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Anicet R. Blanch

Anicet R. Blanch

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Microbiology

D-Index
55
Citations
9426
World Ranking
3864
National Ranking
112

Overview

Anicet R. Blanch is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research focuses on several subfields including Ecology, Water Science and Technology, Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Infectious Diseases.

Their work covers a range of main topics related to environmental and microbial research, prominently including fecal contamination and water quality, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, microbial community ecology and physiology, gut microbiota and health, water treatment and disinfection, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, and child nutrition and water access.

Blanch has contributed to multiple research articles published in well-regarded scientific venues. These frequent publication venues include:

  • Water Research
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications

Among the notable recent papers are:

  • Combining multi-isotopic and molecular source tracking methods to identify nitrate pollution sources in surface and groundwater (2020, Water Research)
  • Impact of treated sewage effluent on the bacterial community composition in an intermittent mediterranean stream (2020, Environmental Pollution)
  • Bacteriophages in sewage: abundance, roles, and applications (2022, FEMS Microbes)
  • Characterization of crAss-like phage isolates highlights Crassvirales genetic heterogeneity and worldwide distribution (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Review: Indicator bacteriophages in sludge, biosolids, sediments and soils (2020, Environmental Research)

Blanch often collaborates with several researchers, frequently publishing alongside:

  • Cristina García-Aljaro
  • Elisenda Ballesté
  • F. Lucena
  • Javier Méndez
  • Maite Muniesa

Best Publications

  • A set of keys for biochemical identification of environmental Vibrio species

    Mercedes Alsina;Anicet R. Blanch

  • Identification of Enterococcus spp. with a Biochemical Key

    Albert Manero;Anicet R. Blanch

  • Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in different environments (humans, food, animal farms and sewage)

    Raúl Jesús Mesa;Vanessa Blanc;Anicet R Blanch;Pilar Cortés

  • Description of Bacillus toyonensis sp. nov., a novel species of the Bacillus cereus group, and pairwise genome comparisons of the species of the group by means of ANI calculations

    Guillermo Jiménez;Mercedes Urdiain;Ana Cifuentes;Aránzazu López-López

  • EU policy on sewage sludge utilization and perspectives on new approaches of sludge management.

    G. Mininni;A. R. Blanch;F. Lucena;S. Berselli

  • Integrated analysis of established and novel microbial and chemical methods for microbial source tracking.

    Anicet R. Blanch;Lluís Belanche-Muñoz;Xavier Bonjoch;James Ebdon

  • Comparison of enterococcal populations in animals, humans, and the environment--a European study.

    Inger Kühn;Aina Iversen;Lars G Burman;Barbro Olsson-Liljequist

  • Occurrence and Relatedness of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Animals, Humans, and the Environment in Different European Regions

    Inger Kühn;Aina Iversen;Maria Finn;Christina Greko

  • Identification of Vibrio spp. with a set of dichotomous keys.

    I. Noguerola;A.R. Blanch

  • Microbial source tracking : methods, applications, and case studies

    Charles Hagedorn;Anicet R. Blanch;Valerie J. Harwood

  • Diversity of stx2 converting bacteriophages induced from Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from cattle.

    Maite Muniesa;Jesus E. Blanco;Merce de Simón;Ruth Serra-Moreno

  • Occurrence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in the environment.

    Maite Muniesa;Juan Jofre;Cristina García-Aljaro;Anicet R Blanch

  • Improvement and update of a set of keys for biochemical identification of Vibrio species

    Mercedes Alsina;Anicet R. Blanch

  • A new selective medium for Bifidobacterium spp.

    Y. Nebra;A. R. Blanch

  • Taxonomic evidence that Vibrio carchariae Grimes et al. 1985 is a junior synonym of Vibrio harveyi (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Baumann et al, 1981.

    Karl Pedersen;Linda Verdonck;Brian Austin;Dawn A. Austin

  • Virulence and antimicrobial resistance profiles among Escherichia coli strains isolated from human and animal wastewater

    Montserrat Sabaté;Guillem Prats;Eva Moreno;Elisenda Ballesté

  • Combining multi-isotopic and molecular source tracking methods to identify nitrate pollution sources in surface and groundwater

    Raúl Carrey;Elisenda Ballesté;Anicet R. Blanch;Francisco Lucena

  • Multiplex PCR with 16S rRNA gene-targeted primers of bifidobacterium spp. to identify sources of fecal pollution.

    X. Bonjoch;E. Ballesté;A. R. Blanch

  • Comparison of enterococcal populations related to urban and hospital wastewater in various climatic and geographic European regions

    A.R. Blanch;Jonathan Caplin;A. Iversen;I. Kühn

  • Performance characteristics of qPCR assays targeting human- and ruminant-associated bacteroidetes for microbial source tracking across sixteen countries on six continents

    Georg H Reischer;James E Ebdon;Johanna M Bauer;Nathalie Schuster

  • Coliphages as Model Organisms in the Characterization and Management of Water Resources

    Joan Jofre i Torroella;Francisco Lucena Gutiérrez;A.R. Blanch;Ma Teresa Muniesa Pérez

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco Lucena
Francisco Lucena University of Barcelona
Maite Muniesa
Maite Muniesa University of Barcelona
Juan Jofre
Juan Jofre University of Barcelona
Brian Austin
Brian Austin University of Stirling
Roland Möllby
Roland Möllby Karolinska Institute
Jean Swings
Jean Swings Ghent University
Ramon Rosselló-Móra
Ramon Rosselló-Móra Spanish National Research Council
Karl Pedersen
Karl Pedersen Aarhus University
Warish Ahmed
Warish Ahmed Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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