K O Stetter

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1 A possible biochemical missing link among archaebacteria. Nature 1987 4.63
2 Structural homology between different archaebacterial DNA-dependent RNA polymerases analyzed by immunological comparison of their components. EMBO J 1983 4.39
3 Were the original eubacteria thermophiles? Syst Appl Microbiol 1987 4.06
4 A phylogenetic analysis of Aquifex pyrophilus. Syst Appl Microbiol 1992 3.26
5 Crystal structure of the thermosome, the archaeal chaperonin and homolog of CCT. Cell 1998 2.94
6 Isolation of extremely thermophilic sulfate reducers: evidence for a novel branch of archaebacteria. Science 1987 2.67
7 Taxonomic relations between archaebacteria including 6 novel genera examined by cross hybridization of DNAs and 16S rRNAs. J Mol Evol 1982 2.64
8 Identifying members of the domain Archaea with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. Appl Environ Microbiol 1994 2.53
9 Isolation of a hyperthermophilic archaeum predicted by in situ RNA analysis. Nature 1995 2.47
10 Methanopyrus kandleri: an archaeal methanogen unrelated to all other known methanogens. Syst Appl Microbiol 1991 2.46
11 DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from the archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Eur J Biochem 1979 2.40
12 Chemolithoautotrophic metabolism of anaerobic extremely thermophilic archaebacteria. Nature 1983 2.38
13 Pyrobaculum aerophilum sp. nov., a novel nitrate-reducing hyperthermophilic archaeum. Appl Environ Microbiol 1993 2.13
14 Archaebacteria and the origin of the eukaryotic cytoplasm. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1985 2.08
15 Pyrolobus fumarii, gen. and sp. nov., represents a novel group of archaea, extending the upper temperature limit for life to 113 degrees C. Extremophiles 1997 2.07
16 Ferroglobus placidus gen. nov., sp. nov., A novel hyperthermophilic archaeum that oxidizes Fe2+ at neutral pH under anoxic conditions. Arch Microbiol 1996 2.06
17 Occurrence of beta-glutamate, a novel osmolyte, in marine methanogenic bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 1990 1.94
18 Presence of acetyl coenzyme A (CoA) carboxylase and propionyl-CoA carboxylase in autotrophic Crenarchaeota and indication for operation of a 3-hydroxypropionate cycle in autotrophic carbon fixation. J Bacteriol 1999 1.86
19 DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from Halobacterium halobium. Eur J Biochem 1978 1.86
20 The role of posttranscriptional modification in stabilization of transfer RNA from hyperthermophiles. Biochemistry 1994 1.86
21 Occurrence and Role of Di-myo-Inositol-1,1'-Phosphate in Methanococcus igneus. Appl Environ Microbiol 1994 1.80
22 Phylogenetic analyses of two "archaeal" genes in thermotoga maritima reveal multiple transfers between archaea and bacteria. Mol Biol Evol 2001 1.77
23 An intron within the 16S ribosomal RNA gene of the archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993 1.72
24 Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997 1.63
25 Carbon isotopic composition of individual Precambrian microfossils. Geology 2000 1.60
26 Posttranscriptional modification of tRNA in thermophilic archaea (Archaebacteria). J Bacteriol 1991 1.57
27 Organic solutes in hyperthermophilic archaea. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997 1.49
28 An archaebacterial RNA polymerase binding site and transcription initiation of the hisA gene in Methanococcus vannielii. Nucleic Acids Res 1988 1.47
29 Ultrastructure of the cell envelope of the archaebacteria Thermoproteus tenax and Thermoproteus neutrophilus. J Bacteriol 1986 1.45
30 Reverse gyrase, a hallmark of the hyperthermophilic archaebacteria. J Bacteriol 1990 1.44
31 Towards the ecology of hyperthermophiles: biotopes, new isolation strategies and novel metabolic properties. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2000 1.42
32 A novel ATPase complex selectively accumulated upon heat shock is a major cellular component of thermophilic archaebacteria. EMBO J 1991 1.39
33 Three new restriction endonucleases MaeI, MaeII and MaeIII from Methanococcus aeolicus. Nucleic Acids Res 1984 1.39
34 Early evolution of cytochrome bc complexes. J Mol Biol 2000 1.36
35 Ignicoccus gen. nov., a novel genus of hyperthermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic Archaea, represented by two new species, Ignicoccus islandicus sp nov and Ignicoccus pacificus sp nov. and Ignicoccus pacificus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000 1.33
36 Methanococcus igneus sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic methanogen from a shallow submarine hydrothermal system. Syst Appl Microbiol 1990 1.32
37 Transcription in methanogens. Evidence for specific in vitro transcription of the purified DNA-dependent RNA polymerase of Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus. Eur J Biochem 1985 1.31
38 Remarkable morphological diversity of viruses and virus-like particles in hot terrestrial environments. Arch Virol 2002 1.30
39 Thiobacillus ferrooxidans, a facultative hydrogen oxidizer. Appl Environ Microbiol 1990 1.30
40 Transcription in lactobacillaceae. DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from Lactobacillus curvatus. Eur J Biochem 1974 1.29
41 Formation of ammonium from nitrate during chemolithoautotrophic growth of the extremely thermophilic bacterium ammonifex degensii gen. nov. sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 1996 1.29
42 Reactions depending on iron sulfide and linking geochemistry with biochemistry. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992 1.28
43 Transcription in Lactobacillaceae. DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from Lactobacillus casei. Isolation of transciption factor y. Hoppe Seylers Z Physiol Chem 1977 1.27
44 DNA topoisomerase V is a relative of eukaryotic topoisomerase I from a hyperthermophilic prokaryote. Nature 1993 1.26
45 [Effect of L-malate on glucose fermentation by Leuconostoc mesenteroides]. Arch Mikrobiol 1973 1.26
46 Posttranscriptional modification of tRNA in psychrophilic bacteria. J Bacteriol 1997 1.25
47 High Pressure Enhances the Growth Rate of the Thermophilic Archaebacterium Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus without Extending Its Temperature Range. Appl Environ Microbiol 1988 1.21
48 Lactate dehydrogenase from the extreme thermophile Thermotoga maritima. Eur J Biochem 1990 1.18
49 The sequence of a subtilisin-type protease (aerolysin) from the hyperthermophilic archaeum Pyrobaculum aerophilum reveals sites important to thermostability. Protein Sci 1994 1.15
50 Topographical and enzymatic characterization of amylases from the extremely thermophilic eubacterium Thermotoga maritima. FEBS Lett 1991 1.14
51 Comparative studies of lactic acid dehydrogenases in lactic acid bacteria. I. Purification and kinetics of the allosteric L-lactic acid dehydrogenase from Lactobacillus casei ssp. casei and Lactobacillus curvatus. Arch Microbiol 1977 1.13
52 5S rRNA modification in the hyperthermophilic archaea Sulfolobus solfataricus and Pyrodictium occultum. FASEB J 1993 1.13
53 Very similar strains of Halococcus salifodinae are found in geographically separated permo-triassic salt deposits. Microbiology 1999 1.11
54 A fosmid-based genomic map and identification of 474 genes of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum. Extremophiles 1997 1.09
55 Discovery of hyperthermophilic microorganisms. Methods Enzymol 2001 1.09
56 Salt dependence, kinetic properties and catalytic mechanism of N-formylmethanofuran:tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase from the extreme thermophile Methanopyrus kandleri. Eur J Biochem 1992 1.07
57 A cryptic miniplasmid from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga sp. strain RQ7. J Bacteriol 1994 1.07
58 Characterization of a novel lipid A containing D-galacturonic acid that replaces phosphate residues. The structure of the lipid a of the lipopolysaccharide from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex pyrophilus. J Biol Chem 2000 1.06
59 Posttranscriptional modification of transfer RNA in the submarine hyperthermophile Pyrolobus fumarii. Nucleic Acids Symp Ser 2000 1.04
60 DNA-dependent RNA polymerases of the three orders of methanogens. Biol Chem Hoppe Seyler 1986 1.03
61 Purification and characterization of DNA topoisomerase V. An enzyme from the hyperthermophilic prokaryote Methanopyrus kandleri that resembles eukaryotic topoisomerase I. J Biol Chem 1994 1.03
62 Direct proof for the presence and expression of two 5% different 16S rRNA genes in individual cells of Haloarcula marismortui. Extremophiles 2000 1.02
63 Structure determination of a new fluorescent tricyclic nucleoside from archaebacterial tRNA. Nucleic Acids Res 1987 1.01
64 [Formation of DL-lactic acid by lactobacilli and characterization of a lactic acid racemase from several streptobacteria (author's transl)]. Arch Mikrobiol 1973 0.99
65 Evidence for frequent lysogeny in lactobacilli: temperate bacteriophages within the subgenus Streptobacterium. J Virol 1977 0.99
66 Structure determination of two new amino acid-containing derivatives of adenosine from tRNA of thermophilic bacteria and archaea. Nucleic Acids Res 1992 0.98
67 F420H2: quinone oxidoreductase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Characterization of a membrane-bound multisubunit complex containing FAD and iron-sulfur clusters. Eur J Biochem 1994 0.98
68 Thermococcus alcaliphilus sp. nov., a new hyperthermophilic archaeum growing on polysulfide at alkaline pH. Arch Microbiol 1995 0.97
69 Adenylylsulphate reductase from the sulphate-reducing archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus: cloning and characterization of the genes and comparison of the enzyme with other iron-sulphur flavoproteins. Microbiology 1994 0.97
70 Purification and properties of an extremely thermostable membrane-bound sulfur-reducing complex from the hyperthermophilic Pyrodictium abyssi. Eur J Biochem 1998 0.97
71 Purification and properties of N5,N10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin reductase (coenzyme F420-dependent) from the extreme thermophile Methanopyrus kandleri. Arch Microbiol 1991 0.96
72 Two contrary modes of chemolithotrophy in the same archaebacterium. Nature 1985 0.95
73 Thiobacillus cuprinus sp. nov., a Novel Facultatively Organotrophic Metal-Mobilizing Bacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 1990 0.95
74 Pressure-Induced Alterations in the Protein Pattern of the Thermophilic Archaebacterium Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus. Appl Environ Microbiol 1988 0.95
75 The Archaebacterium Thermofilum pendens Represents, a Novel Genus of the Thermophilic, Anaerobic Sulfur Respiring Thermoproteales. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983 0.95
76 DNA topoisomerase III from extremely thermophilic archaebacteria. ATP-independent type I topoisomerase from Desulfurococcus amylolyticus drives extensive unwinding of closed circular DNA at high temperature. J Biol Chem 1991 0.92
77 N5,N10-methenyltetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolase from the extremely thermophilic sulfate reducing Archaeoglobus fulgidus: comparison of its properties with those of the cyclohydrolase from the extremely thermophilic Methanopyrus kandleri. Arch Microbiol 1993 0.92
78 Adenylylsulfate reductases from archaea and bacteria are 1:1 alphabeta-heterodimeric iron-sulfur flavoenzymes--high similarity of molecular properties emphasizes their central role in sulfur metabolism. FEBS Lett 2000 0.92
79 Bacterial origin for the isoprenoid biosynthesis enzyme HMG-CoA reductase of the archaeal orders Thermoplasmatales and Archaeoglobales. Mol Biol Evol 2001 0.91
80 Glycolipids from Thermotoga maritima, a hyperthermophilic microorganism belonging to Bacteria domain. Biochim Biophys Acta 1992 0.91
81 A reverse gyrase with an unusual structure. A type I DNA topoisomerase from the hyperthermophile Methanopyrus kandleri is a two-subunit protein. J Biol Chem 1994 0.91
82 Evidence for a plasmid in a methanogenic bacterium. J Bacteriol 1983 0.90
83 Glycogen-bound polyphosphate kinase from the archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. J Bacteriol 1989 0.89
84 Thiobacillus plumbophilus spec. nov., a novel galena and hydrogen oxidizer. Arch Microbiol 1992 0.89
85 Cloning and physical mapping of RNA polymerase genes from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum and comparison of homologies and gene orders with those of RNA polymerase genes from other methanogenic archaebacteria. J Bacteriol 1988 0.88
86 Isolation, taxonomy and phylogeny of hyperthermophilic microorganisms. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 1995 0.88
87 Formylmethanofuran: tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase and N5,N10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase from the sulfate-reducing Archaeoglobus fulgidus: similarities with the enzymes from methanogenic Archaea. Arch Microbiol 1993 0.88
88 Lactobacillus casei phage PL-1. Molecular properties and first transcription studies in vivo and in vitro. Virology 1978 0.88
89 The proteolipid of the A(1)A(0) ATP synthase from Methanococcus jannaschii has six predicted transmembrane helices but only two proton-translocating carboxyl groups. J Biol Chem 1999 0.88
90 Structural feature of the initiator tRNA gene from Pyrodictium occultum and the thermal stability of its gene product, tRNA(imet). Biochimie 1996 0.88
91 Oxygen detoxification in the strict anaerobic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus: superoxide scavenging by neelaredoxin. Mol Microbiol 2000 0.88
92 ATP synthesis at 100 degrees C by an ATPase purified from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrodictium abyssi. FEBS Lett 2000 0.87
93 Molecular cloning and functional expression of a protein-serine/threonine phosphatase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrodictium abyssi TAG11. J Bacteriol 1998 0.87
94 DNA enzymology above 100 degrees C. Topoisomerase V unlinks circular DNA at 80-122 degrees C. J Biol Chem 1995 0.87
95 The role of the components sigma and y of the DNA-dependent RNA polymerase of Lactobacillus curvatus in promotor selection. Eur J Biochem 1982 0.87
96 Ribosomes of the extremely thermophilic eubacterium Thermotoga maritima are uniquely insensitive to the miscoding-inducing action of aminoglycoside antibiotics. J Bacteriol 1988 0.86
97 Nucleotide sequence of the gene coding for the elongation factor Tu from the extremely thermophilic eubacterium Thermotoga maritima. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1989 0.86
98 Purification and structural characterization of the thermosome from the hyperthermophilic archaeum Methanopyrus kandleri. FEBS Lett 1996 0.86
99 Flagellar structure and hyperthermophily: analysis of a single flagellin gene and its product in Aquifex pyrophilus. J Bacteriol 1995 0.85
100 Life in hot springs and hydrothermal vents. Orig Life Evol Biosph 1993 0.85
101 Recombinant homo- and hetero-oligomers of an ultrastable chaperonin from the archaeon Pyrodictium occultum show chaperone activity in vitro. Eur J Biochem 1998 0.85
102 Thermococcus acidaminovorans sp. nov., a new hyperthermophilic alkalophilic archaeon growing on amino acids. Extremophiles 1998 0.85
103 Manganese requirement of the transcription processes in Lactobacillus curvatus. FEBS Lett 1973 0.85
104 The thermosome from Methanopyrus kandleri possesses an NH4+-dependent ATPase activity. Eur J Biochem 1998 0.84
105 N5, N10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase (H2-forming) from the extreme thermophile Methanopyrus kandleri. Arch Microbiol 1991 0.83
106 Genomic and cDNA sequence tags of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum. Nucleic Acids Res 1996 0.83
107 Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of adenylylsulfate reductase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 2000 0.81
108 Cytochromes c555 from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus (VF5). 1. Characterization of two highly homologous, soluble and membranous, cytochromes c555. Biochemistry 2001 0.81
109 The unusual iron sulfur composition of the Acidianus ambivalens succinate dehydrogenase complex. Biochim Biophys Acta 1999 0.81
110 Formation of amide bonds without a condensation agent and implications for origin of life. Nature 1994 0.80
111 The sequence of Methanospirillum hungatei 23S rRNA confirms the specific relationship between the extreme halophiles and the Methanomicrobiales. Syst Appl Microbiol 1991 0.80
112 Methyl-coenzyme M reductase and other enzymes involved in methanogenesis from CO2 and H2 in the extreme thermophile Methanopyrus kandleri. Arch Microbiol 1991 0.77
113 The recombinant thermosome from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanopyrus kandleri: in vitro analysis of its chaperone activity. Biol Chem 1999 0.76
114 Cytochromes c555 from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus. 2. Heterologous production of soluble cytochrome c555s and investigation of the role of methionine residues. Biochemistry 2001 0.76
115 Two N5,N10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenases in the extreme thermophile Methanopyrus kandleri: characterization of the coenzyme F420-dependent enzyme. Arch Microbiol 1993 0.75
116 Construction of a highly bioluminescent Nitrosomonas as a probe for nitrification conditions. Arch Microbiol 1999 0.75
117 Evidence for a novel type of iron cluster in the respiratory chain of the archaeon Sulfolobus metallicus. FEBS Lett 1998 0.75