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Valeria Souza is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research encompasses environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable focus on ecology and molecular biology within these fields.

They have contributed extensively to studies involving microbial community ecology and physiology, genomics and phylogenetic analyses, as well as metabolomics and mass spectrometry. Additional topics of research include methane hydrates, gut microbiota and health, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, and evolution and genetic dynamics.

Some of their recent publications include:

  • Evolutionary ecology of Agave: distribution patterns, phylogeny, and coevolution (an homage to Howard S. Gentry), 2021, American Journal of Botany
  • Genomic adaptations in information processing underpin trophic strategy in a whole-ecosystem nutrient enrichment experiment, 2020, eLife
  • In vitro anticancer activity of methanolic extract of Granulocystopsis sp., a microalgae from an oligotrophic oasis in the Chihuahuan desert, 2020, PeerJ
  • Bacterial Diversity and Interaction Networks of Agave lechuguilla Rhizosphere Differ Significantly From Bulk Soil in the Oligotrophic Basin of Cuatro Cienegas, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Biosynthetic novelty index reveals the metabolic potential of rare actinobacteria isolated from highly oligotrophic sediments, 2023, Microbial Genomics

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PeerJ
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Microbial Genomics
  • mSystems

They have collaborated often with several researchers, including Luis E. Eguiarte, David Madrigal-Trejo, Laura Espinosa-Asuar, Mariette Viladomat Jasso, and Ulises E. Rodríguez-Cruz.

In addition to journal articles, their book publications include:

  • Astrobiology and Cuatro Ciénegas Basin as an Analog of Early Earth, 2020, Springer International Publishing
  • PERCURSOS E REFLEXÕES SOBRE A PRÁTICA EDUCATIVA: da Educação Básica ao Ensino Superior, 2025, Editora Schreiben eBooks

Best Publications

  • The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Northwest Atlantic through Eastern Tropical Pacific

    Douglas B. Rusch;Aaron L Halpern;Granger Sutton;Karla B. Heidelberg;Karla B. Heidelberg

  • Stress-Induced Mutagenesis in Bacteria

    Ivana Bjedov;Ivana Bjedov;Olivier Tenaillon;Olivier Tenaillon;Bénédicte Gérard;Bénédicte Gérard;Valeria Souza;Valeria Souza

  • Timing and rate of speciation in Agave (Agavaceae)

    Sara V. Good-Avila;Valeria Souza;Brandon S. Gaut;Luis E. Eguiarte

  • Biodiversity and biogeography of phages in modern stromatolites and thrombolites

    Christelle Desnues;Beltran Rodriguez-Brito;Steve Rayhawk;Scott Kelley

  • Genetic Structure of Natural Populations of Escherichia coli in Wild Hosts on Different Continents

    Valeria Souza;Martha Rocha;Aldo Valera;Luis E. Eguiarte

  • An endangered oasis of aquatic microbial biodiversity in the Chihuahuan desert.

    Valeria Souza;Laura Espinosa-Asuar;Ana E. Escalante;Luis E. Eguiarte

  • Understanding the Evolutionary Relationships and Major Traits of Bacillus through Comparative Genomics

    Luis David Alcaraz;Gabriel Moreno-Hagelsieb;Luis E Eguiarte;Valeria Souza

  • Metagenomic and stable isotopic analyses of modern freshwater microbialites in Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico

    Mya Breitbart;Ana Maria Hoare;Anthony G. Nitti;Janet Siefert

  • Tests of Ecological Mechanisms Promoting the Stable Coexistence of Two Bacterial Genotypes

    Paul E. Turner;Valeria Souza;Richard E. Lenski

  • Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry at the extremes: How microbes cope in an ultra-oligotrophic desert soil

    Yunuen Tapia-Torres;James J. Elser;Valeria Souza;Felipe García-Oliva

  • Effects of phosphorus enrichment and grazing snails on modern stromatolitic microbial communities

    James J. Elser;James J. Elser;John H. Schampel;John H. Schampel;Ferran Garcia-Pichel;Ferran Garcia-Pichel;Brian D. Wade;Brian D. Wade

  • Evolución de la familia Agavaceae: filogenia, biología reproductiva y genética de poblaciones

    Luis E. Eguiarte;Valeria Souza;Arturo Silva-Montellano

  • The genome of Bacillus coahuilensis reveals adaptations essential for survival in the relic of an ancient marine environment

    Luis David Alcaraz;Gabriela Olmedo;Germán Bonilla;René Cerritos

  • Molecular Diversity of Rabies Viruses Associated with Bats in Mexico and Other Countries of the Americas

    Andrés Velasco-Villa;Lillian A. Orciari;Víctor Juárez-Islas;Mauricio Gómez-Sierra

  • Rhizobium etli and Rhizobium gallicum Nodulate Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in a Traditionally Managed Milpa Plot in Mexico: Population Genetics and Biogeographic Implications

    Claudia Silva;Pablo Vinuesa;Luis E. Eguiarte;Esperanza Martínez-Romero

  • Phenotyping and Genotyping of Sporothrix schenckii Isolates According to Geographic Origin and Clinical Form of Sporotrichosis

    Ana Cecilia Mesa-Arango;María del Rocío Reyes-Montes;Amelia Pérez-Mejía;Hortensia Navarro-Barranco

  • Evolutionary genetics and biogeographic structure of Rhizobium gallicum sensu lato , a widely distributed bacterial symbiont of diverse legumes

    Claudia Silva;Pablo Vinuesa;Luis E. Eguiarte;Valeria Souza

  • Pollination Biology and Adaptive Radiation of Agavaceae, with Special Emphasis on the Genus Agave

    Martha Rocha;Sara V. Good-Avila;Francisco Molina-Freaner;Héctor T. Arita

  • Antagonism influences assembly of a Bacillus guild in a local community and is depicted as a food-chain network

    Rocío Anaís Pérez-Gutiérrez;Varinia López-Ramírez;África Islas;Luis David Alcaraz

  • Microbial macroecology: highly structured prokaryotic soil assemblages in a tropical deciduous forest

    Ana M. Noguez;Héctor T. Arita;Ana E. Escalante;Larry J. Forney

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis E. Eguiarte
Luis E. Eguiarte National Autonomous University of Mexico
James J. Elser
James J. Elser University of Montana
Michael Travisano
Michael Travisano University of Minnesota
Mya Breitbart
Mya Breitbart University of South Florida
David J. Hollander
David J. Hollander University of South Florida
Christopher L. Dupont
Christopher L. Dupont J. Craig Venter Institute
Richard E. Lenski
Richard E. Lenski Michigan State University
Luis Herrera-Estrella
Luis Herrera-Estrella Texas Tech University
Brandon S. Gaut
Brandon S. Gaut University of California, Irvine
Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen University of California, Davis

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