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D-Index
53
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9625
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4106
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285

Manfred G. Höfle 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 Manfred G. Höfle sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 117 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Manfred G. Höfle 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 Manfred G. Höfle sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Manfred G. Höfle is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on microbiology with significant contributions to the study of Legionella species, bacterial biofilms, and related infectious and environmental microbiology topics.

The scientist's main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 14 publications, and Environmental Science, with 4 publications. Within these broad areas, their subfields of study emphasize Endocrinology (8 publications), Molecular Biology (5 publications), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (2 publications), Epidemiology (1 publication), and Molecular Medicine (1 publication).

The topics most frequently addressed in their research are:

  • Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research

Manfred G. Höfle has co-authored several papers alongside frequent collaborators including Ingrid Brettar, Ashraf R. Zayed, Michael Steinert, Dina M. Bitar, and Christian Lück.

The scientist has contributed publications to various venues, with a concentration in the following journals:

  • Pathogens (3 publications)
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (1 publication)
  • European Clinical Respiratory Journal (1 publication)
  • Microorganisms (1 publication)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Manfred G. Höfle include:

  • Legionella antibiotic susceptibility testing: is it time for international standardization and evidence-based guidance? (2021), Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Characterization of Legionella pneumophila Populations by Multilocus Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (MLVA) Genotyping from Drinking Water and Biofilm in Hospitals from Different Regions of the West Bank (2020), Pathogens
  • Biogeography and Environmental Drivers of Legionella pneumophila Abundance and Genotype Composition across the West Bank: Relevance of a Genotype-Based Ecology for Understanding Legionella Occurrence (2020), Pathogens
  • Cytotoxicity, Intracellular Replication, and Contact-Dependent Pore Formation of Genotyped Environmental Legionella pneumophila Isolates from Hospital Water Systems in the West Bank, Palestine (2021), Pathogens
  • Whole-genome sequencing of the clinical isolate of Legionella pneumophila ALAW1 from the West Bank allows high-resolution typing and determination of pathogenicity mechanisms (2023), European Clinical Respiratory Journal

Best Publications

  • Grazing of protozoa and its effect on populations of aquatic bacteria.

    Martin W. Hahn;Manfred G. Höfle

  • Reclassification of Shewanella putrefaciens Owen's genomic group II as Shewanella baltica sp. nov.

    Frank Ziemke;Manfred G. Höfle;Jorge Lalucat;Ramon Rossellö-Mora

  • Climate influence on Vibrio and associated human diseases during the past half-century in the coastal North Atlantic

    Luigi Vezzulli;Chiara Grande;Philip C. Reid;Pierre Hélaouët

  • Significance of Viral Lysis and Flagellate Grazing as Factors Controlling Bacterioplankton Production in a Eutrophic Lake

    Markus G. Weinbauer;Manfred G. Höfle

  • Lysogeny and virus‐induced mortality of bacterioplankton in surface, deep, and anoxic marine waters

    Markus G. Weinbauer;Ingrid Brettar;Manfred G. Höfle

  • Isolation of novel ultramicrobacteria classified as actinobacteria from five freshwater habitats in Europe and Asia.

    Martin W. Hahn;Heinrich Lünsdorf;Qinglong Wu;Qinglong Wu;Michael Schauer

  • Long-term effects of ocean warming on the prokaryotic community: evidence from the vibrios

    Luigi Vezzulli;Ingrid Brettar;Elisabetta Pezzati;Philip C Reid

  • Establishment of a Real-Time PCR-Based Approach for Accurate Quantification of Bacterial RNA Targets in Water, Using Salmonella as a Model Organism

    Axel Fey;Stefan Eichler;Sébastien Flavier;Richard Christen

  • Composition and dynamics of bacterial communities of a drinking water supply system as assessed by RNA- and DNA-based 16S rRNA gene fingerprinting.

    Stefan Eichler;Richard Christen;Claudia Höltje;Petra Westphal

  • Bacterial Filament Formation, a Defense Mechanism against Flagellate Grazing, Is Growth Rate Controlled in Bacteria of Different Phyla

    Martin W. Hahn;Edward R. B. Moore;Manfred G. Höfle

  • Flagellate predation on a bacterial model community: interplay of size-selective grazing, specific bacterial cell size, and bacterial community composition.

    Martin W. Hahn;Manfred G. Höfle

  • Marine star-shaped-aggregate-forming bacteria: Agrobacterium atlanticum sp. nov.; Agrobacterium meteori sp. nov.; Agrobacterium ferrugineum sp. nov., nom. rev.; Agrobacterium gelatinovorum sp. nov., nom. rev.; and Agrobacterium stellulatum sp. nov., nom. rev

    Hans-Jürgen Rüger;Manfred G. Höfle

  • Utility of Green Fluorescent Nucleic Acid Dyes and Aluminum Oxide Membrane Filters for Rapid Epifluorescence Enumeration of Soil and Sediment Bacteria

    Markus G. Weinbauer;Christiane Beckmann;Manfred G. Höfle

  • Reconsidering transmission electron microscopy based estimates of viral infection of bacterio- plankton using conversion factors derived from natural communities

    Markus G. Weinbauer;Christian Winter;Manfred G. Höfle

  • Analysis of Structure and Composition of Bacterial Core Communities in Mature Drinking Water Biofilms and Bulk Water of a Citywide Network in Germany

    Karsten Henne;Leila Kahlisch;Ingrid Brettar;Manfred G. Höfle

  • Bacterial growth in mixed cultures on dissolved organic carbon from humic and clear waters.

    Lars J. Tranvik;Manfred G. Höfle

  • Effects of Global Warming on Vibrio Ecology.

    Luigi Vezzulli;Elisabetta Pezzati;Ingrid Brettar;Manfred Höfle

  • Aquiflexum balticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group isolated from surface water of the central Baltic Sea.

    Ingrid Brettar;Richard Christen;Manfred G. Höfle

  • Seasonal dynamics of bacterioplankton community structure in a eutrophic lake as determined by 5S rRNA analysis.

    Manfred G. Höfle;Heike Haas;Katja Dominik

  • Influence of ecosystematic factors on survival of Escherichia coli after large-scale release into lake water mesocosms.

    I Brettar;M G Höfle

  • Simultaneous Extraction from Bacterioplankton of Total RNA and DNA Suitable for Quantitative Structure and Function Analyses

    Markus G. Weinbauer;Ingo Fritz;Dirk F. Wenderoth;Manfred G. Höfle

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Christen
Richard Christen Université Côte d'Azur
Markus G. Weinbauer
Markus G. Weinbauer Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Martin W. Hahn
Martin W. Hahn University of Innsbruck
Carlos A. Guzmán
Carlos A. Guzmán Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis
Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis Georgia Institute of Technology
Carla Pruzzo
Carla Pruzzo University of Genoa
Matthias Labrenz
Matthias Labrenz Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje Michigan State University
Rita R. Colwell
Rita R. Colwell University of Maryland, College Park
Michael Steinert
Michael Steinert Technische Universität Braunschweig

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