• Diversity structure of the microbial communities in the guts of four neotropical termite species 

      Vikram, Surendra; Arneodo Larochette, Joel Demian; Calcagno, Javier; Ortiz, Maximiliano; Mon, Maria Laura; Etcheverry, Clara; Cowan, Donald; Talia, Paola Mónica (Peer J Inc., 2021-04)
      The termite gut microbiome is dominated by lignocellulose degrading microorganisms. This study describes the intestinal microbiota of four Argentinian higher termite species with different feeding habits: Microcerotermes ...
    • Does Mycobacterium bovis persist in cattle in a non-replicative latent state as Mycobacterium tuberculosis in human beings? 

      Sabio Y Garcia, Julia Veronica; Bigi, María Mercedes; Klepp, Laura Ines; Garcia, Elizabeth Andrea; Blanco, Federico Carlos; Bigi, Fabiana (Elsevier, 2020-08)
      Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) are responsible for tuberculosis in several mammals. In this complex, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis, which are closely related, show host ...
    • Double-layered rotavirus-like particles are efficient carriers to elicit strong CTL responses to delivered heterologous antigens 

      Molinari, Maria Paula; Peralta, Andrea Veronica; Maletto, Belkys Angélica; Pistoresi Palencia, Maria Cristina; Crespo, Maria Ines; Moron, Victor Gabriel; Taboga, Oscar Alberto (Elsevier, 2014-11)
      The first 92 amino acids of VP2 of rotavirus are dispensable for VLP assembly and can be replaced by heterologous reporter proteins without affecting either self-assembly of chimeric VP2 or the interaction with VP6 to ...
    • Draft genome sequence data of Cercospora kikuchii, a causal agent of Cercospora leaf blight and purple seed stain of soybeans 

      Sautua, Francisco José; Gonzalez, Sergio Alberto; Doyle, Vinson P.; Berretta, Marcelo Facundo; Gordó, Manuela; Scandiani, María Mercedes; Rivarola, Maximo Lisandro; Fernandez, Paula Del Carmen; Carmona, Marcelo Anibal (Elsevier, 2019-10)
      Cercospora kikuchii (Tak. Matsumoto & Tomoy.) M.W. Gardner 1927 is an ascomycete fungal pathogen that causes Cercospora leaf blight and purple seed stain on soybean. Here, we report the first draft genome sequence and ...
    • Draft Genome Sequence of Cellulolytic and Xylanolytic Cellulomonas sp. Strain B6 Isolated from Subtropical Forest Soil 

      Piccinni, Florencia Elizabeth; Murua, Yanina; Ghio, Silvina; Talia, Paola Mónica; Rivarola, Maximo Lisandro; Campos, Eleonora (2016-08)
      The genome information will be useful for studies of microbial enzymes for industrial application in lignocellulosic biomass utilization.
    • Draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium bovis 04-303, a highly virulent strain from Argentina 

      Nishibe, Christiane; Canevari Castelão, Ana Beatriz; Dalla Costa, Ricardo; Pinto, Beatriz Jeronimo; Varuzza, Leonardo; Cataldi, Angel Adrian; Bernardelli, Amelia; Bigi, Fabiana; Blanco, Federico Carlos; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Almeida, Nalvo Franco; Araujo, Flabio Ribeiro de (American Society for Microbiology, 2013-11)
      Mycobacterium bovis strain 04-303 was isolated from a wild boar living in a free-ranging field in Argentina. This work reports the draft genome sequence of this highly virulent strain and the genomic comparison of its major ...
    • Draft genome sequences of two mycobacterium bovis strains isolated from beef cattle in Paraguay 

      Sanabria, Lidia; Lagrave, Lorena; Nishibe, Christiane; Ribas, Augusto C.A.; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Almeida, Nalvo Franco; Araujo, Flabio Ribeiro de (2017-07)
      This work reports the draft genome sequences of the Mycobacterium bovis strains M1009 and M1010, isolated from the lymph nodes of two infected cows on a beef farm in Paraguay. Comparative genomics between these strains and ...
    • Early genetic consequences of defaunation in a large-seeded vertebrate-dispersed palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana) 

      Giombini, Mariano Ignacio; Bravo, Susana Patricia; Sica, Yanina; Tosto, Daniela Sandra (2017)
      Plant populations are seriously threatened by anthropogenic habitat disturbance. In particular, defaunation may disrupt plantdisperser mutualisms, thus reducing levels of seed-mediated gene flow and genetic variation in ...
    • Early immune innate hallmarks and microbiome changes across the gut during Escherichia coli O157: H7 infection in cattle 

      Larzabal, Mariano; Marques Da Silva, Wanderson; Multani, Anmol; Vagnoni, Lucas Emilio; Moore, Prando Dadin; Marin, Maia Solange; Riviere, Nahuel Agustin; Delgado, Fernando Oscar; Vilte, Daniel Alejandro; Romero Victorica, Matias; Tao, Ma; Luo, Le Guan; Talia, Paola Mónica; Cataldi, Angel Adrian; Cobo, Eduardo Rubén (SpringerNature, 2020-12)
      The zoonotic enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157: H7 bacterium causes diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in humans. Cattle are primary reservoirs and EHEC O157: H7; the bacteria ...
    • EcXyl43 β-xylosidase: molecular modeling, activity on natural and artificial substrates, and synergism with endoxylanases for lignocellulose deconstruction 

      Ontañon, Ornella Mailén; Ghio, Silvina; Marrero Diaz De Vill, Rubén; Piccinni, Florencia Elizabeth; Talia, Paola Mónica; Cerutti, Maria Laura; Campos, Eleonora (Springer, 2018-08)
      Biomass hydrolysis constitutes a bottleneck for the biotransformation of lignocellulosic residues into bioethanol and high-value products. The efficient deconstruction of polysaccharides to fermentable sugars requires ...
    • Editorial : Plant transformation 

      Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Spangenberg, German; Herrera-Estrella, Luis (Frontiers Media, 2022-04)
      Plant transformation provides a key tool for much basic research, such as the study of gene functions and interactions, protein–protein interactions, developmental processes, as well as applications for crop improvement ...
    • Editorial : Vaccination strategies against ruminant infectious diseases 

      Del Medico Zajac, Maria Paula; Moyano, Roberto Damian; Colombatti Olivieri, Maria Alejandra (Frontiers Media, 2023-05)
      Ruminant infectious diseases cause economic impact through losses in animal production and human health. Most of the commercially available veterinary vaccines are live attenuated or inactivated which induce different ...
    • Effects of deletion of the ac109 gene of Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus on interactions with mammalian cells 

      Alfonso, Victoria; Amalfi, Sabrina; Lopez, Maria Gabriela; Taboga, Oscar Alberto (2017-03)
      Baculoviruses are able to enter into mammalian cells, where they can express a transgene that is placed under an appropriate promoter, without producing infectious progeny. ORF109 encodes an essential baculovirus protein ...
    • Efficient CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in alfalfa using a public germplasm 

      Bottero, Ana Emilia; Massa, Gabriela Alejandra; Gonzalez, Matías Nicolás; Stritzler, Margarita; Tajima, Hiromi; Gomez, Maria Cristina; Frare, Romina Alejandra; Feingold, Sergio Enrique; Blumwald, Eduardo; Ayub, Nicolás Daniel; Soto, Gabriela Cynthia (Frontiers Media, 2021-07)
      Because its ability to acquire large amounts of nitrogen by symbiosis, tetraploid alfalfa is the main source of vegetable proteins in meat and milk production systems in temperate regions. Alfalfa cultivation also adds ...
    • Efficient edition of the bovine PRNP prion gene in somatic cells and IVF embryos using the CRISPR/Cas9 system 

      Bevacqua, Romina Jimena; Fernandez-Martín, R.; Savy, Virginia; Canel, Natalia Gabriela; Gismondi, Maria Ines; Kues, Wilfried A.; Carlson, Daniel F.; Fahrenkrug, S.C.; Niemann, H.; Taboga, Oscar Alberto; Ferraris, Sergio; Salamone, Daniel Felipe (2016-11)
      The recently developed engineered nucleases, such as zinc-finger nucleases, transcription activator-like effector nucleases, and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated nuclease ...
    • Efficient method for targeted gene disruption by homologous recombination in Mycobacterium avium subspecie paratuberculosis 

      Alonso, Maria Natalia; Malaga, Wladimir; Mc Neil, Michael; Jackson, Mary; Romano, Maria Isabel; Guilhot, Christophe; Santangelo, María De La Paz (Elsevier, 2020-09)
      Targeted gene disruption by homologous recombination, has been widely used in mycobacterium species to understand the genetic basis of virulence and persistence in the host and to develop efficacious potential live vaccines. ...
    • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 antigens produced in transgenic lettuce effective as an oral vaccine in mice 

      Su, Yun‑Lin; Larzabal, Mariano; Song, Huan; Cheng, Tianfang; Wang, Yufang; Smith, Libia Yael; Cataldi, Angel Adrian; Ow, David W. (Springer, 2023-10)
      Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 is a food-borne pathogen where ruminant farm animals, mainly bovine, serve as reservoirs. Bovine vaccination has been used to prevent disease outbreaks, and the current ...
    • Epidemiología molecular y genómica comparativa de Leptospira spp. en Argentina 

      Varni, Vanina Delia (Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2015-12)
      La leptospirosis es una enfermedad infecciosa causada por bacterias del género Leptospira y constituye una zoonosis de amplia distribución mundial. La enfermedad puede ser contraída a través del contacto con ambientes ...
    • Epidemiology of Babesia, Anaplasma and Trypanosoma species using a new expanded reverse line blot hybridization assay 

      Paoletta, Martina; Lopez Arias, Ludmila Sol; De La Fourniere, Sofia; Guillemi, Eliana Carolina; Luciani, Carlos; Sarmiento, Nestor Fabian; Mosqueda Gualito, Juan Joel; Farber, Marisa Diana; Wilkowsky, Silvina Elizabeth (2018-02)
      Vector-borne hemoparasitic infections are a major problem that affects livestock industries worldwide, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. In this work, a reverse line blot (RLB) hybridization assay was ...
    • Epidemiology of Pig Tuberculosis in Argentina 

      Barandiaran, Soledad; Marfil, Maria Jimena; Capobianco, Guillermo; Perez Aguirreburualde, María Sol; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Eirin, Maria Emilia; Cuerda, Maria Ximena; Winter, Marina; Martinez Vivot, Marcela; Pérez, Andrés Maximiliano; La Sala, Luciano Francisco (Frontiers Editorial, 2021-07)
      Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a disease caused mainly by the Mycobacterium bovis and that is endemic to livestock populations in most Latin American countries. Traditionally, bTB control programs are costly and targeted to ...