Volker Müller

15.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
276 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Volker Müller is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Volker Müller has authored 276 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 195 papers in Molecular Biology, 55 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 41 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Volker Müller's work include ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (69 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (53 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (42 papers). Volker Müller is often cited by papers focused on ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (69 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (53 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (42 papers). Volker Müller collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Singapore. Volker Müller's co-authors include Kai Schuchmann, Johannes Bertsch, Eva Biegel, Gerhard Grüber, G. Gottschalk, Silke Schmidt, Stephan H. Saum, Uwe Deppenmeier, Gerhard Gottschalk and Verena Hess and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Volker Müller

272 papers receiving 11.4k 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.

Autotrophy at the thermodynamic limit of life: a model for energy conservation in acetogenic bacteria

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Volker Müller Germany	57	7.5k	2.2k	2.1k	2.1k	1.9k	276	11.6k
Wolfgang Buckel Germany	56	8.0k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	236	12.5k
Gerhard Gottschalk Germany	62	9.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.5×	3.0k 1.4×	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	191	15.6k
Yasuo Igarashi Japan	49	4.3k 0.6×	693 0.3×	1.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	289	8.9k
Robert P. Gunsalus United States	64	8.1k 1.1×	973 0.4×	910 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	172	12.4k
R. Gary Sawers Germany	52	4.8k 0.6×	2.8k 1.3×	907 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	625 0.3×	206	9.3k
Kazuya Watanabe Japan	58	3.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	5.1k 2.5×	1.3k 0.7×	297	12.5k
Reiner Hedderich Germany	41	2.8k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	630 0.3×	926 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	62	5.5k
William W. Metcalf United States	57	6.4k 0.9×	669 0.3×	803 0.4×	620 0.3×	1.2k 0.6×	150	10.6k
Robert M. Kelly United States	56	5.6k 0.8×	662 0.3×	3.6k 1.7×	524 0.3×	674 0.4×	272	9.8k
Caroline S. Harwood United States	65	8.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	456 0.2×	156	12.5k

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Müller, Volker, et al.. (2026). A Cytochrome c ‐Containing Periplasmic Nitrate Reductase in the Acetogen Sporomusa ovata . Environmental Microbiology. 28(1). e70228–e70228.

Müller, Volker, et al.. (2025). Optimal control of an over-actuated spark-ignited hydrogen engine. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 145. 267–279.

Poehlein, Anja, Benjamin Zeldes, Bastian Molitor, et al.. (2024). Advanced aspects of acetogens. Bioresource Technology. 427. 131913–131913. 15 indexed citations

Müller, Volker, et al.. (2023). A novel hexameric NADP⁺‐reducing [FeFe] hydrogenase from Moorella thermoacetica. FEBS Journal. 291(3). 596–608. 1 indexed citations

Poehlein, Anja, et al.. (2023). A new metabolic trait in an acetogen: Mixed acid fermentation of fructose in a methylene‐tetrahydrofolate reductase mutant of Acetobacterium woodii. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 15(5). 339–351. 4 indexed citations

Müller, Volker, et al.. (2023). A temperature dependent pilin promoter for production of thermostable enzymes in Thermus thermophilus. Microbial Cell Factories. 22(1). 187–187. 3 indexed citations

König, Patricia, Beate Averhoff, & Volker Müller. (2023). K+ homeostasis is important for survival of Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 19606 in the nosocomial environment. International Microbiology. 27(1). 303–310. 1 indexed citations

Ragunathan, Priya, Pearly Shuyi Ng, Samsher Singh, et al.. (2023). GaMF1.39’s antibiotic efficacy and its enhanced antitubercular activity in combination with clofazimine, Telacebec, ND-011992, or TBAJ-876. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(6). e0228223–e0228223. 6 indexed citations

Katsyv, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Characterization of ferredoxins from the thermophilic, acetogenic bacterium Thermoanaerobacter kivui. FEBS Journal. 290(16). 4107–4125. 4 indexed citations

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Saw, Wuan Geok, et al.. (2023). Atomic insights of an up and down conformation of the Acinetobacter baumannii F ₁ ‐ATPase subunit ε and deciphering the residues critical for ATP hydrolysis inhibition and ATP synthesis. The FASEB Journal. 37(7). e23040–e23040. 2 indexed citations

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Katsyv, Alexander, Anuj Kumar, Patricia Saura, et al.. (2023). Molecular Basis of the Electron Bifurcation Mechanism in the [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Complex HydABC. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(10). 5696–5709. 38 indexed citations

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Chowdhury, Nilanjan Pal, et al.. (2022). Biosynthesis of butyrate from methanol and carbon monoxide by recombinant Acetobacterium woodii. International Microbiology. 25(3). 551–560. 11 indexed citations

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Katsyv, Alexander, et al.. (2022). Structure-based electron-confurcation mechanism of the Ldh-EtfAB complex. eLife. 11. 16 indexed citations

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Katsyv, Alexander & Volker Müller. (2022). A purified energy-converting hydrogenase from Thermoanaerobacter kivui demonstrates coupled H+-translocation and reduction in vitro. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(8). 102216–102216. 18 indexed citations

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Tam, Heng-Keat, et al.. (2022). Unidirectional mannitol synthesis ofAcinetobacter baumanniiMtlD is facilitated by the helix–loop–helix-mediated dimer formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(14). e2107994119–e2107994119. 2 indexed citations

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Huber, Roland G., et al.. (2020). 3D reconstruction and flexibility of the hybrid engine Acetobacterium woodii F-ATP synthase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 527(2). 518–524. 1 indexed citations

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Biegel, Eva & Volker Müller. (2010). Bacterial Na ⁺ -translocating ferredoxin:NAD ⁺ oxidoreductase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(42). 18138–18142. 212 indexed citations

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Küper, Ulf, et al.. (2010). Energized outer membrane and spatial separation of metabolic processes in the hyperthermophilic Archaeon Ignicoccus hospitalis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(7). 3152–3156. 69 indexed citations

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Saum, Stephan H. & Volker Müller. (2007). Salinity-Dependent Switching of Osmolyte Strategies in a Moderately Halophilic Bacterium: Glutamate Induces Proline Biosynthesis in Halobacillus halophilus. Journal of Bacteriology. 189(19). 6968–6975. 87 indexed citations

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Müller, Volker, et al.. (1990). Sodium bioenergetics in methanogens and acetogens. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 87(3-4). 373–376. 16 indexed citations

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