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Wolfgang R. Streit

Wolfgang R. Streit

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
12769
World Ranking
13750
National Ranking
977

Overview

Wolfgang R. Streit is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. Their research spans various subfields including molecular biology, pollution, biomaterials, materials chemistry, and ecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, notably:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Infections and bacterial resistance

Recent publications by Wolfgang R. Streit feature diverse aspects of microbial biotechnology, enzymes, and plastic degradation. Selected papers include:

  • Plastics degradation by hydrolytic enzymes: The plastics-active enzymes database-PAZy, 2022, Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics
  • The phylogenetic landscape and nosocomial spread of the multidrug-resistant opportunist Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Microbial enzymes will offer limited solutions to the global plastic pollution crisis, 2022, Microbial Biotechnology
  • The Bacteroidetes Aequorivita sp. and Kaistella jeonii Produce Promiscuous Esterases With PET-Hydrolyzing Activity, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Microalgae and Bacteria Interaction-Evidence for Division of Diligence in the Alga Microbiota, 2022, Microbiology Spectrum

Wolfgang R. Streit has frequently collaborated with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Pablo Pérez-García (29 co-authored publications)
  • Mirja Gudzuhn (20 co-authored publications)
  • Jennifer Chow (18 co-authored publications)
  • Nina Schützenmeister (14 co-authored publications)
  • Ines Krohn (13 co-authored publications)

Most of their publications have appeared in prominent venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 10 publications
  • The Cambridge Structural Database - 9 publications
  • Scientific Reports - 6 publications
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology - 6 publications
  • Frontiers in Microbiology - 4 publications

Wolfgang R. Streit also contributed to academic books, including a publication titled Metagenomics released in 2022 by Springer Science+Business Media.

Best Publications

  • Metagenomics--the Key to the Uncultured Microbes

    Wolfgang R Streit;Ruth A Schmitz

  • Plastics: Environmental and Biotechnological Perspectives on Microbial Degradation.

    Dominik Danso;Jennifer Chow;Wolfgang R. Streit

  • Distinct gene set in two different lineages of ammonia-oxidizing archaea supports the phylum Thaumarchaeota.

    Anja Spang;Roland Hatzenpichler;Céline Brochier-Armanet;Thomas Rattei;Thomas Rattei

  • Metagenomics, biotechnology with non-culturable microbes

    Christel Schmeisser;Helen Steele;Wolfgang R. Streit

  • New insights into the function and global distribution of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)-degrading bacteria and enzymes in marine and terrestrial metagenomes

    Dominik Danso;Christel Schmeisser;Jennifer Chow;Wolfgang Zimmermann

  • Prospecting for novel biocatalysts in a soil metagenome.

    S. Voget;C. Leggewie;A. Uesbeck;C. Raasch

  • The genome of the ammonia-oxidizing Candidatus Nitrososphaera gargensis: insights into metabolic versatility and environmental adaptations.

    Anja Spang;Anja Poehlein;Pierre Offre;Sabine Zumbrägel

  • Characterization of a metagenome-derived halotolerant cellulase.

    S. Voget;H.L. Steele;W.R. Streit

  • Metagenome survey of biofilms in drinking-water networks.

    C. Schmeisser;C. Stöckigt;C. Raasch;J. Wingender

  • Direct Cloning from Enrichment Cultures, a Reliable Strategy for Isolation of Complete Operons and Genes from Microbial Consortia

    Plamena Entcheva;Wolfgang Liebl;Andre Johann;Thomas Hartsch

  • Advances in recovery of novel biocatalysts from metagenomes.

    Helen L. Steele;Karl-Erich Jaeger;Rolf Daniel;Wolfgang R. Streit

  • Advances in ultrahigh-throughput screening for directed enzyme evolution

    Ulrich Markel;Khalil D Essani;Volkan Besirlioglu;Johannes Schiffels

  • Biotin in microbes, the genes involved in its biosynthesis, its biochemical role and perspectives for biotechnological production

    W. R. Streit;P. Entcheva;P. Entcheva

  • Estimating the success of enzyme bioprospecting through metagenomics: current status and future trends.

    Manuel Ferrer;Mónica Martínez-Martínez;Rafael Bargiela;Wolfgang R. Streit

  • Isolation and biochemical characterization of two novel metagenome-derived esterases.

    C Elend;C Schmeisser;C Leggewie;Peter Babiak

  • IMG/VR: a database of cultured and uncultured DNA Viruses and retroviruses.

    David Paez-Espino;I. Min A. Chen;Krishna Palaniappan;Anna Ratner

  • Metagenomics: Advances in ecology and biotechnology

    Helen L. Steele;Wolfgang R. Streit

  • Rhizobium sp. strain NGR234 possesses a remarkable number of secretion systems.

    Christel Schmeisser;Heiko Liesegang;Dagmar Krysciak;Nadia Bakkou

  • Biotin and other water-soluble vitamins are key growth factors for alfalfa root colonization by Rhizobium meliloti 1021

    W R Streit;C M Joseph;D A Phillips

  • Prospecting for biocatalysts and drugs in the genomes of non-cultured microorganisms

    Wolfgang R Streit;Rolf Daniel;Karl-Erich Jaeger

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl-Erich Jaeger
Karl-Erich Jaeger Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Rolf Daniel
Rolf Daniel University of Göttingen
Ruth A. Schmitz
Ruth A. Schmitz Kiel University
Wolfgang Liebl
Wolfgang Liebl Technical University of Munich
Malik Alawi
Malik Alawi University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Manuel Ferrer
Manuel Ferrer Spanish National Research Council
Adam Grundhoff
Adam Grundhoff Heinrich-Pette-Institute
Peter N. Golyshin
Peter N. Golyshin Bangor University
Ulrich Schwaneberg
Ulrich Schwaneberg RWTH Aachen University
Thomas Rattei
Thomas Rattei University of Vienna

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