Water Research Institute - University of Barcelona

Hongxia Liang; William P. de Haan; Marc Cerdà-Domènech; Javier Méndez; francisco lucena; Cristina García-Aljaro; Anna Sanchez-Vidal; Elisenda Balleste (2023)

Detection of faecal bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in biofilms attached to plastics from human-impacted coastal areas

Environmental Pollution
319 , 120983

Pinar-Méndez A; Wangensteen OS; Præbel K; Galofré B; Méndez J; Blanch AR; Garcia-Aljaro C (2022)

Monitoring bacterial community dynamics in a drinking water treatment plant: an integrative approach using metabarcoding and microbial indicators in large water volumes

Water
14 , 9, p. 1435

Blanco-Picazo, P.; Morales-Cortes, S.; Ramos-Barbero, M. D.; García-Aljaro, C.; Rodríguez-Rubio, L.; Muniesa, M. (2023)

Dominance of phage particles carrying antibiotic resistance genes in the viromes of retail food sources

The ISME Journal
17, pp. 195 - 203

Martín?Martín, R.P.; Carcedo?Forés, M.; Camacho?Bolós, P.; García?Aljaro, C.; Angulo?Preckler, C.; Avila, C.; Rull Lluch, J.; Gómez Garreta, A. (2022)

Experimental evidence of antimicrobial activity in Antarctic seaweeds: ecological role and antibiotic potential

Polar Biology

Ballesté, E.; Blanch, A.R.; Muniesa, M.; García-Aljaro, C.; Rodriguez-Rubio, L.; Martín-Díaz, J.; Pascual-Benito, M.; Jofre, J. (2022)

Bacteriophages in sewage: abundance, roles and applications

FEMS Microbes
3, p. xtac009

Sala-Comorera, L; Reynolds, L.J; Martin, N.A; Pascual-Benito, M; Stephens, J.H; Nolan, T.M. Gitto, A.; O'Hare, G.M.P.; O'Sullivan, J.J.; García-Aljaro, C.;Meijer, W.G. (2021)

crAssphage as a human molecular marker to evaluate temporal and spatial variability in faecal contamination of urban marine bathing waters

Science of the Total Environment
789 , 147828

Pinar-Méndez, A.; Fernández, S.; Baquero, D.; Vilaró, C.; Galofré, B.; González,.... S. Caudet-Segarra L; Sala-Comorera, L. ;Lucena F.; Blanch A.R.; Garcia-Aljaro, C. (2021)

Rapid and improved identification of drinking water bacteria using the Drinking Water Library, a dedicated MALDI-TOF MS database.

Water Research
203, p. 117543

Méndez, J.; García-Aljaro, C.; Muniesa, M.; Pascual-Benito, M.; Ballesté, E.; López, P.; Monleón, A.; Blanch, A.R.; Lucena, F. (2022)

Modeling human pollution in water bodies using somatic coliphages and bacteriophages that infect Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron strain GA17

Journal of Environmental Management
301, p. 113802

Ballesté, E.; Blanch, A.R.; Mendez, J.; Sala-Comorera, L.; Maunula, L.; Monteiro, S.; Farnleitner, A.H.; Tiehm, A.; Jofre, J.; García-Aljaro, C. (2021)

Bacteriophages Are Good Estimators of Human Viruses Present in Water

Frontiers in Microbiology
12, pp. 1 - 9

Carcedo Forés, M.; Angulo-Preckler C.; García-Aljaro C.; Gómez Garreta, A.; Martín Martín, R.; Rull Lluch, J.; Avila, C. (2018)

Propiedades antibióticas de macroalgas de la Antártida.

Algas
54, pp. 51 - 52

Pascual-Benito, M; Emiliano, P; Casas-Mangas, R; Dacal-Rodriguez, C; R; Gracenea, M; ; Araujo, R; Valero, F; Garcia-Aljaro, C; Lucena, F. (2020)

Assessment of dead-end ultrafiltration for the detection and quantification of microbial indicators and pathogens in the drinking water treatment processes

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
230 , 113628, pp. 1 - 10

Sala-Comorera, L.; Caudet-Segarra, L.; Galofre, B.; Lucena, F.; Blanch, A.R.; Garcia-Aljaro, C. (2020)

Unravelling the composition of tap and mineral water microbiota: Divergences between next-generation sequencing techniques and culture-based methods

International Journal of Food Microbiology
334, p. 108850

Pascual-Benito,M.; Balleste,E.; Monleon-Getino,T.; Urmeneta,J.; Blanch,A.R.; Garcia-Aljaro,C.; Lucena,F. (2020)

Impact of treated sewage effluent on the bacterial community composition in an intermittent mediterranean stream

Environmental Pollution
266 , 1, p. 115254

Pascual-Benito, M.; Nadal-Sala, D.; Tobella, M.; Ballesté, E.; García-Aljaro, C.; Sabaté, S.; Sabater, F.; Martí, E.; Gracia-Aljaro, C.; Blanch, A.R.; Lucena, F. (2020)

Modelling the seasonal impacts of a wastewater treatment plant on water quality in a Mediterranean stream using microbial indicators

Journal of Environmental Management
261, p. 110220

Garcia-Aljaro, C.; Otero, Ana; Defoirdt, T. (2019)

Fundamentals of, and Applications Based on, Quorum Sensing and Quorum Sensing Interference

Frontiers in Microbiology

Galofre, B; Vilaró, C;Fernández,S;Baquero,D;González,S; Blanch, A.R; Lucena F., García-Aljaro C.; Sala-Comorera,L;Toribio D.; Ruvira M.A. ;Rodrigo Torres, L; Macián, M.C.; Ruiz Arahal, D.;Pujalte, M.J; Aznar-Novella, R. (2019)

Drinking Water Library: nuevo recurso para identificar cepas bacterianas en aguas de consumo

Tecnoaqua
37, pp. 54 - 57

Allue-Guardia, Anna; Garcia-Aljaro, Cristina; Muniesa, Maite (2011)

Bacteriophage-Encoding Cytolethal Distending Toxin Type V Gene Induced from Nonclinical Escherichia coli Isolates

Infection and Immunity
79 , 8, pp. 3262 - 3272

Garcia-Aljaro, Cristina; Muniesa, Maite; Jofre, Juan; Blanch, Anicet R. (2009)

Genotypic and Phenotypic Diversity among Induced, stx(2)-Carrying Bacteriophages from Environmental Escherichia coli Strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
75 , 2, pp. 329 - 336

Garcia-Aljaro, C.; Vargas-Cespedes, G. J.; Blanch, A. R. (2012)

Detection of acylated homoserine lactones produced by Vibrio spp. and related species isolated from water and aquatic organisms

Journal of Applied Microbiology
112 , 2, pp. 383 - 389

Sala-Comorera, L.; Blanch, A.R.; Casanovas-Massana, A.; Monleon-Getino, A.; Garcia-Aljaro, C. (2019)

Traceability of different brands of bottled mineral water during shelf life, using PCR-DGGE and next generation sequencing techniques

Food Microbiology
82, pp. 1 - 10

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