• Grapevine virus L: a novel vitivirus in grapevine 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Zavallo, Diego; Brisbane, Reid Soltero; Vončina, Darko; Almeida, Rodrigo P. P.; Blouin, Arnaud G.; Al Rwahnih, Maher; Gomez Talquenca, Gonzalo; Asurmendi, Sebastian (2019-04-06)
      Vitiviruses are ssRNA(+) viruses in the family Betaflexiviridae (subfamily Trivirinae). There are currently 10 ICTV recognized virus species in the genus; nevertheless, the extended use of NGS technologies is rapidly ...
    • Highly GC-rich heterochromatin in chili peppers (Capsicum-Solanaceae): A cytogenetic and molecular characterization 

      Grabiele, Mauro; Debat, Humberto Julio; Scaldaferro, Marisel Analía; Aguilera, Patricia Mabel; Moscone, Eduardo Alberto; Seijo, José Guillermo; Ducasse, Daniel Adrian (Elsevier, 2018-08)
      Capsicum comprises 35 species of chili peppers and five of them are cultivated worldwide as spices or vegetables. Diploid karyotypes based in x = 12 and x = 13 are common in Capsicum and the constitutive heterochromatin ...
    • Identification of the first endogenous Ophiovirus sequence 

      Marsile-Medun, Soledad; Debat, Humberto Julio; Gifford, Robert James (BioRxiv, 2018-05-05)
      Endogenous viral elements (EVEs) are sequences in eukaryotic genomes that are derived from the ancestral integration of viral sequences into germline cells. Ophioviruses (family Ophioviridae) are a recently established ...
    • Illuminating the Plant Rhabdovirus Landscape through Metatranscriptomics Data 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Dietzgen, Ralf G.; Debat, Humberto Julio (MDPI, 2021-07-05)
      Rhabdoviruses infect a large number of plant species and cause significant crop diseases. They have a negative-sense, single-stranded unsegmented or bisegmented RNA genome. The number of plant-associated rhabdovirid sequences ...
    • Mitovirus and Mitochondrial Coding Sequences from Basal Fungus Entomophthora muscae 

      Nibert, Max L.; Debat, Humberto Julio; Manny, Austin R.; Grigoriev, Igor V.; De Fine Licht, Henrik H. (MDPI, 2019-04-17)
      Fungi constituting the Entomophthora muscae species complex (members of subphylum Entomophthoromycotina, phylum Zoopagamycota) commonly kill their insect hosts and manipulate host behaviors in the process. In this study, ...
    • Molecular characterization of a novel cytorhabdovirus with a unique genomic organization infecting yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) in Argentina 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Acevedo, Raúl Maximiliano; De Breuil, Soledad; Ruiz, Oscar Adolfo; Sansberro, Pedro Alfonso; Dietzgen, Ralf Georg; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Debat, Humberto Julio (Springer, 2020-04)
      The genome of a novel rhabdovirus was detected in yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.). The newly identified virus, tentatively named "yerba mate virus A" (YmVA), has a genome of 14,961 nucleotides. Notably, eight ...
    • Molecular characterization of effector protein SAP54 in Bellis virescence phytoplasma (16SrIII-J) 

      Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Debat, Humberto Julio; Conci, Luis Rogelio (Springer, 2019-06-03)
      Phytoplasmas are wall-less bacteria with a parasitic lifestyle responsible for numerous plant diseases worldwide. Since the introduction of next generation sequencing technologies, genome wide studies of these pathogens ...
    • Molecular characterization of the 5S rDNA non-transcribed spacer and reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships in Capsicum 

      Grabiele, Mauro; Aguilera, Patricia Mabel; Ducasse, Daniel Adrian; Debat, Humberto Julio (Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, 2021)
      Capsicum includes ca. 41 species of chili peppers. In this original report we PCR amplified, cloned, sequenced and characterized the 5S rDNA non-transcribed spacer -NTS- in 23 taxa of nine clades of Capsicum, divergent at ...
    • Molecular characterization of yerba mate chlorosis-associated virus, a putative cytorhabdvirus infecting yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; De Breuil, Soledad; Debat, Humberto Julio; Miretti, Marcos; Badaracco, Alejandra; Nome Docampo, Claudia (2017-08)
      We present the molecular characterization of a new virus infecting yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.) in Argentina. Deep sequencing of diseased yerba mate plants showing chlorotic linear patterns, chlorotic rings, ...
    • Molecular identification and characterization of two rubber dandelion amalgaviruses 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Zinan Luo; Iaffaldano, Brian J.; Xiaofeng, Zhuang; Cornish, Katrina (2017-12-05)
      The Amalgaviridae family is composed of persistent viruses that share the genome architecture of Totiviridae and gene evolutionary resemblance to Partitiviridae. A single Amalgavirus genus has been assigned to this family, ...
    • Novel bird’s-foot trefoil RNA viruses provide insights into a clade of legume-associated enamoviruses and rhabdoviruses 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban (Springer, 2019-03-09)
      Here, we report the identification and characterization of two novel viruses associated with bird’s-foot trefoil. Virus sequences related to those of enamoviruses (ssRNA (+); Luteoviridae; Enamovirus) and nucleorhabdoviruses ...
    • Omicron Waves in Argentina: Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Lineages BA.1, BA.2 and the Emerging BA.2.12.1 and BA.4/BA.5 

      Torres, Carolina; Nabaes Jodar, Mercedes; Acuña, Dolores; Zambrana Montaño, Romina Micaela; Culasso, Andrés Carlos Alberto; Amadio, Ariel; Aulicino, Paula; Ceballos, Santiago; Cacciabue, Marco Polo Domingo; Debat, Humberto Julio; Dus Santos, Maria Jose; Eberhardt, María Florencia; Espul, Carlos; Fay, Fabián; Fernández, María Ailén; Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Fernandez Muñoz, Juan Manuel; Ferrini, Florencia; Gallego, Fernando; Giri, Adriana Angélica; Cerri, Agustina; Bolatti, Elisa; Gismondi, Maria Ines; Goya, Stephanie; Gramundi, Iván; Irazoqui, Jose Matias; Konig, Guido Alberto; Leiva, Viviana; Lucero, Horacio; Marquez, Nathalie; Nardi, Cristina; Ortiz, Belén; Pianciola, Luis; Pintos, Carolina Beatriz; Puebla, Andrea Fabiana; Rastellini, Carolina Victoria; Rojas, Alejandro Ezequiel; Sfalcin, Javier; Suárez, Ariel; Tittarelli, Estefanía; Toro, Rosana; Villanova, Gabriela Vanina; Ziehm, María Cecilia; Zimmermann, María Carla; Zunino, Sebastián; Proyecto PAIS Working Group; Valinotto, Laura; Viegas, Mariana (MDPI, 2023-01-22)
      The COVID-19 pandemic has lately been driven by Omicron. This work aimed to study the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages during the third and fourth waves of COVID-19 in Argentina. Molecular surveillance was performed ...
    • On the value of preprints: an early career researcher perspective 

      Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Debat, Humberto Julio; Emmott, Edward; Burgess, Steven J.; Schwessinger, Benjamin; Hensel, Zach (PlosONE, 2019-02-21)
      Peer-reviewed journal publication is the main means for academic researchers in the life sciences to create a permanent public record of their work. These publications are also the de facto currency for career progress, ...
    • El Paisaje Actual de Publicaciones Académicas: una Visión Emergente desde el Sur Global 

      Debat, Humberto Julio (Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2023-04)
      Una gran parte del sistema de publicaciones académicas tradicional es desigual, poco confiable, excluyente, discriminatorio, sesgado, depredador, insostenible y opaco [1]. Aproximadamente el 70 % de los artículos de ...
    • Plan S en América Latina: una nota de precaución 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Babini, Dominique (Centro de Estudios sobre Ciencia Desarrollo y Educación Superior, Argentina, 2020-06)
      El Plan S es una iniciativa de un consorcio europeo de financiadores de investigación orientada a exigir la publicación en acceso abierto de los resultados de la investigación financiados por fondos públicos o privados. ...
    • Plan S in Latin America: a precautionary note 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Babini, Dominique (Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing, 2020-02-07)
      Background: Latin America has historically led a vital and open access movement andleads the worldwide region with the adoption of wider open access practices. Argentina has expressed its commitment to join Plan S, an ...
    • Plan S: take Latin America’s long experience on board 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Babini, Dominique (Nature Research, 2019-09-24)
      We share the spirit of Plan S to achieve full open access to scholarly publications (see go.nature.com/2hszsaf), but we disagree with its implementation guidelines. The plan’s design ignores more than 20 years of widespread ...
    • Plant microRNAs: Recent Advances and Future Challenges 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Ducasse, Daniel Adrian (2014-12)
      MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small ∼20–24 nt species of non-coding RNAs that modulate plant gene expression by means of gene silencing through sequence-specific inhibition of target mRNAs. MiRNAs derive from pol-II transcription ...
    • Polyamines and Legumes: Joint Stories of Stress, Nitrogen Fixation and Environment 

      Menéndez, Ana Bernardina; Calzadilla, Pablo Ignacio; Sansberro, Pedro Alfonso; Espasandin, Fabiana Daniela; Gázquez, Ayelén; Bordenave, Cesar Daniel; Maiale, Santiago Javier; Rodríguez, Andrés Alberto; Maguire, Vanina Giselle; Campestre, Maria Paula; Garriz, Andrés; Rossi, Franco Rubén; Romero, Fernando Matias; Solmi, Leandro; Salloum, María Soraya; Monteoliva, Mariela Ines; Debat, Humberto Julio; Ruiz, Oscar Adolfo (Frontiers Media, 2019-11-04)
      Polyamines (PAs) are natural aliphatic amines involved in many physiological processes in almost all living organisms, including responses to abiotic stresses and microbial interactions. On other hand, the family Leguminosae ...
    • Preprints are good for science and good for the public 

      Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Wissink, Erin M.; Burgess, Steven J.; Hensel, Zach; Debat, Humberto Julio; Emmott, Edward; Akay, Alper; Akdemir, Kadir C.; Schwessinger, Benjamin (Nature Research, 2018-08-29)
      We disagree with Tom Sheldon’s contention that the preprint ecosystem can present a challenge to accurate and timely journalism (Nature 559, 445; 2018). Restricting when or how preprints are released risks suppressing ...