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Biology and Biochemistry
Germany
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
117
Citations
39344
World Ranking
733
National Ranking
52

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology Environmental and General Applied Microbiology
  • 1999 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1995 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Microbiology and Immunology

Overview

Karl O. Stetter is affiliated with the University of Regensburg in Germany. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Materials Science. Subfields of particular focus include Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry.

Their main topics of research cover Protein Structure and Dynamics and Enzyme Structure and Function.

Publications by this scientist include:

  • Complete sequential assignment and secondary structure prediction of the cannulae forming protein CanA from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrodictium abyssi, 2020, Biomolecular NMR Assignments

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Raphael Kreitner
  • Cláudia Elisabeth Munte
  • Katrin Singer
  • Gudrun Horn
  • Werner Kremer

Karl O. Stetter's work has been documented mainly in the venue Biomolecular NMR Assignments.

Awards received by this scientist are:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, 2009, for Environmental and General Applied Microbiology
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1999
  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1995, for Microbiology and Immunology

Best Publications

  • Pyrococcus furiosus sp. nov. represents a novel genus of marine heterotrophic archaebacteria growing optimally at 100°C

    Gerhard Fiala;Karl O. Stetter

  • 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

  • A new phylum of Archaea represented by a nanosized hyperthermophilic symbiont

    Harald Huber;Michael J. Hohn;Reinhard Rachel;Tanja Fuchs;Tanja Fuchs

  • Hyperthermophilic archaea are thriving in deep North Sea and Alaskan oil reservoirs

    K. O. Stetter;R. Huber;E. Blöchl;M. Kurr

  • The genome of Nanoarchaeum equitans: Insights into early archaeal evolution and derived parasitism

    Elizabeth Waters;Michael J. Hohn;Ivan Ahel;David E. Graham

  • The Sulfolobus-“Caldariella” group: Taxonomy on the basis of the structure of DNA-dependent RNA polymerases

    Wolfram Zillig;Karl O. Stetter;Simon Wunderl;Wolfgang Schulz

  • Crystal structure of the thermosome, the archaeal chaperonin and homolog of CCT.

    Lars Ditzel;Jan Löwe;Daniela Stock;Karl-Otto Stetter

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

    Robert Huber;Thomas Wilharm;Dagmar Huber;Antonio Trincone

  • Extremophiles and their adaptation to hot environments.

    Karl O Stetter

  • Pyrodictium gen. nov., a New Genus of Submarine Disc-Shaped Sulphur Reducing Archaebacteria Growing Optimally at 105°C.

    Karl O. Stetter;Helmut König;Erko Stackebrandt

  • Pyrolobus fumarii, gen. and sp. nov., represents a novel group of archaea, extending the upper temperature limit for life to 113 degrees C

    Elisabeth Blöchl;Reinhard Rachel;Siegfried Burggraf;Doris Hafenbradl

  • Hyperthermophiles in the History of Life

    Karl O Stetter

  • Structural basis of enzyme encapsulation into a bacterial nanocompartment

    Markus Sutter;Daniel Boehringer;Sascha Gutmann;Susanne Günther

  • 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

  • Isolation of extremely thermophilic sulfate reducers: evidence for a novel branch of archaebacteria.

    Karl O. Stetter;Gerta Lauerer;Michael Thomm;Annemarie Neuner

  • Acidianus infernus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Acidianus brierleyi Comb. nov.: Facultatively Aerobic, Extremely Acidophilic Thermophilic Sulfur-Metabolizing Archaebacteria

    Andreas Segerer;Annemarie Neuner;Jakob K. Kristjansson;Karl O. Stetter

  • Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus, a novel thermophilic lithotrophic methanogen

    Harald Huber;Michael Thomm;Helmut König;Gesa Thies

  • Archaeoglobus fulgidus gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new taxon of extremely thermophilic archaebacteria

    Karl O. Stetter

  • Ferroglobus placidus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeum that oxidizes Fe2+ at neutral pH under anoxic conditions

    D. Hafenbradl;M. Keller;R. Dirmeier;Reinhard Rachel

  • Pyrobaculum aerophilum sp. nov., a novel nitrate-reducing hyperthermophilic archaeum.

    P. Völkl;R. Huber;E. Drobner;Reinhard Rachel

Frequent Co-Authors

Harald Huber
Harald Huber University of Regensburg
Robert Huber
Robert Huber University of Duisburg-Essen
Reinhard Rachel
Reinhard Rachel University of Regensburg
Michael Thomm
Michael Thomm University of Regensburg
Wolfram Zillig
Wolfram Zillig Max Planck Society
Carl R. Woese
Carl R. Woese University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rudolf K. Thauer
Rudolf K. Thauer Max Planck Society
Holger W. Jannasch
Holger W. Jannasch Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
James A. McCloskey
James A. McCloskey University of Utah
Ralf Schnabel
Ralf Schnabel Technische Universität Braunschweig

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