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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2023

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Microbiology

D-Index
99
Citations
58618
World Ranking
425
National Ranking
30

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Gerard Muyzer is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics such as Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Metal Extraction and Bioleaching, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Marine Sponges and Natural Products, Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, and Marine and Coastal Ecosystems.

Gerard Muyzer has contributed to papers published in prominent venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
  • Water Research
  • UNC Libraries
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

The scientist's notable papers include:

  • Subcellular view of host-microbiome nutrient exchange in sponges: insights into the ecological success of an early metazoan-microbe symbiosis, 2021, Microbiome
  • DNA -stable isotope probing (DNA-SIP) identifies marine sponge-associated bacteria actively utilizing dissolved organic matter (DOM), 2021, Environmental Microbiology
  • Resilience of Microbial Communities after Hydrogen Peroxide Treatment of a Eutrophic Lake to Suppress Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms, 2021, Microorganisms
  • Microbial ecology of biofiltration used for producing safe drinking water, 2022, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Diversity of the holopelagic Sargassum microbiome from the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt to coastal stranding locations, 2022, Harmful Algae

Collaborative efforts are part of Gerard Muyzer's research, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Dimitry Y. Sorokin (9 publications)
  • Aschwin H. Engelen (7 publications)
  • Jasper M. de Goeij (6 publications)
  • Alexander Y. Merkel (6 publications)
  • Sara Campana (5 publications)

Best Publications

  • Profiling of complex microbial populations by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of polymerase chain reaction-amplified genes coding for 16S rRNA

    G Muyzer;E C de Waal;And A G Uitterlinden

  • Application of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TGGE) in microbial ecology

    Gerard Muyzer;Kornelia Smalla

  • The ecology and biotechnology of sulphate-reducing bacteria

    Gerard Muyzer;Alfons J. M. Stams

  • Missing lithotroph identified as new planctomycete

    Marc Strous;John A. Fuerst;Evelien H. M. Kramer;Susanne Logemann

  • PCR primers to amplify 16S rRNA genes from cyanobacteria.

    Ulrich Nübel;Ferran Garcia-Pichel;Gerard Muyzer

  • Application of bacteria as self-healing agent for the development of sustainable concrete

    Henk M. Jonkers;Arjan Thijssen;Gerard Muyzer;Oguzhan Copuroglu

  • DGGE/TGGE a method for identifying genes from natural ecosystems

    Gerard Muyzer

  • The anaerobic oxidation of ammonium

    Mike S.M Jetten;Marc Strous;Katinka T van de Pas-Schoonen;Jos Schalk

  • Phylogenetic relationships of Thiomicrospira species and their identification in deep-sea hydrothermal vent samples by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of 16S rDNA fragments

    Gerard Muyzer;Andreas Teske;Carl O. Wirsen;Holger W. Jannasch

  • Section 3 update: Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) in microbial ecology

    Gerard Muyzer;Thorsten Brinkhoff;Ulrich NÜbel;Cecilia Santegoeds

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • Identification of and Spatio-Temporal Differences between Microbial Assemblages from Two Neighboring Sulfurous Lakes: Comparison by Microscopy and Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis

    Emilio O. Casamayor;Hendrik Schäfer;Lluis Bañeras;Carlos Pedrós-Alió

  • The membrane bioreactor: a novel tool to grow anammox bacteria as free cells.

    Wouter R.L. van der Star;Andreea I. Miclea;Andreea I. Miclea;Udo G.J.M. van Dongen;Gerard Muyzer

  • Distribution of sulfate-reducing bacteria in a stratified fjord (Mariager Fjord, Denmark) as evaluated by most-probable-number counts and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of PCR-amplified ribosomal DNA fragments.

    Andreas Teske;Cathrin Wawer;Gerard Muyzer;Niels B. Ramsing

  • Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) in microbial ecology.

    G. Muyzer;T. Brinkhoff;U. Nübel;C. Santegoeds

  • Optimization of terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis for complex marine bacterioplankton communities and comparison with denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.

    Markus M. Moeseneder;Jesús M. Arrieta;Gerard Muyzer;Christian Winter

  • Enrichment of a mixed bacterial culture with a high polyhydroxyalkanoate storage capacity.

    Katja Johnson;Yang Jiang;Robbert Kleerebezem;Gerard Muyzer

  • Nitrification expanded: discovery, physiology and genomics of a nitrite-oxidizing bacterium from the phylum Chloroflexi.

    D.Y. Sorokin;S. Lücker;D. Vejmelkova;N.A. Kostrikina

  • Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis in marine microbial ecology

    Hendrik Schäfer;Gerard Muyzer

  • Structural and functional dynamics of sulfate-reducing populations in bacterial biofilms

    Cecilia M. Santegoeds;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Gerard Muyzer;Dirk de Beer

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimitry Y. Sorokin
Dimitry Y. Sorokin Delft University of Technology
Ben Abbas
Ben Abbas Delft University of Technology
Alfons J. M. Stams
Alfons J. M. Stams Wageningen University & Research
Robbert Kleerebezem
Robbert Kleerebezem Delft University of Technology
Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Tanja Woyke
Tanja Woyke Joint Genome Institute
Tatyana P. Tourova
Tatyana P. Tourova Russian Academy of Sciences
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht Delft University of Technology
Hendrikus J. Laanbroek
Hendrikus J. Laanbroek Utrecht University

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