Articles

2024

Key microorganisms defining the microbial communities of an alpine legume-shrubland ecosystem on a volcanic island in natural and fire-affected soils

Fernández-González, A.J., P.J. Villadas, F. Díaz-Peña, J. Notario-del-Pino, Á. Lizano-Bastardín, M. Fernández-López and M. León-Barrios

Plant and Soil 498: 651-670

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Pitting the olive seed microbiome

Wentzien, N.M., A.J. Fernández-González, A. Valverde-Corredor, A.V. Lasa, P.J. Villadas, W.A. Wicaksono, T. Cernava, G. Berg, M. Fernández-López and J. Mercado-Blanco

Environmental Microbiome 19: 17

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Mediterranean pine forest decline: a matter of root-associated microbiota and climate change

Lasa, A.V., A.J. Fernández-González, P.J. Villadas, A.J. Pérez-Luque and M. Fernández-López

Science of the Total Environment 926: 171858

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2023


Confronting stresses affecting olive cultivation from the holobiont perspective

Cardoni, M. and J. Mercado-Blanco

Frontiers in Plant Sciences 14: 1261754

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Bacteriome dataset from the rhizosphere of trees in a Pinus pinaster and Pinus halepensis dominated forest subjected to drought conditions

Lasa, A.V., M.A. Guevara, P.J. Villadas, A.J. Fernández-González, M.T. Cervera and M. Fernández-López

Data in Brief 46: 108805

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Co-occurrence network analysis unveils the actual differential impact on the olive root microbiota by two Verticillium wilt biocontrol rhizobacteria

Cardoni, M., A.J. Fernández-González, A. Valverde-Corredor, M. Fernández-López and J. Mercado-Blanco

Environmental Microbiome 18: 21

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How harmful are exotic plantations for soils and its microbiome? A case study in an arid island

Perdomo-González, A., R. Pérez-Reverón, M. Goberna, M. León-Barrios, M. Fernández-López, P.J. Villadas, J.A. Reyes-Betancort and F.J. Díaz-Peña

Science of the Total Environment 879: 163030

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Organic amendments: microbial communities and their role in plant fitness and disease suppression

Pantelides, I.S., I.A. Stringlis, O.M. Finkel and J. Mercado-Blanco

Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1213092

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Bacterial inoculation of Quercus pyrenaica trees alters co-occurrence patterns but not the composition of the rhizosphere bacteriome in wild conditions

Lasa, A.V., A.J. Fernández-González, P.J. Villadas, J.F. Cobo-Díaz and M. Fernández-López

Environmental Microbiology 1: 15

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Changes in rice rhizosphere and bulk soil bacterial communities in the Doñana wetlands at different growth stages

Iniesta-Pallarés, M., M. Brenes-Álvarez, A.V. Lasa, M. Fernández-López, C. Álvarez, F.P. Molina-Heredia and V. Mariscal

Applied Soil Ecology 190: 105013

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The roots of olive cultivars differing in tolerance to Verticillium dahliae show quantitative differences in phenolic and triterpenic profiles

Cardoni, M., L. Olmo-García, I. Serrano-García, A. Carrasco-Pancorbo and J. Mercado-Blanco

Journal of Plant Interactions 18(1): 2206840

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Long-term persistence of three microbial wildfire biomarkers in forest soils

Fernández-González, A.J., A.V. Lasa, J.F. Cobo-Díaz, P.J. Villadas, A.J. Pérez-Luque, F.M. García-Rodríguez, S.G. Tringe and M. Fernández-López

Forests 14 (7): 1383

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Thriving beneath olive trees: the influence of organic farming on microbial communities

Wentzien, N.M., A.J. Fernández-González, P.J. Villadas, A. Valverde-Corredor, J. Mercado-Blanco and M. Fernández-López

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 21: 3575

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2022


Unveiling differences in root defense mechanisms between tolerant and susceptible olive cultivars to Verticillium dahliae

Cardoni, M., C. Gómez-Lama Cabanás, A. Valverde-Corredor, R. Villar and J. Mercado-Blanco

Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 863055

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Correlating the above- and belowground genotype of Pinus pinaster trees and rhizosphere bacterial communities under drought conditions

Lasa, A.V., M.A Guevara, P.J. Villadas; M.D. Vélez, A.J. Fernández-González; N. de María, M. López-Hinojosa, L. Díaz, M.T. Cervera and M. Fernández-López

Science of Total Environment 832: 155007

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Identification of volatile organic compounds emitted by two beneficial endophytic Pseudomonas strains from olive roots

Montes-Osuna, N., T. Cernava, C. Gómez-Lama Cabanás, G. Berg and J. Mercado-Blanco

Plants 11: 318

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Impacts of the biocontrol strain Pseudomonas simiae PICF7 on the banana holobiont: alteration of root microbial co-occurrence networks and effect on host defence responses

Gómez-Lama Cabanás, C., N.M. Wentzien, Y. Zorrilla-Fontanesi, A. Valverde-Corredor, A.J. Fernández-González, M. Fernández-López and J. Mercado-Blanco

Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 809126

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Physiological and structural responses of olive leaves related to tolerance/susceptibility to Verticillium dahliae

Cardoni, M., J.L. Quero, R. Villar and J. Mercado-Blanco

Plants 11: 2302

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Designing a synthetic microbial community devoted to biological control: The case study of Fusarium wilt of banana

Prigigallo, M.I., C. Gómez-Lama Cabanás, J. Mercado-Blanco and G. Bubici

Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 967885

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2021


Functional traits of olive varieties and their relationship with the tolerance level towards Verticillium wilt

Cardoni, M., J. Mercado-Blanco and R. Villar

Plants 10: 1079

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Evaluation of indigenous olive biocontrol rhizobacteria as protectants against drought and salt stress

Montes-Osuna, N., C. Gómez-Lama Cabanás, A. Valverde-Corredor, G. Legarda, P. Prieto and J. Mercado-Blanco

Microorganisms 9: 1209

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Verticillium wilt resistant and susceptible olive cultivars express a very different basal set of genes in roots

Ramírez-Tejero, J.A., J. Jiménez-Ruiz, A. Serrano, A. Belaj, L. León, R. de la Rosa, J. Mercado-Blanco and F. Luque

BMC Genomics 22: 229

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Assessing the involvement of selected phenotypes of Pseudomonas simiae PICF7 in olive root colonization and biological control of Verticillium dahliae

Montes-Osuna, N., C. Gómez-Lama Cabanás, A. Valverde-Corredor, R.L. Berendsen, P. Prieto and J. Mercado-Blanco

Plants 10: 412

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Transcriptional regulation of plant sugar transporter genes by beneficial rhizobacteria

Desrut, A., F. Thibault, J. Mercado-Blanco, P. Coutos-Thevenot and C. Vriet

Journal of Plant Interactions 16: 443-451

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Coupling the endophytic microbiome with the host transcriptome in olive roots

Fernández-González, A.J., J.A. Ramírez-Tejero, M.P. Nevado-Berzosa, F. Luque, M. Fernández-López and J. Mercado-Blanco

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 19: 4777-4789

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Involvement of the metabolically active bacteria in the organic matter degradation during olive mill waste composting

Tortosa, G., A.J. Fernández-González, A.V. Lasa, E. Aranda, F. Torralbo, C. González-Murua, M. Fernández-López, E. Benítez and E.J. Bedmar

Science of the Total Environment 789: 147975

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The banana root endosphere microbiota: differences between mother plants and suckers, and evaluation of selected bacteria to control Fusarium oxysporum F.sp. cubense

Gómez-Lama Cabanás, C., A.J. Fernández-González, M. Cardoni, A. Valverde-Corredor, J. López-Cepero, M. Fernández-López and J. Mercado-Blanco

Journal of Fungi 7(3): 194

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2020


Comparative study of Holm-oak and olive-trees belowground microbial communities subjected to different soil management

Fernández-González, A.J., N.M. Wentzien, P.J. Villadas, A. Valverde-Corredor, A.V. Lasa, C. Gómez-Lama Cabanás, J. Mercado-Blanco and M. Fernández-López

PLoS ONE. 15: e0236796

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Exploring the effect of composting technologies on the recovery of hydrocarbon contaminated soil post chemical oxidative treatment

Medina, R., A.J. Fernández-González, F. García-Rodríguez, P.J. Villadas, J.A. Rosso, M. Fernández-López and M. Del Panno

Applied Soil Ecology 150: 103459

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Complete genome sequence of Sinorhizobium meliloti strain AK21, a salt-tolerant isolate from the Aral Sea region

Jiménez-Zurdo, J.I., F. Martínez-Abarca, J.F. Cobo-Díaz, J.A. López-Contreras, M. Fernández-López and N. Toro

Microbiology Resource Announcements 9(2): e01432-19

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Linking belowground microbial network changes to different tolerance level towards Verticillium wilt of olive

Fernández-González, A.J., M. Cardoni, C. Gómez-Lama Cabanás, A. Valverde-Corredor, P.J. Villadas, M. Fernández-López and J. Mercado Blanco

Microbiome 8: 11

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Characterization of the belowground microbial community in a poplar-assisted bioremediation strategy for restoring a multi-contaminated soil

Barra Caracciolo, A., P. Grenni, G.L. Garbini, L. Rolando, C. Campanale, G. Aimola, M. Fernandez-Lopez, A.J. Fernandez-Gonzalez, P.J. Villadas and V. Ancona

Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 2073

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Holm oak decline and mortality exacerbates drought effects on soil biogeochemical cycling and soil microbial communities across a climactic gradient

García-Angulo, D., A.M. Hereş, M. Fernández-López, O. Flores, M.J. Sanz, A. Rey, F. Valladares and J. Curiel-Yuste

Soil Biology and Biochemistry 149: 107921

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The endosphere bacteriome of diseased and healthy tomato plants

Yanil-López, S.M., G.N. Pastorino, A.J. Fernández-González, M.E. Ernesto-Franco, M. Fernández-López and P. Balatti. 2020

Archives of Microbiology 202: 2629-2642

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Epigenetic regulation of Verticillium dahliae virulence: does DNA methylation level play a role?

Ramírez-Tejero, J.A., C. Gómez-Lama Cabanás, A. Valverde-Corredor, J. Mercado-Blanco and F. Luque

International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21(15):5197

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Verticillium wilt of olive and its control: what did we learn during the last decade?

Montes-Osuna, N. and J. Mercado-Blanco

Plants 9(6):735

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2019


Bacteria from the endosphere and rhizosphere of Quercus spp. use mainly cell wall-associated enzymes to decompose organic matte

Lasa, A.V., T. Mašínová, P. Baldrian and M. Fernández-López

PLoS ONE. 14: e0214422

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Defining the root endosphere and rhizosphere microbiomes from the World Olive Germplasm Collection

Fernández-González A.J., P.J. Villadas, C. Gómez-Lama Cabanás, A. Valverde-Corredor, A. Belaj, J. Mercado-Blanco and M. Fernández-López

Scientific Reports 9: 20423

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The soil microbiome of the laurel forest in Garajonay National Park (La Gomera, Canary Islands), comparing unburned and burned habitats after a wildfire

Villadas, P.J., S. Díaz-Díaz, A. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, M. del Arco-Aguilar, A.J. Fernández-González, J. Pérez-Yépez, C. Arbelo, J.M. Mancebo, M. Fernández-López and M. León-Barrios

Forests 10: 1051

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Metabarcoding reveals that rhizospheric microbiota of Quercus pyrenaica is composed by a relatively small number of bacterial taxa highly abundant

Lasa A.V., A.J. Fernández-González, P.J. Villadas, N. Toro and M. Fernández-López

Scientific Reports 9: 1695

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2018


Whole-genome sequences of two Arthrobacter strains isolated from a Holm oak rhizosphere affected by wildfire

Fernández-González, A.J., A.V. Lasa and M. Fernández-López

Genome Announcements. 6: e00071-18

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2017


Analysis of rhizobial endosymbionts of Vicia, Lathyrus and Trifolium species used to maintain mountain firewalls in Sierra Nevada National Park (South Spain).

Villadas, P.J., A.V. Lasa, P. Martínez-Hidalgo, J.D. Flores-Félix, E. Martínez-Molina, N. Toro, E. Velázquez and M. Fernández-López

Systematic and Applied Microbiology 10: 92-101

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Rational application of treated sewage sludge with urea increases GHG mitigation opportunities in Mediterranean soils

Calleja-Cervantes, M.E., P.M. Aparicio-Tejo, P.J. Villadas, I. Irigoyen, J. Irañeta, A.J. Fernández-González, M. Fernández-López and S. Menéndez

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 238: 114-127

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Striking alterations in the soil bacterial community structure and functioning of the biological N cycle induced by Pennisetum setaceum invasion in a semiarid environment

Rodríguez-Caballero, G., F. Caravaca, M.M. Alguacil, M. Fernández-López, A.J. Fernández-González and A. Roldán

Soil Biology and Biochemistry 109: 176-187

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The rhizosphere microbiome of burned holm-oak: potential role of the genus Arthrobacter in the recovery of burned soils

Fernández-González, A.J., J.F. Cobo-Díaz, P. Martínez-Hidalgo, P.J. Villadas, E. Martínez-Molina, N. Toro, S.G. Tringe and M. Fernández-López

Scientific Reports 7: 6008

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation mediated changes in rhizosphere bacterial community structure while promoting revegetation in a semiarid ecosystem

Rodríguez-Caballero, G., F. Caravaca, A.J Fernández-González, M.M. Alguacil, M. Fernández-López and A. Roldán

Science of the Total Environment 584-585: 838-848

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Taxonomic and functional diversity of Quercus pyrenaica rhizospheric microbiome in Mediterranean mountains

Cobo-Díaz, J.F., A.J. Fernández-González, P.J. Villadas, N. Toro, S.G. Tringe and M. Fernández-López

Forests 8: 390

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2016


Bacterial communities in the rhizosphere of amilaceous maize (Zea mays L.) as assessed by pyrosequencing

Correa-Galeote, D., E.J. Bedmar., A.J. Fernández-González, M. Fernández-López, and G.J. Arone

Frontiers in Plant Science 7: 1016

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The early events underlying genome evolution in a localized Sinorhizobium meliloti population

Toro, N., F. Martínez-Abarca and M. Fernández-López

BMC Genomics 17: 556

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2015


Metagenomic assessment of the potential microbial nitrogen pathways in the rhizosphere of a Mediterranean forest after a wildfire

Cobo-Díaz J.F., A.J. Fernández-González, P.J. Villadas, A.B. Robles, N. Toro y M. Fernández-López

Microbial Ecology 69: 895-904

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Changes in soil nutrient content and bacterial community after 12 years of organic amendment application to a vineyard

Calleja-Cervantes, M.E., S. Menéndez, A.J. Fernández-González, I. Irigoyen, J.F. Cibrián-Sabalza, N. Toro, P.M. Aparicio-Tejo y M. Fernández-López

European Journal of Soil Science 66(4): 802-812

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Genomic characterization of Sinorhizobium meliloti AK21, a wild isolate from the Aral Sea region

Molina-Sánchez, M.D., J.A. López-Contreras, N. Toro y M. Fernández-López

SpringerPlus 4(1): 259

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Thirteen years of continued application of composted organic wastes in a vineyard modify soil quality characteristics

Calleja-Cervantes, M.E., A.J. Fernández-González, M.E., I. Irigoyen, M. Fernández-López, P.M. Aparicio-Tejo and S. Menéndez

Soil Biology and Biochemistry 90: 241-254

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