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Cathrin Spröer

Cathrin Spröer

Leibniz Association
Germany

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
13890
World Ranking
13675
National Ranking
974

Cathrin Spröer 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 Cathrin Spröer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 358 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cathrin Spröer 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 Cathrin Spröer sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Cathrin Spröer is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields, including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Plant Science, Pharmacology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research topics focus largely on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Biofuel production and bioconversion, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, and Aquaculture disease management and microbiota.

Cathrin Spröer has authored multiple papers, including:

  • A collection of bacterial isolates from the pig intestine reveals functional and taxonomic diversity, 2020, Nature Communications
  • High quality genome sequences of thirteen Hypoxylaceae (Ascomycota) strengthen the phylogenetic family backbone and enable the discovery of new taxa, 2020, Fungal Diversity
  • Dilution-to-Stimulation/Extinction Method: a Combination Enrichment Strategy To Develop a Minimal and Versatile Lignocellulolytic Bacterial Consortium, 2020, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Discovery of Paenibacillus larvae ERIC V: Phenotypic and genomic comparison to genotypes ERIC I-IV reveal different inventories of virulence factors which correlate with epidemiological prevalences of American Foulbrood, 2020, International Journal of Medical Microbiology
  • A publicly accessible database for Clostridioides difficile genome sequences supports tracing of transmission chains and epidemics, 2020, Microbial Genomics

Frequent co-authors include Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Thomas Riedel, and Manfred Rohde.

Publication venues where Cathrin Spröer frequently publishes include:

  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microorganisms
  • Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Comparative genome and phenotypic analysis of three Clostridioides difficile strains isolated from a single patient provide insight into multiple infection of C. difficile.

    Uwe Groß;Elzbieta Brzuszkiewicz;Katrin Gunka;Jessica Starke

  • When should a DDH experiment be mandatory in microbial taxonomy

    Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff;Markus Göker;Cathrin Spröer;Hans-Peter Klenk

  • Relationship of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens clades associated with strains DSM 7T and FZB42T: a proposal for Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. amyloliquefaciens subsp. nov. and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum subsp. nov. based on complete genome sequence comparisons.

    Rainer Borriss;Xiao-Hua Chen;Christian Rueckert;Jochen Blom

  • Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus Desulfotomaculum: Evidence for the Misclassification of Desulfotomaculum guttoideum and Description of Desulfotomaculum orientis as Desulfosporosinus orientis gen. nov., comb. nov.

    Erko Stackebrandt;Cathrin Sproer;Frederick A. Rainey;Jutta Burghardt

  • Global outbreak of severe Mycobacterium chimaera disease after cardiac surgery: a molecular epidemiological study

    Jakko van Ingen;Thomas A Kohl;Katharina Kranzer;Barbara Hasse

  • Chryseobacterium hispalense sp. nov., a plant-growth-promoting bacterium isolated from a rainwater pond in an olive plant nursery, and emended descriptions of Chryseobacterium defluvii, Chryseobacterium indologenes, Chryseobacterium wanjuense and Chryseobacterium gregarium.

    Maria del Carmen Montero-Calasanz;Markus Göker;Manfred Rohde;Cathrin Spröer

  • Gordonia polyisoprenivorans sp. nov., a rubber-degrading actinomycete isolated from an automobile tyre.

    Alexandros Linos;Alexander Steinbüchel;Cathrin Spröer;Reiner M. Kroppenstedt

  • A collection of bacterial isolates from the pig intestine reveals functional and taxonomic diversity.

    David Wylensek;Thomas C A Hitch;Thomas Riedel;Afrizal Afrizal

  • The phylogenetic position of Serratia, Buttiauxella and some other genera of the family Enterobacteriaceae.

    Cathrin Spröer;Ulrike Mendrock;Jolantha Swiderski;Elke Lang

  • Characterization of the first cultured representative of Verrucomicrobia subdivision 5 indicates the proposal of a novel phylum

    Stefan Spring;Boyke Bunk;Cathrin Spröer;Peter Schumann

  • Molecular biological evidence for the occurrence of uncultured members of the actinomycete line of descent in different environments and geographical locations.

    Holger Rheims;Cathrin Spröer;Fred A. Rainey;Erko Stackebrandt

  • Pedobacter cryoconitis sp. nov., a facultative psychrophile from alpine glacier cryoconite.

    Rosa Margesin;Cathrin Spröer;Peter Schumann;Franz Schinner

  • The correlation between morphological and phylogenetic classification of myxobacteria.

    Cathrin Spröer;Hans Reichenbach;Erko Stackebrandt

  • Characterization of Vibrio viscosus and Vibrio wodanis isolated at different geographical locations: a proposal for reclassification of Vibrio viscosus as Moritella viscosa comb. nov.

    E Benediktsdottir;Ludo Verdonck;C Sproer;S Helgason

  • Gordonia westfalica sp. nov., a novel rubber-degrading actinomycete.

    Alexandros Linos;Mahmoud M Berekaa;Alexander Steinbüchel;Kwang Kyu Kim

  • Long-read DNA metabarcoding of ribosomal RNA in the analysis of fungi from aquatic environments.

    Felix Heeger;Elizabeth C Bourne;Christiane Baschien;Andrey M Yurkov

  • Characterisation, genome size and genetic manipulation of the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum So ce56.

    Silke Pradella;Astrid Hans;Cathrin Spröer;Hans Reichenbach

  • The complex methylome of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori

    Juliane Krebes;Richard D. Morgan;Boyke Bunk;Cathrin Spröer

  • Arthrobacter psychrophenolicus sp. nov., isolated from an alpine ice cave.

    Rosa Margesin;Peter Schumann;Cathrin Spröer;Anne-Monique Gounot

  • Providencia vermicola sp. nov., isolated from infective juveniles of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema thermophilum.

    Vishal S. Somvanshi;Elke Lang;Bettina Sträubler;Cathrin Spröer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Schumann
Peter Schumann Leibniz Association
Hans-Peter Klenk
Hans-Peter Klenk Newcastle University
Jörg Overmann
Jörg Overmann Leibniz Association
Manfred Rohde
Manfred Rohde Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Markus Göker
Markus Göker Leibniz Association
Antonio Ventosa
Antonio Ventosa University of Seville
Stefan Spring
Stefan Spring Leibniz Association
Heiko Liesegang
Heiko Liesegang University of Göttingen
Trinad Chakraborty
Trinad Chakraborty University of Giessen
Ahmed Lebrihi
Ahmed Lebrihi National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

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