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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
106
Citations
37758
World Ranking
303
National Ranking
6

Leo Eberl publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Leo Eberl sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 327 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Leo Eberl D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Leo Eberl sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Leo Eberl is a researcher affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their academic contributions span multiple areas within the broad domains of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their work focuses extensively on bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, cystic fibrosis research advances, plant pathogenic bacteria studies, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, Vibrio bacteria research studies, and bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Leo Eberl include:

  • Gabriella Pessi
  • Alessandra Vitale
  • Simon Sieber
  • Karl Gademann
  • Kirsty Agnoli

They have published numerous papers in various scientific venues, with notable frequent publication platforms being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Some of the recent papers featuring their research contributions include:

  • Composition and functions of bacterial membrane vesicles, 2023, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • The effect of flow on swimming bacteria controls the initial colonization of curved surfaces, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Roadmap on emerging concepts in the physical biology of bacterial biofilms: from surface sensing to community formation, 2021, Physical Biology
  • The structural role of bacterial eDNA in the formation of biofilm streamers, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Pseudomonas putida mediates bacterial killing, biofilm invasion and biocontrol with a type IVB secretion system, 2022, Nature Microbiology

Their research spans several subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Endocrinology, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach that intersects microbiological, ecological, and biomedical aspects.

Best Publications

  • Attenuation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence by quorum sensing inhibitors

    Morten Hentzer;Hong Wu;Jens Bo Andersen;Kathrin Riedel

  • Inhibition of quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm bacteria by a halogenated furanone compound.

    Morten Hentzer;Kathrin Riedel;Thomas B. Rasmussen;Arne Heydorn

  • Types and origins of bacterial membrane vesicles.

    Masanori Toyofuku;Nobuhiko Nomura;Leo Eberl

  • Eukaryotic interference with homoserine lactone-mediated prokaryotic signalling.

    M. Givskov;R. de Nys;M. Manefield;Lone Gram

  • Quorum sensing triggers the stochastic escape of individual cells from Pseudomonas putida biofilms.

    Gerardo Cárcamo-Oyarce;Putthapoom Lumjiaktase;Putthapoom Lumjiaktase;Rolf Kümmerli;Leo Eberl

  • The rhizosphere as a reservoir for opportunistic human pathogenic bacteria

    Gabriele Berg;Leo Eberl;Anton Hartmann

  • Screening for Quorum-Sensing Inhibitors (QSI) by Use of a Novel Genetic System, the QSI Selector

    Thomas Bovbjerg Rasmussen;Thomas Bjarnsholt;Mette Elena Skindersoe;Morten Hentzer

  • Who is who in litter decomposition? Metaproteomics reveals major microbial players and their biogeochemical functions

    Thomas Schneider;Katharina M Keiblinger;Emanuel Schmid;Katja Sterflinger-Gleixner

  • Explosive cell lysis as a mechanism for the biogenesis of bacterial membrane vesicles and biofilms

    Lynne Turnbull;Masanori Toyofuku;Masanori Toyofuku;Amelia L. Hynen;Masaharu Kurosawa

  • The cep quorum-sensing system of Burkholderia cepacia H111 controls biofilm formation and swarming motility

    Birgit Huber;Kathrin Riedel;Morten Hentzer;Arne Heydorn

  • Peptidomimetic Antibiotics Target Outer-Membrane Biogenesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Nityakalyani Srinivas;Peter Jetter;Bernhard J. Ueberbacher;Martina Werneburg

  • Identity and effects of quorum-sensing inhibitors produced by Penicillium species.

    Thomas Bovbjerg Rasmussen;Mette E. Skindersoe;Thomas Bjarnsholt;Richard K. Phipps

  • Garlic blocks quorum sensing and promotes rapid clearing of pulmonary Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

    Thomas Bjarnsholt;Peter Østrup Jensen;Thomas B Rasmussen;Lars Christophersen

  • Ajoene, a Sulfur-Rich Molecule from Garlic, Inhibits Genes Controlled by Quorum Sensing

    Tim Holm Jakobsen;Maria van Gennip;Richard Kerry Phipps;Meenakshi Sundaram Shanmugham

  • N-acylhomoserine-lactone-mediated communication between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia in mixed biofilms.

    Kathrin Riedel;Morten Hentzer;Otto Geisenberger;Birgit Huber

  • Induction of systemic resistance in tomato by N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone-producing rhizosphere bacteria.

    Regina Schuhegger;Alexandra Ihring;Stephan Gantner;GüNTHER Bahnweg

  • Composition and functions of bacterial membrane vesicles

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  • Quorum sensing: the power of cooperation in the world of Pseudomonas.

    Mario Juhas;Leo Eberl;Burkhard Tümmler

  • Plant-Dependent Genotypic and Phenotypic Diversity of Antagonistic Rhizobacteria Isolated from Different Verticillium Host Plants

    Gabriele Berg;Nicolle Roskot;Anette Steidle;Leo Eberl

  • Involvement of N‐acyl‐l‐homoserine lactone autoinducers in controlling the multicellular behaviour of Serratia liquefaciens

    Leo Eberl;Michael K. Winson;Claus Sternberg;Gordon S. A. B. Stewart

  • gfp-Based N-Acyl Homoserine-Lactone Sensor Systems for Detection of Bacterial Communication

    Jens Bo Andersen;Arne Heydorn;Morten Hentzer;Leo Eberl

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Givskov
Michael Givskov University of Copenhagen
Kathrin Riedel
Kathrin Riedel University of Zurich
Søren Molin
Søren Molin Technical University of Denmark
Gabriele Berg
Gabriele Berg University of Potsdam
Karl Gademann
Karl Gademann University of Zurich
Staffan Kjelleberg
Staffan Kjelleberg Nanyang Technological University
Niels Høiby
Niels Høiby University of Copenhagen
Burkhard Tümmler
Burkhard Tümmler Hannover Medical School
Angelika Lehner
Angelika Lehner University of Zurich
Roger Stephan
Roger Stephan University of Zurich

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