Howard Junca

3.0k total citations
76 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Howard Junca is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Howard Junca has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Ecology and 22 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Howard Junca's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (19 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (19 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (9 papers). Howard Junca is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (19 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (19 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (9 papers). Howard Junca collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Colombia and United States. Howard Junca's co-authors include Dietmar H. Pieper, Ramiro Vilchez‐Vargas, Maria Brennerova, Claudia Ximena Moreno Herrera, María Mercedes Zambrano, Alfons J. M. Stams, Sandra Baena, V. Brenner, Christine Ferrier‐Pagès and Christian R. Voolstra and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Howard Junca

74 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Howard Junca Germany	28	760	755	665	220	199	76	2.0k
Alexander Neef Germany	23	859 1.1×	777 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	303 1.4×	218 1.1×	29	2.5k
Rafael Bosch Spain	22	886 1.2×	994 1.3×	820 1.2×	276 1.3×	224 1.1×	59	2.3k
Zongze Shao China	28	887 1.2×	936 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	214 1.0×	189 0.9×	96	2.6k
Balbina Nogales Spain	23	1.2k 1.6×	872 1.2×	998 1.5×	250 1.1×	189 0.9×	63	2.3k
Walter P. Mac Cormack Argentina	28	889 1.2×	823 1.1×	519 0.8×	407 1.9×	188 0.9×	95	2.0k
Angelina Lo Giudice Italy	32	1.4k 1.9×	789 1.0×	835 1.3×	223 1.0×	155 0.8×	123	2.8k
Benoît Vacherie France	15	642 0.8×	411 0.5×	910 1.4×	148 0.7×	222 1.1×	26	1.8k
Nancy I. López Argentina	25	669 0.9×	448 0.6×	714 1.1×	83 0.4×	221 1.1×	76	2.0k
Lee A. Beaudette Canada	19	589 0.8×	584 0.8×	688 1.0×	269 1.2×	383 1.9×	34	2.2k
Antoni Bennasar-Figueras Spain	22	768 1.0×	407 0.5×	1.0k 1.6×	139 0.6×	490 2.5×	44	2.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vivero, Rafael José, Howard Junca, Santiago R. Duque, et al.. (2025). Exploring the Diversity of Microbial Communities Associated with Two Anopheles Species During Dry Season in an Indigenous Community from the Colombian Amazon. Insects. 16(3). 269–269.

Eigenthaler, Martin, Paul‐Georg Jost‐Brinkmann, Angelika Stellzig‐Eisenhauer, et al.. (2025). Influence of orthodontic appliances and nitrate on the oral microbiota. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 109(1). 111–111. 2 indexed citations

Schorpp, Kenji, Howard Junca, Mathias Müsken, et al.. (2024). Screening Privileged Alkyl Guanidinium Motifs under Host-Mimicking Conditions Reveals a Novel Antibiotic with an Unconventional Mode of Action. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(8). 3125–3134. 1 indexed citations

Junca, Howard, Andreas M. Kany, Lena J. Daumann, et al.. (2024). Isocyanides inhibit bacterial pathogens by covalent targeting of essential metabolic enzymes. Chemical Science. 15(30). 11946–11955. 5 indexed citations

Ruíz, Y., María Ximena Quintanilla‐Carvajal, Luis E. Díaz, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of dietary single probiotic isolates and probiotic multistrain consortia in growth performance, gut histology, gut microbiota, immune regulation, and infection resistance of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, shows superior monostrain performance. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 140. 108928–108928. 10 indexed citations

Sanabria, Janeth, et al.. (2021). Metagenomic Analysis of Biochemical Passive Reactors During Acid Mine Drainage Bioremediation Reveals Key Co-selected Metabolic Functions. Microbial Ecology. 84(2). 465–472. 6 indexed citations

Brennerova, Maria, et al.. (2021). A global survey reveals a divergent extradiol dioxygenase clade as a widespread complementary contributor to the biodegradation of mono- and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Environmental Research. 204(Pt A). 111954–111954. 8 indexed citations

Junca, Howard, et al.. (2021). Design and evaluation of synthetic bacterial consortia for optimized phenanthrene degradation through the integration of genomics and shotgun proteomics. Biotechnology Reports. 29. e00588–e00588. 18 indexed citations

Ruíz, Y., Michael E. Hume, David J. Nisbet, et al.. (2019). Establishment and characterization of a competitive exclusion bacterial culture derived from Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) gut microbiomes showing antibacterial activity against pathogenic Streptococcus agalactiae. PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0215375–e0215375. 28 indexed citations

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Brandão, P., et al.. (2018). Stable and Enriched Cenarchaeum symbiosum and Uncultured Betaproteobacteria HF1 in the Microbiome of the Mediterranean Sponge Haliclona fulva (Demospongiae: Haplosclerida). Microbial Ecology. 77(1). 25–36. 11 indexed citations

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Lavanchy, Paula Martinez, Nico Jehmlich, Dietmar H. Pieper, et al.. (2018). Delftia sp. LCW, a strain isolated from a constructed wetland shows novel properties for dimethylphenol isomers degradation. BMC Microbiology. 18(1). 108–108. 18 indexed citations

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Water, Jeroen A. J. M. van de, Rémy Melkonian, Howard Junca, et al.. (2016). Spirochaetes dominate the microbial community associated with the red coral Corallium rubrum on a broad geographic scale. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 27277–27277. 68 indexed citations

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Pessi, Igor Stelmach, et al.. (2014). Distinct composition signatures of archaeal and bacterial phylotypes in the Wanda Glacier forefield, Antarctic Peninsula. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 91(1). 1–10. 28 indexed citations

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Nijenhuis, Ivonne, Paula Martínez, Howard Junca, et al.. (2009). In situ investigation of microbial diversity and anaerobic chlorobenzene degradation along a vertical gradient. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 1 indexed citations

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Brennerova, Maria, et al.. (2009). Metagenomics reveals diversity and abundance of meta ‐cleavage pathways in microbial communities from soil highly contaminated with jet fuel under air‐sparging bioremediation. Environmental Microbiology. 11(9). 2216–2227. 66 indexed citations

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Macháčková, Jiřina, Gwenaël Imfeld, Maria Brennerova, et al.. (2009). Enhancement of the microbial community biomass and diversity during air sparging bioremediation of a soil highly contaminated with kerosene and BTEX. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 82(3). 565–577. 45 indexed citations

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Strömpl, Carsten, et al.. (2007). Molecular detection and diversity of novel diterpenoid dioxygenase DitA1 genes from proteobacterial strains and soil samples. Environmental Microbiology. 9(5). 1202–1218. 14 indexed citations

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González, Tania, María C. Terrón, Susana Lucas, et al.. (2007). Melanoidin-containing wastewaters induce selective laccase gene expression in the white-rot fungus Trametes sp. I-62. Research in Microbiology. 159(2). 103–109. 30 indexed citations

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Terrón, María C., José Ma Carbajo, Howard Junca, et al.. (2004). Tannic acid interferes with the commonly used laccase-detection assay based on ABTS as the substrate. Biochimie. 86(8). 519–522. 30 indexed citations

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Junca, Howard & Dietmar H. Pieper. (2003). Amplified functional DNA restriction analysis to determine catechol 2,3-dioxygenase gene diversity in soil bacteria. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 55(3). 697–708. 39 indexed citations

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