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2. Clinical Outcomes and Patient-Matched Molecular Composition of Relapsed Medulloblastoma.
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Kumar, Rahul, Smith, Kyle, Deng, Maximilian, Terhune, Colt, Robinson, Giles, Orr, Brent, Liu, Anthony, Lin, Tong, Billups, Catherine, Chintagumpala, Murali, Bowers, Daniel, Hassall, Timothy, Hansford, Jordan, Khuong-Quang, Dong, Crawford, John, Bendel, Anne, Gururangan, Sridharan, Schroeder, Kristin, Bouffet, Eric, Bartels, Ute, Fisher, Michael, Cohn, Richard, Partap, Sonia, Kellie, Stewart, McCowage, Geoffrey, Paulino, Arnold, Rutkowski, Stefan, Fleischhack, Gudrun, Dhall, Girish, Klesse, Laura, Leary, Sarah, Nazarian, Javad, Kool, Marcel, Wesseling, Pieter, Ryzhova, Marina, Zheludkova, Olga, Golanov, Andrey, McLendon, Roger, Packer, Roger, Dunham, Christopher, Hukin, Juliette, Fouladi, Maryam, Faria, Claudia, Pimentel, Jose, Walter, Andrew, Jabado, Nada, Cho, Yoon-Jae, Perreault, Sebastien, Croul, Sidney, Zapotocky, Michal, Hawkins, Cynthia, Tabori, Uri, Taylor, Michael, Pfister, Stefan, Klimo, Paul, Boop, Frederick, Ellison, David, Merchant, Thomas, Onar-Thomas, Arzu, Korshunov, Andrey, Jones, David, Gajjar, Amar, Ramaswamy, Vijay, and Northcott, Paul
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Biomarkers ,Tumor ,Cerebellar Neoplasms ,Child ,Child ,Preschool ,Clinical Trials as Topic ,DNA Methylation ,Disease Progression ,Epigenome ,Epigenomics ,Female ,High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing ,Humans ,Infant ,Male ,Medulloblastoma ,Neoplasm Recurrence ,Local ,Retreatment ,Time Factors ,Treatment Outcome - Abstract
PURPOSE: We sought to investigate clinical outcomes of relapsed medulloblastoma and to compare molecular features between patient-matched diagnostic and relapsed tumors. METHODS: Children and infants enrolled on either SJMB03 (NCT00085202) or SJYC07 (NCT00602667) trials who experienced medulloblastoma relapse were analyzed for clinical outcomes, including anatomic and temporal patterns of relapse and postrelapse survival. A largely independent, paired molecular cohort was analyzed by DNA methylation array and next-generation sequencing. RESULTS: A total of 72 of 329 (22%) SJMB03 and 52 of 79 (66%) SJYC07 patients experienced relapse with significant representation of Group 3 and wingless tumors. Although most patients exhibited some distal disease (79%), 38% of patients with sonic hedgehog tumors experienced isolated local relapse. Time to relapse and postrelapse survival varied by molecular subgroup with longer latencies for patients with Group 4 tumors. Postrelapse radiation therapy among previously nonirradiated SJYC07 patients was associated with long-term survival. Reirradiation was only temporizing for SJMB03 patients. Among 127 patients with patient-matched tumor pairs, 9 (7%) experienced subsequent nonmedulloblastoma CNS malignancies. Subgroup (96%) and subtype (80%) stabilities were largely maintained among the remainder. Rare subgroup divergence was observed from Group 4 to Group 3 tumors, which is coincident with genetic alterations involving MYC, MYCN, and FBXW7. Subgroup-specific patterns of alteration were identified for driver genes and chromosome arms. CONCLUSION: Clinical behavior of relapsed medulloblastoma must be contextualized in terms of up-front therapies and molecular classifications. Group 4 tumors exhibit slower biological progression. Utility of radiation at relapse is dependent on patient age and prior treatments. Degree and patterns of molecular conservation at relapse vary by subgroup. Relapse tissue enables verification of molecular targets and identification of occult secondary malignancies.
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- 2021
3. Genome sequence of Stenotrophomonas indicatrix CPHE1, a powerful phenanthrene-degrading bacterium
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Lara-Moreno, Alba, Morillo, Esmeralda, Merchán, Francisco, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, and Villaverde, Jaime
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- 2023
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4. Impact of brain biopsy on management of nonneoplastic brain disease
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Santos, Mónica, Roque, Rafael, Rainha Campos, Alexandre, Albuquerque, Luísa, and Pimentel, José
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- 2022
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5. Visible-light photocatalytic diclofenac removal by tunable vanadium pentoxide/boron-doped graphitic carbon nitride composite
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Oliveros, April N., Pimentel, Jose Antonio I., de Luna, Mark Daniel G., Garcia-Segura, Sergi, Abarca, Ralf Ruffel M., and Doong, Ruey-An
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- 2021
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6. Microbial Community Characterizing Vermiculations from Karst Caves and Its Role in Their Formation
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Addesso, Rosangela, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose L., D’Angeli, Ilenia M., De Waele, Jo, Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, Jurado, Valme, Miller, Ana Z., Cubero, Beatriz, Vigliotta, Giovanni, and Baldantoni, Daniela
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- 2021
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7. Integrated (epi)-Genomic Analyses Identify Subgroup-Specific Therapeutic Targets in CNS Rhabdoid Tumors
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Torchia, Jonathon, Golbourn, Brian, Feng, Shengrui, Ho, Ching, Sin-Chan, Patrick, Vasiljevic, Alexandre, Norman, Joseph D, Guilhamon, Paul, Garzia, Livia, Agamez, Natalia R, Lu, Mei, Chan, Tiffany S, Picard, Daniel, de Antonellis, Pasqualino, Khuong-Quang, Dong-Anh, Planello, Aline C, Zeller, Constanze, Barsyte-Lovejoy, Dalia, Lafay-Cousin, Lucie, Letourneau, Louis, Bourgey, Mathieu, Yu, Man, Gendoo, Deena MA, Dzamba, Misko, Barszczyk, Mark, Medina, Tiago, Riemenschneider, Alexandra N, Morrissy, A Sorana, Ra, Young-Shin, Ramaswamy, Vijay, Remke, Marc, Dunham, Christopher P, Yip, Stephen, Ng, Ho-keung, Lu, Jian-Qiang, Mehta, Vivek, Albrecht, Steffen, Pimentel, Jose, Chan, Jennifer A, Somers, Gino R, Faria, Claudia C, Roque, Lucia, Fouladi, Maryam, Hoffman, Lindsey M, Moore, Andrew S, Wang, Yin, Choi, Seung Ah, Hansford, Jordan R, Catchpoole, Daniel, Birks, Diane K, Foreman, Nicholas K, Strother, Doug, Klekner, Almos, Bognár, Laszló, Garami, Miklós, Hauser, Péter, Hortobágyi, Tibor, Wilson, Beverly, Hukin, Juliette, Carret, Anne-Sophie, Van Meter, Timothy E, Hwang, Eugene I, Gajjar, Amar, Chiou, Shih-Hwa, Nakamura, Hideo, Toledano, Helen, Fried, Iris, Fults, Daniel, Wataya, Takafumi, Fryer, Chris, Eisenstat, David D, Scheinemann, Katrin, Fleming, Adam J, Johnston, Donna L, Michaud, Jean, Zelcer, Shayna, Hammond, Robert, Afzal, Samina, Ramsay, David A, Sirachainan, Nongnuch, Hongeng, Suradej, Larbcharoensub, Noppadol, Grundy, Richard G, Lulla, Rishi R, Fangusaro, Jason R, Druker, Harriet, Bartels, Ute, Grant, Ronald, Malkin, David, McGlade, C Jane, Nicolaides, Theodore, Tihan, Tarik, Phillips, Joanna, Majewski, Jacek, Montpetit, Alexandre, Bourque, Guillaume, Bader, Gary D, Reddy, Alyssa T, Gillespie, G Yancey, and Warmuth-Metz, Monika
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Genetics ,Human Genome ,Rare Diseases ,Orphan Drug ,Cancer ,2.1 Biological and endogenous factors ,Development of treatments and therapeutic interventions ,Aetiology ,5.1 Pharmaceuticals ,Cell Line ,Tumor ,Cell Proliferation ,Cell Survival ,Central Nervous System Neoplasms ,Chromatin ,DNA Methylation ,Dasatinib ,Epigenesis ,Genetic ,Epigenomics ,Humans ,Mutation ,Protein Kinase Inhibitors ,Pyrimidines ,Receptor ,Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta ,Rhabdoid Tumor ,SMARCB1 Protein ,Teratoma ,ATRT ,enhancer ,epigenomics ,genomics ,rhabdoid tumors ,subgroup-specific therapeutics ,Neurosciences ,Oncology and Carcinogenesis ,Oncology & Carcinogenesis - Abstract
We recently reported that atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors (ATRTs) comprise at least two transcriptional subtypes with different clinical outcomes; however, the mechanisms underlying therapeutic heterogeneity remained unclear. In this study, we analyzed 191 primary ATRTs and 10 ATRT cell lines to define the genomic and epigenomic landscape of ATRTs and identify subgroup-specific therapeutic targets. We found ATRTs segregated into three epigenetic subgroups with distinct genomic profiles, SMARCB1 genotypes, and chromatin landscape that correlated with differential cellular responses to a panel of signaling and epigenetic inhibitors. Significantly, we discovered that differential methylation of a PDGFRB-associated enhancer confers specific sensitivity of group 2 ATRT cells to dasatinib and nilotinib, and suggest that these are promising therapies for this highly lethal ATRT subtype.
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8. Robust Human Activity Recognition using smartwatches and smartphones
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San-Segundo, Rubén, Blunck, Henrik, Moreno-Pimentel, José, Stisen, Allan, and Gil-Martín, Manuel
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- 2018
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9. The Marine Bacterial Genus Euzebya Is Distributed Worldwide in Terrestrial Environments: A Review
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Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, primary, Martin-Pozas, Tamara, additional, Jurado, Valme, additional, Laiz, Leonila, additional, Fernandez-Cortes, Angel, additional, Sanchez-Moral, Sergio, additional, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional
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- 2023
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10. Intertumoral Heterogeneity within Medulloblastoma Subgroups
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Cavalli, Florence M.G., Remke, Marc, Rampasek, Ladislav, Peacock, John, Shih, David J.H., Luu, Betty, Garzia, Livia, Torchia, Jonathon, Nor, Carolina, Morrissy, A. Sorana, Agnihotri, Sameer, Thompson, Yuan Yao, Kuzan-Fischer, Claudia M., Farooq, Hamza, Isaev, Keren, Daniels, Craig, Cho, Byung-Kyu, Kim, Seung-Ki, Wang, Kyu-Chang, Lee, Ji Yeoun, Grajkowska, Wieslawa A., Perek-Polnik, Marta, Vasiljevic, Alexandre, Faure-Conter, Cecile, Jouvet, Anne, Giannini, Caterina, Nageswara Rao, Amulya A., Li, Kay Ka Wai, Ng, Ho-Keung, Eberhart, Charles G., Pollack, Ian F., Hamilton, Ronald L., Gillespie, G. Yancey, Olson, James M., Leary, Sarah, Weiss, William A., Lach, Boleslaw, Chambless, Lola B., Thompson, Reid C., Cooper, Michael K., Vibhakar, Rajeev, Hauser, Peter, van Veelen, Marie-Lise C., Kros, Johan M., French, Pim J., Ra, Young Shin, Kumabe, Toshihiro, López-Aguilar, Enrique, Zitterbart, Karel, Sterba, Jaroslav, Finocchiaro, Gaetano, Massimino, Maura, Van Meir, Erwin G., Osuka, Satoru, Shofuda, Tomoko, Klekner, Almos, Zollo, Massimo, Leonard, Jeffrey R., Rubin, Joshua B., Jabado, Nada, Albrecht, Steffen, Mora, Jaume, Van Meter, Timothy E., Jung, Shin, Moore, Andrew S., Hallahan, Andrew R., Chan, Jennifer A., Tirapelli, Daniela P.C., Carlotti, Carlos G., Fouladi, Maryam, Pimentel, José, Faria, Claudia C., Saad, Ali G., Massimi, Luca, Liau, Linda M., Wheeler, Helen, Nakamura, Hideo, Elbabaa, Samer K., Perezpeña-Diazconti, Mario, Chico Ponce de León, Fernando, Robinson, Shenandoah, Zapotocky, Michal, Lassaletta, Alvaro, Huang, Annie, Hawkins, Cynthia E., Tabori, Uri, Bouffet, Eric, Bartels, Ute, Dirks, Peter B., Rutka, James T., Bader, Gary D., Reimand, Jüri, Goldenberg, Anna, Ramaswamy, Vijay, and Taylor, Michael D.
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- 2017
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11. Crossiella, a Rare Actinomycetota Genus, Abundant in the Environment
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Martin-Pozas, Tamara, primary, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, additional, Jurado, Valme, additional, Laiz, Leonila, additional, Cañaveras, Juan Carlos, additional, Fernandez-Cortes, Angel, additional, Cuezva, Soledad, additional, Sanchez-Moral, Sergio, additional, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional
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- 2023
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12. Deep Brain Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in the MORE Multicenter Patient Registry
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Peltola, Jukka, Colon, Albert A., Pimentel, Jose, Coenen, Volker, Gil-Nagel, Antonio, Goncalves Ferreira, Antonio, Lehtimaki, Kai S., Ryvlin, Philippe, Taylor, Rod, Ackermans, Linda, Ardesch, Jacqueline, Bentes, Carla G., Bosak, Magdalena, Burneo, Jorge E., Chamadoira, Clara, Elger, Christian, Eross, Lorand, Fabo, Daniel, Faulkner, Howard, Gawlowicz, Jacek, Gharabaghi, Alireza, Iacoangeli, Maurizio, Janszky, Jozsef, Jarvenpaa, Soila H., Kaufmann, Elisabeth, Kho, Kuan H., Kumlien, Eva, Laufs, Helmut, Lettieri, Christian, Linhares, Paulo, Noachtar, Soheyl, Parrent, Andrew K., Pataraia, Ekaterina, Patel, Nikunj K., Peralta, Ana Rita, Racz, Attila, Campos, Alexandre Rainha A., Rego, Ricardo, Ricciuti, Riccardo, Rona, Sabine, Rouhl, Rob P. W., Schulze-Bonhage, Andreas, Schuurman, Rick, Sprengers, Mathieu, Sufianov, Albert, Temel, Yasin, Theys, Tom, Van Paesschen, Wim, Van Roost, Dirk, Vaz, Rui, Vonck, Kristl, Wagner, Louis, Zwemmer, Jack C., Abouihia, Abdallah, Brionne, Thomas, Gielen, Frans, Boon, Paul A. J. M., Peltola, Jukka, Colon, Albert A., Pimentel, Jose, Coenen, Volker, Gil-Nagel, Antonio, Goncalves Ferreira, Antonio, Lehtimaki, Kai S., Ryvlin, Philippe, Taylor, Rod, Ackermans, Linda, Ardesch, Jacqueline, Bentes, Carla G., Bosak, Magdalena, Burneo, Jorge E., Chamadoira, Clara, Elger, Christian, Eross, Lorand, Fabo, Daniel, Faulkner, Howard, Gawlowicz, Jacek, Gharabaghi, Alireza, Iacoangeli, Maurizio, Janszky, Jozsef, Jarvenpaa, Soila H., Kaufmann, Elisabeth, Kho, Kuan H., Kumlien, Eva, Laufs, Helmut, Lettieri, Christian, Linhares, Paulo, Noachtar, Soheyl, Parrent, Andrew K., Pataraia, Ekaterina, Patel, Nikunj K., Peralta, Ana Rita, Racz, Attila, Campos, Alexandre Rainha A., Rego, Ricardo, Ricciuti, Riccardo, Rona, Sabine, Rouhl, Rob P. W., Schulze-Bonhage, Andreas, Schuurman, Rick, Sprengers, Mathieu, Sufianov, Albert, Temel, Yasin, Theys, Tom, Van Paesschen, Wim, Van Roost, Dirk, Vaz, Rui, Vonck, Kristl, Wagner, Louis, Zwemmer, Jack C., Abouihia, Abdallah, Brionne, Thomas, Gielen, Frans, and Boon, Paul A. J. M.
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Background and Objectives The efficacy of deep brain stimulation of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus (ANT DBS) in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) was demonstrated in the double-blind Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus for Epilepsy randomized controlled trial. The Medtronic Registry for Epilepsy (MORE) aims to understand the safety and longer-term effectiveness of ANT DBS therapy in routine clinical practice. Methods MORE is an observational registry collecting prospective and retrospective clinical data. Participants were at least 18 years old, with focal DRE recruited across 25 centers from 13 countries. They were followed for at least 2 years in terms of seizure frequency (SF), responder rate (RR), health-related quality of life (Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory 31), depression, and safety outcomes. Results Of the 191 patients recruited, 170 (mean [SD] age of 35.6 [10.7] years, 43% female) were implanted with DBS therapy and met all eligibility criteria. At baseline, 38% of patients reported cognitive impairment. The median monthly SF decreased by 33.1% from 15.8 at baseline to 8.8 at 2 years (p < 0.0001) with 32.3% RR. In the subgroup of 47 patients who completed 5 years of follow-up, the median monthly SF decreased by 55.1% from 16 at baseline to 7.9 at 5 years (p < 0.0001) with 53.2% RR. High-volume centers (>10 implantations) had 42.8% reduction in median monthly SF by 2 years in comparison with 25.8% in low-volume center. In patients with cognitive impairment, the reduction in median monthly SF was 26.0% by 2 years compared with 36.1% in patients without cognitive impairment. The most frequently reported adverse events were changes (e.g., increased frequency/severity) in seizure (16%), memory impairment (patient-reported complaint, 15%), depressive mood (patient-reported complaint, 13%), and epilepsy (12%). One definite sudden unexpected death in epilepsy case was reported. Discussion The MORE registry supports t
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13. Microclimate, airborne particles, and microbiological monitoring protocol for conservation of rock-art caves: The case of the world-heritage site La Garma cave (Spain)
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente, Martin-Pozas, Tamara, Fernández Cortés, Ángel, Cuezva Robleño, Soledad, Jurado Lobo, Valme, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, Hermosin, Bernardo, Ontañón Peredo, Roberto, Arias, Pablo, Cañaveras, Juan C., Sánchez Moral, Sergio, Sáiz Jiménez, Cesáreo, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente, Martin-Pozas, Tamara, Fernández Cortés, Ángel, Cuezva Robleño, Soledad, Jurado Lobo, Valme, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, Hermosin, Bernardo, Ontañón Peredo, Roberto, Arias, Pablo, Cañaveras, Juan C., Sánchez Moral, Sergio, and Sáiz Jiménez, Cesáreo
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Cave heritage is often threatened by tourism or even scientific activities, which can lead to irreversible deterioration. We present a preventive conservation monitoring protocol to protect caves with rock art, focusing on La Garma Cave (Spain), a World Heritage Site with valuable archaeological materials and Palaeolithic paintings. This study assessed the suitability of the cave for tourist use through continuous microclimate and airborne particles monitoring, biofilm analysis, aerobiological monitoring and experimental visits. Our findings indicate several factors that make it inadvisable to adapt the cave for tourist use. Human presence and transit within the cave cause cumulative effects on the temperature of environmentally very stable and fragile sectors and significant resuspension of particles from the cave sediments. These environmental perturbations represent severe impacts as they affect the natural aerodynamic control of airborne particles and determine bacterial dispersal throughout the cave. This monitoring protocol provides part of the evidence to design strategies for sustainable cave management.
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- 2023
14. Crossiella, a Rare Actinomycetota Genus, Abundant in the Environment
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente, Martin-Pozas, Tamara, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, Jurado Lobo, Valme, Laiz Trobajo, Leonila, Cañaveras, Juan C., Fernández Cortés, Ángel, Cuezva Robleño, Soledad, Sánchez Moral, Sergio, Sáiz Jiménez, Cesáreo, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente, Martin-Pozas, Tamara, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, Jurado Lobo, Valme, Laiz Trobajo, Leonila, Cañaveras, Juan C., Fernández Cortés, Ángel, Cuezva Robleño, Soledad, Sánchez Moral, Sergio, and Sáiz Jiménez, Cesáreo
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The genus Crossiella contains two species, C. equi, causing nocardioform placentitis in horses, and C. cryophila, an environmental bacterium. Apart from C. equi, which is not discussed here, environmental Crossiella is rarely reported in the literature; thus, it has not been included among “rare actinobacteria”, whose isolation frequency is very low. After C. cryophila, only five reports cover the isolation of Crossiella strains. However, the frequency of published papers on environmental Crossiella has increased significantly in recent years due to the extensive use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) and a huge cascade of data that has improved our understanding of how bacteria occur in the environment. In the last five years, Crossiella has been found in different environments (caves, soils, plant rhizospheres, building stones, etc.). The high abundance of Crossiella in cave moonmilk indicates that this genus may have an active role in moonmilk formation, as evidenced by the precipitation of calcite, witherite, and struvite in different culture media. This review provides an overview of environmental Crossiella, particularly in caves, and discusses its role in biomineralization processes and bioactive compound production.
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15. Epilepsy and physical exercise
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Pimentel, José, Tojal, Raquel, and Morgado, Joana
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- 2015
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16. Amygdalohippocampotomy for mesial temporal lobe sclerosis: Epilepsy outcome 5 years after surgery
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Gonçalves-Ferreira, Antonio, Rainha-Campos, Alexandre, Franco, Ana, Pimentel, Jose, Bentes, Carla, Peralta, Ana-Rita, and Morgado, Carlos
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- 2017
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17. Pseudomonas sp., Strain L5B5: A Genomic and Transcriptomic Insight into an Airborne Mine Bacterium
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Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, primary, Dominguez-Moñino, Irene, additional, Jurado, Valme, additional, Caldeira, Ana Teresa, additional, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional
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- 2022
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18. The Rare Actinobacterium Crossiella sp. Is a Potential Source of New Bioactive Compounds with Activity against Bacteria and Fungi
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Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, primary, Dominguez-Moñino, Irene, additional, Jurado, Valme, additional, Laiz, Leonila, additional, Caldeira, Ana Teresa, additional, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional
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- 2022
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19. Holistic Approach to the Restoration of a Vandalized Monument: The Cross of the Inquisition, Seville City Hall, Spain
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente, Jurado Lobo, Valme, Cañaveras, Juan C., Gomez-Bolea, Antonio, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, Sánchez Moral, Sergio, Costa, Carlos, Sáiz Jiménez, Cesáreo, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente, Jurado Lobo, Valme, Cañaveras, Juan C., Gomez-Bolea, Antonio, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, Sánchez Moral, Sergio, Costa, Carlos, and Sáiz Jiménez, Cesáreo
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The Cross of the Inquisition, sculpted in 1903 and raised on a column with a fluted shaft and ornamented with vegetable garlands, is located in a corner of the Plateresque façade of the Seville City Hall. The Cross was vandalized in September 2019 and the restoration concluded in September 2021. A geological and microbiological study was carried out in a few small fragments. The data are consistent with the exposure of the Cross of the Inquisition to an urban environment for more than 100 years. During that time, a lichen community colonized the Cross and the nearby City Hall façades. The lichens, bryophytes and fungi colonizing the limestone surface composed an urban community, regenerated from the remains of the original communities, after superficial cleaning of the limestone between 2008 and 2010. This biological activity was detrimental to the integrity of the limestone, as showed by the pitting and channels, which evidence the lytic activity of organisms on the stone surface. Stone consolidation was achieved with Estel 1000. Preventol RI80, a biocide able to penetrate the porous limestone and active against bacteria, fungi, lichens, and bryophytes, was applied in the restoration.
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- 2022
20. Holistic Approach to the Restoration of a Vandalized Monument: The Cross of the Inquisition, Seville City Hall, Spain
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Jurado, Valme, primary, Cañaveras, Juan Carlos, additional, Gomez-Bolea, Antonio, additional, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, additional, Sanchez-Moral, Sergio, additional, Costa, Carlos, additional, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional
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- 2022
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21. Streptomyces benahoarensis sp. nov. Isolated From a Lava Tube of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
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Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose L., primary, Hermosin, Bernardo, additional, Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional, and Jurado, Valme, additional
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- 2022
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22. Microbial communities in carbonate precipitates from drip waters in Nerja Cave, Spain
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Jurado, Valme, primary, Del Rosal, Yolanda, additional, Jimenez de Cisneros, Concepcion, additional, Liñan, Cristina, additional, Martin-Pozas, Tamara, additional, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, additional, Hermosin, Bernardo, additional, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional
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- 2022
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23. Lamotrigine-induced Brugada syndrome: A rare adverse event
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Sotero, Filipa Dourado, Silva, Cláudia Santos, Cunha, Nelson, Franco, Ana, and Pimentel, José
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- 2022
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24. Paracoccus onubensis Gutierrez-Patricio & Gonzalez-Pimentel & Miller & Hermosin & Saiz-Jimenez & Jurado 2021, SP. NOV
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Gutierrez-Patricio, Sara, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose L., Miller, Ana Zelia, Hermosin, Bernardo, Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, and Jurado, Valme
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DESCRIPTION OF PARACOCCUS ONUBENSIS SP. NOV. Paracoccus onubensis (o.nu′ ben.sis, N.L. masc. adj. onubensis, pertaining to Onuba, the Roman name of Huelva, the province where the organism was first isolated). Cells are facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, Gram-stainnegativeandnon-endospore-forming.Theyare 0.5–0.7µm×1.2– 1.8µm in diameter, grow in pairs or singly (Fig. S4). Colonies on marine agar are 0.5–1.3mm in diameter, circular, convex, smooth and have entire margins. Good growth at 10–37°C, optimal at 20–30°C and weak growth at 8 and 42°C. Tolerates up to 12% NaCl, with optimum growth within 3–5% (v/w) NaCl. Growth occurs at pH 5.0–9.0, with an optimum at pH 5.0–6.0. Catalase- and oxidase-positive. It grows heterotrophically with various carbon sources and chemoautotrophically with thiosulfate under aerobic conditions. D-Glucose,L-galactose, D -mannose,D-mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, maltose, potassium gluconate, adipate, malate, citrate and phenylacetate can be utilized as carbon sources. Utilizes sodium nitrate, ammonium sulphate, sodium glutamate, casamino acids and peptone as sole nitrogen sources. Produces acid from D,L-arabinose, aesculin, D -fructose, D-fucose, D-galactose, D-glucose, D-mannose, D-ribose andD,L-xylose; weakly from D-adonitol,L-arabitol, L-fucose, glycerol, D-lyxose, maltose, melibiose, sucrose and trehalose. Negative for amygdalin, D-arabitol, arbutin, dulcitol, gentibiose, glycogen, inositol, inulin, lactose, melezitose, methyl α-D-glucopyranoside, methyl α-D-mannopyranoside, methyl β- D-xylopyranoside, N -acetylglucosamine, potassium gluconate, potassium 2-ketogluconate, potassium 5-ketogluconate, raffinose, L-ramnose, salicin, D-sorbitol, L-sorbose, starch, D -tagatose, turanose and xylitol. Reduces nitrate to nitrite. Hydrolyses aesculin and Tween 20, and does not hydrolyse DNA, casein or Tweens 40 and 80. Produces alkaline phosphatase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), leucine arylamidase, valine arylamidase, cystine arylamidase, acid phosphatase, naphthol- AS-BI-phosphohydrolase and α-glucosidase. Assimilates glucose, arabinose, mannose, mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, maltose, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, malate, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid, but does not assimilate capric acid. The most abundant fatty acid is C 18:1 ω7 c. Ubiquinone-10 is the major respiratory quinone. The polar lipids are diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol and an unidentified aminolipid, an unidentified glycolipid and unidentified polar lipid. The G+C content of the type strain is 60.3 mol%. The type strain, 1011MAR3 C25 T (=CECT 9092 T =LMG 29414 T), was isolated from white biofilms on the walls of the cave Gruta de las Maravillas, Aracena (Huelva, Spain)., Published as part of Gutierrez-Patricio, Sara, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose L., Miller, Ana Zelia, Hermosin, Bernardo, Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo & Jurado, Valme, 2021, Paracoccus onubensis sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium isolated from the wall of a show cave, pp. 1-10 in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (004942) (004942) 71 (8) on page 8, DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004942, http://zenodo.org/record/6224160
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25. Aerobiology from an Inactive Pyrite Mine: the Genome Sequence of the Airborne Pseudomonas sp. Strain L5B5
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Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose L., primary, Domínguez-Moñino, Irene, additional, Jurado, Valme, additional, Caldeira, Ana Teresa, additional, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional
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26. Diversity and Seasonal Dynamics of Airborne Fungi in Nerja Cave, Spain
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Jurado, Valme, primary, Del Rosal, Yolanda, additional, Liñan, Cristina, additional, Martin-Pozas, Tamara, additional, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, additional, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional
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27. Prokaryotic communities from a lava tube cave in La Palma Island (Spain) are involved in the biogeochemical cycle of major elements
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Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, primary, Martin-Pozas, Tamara, additional, Jurado, Valme, additional, Miller, Ana Zelia, additional, Caldeira, Ana Teresa, additional, Fernandez-Lorenzo, Octavio, additional, Sanchez-Moral, Sergio, additional, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional
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28. Microbial Activity in Subterranean Ecosystems: Recent Advances
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente, Martin-Pozas, Tamara, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, Jurado Lobo, Valme, Cuezva Robleño, Soledad, Dominguez-Moñino, Irene, Fernández Cortés, Ángel, Cañaveras, Juan C., Sánchez Moral, Sergio, Sáiz Jiménez, Cesáreo, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente, Martin-Pozas, Tamara, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, Jurado Lobo, Valme, Cuezva Robleño, Soledad, Dominguez-Moñino, Irene, Fernández Cortés, Ángel, Cañaveras, Juan C., Sánchez Moral, Sergio, and Sáiz Jiménez, Cesáreo
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Of the several critical challenges present in environmental microbiology today, one is the assessment of the contribution of microorganisms in the carbon cycle in the Earth-climate system. Karstic subterranean ecosystems have been overlooked until recently. Covering up to 25% of the land surface and acting as a rapid CH4 sink and alternately as a CO2 source or sink, karstic subterranean ecosystems play a decisive role in the carbon cycle in terms of their contribution to the global balance of greenhouse gases. Recent data indicate that microbiota must play a significant ecological role in the biogeochemical processes that control the composition of the subterranean atmosphere, as well as in the availability of nutrients for the ecosystem. Nevertheless, there are still essential gaps in our knowledge concerning the budgets of greenhouse gases at the ecosystem scale and the possible feedback mechanisms between environmental-microclimatic conditions and the rates and type of activity of microbial communities in subterranean ecosystems. Another challenge is searching for bioactive compounds (antibiotics) used for treating human diseases. At present, there is a global health emergency and a strong need for novel biomolecules. In recent decades, great research efforts have been made to extract antibiotics from marine organisms. More recently, caves have been receiving considerable attention in search of novel antibiotics. Cave methanotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria are producers of bioactive compounds and may be potential sources of metabolites with antibacterial, antifungal or anticancer activities of interest in pharmacological and medical research, as well as enzymes with a further biotechnological use. Here we also show that bacteria isolated from mines, a still unexplored niche for scientists in search of novel compounds, can be a source of novel secondary metabolites.
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29. Good interobserver and intraobserver agreement in the evaluation of the new ILAE classification of focal cortical dysplasias
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Coras, Roland, de Boer, Onno J., Armstrong, Dawna, Becker, Albert, Jacques, Thomas S., Miyata, Hajime, Thom, Maria, Vinters, Harry V., Spreafico, Roberto, Oz, Buge, Marucci, Gianluca, Pimentel, Jose, Mühlebner, Angelika, Zamecnik, Josef, Buccoliero, Anna Maria, Rogerio, Fabio, Streichenberger, Nathalie, Arai, Nobutaka, Bugiani, Marianna, Vogelgesang, Silke, Macaulay, Rob, Salon, Carolin, Hans, Volkmar, Polivka, Marc, Giangaspero, Felice, Fauziah, Dyah, Kim, Jang-Hee, Liu, Lei, Dandan, Wang, Gao, Jing, Lindeboom, Benjamin, Blümcke, Ingmar, and Aronica, Eleonora
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30. Microbial Communities in Vermiculation Deposits from an Alpine Cave
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Jurado, Valme, primary, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, additional, Miller, Ana Zelia, additional, Hermosin, Bernardo, additional, D’Angeli, Ilenia M., additional, Tognini, Paola, additional, De Waele, Jo, additional, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional
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31. Microbial Activity in Subterranean Ecosystems: Recent Advances
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Martin-Pozas, Tamara, primary, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, additional, Jurado, Valme, additional, Cuezva, Soledad, additional, Dominguez-Moñino, Irene, additional, Fernandez-Cortes, Angel, additional, Cañaveras, Juan Carlos, additional, Sanchez-Moral, Sergio, additional, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional
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32. Microbial Community Characterizing Vermiculations from Karst Caves and Its Role in Their Formation
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Addesso, Rosangela, primary, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose L., additional, D’Angeli, Ilenia M., additional, De Waele, Jo, additional, Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional, Jurado, Valme, additional, Miller, Ana Z., additional, Cubero, Beatriz, additional, Vigliotta, Giovanni, additional, and Baldantoni, Daniela, additional
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33. Draft Genome Sequences of Two Streptomyces Strains, MZ03-37 T and MZ03-48, Isolated from Lava Tube Speleothems
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Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose L., primary, Jurado, Valme, additional, Hermosin, Bernardo, additional, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional
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34. Biological Control of Phototrophic Biofilms in a Show Cave: The Case of Nerja Cave
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Jurado, Valme, primary, del Rosal, Yolanda, additional, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose, additional, Hermosin, Bernardo, additional, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional
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35. Early Detection of Phototrophic Biofilms in the Polychrome Panel, El Castillo Cave, Spain.
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Jurado, Valme, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, Fernandez-Cortes, Angel, Martin-Pozas, Tamara, Ontañon, Roberto, Palacio, Eduardo, Hermosin, Bernardo, Sanchez-Moral, Sergio, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo
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European caves contain some of the world's greatest Paleolithic paintings, and their conservation is at risk due to the use of artificial lighting. Both lighting and high CO
2 promotes the growth of phototrophic organisms on walls, speleothems and ground sediments. In addition, the combined effect of increases in CO2 , vapor concentration and temperature variations induced by visitors can directly affect the development of corrosion processes on the cave rock surfaces. An early detection of the occurrence of phototrophic biofilms on Paleolithic paintings is of the utmost importance, as well as knowing the microorganisms involved in the colonization of rocks and walls. Knowledge of the colonizing species and their ecology will allow the adoption of control measures. However, this is not always possible due to the limited amount of biomass available for molecular analyses. Here, we present an alternative approach to study faint green biofilms of Chlorophyta in the initial stage of colonization on the Polychrome Panel in El Castillo Cave, Cantabria, Spain. The study of the biofilms collected on the rock art panel and in the ground sediments revealed that the lighting of the cave promoted the development of the green algae Jenufa and Coccomyxa, as well as of complex prokaryotic and eukaryotic communities, including amoebae, their endoparasites and associated bacteria and fungi. The enrichment method used is proposed as a tool to overcome technical constraints in characterizing biofilms in the early stages, allowing a preliminary characterization before deciding for direct or indirect interventions in the cave. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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36. Microorganismos de las cuevas volcánicas de La Palma (Islas Canarias): diversidad y potencial uso bioteconológico
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Gonzalez Pimentel, Jose Luis, Sáiz Jiménez, Cesáreo, and Laiz Trobajo, Leonila
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Microorganismos ,Cuevas volcánicas ,La Palma (Islas Canarias, España) - Abstract
Programa de Doctorado en Biotecnología, Ingeniería y Tecnología Química, Línea de Investigación: Biotecnología Microbiana, Clave Programa: DBI, Código Línea: 11, Los ambientes subterráneos son sistemas singulares caracterizados por condiciones específicas como la ausencia de luz natural, escasez de nutrientes y temperatura y humedad constantes, las cuales definen un complejo escenario para el desarrollo de la vida. Los tubos de lava forman parte de estos ambientes, diferenciándose de otras formaciones subterráneas por su origen volcánico. Una vez se ha formado el tubo de lava, los microorganismos colonizan sus paredes y techos interactuando con el sustrato, desempeñando un papel relevante en los ciclos globales de nutrientes, así como permitiendo la biomineralización y formación de espeleotemas y otras estructuras de origen biogénico. La diversidad microbiana de los tubos de lava es compleja. Comunidades quimiolitoautótrofas y heterótrofas están representadas por grupos taxonómicos a nivel de filo, comunes en la mayoría de los tubos de lava estudiados globalmente. Los grupos más abundantes son Proteobacteria y Actinobacteria, filos bien conocidos por su dinamismo metabólico y que han sido el centro de atención para la ciencia e industria. En los últimos años, ha tomado relevancia la exploración de fuentes alternativas para la obtención de nuevos antibióticos debido a la aparición de bacterias multirresistentes. Los mecanismos que componen el resistoma en las bacterias son muy antiguos y extendidos entre las comunidades microbianas. Por lo tanto, el estudio de estos elementos podría ayudar a diseñar estrategias para combatir la resistencia a antibióticos. A principios del siglo XX, el descubrimiento de la penicilina supuso el inicio de la edad de oro de los antibióticos, siendo el suelo la principal fuente de aislamiento de microorganismos utilizados para tal fin. Ya a finales del citado siglo, las mejoras tecnológicas permitieron la exploración de los océanos, aumentando las opciones de identificar nuevos compuestos bioactivos de origen microbiano. Las condiciones específicas de las cuevas y otros ambientes subterráneos, junto con los avances en materia de secuenciación del ADN, podrían definir a estos ecosistemas como una importante fuente de metabolitos secundarios. Los microorganismos de los tubos de lava de las Islas Canarias (España) no han sido explorados con anterioridad, ofreciendo una oportunidad única para estudiar la microbiología subterránea y su potencial uso biotecnológico. Así, se implementaron métodos dependiente e independiente de cultivos para describir la diversidad microbiana en los tubos de lava y el descubrimiento de nuevas especies de bacterias. Las metodologías independientes de cultivo se centraron en los estudios de los marcadores 16S e ITS usando técnicas de clonación y secuenciación masiva de nueva generación (NGS). La clonación se utilizó inicialmente para comparar las comunidades totales y metabólicamente activas mediante el aislamiento del ADN y ARN de las muestras ambientales. Se identificaron los filos Proteobacteria y Actinobacteria como los grupos más relevantes en todas las muestras estudiadas, destacando el filo Actinobacteria en los estudios del ARN. Las distancias geográficas entre las muestras no parecieron ser una característica determinante para la diferenciación de la diversidad, ya que dos muestras más distantes presentaron comunidades microbianas más semejantes que en otras más próximas. La aplicación de técnicas de NGS en una segunda fase de la tesis supuso el estudio de un mayor número de muestras a analizar. El filo más abundante en casi todas las muestras fue Proteobacteria, a excepción de las muestras de moonmilk donde Actinobacteria constituyó el filo más representativo. Las técnicas dependientes de cultivo se utilizaron para contribuir al estudio de la diversidad microbiana, así como para describir nuevas especies de bacterias. Se aislaron un total de 118 bacterias, clasificadas en los filos Firmicutes (42), Actinobacteria (40), Proteobacteria (34) y Bacteroidetes (2). Un total de 15 cepas de hongos fueron igualmente identificadas. El género de bacterias más abundante fue Streptomyces, proponiéndose a Streptomyces tigalatensis y Streptomyces benahoarensis como nuevas especies. Se llevaron a cabo el desarrollo de ensayos in silico e in vitro de las nuevas especies bacterianas para comprobar sus habilidades metabólicas. Los análisis genómicos predijeron un sistema metabólico secundario dinámico, sugiriendo la capacidad para producir una gran cantidad de diferentes compuestos activos. Sin embargo, únicamente se pudo determinar la capacidad antibiótica y antifúngica en Streptomyces tigalatensis. En definitiva, el trabajo realizado en esta tesis propone a los tubos de lava como potencial reservorio de bacterias productoras de interesantes compuestos bioactivos, así como describe a estos ecosistemas como agentes relevantes en los ciclos globales de nutrientes., Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla. Centro de Estudios de Posgrado, Postprint
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37. Draft Genome Sequence of a Granaticin-Producing Strain of Streptomyces parvus Isolated from a Roman Tomb in the Necropolis of Carmona, Spain
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Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose L., primary, Jurado, Valme, additional, Laiz, Leonila, additional, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional
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38. Prokaryotic communities from a lava tube cave in La Palma Island (Spain) are involved in the biogeochemical cycle of major elements.
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Luis Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose, Martin-Pozas, Tamara, Jurado, Valme, Zelia Miller, Ana, Teresa Caldeira, Ana, Fernandez-Lorenzo, Octavio, Sanchez-Moral, Sergio, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo
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Lava caves differ from karstic caves in their genesis and mineral composition. Subsurface microbiology of lava tube caves in Canary Islands, a volcanic archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, is largely unknown. We have focused the investigation in a representative lava tube cave, Fuente de la Canaria Cave, in La Palma Island, Spain, which presents different types of speleothems and colored microbial mats. Four samples collected in this cave were studied using DNA next-generation sequencing and field emission scanning electron microscopy for bacterial identification, functional profiling, and morphological characterization. The data showed an almost exclusive dominance of Bacteria over Archaea. The distribution in phyla revealed a majority abundance of Proteobacteria (37-89%), followed by Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria and Candidatus Rokubacteria. These four phyla comprised a total relative abundance of 72-96%. The main ecological functions in the microbial communities were chemoheterotrophy, methanotrophy, sulfur and nitrogen metabolisms, and CO
2 fixation; although other ecological functions were outlined. Genome annotations of the especially representative taxon Ga0077536 (about 71% of abundance in moonmilk) predicted the presence of genes involved in CO2 fixation, formaldehyde consumption, sulfur and nitrogen metabolisms, and microbially-induced carbonate precipitation. The detection of several putative lineages associated with C, N, S, Fe and Mn indicates that Fuente de la Canaria Cave basalts are colonized by metabolically diverse prokaryotic communities involved in the biogeochemical cycling of major elements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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39. Study of hTERT and Histone 3 Mutations in Medulloblastoma
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Viana-Pereira, Marta, Almeida, Gisele Caravina, Stávale, João Norberto [UNIFESP], Malheiro, Susana [UNIFESP], Clara, Carlos, Lobo, Patricia, Pimentel, Jose, Reis, Rui Manuel, and Universidade do Minho
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Science & Technology ,Ciências Médicas::Medicina Básica ,Medicina Básica [Ciências Médicas] ,hTERT ,Mutations ,Biomarkers ,Medulloblastoma - Abstract
CNPq/Universal (475358/2011-2), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP; 2012/19590-0) and Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT; PTDC/SAU-ONC/115513/2009) grants to R.M.R. The project was cofinanced by Programa Operacional Regional do Norte (ON.2-O Novo Norte), Quadro de Referência Estratégico Nacional (QREN) and Fundo Europeu de Desenvol- vimento Regional (FEDER). M.V.-P. is the recipient of an FCT Post-Doctorate Research Fellowship (SFRH/BPD/104290/2014), Hotspot activating mutations of the telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) promoter region were recently described in several tumor types. These mutations lead to enhanced expression of telomerase, being responsible for telomere maintenance and allowing continuous cell division. Additionally, there are alternative telomere maintenance mechanisms, associated with histone H3 mutations, responsible for disrupting the histone code and affecting the regulation of transcription. Here, we investigated the clinical relevance of these mechanistically related molecules in nnedulloblastoma. Sixty-nine medulloblastomas, formalin fixed and paraffin embedded, from a cohort of patients aged 1.5-70 years, were used to investigate the hotspot mutations of the hTERT promoter region, i.e. H3F3A and HIST1H3B, using Sanger sequencing. We successfully sequenced hTERT in all 69 medulloblastoma samples and identified a total of 19 mutated cases (27.5%). c.-124:G>A and c.-146:G>A mutations were detected, respectively, in 16 and 3 samples. Similar to previous reports, hTERT mutations were more frequent in older patients (p < 0.0001), being found only in 5 patients, This study was partially supported by CNPq/Universal (475358/2011-2), Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP; 2012/19590-0) and Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT; PTDC/SAU-ONC/115513/2009) grants to R.M.R. The project was cofinanced by Programa Operacional Regional do Norte (ON.2-O Novo Norte), Quadro de Referencia Estrategico Nacional (QREN) and Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER). M.V.-P. is the recipient of an FCT Post-Doctorate Research Fellowship (SFRH/BPD/104290/2014)., info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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40. Yellow coloured mats from lava tubes of La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) are dominated by metabolically active Actinobacteria
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Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose L., primary, Miller, Ana Z., additional, Jurado, Valme, additional, Laiz, Leonila, additional, Pereira, Manuel F. C., additional, and Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, additional
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41. 'Mostra o que fazes bem' – observação partilhada de aulas
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Pimentel, Jose Antonio, Rocha, Carmen, Palmeirão, Cristina, and Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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Partilha ,Educação ,Reflexão ,Aulas ,Observação - Abstract
O Projeto “mostra o que fazes bem” surgiu por proposta do IGEC, como forma de superação de uma das fragilidades identificadas no Agrupamento em dezembro de 2013 - inexistência de mecanismos sistemáticos de supervisão pedagógica de acompanhamento e de monitorização das atividades letivas, bem como a ausência de trabalho colaborativo interpares. Todo o processo foi desenvolvido com a preocupação basilar de claramente se diferenciar do conceito de avaliação do desempenho docente, tendo uma tónica acentuada na vertente formativa e de autorregulação da atividade educativa. Daqui, nasceu uma proposta de formação continua acreditada para professores do agrupamento, sob o formato de oficina de formação, a desenvolver durante o ano letivo 2014/2015. O projeto foi supervisionado por Cristina Palmeirão, da Universidade Católica Portuguesa do Porto, na qualidade de consultora do Projeto TEIP do Agrupamento de Escolas António Nobre.
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42. Molecular subgroups of atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumours in children : an integrated genomic and clinicopathological analysis
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Torchia, Jonathon, Picard, Daniel, Lafay-Cousin, Lucie, Hawkins, Cynthia E., Kim, Seung-Ki, Letourneau, Louis, Ra, Young-Shin, Ho, King Ching, Chan, Tiffany Sin Yu, Sin-Chan, Patrick, Dunham, Christopher P., Yip, Stephen, Ng, Ho-Keung, Lu, Jian-Qiang, Albrecht, Steffen, Pimentel, Jose, Chan, Jennifer A., Somers, Gino R., Zielenska, Maria, Faria, Claudia C., Roque, Lucia, Baskin, Berivan, Birks, Diane, Foreman, Nick, Strother, Douglas, Klekner, Almos, Garami, Miklos, Hauser, Peter, Hortobagyi, Tibor, Bognar, Laszlo, Wilson, Beverly, Hukin, Juliette, Carret, Anne-Sophie, Van Meter, Timothy E., Nakamura, Hideo, Toledano, Helen, Fried, Iris, Fults, Daniel, Wataya, Takafumi, Fryer, Chris, Eisenstat, David D., Scheineman, Katrin, Johnston, Donna, Michaud, Jean, Zelcer, Shayna, Hammond, Robert, Ramsay, David A., Fleming, Adam J., Lulla, Rishi R., Fangusaro, Jason R., Sirachainan, Nongnuch, Larbcharoensub, Noppadol, Hongeng, Suradej, Barakzai, Muhammad Abrar, Montpetit, Alexandre, Stephens, Derek, Grundy, Richard G., Schueller, Ulrich, Nicolaides, Theodore, Tihan, Tarik, Phillips, Joanna, Taylor, Michael D., Rutka, James T., Dirks, Peter, Bader, Gary D., Warmuth-Metz, Monika, Rutkowski, Stefan, Pietsch, Torsten, Judkins, Alexander R., Jabado, Nada, Bouffet, Eric, Huang, Annie, Torchia, Jonathon, Picard, Daniel, Lafay-Cousin, Lucie, Hawkins, Cynthia E., Kim, Seung-Ki, Letourneau, Louis, Ra, Young-Shin, Ho, King Ching, Chan, Tiffany Sin Yu, Sin-Chan, Patrick, Dunham, Christopher P., Yip, Stephen, Ng, Ho-Keung, Lu, Jian-Qiang, Albrecht, Steffen, Pimentel, Jose, Chan, Jennifer A., Somers, Gino R., Zielenska, Maria, Faria, Claudia C., Roque, Lucia, Baskin, Berivan, Birks, Diane, Foreman, Nick, Strother, Douglas, Klekner, Almos, Garami, Miklos, Hauser, Peter, Hortobagyi, Tibor, Bognar, Laszlo, Wilson, Beverly, Hukin, Juliette, Carret, Anne-Sophie, Van Meter, Timothy E., Nakamura, Hideo, Toledano, Helen, Fried, Iris, Fults, Daniel, Wataya, Takafumi, Fryer, Chris, Eisenstat, David D., Scheineman, Katrin, Johnston, Donna, Michaud, Jean, Zelcer, Shayna, Hammond, Robert, Ramsay, David A., Fleming, Adam J., Lulla, Rishi R., Fangusaro, Jason R., Sirachainan, Nongnuch, Larbcharoensub, Noppadol, Hongeng, Suradej, Barakzai, Muhammad Abrar, Montpetit, Alexandre, Stephens, Derek, Grundy, Richard G., Schueller, Ulrich, Nicolaides, Theodore, Tihan, Tarik, Phillips, Joanna, Taylor, Michael D., Rutka, James T., Dirks, Peter, Bader, Gary D., Warmuth-Metz, Monika, Rutkowski, Stefan, Pietsch, Torsten, Judkins, Alexander R., Jabado, Nada, Bouffet, Eric, and Huang, Annie
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Background Rhabdoid brain tumours, also called atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumours, are lethal childhood cancers with characteristic genetic alterations of SMARCB1/hSNF5. Lack of biological understanding of the substantial clinical heterogeneity of these tumours restricts therapeutic advances. We integrated genomic and clinicopathological analyses of a cohort of patients with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumours to find out the molecular basis for clinical heterogeneity in these tumours. Methods We obtained 259 rhabdoid tumours from 37 international institutions and assessed transcriptional profiles in 43 primary tumours and copy number profiles in 38 primary tumours to discover molecular subgroups of atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumours. We used gene and pathway enrichment analyses to discover group-specific molecular markers and did immunohistochemical analyses on 125 primary tumours to evaluate clinicopathological significance of molecular subgroup and ASCL1-NOTCH signalling. Findings Transcriptional analyses identified two atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour subgroups with differential enrichment of genetic pathways, and distinct clinicopathological and survival features. Expression of ASCL1, a regulator of NOTCH signalling, correlated with supratentorial location (p=0.004) and superior 5-year overall survival (35%, 95% CI 13-57, and 20%, 6-34, for ASCL1-positive and ASCL1-negative tumours, respectively; p=0.033) in 70 patients who received multimodal treatment. ASCL1 expression also correlated with superior 5-year overall survival (34%, 7-61, and 9%, 0-21, for ASCL1-positive and ASCL1-negative tumours, respectively; p=0.001) in 39 patients who received only chemotherapy without radiation. Cox hazard ratios for overall survival in patients with differential ASCL1 enrichment treated with chemotherapy with or without radiation were 2.02 (95% CI 1.04-3.85; p=0.038) and 3.98 (1.71-9.26; p=0.001). Integrated analyses of molecular subgroupings with clinical prognostic factor
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43. Putaminal petechial haemorrhage as the cause of non-ketotic hyperglycaemic chorea: a neuropathological case correlated with MRI findings
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Mestre, Tiago A., Ferreira, Joaquim J., and Pimentel, Jose
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Purpura (Pathology) -- Case studies ,Chorea -- Causes of ,Chorea -- Case studies ,Magnetic resonance imaging -- Analysis ,Health ,Psychology and mental health - Published
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44. ESTUDO SÓCIO-ECONÔMICO SOBRE AGRICULTORES FAMILIARES PRODUTORES DE QUEIJO-DE-COALHO DAS COMUNIDADES DO JUNCO, TIASOL E TAPERA, NO MUNICÍPIO DE TAUÁ-CE
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Araujo, Joao Cavalcante, Mattos, Adriano Lincoln Albuquerque, Paiva, Francisco De Assis, Sousa, Jose Rodrigues, and Pimentel, Jose Machado
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Agricultura Familiar, Desenvolvimento Local, Capital Social, Queijo-de-coalho, Family Agriculture, Local Development, Social Capital, Cheese-de-rennet, Livestock Production/Industries - Abstract
A produção de leite e seus derivados na Região do Inhamuns tem elevada importância economica e social para as propriedades do segmento da Agricultura Familiar. O sabor diferenciado do queijo da região, abre possibilidades de tornar-se um produto de alto valor agregado por uma certificação de origem, contudo requer um esforço concentrado da pesquisa, treinamento e capacitação de produtores para corrigir as distorções que se verificam nos sistemas de produção e de processamento, em virtude de práticas inadequadas tanto no manejo dos rebanhos, quanto nas fases de processamento e acondicionamento do produto. Devido a importância da produção do queijo-de-colho para esse território, este estudo busca conhecer a dinâmica desse segmento que vem a constituir um recurso importante para o sustento das famílias, além de ser um fator cultural. A Agricultura Familiar nessa região, caracterisa-se pelo emprego de práticas tradicionais, na produção e processamento dos seus produtos. Dessa forma, esse trabalho possibilitou conhecer a dinâmica de desenvolvimento dessas comunidades, como também, abriu possibilidades para um acompanhamento futuro sobre a evolução dessa dinâmica.----------------------------------------------The production of milk and its derivatives in the Region of Inhamuns has high economic and social importance to the properties of the segment of Family Agriculture. The flavor of the cheese differently in the region, opens possibilities to become a product of high value added by a certificate of origin, but requires a focused effort of the research, training and capacity building of producers to correct the distortions that occur in production systems and processing, due to both inadequate practices in the management of herds, as at the processing and packaging of the product. Due to the importance of the production of cheese-of-cropping for this territory, this study seeks to know the dynamics of this segment that has to be an important resource for the sustenance of families, in addition to being a cultural factor. The Family Agriculture in that region, caracterisa by the use of traditional practices, in the production and processing of their products. Thus, this study allowed to know the dynamics of development of these communities, but also has opened possibilities for a future monitoring on the evolution of this dynamic.
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45. Genome sequence of Stenotrophomonas indicatrixCPHE1, a powerful phenanthrene-degrading bacterium
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Lara-Moreno, Alba, Morillo, Esmeralda, Merchán, Francisco, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Luis, and Villaverde, Jaime
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Environmental pollution caused by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) involves a high-risk and have received considerable attention due to their carcinogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic properties. Phenanthrene (PHE) is a low molecular weight PAH, which has three benzene rings. It is one of the most common PAH found in contaminated environments mainly due to its low volatilization ability and hydrophobic character. A PHE degrading bacterium was isolated from an industrial contaminated soil using enrichment culture techniques. Based on macroscopic, microscopic examination and phylogenetic analysis, this bacterium was classified as Stenotrophomonas indicatrixand named strain CPHE1. Several authors have reported about bacteria stains, which can degrade PHE, but this is the first time where the ability of S. indicatrixto biodegrade and mineralize PHE has been demonstrated.
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46. Relacion del Aguila de la Iglesia San Agustin : sacada de la Oracion Panegirica, que en el Capitulo Provincial, que se celebro en Sevilla
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Pimentel, Jose , (O.S.A.) and Pimentel, Jose , (O.S.A.)
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47. Dominance of Arcobacter in the white filaments from the thermal sulfidic spring of Fetida Cave (Apulia, southern Italy)
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Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez, Jo De Waele, Ana Z. Miller, Daniele Ghezzi, Sergio Sanchez-Moral, Jose L. Gonzalez-Pimentel, Martina Cappelletti, Tamara Martin-Pozas, Soledad Cuezva, Angel Fernandez-Cortes, Ilenia M. D’Angeli, Valme Jurado, Jurado, Valme, D'Angeli, Ilenia, Martin-Pozas, Tamara, Cappelletti, Martina, Ghezzi, Daniele, Gonzalez-Pimentel, Jose Lui, Cuezva, Soledad, Miller, Ana Zelia, Fernandez-Cortes, Angel, De Waele, Jo, Sanchez-Moral, Sergio, Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), and CSIC - Unidad de Recursos de Información Científica para la Investigación (URICI)
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Microbial diversity ,Environmental Engineering ,Sulfide ,Geochemistry ,Sulfuric acid speleogenesis ,Sulfides ,Water geochemistry ,Cave ,Spring (hydrology) ,Cave atmosphere ,Environmental Chemistry ,Dominance (ecology) ,Sulfuric acid speleogenesi ,Seawater ,Waste Management and Disposal ,Sea level ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Arcobacter ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,biology ,Microbial filament ,biology.organism_classification ,Pollution ,humanities ,Caves ,chemistry ,Microbial filaments ,Upwelling ,Geology ,Sulfur - Abstract
The thermal spring of Fetida Cave, a still active sulfuric acid cave opening at sea level and located in Santa Cesarea Terme, southeastern Salento (Apulia region, Southern Italy) hosts abundant floating white filaments. The white filaments were mainly composed of sulfur crystals surrounded by microbial mass of the phyla Epsilonbacteraeota, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Patescibacteria. The most abundant genus in the white filaments collected from the waters in the innermost part of the cave dominated by sulfidic exhalations was Arcobacter. This abundance can be related to the higher concentration of sulfide dissolved in water, and low oxygen and pH values. Conversely, lower Arcobacter abundances were obtained in the filaments collected in the entrance and middle part of the cave, where sulfidic water mixes with seawater, as the cave is subjected to tides and the mixing of fresh (continental) with marine water. The geochemical analysis of water and atmospheric gases confirmed these environmental constraints. In fact, the highest concentrations of H2S in the air and water were recorded closest to the spring upwelling in the innermost part of the cave, and the lowest ones near the cave entrance. The metabolic versatility of Arcobacter might provide a competitive advantage in the colonization of water bodies characterized by high sulfide, low oxygen, and dynamic fluid movement., This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through project CGL2016-75590-P with ERDF funds and PID2019-110603RB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. We acknowledge support of the publication fee by the CSIC Open Access Publication Support Initiative through its Unit of Information Resources for Research (URICI).
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