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Volker F. Wendisch

Volker F. Wendisch

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
85
Citations
21045
World Ranking
3208
National Ranking
244

Overview

Volker F. Wendisch is affiliated with Bielefeld University in Germany. Their primary research lies within the broad domain of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Biochemistry. Additional areas of interest include Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Materials Chemistry.

The work of Volker F. Wendisch predominantly covers topics related to microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction. Other significant themes in their research profile include biofuel production and bioconversion, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, amino acid enzymes and metabolism, viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects, algal biology and biofuel production, and enzyme structure and function.

The scientist has contributed to a range of scientific publications, several of which stand out by their year of release and publication venues:

  • 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
  • Inorganic Phosphate Solubilization by Rhizosphere Bacterium Paenibacillus sonchi: Gene Expression and Physiological Functions (2020), Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum as the Platform for the Production of Aromatic Aldehydes (2022), Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Methanol-Essential Growth of Corynebacterium glutamicum: Adaptive Laboratory Evolution Overcomes Limitation due to Methanethiol Assimilation Pathway (2020), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Impact of CRISPR interference on strain development in biotechnology (2020), Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry

Frequent publication venues where Volker F. Wendisch has published multiple articles include:

  • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Microorganisms
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Microbial Cell Factories

Collaboration has been a part of Wendisch's research approach, with several frequent co-authors identified:

  • Nadja A. Henke
  • Arthur Burgardt
  • Luciana Fernandes Brito
  • Melanie Mindt
  • Berna Sarıyar Akbulut

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

  • Genome-Wide Analysis of the General Stress Response Network in Escherichia coli: σS-Dependent Genes, Promoters, and Sigma Factor Selectivity

    Harald Weber;Tino Polen;Johanna Heuveling;Volker F. Wendisch

  • Nitrogen regulatory protein C-controlled genes of Escherichia coli: Scavenging as a defense against nitrogen limitation

    Daniel P. Zimmer;Eric Soupene;Haidy L. Lee;Volker F. Wendisch

  • 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

  • Corynebacterium glutamicum Tailored for Efficient Isobutanol Production

    Bastian Blombach;Tanja Riester;Stefan Wieschalka;Christian Ziert

  • Pyruvate carboxylase is a major bottleneck for glutamate and lysine production by Corynebacterium glutamicum.

    Petra Peters-Wendisch;B. Schiel;Volker F. Wendisch;E. Katsoulidis

  • LrhA as a new transcriptional key regulator of flagella, motility and chemotaxis genes in Escherichia coli.

    D. Lehnen;C. Blumer;T. Polen;B. Wackwitz

  • Acetate metabolism and its regulation in Corynebacterium glutamicum

    Robert Gerstmeir;Volker F. Wendisch;Stephanie Schnicke;Hong Ruan

  • Quantitative determination of metabolic fluxes during coutilization of two carbon sources: comparative analyses with Corynebacterium glutamicum during growth on acetate and/or glucose.

    Volker F. Wendisch;A. A. De Graaf;H. Sahm;B. J. Eikmanns

  • Amino acid biosynthesis : pathways, regulation and metabolic engineering

    Volker F. Wendisch

  • Propionate oxidation in Escherichia coli: evidence for operation of a methylcitrate cycle in bacteria

    S Textor;V F Wendisch;A A De Graaf;U Müller

  • Corynebacterium glutamicum Metabolic Engineering with CRISPR Interference (CRISPRi)

    Sara Cleto;Jaide Vold Korgaard Jensen;Jaide Vold Korgaard Jensen;Volker F. Wendisch;Timothy K. Lu

  • Metabolic engineering advances and prospects for amino acid production.

    Volker F. Wendisch

  • Putrescine production by engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum

    Jens Schneider;Volker F. Wendisch

  • Characterization of a Corynebacterium glutamicum Lactate Utilization Operon Induced during Temperature-Triggered Glutamate Production

    Corinna Stansen;Davin Uy;Stephane Delaunay;Lothar Eggeling

  • Production of the amino acids l-glutamate, l-lysine, l-ornithine and l-arginine from arabinose by recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum.

    Jens Schneider;Karin Niermann;Volker F. Wendisch

  • Engineering Escherichia coli for methanol conversion

    Jonas E N Müller;Fabian Meyer;Boris Litsanov;Patrick Kiefer

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

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

  • Lysine and glutamate production by Corynebacterium glutamicum on glucose, fructose and sucrose: roles of malic enzyme and fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase.

    Tobias Georgi;Doris Rittmann;Volker F. Wendisch

  • Corynebacterium glutamicum Metabolic Engineering with CRISPR Interference (CRISPRi)

    Volker F. Wendisch;Sara Cleto;Jaide Jensen;Timothy K Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Bott
Michael Bott Forschungszentrum Jülich
Bernhard J. Eikmanns
Bernhard J. Eikmanns University of Ulm
Hermann Sahm
Hermann Sahm Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jörn Kalinowski
Jörn Kalinowski Bielefeld University
Reinhard Krämer
Reinhard Krämer University of Cologne
Norbert Sewald
Norbert Sewald Bielefeld University
Wolfgang Wiechert
Wolfgang Wiechert Forschungszentrum Jülich
Lothar Eggeling
Lothar Eggeling Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jean-Charles Portais
Jean-Charles Portais Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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