Microbiology of water related to the health (MARS)

Publications

Title:
Prophages within the bacterial genomes: Contribution to bacterial variability
Author(s):
Muniesa, M, Serra-Moreno, R; Jofre, J;
Book: Contemporary Trends in Bacteriophage Research
Source: NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS ( In press)
Title:
Conserved stx2 phages from E. coli O103:H25 isolated from HUS patients
Author(s):
Camilla Sekse, Maite Muniesa and Yngvild Wasteson
Source: FOODBORNE PATHOGENS AND DISEASE ( In press)
Title:
Evaluation of Escherichia coli host strain CB390 for simultaneous detection of somatic and F-specific coliphages
Author(s):
Guzman, C; Moce-Llivina, L; Lucena, F; et al.
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 74 Pages: 531-534 Published: 2008
Title:
Machine learning methods for microbial Source tracking
Author(s):
Belanche-Munoz, L; Blanch, AR
Source: ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE Volume: 23 Issue: 6 Pages: 741-750 Published: 2008
Title:
The combined performance of UV light and chlorine during reclaimed water disinfection
Author(s):
Montemayor, M; Costan, A; Lucena, F; et al.
Source: WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Volume: 57 Issue: 6 Pages: 935-940 Published: 2008
Title:
Virulence and antimicrobial resistance profiles among Escherichia coli strains isolated from human and animal wastewater
Author(s):
Sabate, M; Prats, G; Moreno, E; et al.
Source: RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 159 Issue: 4 Pages: 288-293 Published: 2008
Title:
Identification of Vibrio spp. with a set of dichotomous keys
Author(s):
Noguerola, I; Blanch, AR
Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 105 Issue: 1 Pages: 175-185 Published: 2008
Title:
The CI repressors of Shiga toxin-converting prophages are involved in coinfection of Escherichia coli strains, which causes a down regulation in the production of Shiga toxin 2
Author(s):
Serra-Moreno, R; Jofre, J; Muniesa, M
Source: JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY Volume: 190 Issue: 13 Pages: 4722-4735 Published: 2008
Title:
Potential transmission of human polyomaviruses through the gastrointestinal tract after exposure to virions or viral DNA (vol 75, pg 10290, 2001)
Author(s):
Bofill-Mas, S; Formiga-Cruz, M; Clemente-Casares, P; Calafell, F; Girones, R
Source: JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 82 (16):8244-8244 2008
Title:
Surface plasmon resonance assay for real-time monitoring of somatic coliphages in wastewaters
Author(s):
Garcia-Aljaro, C; Munoz-Berbel, X; Jenkins, ATA; et al.
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 74 Issue: 13 Pages: 4054-4058 Published: 2008
Title:
Detection of quorum-sensing-related molecules in Vibrio scophthalmi
Author(s):
Garcia-Aljaro, C; Eberl, L; Riedel, K; et al.
Source: BMC MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 8 Article Number: 138 Published: 2008
Title:
Characterization of bacterial coliform occurrences in different zones of a drinking water distribution system
Author(s):
Blanch, AR; Galofre, B; Lucena, F; et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 102 Issue: 3 Pages: 711-721 Published: 2007
Title:
Multiplex PCR with 16S rRNA gene-targeted primers of Bifidobactelium spp. to identifySources of fecal pollution (vol 70, pg 3171, 2004)
Author(s):
Bonjoch, X; Balleste, E; Blanch, AR
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 73 Issue: 9 Pages: 3122-3122 Published: 2007
Title:
The application of a recently isolated strain of Bacteroides (GB-124) to identify humanSources of faecal pollution in a temperate river catchment
Author(s):
Ebdon, J; Maite, M; Taylor, H
Source: WATER RESEARCH Volume: 41 Issue: 16 Pages: 3683-3690 Published: 2007
Title:
Development of a feasible method to extract somatic coliphages from sludge, soil and treated biowaste
Author(s):
Guzman, C; Jofre, J; Blanch, AR; et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS Volume: 144 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 41-48 Published: 2007
Title:
Comparative study between two laser scanning cytometers and epifluorescence microscopy for the detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in water
Author(s):
Montemayor, M; Galofre, B; Ribas, F; et al.
Source: CYTOMETRY PART A Volume: 71A Issue: 3 Pages: 163-169 Published: 2007
Title:
The contribution of induction of temperate phages to the numbers of free somatic coliphages in waters is not significant
Author(s):
Muniesa, M; Jofre, J
Source: FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS Volume: 270 Issue: 2 Pages: 272-276 Published: 2007
Title:
Insertion site occupancy by stx(2) bacteriophages depends on the locus availability of the host strain chromosome
Author(s):
Serra-Moreno, R; Jofre, J; Muniesa, M
Source: JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY Volume: 189 Issue: 18 Pages: 6645-6654 Published: 2007
Title:
Occurrence and levels of indicators and selected pathogens in different sludges and biosolids
Author(s):
Guzman, C; Jofre, J; Montemayor, M; et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 103 Pages: 2420-2429 Published: 2007
Title:
Analysis of the survival of H-Pylori within a laboratory-based aquatic model system using molecular and classical techniques
Author(s):
Queralt, N; Araujo, R
Source: MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 54771-777 2007
Title:
Distribution of human polyomaviruses, adenoviruses, and hepatitis E virus in the environment and in a drinking-water treatment plant
Author(s):
Albinana-Gimenez, N; Clemente-Casares, P; Bofill-Mas, S; Hundesa, A; Ribas, F; Girones, R
Source: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 40 (23):7416-7422 2006
Title:
Integrated analysis of established and novel microbial and chemical methods for microbial Source tracking
Author(s):
Blanch, AR; Belanche-Munoz, L; Bonjoch, X; et al.
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 72 Issue: 9 Pages: 5915-5926 Published: 2006
Title:
Quantification and stability of human adenoviruses and polyomavirus JCPyV in wastewater matrices
Author(s):
Bofill-Mas, S; Albinana-Gimenez, N; Clemente-Casares, P; Hundesa, A; Rodriguez-Manzano, J; Allard, A; Calvo, M; Girones, R
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 72 (12):7894-7896 2006
Title:
Newly identified bacteriophages carrying the stx(2g) Shiga toxin gene isolated from Escherichia coli strains in polluted waters
Author(s):
Garcia-Aljaro, C; Muniesa, M; Jofre, J; Blanch, AR
Source: FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS 258 (1):127-135 2006
Title:
Occurrence of bacterial indicators and bacteriophages infecting enteric bacteria in groundwater in different geographical areas
Author(s):
Lucena, F; Ribas, F; Duran, AE; et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 101 Issue: 1 Pages: 96-102 Published: 2006
Title:
Active genetic elements present in the locus of enterocyte effacement in Escherichia coli O26 and their role in mobility
Author(s):
Muniesa, M; Schembri, MA; Hauf, N; et al.
Source: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY Volume: 74 Issue: 7 Pages: 4190-4199 Published: 2006
Title:
Occurrence of Escherichia coli 0157 : H7 and other enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in the environment
Author(s):
Muniesa, M; Jofre, J; Garcia-Aljaro, C; et al.
Source: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Volume: 40 Issue: 23 Pages: 7141-7149 Published: 2006
Title:
Use of the lambda Red recombinase system to produce recombinant prophages carrying antibiotic resistance genes
Author(s):
Serra-Moreno, R; Acosta, S; Hernalsteens, JP; et al.
Source: BMC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Volume: 7 Article Number: 31 Published: 2006
Title:
A membrane-based quantitative carrier test to assess the virucidal activity of disinfectants and persistence of viruses on porous fomites
Author(s):
Moce-Llivina, L; Papageorgiou, GT; Jofre, J
Source: JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS Volume: 135 Issue: 1 Pages: 49-55 Published: 2006
Title:
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in different environments (humans, food, animal farms and sewage)
Author(s):
Mesa, RJ; Blanc, V; Blanch, AR; Cortes, P; Gonzalez, JJ; Lavilla, S; Miro, E; Muniesa, M; Saco, M; Tortola, M; Mirelis, B; Coll, P; Llagostera, M; Prats, G; Navarro, F
Source: JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY 58 (1):211-215 2006
Title:
Identification of human and animal adenoviruses and polyomaviruses for determination of sources of fecal contamination in the environment
Author(s):
Hundesa, A; de Motes, CM; Bofill-Mas, S; Albinana-Gimenez, N; Girones, R
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 72 (12):7886-7893 2006
Title:
Attitudes of general dental practitioners in Europe to the microbial risk associated with dental unit water systems
Author(s):
Kamma, JJ; Bradshaw, DJ; Fulford, MR; Marsh, PD; Frandsen, E; Ostergaard, E; Schel, AJ; ten Cate, JM; Moorer, WR; Mavridou, A; Mandilara, G; Stoesser, L; Kneist, S; Araujo, R; Contreras, N; Goroncy-Bermes, P; Burke, F; O'Mullane, D; O'Sullivan, M; Walker, JT
Source: INTERNATIONAL DENTAL JOURNAL 56 (4):187-195 2006
Title:
Enumeration of bifidobacterial populations with selective media to determine the waterborne fecal pollution
Author(s):
Bonjoch, X; Balleste, E; Blanch, AR
Source: WATER RESEARCH Volume: 39 Issue: 8 Pages: 1621-1627 Published: 2005
Title:
Artificial neural network prediction of viruses in shellfish
Author(s):
Brion, G; Viswanathan, C; Neelakantan, TR; Lingireddy, S; Girones, R; Lees, D; Allard, A; Vantarakis, A
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 71 (9):5244-5253 2005
Title:
Nested multiplex PCR assay for detection of human enteric viruses in shellfish and sewage
Author(s):
Formiga-Cruz, M; Hundesa, A; Clemente-Casares, P; Albinana-Gimenez, N; Allard, A; Girones, R
Source: JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS 125 (2):111-118 2005
Title:
Characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from aquatic environments
Author(s):
Garcia-Aljaro, C; Muniesa, M; Blanco, JE; et al.
Source: FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS Volume: 246 Issue: 1 Pages: 55-65 Published: 2005
Title:
Human viruses in the environment
Author(s):
Girones, R
Source: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE 4 (6):III-III 2005
Title:
Combined use of an immunomagnetic separation method and immunoblotting for the enumeration and isolation of Escherichia coli O157 in wastewaters
Author(s):
Garcia-Aljaro, C; Bonjoch, X; Blanch, AR
Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 98 Issue: 3 Pages: 589-597 Published: 2005
Title:
Occurrence and relatedness of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in animals, humans, and the environment in different European regions
Author(s):
Kuhn, I; Iversen, A; Finn, M; et al.
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 71 Issue: 9 Pages: 5383-5390 Published: 2005
Title:
Enteroviruses and bacteriophages in bathing waters
Author(s):
Moce-Llivina, L; Lucena, F; Jofre, J
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 71 Issue: 11 Pages: 6838-6844 Published: 2005
Title:
Occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in raw and treated sewage and river water in north-eastern Spain
Author(s):
Montemayor, M; Valero, F; Jofre, J; et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 99 Issue: 6 Pages: 1455-1462 Published: 2005
Title:
Enumeration of bacteriophages in water by different laboratories of the European Union in two interlaboratory comparison studies
Author(s):
Mooijman, KA; Ghameshlou, Z; Bahar, M; et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS Volume: 127 Issue: 1 Pages: 60-68 Published: 2005
Title:
Bacteriophages may bias outcome of bacterial enrichment cultures
Author(s):
Muniesa, M; Blanch, AR; Lucena, F; et al.
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 71 Issue: 8 Pages: 4269-4275 Published: 2005
Title:
Method for isolation of Bacteroides bacteriophage host strains suitable for trackingSources of fecal pollution in water
Author(s):
Payan, A; Ebdon, J; Taylor, H; et al.
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 71 Issue: 9 Pages: 5659-5662 Published: 2005
Title:
Distribution and persistence of fecal bacterial populations in liquid and dewatered sludge from a biological treatment plant
Author(s):
Vilanova, X; Blanch, AR
Source: JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 51 Issue: 6 Pages: 361-368 Published: 2005
Title:
Evidence for the presence of hepatitis E virus in pigs in the United Kingdom
Author(s):
Banks, M; Heath, GS; Grierson, SS; King, DP; Gresham, A; Girones, R; Widen, F; Harrison, TJ
Source: VETERINARY RECORD 154 (8):223-227 2004
Title:
Emerging pathogens in wastewaters
Author(s):
Blanch, AR; Jofre, J Editor(s): Barcelo, D; Barcelo, D
Source: EMERGING ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN WASTE WATERS AND SLUDGE, VOL 1 Volume: 5 Pages: 141-163 Part: 1 Published: 2004
Title:
Detection of Helicobacter pylori DNA in human faeces and water with different levels of faecal pollution in the north-east of Spain
Author(s):
Queralt, N; Bartolome, R; Araujo, R
Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 98 (4):889-895 2005
Title:
Microbiological contamination of Dental Unit Water Systems in general practices from Barcelona (Spain)
Author(s):
Araujo, R; Contreras, N
Editor: Marshall, M
Source:
International Symposium on Waterborne Pathogens, 2002, Lisbon, PORTUGAL WATERBORNE PATHOGENS 4 (2):1-5 2004
Title:
Tracking the origin of faecal pollution in surface water: an ongoing project within the European Union research programme
Author(s):
Blanch, Anicet R.; Belanche-Munoz, Luis; Bonjoch, Xavier; et al.
Source: Journal of Water and Health Volume: 2 Issue: 4 Pages: 249-260 Published: 2004
Title:
Isolation of SV40 from the environment of a colony of cynomolgus monkeys naturally infected with the virus
Author(s):
Bofill-Mas, S; Albinana-Gimenez, N; Pipkin, PA; Minor, PD; Girones, R
Source: VIROLOGY 330 (1):1-7 2004
Title:
Sporadic cases of acute autochthonous hepatitis E in Spain
Author(s):
Buti, M; Clemente-Casares, P; Jardi, R; Formiga-Cruz, M; Schaper, M; Valdes, A; Rodriguez-Frias, F; Esteban, R; Girones, R
Source: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY 41 (1):126-131 2004
Title:
Detection of bovine and porcine adenoviruses for tracing the source of fecal contamination
Author(s):
de Motes, CM; Clemente-Casares, P; Hundesa, A; Martin, M; Girones, R
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 70 (3):1448-1454 2004
Title:
Multiplex PCR with 16S rRNA gene-targeted primers of Bifidobacterium spp. to identifySources of fecal pollution
Author(s):
Bonjoch, X; Ballese, E; Blanch, AR
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 70 Issue: 5 Pages: 3171-3175 Published: 2004
Title:
Determination of Vibrio scophthalmi and its phenotypic diversity in turbot larvae
Author(s):
Cerda-Cuellar, M; Blanch, AR
Source: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 6 Issue: 3 Pages: 209-217 Published: 2004
Title:
Prevalence of the stx(2) gene in coliform populations from aquatic environments
Author(s):
Garcia-Aljaro, C; Muniesa, M; Jofre, J; et al.
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 70 Issue: 6 Pages: 3535-3540 Published: 2004
Title:
Reduction of bacterial indicators and bacteriophages infecting faecal bacteria in primary and secondary wastewater treatments
Author(s):
Lucena, F; Duran, AE; Moron, A; et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 97 Issue: 5 Pages: 1069-1076 Published: 2004
Title:
Standardised evaluation of the performance of a simple membrane filtration-elution method to concentrate bacteriophages from drinking water
Author(s):
Mendez, J; Audicana, A; Isern, A; et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS Volume: 117 Issue: 1 Pages: 19-25 Published: 2004
Title:
Assessment of drinking water quality using indicator bacteria and bacteriophages
Author(s):
Mendez, J; Audicana, A; Cancer, M; et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Pages: 201-214 Published: 2004
Title:
A method to maintain mammalian cells for days alive at 4 degrees C
Author(s):
Moce-Llivina, L; Jofre, J
Source: CYTOTECHNOLOGY Volume: 46 Issue: 1 Pages: 57-61 Published: 2004
Title:
Double-layer plaque assay for quantification of enteroviruses
Author(s):
Moce-Llivina, L; Lucena, F; Jofre, J
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 70 Issue: 5 Pages: 2801-2805 Published: 2004
Title:
Factors influencing the replication of somatic coliphages in the water environment
Author(s):
Muniesa, M; Jofre, J
Source: ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 86 Issue: 1 Pages: 65-76 Published: 2004
Title:
Abundance in sewage of bacteriophages infecting Escherichia coli O157 : H7
Author(s):
Muniesa, M; Jofre, J Editor(s): Spencer, JFT; DeSpencer, ALR; Spencer, JFT; et al.
Source: PUBLIC HEALTH MICROBIOLOGY: METHODS AND PROTOCOLS Volume: 268 Pages: 79-88 Published: 2004
Title:
Free Shiga toxin bacteriophages isolated from sewage showed diversity although the stx genes appeared conserved
Author(s):
Muniesa, M; Serra-Moreno, R; Jofre, J
Source: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 6 Issue: 7 Pages: 716-725 Published: 2004
Title:
Bacteriophages and diffusion of beta-lactamase genes
Author(s):
Muniesa, M; Garcia, A; Miro, E; et al.
Source: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES Volume: 10 Issue: 6 Pages: 1134-1137 Published: 2004
Title:
Microbiological evaluation of dental unit water systems in general dental practice in Europe
Author(s):
JT; Bradshaw, DJ; Finney, M; Fulford, MR; Frandsen, E; Ostergaard, E; ten Cate, JM; Moorer, WR; Schel, AJ; Mavridou, A; Kamma, JJ; Mandilara, G; Stosser, L; Kneist, S; Araujo, R; Contreras, N; Goroncy-Bermes, P; O'Mullane, D; Burke, F; Forde, A; O'Sullivan, M; Marsh, PD
Source: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORAL SCIENCES 112 (5):412-418 2004
Title:
Diversity of stx(2) converting bacteriophages induced from Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from cattle
Author(s):
Muniesa, M; Blanco, JE; de Simon, M; et al.
Source: MICROBIOLOGY-SGM Volume: 150 Pages: 2959-2971 Part: 9 Published: 2004
Title:
The composition and persistence of faecal coliforms and enterococcal populations in sewage treatment plants
Author(s):
Vilanova, X; Manero, A; Cerda-Cuellar, M; et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 96 Issue: 2 Pages: 279-288 Published: 2004