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Huub J. M. Op den Camp

Huub J. M. Op den Camp

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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
32352
World Ranking
2671
National Ranking
67

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Huub J. M. Op den Camp is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and works primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses a range of topics related to microbial metabolism, environmental processes, and molecular biology, focusing particularly on microbial communities and their biochemical functions.

The scientist's main areas of study include Environmental Science with 70 publications and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 66 publications. Among subfields, Molecular Biology accounts for 59 publications, Environmental Chemistry 24, Pollution and Ecology each 16, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 15. This spread reflects an interdisciplinary approach to environmental and molecular microbial research.

Their research interests are centered on several main topics, including:

  • Microbial metabolism and enzyme function
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

They have contributed to multiple recent papers, such as:

  • Several ways one goal-methanogenesis from unconventional substrates, 2020, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Ammonia oxidation at pH 2.5 by a new gammaproteobacterial ammonia-oxidizing bacterium, 2020, The ISME Journal
  • Verrucomicrobial methanotrophs: ecophysiology of metabolically versatile acidophiles, 2021, FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  • Metagenomic profiling of ammonia- and methane-oxidizing microorganisms in two sequential rapid sand filters, 2020, Water Research
  • The thermoacidophilic methanotroph Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum SolV oxidizes subatmospheric H2 with a high-affinity, membrane-associated [NiFe] hydrogenase, 2020, The ISME Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include:

  • Arjan Pol
  • Mike S. M. Jetten
  • Theo A. van Alen
  • Geert Cremers
  • Lena J. Daumann

Their work has been published predominantly in these venues:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology (10 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (6 publications)
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology (4 publications)
  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (4 publications)
  • Environmental Microbiology (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Complete nitrification by a single microorganism

    Maartje A. H. J. van Kessel;Daan R. Speth;Mads Albertsen;Per Halkjær Nielsen

  • Nitrite-driven anaerobic methane oxidation by oxygenic bacteria

    Katharina F. Ettwig;Margaret K. Butler;Margaret K. Butler;Denis Le Paslier;Denis Le Paslier;Eric Pelletier;Eric Pelletier

  • A microbial consortium couples anaerobic methane oxidation to denitrification

    Ashna A. Raghoebarsing;Arjan Pol;Katinka T. van de Pas-Schoonen;Alfons J. P. Smolders

  • Deciphering the evolution and metabolism of an anammox bacterium from a community genome

    Marc Strous;Eric Pelletier;Sophie Mangenot;Thomas Rattei

  • Molecular mechanism of anaerobic ammonium oxidation

    Boran Kartal;Wouter J. Maalcke;Naomi M. de Almeida;Irina Cirpus

  • Anammox bacteria disguised as denitrifiers: nitrate reduction to dinitrogen gas via nitrite and ammonium

    Boran Kartal;Marcel M. M. Kuypers;Gaute Lavik;Jos Schalk

  • Biochemistry and molecular biology of anammox bacteria

    Mike S M Jetten;Laura van Niftrik;Marc Strous;Boran Kartal

  • Propionate Oxidation by and Methanol Inhibition of Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing Bacteria

    Didem Güven;Ana Dapena;Boran Kartal;Markus C. Schmid

  • How to make a living from anaerobic ammonium oxidation.

    Boran Kartal;Naomi M. de Almeida;Wouter J. Maalcke;Huub J.M. Op den Camp

  • Environmental, genomic and taxonomic perspectives on methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia.

    Huub J. M. Op den Camp;Tajul Islam;Matthew B. Stott;Harry R. Harhangi

  • Methanotrophy below pH 1 by a new Verrucomicrobia species

    Arjan Pol;Klaas Heijmans;Harry R. Harhangi;Dario Tedesco

  • Denitrifying bacteria anaerobically oxidize methane in the absence of Archaea.

    Katharina F. Ettwig;Seigo Shima;Katinka T. Van De Pas-Schoonen;Jörg Kahnt

  • Methanotrophic symbionts provide carbon for photosynthesis in peat bogs

    Ashna A. Raghoebarsing;Alfons J. P. Smolders;Markus C. Schmid;W. Irene C. Rijpstra

  • Rare earth metals are essential for methanotrophic life in volcanic mudpots.

    Arjan Pol;Thomas R. M. Barends;Andreas Dietl;Ahmad F. Khadem

  • Evidence for complete denitrification in a benthic foraminifer

    Nils Risgaard-Petersen;Alexandra M. Langezaal;Signe Ingvardsen;Markus C. Schmid

  • High‐level functional expression of a fungal xylose isomerase: the key to efficient ethanolic fermentation of xylose by Saccharomyces cerevisiae?

    Marko Kuyper;Harry R Harhangi;Ann Kristin Stave;Aaron A Winkler

  • PQQ-dependent methanol dehydrogenases: rare-earth elements make a difference

    Jan T. Keltjens;Arjan Pol;Joachim Reimann;Huub J. M. Op den Camp

  • Global prevalence of methane oxidation by symbiotic bacteria in peat-moss ecosystems

    Nardy Kip;Julia F. van Winden;Yao Pan;Levente Bodrossy

  • Hydrazine Synthase, a Unique Phylomarker with Which To Study the Presence and Biodiversity of Anammox Bacteria

    Harry R. Harhangi;Mathilde Le Roy;Theo van Alen;Bao-lan Hu;Bao-lan Hu

  • The metagenome of the marine anammox bacterium 'Candidatus Scalindua profunda' illustrates the versatility of this globally important nitrogen cycle bacterium

    Jack van de Vossenberg;Dagmar Woebken;Wouter J Maalcke;Hans J C T Wessels

Frequent Co-Authors

Mike S. M. Jetten
Mike S. M. Jetten Radboud University
Marc Strous
Marc Strous University of Calgary
Boran Kartal
Boran Kartal Max Planck Society
Godfried D. Vogels
Godfried D. Vogels Radboud University
Martin G. Klotz
Martin G. Klotz City University of New York
Bas E. Dutilh
Bas E. Dutilh Utrecht University
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Lisa Y. Stein
Lisa Y. Stein University of Alberta
Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya
Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya San Diego State University
J. Colin Murrell
J. Colin Murrell University of East Anglia

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