Articles
2025
Unraveling the shifts in the belowground microbiota and metabolome of Pinus pinaster trees affected by forest decline
Lasa, A.V., M. López-Hinojosa, P.J. Villadas, A.J. Fernández-González, M.T. Cervera and M. Fernández-López
Science of the Total Environment 963: 178486
Unveiling changes in the rhizosphere bacteriome of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) inbred lines linked to their resistance to the soil borne pathogen Verticillium dahliae Kleb
Ben Guerrero, E., A.V. Lasa, P. Aguilera, A.J. Fernández-González, M.C. Martinez, J. Mercado-Blanco, M. Fernández-López and N. Paniego
Applied Soil Ecology 206: 105915
Root-associated microbiota of decline-affected and asymptomatic Pinus sylvestris trees
Lasa, A.V., A.J. Pérez-Luque and M. Fernández-López
Scientific Data 12: 891
The structure and co-occurrence networks of banana root-associated microbiota are shaped by sampling year and plant developmental stage
Lasa, A.V., C. Gómez-Lama Cabanás, A.J. Fernández-González, J. López-Cepero, P.J. Villadas, A. Valverde-Corredor, C. López-Díaz, L. Gómez-Gil, A. Di Pietro, M. Fernández-López and J. Mercado-Blanco
Applied Soil Ecology 214: 106377
Unveiling essential host genes and keystone microorganisms of the olive tree holobiont linked to Verticillium wilt tolerance
Fernández-González A.J., A. Serrano, F. Luque, M. Fernández-López and J. Mercado-Blanco
Microbiome 13: 239
2024
Benefits of Crotalaria juncea L. as green manure in fertility and soil microorganisms on the Peruvian coast
Arone, G.J., R. Ocaña, A. Sánchez, P.J. Villadas and M. Fernández-López
Microorganisms 12(11): 2241
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
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
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
2023
Confronting stresses affecting olive cultivation from the holobiont perspective
Cardoni, M. and J. Mercado-Blanco
Frontiers in Plant Sciences 14: 1261754
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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