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44
Citations
6750
World Ranking
19303
National Ranking
1315

Overview

Achim Kröger was affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their academic work primarily spanned the field of Engineering, with specific contributions in several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their research topics covered a range of areas: Protein Structure and Dynamics, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Enzyme Structure and Function, Petroleum Processing and Analysis, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques.

Kröger's publication record includes two recent papers. One focused on polymer physics titled Efficient generation of self-avoiding, semiflexible rotational isomeric chain ensembles in bulk, in confined geometries, and on surfaces, published in 2021 in Computer Physics Communications. The other paper, published in 2025 in The Science of The Total Environment, dealt with biodegradation processes in the context of petroleum production, titled Hydrocarbon biodegradation processes at a historic oil production site - A signature metabolite study.

The scientist collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Oliver Weismantel
  • Aikaterini A. Galata
  • Morteza Sadeghi
  • Martin Kröger
  • Christin Baensch

Their work appeared notably in the journals Computer Physics Communications and The Science of The Total Environment, reflecting a focus on computational and environmental applications within their areas of study.

Best Publications

  • The kinetics of the redox reactions of ubiquinone related to the electron-transport activity in the respiratory chain.

    Achim KrÖGER;Martin Klingenberg

  • Anaerobic respiration with elemental sulfur and with disulfides

    Reiner Hedderich;Oliver Klimmek;Achim Kröger;Reinhard Dirmeier

  • C4-dicarboxylate carriers and sensors in bacteria

    I.G Janausch;E Zientz;Q.H Tran;A Kröger

  • Further evidence for the pool function of ubiquinone as derived from the inhibition of the electron transport by antimycin.

    Achim Kröger;Martin Klingenberg;Sabine Schweidler

  • Cytochrome c nitrite reductase from Wolinella succinogenes. Structure at 1.6 A resolution, inhibitor binding, and heme-packing motifs.

    Oliver Einsle;Oliver Einsle;Petra Stach;Albrecht Messerschmidt;Jörg Simon

  • A NapC/NirT-type cytochrome c (NrfH) is the mediator between the quinone pool and the cytochrome c nitrite reductase of Wolinella succinogenes.

    Jörg Simon;Roland Gross;Oliver Einsle;Oliver Einsle;Peter M. H. Kroneck

  • Fumarate respiration of Wolinella succinogenes: enzymology, energetics and coupling mechanism.

    Achim Kröger;Simone Biel;Jörg Simon;Roland Gross

  • The quinone-reactive Ni/Fe-hydrogenase of Wolinella succinogenes.

    Felix Dross;Viktor Geisler;Ruth Lenger;Friedbert Theis

  • Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the pst A gene of Wolinella succinogenes polysulphide reductase

    Torsten Krafft;Martin Bokranz;Oliver Klimmek;Imke Schröder

  • Growth the Wolinella succinogenes on H2S plus fumarate and on formate plus sulfur as energy sources

    Joan M. Macy;Imke Schröder;Rudolf K. Thauer;Achim Kröger

  • The specific functions of menaquinone and demethylmenaquinone in anaerobic respiration with fumarate, dimethylsulfoxide, trimethylamine N-oxide and nitrate by Escherichia coli.

    U Wissenbach;A Kröger;G Unden

  • Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the structural genes encoding the formate dehydrogenase of Wolinella succinogenes

    M. Bokranz;M. Gutmann;C. Körtner;E. Kojro

  • On the role of quinones in bacterial electron transport. Differential roles of ubiquinone and menaquinone in Proteus rettgeri.

    Achim Kroger;Vladimir Dadak;Martin Klingenberg;Friederike Diemer

  • Essential role of Glu-C66 for menaquinol oxidation indicates transmembrane electrochemical potential generation by Wolinella succinogenes fumarate reductase.

    C. Roy D. Lancaster;Roland Groß;Alexander Haas;Michaela Ritter

  • The Function of Wolinella succinogenes psr Genes in Electron Transport with Polysulphide as the Terminal Electron Acceptor

    Torsten Krafft;Roland Gross;Achim Kröger

  • Deletion and site‐directed mutagenesis of the Wolinella succinogenes fumarate reductase operon

    Jörg Simon;Roland Gross;Michael Ringel;Enrico Schmidt

  • Menaquinone is an obligatory component of the chain catalyzing succinate respiration in Bacillus subtilis.

    Elena Lemma;Gottfried Unden;Achim Kröger

  • Generation of a proton potential by succinate dehydrogenase of Bacillus subtilis functioning as a fumarate reductase.

    Michaela Schnorpfeil;Ingo G. Janausch;Simone Biel;Achim Kröger

  • Two membrane anchors of Wolinella succinogenes hydrogenase and their function in fumarate and polysulfide respiration.

    Roland Gross;Jörg Simon;Friedbert Theis;A. Kröger

  • Wolinella succinogenes fumarate reductase contains a dihaem cytochrome b.

    C. Körtner;F. Lauterbach;D. Tripier;G. Unden

Frequent Co-Authors

Gottfried Unden
Gottfried Unden Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Oliver Einsle
Oliver Einsle University of Freiburg
Martin Klingenberg
Martin Klingenberg Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Falk Fahrenholz
Falk Fahrenholz Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Peter M. H. Kroneck
Peter M. H. Kroneck University of Konstanz
Rudolf K. Thauer
Rudolf K. Thauer Max Planck Society
Frank Löhr
Frank Löhr Goethe University Frankfurt
Heinz Rüterjans
Heinz Rüterjans Goethe University Frankfurt
Ruth A. Schmitz
Ruth A. Schmitz Kiel University
Ralf Steudel
Ralf Steudel Technical University of Berlin

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