2026 Andreas P Teske: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	88	649	615	287	264	303	27376
Microbiology	86	840	747	388	326	223	26149

Overview

Andreas P Teske is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spans a broad range of topics within environmental science, with a focus on microbial ecology, environmental chemistry, and molecular biology.

Their recent publications cover various aspects of microbiology and environmental processes. Notable papers include:

Inference and reconstruction of the heimdallarchaeial ancestry of eukaryotes (2023, Nature)
Large-scale protein level comparison of Deltaproteobacteria reveals cohesive metabolic groups (2021, The ISME Journal)
" Candidatus Ethanoperedens," a Thermophilic Genus of Archaea Mediating the Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethane (2020, mBio)
Metabolic strategies of marine subseafloor Chloroflexi inferred from genome reconstructions (2020, Environmental Microbiology)
Microbial Communities Under Distinct Thermal and Geochemical Regimes in Axial and Off-Axis Sediments of Guaymas Basin (2021, Frontiers in Microbiology)

Their coauthors, with frequent collaboration counts, include Virginia P. Edgcomb, Ivano W. Aiello, Yuki Morono, Daniel Lizarralde, and Guangchao Zhuang.

They have published extensively in a variety of venues, with the most frequent including:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
UNC Libraries
Frontiers in Microbiology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The ISME Journal

The scientist has also contributed to several book publications. These include works published by Frontiers Media such as "Insights in Extreme Microbiology: 2021" and "Insights in Extreme Microbiology: 2022," as well as contributions to the "Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports," notably "Guaymas Basin Tectonics and Biosphere," and the "Expedition 385 Preliminary Report: Guaymas Basin Tectonics and Biosphere."

The core fields of study for Andreas P Teske mainly reside within Environmental Science, supported by subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Mechanics of Materials, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their main research topics encompass:

Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Astro and Planetary Science
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Best Publications

Phylogenetic relationships of Thiomicrospira species and their identification in deep-sea hydrothermal vent samples by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of 16S rDNA fragments

Gerard Muyzer;Andreas Teske;Carl O. Wirsen;Holger W. Jannasch

1328
Citations
Late Proterozoic rise in atmospheric oxygen concentration inferred from phylogenetic and sulphur-isotope studies.

Donald E. Canfield;Andreas Teske;Andreas Teske

1029
Citations
A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

928
Citations
Distributions of Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments

Steven D'Hondt;Bo Barker Jørgensen;D. Jay Miller;Anja Batzke

889
Citations
Heterotrophic Archaea dominate sedimentary subsurface ecosystems off Peru

Jennifer F. Biddle;Julius S. Lipp;Mark A. Lever;Karen G. Lloyd

842
Citations
Microbial diversity of hydrothermal sediments in the Guaymas Basin: evidence for anaerobic methanotrophic communities.

Andreas Teske;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;Virginia P. Edgcomb;Alvin de Vera Gomez

814
Citations
Biogeographical distribution and diversity of microbes in methane hydrate-bearing deep marine sediments on the Pacific Ocean Margin

Fumio Inagaki;Takuro Nunoura;Satoshi Nakagawa;Andreas Teske

793
Citations
Distribution of sulfate-reducing bacteria in a stratified fjord (Mariager Fjord, Denmark) as evaluated by most-probable-number counts and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of PCR-amplified ribosomal DNA fragments.

Andreas Teske;Cathrin Wawer;Gerard Muyzer;Niels B. Ramsing

641
Citations
Evolutionary relationships among ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.

A Teske;E Alm;J M Regan;S Toze

582
Citations
Dense Populations of a Giant Sulfur Bacterium in Namibian Shelf Sediments

H. N. Schulz;T. Brinkhoff;T. G. Ferdelman;M. Hernández Mariné

554
Citations
Concentration and transport of nitrate by the mat-forming sulphur bacterium Thioploca

H. Fossing;V. A. Gallardo;B. B. Jørgensen;M. Hüttel

535
Citations
Uncultured archaea in deep marine subsurface sediments: have we caught them all?

Andreas Teske;Ketil B Sørensen

516
Citations
Benthic eukaryotic diversity in the Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vent environment.

Virginia P. Edgcomb;David T. Kysela;Andreas Teske;Alvin de Vera Gomez

436
Citations
Genomic resolution of linkages in carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling among widespread estuary sediment bacteria.

Brett J Baker;Brett J Baker;Cassandre Sara Lazar;Cassandre Sara Lazar;Andreas P Teske;Gregory J Dick

400
Citations
Molecular characterization of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the Guaymas Basin.

Ashita Dhillon;Andreas Teske;Jesse Dillon;David A. Stahl

368
Citations
Global dispersion and local diversification of the methane seep microbiome

S. Emil Ruff;Jennifer F. Biddle;Andreas P. Teske;Katrin Knittel

334
Citations
Characterization of subsurface polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at the Deepwater Horizon site

Arne R. Diercks;Arne R. Diercks;Raymond C. Highsmith;Vernon L. Asper;Vernon L. Asper;Dongjoo Joung

321
Citations
Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria enriched by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill identified by cultivation and DNA-SIP

Tony Gutierrez;David R Singleton;David T Berry;Tingting Yang

317
Citations
Archaea of the Miscellaneous Crenarchaeotal Group are abundant, diverse and widespread in marine sediments

Kyoko Kubo;Karen G Lloyd;Karen G Lloyd;Karen G Lloyd;Jennifer F Biddle;Jennifer F Biddle;Rudolf Amann

317
Citations
Disseminated "Mycobacterium Genavense" Infection in Patients With AIDS

E.C. Bottger;A. Teske;P. Kirschner;S. Bost

311
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen

Samantha B. Joye University of Georgia

Marcus Elvert University of Bremen

Mark A. Lever ETH Zurich

Brett J. Baker The University of Texas at Austin

Antje Boetius Max Planck Society

Julius S. Lipp University of Bremen

Fumio Inagaki Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University

Mitchell L. Sogin Marine Biological Laboratory

External Links

Personal website of Andreas P Teske

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