Nick Wierckx

Nick Wierckx 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 Nick Wierckx sits on this spectrum.

Nick Wierckx 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 Nick Wierckx sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Identification and characterization of the furfural and 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural degradation pathways of Cupriavidus basilensis HMF14

  Frank Koopman;Nick Wierckx;Johannes H. de Winde;Harald J. Ruijssenaars

  310
  Citations

• Isolation and characterization of novel bacterial strains exhibiting ligninolytic potential

  Luaine Bandounas;Nick Jp Wierckx;Johannes H de Winde;Harald J Ruijssenaars

  278
  Citations

• Engineering of Solvent-Tolerant Pseudomonas putida S12 for Bioproduction of Phenol from Glucose

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  268
  Citations

• Tn7-Based Device for Calibrated Heterologous Gene Expression in Pseudomonas putida.

  Sebastian Zobel;Ilaria Benedetti;Lara Eisenbach;Victor de Lorenzo

  217
  Citations

• Microbial degradation of furanic compounds: biochemistry, genetics, and impact

  Nick Wierckx;Frank Koopman;Harald J. Ruijssenaars;Johannes H. de Winde

  201
  Citations

• Plastic waste as a novel substrate for industrial biotechnology.

  Nick Wierckx;M. Auxiliadora Prieto;Pablo Pomposiello;Victor de Lorenzo

  191
  Citations

• The metabolic potential of plastics as biotechnological carbon sources - Review and targets for the future.

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  186
  Citations

• Bioproduction of p-Hydroxystyrene from Glucose by the Solvent-Tolerant Bacterium Pseudomonas putida S12 in a Two-Phase Water-Decanol Fermentation

  Suzanne Verhoef;Nick Wierckx;R. G. Maaike Westerhof;Johannes H. de Winde

  181
  Citations

• Ustilago maydis produces itaconic acid via the unusual intermediate trans‐aconitate

  Elena Geiser;Sandra K Przybilla;Alexandra Friedrich;Wolfgang Buckel

  155
  Citations

• Grand Research Challenges for Sustainable Industrial Biotechnology.

  Adrie J.J. Straathof;S. Aljoscha Wahl;Kirsten R. Benjamin;Ralf Takors

  150
  Citations

• Laboratory evolution reveals the metabolic and regulatory basis of ethylene glycol metabolism by Pseudomonas putida KT2440

  Wing‐Jin Li;Lahiru N. Jayakody;Mary Ann Franden;Matthias Wehrmann

  134
  Citations

• Engineering mediator-based electroactivity in the obligate aerobic bacterium Pseudomonas putida KT2440

  Simone Schmitz;Salome Nies;Nick Wierckx;Lars M. Blank

  133
  Citations

• Isolation and characterization of Cupriavidus basilensis HMF14 for biological removal of inhibitors from lignocellulosic hydrolysate.

  Nick Wierckx;Frank Koopman;Luaine Bandounas;Johannes H. De Winde

  131
  Citations

• Prospecting the biodiversity of the fungal family Ustilaginaceae for the production of value-added chemicals

  Elena Geiser;Vincent Wiebach;Nick Wierckx;Lars M Blank

  118
  Citations

• Metabolic engineering of Pseudomonas taiwanensis VLB120 with minimal genomic modifications for high-yield phenol production.

  Benedikt Wynands;Christoph Lenzen;Maike Otto;Falk Koch

  108
  Citations

• Influence of carbon and nitrogen concentration on itaconic acid production by the smut fungus Ustilago maydis

  Nicole Maassen;Monika Panakova;Nick Wierckx;Elena Geiser

  99
  Citations

• Efficient malic acid production from glycerol with Ustilago trichophora TZ1.

  Thiemo Zambanini;Eda Sarikaya;Wiebke Kleineberg;Joerg M. Buescher

  96
  Citations

• Metabolic specialization in itaconic acid production: a tale of two fungi

  Nick Wierckx;Gennaro Agrimi;Peter Stephensen Lübeck;Matthias G. Steiger

  92
  Citations

• Defined Microbial Mixed Culture for Utilization of Polyurethane Monomers

  Romualdus Nugraha Catur Utomo;Wing-Jin Li;Till Tiso;Christian Eberlein

  86
  Citations

• Integrated strain- and process design enable production of 220 g L-1 itaconic acid with Ustilago maydis.

  Hamed Hosseinpour Tehrani;Johanna Becker;Isabel Bator;Katharina Saur

  78
  Citations