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Overview

Maite Muniesa is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their academic work spans several key areas in environmental science, medicine, and molecular biology with a strong focus on microbial ecology and infectious diseases.

The main fields of study for Muniesa include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, Muniesa's subfields of focus are:

  • Ecology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Endocrinology
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Molecular Biology

The scientist's research topics highlight particular interests in microbial interactions and environmental impacts:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Fecal contamination and water quality
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Muniesa has contributed to multiple papers in prominent journals. Recent examples include:

  • Monitoring influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in wastewater. Beyond COVID-19, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Bacteriophages of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and Their Contribution to Pathogenicity, 2021, Pathogens
  • Population genomics and antimicrobial resistance dynamics of Escherichia coli in wastewater and river environments, 2021, Communications Biology
  • 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

Frequent publication venues for Muniesa feature journals with environmental and microbiological focuses:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • The ISME Journal
  • Pathogens
  • Nature Communications
  • Microorganisms

Collaborations form a notable part of Muniesa's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Lorena Rodríguez-Rubio
  • Clara Gómez-Gómez
  • Laura Sala-Comorera
  • Pedro Blanco-Picazo
  • Cristina García-Aljaro

Best Publications

  • Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Bacteriophage DNA Fraction of Environmental Samples

    Marta Colomer-Lluch;Juan Jofre;Maite Muniesa

  • 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

  • Transfer of antibiotic-resistance genes via phage-related mobile elements.

    Maryury Brown-Jaque;William Calero-Cáceres;Maite Muniesa

  • Global phylogeography and ancient evolution of the widespread human gut virus crAssphage

    Robert A. Edwards;Alejandro A. Vega;Holly M. Norman;Maria Ohaeri

  • Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O104:H4: a New Challenge for Microbiology

    Maite Muniesa;Jens A. Hammerl;Stefan Hertwig;Bernd Appel

  • Survival of bacterial indicator species and bacteriophages after thermal treatment of sludge and sewage

    Laura Mocé-Llivina;Maite Muniesa;Hugo Pimenta-Vale;Francisco Lucena

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

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

  • Bacteriophages Carrying Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Fecal Waste from Cattle, Pigs, and Poultry

    Marta Colomer-Lluch;Lejla Imamovic;Juan Jofre;Maite Muniesa

  • Sludge As a Potential Important Source of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Both the Bacterial and Bacteriophage Fractions

    William Calero-Cáceres;Ana Melgarejo;Marta Colomer-Lluch;Claudia Stoll

  • Persistence of naturally occurring antibiotic resistance genes in the bacteria and bacteriophage fractions of wastewater.

    William Calero-Cáceres;Maite Muniesa

  • 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

  • Abundance in Sewage of Bacteriophages That Infect Escherichia coli O157:H7 and That Carry the Shiga Toxin 2 Gene

    Maite Muniesa;Juan Jofre

  • The occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes in a Mediterranean river and their persistence in the riverbed sediment.

    William Calero-Cáceres;Javier Méndez;Julia Martín-Díaz;Maite Muniesa

  • Removal and inactivation of indicator bacteriophages in fresh waters.

    A.E. Durán;M. Muniesa;X. Méndez;F. Valero

  • Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Bacteriophage DNA Fraction of Human Fecal Samples

    Pablo Quirós;Marta Colomer-Lluch;Alexandre Martínez-Castillo;Elisenda Miró

  • Potential impact of environmental bacteriophages in spreading antibiotic resistance genes.

    Maite Muniesa;Marta Colomer-Lluch;Juan Jofre

  • Characterization of a shiga toxin 2e-converting bacteriophage from an Escherichia coli strain of human origin.

    Maite Muniesa;Jürgen Recktenwald;Martina Bielaszewska;Helge Karch

  • Quinolone resistance genes (qnrA and qnrS) in bacteriophage particles from wastewater samples and the effect of inducing agents on packaged antibiotic resistance genes

    Marta Colomer-Lluch;Juan Jofre;Maite Muniesa

  • Determination of crAssphage in water samples and applicability for tracking human faecal pollution.

    Cristina García-Aljaro;Elisenda Ballesté;Maite Muniesa;Juan Jofre

  • Use of the lambda Red recombinase system to produce recombinant prophages carrying antibiotic resistance genes

    Ruth Serra-Moreno;Sandra Acosta;Jean Pierre Hernalsteens;Juan Jofre

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan Jofre
Juan Jofre University of Barcelona
Anicet R. Blanch
Anicet R. Blanch University of Barcelona
Francisco Lucena
Francisco Lucena University of Barcelona
Ferran Navarro
Ferran Navarro Autonomous University of Barcelona
Jorge Blanco
Jorge Blanco University of Santiago de Compostela
Herbert Schmidt
Herbert Schmidt University of Hohenheim
Bas E. Dutilh
Bas E. Dutilh Utrecht University
Jesús E. Blanco
Jesús E. Blanco University of Extremadura
Bruno Gonzalez-Zorn
Bruno Gonzalez-Zorn Complutense University of Madrid
Jeffrey T. LeJeune
Jeffrey T. LeJeune The Ohio State University

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