Theo H. M. Smits

Theo H. M. Smits publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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Theo H. M. Smits D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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Best Publications

• Diversity of Alkane Hydroxylase Systems in the Environment

  J. B. Van Beilen;Z. Li;W. A. Duetz;T. H.M. Smits

  499
  Citations

• Taking the Fungal Highway: Mobilization of Pollutant-Degrading Bacteria by Fungi

  Stefanie Kohlmeier;Theo H. M. Smits;Roseanne M. Ford;Christoph Keel

  483
  Citations

• Functional Analysis of Alkane Hydroxylases from Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Bacteria

  Theo H. M. Smits;Stefanie B. Balada;Bernard Witholt;Jan B. van Beilen

  394
  Citations

• Gene Cloning and Characterization of Multiple Alkane Hydroxylase Systems in Rhodococcus Strains Q15 and NRRL B-16531

  L. G. Whyte;T. H. M. Smits;D. Labbé;B. Witholt

  319
  Citations

• Molecular screening for alkane hydroxylase genes in Gram-negative and Gram-positive strains

  Theo H. M. Smits;Martina Röthlisberger;Bernard Witholt;Jan B. Van Beilen

  306
  Citations

• Development of a real-time PCR method for quantification of the three genera Dehalobacter, Dehalococcoides, and Desulfitobacterium in microbial communities.

  Theo H.M Smits;Christiane Devenoges;Katia Szynalski;Julien Maillard

  238
  Citations

• Complete genome sequence of the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora CFBP 1430 and comparison to other Erwinia spp.

  Theo H. M. Smits;Fabio Rezzonico;Tim Kamber;Jochen Blom

  224
  Citations

• Genotypic comparison of Pantoea agglomerans plant and clinical strains

  Fabio Rezzonico;Theo H M Smits;Emilio Montesinos;Jürg E Frey

  197
  Citations

• Alkane hydroxylase homologues in Gram-positive strains.

  Jan B. Van Beilen;Theo H. M. Smits;Lyle G. Whyte;Susanne Schorcht

  186
  Citations

• Fire Blight: Applied Genomic Insights of the Pathogen and Host

  Mickael Malnoy;Stefan Martens;John L. Norelli;Marie Anne Barny

  181
  Citations

• Microbial diversity in different compartments of an aquaponics system

  Zala Schmautz;Andreas Graber;Sebastian Jaenicke;Alexander Goesmann

  178
  Citations

• Rubredoxins involved in alkane oxidation.

  Jan B. van Beilen;Martin Neuenschwander;Theo H. M. Smits;Christian Roth

  166
  Citations

• Identification of an Amino Acid Position That Determines the Substrate Range of Integral Membrane Alkane Hydroxylases

  Jan B. van Beilen;Theo H. M. Smits;Franz F. Roos;Tobias Brunner

  157
  Citations

• Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria

  Alison E. Murray;John Freudenstein;Simonetta Gribaldo;Roland Hatzenpichler

  153
  Citations

• Insect pathogenicity in plant-beneficial pseudomonads: phylogenetic distribution and comparative genomics

  Pascale Flury;Nora Aellen;Beat Ruffner;Maria Péchy-Tarr

  151
  Citations

• Characterization of two alkane hydroxylase genes from the marine hydrocarbonoclastic bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis

  Jan B. Van Beilen;Mercedes M. Marín;Theo H. M. Smits;Martina Röthlisberger

  148
  Citations

• Antibiosis activity of Pantoea agglomerans biocontrol strain E325 against Erwinia amylovora on apple flower stigmas.

  P. L. Pusey;V. O. Stockwell;C. L. Reardon;T. H. M. Smits

  139
  Citations

• Cloning of Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases from Comamonas, Xanthobacter and Rhodococcus using polymerase chain reaction with highly degenerate primers.

  Jan B. Van Beilen;Frédéric Mourlane;Markus A. Seeger;Jasminka Kovac

  138
  Citations

• Genome Sequence of the Biocontrol Agent Pantoea vagans Strain C9-1

  Theo H. M. Smits;Fabio Rezzonico;Tim Kamber;Alexander Goesmann

  128
  Citations

• Genome sequence of an Erwinia amylovora strain with pathogenicity restricted to Rubus plants.

  Rachel Powney;Theo H. M. Smits;Tim Sawbridge;Beatrice Frey

  126
  Citations