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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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  • Herencias C, Rivero-Buceta V, Salgado S, Hernández-Herreros N, Baquero F, del Campo R, Nogales J, Prieto MA.

    Bdellovibrio's prey-independent lifestyle is fueled by amino acids as a carbon source.

    APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY . 108(1): 422-422. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1007/s00253-024-13250-y]

  • Kamel S, Corbacho-Loarte MD, Escudero-Sánchez R, Halperin A, Llorente S, Quevedo SM, Suárez-Carantoña C, Del Campo L, Hernández MS, Guillen SM, Cobo J.

    Impact of an Intervention Program on Clostridioides difficile Infections: Comparison of 2 Hospital Cohorts.

    Open forum infectious diseases . 11(7): .

    [doi:10.1093/ofid/ofae390]

  • Pérez-Viso B, Martins-Oliveira I, Gomes R, Silva-Dias A, Peixe L, Novais Â, Pina-Vaz C, Cantón R.

    Performance of Flow Cytometry-Based Rapid Assay in Detection of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales.

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES . 25(14): .

    [doi:10.3390/ijms25147888]

  • Zapata-García M, Moratiel-Pellitero A, Isla D, Gálvez E, Gascón-Ruiz M, Sesma A, Barbero R, Galeano J, del Campo R, Ocáriz M, Quílez E, Cruellas M, Remírez-Labrada A, Pardo J, Martínez-Lostao L, Domingo MP, Esteban P, Torres-Ramón I, Yubero A, Paño JR, Lastra R.

    Impact of antibiotics, corticosteroids, and microbiota on immunotherapy efficacy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

    Heliyon . 10(13): .

    [doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33684]

  • Ramos-Martínez A, Múñez E, Del-Campo R, Nieto-Fernández A, Gonzalez-Haba M, Calderón-Parra J.

    Fecal microbiota transplantation as a preventive treatment for recurrent acute cholangitis.

    Idcases . 37: .

    [doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e02025]

  • Ukleja M, Kricks L, Torrens G, Peschiera I, Rodrigues-Lopes I, Krupka M, García-Fernández J, Melero R, Del Campo R, Eulalio A, Mateus A, López-Bravo M, Rico AI, Cava F, Lopez D.

    Flotillin-mediated stabilization of unfolded proteins in bacterial membrane microdomains.

    NATURE COMMUNICATIONS . 15(1): 5583-5583.

    [doi:10.1038/s41467-024-49951-1]

  • Baquero F, Pérez-Cobas AE, Aracil-Gisbert S, Coque TM, Zamora J.

    Selection versus transmission: Quantitative and organismic biology in antibiotic resistance.

    INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION . 121: 105606-105606.

    [doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2024.105606]

  • Gomez-Zorrilla, Silvia, Becerra-Aparicio, Federico, Sendra, Elena, Zamorano, Laura, Grau, Inmaculada, Pintado, Vicente, Padilla, Belen, Benito, Natividad, Boix-Palop, Lucia, Farinas, Maria Carmen, Penaranda, Maria, Gamallo, Maria Rocio, Martinez, Jose Antonio, Morte-Romea, Elena, Del Pozo, Jose Luis, Duran-Jorda, Xavier, Ponz, Ricardo, Cotarelo, Manuel, Canton, Rafael, Oliver, Antonio, Ruiz-Garbajosa, Patricia, Horcajada, Juan Pablo, Siverio, Ana, Montesinos, Inmaculada Lopez, Gijon, Desire, Merino, Irene, Lopez de Gopegui, Enrique, Lopez-Causape, Carla, Sabe, Nuria, Shaw, Evelyn, Berbel, Damaris, Quintano, Fe Tubau, Carrillo, Carlos Sanchez, Cercenado, Emilia, Rubio, Veronica, Rivera, Alba, Calvo, Esther, Badia, Cristina, Xercavins, Mariona, de Malet, Ana, Canoura-Fernandez, Luis, Salvo, Soledad, Pano-Pardo, Jose Ramon, Carmona-Torre, Francisco.

    Risk factors and clinical impact of multidrug resistance in healthcare-associated bacteremic urinary tract infections: a post-hoc analysis of a multicenter prospective cohort in Spain.

    JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION . 151: 173-185.

    [doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2024.05.020]

  • Jara, J., Alba, C., Del Campo, R., Fernandez, L., Saenz de Pipaon, M., Rodriguez, J. M., Orgaz, B..

    Linking preterm infant gut microbiota to nasograstric enteral feeding tubes: exploring potential interactions and microbial strain transmission

    Frontiers in Pediatrics . 12: 1397398-1397398.

    [doi:10.3389/fped.2024.1397398]

  • Rodríguez-Galet A, Ventosa-Cubillo J, Bendomo V, Eyene M, Mikue-Owono T, Nzang J, Ncogo P, Benito A, Holguín Á.

    HIV diagnosis in Equatorial Guinea. Keys to reduce the diagnostic and therapeutic delay.

    Journal of Infection and Public Health . 17(8): 102476-102476.

    [doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2024.102476]

  • Budia-Silva M, Kostyanev T, Ayala-Montaño S, Bravo-Ferrer Acosta J, Garcia-Castillo M, Cantón R, Goossens H, Rodriguez-Baño J, Grundmann H, Reuter S.

    International and regional spread of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Europe.

    NATURE COMMUNICATIONS . 15(1): 5092-5092.

    [doi:10.1038/s41467-024-49349-z]

  • García-Castillo M, Hernández-García M, Correa A, Coppi M, Griener T, Fritsche T, Pitart C, Sampaio J, Seifert H, Wake K, Wootton M, Vila J, Cantón R.

    In vitro activity of ozenoxacin against Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes clinical isolates recovered in a worldwide multicentre study (2020-2022).

    Jac-Antimicrobial Resistance . 6(3): .

    [doi:10.1093/jacamr/dlae088]

  • Rodríguez-Villodres Á, Lepe-Balsalobre E, Ortiz De La Rosa JM, Giner Almaraz S, González De Herrero E, Cercenado E, García-Fernández S, Benito R, Ponz Mir R, Cantón R, Lepe JA.

    Activity of cefepime, carbapenems and new ß-lactam/ß-lactamase inhibitor combinations on Enterobacter cloacae complex and Klebsiella aerogenes in Spain (SMART 2016-2022).

    Jac-Antimicrobial Resistance . 6(3): .

    [doi:10.1093/jacamr/dlae087]

  • Corbacho-Loarte MD, Martín O, Chamorro-Tojeiro S, Crespillo-Andújar C, Norman FF, Pérez-Molina JA, Sanz MG, Cancio-Suárez MR, Ruiz-Calvo G, López AR, Rubio JM, López-Vélez R, Monge-Maillo B.

    Screening blood donors for malaria, can we increase the number of eligible donors? An observational retrospective study.

    MALARIA JOURNAL . 23(1): 179-179.

    [doi:10.1186/s12936-024-04966-3]

  • Maruri-Aransolo A, López-Causapé C, Hernández-García M, García-Castillo M, Caballero-Pérez JD, Oliver A, Cantón R.

    In vitro activity of cefiderocol in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from people with cystic fibrosis recovered during three multicentre studies in Spain.

    JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY . 79(6): 1432-1440.

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkae126]

  • Herencias C, Álvaro-Llorente L, Ramiro-Martínez P, Fernández-Calvet A, Muñoz-Cazalla A, DelaFuente J, Graf FE, Jaraba-Soto L, Castillo-Polo JA, Cantón R, San Millán Á, Rodríguez-Beltrán J.

    ß-lactamase expression induces collateral sensitivity in Escherichia coli.

    NATURE COMMUNICATIONS . 15(1): 4731-4731.

    [doi:10.1038/s41467-024-49122-2]

  • Santerre Henriksen A, Arena F, Attwood M, Canton R, Gatermann S, Naas T, Morrissey I, Longshaw C.

    In vitro activity of cefiderocol against European Enterobacterales, including isolates resistant to meropenem and recentß-lactam/ß-lactamase inhibitor combinations.

    Microbiology spectrum . : .

    [doi:10.1128/spectrum.04181-23]

  • Muñoz-Cazalla A, de Quinto I, Álvaro-Llorente L, Rodríguez-Beltrán J, Herencias C.

    The role of bacterial metabolism in human gut colonization.

    INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY . : .

    [doi:10.1007/s10123-024-00550-6]