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Ruben Avendaño-Herrera

Ruben Avendaño-Herrera

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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35
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4704
World Ranking
1734
National Ranking
2

Overview

Ruben Avendaño-Herrera is affiliated with Andrés Bello University in Chile. Their research primarily focuses on fields including Immunology and Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Within these, they contribute extensively to subfields such as Immunology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Ecology, and Endocrinology.

The scholar's work centers on multiple key topics related to aquatic health and microbial studies. These topics include aquaculture disease management and microbiota, microbial infections and disease research, genomics and phylogenetic studies, Vibrio bacteria research, myxozoan parasites in aquatic species, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, and parasite biology and host interactions.

Ruben Avendaño-Herrera has published numerous papers in several scientific journals. Their frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Fish Diseases
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Animals

Among recent publications, several notable papers include:

  • "Tenacibaculosis caused by Tenacibaculum maritimum: Updated knowledge of this marine bacterial fish pathogen," 2023, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • "First Identification and Characterization of Lactococcus garvieae Isolated from Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Cultured in Mexico," 2020, Animals
  • "Use of antimicrobials in Chilean Salmon farming: Facts, myths and perspectives," 2022, Reviews in Aquaculture
  • "Tenacibaculum piscium sp. nov., isolated from skin ulcers of sea-farmed fish, and description of Tenacibaculum finnmarkense sp. nov. with subdivision into genomovars finnmarkense and ulcerans," 2020, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • "New salmonid hosts for Tenacibaculum species: Expansion of tenacibaculosis in Chilean aquaculture," 2020, Journal of Fish Diseases

The researcher collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Rute Irgang
  • Mónica Saldarriaga-Córdoba
  • Macarena Echeverría-Bugueño
  • Henry Araya-León
  • César Ortega-Santana

Best Publications

  • Tenacibaculosis infection in marine fish caused by Tenacibaculum maritimum: a review

    Ruben Avendaño-Herrera;Alicia E. Toranzo;Beatriz Magariños

  • Acylhomoserine lactone production and degradation by the fish pathogen Tenacibaculum maritimum, a member of the Cytophaga–Flavobacterium–Bacteroides (CFB) group

    Manuel Romero;Rubén Avendaño-Herrera;Beatriz Magariños;Miguel Cámara

  • Chryseobacterium piscicola sp. nov., isolated from diseased salmonid fish.

    Pedro Ilardi;Jorge Fernández;Ruben Avendaño-Herrera

  • Broth medium for the successful culture of the fish pathogen Piscirickettsia salmonis .

    A. J. Yañez;K. Valenzuela;H. Silva;J. Retamales

  • Flavobacterium chilense sp. nov. and Flavobacterium araucananum sp. nov., isolated from farmed salmonid fish.

    P. Kämpfer;N. Lodders;K. Martin;R. Avendaño-Herrera

  • Phenotypic characterization and description of two major O-serotypes in Tenacibaculum maritimum strains from marine fishes.

    Ruben Avendaño-Herrera;Beatriz Magariños;Sonia López-Romalde;Jesús L. Romalde

  • Resistance-nodulation-division efflux pump acrAB is modulated by florfenicol and contributes to drug resistance in the fish pathogen Piscirickettsia salmonis.

    Rodrigo Sandoval;Cristian Oliver;Cristian Oliver;Sharin Valdivia;Karla Valenzuela;Karla Valenzuela

  • Use of hydrogen peroxide against the fish pathogen Tenacibaculum maritimum and its effect on infected turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

    Ruben Avendaño-Herrera;Beatriz Magariños;Rute Irgang;Alicia E. Toranzo

  • Two novel blood-free solid media for the culture of the salmonid pathogen Piscirickettsia salmonis

    A J Yañez;H Silva;K Valenzuela;J P Pontigo

  • Streptococcus phocae, an emerging pathogen for salmonid culture.

    Jesús L. Romalde;Carmen Ravelo;Iván Valdés;Beatriz Magariños

  • Infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) in Chilean Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture: emergence of low pathogenic ISAV-HPR0 and re-emergence of virulent ISAV-HPR∆: HPR3 and HPR14.

    Marcos G Godoy;Marcos G Godoy;Molly J T Kibenge;Rudy Suarez;Eduardo Lazo

  • Phenotypic, serological and genetic characterization of Flavobacterium psychrophilum strains isolated from salmonids in Chile.

    S Valdebenito;R Avendaño-Herrera

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility and plasmid profiles of Flavobacterium psychrophilum strains isolated in Chile

    Hernán Henríquez-Núñez;Oscar Evrard;Göran Kronvall;Ruben Avendaño-Herrera

  • Isolation, Characterization and Virulence Potential of Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi in Salmonid Cultures in Chile

    R. Avendaño-Herrera;R. Irgang;C. Sandoval;P. Moreno-Lira

  • Species-specific polymerase chain reaction primer sets for the diagnosis of Tenacibaculum maritimum infection

    Rubén Avendaño-Herrera;Beatriz Magariños;Alicia E. Toranzo;Roxana Beaz

  • A challenge model for Tenacibaculum maritimum infection in turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (L.).

    R Avendaño‐Herrera;A E Toranzo;B Magariños

  • Genomic diversity and evolution of the fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum

    Eric Duchaud;Tatiana Rochat;Christophe Habib;Paul Barbier

  • Use of antimicrobials in Chilean Salmon farming: Facts, myths and perspectives

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  • Addressing viral and bacterial threats to salmon farming in Chile: historical contexts and perspectives for management and control

    Jaime Figueroa;Juan Cárcamo;Alejandro Yáñez;Víctor Olavarría

  • Introduction, expansion and coexistence of epidemic Flavobacterium psychrophilum lineages in Chilean fish farms

    Ruben Avendaño-Herrera;Armel Houel;Rute Irgang;Jean François Bernardet

  • Chryseobacterium chaponense sp. nov., isolated from farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

    Peter Kämpfer;Kerstin Fallschissel;Ruben Avendaño-Herrera

Frequent Co-Authors

Alicia E. Toranzo
Alicia E. Toranzo University of Santiago de Compostela
Jesús L. Romalde
Jesús L. Romalde University of Santiago de Compostela
Peter Kämpfer
Peter Kämpfer University of Giessen
Hans-Jürgen Busse
Hans-Jürgen Busse University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Marie Touchon
Marie Touchon Université Paris Cité
Göran Kronvall
Göran Kronvall Karolinska Institute
Hugh W. Ferguson
Hugh W. Ferguson St. George's University
Juan L. Barja
Juan L. Barja University of Santiago de Compostela
Thomas Wahli
Thomas Wahli University of Bern
Miguel Cámara
Miguel Cámara University of Nottingham

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