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Klaus Winzer

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
12268
World Ranking
14946
National Ranking
1183

Klaus Winzer publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 136 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Klaus Winzer 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 Klaus Winzer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Klaus Winzer is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of publications in the subfields of Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Genetics, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics involving microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, biofuel production and bioconversion, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, gene regulatory network analysis, and research on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens. These topics demonstrate a cross-disciplinary approach within microbial and molecular biology research.

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Nigel P. Minton
  • Claudio Tomi-Andrino
  • Thomas Millat
  • John R. King
  • David A. Barrett

Winzer's studies have been published repeatedly in several scientific venues, among which Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, PLoS Computational Biology, Microbiology, Scientific Reports, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) are the most common.

Recent publications include:

  • "A genome-scale metabolic model of Cupriavidus necator H16 integrated with TraDIS and transcriptomic data reveals metabolic insights for biotechnological applications" (2022) published in PLoS Computational Biology
  • "RRNPP-type quorum sensing affects solvent formation and sporulation in Clostridium acetobutylicum" (2020) published in Microbiology
  • "Metabolic engineering of Cupriavidus necator H16 for heterotrophic and autotrophic production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid" (2022) published in Metabolic Engineering
  • "Improving carbon monoxide tolerance of Cupriavidus necator H16 through adaptive laboratory evolution" (2023) published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • "Endogenous CRISPR/Cas systems for genome engineering in the acetogens Acetobacterium woodii and Clostridium autoethanogenum" (2023) published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

The research output reflects a focus on microbial metabolism, bioengineering applications, and genetic engineering techniques, often intersecting with sustainable biotechnological processes and microbial community behaviors.

Best Publications

  • Look who's talking: communication and quorum sensing in the bacterial world

    Paul Williams;Klaus Winzer;Weng C Chan;Miguel Cámara

  • Making 'sense' of metabolism: autoinducer-2, LUXS and pathogenic bacteria

    Agnès Vendeville;Klaus Winzer;Karin Heurlier;Christoph M. Tang

  • The Pseudomonas aeruginosa quinolone signal molecule overcomes the cell density‐dependency of the quorum sensing hierarchy, regulates rhl‐dependent genes at the onset of stationary phase and can be produced in the absence of LasR

    Stephen P. Diggle;Klaus Winzer;Siri Ram Chhabra;Kathryn E. Worrall

  • LuxS: its role in central metabolism and the in vitro synthesis of 4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3(2H)-furanone.

    Klaus Winzer;Kim R. Hardie;Nicola Burgess;Neil Doherty

  • Bacterial cell-to-cell communication: sorry, can't talk now - gone to lunch!

    Klaus Winzer;Kim R Hardie;Paul Williams

  • The galactophilic lectin, LecA, contributes to biofilm development in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Stephen P. Diggle;Rachael E. Stacey;Christine Dodd;Miguel Cámara

  • Upper Critical Field Peculiarities of Superconducting YNi 2 B 2 C and LuNi 2 B 2 C

    S. V. Shulga;S.-L. Drechsler;G. Fuchs;K.-H. Müller

  • The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lectins PA-IL and PA-IIL Are Controlled by Quorum Sensing and by RpoS

    Klaus Winzer;Colin Falconer;Nachman C. Garber;Stephen P. Diggle

  • Advancing the Quorum in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: MvaT and the Regulation of N-Acylhomoserine Lactone Production and Virulence Gene Expression

    Stephen P. Diggle;Klaus Winzer;Andrée Lazdunski;Paul Williams

  • Density-dependent fitness benefits in quorum-sensing bacterial populations

    Sophie E. Darch;Stuart A. West;Klaus Winzer;Stephen P. Diggle

  • Quorum sensing and the population-dependent control of virulence

    Paul Williams;Miguel Camara;Andrea Hardman;Simon Swift;Simon Swift

  • Quorum sensing and the regulation of virulence gene expression in pathogenic bacteria

    Klaus Winzer;Paul Williams

  • LuxS and autoinducer-2: their contribution to quorum sensing and metabolism in bacteria.

    Klaus Winzer;Kim R Hardie;Paul Williams

  • Integration of DNA into bacterial chromosomes from plasmids without a counter-selection marker

    John T. Heap;Muhammad Ehsaan;Clare M. Cooksley;Yen-Kuan Ng

  • agr expression precedes escape of internalized Staphylococcus aureus from the host endosome.

    Saara N. A. Qazi;Emilie Counil;Julie Morrissey;Catherine E. D. Rees

  • Metabolic engineering of Clostridium autoethanogenum for selective alcohol production

    Fungmin Liew;Anne M. Henstra;Michael Kӧpke;Klaus Winzer

  • Functional genetic analysis reveals a 2-Alkyl-4-quinolone signaling system in the human pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei and related bacteria.

    Stephen P. Diggle;Putthapoom Lumjiaktase;Francesca Dipilato;Klaus Winzer

  • Sugar synthesis in a protocellular model leads to a cell signalling response in bacteria

    Paul M. Gardner;Klaus Winzer;Benjamin G. Davis

  • LuxS-dependent quorum sensing in Porphyromonas gingivalis modulates protease and haemagglutinin activities but is not essential for virulence.

    Nicola A Burgess;David F Kirke;Paul Williams;Klaus Winzer

  • MAKING 'SENSE' OF METABOLISM: AUTOINDUCER2, LuxS AND PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

    Agnès Vendeville;Klaus Winzer;Karin Heurlier;Christoph M. Tang

Frequent Co-Authors

Nigel P. Minton
Nigel P. Minton University of Nottingham
Paul Williams
Paul Williams University of Nottingham
Miguel Cámara
Miguel Cámara University of Nottingham
Cameron Alexander
Cameron Alexander University of Nottingham
Stephen P. Diggle
Stephen P. Diggle Georgia Institute of Technology
David A. Barrett
David A. Barrett University of Nottingham
Christoph M. Tang
Christoph M. Tang University of Oxford
Peter Dürre
Peter Dürre University of Ulm
Siri Ram Chhabra
Siri Ram Chhabra University of Nottingham
Frank Steglich
Frank Steglich Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids

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