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Biology and Evolution of Microorganisms

The Biology and Evolution of Microorganisms Group, whose head is Dr. Rafael Cantón and which is made up of nine other principal investigators as well as numerous pre- and post-doctoral researchers, technicians and other healthcare personnel, has participated in the last 5 years in 17 national and international research projects and in 15 contracts with pharmaceutical companies or companies dedicated to in vitro diagnostics. During this period of time this work has resulted in more than 190 publications in national and international journals with a high impact index and more than 11 doctoral theses. Likewise, more than 400 communications have been presented at numerous national and international congresses. And all this always seeking the highest excellence in the fields of population biology, antibiotic resistance, respiratory infection, microbiota, metagenomics and HIV.

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  • Bouza E, Cantón Moreno R, De Lucas Ramos P, García-Botella A, García-Lledó A, Gómez-Pavón J, González Del Castillo J, Hernández-Sampelayo T, Martín-Delgado MC, Martín Sánchez FJ, Martínez-Sellés M, Molero García JM, Moreno Guillén S, Rodríguez-Artalejo FJ, Ruiz-Galiana J, De Pablo Brühlmann S, Porta Etessam J, Santos Sebastián M.

    Síndrome post-COVID: Un documento de reflexión y opinión.

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 34(4): 269-279. Number of citations: 7

    [doi:10.37201/req/023.2021]

  • Escribano P, Rodriguez-Sanchez B, Diaz-Garcia J, Martin-Gomez MT, Ibanez E, Rodriguez-Mayo M, Pelaez T, Garcia-Gomez de la Pedrosa E, Tejero-Garcia R, Marimon JM, Reigadas E, Rezusta A, Labayru-Echeverria C, Perez-Ayala A, Ayats J, Cobo F, Pazos C, Lopez-Soria L, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Munoz P, Guinea J.

    Azole resistance survey on clinical Aspergillus fumigatus isolates in Spain

    CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION . 27(8): . Number of citations: 23

    [doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2020.09.042]

  • Santos-López A, Rodríguez-Beltrán J, San Millán Á.

    The bacterial capsule is a gatekeeper for mobile DNA.

    PLOS BIOLOGY . 19(7): . Number of citations: 2

    [doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001308]

  • Martínez-García L, Espinel MA, Abreu M, González-Alba JM, Gijón D, McGee A, Cantón R, Galán JC, Aranaz J.

    Emergence and Spread of B.1.1.7 Lineage in Primary Care and Clinical Impact in the Morbi-Mortality among Hospitalized Patients in Madrid, Spain

    Microorganisms . 9(7): . Number of citations: 7

    [doi:10.3390/microorganisms9071517]

  • Jiménez de Ory S, Beltrán-Pavez C, Gutiérrez-López M, Santos MDM, Prieto L, Sainz T, Guillen S, Aguilera-Alonso D, Díez C, Bernardino JI, Mellado MJ, Ramos JT, Holguín Á, Navarro M.

    Prevalence of M184V and K65R in proviral DNA from PBMCs in HIV-infected youths with lamivudine/emtricitabine exposure

    JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY . 76(7): 1886-1892. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkab080]

  • Chávez AF, Comas LG, Moreno JCS, Moreno RC, de Provens OCP, Andrés JMA.

    Effect of childhood pneumococcal vaccination and beta-lactam antibiotic use on the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in the adult population

    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES . 40(7): 1529-1538. Number of citations: 2

    [doi:10.1007/s10096-021-04196-4]

  • Martínez-Cuesta MC, del Campo R, Garriga-García M, Peláez C, Requena T.

    Taxonomic Characterization and Short-Chain Fatty Acids Production of the Obese Microbiota

    FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY . 11: 598093-598093. Number of citations: 19

    [doi:10.3389/fcimb.2021.598093]

  • Rubio-Garrido M, Avendaño-Ortiz J, Ndarabu A, Rubio C, Reina G, López-Collazo E, Holguín Á.

    Dried Blood Specimens as an Alternative Specimen for Immune Response Monitoring During HIV Infection: A Proof of Concept and Simple Method in a Pediatric Cohort

    Frontiers In Medicine . 8: 678850-678850. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.3389/fmed.2021.678850]

  • Ponce-Alonso M, García-Hoz C, Halperin A, Nuño J, Nicolás P, Martínez-Pérez A, Ocaña J, García-Pérez JC, Guerrero A, López-Sanromán A, Cantón R, Roy G, del Campo R.

    An Immunologic Compatibility Testing Was Not Useful for Donor Selection in Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Ulcerative Colitis.

    Frontiers in immunology . 12: 683387-683387. Number of citations: 5

    [doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.683387]

  • Fernández-Martínez M, González-Rico C, Gozalo-Margüello M, Marco F, Gracia-Ahufinger I, Aranzamendi M, Sánchez-Díaz AM, Vicente-Rangel T, Chaves F, Calvo Montes J, Martínez-Martínez L, Fariñas MC.

    Molecular characterization of multidrug resistant Enterobacterales strains isolated from liver and kidney transplant recipients in Spain.

    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS . 11(1): 11875-11875. Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.1038/s41598-021-90382-5]

  • Dominguez-Santos, R, Perez-Cobas, AE, Cuti, P, Perez-Brocal, V, Garcia-Ferris, C, Moya, A, Latorre, A, Gil, R.

    Interkingdom Gut Microbiome and Resistome of the Cockroach Blattella germanica

    mSystems . 6(3): . Number of citations: 11

    [doi:10.1128/mSystems.01213-20]

  • Seth-Smith HMB, Bénard A, Bruisten SM, Versteeg B, Herrmann B, Kok J, Carter I, Peuchant O, Bébéar C, Lewis DA, Puerta T, Keše D, Balla E, Zákoucká H, Rob F, Morré SA, de Barbeyrac B, Galán JC, de Vries HJC, Thomson NR, Goldenberger D, Egli A.

    Ongoing evolution of Chlamydia trachomatis lymphogranuloma venereum: exploring the genomic diversity of circulating strains.

    Microbial genomics . 7(6): . Number of citations: 8

    [doi:10.1099/mgen.0.000599]

  • Cabanel N, Rosinski-Chupin I, Chiarelli A, Botin T, Tato M, Canton R, Glaser P.

    Evolution of VIM-1-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates from a Hospital Outbreak Reveals the Genetic Bases of the Loss of the Urease-Positive Identification Character

    mSystems . 6(3): . Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.1128/mSystems.00244-21]

  • Ruiz, Javier, de Celis, Miguel, Martin-Santamaria, Maria, Benito-Vazquez, Ivan, Pontes, Ana, Lanza, Val F., Sampaio JP, Santos, Antonio, Belda, Ignacio.

    Global distribution of IRC7 alleles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae populations: a genomic and phenotypic survey within the wine clade

    ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY . 23(6): 3182-3195. Number of citations: 6

    [doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15540]

  • Kostyanev, T., Xavier, B. B., Garcia-Castillo, M., Lammens, C., Acosta JB, Rodriguez-Bano, J., Canton, R., Glupczynski, Y., Goossens, H., EURECA/WP1B group.

    Phenotypic and molecular characterizations of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates collected within the EURECA study

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS . 57(6): 106345-106345. Number of citations: 13

    [doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2021.106345]

  • Canton, R, Loza, E, Arcay, R M, Cercenado, E, Castillo, F J, Cisterna, R, Galvez-Benitez, L, Gonzalez Romo, F, Hernandez-Cabezas, A, Rodriguez-Lozano, J, Suarez-Barrenechea, A I, Tubau, F, Diaz-Reganon, J, Lopez-Mendoza, D.

    Antimicrobial activity of ceftolozane-tazobactam against Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa recovered during the Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART) program in Spain (2016-2018)

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 34(3): 228-237. Number of citations: 6

    [doi:10.37201/req/019.2021]

  • Salmeron, Paula, Viñado B, Arando, Maider, Alcoceba, Eva, Romero, Beatriz, Menendez, Blanca, Bernal, Samuel, Idigoras, Pedro, Colomina, Javier, Martin-Saco, Gloria, Leal-Negredo, Alvaro, Torreblanca, Aurora, Martinez, Olalla, Serra-Pladevall, Judit.

    Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance in Spain: a prospective multicentre study

    JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY . 76(6): 1523-1531. Number of citations: 5

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkab037]

  • Fuentes, Ana, Serrano-Conde, Esther, Roldan, Carolina, Benito-Ruesca, Rafael, Mejias, Gregoria, Sampedro, Antonio, March-Rosello, Gabriel, Fernandez-Natal, Isabel, Esperalba, Juliana, Rodriguez, Mario Jose, Martinez de Aguirre, Paula, Salas, Carlos, Roc, Maria Lourdes, Soria, Luis Miguel, Parra-Grande, Monica, Montero, Maria Dolores, Fernandez-Roblas, Ricardo, Franco-Alvarez de Luna, Francisco, Lozano, Carmen, Garcia, Federico.

    Antibody response in patients admitted to the hospital with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection: results from a multicenter study across Spain

    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES . 40(6): 1343-1349. Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.1007/s10096-020-04139-5]