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Cesáreo Sáiz-Jiménez

Cesáreo Sáiz-Jiménez

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
81
Citations
17950
World Ranking
937
National Ranking
21

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
17684
World Ranking
4408
National Ranking
50

Overview

Cesáreo Sáiz-Jiménez is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. The scientist's research primarily situates in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a total of 54 and 38 publications in these areas respectively. Their work extensively explores subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Conservation, and Environmental Chemistry.

The core topics studied by Sáiz-Jiménez revolve around building materials and conservation, microbial community ecology and physiology, and conservation techniques and studies. Further areas of interest include methane hydrates and related phenomena, protist diversity and phylogeny, geology and paleoclimatology research, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Recent publications demonstrate diverse research interests in environmental microbiology and biogeochemical cycles. These include:

  • Role of subterranean microbiota in the carbon cycle and greenhouse gas dynamics, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Microbial Communities in Vermiculation Deposits from an Alpine Cave, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Prokaryotic communities from a lava tube cave in La Palma Island (Spain) are involved in the biogeochemical cycle of major elements, 2021, PeerJ
  • Microbial Community Characterizing Vermiculations from Karst Caves and Its Role in Their Formation, 2020, Microbial Ecology
  • Biological Control of Phototrophic Biofilms in a Show Cave: The Case of Nerja Cave, 2020, Applied Sciences

The scientist has frequently published in several venues. The most prominent publication venues include:

  • Applied Sciences (12 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (7 publications)
  • Microbial Ecology (5 publications)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology (4 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)

Sáiz-Jiménez commonly collaborates with several researchers, with notable frequent co-authors being:

  • Valme Jurado (39 collaborations)
  • Tamara Martín-Pozas (25 collaborations)
  • Sergio Sánchez Moral (23 collaborations)
  • José Luis Gonzalez-Pimentel (22 collaborations)
  • Ángel Fernández-Cortés (21 collaborations)

The research output reflects an interdisciplinary approach combining aspects of microbiology, geology, and environmental chemistry, focusing particularly on microbial communities in subterranean and cave environments and their roles in geochemical cycles and conservation.

Best Publications

  • A fluorimetric method for the estimation of G+C mol% content in microorganisms by thermal denaturation temperature.

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  • Biodiversity of cyanobacteria and green algae on monuments in the Mediterranean Basin: an overview.

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  • The microbiology of Lascaux Cave

    Fabiola Bastian;Valme Jurado;Alena Nováková;Claude Alabouvette

  • Chemical characterization of soil organic matter fractions by analytical pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

    Cesáreo Sáiz-Jiménez;J. W. de Leeuw

  • Biodeterioration of building materials by cyanobacteria and algae

    J.J. Ortega-Calvo;M. Hernandez-Marine;C. Saiz-Jimenez

  • Factors affecting the weathering and colonization of monuments by phototrophic microorganisms

    J.J. Ortega-Calvo;X. Ariño;M. Hernandez-Marine;C. Saiz-Jimenez

  • Actinomycetes in Karstic caves of northern Spain (Altamira and Tito Bustillo).

    I. Groth;R. Vettermann;B. Schuetze;P. Schumann

  • Microorganisms and Microbially Induced Fabrics in Cave Walls

    J. C. Cañveras;S. Sanchez-Moral;V. Sloer;C. Saiz-Jimenez

  • Influence of organic loading rate and hydraulic retention time on the performance, stability and microbial communities of one-stage anaerobic digestion of two-phase olive mill solid residue

    B. Rincón;R. Borja;J.M. González;M.C. Portillo

  • Bacterial and fungal diversity and biodeterioration problems in mural painting environments of St. Martins church (Greene–Kreiensen, Germany)

    Anna A Gorbushina;Jeroen Heyrman;Thomas Dornieden;M Gonzalez-Delvalle

  • Analytical pyrolysis of humic substances: pitfalls, limitations, and possible solutions.

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  • Altamira cave Paleolithic paintings harbor partly unknown bacterial communities

    Claudia Schabereiter-Gurtner;Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez;Guadalupe Piñar;Werner Lubitz

  • On the origin of fiber calcite crystals in moonmilk deposits

    Juan Carlos Cañaveras;Soledad Cuezva;Sergio Sanchez-Moral;Javier Lario

  • Phylogenetic diversity of bacteria associated with Paleolithic paintings and surrounding rock walls in two Spanish caves (Llonı́n and La Garma)

    Claudia Schabereiter-Gurtner;Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez;Guadalupe Piñar;Werner Lubitz

  • Lichen colonization of the Roman pavement at Baelo Claudia (Cadiz, Spain): biodeterioration vs. bioprotection

    X. Ariño;J.J. Ortega-Calvo;A. Gomez-Bolea;C. Saiz-Jimenez

  • Paleolithic art in peril: policy and science collide at Altamira cave

    Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez;Soledad Cuezva;Valme Jurado;Angel Fernandez-Cortes

  • The biogeochemical role of Actinobacteria in Altamira Cave, Spain.

    Soledad Cuezva;Angel Fernandez-Cortes;Estefania Porca;Lejla Pašić

  • Detection and Phylogenetic Relationships of Highly Diverse Uncultured Acidobacterial Communities in Altamira Cave Using 23S rRNA Sequence Analyses

    J. Zimmermann;J. M. Gonzalez;C. Saiz-Jimenez;W. Ludwig

  • Anatase as an alternative application for preventing biodeterioration of mortars: evaluation and comparison with other biocides

    Ana Josina Fonseca;Fernando Pina;Maria Filomena Macedo;Nuno Leal

  • Phylogenetic 16S rRNA analysis reveals the presence of complex and partly unknown bacterial communities in Tito Bustillo cave, Spain, and on its Palaeolithic paintings.

    Claudia Schabereiter-Gurtner;Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez;Guadalupe Piñar;Werner Lubitz

  • Effect of Humic Fractions and Clay on Biodegradation of Phenanthrene by a Pseudomonas fluorescens Strain Isolated from Soil

    Jose-Julio Ortega-Calvo;Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez

  • Chemical characterization of recent and buried woods by analytical pyrolysis: Comparison of pyrolysis data with 13C NMR and wet chemical data

    Cesáreo Sáiz-Jiménez;J. J. Boon;J. I. Hedges;J. K. C. Hessels

  • Metabolically active microbial communities of yellow and grey colonizations on the walls of Altamira Cave, Spain.

    M.C. Portillo;J.M. Gonzalez;C. Saiz-Jimenez

  • Pathogenic and opportunistic microorganisms in caves

    Valme Jurado;Leonila Laiz;Veronica Rodriguez-Nava;Patrick Boiron

  • Biomediated Precipitation of Calcium Carbonate Metastable Phases in Hypogean Environments: A Short Review

    S. Sanchez-Moral;J. C. Canaveras;L. Laiz;C. Saiz-Jimenez

  • Geomicrobiological Study of the Grotta dei Cervi, Porto Badisco, Italy

    I. Groth;P. Schumann;L. Laiz;S. Sanchez-Moral

  • Multiple displacement amplification as a pre‐polymerase chain reaction (pre‐PCR) to process difficult to amplify samples and low copy number sequences from natural environments

    Juan M. Gonzalez;M. Carmen Portillo;Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez

  • Application of molecular nucleic acid-based techniques for the study of microbial communities in monuments and artworks

    Juan M González;Cesareo Sáiz-Jiménez

  • Actinobacterial Diversity in Volcanic Caves and Associated Geomicrobiological Interactions.

    Cristina Riquelme;Jennifer J. Marshall Hathaway;Maria de L. N. Enes Dapkevicius;Ana Z. Miller

  • Microbial Communities and Associated Mineral Fabrics in Altamira Cave, Spain

    Soledad Cuezva;Sergio Sanchez-Moral;Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez;Juan Carlos Cañaveras

  • Microbial communities associated with hydromagnesite and needle-fiber aragonite deposits in a karstic cave (Altamira, Northern Spain)

    J. C. Canaveras;M. Hoyos;S. Sanchez-Moral;E. Sanz-Rubio

  • Use of Biocides for the Control of Fungal Outbreaks in Subterranean Environments: The Case of the Lascaux Cave in France

    Pedro M Martin-Sanchez;Alena Nováková;Fabiola Bastian;Claude Alabouvette

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Sanchez-Moral
Sergio Sanchez-Moral Spanish National Research Council
José-Julio Ortega-Calvo
José-Julio Ortega-Calvo Spanish National Research Council
David Benavente
David Benavente University of Alicante
Claude Alabouvette
Claude Alabouvette INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
J.W. de Leeuw
J.W. de Leeuw Delft University of Technology
Werner Lubitz
Werner Lubitz BIRD-C GmbH
Heike Knicker
Heike Knicker Spanish National Research Council
Cristina Sabbioni
Cristina Sabbioni Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Peter Schumann
Peter Schumann Leibniz Association
Shlomo Nir
Shlomo Nir Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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