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62
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2841
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Elke Dittmann publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elke Dittmann sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 115 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Elke Dittmann D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elke Dittmann sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Elke Dittmann is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with significant contributions to related subfields including environmental chemistry, molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, pharmacology, and oceanography.

Their research topics encompass various aspects of aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, biocrusts and microbial ecology, marine and coastal ecosystems, microbial natural products and biosynthesis, algal biology and biofuel production, microbial community ecology and physiology, and photosynthetic processes and mechanisms.

Elke Dittmann has published in several notable scientific venues, reflecting a diverse research output. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Natural Product Reports
  • Microorganisms
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • ChemBioChem

Their recent papers demonstrate a range of research interests and collaborations. Included among these are:

  • New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering (2020, Natural Product Reports)
  • A community resource for paired genomic and metabolomic data mining (2021, Nature Chemical Biology)
  • The Landscape of Recombination Events That Create Nonribosomal Peptide Diversity (2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution)
  • Harnessing the potential: advances in cyanobacterial natural product research and biotechnology (2023, Natural Product Reports)
  • The biological functions of microcystins (2024, Water Research)

Elke Dittmann has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Martin Baunach, Jonna E. Teikari, Arthur Guljamow, Christian Hertweck, and Markus Heuser. These co-authorships highlight a network of partnerships within diverse fields relating to microbial and natural product research.

Best Publications

  • Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products: Overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature

    Paul G. Arnison;Mervyn J. Bibb;Gabriele Bierbaum;Albert Alexander Bowers

  • Structural organization of microcystin biosynthesis in Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806: an integrated peptide–polyketide synthetase system

    Daniel Tillett;Elke Dittmann;Marcel Erhard;Hans von Döhren

  • New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering

    Manuel Montalbán-López;Thomas A Scott;Sangeetha Ramesh;Imran R Rahman

  • Insertional mutagenesis of a peptide synthetase gene that is responsible for hepatotoxin production in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806

    E Dittmann;B A Neilan;M Erhard;H von Döhren

  • The cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystin binds to proteins and increases the fitness of microcystis under oxidative stress conditions.

    Yvonne Zilliges;Jan-Christoph Kehr;Sven Meissner;Keishi Ishida

  • Light and the transcriptional response of the microcystin biosynthesis gene cluster.

    Melanie Kaebernick;Melanie Kaebernick;Brett A. Neilan;Thomas Börner;Elke Dittmann

  • Microcystin Biosynthesis in Planktothrix: Genes, Evolution, and Manipulation

    Guntram Christiansen;Jutta Fastner;Marcel Erhard;Thomas Börner

  • Cyanobacterial toxins--occurrence, biosynthesis and impact on human affairs.

    Elke Dittmann;Claudia Wiegand

  • Exploiting the mosaic structure of trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases for natural product discovery and pathway dissection.

    TuAnh Nguyen;Keishi Ishida;Holger Jenke-Kodama;Elke Dittmann

  • Cyanobacterial toxins: biosynthetic routes and evolutionary roots

    Elke Dittmann;David P. Fewer;Brett A. Neilan

  • Nonribosomal Peptide Synthesis and Toxigenicity of Cyanobacteria

    Brett A. Neilan;Brett A. Neilan;Elke Dittmann;Leo Rouhiainen;R. Amanda Bass

  • Environmental conditions that influence toxin biosynthesis in cyanobacteria.

    Brett A. Neilan;Leanne A. Pearson;Julia Muenchhoff;Michelle C. Moffitt

  • Evolutionary Implications of Bacterial Polyketide Synthases

    Holger Jenke-Kodama;Axel Sandmann;Rolf Müller;Elke Dittmann

  • Natural Product Biosynthetic Diversity and Comparative Genomics of the Cyanobacteria

    Elke Dittmann;Muriel Gugger;Kaarina Sivonen;David P. Fewer

  • Diversity of microcystin genes within a population of the toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis spp. in Lake Wannsee (Berlin, Germany).

    Rainer Kurmayer;Elke Dittmann;Jutta Fastner;Ingrid Chorus

  • Role of microcystins in poisoning and food ingestion inhibition of Daphnia galeata caused by the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa.

    Thomas Rohrlack;Elke Dittmann;Manfred Henning;Thomas Börner

  • Towards clarification of the biological role of microcystins, a family of cyanobacterial toxins

    Daniella Schatz;Yael Keren;Assaf Vardi;Assaf Sukenik

  • Effects of cell-bound microcystins on survival and feeding of Daphnia spp.

    Thomas Rohrlack;Elke Dittmann;Thomas Börner;Kirsten Christoffersen

  • Highly plastic genome of Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806, a ubiquitous toxic freshwater cyanobacterium

    Lionel Frangeul;Philippe Quillardet;Anne Marie Castets;Jean-François Humbert;Jean-François Humbert

  • Inactivation of an ABC Transporter Gene, mcyH, Results in Loss of Microcystin Production in the Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806

    Leanne A. Pearson;Michael Hisbergues;Thomas Börner;Elke Dittmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Börner
Thomas Börner Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Christian Hertweck
Christian Hertweck Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Keishi Ishida
Keishi Ishida Leibniz Association
Brett A. Neilan
Brett A. Neilan University of Newcastle Australia
Roderich D. Süssmuth
Roderich D. Süssmuth Technical University of Berlin
Christiane Bouchier
Christiane Bouchier Institut Pasteur
Rolf Müller
Rolf Müller Saarland University
Jutta Fastner
Jutta Fastner Environment Agency
Kaarina Sivonen
Kaarina Sivonen University of Helsinki

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