Thomas Leisinger

9.4k total citations
160 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Leisinger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pollution and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Leisinger has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Molecular Biology, 60 papers in Pollution and 26 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas Leisinger's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (43 papers), Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (32 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (25 papers). Thomas Leisinger is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (43 papers), Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (32 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (25 papers). Thomas Leisinger collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Australia. Thomas Leisinger's co-authors include Jan R. van der Ploeg, Eric Eichhorn, Dieter Haas, Alasdair M. Cook, Michael A. Kertesz, Hans G. Kulla, Thomas Zimmermann, Andreas Kiener, Stéphane Vuilleumier and S. Roche and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Leisinger

159 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Leisinger Switzerland 50 3.8k 2.6k 1.3k 1.1k 1.1k 160 7.4k
H. G. Schlegel Germany 39 3.2k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 604 0.5× 511 0.5× 787 0.7× 137 6.1k
A. M. Chakrabarty United States 64 6.5k 1.7× 2.7k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 765 0.7× 1.4k 1.3× 180 10.3k
Yasuo Igarashi Japan 49 4.3k 1.1× 1.5k 0.6× 734 0.6× 305 0.3× 1.9k 1.7× 289 8.9k
Gerben J. Zylstra United States 47 3.0k 0.8× 3.6k 1.4× 729 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 1.4k 1.3× 122 6.3k
Hans G. Schlegel Germany 33 2.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 731 0.6× 667 0.6× 636 0.6× 88 5.4k
Rebecca E. Parales United States 44 3.4k 0.9× 3.3k 1.2× 842 0.7× 795 0.7× 923 0.8× 100 7.5k
Owen P. Ward Canada 33 2.4k 0.6× 2.3k 0.9× 691 0.5× 696 0.6× 633 0.6× 83 5.9k
Juergen Wiegel United States 52 4.3k 1.1× 1.6k 0.6× 611 0.5× 567 0.5× 2.2k 2.0× 187 8.0k
W. Harder Netherlands 48 5.0k 1.3× 852 0.3× 647 0.5× 348 0.3× 727 0.7× 157 7.2k
Masao Fukuda Japan 51 3.3k 0.9× 3.1k 1.2× 1.5k 1.2× 802 0.7× 542 0.5× 199 6.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Leisinger

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All Works

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Luo, Yongneng, Peter Pfister, Thomas Leisinger, & Alain Wasserfallen. (2002). Pseudomurein endoisopeptidases PeiW and PeiP, two moderately related members of a novel family of proteases produced inMethanothermobacterstrains. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 208(1). 47–51. 23 indexed citations
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Ploeg, Jan R. van der, Mario Barone, & Thomas Leisinger. (2001). Expression of the Bacillus subtilis sulphonate–sulphur utilization genes is regulated at the levels of transcription initiation and termination. Molecular Microbiology. 39(5). 1356–1365. 21 indexed citations
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Stupperich, Erhard, et al.. (2001). Chloromethane:tetrahydrofolate methyl transfer by two proteins from Methylobacterium chloromethanicum strain CM4. European Journal of Biochemistry. 268(10). 2931–2938. 39 indexed citations
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Доронина, Н. В., Yuri A. Trotsenko, Tatjana P. Tourova, Б. Б. Кузнецов, & Thomas Leisinger. (2000). Methylopila helvetica sp. nov. and Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum sp. nov. — Novel Aerobic Facultatively Methylotrophic Bacteria Utilizing Dichloromethane. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 23(2). 210–218. 81 indexed citations
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Ploeg, Jan R. van der, Roksana Iwanicka‐Nowicka, Tomasz Bykowski, Monika M. Hryniewicz, & Thomas Leisinger. (1999). The Escherichia coli ssuEADCB Gene Cluster Is Required for the Utilization of Sulfur from Aliphatic Sulfonates and Is Regulated by the Transcriptional Activator Cbl. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(41). 29358–29365. 107 indexed citations
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Wasserfallen, Alain, et al.. (1998). A family of flavoproteins in the domains Archaea and Bacteria. European Journal of Biochemistry. 254(2). 325–332. 79 indexed citations
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Eichhorn, Eric, Jan R. van der Ploeg, Michael A. Kertesz, & Thomas Leisinger. (1997). Characterization of α-Ketoglutarate-dependent Taurine Dioxygenase from Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(37). 23031–23036. 227 indexed citations
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Beil, Stefan, Peter James, Werner Staudenmann, et al.. (1995). Purification and Characterization of the Arylsulfatase Synthesized by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO During Growth in Sulfate‐Free Medium and Cloning of the Arylsulfatase Gene (atsA). European Journal of Biochemistry. 229(2). 385–394. 101 indexed citations
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Leisinger, Thomas & Susanna A. Braus‐Stromeyer. (1995). Bacterial growth with chlorinated methanes.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 103(suppl 5). 33–36. 26 indexed citations
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Meile, Léo, Kathrin H. Fischer, & Thomas Leisinger. (1995). Characterization of the Superoxide dismutase gene and its upstream region fromMethanobacterium thermoautotrophicumMarburg. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 128(3). 247–253. 11 indexed citations
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Leisinger, Thomas, et al.. (1994). Microbes, enzymes and genes involved in dichloromethane utilization. Biodegradation. 5(3-4). 237–248. 61 indexed citations
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Locher, Hans H., Thomas Leisinger, & Alasdair M. Cook. (1991). 4-Sulphobenzoate 3,4-dioxygenase. Purification and properties of a desulphonative two-component enzyme system from Comamonas testosteroni T-2. Biochemical Journal. 274(3). 833–842. 72 indexed citations
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Egli, Christine, et al.. (1990). Transformation of tetra- and trichloromethane to CO2by anaerobic bacteria is a non-enzymic process. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 68(1-2). 207–212. 74 indexed citations
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Locher, Hans H., Thomas Thurnheer, Thomas Leisinger, & Alasdair M. Cook. (1989). 3-Nitrobenzenesulfonate, 3-Aminobenzenesulfonate, and 4-Aminobenzenesulfonate as Sole Carbon Sources for Bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 55(2). 492–494. 33 indexed citations
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Wauven, Corinne Vander, et al.. (1988). N2-Succinylornithine in ornithine catabolism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Archives of Microbiology. 150(4). 400–404. 14 indexed citations
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Stucki, Gerhard & Thomas Leisinger. (1983). Bacterial degradation of 2-chloroethanol proceeds via 2-chloroacetic acid. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 16(1). 123–126. 25 indexed citations
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Kiener, Andreas & Thomas Leisinger. (1983). Oxygen Sensitivity of Methanogenic Bacteria. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 4(3). 305–312. 178 indexed citations
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Haas, Dieter, et al.. (1972). N‐Acetylglutamate Synthetase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. European Journal of Biochemistry. 31(2). 290–295. 62 indexed citations

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