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Azucena Mora is affiliated with the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Their main area of research falls within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Medicine, Endocrinology, Food Science, Epidemiology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics such as:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Urinary Tract Infections Management
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing

Among recent publications, the following papers highlight their research contributions:

  • Chicken and turkey meat: Consumer exposure to multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae including mcr-carriers, uropathogenic E. coli and high-risk lineages such as ST131, 2020, International Journal of Food Microbiology
  • Genomic Characterization of Escherichia coli Isolates Belonging to a New Hybrid aEPEC/ExPEC Pathotype O153:H10-A-ST10 eae-beta1 Occurred in Meat, Poultry, Wildlife and Human Diarrheagenic Samples, 2020, Antibiotics
  • Whole Genome Sequencing and Characteristics of mcr-1-Harboring Plasmids of Porcine Escherichia coli Isolates Belonging to the High-Risk Clone O25b:H4-ST131 Clade B, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Clones of enterotoxigenic and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli implicated in swine enteric colibacillosis in Spain and rates of antibiotic resistance, 2020, Veterinary Microbiology
  • High Prevalence and Diversity of Cephalosporin-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Including Extraintestinal Pathogenic E. coli CC648 Lineage in Rural and Urban Dogs in Northwest Spain, 2020, Antibiotics

This scientist regularly publishes in journals such as:

  • Antibiotics
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • International Journal of Food Microbiology
  • Preprints.org
  • Veterinary Microbiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Azucena Mora include:

  • Isidro García-Meniño
  • Vanesa García
  • Javier Fernández
  • Dafne Díaz-Jiménez
  • Alexandra Herrera

Best Publications

  • Serotypes, Virulence Genes, and Intimin Types of Shiga Toxin (Verotoxin)-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Cattle in Spain and Identification of a New Intimin Variant Gene (eae-ξ)

    M. Blanco;J. E. Blanco;A. Mora;G. Dahbi

  • Serotypes, Virulence Genes, and Intimin Types of Shiga Toxin (Verotoxin)-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Healthy Sheep in Spain

    M. Blanco;J. E. Blanco;A. Mora;J. Rey

  • Isolation and characterization of potentially pathogenic antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli strains from chicken and pig farms in Spain.

    Pilar Cortés;Vanessa Blanc;Azucena Mora;Ghizlane Dahbi

  • Antimicrobial resistance of Shiga toxin (verotoxin)-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 and non-O157 strains isolated from humans, cattle, sheep and food in Spain.

    Azucena Mora;Jesús E. Blanco;Miguel Blanco;M. Pilar Alonso

  • Serotypes, Virulence Genes, and Intimin Types of Shiga Toxin (Verotoxin)-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Human Patients: Prevalence in Lugo, Spain, from 1992 through 1999

    J. E. Blanco;M. Blanco;M. P. Alonso;A. Mora

  • Diagnostic Strategy for Identifying Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli Based on Four Patterns of Virulence Genes

    Catherine Schouler;Brigitte Schaeffer;Annie Brée;Azucena Mora

  • Prevalence of bacterial resistance to quinolones and other antimicrobials among avian Escherichia coli strains isolated from septicemic and healthy chickens in Spain.

    Jesus E. Blanco;Miguel Blanco;Azucena Mora;Jorge Blanco

  • Distribution and characterization of faecal verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) isolated from healthy cattle

    Miguel Blanco;Jesús E. Blanco;Jorge Blanco;Azucena Mora

  • Molecular epidemiology of Escherichia coli producing extended-spectrum {beta}-lactamases in Lugo (Spain): dissemination of clone O25b:H4-ST131 producing CTX-M-15.

    Miguel Blanco;Maria Pilar Alonso;Marie-Hélène Nicolas-Chanoine;Ghizlane Dahbi

  • Absence of CTX-M Enzymes but High Prevalence of Clones, Including Clone ST131, among Fecal Escherichia coli Isolates from Healthy Subjects Living in the Area of Paris, France

    Véronique Leflon-Guibout;Jorge Blanco;Karim Amaqdouf;Azucena Mora

  • Plasmid Flux in Escherichia coli ST131 Sublineages, Analyzed by Plasmid Constellation Network (PLACNET), a New Method for Plasmid Reconstruction from Whole Genome Sequences

    Val F. Lanza;María de Toro;M. Pilar Garcillán-Barcia;Azucena Mora

  • Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli O1:K1:H7/NM from human and avian origin: detection of clonal groups B2 ST95 and D ST59 with different host distribution

    Azucena Mora;Cecilia López;Ghizlane Dabhi;Miguel Blanco

  • National survey of Escherichia coli causing extraintestinal infections reveals the spread of drug-resistant clonal groups O25b:H4-B2-ST131, O15:H1-D-ST393 and CGA-D-ST69 with high virulence gene content in Spain

    Jorge Blanco;Azucena Mora;Rosalia Mamani;Cecilia López

  • Virulence genes and intimin types of Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from cattle and beef products in Argentina

    Miguel Blanco;Nora L Padola;Alejandra Krüger;Marcelo E Sanz

  • Genes coding for enterotoxins and verotoxins in porcine Escherichia coli strains belonging to different O:K:H serotypes: relationship with toxic phenotypes.

    M Blanco;J E Blanco;E A Gonzalez;A Mora

  • Prevalence and characteristics of Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7 and other verotoxin-producing E. coli in healthy cattle.

    M. Blanco;J. E. Blanco;J. Blanco;E. A. Gonzalez

  • Seropathotypes, Phylogroups, Stx Subtypes, and Intimin Types of Wildlife-Carried, Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains with the Same Characteristics as Human-Pathogenic Isolates

    Azucena Mora;Cecilia López;Ghizlane Dhabi;Ana M. López-Beceiro

  • Serotypes, virulence genes, and intimin types of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) isolated from calves in São Paulo, Brazil.

    L. Aidar-Ugrinovich;J. Blanco;M. Blanco;J.E. Blanco

  • Characteristics of the Shiga-toxin-producing enteroaggregative Escherichia coli O104:H4 German outbreak strain and of STEC strains isolated in Spain

    Azucena Mora;Alexandra Herrrera;Cecilia López;Ghizlane Dahbi

  • Serotypes, virulence genes, intimin types and PFGE profiles of Escherichia coli isolated from piglets with diarrhoea in Slovakia.

    H. Vu-Khac;E. Holoda;E. Pilipcinec;M. Blanco

  • Detection of pap, sfa and afa adhesin-encoding operons in uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains: Relationship with expression of adhesins and production of toxins

    M. Blanco;J.E. Blanco;M.P. Alonso;A. Mora

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge Blanco
Jorge Blanco University of Santiago de Compostela
Miguel Blanco
Miguel Blanco University of Santiago de Compostela
Jesús E. Blanco
Jesús E. Blanco University of Extremadura
Marie-Hélène Nicolas-Chanoine
Marie-Hélène Nicolas-Chanoine Université Paris Cité
Fernando de la Cruz
Fernando de la Cruz University of Cantabria
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño University of Seville
Álvaro Pascual
Álvaro Pascual University of Seville
Bertrand Picard
Bertrand Picard Université Paris Cité
Luis Martínez-Martínez
Luis Martínez-Martínez University of Córdoba
M. Alexander Schmidt
M. Alexander Schmidt University of Münster

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