Thomas Egli

16.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
154 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas Egli is a scholar working on Pollution, Molecular Biology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Egli has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Pollution, 57 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Thomas Egli's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (29 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (25 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (23 papers). Thomas Egli is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (29 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (25 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (23 papers). Thomas Egli collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Thomas Egli's co-authors include Frederik Hammes, Michael Berney, Hans‐Ulrich Weilenmann, Urs von Gunten, Marius Vital, Manfred Zinn, René P. Schwarzenbach, Thomas B. Hofstetter, Bernhard Wehrli and Bernard Witholt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Egli

154 papers receiving 12.5k 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.

Global Water Pollution and Human Health

2010 1.5k citations Thomas Egli et al. profile →
Assessment and Interpretation of Bacterial Viability by Using the LIVE/DEAD BacLight Kit in Combination with Flow Cytometry

2007 728 citations Michael Berney, Frederik Hammes et al. profile →
Occurrence, synthesis and medical application of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoate

2001 590 citations Thomas Egli et al. profile →
Growth Kinetics of Suspended Microbial Cells: From Single-Substrate-Controlled Growth to Mixed-Substrate Kinetics

1998 556 citations Thomas Egli et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Domestic hot-water boilers harbour active thermophilic bacterial communities distinctly different from those in the cold-water supply 2024 ·Water Research ·Thomas Egli, (unknown), Mats Leifels, (unknown), Claudia Kolm, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Luigino Grasso, (unknown), Andreas H. Farnleitner, Alexander K. T. Kirschner	4
2	Scale-up of phosphate remobilization from sewage sludge in a microbial fuel cell 2015 ·Bioresource Technology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Egli, Christos Comninellis, (unknown), Fabian Fischer	23
3	Wie viele Zellen sind im Trinkwasser? Durchflusszytometrie in der mikrobiologischen Trinkwasseranalyse: wie weiter? 2014 ·DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)) ·Thomas Egli, (unknown)	1
4	A microbiology-based multi-parametric approach towards assessing biological stability in drinking water distribution networks 2013 ·Water Research ·Karin Lautenschlager, Chiachi Hwang, Wen‐Tso Liu, Nico Boon, Oliver Köster, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Thomas Egli, Frederik Hammes	159
5	Auftreten von Mikroorganismen in Grundwasser 2010 ·Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) ·Michiel Pronk, Michaël Sinreich, (unknown), Thomas Egli, (unknown), Richard Felleisen, Manfred Koch, Oliver Köster, (unknown), (unknown), Pekka M. Rossi, (unknown)	1
6	Protein oxidation and aggregation in UVA‐irradiated Escherichia coli cells as signs of accelerated cellular senescence 2010 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Franziska Bosshard, Katharina Riedel, Thomas Schneider, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Egli	104
7	Overnight stagnation of drinking water in household taps induces microbial growth and changes in community composition 2010 ·Water Research ·Karin Lautenschlager, Nico Boon, Yingying Wang, Thomas Egli, Frederik Hammes	246
8	Cultivation-independent Assessment of Bacterial Viability 2010 ·Advances in biochemical engineering, biotechnology ·Frederik Hammes, Michael Berney, Thomas Egli	112
9	Cytometric methods for measuring bacteria in water: advantages, pitfalls and applications 2010 ·Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry ·Frederik Hammes, Thomas Egli	153
10	Benzene degradation by Ralstonia pickettii PKO1 in the presence of the alternative substrate succinate 2008 ·Biodegradation ·Margarete Bucheli‐Witschel, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Egli	23
11	The impact of industrial-scale cartridge filtration on the native microbial communities from groundwater 2008 ·Water Research ·Yingying Wang, Frederik Hammes, Thomas Egli	24
12	Escherichia coli O157 can grow in natural freshwater at low carbon concentrations 2008 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Marius Vital, Frederik Hammes, Thomas Egli	100
13	Adaptation to UVA radiation of E. coli growing in continuous culture 2006 ·Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology ·Michael Berney, Hans‐Ulrich Weilenmann, Thomas Egli	29
14	Global physiological analysis of carbon‐ and energy‐limited growing Escherichia coli confirms a high degree of catabolic flexibility and preparedness for mixed substrate utilization 2005 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Julian Ihssen, Thomas Egli	73
15	The dynamics of single-substrate continuous cultures: the role of transport enzymes 2003 ·Journal of Theoretical Biology ·Jason E. Shoemaker, Gregory T. Reeves, Shakti Gupta, Sergei S. Pilyugin, Thomas Egli, Atul Narang	9
16	Effect of integration of a GFP reporter gene on fitness of Ralstonia eutropha during growth with 2,4‐dichlorophenoxyacetic acid 2003 ·Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Jan Roelof van der Meer, Thomas Egli	22
17	The growth of Escherichia coli in glucose-limited chemostat cultures: a re-examination of the kinetics 1994 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects ·(unknown), Urs Lendenmann, Mario Snozzi, G. Hamer, Thomas Egli	102
18	Microbial growth kinetics: a historical perspective 1993 ·Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ·Holger W. Jannasch, Thomas Egli	29
19	Transient repression of the synthesis of OmpF and aspartate transcarbamoylase inEscherichia coliK12 as a response to pollutant stress 1993 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Folkert Faber, Thomas Egli, Wim Harder	9
20	The process utility of thermotolerant methylotrophic bacteria: I. An evaluation in chemostat culture 1990 ·Biotechnology and Bioengineering ·N. Al‐Awadhi, Thomas Egli, G. Hamer, Colin Mason	10

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