk's co-authors include Ming Tien, Roberta L. Farrell, J. G. Zeikus, B. Kalyanaraman, William Connors, Philip J. Kersten, R. T. Sherwood, Carroll P. Vance, Kenneth E. Hammel and Linda F. Lorenz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

T. Kent Kirk

136 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Enzymatic "Combustion": The Microbial Degradation of Lignin

1987 2.0k citations T. Kent Kirk, Roberta L. Farrell Annual Review of Microbiology profile →
Lignin-degrading enzyme from Phanerochaete chrysosporium : Purification, characterization, and catalytic properties of a unique H ₂ O ₂ -requiring oxygenase

1984 1.0k citations Ming Tien, T. Kent Kirk profile →
Lignin-Degrading Enzyme from the Hymenomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium Burds

1983 961 citations Ming Tien, T. Kent Kirk profile →
Influence of culture parameters on lignin metabolism byPhanerochaete chrysosporium

1978 937 citations T. Kent Kirk, William Connors et al. profile →
Lignification as a Mechanism of Disease Resistance

1980 762 citations T. Kent Kirk et al. profile →
Ligninolytic enzyme system of Phanaerochaete chrysosporium: synthesized in the absence of lignin in response to nitrogen starvation

1978 460 citations T. Kent Kirk, J. G. Zeikus et al. profile →
Production of multiple ligninases by Phanerochaete chrysosporium: effect of selected growth conditions and use of a mutant strain

1986 433 citations T. Kent Kirk, Ming Tien et al. profile →

Peers

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Marı́a Jesús Martı́nez Spain

Ming Tien United States

Ángel T. Martı́nez Spain

Yitzhak Hadar Israel

Martin Hofrichter Germany

Annele Hatakka Finland

Kenneth E. Hammel United States

Sanjay P. Govindwar India

Susana Camarero Spain

José C. del Rı́o Spain

Marı́a Jesús Martı́nez Spain

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Srisodsuk, Malee, Karen M. Kleman-Leyer, Sirkka Keränen, T. Kent Kirk, & Tuula T. Teeri. (1998). Modes of action on cotton and bacterial cellulose of a homologous endoglucanase‐exoglucanase pair from Trichoderma reesei. European Journal of Biochemistry. 251(3). 885–892. 51 indexed citations

Scott, Gary M., et al.. (1998). An Overview of Biopulping Research : Discovery and Engineering. 30(4). 18–27. 1 indexed citations

Akhtar, Masood, et al.. (1997). Corn steep liquor lowers the amount of inoculum for biopulping. TAPPI Journal. 80(6). 161–164. 29 indexed citations

Akhtar, M., et al.. (1992). Biomechanical pulping of loblolly pine with different strains of the white-rot fungus Ceriporiopsis subvermispora. TAPPI Journal. 75(2). 105–109. 46 indexed citations

Kirk, T. Kent, et al.. (1991). Oxidation of methoxybenzenes by manganese peroxidase and by Mn3+. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 288(1). 145–148. 47 indexed citations

Kirk, T. Kent, et al.. (1990). Biotechnology in pulp and paper manufacture : applications and fundamental investigations : proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Biotechnology in the Pulp and Paper Industry. Butterworth-Heinemann eBooks. 3 indexed citations

Odier, Étienne, Michael D. Mozuch, B. Kalyanaraman, & T. Kent Kirk. (1988). Ligninase-mediated phenoxy radical formation and polymerization unaffected by cellobiose: quinone oxidoreductase. Biochimie. 70(6). 847–852. 44 indexed citations

Buswell, J. A., Étienne Odier, & T. Kent Kirk. (1987). Lignin Biodegradation. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. 6(1). 1–60. 185 indexed citations

Kirk, T. Kent & Roberta L. Farrell. (1987). Enzymatic "Combustion": The Microbial Degradation of Lignin. Annual Review of Microbiology. 41(1). 465–501. 1989 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kirk, T. Kent. (1987). Lignin-degrading enzymes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 321(1561). 461–474. 26 indexed citations

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Kirk, T. Kent, Ming Tien, Philip J. Kersten, Michael D. Mozuch, & B. Kalyanaraman. (1986). Ligninase of Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Mechanism of its degradation of the non-phenolic arylglycerol β-aryl ether substructure of lignin. Biochemical Journal. 236(1). 279–287. 156 indexed citations

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Kirk, T. Kent, Ming Tien, & B. D. Faison. (1984). Biochemistry of the oxidation of lignin by Phangerochate chrysosporium. Biotechnology Advances. 2(2). 183–199. 12 indexed citations

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Joyce, Thomas W., et al.. (1984). A continuous biological process to decolorize bleach plant effluents. Biotechnology Advances. 2(2). 301–308. 24 indexed citations

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Leatham, Gary F. & T. Kent Kirk. (1983). Regulation of ligninolytic activity by nutrient nitrogen in white-rot basidiomycetes. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 16(1). 65–67. 128 indexed citations

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Kirk, T. Kent, Thomas W. Jeffries, & G.F. Leatham. (1983). Biotechnology: Applications and Implications for the Pulp and Paper Industry. TAPPI Journal. 66(5). 45–51. 18 indexed citations

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Zeikus, J. G., et al.. (1982). Molecular basis for the biodegradative recalcitrance of lignin in anaerobic environments. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 15(3). 193–197. 89 indexed citations

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Kirk, T. Kent, William Connors, & J. G. Zeikus. (1976). Requirement for a Growth Substrate During Lignin Decomposition by Two Wood-Rotting Fungi. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 32(1). 192–194. 231 indexed citations

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Kirk, T. Kent, et al.. (1973). Methoxyhydroquinone, an Intermediate of Vanillate Catabolism by Polyporus dichrous. Applied Microbiology. 26(2). 173–175. 16 indexed citations

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Kirk, T. Kent & Wayne Moore. (1972). Removing Lignin from Wood with White-Rot Fungi and Digestibility of Resulting Wood. Wood and Fiber Science. 4(2). 72–79. 75 indexed citations

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Kirk, T. Kent & Knut Lundquist. (1970). Comparison of sound and white-rotted sapwood of sweetgum with respect to properties of the lignin and composition of extractives. Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology). 73(9). 294–306. 12 indexed citations

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