Thore Rohwerder

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Thore Rohwerder is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thore Rohwerder has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Thore Rohwerder's work include Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (17 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (12 papers) and Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques (10 papers). Thore Rohwerder is often cited by papers focused on Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (17 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (12 papers) and Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques (10 papers). Thore Rohwerder collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Spain and France. Thore Rohwerder's co-authors include Wolfgang Sand, Kenneth W. Kinzler, T. Gehrke, Roland Müller, Hauke Harms, Axel Schippers, Uta Breuer, Mònica Rosell, Ute Lechner and Hans H. Richnow and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Environmental Science & Technology and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Thore Rohwerder

47 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thore Rohwerder Germany	22	1.4k	829	566	485	473	48	2.2k
Paul R. Norris United Kingdom	28	1.4k 1.0×	869 1.0×	528 0.9×	654 1.3×	439 0.9×	60	2.2k
Isamu Suzuki Canada	28	988 0.7×	559 0.7×	297 0.5×	502 1.0×	729 1.5×	83	2.5k
Tsuyoshi Sugio Japan	24	1.2k 0.9×	566 0.7×	213 0.4×	461 1.0×	239 0.5×	124	1.8k
Córale L. Brierley United States	16	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	1.0k 1.8×	559 1.2×	118 0.2×	25	2.2k
Chuling Guo China	32	894 0.7×	651 0.8×	180 0.3×	993 2.0×	209 0.4×	106	3.0k
Jia Feng China	25	225 0.2×	344 0.4×	464 0.8×	321 0.7×	274 0.6×	163	2.5k
Tatsuo Tano Japan	22	871 0.6×	364 0.4×	130 0.2×	397 0.8×	379 0.8×	81	1.5k
Naoyuki Miyata Japan	27	305 0.2×	256 0.3×	164 0.3×	233 0.5×	163 0.3×	111	2.4k
William A. Apel United States	26	651 0.5×	483 0.6×	116 0.2×	169 0.3×	200 0.4×	56	1.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rohwerder, Thore, et al.. (2024). A Novel Sulfatase for Acesulfame Degradation in Wastewater Treatment Plants as Evidenced from Shinella Strains. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(42). 18892–18902. 2 indexed citations

Bonatelli, Maria Letícia, Thore Rohwerder, Denny Popp, et al.. (2023). Recently evolved combination of unique sulfatase and amidase genes enables bacterial degradation of the wastewater micropollutant acesulfame worldwide. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1223838–1223838. 9 indexed citations

Zahn, Michael, Gerhard König, Ryszard Łaźny, et al.. (2021). Mechanistic details of the actinobacterial lyase-catalyzed degradation reaction of 2-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(1). 101522–101522. 3 indexed citations

Rohwerder, Thore, et al.. (2020). Actinobacterial Degradation of 2-Hydroxyisobutyric Acid Proceeds via Acetone and Formyl-CoA by Employing a Thiamine-Dependent Lyase Reaction. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 691–691. 6 indexed citations

Kleinsteuber, Sabine, et al.. (2019). Sated by a Zero-Calorie Sweetener: Wastewater Bacteria Can Feed on Acesulfame. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 2606–2606. 25 indexed citations

Zahn, Michael, et al.. (2019). Structures of 2-Hydroxyisobutyric Acid-CoA Ligase Reveal Determinants of Substrate Specificity and Describe a Multi-Conformational Catalytic Cycle. Journal of Molecular Biology. 431(15). 2747–2761. 10 indexed citations

Zahn, Michael, Robert Starke, Hauke Harms, et al.. (2015). Structural Basis of the Stereospecificity of Bacterial B12-dependent 2-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Mutase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(15). 9727–9737. 20 indexed citations

Rohwerder, Thore, et al.. (2014). Exploiting mixtures of H2, CO2, and O2 for improved production of methacrylate precursor 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid by engineered Cupriavidus necator strains. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 99(5). 2131–2145. 33 indexed citations

Rohwerder, Thore, et al.. (2013). Synthesis of the building block 2-hydroxyisobutyrate from fructose and butyrate by Cupriavidus necator H16. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 97(20). 8875–8885. 8 indexed citations

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Rosell, Mònica, Rafael Gonzalez‐Olmos, Thore Rohwerder, et al.. (2012). Critical Evaluation of the 2D-CSIA Scheme for Distinguishing Fuel Oxygenate Degradation Reaction Mechanisms. Environmental Science & Technology. 46(9). 4757–4766. 31 indexed citations

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Schuster, J. C., Franziska Schäfer, Vera Lede, et al.. (2012). Bacterial Acyl-CoA Mutase Specifically Catalyzes Coenzyme B12-dependent Isomerization of 2-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA and (S)-3-Hydroxybutyryl-CoA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(19). 15502–15511. 31 indexed citations

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Schuster, J. C., Felix Schäfer, Angelika Brandt, et al.. (2011). Bacterial Degradation of tert-Amyl Alcohol Proceeds via Hemiterpene 2-Methyl-3-Buten-2-ol by Employing the Tertiary Alcohol Desaturase Function of the Rieske Nonheme Mononuclear Iron Oxygenase MdpJ. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(5). 972–981. 25 indexed citations

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Rohwerder, Thore & Roland Müller. (2010). Biosynthesis of 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid (2-HIBA) from renewable carbon. Microbial Cell Factories. 9(1). 13–13. 60 indexed citations

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Harms, Hauke, et al.. (2010). Characterization and expression of the genes encoding the 2-hydroxyisobutyryl-coa mutase, a key enzyme in methyl Tert-Butylether degradation by Aquincola tertiaricarbonis L108. Journal of Biotechnology. 150. 256–257.

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Rohwerder, Thore, et al.. (2009). Evidence for Iron- and Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria and Archaea in a Currently Active Lignite Mining Area of Lusatia (Eastern Germany). Advanced materials research. 71-73. 97–100. 2 indexed citations

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Mangold, Stefanie, et al.. (2008). Visualization of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans biofilms on pyrite by atomic force and epifluorescence microscopy under various experimental conditions. Hydrometallurgy. 94(1-4). 127–132. 21 indexed citations

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Hübschmann, Thomas, Carsten Vogt, Thore Rohwerder, et al.. (2007). Detection of Sulfur Microparticles in Bacterial Cultures by Flow Cytometry. Engineering in Life Sciences. 7(4). 403–407. 8 indexed citations

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Lechner, Ute, Roland Geyer, Gerd Hause, et al.. (2007). Aquincola tertiaricarbonis gen. nov., sp. nov., a tertiary butyl moiety-degrading bacterium. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 57(6). 1295–1303. 59 indexed citations

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Rohwerder, Thore, Uta Breuer, Dirk Benndorf, Ute Lechner, & Roland Müller. (2006). The Alkyltert-Butyl Ether Intermediate 2-Hydroxyisobutyrate Is Degraded via a Novel Cobalamin-Dependent Mutase Pathway. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(6). 4128–4135. 73 indexed citations

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Rohwerder, Thore & Wolfgang Sand. (2003). The sulfane sulfur of persulfides is the actual substrate of the sulfur-oxidizing enzymes from Acidithiobacillus and Acidiphilium spp.. Microbiology. 149(7). 1699–1710. 215 indexed citations

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