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Microbiology
Spain
2022

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Microbiology

D-Index
96
Citations
36924
World Ranking
502
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Spain Leader Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Víctor de Lorenzo is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans multiple areas in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong focus on bacterial genetics and biotechnology.

Their work covers several main topics including:

  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing

De Lorenzo's publications have appeared frequently in several venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbial Biotechnology
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Nature Communications

Selected recent papers include:

  • Reconfiguration of metabolic fluxes in Pseudomonas putida as a response to sub-lethal oxidative stress, 2021, The ISME Journal
  • SEVA 4.0: an update of the Standard European Vector Architecture database for advanced analysis and programming of bacterial phenotypes, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • SEVA 3.0: an update of the Standard European Vector Architecture for enabling portability of genetic constructs among diverse bacterial hosts, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • In vivo diversification of target genomic sites using processive base deaminase fusions blocked by dCas9, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Targeted Depletion of Bacteria from Mixed Populations by Programmable Adhesion with Antagonistic Competitor Cells, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe

Frequent co-authors collaborating with de Lorenzo include:

  • Esteban Martínez-García
  • Pablo I. Nikel
  • Belén Calles
  • Ángel Goñi-Moreno
  • Pavel Dvořák

Their research contributions encompass several subfields such as molecular biology, genetics, ecology, biomedical engineering, and endocrinology.

Víctor de Lorenzo is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), reflecting recognition by this scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Transposon vectors containing non-antibiotic resistance selection markers for cloning and stable chromosomal insertion of foreign genes in gram-negative bacteria.

    M Herrero;V de Lorenzo;K N Timmis

  • Mini-Tn5 transposon derivatives for insertion mutagenesis, promoter probing, and chromosomal insertion of cloned DNA in gram-negative eubacteria.

    V de Lorenzo;M Herrero;U Jakubzik;K N Timmis

  • Analysis and construction of stable phenotypes in gram-negative bacteria with Tn5- and Tn10-derived minitransposons.

    V de Lorenzo;K N Timmis

  • Opening the Iron Box: Transcriptional Metalloregulation by the Fur Protein

    L Escolar;J Pérez-Martín;V de Lorenzo

  • The Standard European Vector Architecture (SEVA): a coherent platform for the analysis and deployment of complex prokaryotic phenotypes

    Rafael Silva-Rocha;Esteban Martínez-García;Belen Calles;Max Chavarría

  • Exploiting the genetic and biochemical capacities of bacteria for the remediation of heavy metal pollution

    Marc Valls;Víctor de Lorenzo

  • Operator sequences of the aerobactin operon of plasmid ColV-K30 binding the ferric uptake regulation (fur) repressor.

    V. De Lorenzo;Sechan Wee;M. Herrero;J. B. Neilands

  • Analysis of Pseudomonas gene products using lacIq/Ptrp-lac plasmids and transposons that confer conditional phenotypes

    V de Lorenzo;L Eltis;B Kessler;K N Timmis

  • Promoters responsive to DNA bending: a common theme in prokaryotic gene expression.

    J Pérez-Martín;F Rojo;V de Lorenzo

  • Pseudomonas putida as a functional chassis for industrial biocatalysis: From native biochemistry to trans-metabolism.

    Pablo I. Nikel;Víctor de Lorenzo

  • Biotechnological domestication of pseudomonads using synthetic biology

    Pablo I. Nikel;Esteban Martínez-García;Víctor de Lorenzo

  • Microbial responses to environmental arsenic.

    David Páez-Espino;Javier Tamames;Víctor de Lorenzo;David Cánovas

  • Engineering multiple genomic deletions in Gram-negative bacteria: analysis of the multi-resistant antibiotic profile of Pseudomonas putida KT2440.

    Esteban Martínez-García;Víctor de Lorenzo

  • Pseudomonas putida KT2440 Strain Metabolizes Glucose through a Cycle Formed by Enzymes of the Entner-Doudoroff, Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas, and Pentose Phosphate Pathways *

    Pablo Ivan Nikel;Max Chavarria;Tobias Fuhrer;Uwe Sauer

  • Engineering a mouse metallothionein on the cell surface of Ralstonia eutropha CH34 for immobilization of heavy metals in soil

    M Valls;S Atrian;V de Lorenzo;L A Fernández

  • The revisited genome of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 enlightens its value as a robust metabolic chassis.

    Eugeni Belda;Eugeni Belda;Ruben G. A. van Heck;Maria Jose Lopez-Sanchez;Stephane Cruveiller

  • Whole cell- and protein-based biosensors for the detection of bioavailable heavy metals in environmental samples

    Philippe Corbisier;Daniel van der Lelie;Brigitte Borremans;Ann Provoost

  • Bioremediation 3.0: Engineering pollutant-removing bacteria in the times of systemic biology.

    Pavel Dvořák;Pablo Ivan Nikel;Jiří Damborský;Victor de Lorenzo

  • Heavy metal tolerance and metal homeostasis in Pseudomonas putida as revealed by complete genome analysis

    David Cánovas;Ildefonso Cases;Víctor De Lorenzo

  • Systems biology approaches to bioremediation.

    Víctor de Lorenzo

  • A general system to integrate lacZ fusions into the chromosomes of gram-negative eubacteria: regulation of the Pm promoter of the TOL plasmid studied with all controlling elements in monocopy.

    B. Kessler;V. de Lorenzo;K.N. Timmis

Frequent Co-Authors

Pablo I. Nikel
Pablo I. Nikel Technical University of Denmark
Antoine Danchin
Antoine Danchin Institut Cochin
José Pérez-Martín
José Pérez-Martín Spanish National Research Council
Marc Valls
Marc Valls University of Barcelona
Kenneth N. Timmis
Kenneth N. Timmis Technische Universität Braunschweig
Uwe Sauer
Uwe Sauer ETH Zurich
Ricard V. Solé
Ricard V. Solé Pompeu Fabra University
Natalio Krasnogor
Natalio Krasnogor Newcastle University
William W. Mohn
William W. Mohn University of British Columbia
Csaba Pál
Csaba Pál Institute of Plant Biology

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