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59
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14712
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3239
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242

Elke Genersch 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 Genersch sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 121 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elke Genersch 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 Genersch sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Elke Genersch is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany, specializing in research within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses important subfields such as Insect Science, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Immunology.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on topics related to insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, mosquito-borne diseases and control, toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins, vector-borne infectious diseases, and bee products chemical analysis.

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Elke Genersch illustrate the scope and direction of their scientific investigations:

  • Direct Evidence for Infection of Varroa destructor Mites with the Bee-Pathogenic Deformed Wing Virus Variant B, but Not Variant A, via Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Analysis (2020, Journal of Virology)
  • Rapid Gastrointestinal Passage May Protect Bombus terrestris from Becoming a True Host for Nosema ceranae (2020, Applied and Environmental Microbiology)
  • Cold case: The disappearance of Egypt bee virus, a fourth distinct master strain of deformed wing virus linked to honeybee mortality in 1970's Egypt (2022, Virology Journal)
  • Significant, but not biologically relevant: Nosema ceranae infections and winter losses of honey bee colonies (2023, Communications Biology)
  • Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and a direct LAMP for the specific detection of Nosema ceranae, a parasite of honey bees (2020, Parasitology Research)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Sebastian Gisder, Julia Ebeling, Lucas Lannutti, Josefine Göbel, and Lennart Horchler. These partnerships have resulted in repeated co-authorship, reflecting ongoing scientific cooperation.

Elke Genersch's publications appear most frequently in:

  • Tierärztliche Praxis Ausgabe G Großtiere / Nutztiere
  • Veterinary Sciences
  • Toxins
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Virology

Best Publications

  • The German bee monitoring project: a long term study to understand periodically high winter losses of honey bee colonies

    Elke Genersch;Werner von der Ohe;Hannes Kaatz;Annette Schroeder

  • Country-specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on honey bees and wild bees.

    B. A. Woodcock;J. M. Bullock;R. F. Shore;M. S. Heard

  • Deformed wing virus.

    Joachim R. de Miranda;Elke Genersch

  • Widespread dispersal of the microsporidian Nosema ceranae, an emergent pathogen of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera

    Julia Klee;Andrea M. Besana;Elke Genersch;Sebastian Gisder

  • American Foulbrood in honeybees and its causative agent, Paenibacillus larvae

    Elke Genersch

  • Honey bee pathology: current threats to honey bees and beekeeping.

    Elke Genersch

  • Standard methods for Nosema research

    Ingemar Fries;Marie-Pierre Chauzat;Yan-Ping Chen;Vincent Doublet

  • RT-PCR analysis of Deformed wing virus in honeybees (Apis mellifera) and mites (Varroa destructor)

    Constanze Yue;Elke Genersch

  • Reclassification of Paenibacillus larvae subsp. pulvifaciens and Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae as Paenibacillus larvae without subspecies differentiation

    Elke Genersch;Eva Forsgren;Jaana Pentikäinen;Ainura Ashiralieva

  • Emerging and re-emerging viruses of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.)

    Elke Genersch;Michel Aubert

  • Deformed wing virus: replication and viral load in mites (Varroa destructor)

    Sebastian Gisder;Pia Aumeier;Elke Genersch

  • Honey bee colony losses and associated viruses

    Alexander J McMenamin;Elke Genersch

  • Standard methods for virus research in Apis mellifera

    Joachim R de Miranda;Lesley Bailey;Brenda V Ball;Philippe Blanchard

  • Varroosis – the Ongoing Crisis in Bee Keeping

    Otto Boecking;E. Genersch

  • Detection of Deformed wing virus, a honey bee viral pathogen, in bumble bees (Bombus terrestris and Bombus pascuorum) with wing deformities

    Elke Genersch;Constanze Yue;Ingemar Fries;Joachim R. de Miranda

  • Five-year cohort study of Nosema spp. in Germany: does climate shape virulence and assertiveness of Nosema ceranae?

    Sebastian Gisder;Kati Hedtke;Nadine Möckel;Marie-Charlotte Frielitz

  • Standard methods for molecular research in Apis mellifera

    Jay D Evans;Ryan S Schwarz;Yan Ping Chen;Giles Budge

  • Strain- and genotype-specific differences in virulence of Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae, a bacterial pathogen causing American foulbrood disease in honeybees.

    Elke Genersch;Ainura Ashiralieva;Ingemar Fries

  • Sustained ERK phosphorylation is necessary but not sufficient for MMP-9 regulation in endothelial cells: involvement of Ras-dependent and -independent pathways.

    E. Genersch;K. Hayess;Y. Neuenfeld;H. Haller

  • Vertical-transmission routes for deformed wing virus of honeybees (Apis mellifera)

    Constanze Yue;Marion Schröder;Sebastian Gisder;Elke Genersch

  • Short communication Detection of Deformed wing virus, a honey bee viral pathogen, in bumble bees (Bombus terrestris and Bombus pascuorum) with wing deformities

    Elke Genersch;Constanze Yue;Ingemar Fries;Joachim R. de Miranda

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingemar Fries
Ingemar Fries Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Robert J. Paxton
Robert J. Paxton Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Roderich D. Süssmuth
Roderich D. Süssmuth Technical University of Berlin
Joachim R. de Miranda
Joachim R. de Miranda Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jay D. Evans
Jay D. Evans Agricultural Research Service
Herman S. Overkleeft
Herman S. Overkleeft Leiden University
Dan Hultmark
Dan Hultmark Umeå University
David W. Galbraith
David W. Galbraith University of Arizona
Yves Le Conte
Yves Le Conte INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Peter Ekblom
Peter Ekblom Lund University

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