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Alexander Loy

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
22099
World Ranking
6199
National Ranking
49

Alexander Loy publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Loy sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 176 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Alexander Loy D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Loy sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alexander Loy is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria and works primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Their research spans molecular biology and ecology, with additional focus on environmental chemistry, food science, and pharmacology as related subfields.

The research topics covered by Alexander Loy include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Alexander Loy has contributed to multiple scholarly publications, with frequent appearances in these venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbiome
  • The ISME Journal
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Microbiology Spectrum

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Alexander Loy include:

  • Microbiome definition re-visited: old concepts and new challenges (2020, Microbiome)
  • Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities (2020, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY)
  • An Economical and Flexible Dual Barcoding, Two-Step PCR Approach for Highly Multiplexed Amplicon Sequencing (2021, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • Novel taxa of Acidobacteriota implicated in seafloor sulfur cycling (2021, The ISME Journal)
  • Anaerobic bacterial degradation of protein and lipid macromolecules in subarctic marine sediment (2020, The ISME Journal)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alexander Loy include:

  • Bela Hausmann
  • Craig W. Herbold
  • Petra Pjevac
  • Thomas Rattei
  • Buck Hanson

Best Publications

  • Microbiome definition re-visited: old concepts and new challenges

    Gabriele Berg;Daria Rybakova;Doreen Fischer;Tomislav Cernava

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • Oligonucleotide microarray for 16S rRNA gene-based detection of all recognized lineages of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes in the environment.

    Alexander Loy;Angelika Lehner;Natuschka Lee;Justyna Adamczyk

  • Bacterial community composition and function in sewage treatment systems

    Michael Wagner;Alexander Loy

  • amoA-based consensus phylogeny of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and deep sequencing of amoA genes from soils of four different geographic regions.

    Michael Pester;Thomas Rattei;Stefan Flechl;Alexander Gröngröft

  • probeBase—an online resource for rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes: new features 2007

    Alexander Loy;Frank Maixner;Michael Wagner;Matthias Horn

  • Microbial community composition and function in wastewater treatment plants

    Michael Wagner;Alexander Loy;Regina Nogueira;Ulrike Purkhold

  • Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities

    David W Waite;David W Waite;Maria Chuvochina;Claus Pelikan;Donovan H Parks

  • Barcoded Primers Used in Multiplex Amplicon Pyrosequencing Bias Amplification

    David Berry;Karim Ben Mahfoudh;Michael Wagner;Alexander Loy

  • probeBase: an online resource for rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes

    Alexander Loy;Matthias Horn;Michael Wagner

  • The microbial community composition of a nitrifying-denitrifying activated sludge from an industrial sewage treatment plant analyzed by the full-cycle rRNA approach.

    Stefan Juretschko;Alexander Loy;Angelika Lehner;Michael Wagner

  • Genome-guided design of a defined mouse microbiota that confers colonization resistance against Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

    Sandrine Brugiroux;Markus Beutler;Carina Pfann;Debora Garzetti

  • Sulfate-reducing microorganisms in wetlands - fameless actors in carbon cycling and climate change.

    Michael Pester;Klaus-Holger Knorr;Michael W. Friedrich;Michael Wagner

  • Temporal Bacterial Community Dynamics Vary Among Ulcerative Colitis Patients After Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

    Sieglinde Angelberger;Walter Reinisch;Athanasios Makristathis;Cornelia Lichtenberger

  • Expanded diversity of microbial groups that shape the dissimilatory sulfur cycle.

    Karthik Anantharaman;Karthik Anantharaman;Bela Hausmann;Sean P. Jungbluth;Sean P. Jungbluth;Rose S. Kantor

  • A ‘rare biosphere’ microorganism contributes to sulfate reduction in a peatland

    Michael Pester;Norbert Bittner;Pinsurang Deevong;Pinsurang Deevong;Michael Wagner

  • Phylogenetic and environmental diversity of DsrAB-type dissimilatory (bi)sulfite reductases

    Albert Leopold Müller;Kasper Urup Kjeldsen;Thomas Rattei;Michael Pester

  • NxrB encoding the beta subunit of nitrite oxidoreductase as functional and phylogenetic marker for nitrite-oxidizing Nitrospira.

    Michael Pester;Frank Maixner;David Berry;Thomas Rattei

  • Phylotype-level 16S rRNA analysis reveals new bacterial indicators of health state in acute murine colitis

    David Berry;Clarissa Schwab;Gabriel Milinovich;Jochen Reichert

  • The life sulfuric: microbial ecology of sulfur cycling in marine sediments.

    Kenneth Wasmund;Marc Mußmann;Alexander Loy

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Wagner
Michael Wagner University of Vienna
Thomas Rattei
Thomas Rattei University of Vienna
Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Tim Urich
Tim Urich University of Greifswald
Clarissa Schwab
Clarissa Schwab Aarhus University
Holger Daims
Holger Daims University of Vienna
Matthias Horn
Matthias Horn University of Vienna
Angelika Lehner
Angelika Lehner University of Zurich
Bärbel Stecher
Bärbel Stecher Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Thomas Decker
Thomas Decker University of Vienna

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