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Ariel Kushmaro is affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Their research spans multiple fields within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. Their primary subfields of study include molecular biology, infectious diseases, biomedical engineering, ecology, and food science.

Their research focus covers key topics such as SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, biosensors and analytical detection, along with various aspects of COVID-19 clinical and environmental research. They have also contributed to studies in microbial community ecology and physiology, and probiotics and fermented foods.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ariel Kushmaro include Karin Yaniv, Robert S. Marks, Marilou Shagan, Esti Kramarsky-Winter, and Lakkakula Satish. These collaborations are reflected across various publications and research projects over time.

Ariel Kushmaro has published extensively in several key venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), SSRN Electronic Journal, Molecules, Biosensors, and Frontiers in Microbiology.

Significant recent papers authored by Ariel Kushmaro include:

  • Rethinking wastewater risks and monitoring in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • Regressing SARS-CoV-2 sewage measurements onto COVID-19 burden in the population: a proof-of-concept for quantitative environmental surveillance, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Regressing SARS-CoV-2 Sewage Measurements Onto COVID-19 Burden in the Population: A Proof-of-Concept for Quantitative Environmental Surveillance, 2022, Frontiers in Public Health
  • Direct RT-qPCR assay for SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (Alpha, B.1.1.7 and Beta, B.1.351) detection and quantification in wastewater, 2021, Environmental Research
  • Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans Biofilm Formation and Virulence by Lactobacillus plantarum K41 Isolated From Traditional Sichuan Pickles, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Toxicopathological Effects of the Sunscreen UV Filter, Oxybenzone (Benzophenone-3), on Coral Planulae and Cultured Primary Cells and Its Environmental Contamination in Hawaii and the U.S. Virgin Islands

    C. A. Downs;Esti Kramarsky-Winter;Esti Kramarsky-Winter;Roee Segal;John Fauth

  • Bacterial infection and coral bleaching

    A. Kushmaro;Y. Loya;M. Fine;E. Rosenberg

  • Coral mucus-associated bacteria: a possible first line of defense

    Maya Shnit-Orland;Ariel Kushmaro

  • Bleaching of the coral Oculina patagonica by Vibrio AK-1

    A. Kushmaro;E. Rosenberg;M. Fine;Y. Loya

  • Vibrio shiloi sp. nov., the causative agent of bleaching of the coral Oculina patagonica.

    A Kushmaro;E Banin;Y Loya;E Stackebrandt

  • Petroleum bioremediation — a multiphase problem

    Eugene Rosenberg;Rachel Legmann;Ariel Kushmaro;Ran Taube

  • Effect of temperature on bleaching of the coral Oculina patagonica by Vibrio AK-1

    A. Kushmaro;E. Rosenberg;M. Fine;Y. Ben Haim

  • Environmental Impact of Flame Retardants (Persistence and Biodegradability)

    Osnat Segev;Ariel Kushmaro;Asher Brenner

  • Effect of Temperature on Adhesion of Vibrio Strain AK-1 to Oculina patagonica and on Coral Bleaching.

    A. Toren;L. Landau;A. Kushmaro;Y. Loya

  • Global distribution and diversity of coral-associated Archaea and their possible role in the coral holobiont nitrogen cycle.

    Nachshon Siboni;Eitan Ben-Dov;Alex Sivan;Ariel Kushmaro

  • Penetration of the coral-bleaching bacterium Vibrio shiloi into Oculina patagonica.

    E. Banin;T. Israely;A. Kushmaro;Y. Loya

  • Inhibition of photosynthesis and bleaching of zooxanthellae by the coral pathogen Vibrio shiloi.

    Yael Ben-Haim;Ehud Banim;Ariel Kushmaro;Yossi Loya

  • Coral mucus-associated bacterial communities from natural and aquarium environments

    Netta Kooperman;Eitan Ben-Dov;Eitan Ben-Dov;Esti Kramarsky-Winter;Zeev Barak

  • Characterization of black band disease in Red Sea stony corals

    Orit Barneah;Eitan Ben-Dov;Eitan Ben-Dov;Esti Kramarsky-Winter;Esti Kramarsky-Winter;Ariel Kushmaro

  • Antimicrobial activity of Red Sea corals

    Dovi Kelman;Dovi Kelman;Yoel Kashman;Eugene Rosenberg;Ariel Kushmaro

  • Quantification of Sulfate-reducing Bacteria in Industrial Wastewater, by Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Using dsrA and apsA Genes

    Eitan Ben-Dov;Asher Brenner;Ariel Kushmaro

  • Bacteriophage predation regulates microbial abundance and diversity in a full-scale bioreactor treating industrial wastewater.

    Orr H Shapiro;Ariel Kushmaro;Asher Brenner

  • The role of microorganisms in coral bleaching.

    Eugene Rosenberg;Ariel Kushmaro;Esti Kramarsky-Winter;Ehud Banin

  • Advantage of using inosine at the 3' termini of 16S rRNA gene universal primers for the study of microbial diversity.

    Eitan Ben-Dov;Orr H. Shapiro;Nachshon Siboni;Ariel Kushmaro

  • Regressing SARS-CoV-2 sewage measurements onto COVID-19 burden in the population: a proof-of-concept for quantitative environmental surveillance

    Itay Bar Or;Karin Yaniv;Marilou Shagan;Eden Ozer

Frequent Co-Authors

Yossi Loya
Yossi Loya Tel Aviv University
Eugene Rosenberg
Eugene Rosenberg Tel Aviv University
Xiaodong Chen
Xiaodong Chen Nanyang Technological University
Zeev Ronen
Zeev Ronen Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Karina Yew-Hoong Gin
Karina Yew-Hoong Gin National University of Singapore
Ella Mendelson
Ella Mendelson Tel Aviv University
Eliora Z. Ron
Eliora Z. Ron Tel Aviv University
Yehuda Benayahu
Yehuda Benayahu Tel Aviv University
Darren Delai Sun
Darren Delai Sun Nanyang Technological University
Hongyu Chen
Hongyu Chen Nanjing Tech University

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