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Cristal Zúñiga

San Diego State University · US
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Research interest
Research interests include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Algal biology and biofuel production, Biofuel production and bioconversion, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.
h-index
24
citations
2,345
works
67
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

A genome-scale metabolic model for the denitrifying bacterium Thauera sp. MZ1T accurately predicts degradation of pollutants and production of polymers
PLoS Computational Biology 2025cited by 12position: middledoi
STREAMS guidelines: standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated microbiome studies
Nature Microbiology 2025cited by 4position: middledoi
A model industrial workhorse: <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> strain 168 and its genome after a quarter of a century
Microbial Biotechnology 2023cited by 38position: lastdoi
Optimization of nutrient utilization efficiency and productivity for algal cultures under light and dark cycles using genome-scale model process control
npj Systems Biology and Applications 2023cited by 16position: middledoi
Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling Enables In-Depth Understanding of Big Data
Metabolites 2021cited by 165position: lastdoi
The sum is greater than the parts: exploiting microbial communities to achieve complex functions
Current Opinion in Biotechnology 2021cited by 59position: middledoi
Biotechnology for secure biocontainment designs in an emerging bioeconomy
Current Opinion in Biotechnology 2021cited by 54position: middledoi
Examining the impact of carbon dioxide levels and modulation of resulting hydrogen peroxide in Chlorella vulgaris
Algal Research 2021cited by 15position: middledoi
Synthetic microbial communities of heterotrophs and phototrophs facilitate sustainable growth
Nature Communications 2020cited by 96position: firstdoi
Environmental stimuli drive a transition from cooperation to competition in synthetic phototrophic communities
Nature Microbiology 2019cited by 90position: firstdoi
Gut bacteria responding to dietary change encode sialidases that exhibit preference for red meat-associated carbohydrates
Nature Microbiology 2019cited by 87position: middledoi
Creating a synthetic lichen: Mutualistic co-culture of fungi and extracellular polysaccharide-secreting cyanobacterium Nostoc PCC 7413
Algal Research 2019cited by 52position: middledoi
Improving saliva shotgun metagenomics by chemical host DNA depletion
Microbiome 2018cited by 369position: middledoi
Advances in metabolic modeling of oleaginous microalgae
Biotechnology for Biofuels 2018cited by 83position: middledoi
Elucidation of complexity and prediction of interactions in microbial communities
Microbial Biotechnology 2017cited by 158position: firstdoi
Genome-Scale Metabolic Model for the Green Alga <i>Chlorella vulgaris</i> UTEX 395 Accurately Predicts Phenotypes under Autotrophic, Heterotrophic, and Mixotrophic Growth Conditions
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016cited by 128position: firstdoi
Unraveling interactions in microbial communities - from co-cultures to microbiomes
The Journal of Microbiology 2015cited by 65position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Karsten Zengler · Scripps Institution of Oceanography15 papers (2015–2025)Michael J. Betenbaugh · Johns Hopkins University6 papers (2016–2023)Lívia S. Zaramela · Universidade de Ribeirão Preto5 papers (2017–2021)Chien‐Ting Li · Johns Hopkins Medicine5 papers (2016–2023)Juan D. Tibocha‐Bonilla · University of California San Diego4 papers (2018–2025)Michael T. Guarnieri · University of Colorado Boulder4 papers (2016–2021) · 2 papers (2019–2020)Manish Kumar · University of California San Diego2 papers (2021–2021)Anurag Passi · University of California San Diego2 papers (2021–2025)Richard Eng · Johns Hopkins Medicine2 papers (2021–2023)Diego Tec-Campos · Autonomous University of Yucatán2 papers (2021–2025)Chao Wu · Beijing Tongren Hospital1 papers (2021–2021)Sandra Diaz · University of California San Diego1 papers (2019–2019) · 1 papers (2025–2025)Tingting Li · Hunan University1 papers (2019–2019)Yiqun Chen · Anhui Medical University1 papers (2023–2023)Geng Yu · Pacific Northwest National Laboratory1 papers (2019–2019)Young‐Mo Kim · Pacific Northwest National Laboratory1 papers (2020–2020)Liqun Jiang · Fudan University1 papers (2019–2019) · 1 papers (2021–2021)