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13811
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8331
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608

Overview

Helmut König is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in hematology, genetics, molecular biology, oncology, and pathology and forensic medicine.

They have published extensively on topics including:

  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Neutropenia and Cancer Infections
  • CAR-T cell therapy research

Helmut König has co-authored research with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Paolo Abada
  • Richard A. Walgren
  • Lisa M. Hess
  • Nicole Lamanna
  • Constantine S. Tam

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Management of hyperleukocytosis and impact of leukapheresis among patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) on short- and long-term clinical outcomes: a large, retrospective, multicenter, international study, 2020, Leukemia
  • Special considerations in the management of adult patients with acute leukaemias and myeloid neoplasms in the COVID-19 era: recommendations from a panel of international experts, 2020, The Lancet Haematology
  • Management of fever and neutropenia in the adult patient with acute myeloid leukemia, 2020, Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy
  • Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in the Era of Genomics-Achievements and Persisting Challenges, 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Outcomes for Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Previously Treated With Both a Covalent BTK and BCL2 Inhibitor in the United States: A Real-World Database Study, 2022, Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia

Helmut König frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • HemaSphere
  • Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia
  • Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
  • Current Cancer Drug Targets
  • Leukemia & lymphoma/Leukemia and lymphoma

They have also contributed to book publications with titles including:

  • Lüge und Täuschung in den Zeiten von Putin, Trump & Co., published by Transcript Verlag in 2020
  • A pedagogical framework for a paradigm shift in emergency paramedic training: Rescue service schools between requirement conflicts and learning culture development, published by University of South Florida in 2021

Best Publications

  • Thermotoga maritima sp. nov. represents a new genus of unique extremely thermophilic eubacteria growing up to 90°C

    Robert Huber;Thomas A. Langworthy;Helmut König;Michael Thomm

  • Aquifex pyrophilus gen. nov. sp. nov., Represents a Novel Group of Marine Hyperthermophilic Hydrogen-Oxidizing Bacteria

    Robert Huber;Thomas Wilharm;Dagmar Huber;Antonio Trincone

  • Redox-mediated decolorization of synthetic dyes by fungal laccases.

    H. Claus;G. Faber;H. König

  • Methanopyrus kandleri, gen. and sp. nov. represents a novel group of hyperthermophilic methanogens, growing at 110°C

    Margit Kurr;Robert Huber;Helmut König;Holger W. Jannasch

  • Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus, a novel thermophilic lithotrophic methanogen

    Harald Huber;Michael Thomm;Helmut König;Gesa Thies

  • Chemical composition of the peptidoglycan-free cell walls of methanogenic bacteria

    Otto Kandler;Helmut König

  • Thermoadaptation of methanogenic bacteria by intracellular ion concentration

    Reinhard Hensel;Helmut König

  • Aerobic and facultatively anaerobic cellulolytic bacteria from the gut of the termite Zootermopsis angusticollis.

    M Wenzel;I Schönig;M Berchtold;P Kämpfer

  • Cell wall polymers in Archaea (Archaebacteria).

    O. Kandler;H. König

  • Methanothermus fervidus, sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic methanogen isolated from an Icelandic hot spring

    Karl O. Stetter;Michael Thomm;Josef Winter;Gertrud Wildgruber

  • Methanothermus sociabilis sp. nov., a Second Species within the Methanothermaceae Growing at 97°C

    Gerta Lauerer;Jakob K. Kristjansson;Thomas A. Langworthy;Helmut König

  • Hemicellulose‐degrading bacteria and yeasts from the termite gut

    A. Schäfer;R. Konrad;T. Kuhnigk;P. Kämpfer

  • Biology of Microorganisms on Grapes, in Must and in Wine

    Helmut König;Gottfried Unden;Jürgen Fröhlich

  • Archaeobacterial cell envelopes

    H. König

  • Isolation and characterization of Methanolobus tindarius, sp. nov., a coccoid methanogen growing only on methanol and methylamines

    Helmut König;Karl O. Stetter

  • Biomolecules are unstable under "black smoker" conditions

    G. Bernhardt;H. D. Lüdemann;R. Jaenicke;H. König

  • Methanoplanus limicola , a plate-shaped methanogen representing a novel family, the methanoplanaceae

    Gertrud Wildgruber;Michael Thomm;Helmut König;Kurt Ober

  • Unraveling the microbiome of a thermophilic biogas plant by metagenome and metatranscriptome analysis complemented by characterization of bacterial and archaeal isolates

    Irena Maus;Daniela E. Koeck;Katharina G. Cibis;Sarah Hahnke

  • CHAPTER 9 – Cell Envelopes of Archaebacteria

    Otto Kandler;Helmut König

  • Bacillus species in the intestine of termites and other soil invertebrates.

    H. König

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred Pühler
Alfred Pühler Bielefeld University
Andreas Schlüter
Andreas Schlüter Bielefeld University
Peter Kämpfer
Peter Kämpfer University of Giessen
Otto Kandler
Otto Kandler Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ajit Varma
Ajit Varma Amity University
Jochen Blom
Jochen Blom University of Giessen
Reinhard Rachel
Reinhard Rachel University of Regensburg
Frank Keppler
Frank Keppler Heidelberg University
Karl O. Stetter
Karl O. Stetter University of Regensburg
Walter P. Hammes
Walter P. Hammes University of Hohenheim

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