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Friedrich Widdel

Friedrich Widdel

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Microbiology

D-Index
74
Citations
31850
World Ranking
1533
National Ranking
110

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Microbiology and Immunology

Overview

Friedrich Widdel is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and engineering, focusing on the dynamics of natural processes and remediation techniques related to hydrocarbons and methane.

The scientist's work frequently appears in publication venues such as Environmental Microbiology and UNC Libraries.

  • Effect of energy deprivation on metabolite release by anaerobic marine naphthalene-degrading sulfate-reducing bacteria, 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • Thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane by marine microbial consortia, 2020, UNC Libraries

Among frequent co-authors are Gao Chen, Florin Musat, Thomas Holler, Katrin Knittel, and Rudolf Amann.

The primary fields of study involved are Environmental Science and Engineering. Subfields of specialization include Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution, and Global and Planetary Change.

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

In 1996, Friedrich Widdel was recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften in the field of Microbiology and Immunology.

Best Publications

  • A marine microbial consortium apparently mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Antje Boetius;Katrin Ravenschlag;Carsten J. Schubert;Dirk Rickert

  • Gram-Negative Mesophilic Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

    Friedrich Widdel;Friedhelm Bak

  • Studies on dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria that decompose fatty acids

    Friedrich Widdel;Gert-Wieland Kohring;Frank Mayer

  • Studies on dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria that decompose fatty acids. I. Isolation of new sulfate-reducing bacteria enriched with acetate from saline environments. Description of Desulfobacter postgatei gen. nov., sp. nov.

    Friedrich Widdel;Norbert Pfennig

  • Microbiology and ecology of sulfate-and sulfur-reducing bacteria

    F. Widdel

  • Anaerobic, Nitrate-Dependent Microbial Oxidation of Ferrous Iron

    Kristina Lotte Straub;Marcus Benz;Bernhard Schink;Friedrich Widdel

  • Anaerobic biodegradation of saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons.

    Friedrich Widdel;Ralf Rabus

  • Microbial reefs in the Black Sea fueled by anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Walter Michaelis;Richard Seifert;Katja Nauhaus;Tina Treude

  • Iron corrosion by novel anaerobic microorganisms

    Hang T Dinh;Jan Kuever;Marc Mussmann;Achim W Hassel

  • Methane formation from long-chain alkanes by anaerobic microorganisms.

    Karsten Zengler;Hans H. Richnow;Ramon Rosselló-Mora;Walter Michaelis

  • Anaerobic bacterial metabolism of hydrocarbons

    Johann Heider;Alfred M Spormann;Harry R Beller;Friedrich Widdel

  • Phospholipid Ester-linked Fatty Acid Biomarkers of Acetate-oxidizing Sulphate-reducers and Other Sulphide-forming Bacteria

    Nicholas J. E. Dowling;Friedrich Widdel;David C. White

  • Anaerobic oxidation of hydrocarbons in crude oil by new types of sulphate-reducing bacteria

    Rueter P;Rabus R;Wilkes H;Aeckersberg F

  • Accelerated cathodic reaction in microbial corrosion of iron due to direct electron uptake by sulfate-reducing bacteria

    Hendrik Venzlaff;Dennis Enning;Jayendran Srinivasan;Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer

  • Anaerobic degradation of ethylbenzene and other aromatic hydrocarbons by new denitrifying bacteria

    Ralf Rabus;Friedrich Widdel

  • Anaerobic oxidation of ferrous iron by purple bacteria, a new type of phototrophic metabolism.

    A. Ehrenreich;Friedrich Widdel

  • In vitro demonstration of anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to sulphate reduction in sediment from a marine gas hydrate area.

    Katja Nauhaus;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius;Martin Krüger;Friedrich Widdel

  • The Dissimilatory Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

    Norbert Pfennig;Friedrich Widdel;Hans G. Trüper

  • Marine sulfate-reducing bacteria cause serious corrosion of iron under electroconductive biogenic mineral crust

    Dennis Enning;Hendrik Venzlaff;Julia Garrelfs;Hang T Dinh

  • Complete oxidation of toluene under strictly anoxic conditions by a new sulfate-reducing bacterium.

    Ralf Rabus;R. Nordhaus;W. Ludwig;Friedrich Widdel

  • Studies on dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria that decompose fatty acids II. Incomplete oxidation of propionate by Desulfobulbus propionicus gen. nov., sp. nov.

    Friedrich Widdel;Norbert Pfennig

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred A. Rainey
Fred A. Rainey University of Florida
Ralf Rabus
Ralf Rabus Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Heinz Wilkes
Heinz Wilkes Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer
Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Martin Stratmann
Martin Stratmann Max Planck Society
Katrin Knittel
Katrin Knittel Max Planck Society
Gunter Wegener
Gunter Wegener Max Planck Society
Norbert Pfennig
Norbert Pfennig University of Konstanz
Rudolf Amann
Rudolf Amann Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

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