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Overview

Thomas R. Neu is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. Their research activity spans multiple areas within environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, focusing on microbial communities and environmental interactions.

The main fields of study for Thomas R. Neu include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

More specific subfields within these areas where they have concentrated their work are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Pollution
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Biomaterials

Their major research topics cover environmental microbiology and related applications, such as:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas R. Neu are:

  • "The biofilm matrix: multitasking in a shared space", 2022, published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Biofouling, metal sorption and aggregation are related to sinking of microplastics in a stratified reservoir", 2020, published in Water Research
  • "Microbial extracellular polymeric substances in the environment, technology and medicine", 2024, published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Who put the film in biofilm? The migration of a term from wastewater engineering to medicine and beyond", 2021, published in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
  • "Interaction of cyanobacteria with calcium facilitates the sedimentation of microplastics in a eutrophic reservoir", 2020, published in Water Research

Frequent co-authors working alongside Thomas R. Neu include:

  • Ute Kuhlicke
  • Boyke Bunk
  • Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht
  • Yuemei Lin
  • Susanne Krause

Their work has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microscopy Research and Technique
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • Water Research

Best Publications

  • The EPS Matrix: The “House of Biofilm Cells”

    Hans-Curt Flemming;Thomas R. Neu;Daniel J. Wozniak

  • Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances

    Jost Wingender;Thomas R. Neu;Hans-Curt Flemming

  • Microbial extracellular polymeric substances : characterization, structure, and function

    Jost Wingender;Thomas R. Neu;Hans-Curt Flemming

  • Significance of bacterial surface-active compounds in interaction of bacteria with interfaces.

    Thomas R. Neu

  • What are Bacterial Extracellular Polymeric Substances

    Jost Wingender;Thomas R. Neu;Hans-Curt Flemming

  • Abundance and spatial organization of Gram-negative sulfate-reducing bacteria in activated sludge investigated by in situ probing with specific 16S rRNA targeted oligonucleotides

    Werner Manz;Michael Eisenbrecher;Thomas R. Neu;Ulrich Szewzyk

  • Extracellular polymeric substances of biofilms: Suffering from an identity crisis

    Thomas Seviour;Nicolas Derlon;Morten Simonsen Dueholm;Hans-Curt Flemming

  • Assessment of lectin-binding analysis for in situ detection of glycoconjugates in biofilm systems.

    Thomas R. Neu;George D. W. Swerhone;John R. Lawrence

  • Characterisation of algal organic matter produced by bloom-forming marine and freshwater algae.

    L.O. Villacorte;Y. Ekowati;T.R. Neu;J.M. Kleijn

  • Development and structure of microbial biofilms in river water studied by confocal laser scanning microscopy

    Thomas R Neu;John R Lawrence

  • Volumetric measurements of bacterial cells and extracellular polymeric substance glycoconjugates in biofilms

    C. Staudt;H. Horn;D. C Hempel;T. R. Neu

  • Selective degradation of ibuprofen and clofibric acid in two model river biofilm systems

    Marcus Winkler;John R Lawrence;Thomas R Neu

  • Advanced imaging techniques for assessment of structure, composition and function in biofilm systems

    Thomas R. Neu;Bertram Manz;Frank Volke;James J. Dynes;James J. Dynes

  • Evidence for methane production by saprotrophic fungi

    Katharina Lenhart;Michael Bunge;Stefan Ratering;Thomas R. Neu

  • Phylogenetic Composition, Spatial Structure, and Dynamics of Lotic Bacterial Biofilms Investigated by Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy.

    W. Manz;K. Wendt-Potthoff;T.R. Neu;U. Szewzyk

  • Bacterial extracellular DNA forming a defined network-like structure.

    Uta Böckelmann;Andrea Janke;Ramona Kuhn;Thomas R. Neu

  • Effect of flow regime on the architecture of a Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilm

    Maria Olivia Pereira;Martin Kuehn;Stefan Wuertz;Thomas Neu

  • Contribution of alginate and levan production to biofilm formation by Pseudomonas syringae.

    Heike Laue;Alexander Schenk;Hongqiao Li;Lotte Lambertsen

  • Microscale and molecular assessment of impacts of nickel, nutrients, and oxygen level on structure and function of river biofilm communities.

    J. R. Lawrence;M. R. Chenier;R. Roy;D. Beaumier

  • Application of multiple parameter imaging for the quantification of algal, bacterial and exopolymer components of microbial biofilms

    J.R Lawrence;T.R Neu;G.D.W Swerhone

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Lawrence
John R. Lawrence Environment and Climate Change Canada
Harald Horn
Harald Horn Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Wolfgang Sand
Wolfgang Sand Institute of Oceanology
Kirsten Küsel
Kirsten Küsel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Hauke Harms
Hauke Harms Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Jürgen Popp
Jürgen Popp Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jost Wingender
Jost Wingender University of Duisburg-Essen
Dirk de Beer
Dirk de Beer Max Planck Society
Hans H. Richnow
Hans H. Richnow Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Henk J. Busscher
Henk J. Busscher University Medical Center Groningen

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