Thomas D. Brock

14.4k citations
173 papers · 10.1k · 4 hit papers · h-index 53

Impact in

    • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
    • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Ecology top 0.5%
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Papers in

    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 34
    • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 11

Thomas D. Brock

167 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Thomas D. Brock's Hit Papers

Characterization of an acetate-decarboxylating, non-hydrogen-oxidizing methane bacterium 1980 · 455 citations
4550+19+38Years since publication250500750

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Thomas D. Brock
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  • Environmental Chemistry 2.2k
  • Ecology 3.2k
  • Oceanography 1.3k
  • Paleontology 493
  • Geochemistry and Petrology 371
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Sulfolobus: A new genus of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria living at low pH and high temperature
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1972976
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Thermophilic Microorganisms and Life at High Temperatures
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1978656
3
Thermus aquaticus gen. n. and sp. n., a Nonsporulating Extreme Thermophile
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1969469
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Characterization of an acetate-decarboxylating, non-hydrogen-oxidizing methane bacterium
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1980455
5 1981325
6 1967303
7 1985267
8 1970266
9 1980206
10 1973200
11 1985197
12
Biotechnology: A Textbook of Industrial Microbiology
1990165
13 1978164
14 1967163
15 1972151
16
Thermophiles : general, molecular, and applied microbiology
1986139
17
Milestones in Microbiology
1961125
18 1963117
19 1972113
20 196797

About Thomas D. Brock

Thomas D. Brock is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, having authored 173 papers that have together received 10.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (34 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (18 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (16 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (14 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (8 papers), Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (7 papers) and Mine drainage and remediation techniques (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Environmental Chemistry (2.2k citations), Ecology (3.2k citations), Oceanography (1.3k citations), Paleontology (493 citations) and Geochemistry and Petrology (371 citations). Thomas D. Brock has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Hudson H. Freeze, Richard L. Weiss, R. T. Belly, Alexander J. B. Zehnder, Beat Huser, Melissa L. Brock, William N. Doemel, J. Bauld, K. Wuhrmann and Robert D. Fallon. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Bacteriology, Science, Limnology and Oceanography, Journal of Phycology and Archives of Microbiology.

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