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D-Index
77
Citations
17927
World Ranking
1370
National Ranking
97

Michael Bott 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 Michael Bott sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 286 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Bott 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 Michael Bott sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Bott is affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, focusing on research primarily within the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses subfields including Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Genetics.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to microbial systems and biochemical processes. These topics include:

  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Microbial metabolism and enzyme function
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Biochemical Acid Research Studies

Michael Bott's publication record features works in various domains emphasizing metabolism and genetic engineering of microbes. Recent papers include:

  • Advances in metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum to produce high-value active ingredients for food, feed, human health, and well-being, 2021, Essays in Biochemistry
  • Improved pEKEx2-derived expression vectors for tightly controlled production of recombinant proteins in Corynebacterium glutamicum, 2020, Plasmid
  • A tunable l-arabinose-inducible expression plasmid for the acetic acid bacterium Gluconobacter oxydans, 2020, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • AutoBioTechA Versatile Biofoundry for Automated Strain Engineering, 2024, ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Growth-rate dependency of ribosome abundance and translation elongation rate in Corynebacterium glutamicum differs from that in Escherichia coli, 2023, Nature Communications

The scientist frequently publishes in venues specializing in microbiology, biotechnology, and metabolic engineering. Key publication venues with multiple contributions include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Metabolic Engineering
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

In collaboration, Michael Bott has coauthored works with several researchers, including:

  • Tino Polen
  • Meike Baumgart
  • Astrid Wirtz
  • Stephan Noack
  • Christina Mack

Best Publications

  • The complete Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 genome sequence and its impact on the production of l-aspartate-derived amino acids and vitamins

    Jörn Kalinowski;Brigitte Bathe;Daniela Bartels;Nicole Bischoff

  • Handbook of Corynebacterium glutamicum

    Lothar Eggeling;Michael Bott

  • Inversion of growth speed anisotropy in two dimensions.

    Thomas Michely;Michael Hohage;Michael Bott;George Comsa

  • Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum for biotechnological production of organic acids and amino acids

    Volker F Wendisch;Michael Bott;Bernhard J Eikmanns

  • A high-throughput approach to identify genomic variants of bacterial metabolite producers at the single-cell level

    Stephan Binder;Georg Schendzielorz;Norma Stäbler;Karin Krumbach

  • Toward biotechnological production of adipic acid and precursors from biorenewables.

    Tino Polen;Markus Spelberg;Michael Bott

  • Molecular analysis of the cytochrome bc1-aa3 branch of the Corynebacterium glutamicum respiratory chain containing an unusual diheme cytochrome c1

    Axel Niebisch;Michael Bott

  • Metabolic engineering of microorganisms for the synthesis of plant natural products

    Jan Marienhagen;Michael Bott

  • Corynebacterial protein kinase G controls 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase activity via the phosphorylation status of the OdhI protein.

    Axel Niebisch;Armin Kabus;Christian Schultz;Brita Weil

  • Deletion of the genes encoding the MtrA–MtrB two‐component system of Corynebacterium glutamicum has a strong influence on cell morphology, antibiotics susceptibility and expression of genes involved in osmoprotection

    Nina Möker;Melanie Brocker;Steffen Schaffer;Reinhard Krämer

  • The development and application of a single-cell biosensor for the detection of l-methionine and branched-chain amino acids.

    Nurije Mustafi;Alexander Grünberger;Dietrich Kohlheyer;Michael Bott

  • A giant market and a powerful metabolism: L-lysine provided by Corynebacterium glutamicum

    Lothar Eggeling;Michael Bott

  • Toward Homosuccinate Fermentation: Metabolic Engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for Anaerobic Production of Succinate from Glucose and Formate

    Boris Litsanov;Melanie Brocker;Michael Bott

  • Co‐ordinated regulation of gluconate catabolism and glucose uptake in Corynebacterium glutamicum by two functionally equivalent transcriptional regulators, GntR1 and GntR2

    Julia Frunzke;Verena Engels;Sonja Hasenbein;Cornelia Gätgens

  • The respiratory chain of Corynebacterium glutamicum

    Michael Bott;Axel Niebisch

  • Construction of a Corynebacterium glutamicum platform strain for the production of stilbenes and (2S)-flavanones.

    Nicolai Kallscheuer;Michael Vogt;Anton Stenzel;Jochem Gätgens

  • Towards a phosphoproteome map of Corynebacterium glutamicum

    Anne K. Bendt;Andreas Burkovski;Steffen Schaffer;Michael Bott

  • Improved L-lysine production with Corynebacterium glutamicum and systemic insight into citrate synthase flux and activity.

    Jan van Ooyen;Stephan Noack;Michael Bott;Alexander Reth

  • Construction of a Prophage-Free Variant of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 for Use as a Platform Strain for Basic Research and Industrial Biotechnology

    Meike Baumgart;Simon Unthan;Christian Rückert;Jasintha Sivalingam

  • The Phosphate Starvation Stimulon of Corynebacterium glutamicum Determined by DNA Microarray Analyses

    Takeru Ishige;Malgorzata Krause;Michael Bott;Volker F. Wendisch

  • Bio-based production of organic acids with Corynebacterium glutamicum.

    Stefan Wieschalka;Bastian Blombach;Michael Bott;Bernhard J. Eikmanns

  • Anaerobic citrate metabolism and its regulation in enterobacteria.

    Bott M

  • clpC and clpP1P2 gene expression in Corynebacterium glutamicum is controlled by a regulatory network involving the transcriptional regulators ClgR and HspR as well as the ECF sigma factor sigmaH.

    Sabine Engels;Jens-Eric Schweitzer;Carsten Ludwig;Michael Bott

  • A high-resolution reference map for cytoplasmic and membrane-associated proteins of Corynebacterium glutamicum.

    Steffen Schaffer;Brita Weil;Van Dy Nguyen;Gerd Dongmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Lothar Eggeling
Lothar Eggeling Forschungszentrum Jülich
Volker F. Wendisch
Volker F. Wendisch Bielefeld University
Wolfgang Wiechert
Wolfgang Wiechert Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jörn Kalinowski
Jörn Kalinowski Bielefeld University
Peter Dimroth
Peter Dimroth ETH Zurich
Bernhard J. Eikmanns
Bernhard J. Eikmanns University of Ulm
Hermann Sahm
Hermann Sahm Forschungszentrum Jülich
Thomas Michely
Thomas Michely University of Cologne
George Comsa
George Comsa University of Bonn
Hauke Hennecke
Hauke Hennecke ETH Zurich

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