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Microbial metabolism and enzyme function

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Michael Reiter
ETH Zurich
2
Yuanke Guo
Nanjing Tech University
3
Thijs Koorman
Utrecht University
4
Alexa M. Schmitz
Ithaca College
5
Christopher Koo
University of Kansas Medical Center
6
Srishti Ballabh Bahukhandi
Technical University of Munich
7
Helge M. Dietrich
Goethe University Frankfurt
8
Rob A. Schmitz
Delft University of Technology
9
Kenneth Anthony Roquid
Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research
10
Ziyue Jiao
Xi'an Jiaotong University

Papers

1
A synthetic methylotrophic Escherichia coli as a chassis for bioproduction from methanol
Nature Catalysis|2024
95 cit.
2
Dashing Growth Curves: a web application for rapid and interactive analysis of microbial growth curves
BMC Bioinformatics|2024
23 cit.
3
High efficiency rare earth element bioleaching with systems biology guided engineering of Gluconobacter oxydans
Communications Biology|2025
21 cit.
4
Response and adaptation of verrucomicrobial methanotrophs to heat and acidity
Archives of Microbiology|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Lena J. Daumann
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
2
Benjamin D. Engel
University of Basel
3
Michael T. Guarnieri
National Laboratory of the Rockies
4
Janosch Klebensberger
University of Stuttgart
5
Tatiana N. Laremore
Pennsylvania State University
6
Ahmed Eldyasti
York University
7
Shu‐Heng Jiang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
8
Mingyi Shang
Tongren Hospital
9
Qiang Fei
Hangzhou Normal University
10
Ming‐Zhu Ding
Tianjin University

Papers

1
In situ architecture of the ciliary base reveals the stepwise assembly of intraflagellar transport trains
Science|2022
148 cit.
2
MemBrain: A deep learning-aided pipeline for detection of membrane proteins in Cryo-electron tomograms
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine|2022
122 cit.
3
Application and progress of techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment in biomanufacturing of fuels and chemicals
Green Chemical Engineering|2022
72 cit.
4
In-cell architecture of the mitochondrial respiratory chain
Science|2025
69 cit.
5
Lanmodulin peptides – unravelling the binding of the EF-Hand loop sequences stripped from the structural corset
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers|2022
54 cit.
6
An upcycling bioprocess for sustainable aviation fuel production from food waste-derived greenhouse gases: Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis
Chemical Engineering Journal|2024
30 cit.
7
Biocatalysis of CO2 and CH4: Key enzymes and challenges
Biotechnology Advances|2024
25 cit.
8
SSRI antidepressant citalopram reverses the Warburg effect to inhibit hepatocellular carcinoma by directly targeting GLUT1
Cell Reports|2024
25 cit.
9
GPx8 regulates apoptosis and autophagy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma through the IRE1/JNK pathway
Cellular Signalling|2022
23 cit.
10
Learning from nature: recovery of rare earth elements by the extremophilic bacterium <i>Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum</i>
Chemical Communications|2023
22 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Mary E. Lidstrom
University of Washington
2
Ralf Conrad
Kasetsart University
3
Rudolf K. Thauer
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
4
Judith P. Klinman
QB3
5
J. Colin Murrell
University of East Anglia
6
John D. Lipscomb
University of Minnesota System
7
Stephen J. Lippard
IIT@MIT
8
J. Colin Murrell
University of East Anglia
9
Amy C. Rosenzweig
Northwestern University
10
Peter F. Dunfield
University of Calgary

Papers

1
Energy conservation in chemotrophic anaerobic bacteria
Bacteriological Reviews|1977
3.6k cit.
2
Energy conservation in chemotrophic anaerobic bacteria.
Bacteriological Reviews|1977
1.7k cit.
3
Stable-isotope probing as a tool in microbial ecology
Nature|2000
1.2k cit.
4
The global methane cycle: recent advances in understanding the microbial processes involved
Environmental Microbiology Reports|2009
1k cit.
5
Targeted delivery of cisplatin to prostate cancer cells by aptamer functionalized Pt(IV) prodrug-PLGA–PEG nanoparticles
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2008
990 cit.
6
Crystal structure of a bacterial non-haem iron hydroxylase that catalyses the biological oxidation of methane
Nature|1993
931 cit.
7
<i>Bacteria</i> rather than <i>Archaea</i> dominate microbial ammonia oxidation in an agricultural soil
Environmental Microbiology|2009
912 cit.
8
Soil microorganisms as controllers of atmospheric trace gases (H2, CO, CH4, OCS, N2O, and NO).
Microbiological Reviews|1996
911 cit.
9
Contribution of hydrogen to methane production and control of hydrogen concentrations in methanogenic soils and sediments
FEMS Microbiology Ecology|1999
816 cit.
10
Evidence that participate methane monooxygenase and ammonia monooxygenase may be evolutionarily related
FEMS Microbiology Letters|1995
791 cit.

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