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

Hit Papers

Global Water Pollution an... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2010 2007 2001 1998 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Global Water Pollution and Human Health
    2010 1.5k citations Thomas Egli, Urs von Gunten et al. profile →
  2. 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 →
  3. Occurrence, synthesis and medical application of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoate
    2001 590 citations Manfred Zinn, Thomas Egli et al. profile →
  4. Growth Kinetics of Suspended Microbial Cells: From Single-Substrate-Controlled Growth to Mixed-Substrate Kinetics
    1998 556 citations Thomas Egli et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Thomas Egli 3.5k 3.4k 3.2k 2.5k 1.8k 154 12.9k
Frederik Hammes 2.9k 0.8× 2.2k 0.6× 4.8k 1.5× 3.1k 1.2× 1.9k 1.1× 116 11.2k
Thomas R. Neu 3.4k 1.0× 4.2k 1.2× 1.5k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 2.8k 1.6× 196 12.1k
Wen‐Tso Liu 4.4k 1.3× 4.0k 1.2× 2.5k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 4.1k 2.4× 187 12.7k
Alexander J. B. Zehnder 6.3k 1.8× 5.2k 1.5× 2.3k 0.7× 3.9k 1.5× 2.9k 1.6× 220 20.7k
J. T. Trevors 6.0k 1.7× 5.2k 1.5× 2.7k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 4.7k 2.7× 493 19.9k
Qiaoyun Huang 4.4k 1.3× 2.1k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 2.4k 1.0× 2.6k 1.5× 424 14.2k
Ulrich Szewzyk 2.5k 0.7× 3.9k 1.1× 1.6k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 2.4k 1.3× 113 10.4k
Hauke Harms 6.0k 1.7× 5.3k 1.6× 2.6k 0.8× 915 0.4× 3.6k 2.0× 368 17.1k
John R. Lawrence 2.6k 0.7× 3.1k 0.9× 1.5k 0.5× 862 0.3× 2.3k 1.3× 217 10.1k
Bing Li 10.7k 3.1× 4.0k 1.2× 3.2k 1.0× 2.8k 1.1× 2.8k 1.6× 624 22.0k

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All Works

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Egli, Thomas, Mats Leifels, Claudia Kolm, et al.. (2024). Domestic hot-water boilers harbour active thermophilic bacterial communities distinctly different from those in the cold-water supply. Water Research. 253. 121109–121109. 4 indexed citations
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Egli, Thomas, et al.. (2014). Wie viele Zellen sind im Trinkwasser? Durchflusszytometrie in der mikrobiologischen Trinkwasseranalyse: wie weiter?. DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)). 94(11). 90. 1 indexed citations
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Lautenschlager, Karin, Chiachi Hwang, Fangqiong Ling, et al.. (2014). Abundance and composition of indigenous bacterial communities in a multi-step biofiltration-based drinking water treatment plant. Water Research. 62. 40–52. 172 indexed citations
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Maciąg, Anna, Clelia Peano, Alessandro Pietrelli, et al.. (2011). In vitro transcription profiling of the σ S subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase: re-definition of the σ S regulon and identification of σ S -specific promoter sequence elements. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(13). 5338–5355. 67 indexed citations
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Pronk, Michiel, Michaël Sinreich, Thomas Egli, et al.. (2010). Auftreten von Mikroorganismen in Grundwasser. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 12. 1059–1071. 1 indexed citations
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Egli, Thomas, et al.. (2008). Correlations between total cell concentration, total adenosine tri-phosphate concentration and heterotrophic plate counts during microbial monitoring of drinking water. DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)). 1(1). 1–6. 70 indexed citations
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Wang, Yingying, Frederik Hammes, & Thomas Egli. (2008). The impact of industrial-scale cartridge filtration on the native microbial communities from groundwater. Water Research. 42(16). 4319–4326. 24 indexed citations
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Berney, Michael, Hans‐Ulrich Weilenmann, & Thomas Egli. (2006). Adaptation to UVA radiation of E. coli growing in continuous culture. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 86(2). 149–159. 29 indexed citations
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Kaech, Andres & Thomas Egli. (2001). Isolation and Characterization of a Pseudomonas putida Strain able to Grow with Trimethyl-1,2-dihydroxy-propyl-ammonium as Sole Source of Carbon, Energy and Nitrogen. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 24(2). 252–261. 9 indexed citations
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Sulzberger, Barbara, Silvio Canonica, Thomas Egli, et al.. (1997). Oxidative Transformations of Contaminants in Natural and in Technical Systems. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 51(12). 900–900. 60 indexed citations
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Käch, Andres, et al.. (1996). Cultivation of Escherichia coli with mixtures of 3-phenylpropionic acid and glucose: Dynamics of growth and substrate consumption. Biodegradation. 7(6). 445–453. 14 indexed citations
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Lendenmann, Urs, et al.. (1994). The growth of Escherichia coli in glucose-limited chemostat cultures: a re-examination of the kinetics. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1201(3). 424–436. 102 indexed citations
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Egli, Thomas, Urs Lendenmann, & Mario Snozzi. (1993). Kinetics of microbial growth with mixtures of carbon sources. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 63(3-4). 289–298. 89 indexed citations
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Faber, Folkert, Thomas Egli, & Wim Harder. (1993). Transient repression of the synthesis of OmpF and aspartate transcarbamoylase inEscherichia coliK12 as a response to pollutant stress. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 111(2-3). 189–196. 9 indexed citations
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Egli, Thomas. (1991). On multiple-nutrient-limited growth of microorganisms, with special reference to dual limitation by carbon and nitrogen substrates. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 60(3-4). 225–234. 92 indexed citations
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Schneider, René Peter, Fritz Zürcher, Thomas Egli, & G. Hamer. (1988). Determination of nitrilotriacetate in biological matrices using ion exclusion chromatography. Analytical Biochemistry. 173(2). 278–284. 14 indexed citations

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