Michael Wagner

74.8k citations
358 papers · 51.7k · 26 hit papers · h-index 121

Impact in

  • Pollution top 0.01%
    • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Ecology top 0.01%
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Papers in

    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 149
    • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal 133

Michael Wagner

349 papers receiving 50.2k citations

Michael Wagner's Hit Papers

Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities 2020 · 368 citations
3680+8+16Years since publication50010001.5k

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Michael Wagner
Comparison fields: 5 of 209
  • Pollution 21.9k
  • Ecology 23.4k
  • Environmental Chemistry 6.0k
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4.6k
  • Environmental Engineering 7.2k
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All Works

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Complete nitrification by Nitrospira bacteria
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20151986
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The Domain-specific Probe EUB338 is Insufficient for the Detection of all Bacteria: Development and Evaluation of a more Comprehensive Probe Set
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19991965
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Phylogenetic Oligodeoxynucleotide Probes for the Major Subclasses of Proteobacteria: Problems and Solutions
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19921779
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Sponge-Associated Microorganisms: Evolution, Ecology, and Biotechnological Potential
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20071113
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Phylogeny of All Recognized Species of Ammonia Oxidizers Based on Comparative 16S rRNA and amoA Sequence Analysis: Implications for Molecular Diversity Surveys
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2000916
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Nitrososphaera viennensis , an ammonia oxidizing archaeon from soil
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2011773
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Phylogenetic probes for analyzing abundance and spatial organization of nitrifying bacteria
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1996728
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Combined Molecular and Conventional Analyses of Nitrifying Bacterium Diversity in Activated Sludge: Nitrosococcus mobilis and Nitrospira -Like Bacteria as Dominant Populations
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1998680
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In Situ Characterization of Nitrospira -Like Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria Active in Wastewater Treatment Plants
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2001667
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A New Perspective on Microbes Formerly Known as Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria
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2016650
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Kinetic analysis of a complete nitrifier reveals an oligotrophic lifestyle
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2017647
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A Nitrospira metagenome illuminates the physiology and evolution of globally important nitrite-oxidizing bacteria
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2010640
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Probing activated sludge with oligonucleotides specific for proteobacteria: inadequacy of culture-dependent methods for describing microbial community structure
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1993596
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A moderately thermophilic ammonia-oxidizing crenarchaeote from a hot spring
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2008574
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Molecular Evidence for Genus Level Diversity of Bacteria Capable of Catalyzing Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation
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2000573
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Phylogeny of Dissimilatory Sulfite Reductases Supports an Early Origin of Sulfate Respiration
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1998555
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Molecular Evidence for a Uniform Microbial Community in Sponges from Different Oceans
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2002551
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High-fat diet alters gut microbiota physiology in mice
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2013551
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Oligonucleotide Microarray for 16S rRNA Gene-Based Detection of All Recognized Lineages of Sulfate-Reducing Prokaryotes in the Environment
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2002519
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Microbiology and application of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation (‘anammox’) process
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2001513

About Michael Wagner

Michael Wagner is a scholar working on Ecology, Pollution, Molecular Biology, Environmental Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, having authored 358 papers that have together received 51.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (149 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (133 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (58 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (44 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (42 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (23 papers), Biosensors and Analytical Detection (19 papers) and Legionella and Acanthamoeba research (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pollution (21.9k citations), Ecology (23.4k citations), Environmental Chemistry (6.0k citations), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (4.6k citations) and Environmental Engineering (7.2k citations). Michael Wagner has collaborated with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Holger Daims, Rudolf Amann, Karl‐Heinz Schleifer, Alexander Loy, Matthias Horn, Sebastian Lücker, Per Halkjær Nielsen, Stefan Juretschko, Markus Schmid and Wolfgang Ludwig. Their work appears in journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, The ISME Journal, Environmental Microbiology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Water Science & Technology.

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