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  1. Stable and Enriched Cenarchaeum symbiosum and Uncultured Betaproteobacteria HF1 in the Microbiome of the Mediterranean Sponge Haliclona fulva (Demospongiae: Haplosclerida)

    Article • Microbial Ecology, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Howard Junca

  2. Molecular detection of Melissococcus plutonius assessed in Africanized honey bee populations (Apis mellifera) in three regions of Colombia

    Article • Journal of Apicultural Research, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Howard Junca, Miguel Corona

  3. Determination of the Africanized mitotypes in populations of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) of Colombia

    Article • Journal of Apicultural Research, December 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Howard Junca, Miguel Corona

  4. Comparative Assessment of Mediterranean Gorgonian-Associated Microbial Communities Reveals Conserved Core and Locally Variant Bacteria

    Article • Microbial Ecology, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Howard Junca

  5. Spirochaetes dominate the microbial community associated with the red coral Corallium rubrum on a broad geographic scale

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2016, Nature

    Dr Howard Junca

  6. Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus licheniformis CG-B52, a Highly Virulent Bacterium of Pacific White Shrimp ( Litopenaeus vannamei ), Isolated from a Colombian Caribbean Aq...

    Article • Genome Announcements, May 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Howard Junca

  7. Voices of biotech

    Article • Nature Biotechnology, March 2016, Nature

    Dr Howard Junca, Dr Frank Vollmer

  8. Microbial Toluene Removal in Hypoxic Model Constructed Wetlands Occurs Predominantly via the Ring Monooxygenation Pathway

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Howard Junca

  9. Tool for screening of antimalarial activities in metagenomic libraries

    Article • Malaria Journal, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Howard Junca, Maria Mercedes Zambrano

  10. Primers: Bacterial Genes Encoding Enzymes for Aerobic Hydrocarbon Degradation

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Howard Junca

  11. Distinct composition signatures of archaeal and bacterial phylotypes in the Wanda Glacier forefield, Antarctic Peninsula

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, December 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Howard Junca

  12. AromaDeg, a novel database for phylogenomics of aerobic bacterial degradation of aromatics

    Article • Database, December 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Howard Junca

  13. Editorial overview: Environmental Biotechnology

    Article • Current Opinion in Biotechnology, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Howard Junca

  14. Neotropical Andes hot springs harbor diverse and distinct planktonic microbial communities

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, April 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Howard Junca, Maria Mercedes Zambrano

  15. Genome Analysis and Physiological Comparison of Alicycliphilus denitrificans Strains BC and K601T

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2013, PLOS

    Professor Willem J.H. van Berkel, Dr Howard Junca

  16. Structural and Functional Insights from the Metagenome of an Acidic Hot Spring Microbial Planktonic Community in the Colombian Andes

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2012, PLOS

    Dr Howard Junca, Maria Mercedes Zambrano

  17. Analysis of the microbial gene landscape and transcriptome for aromatic pollutants and alkane degradation using a novel internally calibrated microarray system

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, April 2012, Wiley

    Dr Howard Junca

  18. Evaluating a nested-PCR assay for detecting Streptococcus agalactiae in red tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) tissue

    Article • Aquaculture, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Howard Junca

  19. Erratum to: In-depth Characterization via Complementing Culture-Independent Approaches of the Microbial Community in an Acidic Hot Spring of the Colombian Andes

    Article • Microbial Ecology, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Howard Junca, Maria Mercedes Zambrano

  20. In-depth Characterization via Complementing Culture-Independent Approaches of the Microbial Community in an Acidic Hot Spring of the Colombian Andes

    Article • Microbial Ecology, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Howard Junca, Maria Mercedes Zambrano

  21. Gulosibacter molinativorax ON4T Molinate Hydrolase, a Novel Cobalt-Dependent Amidohydrolase

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Howard Junca

  22. Genome Sequences of Alicycliphilus denitrificans Strains BC and K601T

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2011, ASM Journals

    Professor Willem J.H. van Berkel, Dr Howard Junca

  23. Metabolic networks, microbial ecology and ‘omics’ technologies: towards understanding in situ biodegradation processes

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, September 2010, Wiley

    Dr Howard Junca

  24. Mangrove microniches determine the structural and functional diversity of enriched petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading consortia

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, August 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Howard Junca

  25. Phylogenomics of Aerobic Bacterial Degradation of Aromatics

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Howard Junca

  26. Microbial Degradation of Aliphatic and Aromatic Hydrocarbons with (Per)Chlorate as Electron Acceptor

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Howard Junca

  27. Functional Marker Gene Assays for Hydrocarbon Degrading Microbial Communities: Aerobic

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Howard Junca

  28. Metagenomics reveals diversity and abundance ofmeta-cleavage pathways in microbial communities from soil highly contaminated with jet fuel under air-sparging bioremediation

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, September 2009, Wiley

    Dr Howard Junca

  29. Characterization of a Gene Cluster Involved in 4-Chlorocatechol Degradation by Pseudomonas reinekei MT1

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Howard Junca

  30. Growth of Pseudomonas chloritidismutans AW-1T on n-alkanes with chlorate as electron acceptor

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Howard Junca

  31. Enhancement of the microbial community biomass and diversity during air sparging bioremediation of a soil highly contaminated with kerosene and BTEX

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Howard Junca

  32. trans-Dienelactone hydrolase from Pseudomonas reinekei MT1, a novel zinc-dependent hydrolase

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Howard Junca

  33. Isolation and Characterization of Alicycliphilus denitrificans Strain BC, Which Grows on Benzene with Chlorate as the Electron Acceptor

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Howard Junca

  34. Two Angular Dioxygenases Contribute to the Metabolic Versatility of Dibenzofuran-Degrading Rhodococcus sp. Strain HA01

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Howard Junca

  35. Melanoidin-containing wastewaters induce selective laccase gene expression in the white-rot fungus Trametes sp. I-62

    Article • Research in Microbiology, March 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Howard Junca

  36. Molecular detection and diversity of novel diterpenoid dioxygenase DitA1 genes from proteobacterial strains and soil samples

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, May 2007, Wiley

    Dr Howard Junca

  37. Eight Americas: A New Definition for “Americas”?

    Article • PLoS Medicine, January 2007, PLOS

    Dr Howard Junca

  38. Assessment of Toluene/Biphenyl Dioxygenase Gene Diversity in Benzene-Polluted Soils: Links between Benzene Biodegradation and Genes Similar to Those Encoding Isopropylbenzene Dioxygenases

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Howard Junca

  39. Alternative primer sets for PCR detection of genotypes involved in bacterial aerobic BTEX degradation: Distribution of the genes in BTEX degrading isolates and in subsurface soils of a BTEX contaminated industrial site

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, February 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Howard Junca

  40. Biological Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments

    Article • January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Howard Junca

  41. Difference in kinetic behaviour of catechol 2,3-dioxygenase variants from a polluted environment

    Article • Microbiology, December 2004, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Howard Junca

  42. Tannic acid interferes with the commonly used laccase-detection assay based on ABTS as the substrate

    Article • Biochimie, August 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Howard Junca

  43. Identification and characterization of the α-l-arabinofuranosidase B of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi

    Article • Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, April 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Howard Junca

  44. Amplified functional DNA restriction analysis to determine catechol 2,3-dioxygenase gene diversity in soil bacteria

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, December 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Howard Junca

  45. Functional gene diversity analysis in BTEX contaminated soils by means of PCR-SSCP DNA fingerprinting: comparative diversity assessment against bacterial isolates and PCR-DNA clone libraries

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, November 2003, Wiley

    Dr Howard Junca

  46. Identification of a new laccase gene and confirmation of genomic predictions by cDNA sequences of Trametes sp. I-62 laccase family

    Article • Mycological Research, June 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Howard Junca

  47. Tannic acid induces transcription of laccase gene cglcc1 in the white-rot fungus Coriolopsis gallica

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, December 2002, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Howard Junca

  48. Faculty of 1000 evaluation for Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter.

    Article • Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Howard Junca

  49. Faculty of 1000 evaluation for Evidence for a persistent microbial seed bank throughout the global ocean.

    Article • Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Howard Junca

  50. Faculty of 1000 evaluation for Excess membrane synthesis drives a primitive mode of cell proliferation.

    Article • Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Howard Junca

  51. Faculty of 1000 evaluation for Pattern and synchrony of gene expression among sympatric marine microbial populations.

    Article • Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Howard Junca