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Volker Müller is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, authoring 118 publications. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction, and Biomedical Engineering.

The research topics most frequently addressed by Volker Müller include:

  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Microbial metabolism and enzyme function
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Volker Müller demonstrate a focus on microbial biochemistry and energy metabolism:

  • "Overcoming Energetic Barriers in Acetogenic C1 Conversion," 2020, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • "Membrane-anchored HDCR nanowires drive hydrogen-powered CO2 fixation," 2022, Nature
  • "Methanol and methyl group conversion in acetogenic bacteria: biochemistry, physiology and application," 2020, FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  • "Formate metabolism in the acetogenic bacterium Acetobacterium woodii," 2021, Environmental Microbiology
  • "The Rnf complex is a Na+ coupled respiratory enzyme in a fermenting bacterium, Thermotoga maritima," 2020, Communications Biology

Volker Müller often collaborates with several researchers in their field, including:

  • Anja Poehlein
  • Rolf Daniel
  • Mirko Basen
  • Alexander Katsyv
  • Tracy Dathe

Their work has been published frequently in scientific journals such as:

  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Extremophiles

In addition to journal articles, Volker Müller has contributed to published books under Springer Nature, including titles like "Doppler-Effekt und Rotverschiebung" (2020) and "Business Opportunities and Risks in China" (2023).

Best Publications

  • Autotrophy at the thermodynamic limit of life: a model for energy conservation in acetogenic bacteria

    Kai Schuchmann;Volker Müller

  • Direct and Reversible Hydrogenation of CO2 to Formate by a Bacterial Carbon Dioxide Reductase

    K. Schuchmann;V. Müller

  • Energy Conservation in Acetogenic Bacteria

    Volker Müller

  • Osmoadaptation in bacteria and archaea: common principles and differences.

    Markus Roeßler;Volker Müller

  • Bioenergetics of the Archaea

    Günter Schäfer;Martin Engelhard;Volker Müller

  • Bacterial Na+-translocating ferredoxin:NAD+ oxidoreductase

    Eva Biegel;Volker Müller

  • Energetics and Application of Heterotrophy in Acetogenic Bacteria

    Kai Schuchmann;Volker Müller

  • An Ancient Pathway Combining Carbon Dioxide Fixation with the Generation and Utilization of a Sodium Ion Gradient for ATP Synthesis

    Anja Poehlein;Silke Schmidt;Anne-Kristin Kaster;Meike Goenrich

  • A novel mode of lactate metabolism in strictly anaerobic bacteria.

    Marie Charlotte Weghoff;Johannes Bertsch;Volker Müller

  • Bioenergetic constraints for conversion of syngas to biofuels in acetogenic bacteria

    Johannes Bertsch;Volker Müller

  • A Bacterial Electron-bifurcating Hydrogenase

    Kai Schuchmann;Volker Müller

  • Pathways of energy conservation in methanogenic archaea

    U. Deppenmeier;V. Müller;G. Gottschalk

  • ATP synthases: structure, function and evolution of unique energy converters.

    V. Müller;G. Grüber

  • The evolution of A-, F-, and V-type ATP synthases and ATPases: reversals in function and changes in the H+/ATP coupling ratio.

    Richard L. Cross;Volker Müller

  • The ferredoxin:NAD+ oxidoreductase (Rnf) from the acetogen Acetobacterium woodii requires Na+ and is reversibly coupled to the membrane potential.

    Verena Hess;Kai Schuchmann;Volker Müller

  • Sodium dependence of acetate formation by the acetogenic bacterium Acetobacterium woodii.

    R Heise;V Müller;G Gottschalk

  • ATP synthases from archaea: The beauty of a molecular motor

    Gerhard Grüber;Malathy Sony Subramanian Manimekalai;Florian Mayer;Volker Müller

  • Life close to the thermodynamic limit: how methanogenic archaea conserve energy.

    Uwe Deppenmeier;Volker Müller

  • Structure-function relationships of A-, F- and V-ATPases.

    Gerhard Grüber;Helmut Wieczorek;William R. Harvey;Volker Müller

  • Salinity-Dependent Switching of Osmolyte Strategies in a Moderately Halophilic Bacterium: Glutamate Induces Proline Biosynthesis in Halobacillus halophilus

    Stephan H. Saum;Volker Müller

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Gottschalk
Gerhard Gottschalk University of Göttingen
Michael Blaut
Michael Blaut University of Potsdam
Harald Huber
Harald Huber University of Regensburg
Wolfgang Buckel
Wolfgang Buckel Philipp University of Marburg
Frank Mayer
Frank Mayer University of Göttingen
Rolf Daniel
Rolf Daniel University of Göttingen
Stefan Schmidt
Stefan Schmidt University of Freiburg
Reinhard Rachel
Reinhard Rachel University of Regensburg
Nigel P. Minton
Nigel P. Minton University of Nottingham
Erhard Bremer
Erhard Bremer Philipp University of Marburg

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