Melanie Blokesch

Melanie Blokesch 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 Melanie Blokesch sits on this spectrum.

Melanie Blokesch 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 Melanie Blokesch sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2021 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Microbiology and Immunology
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

• Chitin induces natural competence in Vibrio cholerae.

  Karin L. Meibom;Melanie Blokesch;Nadia A. Dolganov;Cheng-Yen Wu

  753
  Citations

• Maturation of hydrogenases.

  August Böck;Paul W. King;Melanie Blokesch;Matthew C. Posewitz

  424
  Citations

• The type VI secretion system of Vibrio cholerae fosters horizontal gene transfer.

  Unknown

  408
  Citations

• Cues and regulatory pathways involved in natural competence and transformation in pathogenic and environmental Gram-negative bacteria

  Unknown

  255
  Citations

• Serogroup Conversion of Vibrio cholerae in Aquatic Reservoirs

  Melanie Blokesch;Gary K Schoolnik

  232
  Citations

• Mechanisms of DNA Uptake by Naturally Competent Bacteria

  David Dubnau;Melanie Blokesch

  209
  Citations

• Reassessment of the 2010–2011 Haiti cholera outbreak and rainfall-driven multiseason projections

  Andrea Rinaldo;Enrico Bertuzzo;Lorenzo Mari;Lorenzo Righetto

  203
  Citations

• DNA-uptake machinery of naturally competent Vibrio cholerae

  Unknown

  199
  Citations

• Natural competence for transformation

  Unknown

  190
  Citations

• The Regulatory Network of Natural Competence and Transformation of Vibrio cholerae

  Unknown

  189
  Citations

• The emergence of Vibrio pathogens in Europe: ecology, evolution, and pathogenesis (Paris, 11–12th March 2015)

  Frédérique Le Roux;Frédérique Le Roux;K. Mathias Wegner;Craig Baker-Austin;Luigi Vezzulli

  187
  Citations

• Two defence systems eliminate plasmids from seventh pandemic Vibrio cholerae

  Unknown

  160
  Citations

• The Extracellular Nuclease Dns and Its Role in Natural Transformation of Vibrio cholerae

  Melanie Blokesch;Gary K. Schoolnik

  155
  Citations

• The complex between hydrogenase-maturation proteins HypC and HypD is an intermediate in the supply of cyanide to the active site iron of [NiFe]-hydrogenases.

  Melanie Blokesch;Simon P.J. Albracht;Berthold F. Matzanke;Nikola M. Drapal

  143
  Citations

• Metal insertion into NiFe-hydrogenases

  M. Blokesch;A. Paschos;E. Theodoratou;A. Bauer

  138
  Citations

• Network of Hydrogenase Maturation in Escherichia coli: Role of Accessory Proteins HypA and HybF

  Michaela Hube;Melanie Blokesch;August Böck

  129
  Citations

• Quorum sensing contributes to natural transformation of Vibrio cholerae in a species-specific manner.

  Unknown

  124
  Citations

• ComEA Is Essential for the Transfer of External DNA into the Periplasm in Naturally Transformable Vibrio cholerae Cells

  Patrick Seitz;Hassan Pezeshgi Modarres;Sandrine Borgeaud;Roman D. Bulushev

  123
  Citations

• A transcriptional regulator linking quorum sensing and chitin induction to render Vibrio cholerae naturally transformable.

  Unknown

  123
  Citations

• Maturation of [NiFe]-hydrogenases in Escherichia coli: the HypC cycle.

  Melanie Blokesch;August Böck

  123
  Citations