Laura Hug

11.8k citations

43 papers · 6.8k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Ecology top 0.2%
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Environmental Chemistry top 0.5%
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Papers in

Ecology 29
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 28
Pollution 12
- Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants 8
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal 4

Co-authors: Jillian F. Banfield Brian C. Thomas Cindy J. Castelle Itai Sharon Christopher T. Brown Kenneth H. Williams Kelly Wrighton Andrea Singh
Journals: The ISME Journal (5 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (4 papers)BMC Genomics (3 papers)Molecular Biology and Evolution (3 papers)Nature Communications (2 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Laura Hug

42 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Thousands of microbial genomes shed light on interconnected biogeochemical processes in an aquifer system 2016 · 741 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Nature Communications
2016 Nature Microbiology
2015 Current Biology
2015 Nature
2013 Microbiome

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Laura Hug, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	CRISPR-resolved virus-host interactions in a municipal landfill include non-specific viruses, hyper-targeted viral populations, and interviral conflicts Scientific Reports ·龍清宮, Laura Hug	2023	2
2	SARS-CoV-2 detection from the built environment and wastewater and its use for hospital surveillance FACETS ·Aaron Hinz, Hangyi Mu, Joana Torrado, Laura Hug, Rees Kassen, Banu Örmeci, Richard Kibbee, Alex Wong, Derek R. MacFadden, Chin Boo Soon	2022	12
3	Nitrogen Leaching From Agricultural Soils Under Imposed Freeze-Thaw Cycles: A Column Study With and Without Fertilizer Amendment Frontiers in Environmental Science ·Serdar Şenol, Mehdi Gharasoo, Grant J. Jensen, Laura Hug, David L. Rudolph, Philippe Van Cappellen, Fereidoun Rezanezhad	2022	2
4	High functional diversity among Nitrospira populations that dominate rotating biological contactor microbial communities in a municipal wastewater treatment plant The ISME Journal ·Kayo Borges Ninck, Jackson M. Tsuji, Laura Hug, Andrew C. Doxey, Laura A. Sauder, Wayne J. Parker, Josh D. Neufeld	2020	115
5	Groundwater Elusimicrobia are metabolically diverse compared to gut microbiome Elusimicrobia and some have a novel nitrogenase paralog The ISME Journal ·Raphaël Méheust, Cindy J. Castelle, Paula B. Matheus Carnevali, Ibrahim Farag, Christine He, M. Harnsberger, Yuki Amano, Laura Hug, Jillian F. Banfield	2020	73
6	Subsampled Assemblies and Hybrid Nucleotide Composition/Differential Coverage Binning for Genome-Resolved Metagenomics Methods in molecular biology ·Laura Hug	2018	2
7	A new view of the tree of life Nature Microbiology ·Laura Hug, Brett J. Baker, Karthik Anantharaman, Christopher T. Brown, Alexander J. Probst, Cindy J. Castelle, Cristina N. Butterfield, 木原伸一, Yuki Amano, Kotaro Ise, Yohey Suzuki, Natasha K. Dudek, David A. Relman, Kari Finstad, Ronald Amundson, Brian C. Thomas, Jillian F. Banfield Hit paper breakdown →	2016	1282
8	Novel Hydrogenosomes in the Microaerophilic JakobidStygiella incarcerata Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Michelle M. Leger, Laura Eme, Laura Hug, Andrew J. Roger	2016	36
9	Thousands of microbial genomes shed light on interconnected biogeochemical processes in an aquifer system Nature Communications ·Karthik Anantharaman, Christopher T. Brown, Laura Hug, Itai Sharon, Cindy J. Castelle, Alexander J. Probst, Brian C. Thomas, Andrea Singh, Michael J. Wilkins, Ulaş Karaöz, Eoin Brodie, Kenneth H. Williams, Susan S. Hubbard, Jillian F. Banfield Hit paper breakdown →	2016	741
10	Metagenomic and lipid analyses reveal a diel cycle in a hypersaline microbial ecosystem The ISME Journal ·Karen Andrade, 茂文清水, Karla B. Heidelberg, Joanne Emerson, Luis R. Comolli, Laura Hug, Alexander J. Probst, Saleh Aeidhah Saleh Alsaiari, Brian C. Thomas, Christopher S. Miller, Eric E. Allen, John W. Moreau, Jochen J. Brocks, Jillian F. Banfield	2015	27
11	Genomic Expansion of Domain Archaea Highlights Roles for Organisms from New Phyla in Anaerobic Carbon Cycling Current Biology ·Cindy J. Castelle, Kelly Wrighton, Brian C. Thomas, Laura Hug, Christopher T. Brown, Michael J. Wilkins, Kyle R. Frischkorn, Susannah G. Tringe, Andrea Singh, Lye Meng Markillie, Ronald C. Taylor, Kenneth H. Williams, Jillian F. Banfield Hit paper breakdown →	2015	392
12	Accurate, multi-kb reads resolve complex populations and detect rare microorganisms Genome Research ·Itai Sharon, Michael A. Kertesz, Laura Hug, Dmitry Pushkarev, Timothy A. Blauwkamp, Cindy J. Castelle, Mojgan Amirebrahimi, Brian C. Thomas, David Burstein, Susannah G. Tringe, Kenneth H. Williams, Jillian F. Banfield	2015	84
13	New Insights into Dehalococcoides mccartyi Metabolism from a Reconstructed Metabolic Network-Based Systems-Level Analysis of D. mccartyi Transcriptomes PLoS ONE ·M. Ahsanul Islam, Alison S. Waller, Laura Hug, Nicholas J. Provart, Elizabeth A. Edwards, Radhakrishnan Mahadevan	2014	10
14	Extraordinary phylogenetic diversity and metabolic versatility in aquifer sediment Nature Communications ·Cindy J. Castelle, Laura Hug, Kelly Wrighton, Brian C. Thomas, Kenneth H. Williams, Dongying Wu, Susannah G. Tringe, Steven W. Singer, Jonathan A. Eisen, Jillian F. Banfield	2013	165
15	Comparative metagenomics of three Dehalococcoides-containing enrichment cultures: the role of the non-dechlorinating community BMC Genomics ·Laura Hug, Robert G. Beiko, Annette R. Rowe, Ruth E. Richardson, Elizabeth A. Edwards	2012	91
16	Genomic determinants of organohalide-respiration in Geobacter lovleyi, an unusual member of the Geobacteraceae BMC Genomics ·Darlene Wagner, Laura Hug, Janet K. Hatt, Vladimer Luarsabishvili, Ernst Malmsten, Kirsti M. Ritalahti, Elizabeth A. Edwards, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Frank E. Löffler	2012	65
17	Site-Specific Mobilization of Vinyl Chloride Respiration Islands by a Mechanism Common in Dehalococcoides BMC Genomics ·Paul J. McMurdie, Laura Hug, Elizabeth A. Edwards, Susan Holmes, Alfred M. Spormann	2011	44
18	Phylogenomic analyses support the monophyly of Excavata and resolve relationships among eukaryotic “supergroups” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Vladimı́r Hampl, Laura Hug, Jessica Leigh, Joel B. Dacks, B. Franz Lang, Alastair G. B. Simpson, Andrew J. Roger	2009	353
19	The Impact of Fossils and Taxon Sampling on Ancient Molecular Dating Analyses Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Laura Hug, Andrew J. Roger	2007	98
20	Molecular modelling of casein phosphopeptides in the presence of calcium ions Journal of Dental Research ·Keith J. Cross, Laura Hug, Wendy Bicknell, Eric C. Reynolds	1997	1

About Laura Hug

Laura Hug is a scholar working on Ecology, Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, General Dentistry and Molecular Biology, having authored 43 papers that have together received 6.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (28 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (23 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (8 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (8 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (5 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (5 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (4 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (4.0k citations), Environmental Chemistry (1.3k citations), Pollution (1.1k citations), Molecular Biology (4.1k citations) and Environmental Engineering (463 citations). Laura Hug has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Jillian F. Banfield, Brian C. Thomas, Cindy J. Castelle, Itai Sharon, Christopher T. Brown, Kenneth H. Williams, Kelly Wrighton, Andrea Singh, Andrew J. Roger and Alexander J. Probst. Their work appears in journals such as The ISME Journal, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, BMC Genomics, Molecular Biology and Evolution and Nature Communications.

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