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Marcel Huntemann publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marcel Huntemann sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 189 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Marcel Huntemann D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marcel Huntemann sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Marcel Huntemann is affiliated with the Joint Genome Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, reflecting a focus on microbial ecology, genomic studies, and molecular interactions in diverse environments.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, Huntemann has contributed extensively to subfields such as Ecology, Molecular Biology, and Plant Science. Additional areas of work touch on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Oceanography.

Key research topics covered by Huntemann include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on microbial genomics and metagenomics. Some notable publications are:

  • "A genomic catalog of Earth's microbiomes," 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • "The IMG/M data management and analysis system v.6.0: new tools and advanced capabilities," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "The IMG/M data management and analysis system v.7: content updates and new features," 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages," 2022, Cell
  • "Unraveling the functional dark matter through global metagenomics," 2023, Nature

Huntemann frequently publishes in venues that focus on microbiology and molecular biology, with multiple contributions to Microbiology Resource Announcements, bioRxiv, Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Biotechnology, and Frontiers in Microbiology.

Some of their frequent co-authors include:

  • T. B. K. Reddy
  • Nikos C. Kyrpides
  • Natalia Ivanova
  • Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh
  • Neha Varghese

Best Publications

  • IMG: the integrated microbial genomes database and comparative analysis system

    Victor M. Markowitz;I-Min A. Chen;Krishna Palaniappan;Ken Chu

  • Uncovering Earth’s virome

    David Paez-Espino;Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh;Georgios A. Pavlopoulos;Alex D. Thomas

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • IMG/M v.5.0: an integrated data management and comparative analysis system for microbial genomes and microbiomes.

    I-Min A Chen;Ken Chu;Krishna Palaniappan;Manoj Pillay

  • IMG 4 version of the integrated microbial genomes comparative analysis system

    Victor M. Markowitz;I-Min A. Chen;Krishna Palaniappan;Ken Chu

  • Symbiosis insights through metagenomic analysis of a microbial consortium

    Tanja Woyke;Hanno Teeling;Natalia N. Ivanova;Marcel Huntemann

  • IMG/M: integrated genome and metagenome comparative data analysis system.

    I-Min A. Chen;Victor M. Markowitz;Ken Chu;Krishna Palaniappan

  • The standard operating procedure of the DOE-JGI Microbial Genome Annotation Pipeline (MGAP v.4)

    Marcel Huntemann;Natalia N. Ivanova;Konstantinos Mavromatis;Konstantinos Mavromatis;H. James Tripp

  • The IMG/M data management and analysis system v.6.0: new tools and advanced capabilities

    I-Min A Chen;Ken Chu;Krishnaveni Palaniappan;Anna Ratner

  • IMG/M 4 version of the integrated metagenome comparative analysis system.

    Victor M. Markowitz;I-Min A. Chen;Ken Chu;Ernest Szeto

  • IMG/M: the integrated metagenome data management and comparative analysis system

    Victor M. Markowitz;I-Min A. Chen;Ken Chu;Ernest Szeto

  • Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes.

    Richard L. Hahnke;Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff;Marina García-López;Supratim Mukherjee

  • IMG/VR: a database of cultured and uncultured DNA Viruses and retroviruses.

    David Paez-Espino;I. Min A. Chen;Krishna Palaniappan;Anna Ratner

  • IMG/VR v.2.0: an integrated data management and analysis system for cultivated and environmental viral genomes.

    David Paez-Espino;Simon Roux;I-Min A Chen;Krishna Palaniappan

  • Stop codon reassignments in the wild

    Natalia N. Ivanova;Patrick Schwientek;H. James Tripp;Christian Rinke

  • Large-scale contamination of microbial isolate genomes by Illumina PhiX control

    Supratim Mukherjee;Marcel Huntemann;Natalia Ivanova;Nikos C Kyrpides;Nikos C Kyrpides

  • Genome Data Provides High Support for Generic Boundaries in Burkholderia Sensu Lato.

    Chrizelle W. Beukes;Marike Palmer;Puseletso Manyaka;Wai Y. Chan

  • Draft genome sequence of Halomonas lutea strain YIM 91125(T) (DSM 23508(T)) isolated from the alkaline Lake Ebinur in Northwest China.

    Xiao-Yang Gao;Xiao-Yang Zhi;Hong-Wei Li;Hong-Wei Li;Yu Zhou

  • Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (DSM 5305T), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of Planctomycetes including the descriptions of Gimesia gen. nov., Planctopirus gen. nov. and Rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended descriptions of the order Planctomycetales and the family Planctomycetaceae

    Carmen Scheuner;Brian J. Tindall;Megan Lu;Megan Lu;Matt Nolan

  • Complete genome sequence of the termite hindgut bacterium Spirochaeta coccoides type strain (SPN1T), reclassification in the genus Sphaerochaeta as Sphaerochaeta coccoides comb. nov. and emendations of the family Spirochaetaceae and the genus Sphaerochaeta

    Birte Abt;Cliff Han;Cliff Han;Carmen Scheuner;Megan Lu;Megan Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute
Natalia Ivanova
Natalia Ivanova Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tanja Woyke
Tanja Woyke Joint Genome Institute
Amrita Pati
Amrita Pati Amgen (United States)
Lynne Goodwin
Lynne Goodwin Los Alamos National Laboratory
Victor Markowitz
Victor Markowitz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Alla Lapidus
Alla Lapidus Saint Petersburg State University
Miriam Land
Miriam Land Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Cliff Han
Cliff Han Los Alamos National Laboratory
Hans-Peter Klenk
Hans-Peter Klenk Newcastle University

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