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Thomas Leisinger

Thomas Leisinger

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
69
Citations
13291
World Ranking
2104
National Ranking
54

Thomas Leisinger 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 Thomas Leisinger sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 187 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Leisinger 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 Thomas Leisinger sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas Leisinger is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their academic profile reflects a research career connected to one of Europe's prominent technical universities.

Though recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, main fields of study, subfields, and specific research topics are not listed for this researcher, their association with ETH Zurich suggests involvement in advanced scientific or technical disciplines consistent with the institution's focus.

No book publications or awards have been recorded for Thomas Leisinger, which may indicate a focus on journal articles or other research outputs not captured in the available data.

The absence of detailed bibliographic and topic information limits an in-depth understanding of their research specialization or impact. However, their professional connection to ETH Zurich denotes participation in an academic environment recognized for engineering, science, and technology research.

Best Publications

  • Properties of Purified Orange II Azoreductase, the Enzyme Initiating Azo Dye Degradation by Pseudomonas KF46

    Thomas Zimmermann;Hans G. Kulla;Thomas Leisinger

  • Characterization of α-Ketoglutarate-dependent Taurine Dioxygenase from Escherichia coli

    Eric Eichhorn;Jan R. van der Ploeg;Michael A. Kertesz;Thomas Leisinger

  • Oxygen sensitivity of methanogenic bacteria.

    Andreas Kiener;Thomas Leisinger

  • Characterization of a Two-component Alkanesulfonate Monooxygenase from Escherichia coli

    Eric Eichhorn;Jan R. van der Ploeg;Thomas Leisinger

  • Identification of sulfate starvation-regulated genes in Escherichia coli: a gene cluster involved in the utilization of taurine as a sulfur source.

    J R van der Ploeg;M A Weiss;E Saller;H Nashimoto

  • The genetic organization of arginine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Dieter Haas;Bruce W. Holloway;Anton Schamböck;Thomas Leisinger

  • Transformation of tetrachloromethane to dichloromethane and carbon dioxide by Acetobacterium woodii.

    Christine Egli;Thomas Tschan;Rudolf Scholtz;Alasdair M. Cook

  • Sulfonate-sulfur metabolism and its regulation in Escherichia coli.

    Jan R. van der Ploeg;Eric Eichhorn;Thomas Leisinger

  • Anaerobic dechlorination of tetrachloromethane and 1,2-dichloroethane to degradable products by pure cultures of Desulfobacterium sp. and Methanobacterium sp.

    Christine Egli;Rudolf Scholtz;Alasdair M. Cook;Thomas Leisinger

  • Sequence analysis and expression of the bacterial dichloromethane dehalogenase structural gene, a member of the glutathione S-transferase supergene family.

    T Leisinger

  • Genetic and molecular characterization of the Pseudomonas plasmid pVS1.

    Yoshifumi Itoh;John M. Watson;Dieter Haas;Thomas Leisinger

  • Bacterial degradation of dichloromethane.

    Walter Brunner;Doris Staub;Thomas Leisinger

  • Interference of aromatic sulfo groups in the microbial degradation of the azo dyes Orange I and Orange II

    Hans G. Kulla;Franziska Klausener;Ulrich Meyer;Barbara Lüdeke

  • Comparison of two bacterial azoreductases acquired during adaptation to growth on azo dyes

    Thomas Zimmermann;Franz Gasser;Hans G. Kulla;Thomas Leisinger

  • Molecular analysis of Methanobacterium phage psiM2.

    Peter Pfister;Alain Wasserfallen;Rolf Stettler;Thomas Leisinger

  • Microbial desulfonation of substituted naphthalenesulfonic acids and benzenesulfonic acids.

    Daniel Zürrer;Alasdair M. Cook;Thomas Leisinger

  • Purification and characterization of the arylsulfatase synthesized by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO during growth in sulfate-free medium and cloning of the arylsulfatase gene (atsA).

    Stefan Beil;Hans Kehrli;Peter James;Werner Staudenmann

  • Dehalogenation of dichloromethane by cell extracts of hyphomicrobium DM2

    Gerhard Stucki;René Gälli;Hans-Rudolf Ebersold;Thomas Leisinger

  • The Escherichia coli ssuEADCB Gene Cluster Is Required for the Utilization of Sulfur from Aliphatic Sulfonates and Is Regulated by the Transcriptional Activator Cbl

    Jan R. van der Ploeg;Roksana Iwanicka-Nowicka;Tomasz Bykowski;Monika M. Hryniewicz

  • Isolation of an anaerobic bacterium which reductively dechlorinates tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene.

    Alex Wild;René Hermann;Thomas Leisinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Alasdair M. Cook
Alasdair M. Cook University of Konstanz
Leo Meile
Leo Meile ETH Zurich
Michael A. Kertesz
Michael A. Kertesz University of Sydney
Urs Jenal
Urs Jenal University of Basel
Dieter Haas
Dieter Haas University of Lausanne
Yuri A. Trotsenko
Yuri A. Trotsenko Russian Academy of Sciences
Peter James
Peter James Lund University
Hans-Peter E. Kohler
Hans-Peter E. Kohler Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Lawrence P. Wackett
Lawrence P. Wackett University of Minnesota
Philip G. Board
Philip G. Board Australian National University

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