12.2k total citations 291 papers, 9.9k citations indexed
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Wilhelm Foissner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry.
According to data from OpenAlex, Wilhelm Foissner has authored 291 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 249 papers in Molecular Biology, 228 papers in Ecology and 106 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wilhelm Foissner's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (246 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (215 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (104 papers). Wilhelm Foissner is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (246 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (215 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (104 papers). Wilhelm Foissner collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Wilhelm Foissner's co-authors include Helmut Berger, Thorsten Stoeck, Sabine Agatha, Peter Vďačný, Wolfgang Petz, Ilse Foissner, Laura A. Katz, Hubert Blatterer, Jochen Schaumburg and Anne Chao and has published in prestigious journals such as Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Oecologia and Oikos.
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Wilhelm Foissner
287 papers
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9.3k citations
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Foissner, Wilhelm, et al.. (2009). Four new fuscheriid soil ciliates (Ciliophora: Haptorida) from four biogeographic regions.. Acta Protozoologica. 48(1). 1–24.9 indexed citations
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Foissner, Wilhelm. (2006). Biogeography and Dispersal of Micro-organisms: A Review Emphasizing Protists. Acta Protozoologica. 45(45). 111–136.440 indexed citations
Foissner, Wilhelm. (2005). The unusual, lepidosome-coated resting cyst of Meseres corlissi [Ciliophora: Oligotrichea]: transmission electron microscopy and phylogeny. Acta Protozoologica. 44(3). 217–230.21 indexed citations
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Foissner, Wilhelm, Helga Müller, & Thomas Weisse. (2005). The Unusual, Lepidosome-coated Resting Cyst of Meseres corlissi (Ciliophora: Oligotrichea): Light and Scanning Electron Microscopy, Cytochemistry. Acta Protozoologica. 44(3). 201–215.29 indexed citations
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Foissner, Wilhelm. (2003). The Myriokaryonidae fam. n., a new family of spathidiid ciliates (Ciliophora: Gymnostomatea). Acta Protozoologica. 42(2). 113–143.8 indexed citations
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Berger, Helmut & Wilhelm Foissner. (2003). Redefinition of Holosticha Wrzesniowski, 1877. European Journal of Protistology. 373–379.13 indexed citations
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Foissner, Wilhelm & Khaled A. S. Al‐Rasheid. (1999). ONTOGENESIS IN A TRACHELOCERCID CILIATE (CILIOPHORA:KARYORELICTEA), SULTANOPHRYS ARABICA, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF EVOLUTION AT THE BASE OF THE CILIATE TREE. Acta Protozoologica. 38(4). 273–290.14 indexed citations
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Foissner, Wilhelm, et al.. (1998). SYSTEMATIC POSITION AND PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE GENERA BURSARIDIUM, PARACONDYLOSTOMA, THYLAKIDIUM, BRYOMETOPUS, AND BURSARIA (CILIOPHORA : C OLPODEA). Acta Protozoologica. 37(4). 227–240.6 indexed citations
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Foissner, Wilhelm. (1997). Infraciliature and systematic position of the marine interstitial ciliates (protozoa, ciliophora) Lopezoterenia torpens (Kahl,1931) Nov. Gen.,Nov. Comb., Discotricha papillifera Tuffrau, 1954, and Paraspathidium fuscum (Kahl, 1928) Fjeld, 1955. 47. 41–63.11 indexed citations
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Foissner, Wilhelm. (1997). Updating the trachelocercids [Ciliophora, Karyorelictea]. V. Redescription of Kovalevaia sulcata [Kovaleva, 1966] gen.n., comb.n. and Trachelocerca incaudata Kahl, 1933. Acta Protozoologica. 36(3).17 indexed citations
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Foissner, Wilhelm. (1997). Updating the trachelocercids [Ciliophora, Karyorelictea]. IV. Transfer of Trachelocerca entzi Kahl, 1927 to the Gymnostomatea as a new genus, Trachelotractus gen.n. [Helicoprorodontide]. Acta Protozoologica. 36(1).12 indexed citations
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Foissner, Wilhelm & Ilse Foissner. (1995). FINE STRUCTURE AND SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF ENCHELYOMORPHA VERMICULARIS (SMITH, 1899) KAHL, 1930, AN ANAEROBIC CILIATE (PROTOZOA, CILIOPOHORA) FROM DOME STIC SEWAGE. Acta Protozoologica. 34(1). 21–34.3 indexed citations
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Foissner, Wilhelm, et al.. (1993). Soil biota, nutrient cycling, and farming systems.66 indexed citations
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Foissner, Wilhelm, et al.. (1991). Orthoamphisiella stramenticola nov. gen., nov. spec., a new hypotrichous ciliate (Ciliophora: Hypotrichida) occurring in walnut leaf litter. Acta Protozoologica. 30(2). 129–133.11 indexed citations
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Foissner, Wilhelm, et al.. (1987). Morphologie von Holosticha xanthichroma sp.n. und die Variabilität der Infraciliatur in der Gattung Holosticha (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida). Acta Protozoologica. 26(1). 1–7.5 indexed citations
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Berger, Helmut, et al.. (1983). Experimental Studies about the Effects of Soil Compaction on the Structure of the Testacean and Ciliate Community. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 30(3). 49.4 indexed citations
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Foissner, Wilhelm. (1979). Morphology infraciliature and silverline system of phascolodon vorticella chlamydonella alpestris new species and trochilia minuta ciliophora cyrtophorida. Protist. 15(4). 557–564.8 indexed citations
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