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Erwin A. Galinski

Erwin A. Galinski

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
10416
World Ranking
17094
National Ranking
1181

Erwin A. Galinski 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 Erwin A. Galinski sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 111 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Erwin A. Galinski 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 Erwin A. Galinski sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Erwin A. Galinski is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader domains, their work covers important subfields such as Ecology, Molecular Biology, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their research topics focus notably on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena. These interdisciplinary themes reflect a combination of environmental processes and molecular-level investigations.

Among their recent scholarly contributions is the paper titled Molecular and Physiological Adaptations to Low Temperature in Thioalkalivibrio Strains Isolated from Soda Lakes with Different Temperature Regimes, published in 2021 in the journal mSystems.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Erwin A. Galinski include:

  • Anne-Catherine Ahn
  • Evelien Jongepier
  • J. Merijn Schuurmans
  • W. Irene C. Rijpstra
  • Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

Their work has appeared in publication venues such as mSystems, indicative of engagement with journals that focus on microbial systems and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • Enzyme stabilization be ectoine-type compatible solutes: protection against heating, freezing and drying

    Karin Lippert;Erwin A. Galinski

  • Microbial behaviour in salt‐stressed ecosystems

    Erwin A. Galinski;Hans G. Trüper

  • An overview of the role and diversity of compatible solutes in Bacteria and Archaea

    M. S. da Costa;H. Santos;E. A. Galinski

  • 1,4,5,6-Tetrahydro-2-methyl-4-pyrimidinecarboxylic acid. A novel cyclic amino acid from halophilic phototrophic bacteria of the genus Ectothiorhodospira.

    Erwin A. Galinski;Heinz-Peter Pfeiffer;Hans G. Trüper

  • Bacterial milking: A novel bioprocess for production of compatible solutes.

    Thomas Sauer;Erwin A. Galinski

  • Characterization of genes for the biosynthesis of the compatible solute ectoine from Marinococcus halophilus and osmoregulated expression in Escherichia coli

    Petra Louis;Erwin A. Galinski

  • The predominant role of recently discovered tetrahydropyrimidines for the osmoadaptation of halophilic eubacteria

    Jörg Severin;Axel Wohlfarth;Erwin A. Galinski

  • Compatible-Solute-Supported Periplasmic Expression of Functional Recombinant Proteins under Stress Conditions

    S. Barth;M. Huhn;B. Matthey;A. Klimka

  • Halophiles 2010: life in saline environments.

    Yanhe Ma;Erwin A. Galinski;William D. Grant;Aharon Oren

  • The biosynthesis of ectoine

    Petra Peters;E.A. Galinski;H.G. Trüper

  • Discovery of extremely halophilic, methyl-reducing euryarchaea provides insights into the evolutionary origin of methanogenesis.

    Dimitry Y. Sorokin;Dimitry Y. Sorokin;Kira S. Makarova;Ben Abbas;Manuel Ferrer

  • Osmotic adaptation of the halophilic fungus Hortaea werneckii: role of osmolytes and melanization.

    Tina Kogej;Marlene Stein;Marc Volkmann;Anna A. Gorbushina

  • The spectrum of compatible solutes in heterotrophic halophilic eubacteria of the family Halomonadaceae

    Axel Wohlfarth;Jörg Severin;Erwin A. Galinski

  • Intracellular ion and organic solute concentrations of the extremely halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruber.

    Aharon Oren;Mikal Heldal;Svein Norland;Erwin A Galinski

  • The role of trehalose as a substitute for nitrogen-containing compatible solutes (Ectothiorhodospira halochloris)

    Erwin A. Galinski;Ruth M. Herzog

  • Industrial Production of the Cell Protectant Ectoine: Protection Mechanisms, Processes, and Products

    Hans Jorg Kunte;Georg Lentzen;Erwin A. Galinski

  • Survival of Escherichia coli during drying and storage in the presence of compatible solutes

    P. Louis;H. G. Trüper;E. A. Galinski

  • Extrinsic protein stabilization by the naturally occurring osmolytes β-hydroxyectoine and betaine

    S. Knapp;Rudolf Ladenstein;Erwin A. Galinski

  • The Kosmotropic (Structure-Forming) Effect of Compensatory Solutes

    Erwin A. Galinski;Marlene Stein;Birgit Amendt;Michael Kinder

  • Protection of a model enzyme (lactate dehydrogenase) against heat, urea and freeze-thaw treatment by compatible solute additives

    Karin Göller;Erwin A. Galinski

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimitry Y. Sorokin
Dimitry Y. Sorokin Delft University of Technology
Hans G. Trüper
Hans G. Trüper University of Bonn
Gerard Muyzer
Gerard Muyzer University of Amsterdam
Petra Louis
Petra Louis University of Aberdeen
Kira S. Makarova
Kira S. Makarova National Institutes of Health
Aharon Oren
Aharon Oren Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ben Abbas
Ben Abbas Delft University of Technology
Eugene V. Koonin
Eugene V. Koonin National Institutes of Health
Peter N. Golyshin
Peter N. Golyshin Bangor University
Manuel Ferrer
Manuel Ferrer Spanish National Research Council

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