Thomas A. Langworthy

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas A. Langworthy is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas A. Langworthy has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas A. Langworthy's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (17 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (8 papers). Thomas A. Langworthy is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (17 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (8 papers). Thomas A. Langworthy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Thomas A. Langworthy's co-authors include T. G. Tornabene, Karl O. Stetter, W R Mayberry, Carl R. Woese, Robert Huber, Paul F. Smith, Günther Holzer, Helmut K�nig, Paul F. Smith and Uwe B. Sleytr and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Trends in Biochemical Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas A. Langworthy

48 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Thermotoga maritima sp. nov. represents a new genus of unique extremely thermophilic eubacteria growing up to 90�C

1986 620 citations Robert Huber, Thomas A. Langworthy et al. Archives of Microbiology profile →

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Thomas A. Langworthy

ECOLO

Robert Huber Germany

G. Dennis Sprott Canada

Agata Gambacorta Italy

Jakob K. Kristjánsson Iceland

Linda J. Magrum United States

A. Gambacorta Italy

Daniël Prieur France

Jean E. Brenchley United States

T. D. Brock United States

Kevin R. Sowers United States

Robert Huber Germany

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Huber, R., et al.. (1996). Formation of Ammonium from Nitrate During Chemolithoautotrophic Growth of the Extremely Thermophilic Bacterium Ammonifex degensii gen. nov. sp. nov.. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 19(1). 40–49. 89 indexed citations

Jannasch, Holger W., Carl O. Wirsen, Stephen J. Molyneaux, & Thomas A. Langworthy. (1992). Comparative Physiological Studies on Hyperthermophilic Archaea Isolated from Deep-Sea Hot Vents with Emphasis on Pyrococcus Strain GB-D. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 58(11). 3472–3481. 91 indexed citations

Fiala, Gerhard, Carl R. Woese, Thomas A. Langworthy, & Karl O. Stetter. (1990). Flexistipes sinusarabici, a novel genus and species of eubacteria occurring in the Atlantis II Deep brines of the Red Sea. Archives of Microbiology. 154(2). 120–126. 55 indexed citations

Huber, Robert, Carl R. Woese, Thomas A. Langworthy, Hans Fricke, & Karl O. Stetter. (1989). Thermosipho africanus gen. nov., Represents a New Genus of Thermophilic Eubacteria within the “Thermotogales”. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 12(1). 32–37. 102 indexed citations

Rengpipat, Sirirat, Thomas A. Langworthy, & J. G. Zeikus. (1988). Halobacteroides acetoethylicus sp. nov., a New Obligately Anaerobic Halophile Isolated from Deep Subsurface Hypersaline Environments. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 11(1). 28–35. 34 indexed citations

Kerger, Brent D., Carol A. Mancuso, Peter D. Nichols, et al.. (1988). The budding bacteria, Pirellula and Planctomyces, with atypical 16S rRNA and absence of peptidoglycan, show eubacterial phospholipids and uniquely high proportions of long chain beta-hydroxy fatty acids in the lipopolysaccharide lipid A. Archives of Microbiology. 149(3). 255–260. 43 indexed citations

Langworthy, Thomas A., et al.. (1987). Effect of growth temperature on the long-chain diols and fatty acids of Thermomicrobium roseum. Journal of Bacteriology. 169(3). 1328–1330. 21 indexed citations

Kerger, Brent D., Peter D. Nichols, Christopher P. Antworth, et al.. (1986). Signature fatty acids in the polar lipids of acid-producingThiobacillusspp.: Methoxy, cyclopropyl, alpha-hydroxy-cyclopropyl and branched and normal monoenoic fatty acids. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 38(2). 67–77. 63 indexed citations

Huber, Robert, Thomas A. Langworthy, Helmut K�nig, et al.. (1986). Thermotoga maritima sp. nov. represents a new genus of unique extremely thermophilic eubacteria growing up to 90�C. Archives of Microbiology. 144(4). 324–333. 620 indexed citations breakdown →

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Langworthy, Thomas A., et al.. (1986). Long-Chain Diols: A New Class of Membrane Lipids from a Thermophilic Bacterium. Science. 231(4742). 1134–1136. 49 indexed citations

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Buckel, Wolfgang, et al.. (1985). Ultrastructure of the cell envelope and amino acid composition of the murein ofClostridium symbiosum. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 30(3). 283–288. 7 indexed citations

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Collins, M.D. & Thomas A. Langworthy. (1983). Respiratory Quinone Composition of Some Acidophilic Bacteria. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 4(3). 295–304. 44 indexed citations

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Langworthy, Thomas A., T. G. Tornabene, & G. Holzer. (1982). Lipids of Archaebacteria. 3(2). 228–244. 175 indexed citations

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Langworthy, Thomas A., W R Mayberry, & Paul F. Smith. (1976). A sulfonolipid and novel glucosamidyl glycolipids from the extreme thermoacidophile Bacillus acidocaldarius. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 431(3). 550–569. 92 indexed citations

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Mayberry, W R, Thomas A. Langworthy, & Paul F. Smith. (1976). Structure of the mannoheptose-containing pentaglycosyldiacylglycerol from Acholeplasma modicum. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 441(1). 115–122. 5 indexed citations

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Smith, Paul F., et al.. (1975). Polypeptide nature of growth requirement in yeast extract for Thermoplasma acidophilum. Journal of Bacteriology. 124(2). 884–892. 32 indexed citations

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Sugiyama, Tsuyoshi, Paul F. Smith, Thomas A. Langworthy, & W R Mayberry. (1974). Immunological Analysis of Glycolipids and Lipopolysaccharides Derived from Various Mycoplasmas. Infection and Immunity. 10(6). 1273–1279. 26 indexed citations

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Mayberry-Carson, K. J., Thomas A. Langworthy, W R Mayberry, & Paul F. Smith. (1974). A new class of lipopolysaccharide from Thermoplasma acidophilum. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 360(2). 217–229. 47 indexed citations

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Smith, Paul F., et al.. (1973). Characterization of the Membranes of Thermoplasma acidophilum. Journal of Bacteriology. 116(2). 1019–1028. 40 indexed citations

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Langworthy, Thomas A., Paul F. Smith, & W R Mayberry. (1972). Lipids of Thermoplasma acidophilum. Journal of Bacteriology. 112(3). 1193–1200. 132 indexed citations

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