• Changing scientific meetings for the better 

      Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Khan, Aziz; Yu Fen, Samantha Seah; Mwakilili, Aneth D.; Mumoki, Fiona N.; Sáez, Pablo J.; Schwessinger, Benjamin; Debat, Humberto Julio; Mestrovic, Tomislav (Nature Research, 2021-03-15)
      Scientific conferences are important avenues for researchers to share and discuss research findings, to exchange ideas and insights, and to network for collaboration and career development. Organizing inclusive and useful ...
    • The complete genome of a putative endornavirus identified in yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.) 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Grabiele, Mauro; Aguilera, Patricia Mabel; Bubillo, Rosana Elizabeth; Zapata, Pedro Darío; Marti, Dardo Andrea; Ducasse, Daniel Adrian (2014-10)
      We present the first report of a virus infecting the subtropical tree crop yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.). Total RNA purification, followed by next-generation sequencing, transcripts assembly and annotation, ...
    • Complete genome sequence of a divergent strain of Tibetan frog hepatitis B virus associated with a concave‑eared torrent frog (Odorrana tormota) 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Fei Fan Ng, Terry (Springer, 2019-06)
      Viruses of the family Hepadnaviridae are characterized by partially dsDNA circular genomes of approximately 3.2 kb, which are reverse transcribed from RNA intermediates. Hepadnaviruses have a broad host range, which includes ...
    • Dataset of the first transcriptome assembly of the tree crop “yerba mate” (Ilex paraguariensis) and systematic characterization of protein coding genes 

      Aguilera, Patricia Mabel; Debat, Humberto Julio; Grabiele, Mauro (2018-04)
      This contribution contains data associated to the research article entitled “Exploring the genes of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis A. St.-Hil.) by NGS and de novo transcriptome assembly” (Debat et al., 2014) [1]. By means ...
    • Dataset of the transcribed 45S ribosomal RNA sequence of the tree crop “yerba mate” 

      Aguilera, Patricia Mabel; Debat, Humberto Julio; Grabiele, Mauro (2017-06)
      This contribution contains data related to the research article entitled “The 18S-25S ribosomal RNA unit of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis A. St.-Hil.)” (Aguilera et al., 2016) [1]. Through a bioinformatic approach involving ...
    • Efficiency of cytogenetic methods in detecting a chromosome rearrangement induced by ionizing radiation in a cultivated chili pepper line (Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum – Solanaceae) 

      Scaldaferro, Marisel Analía; Grabiele, Mauro; Seijo, Jose Guillermo; Debat, Humberto Julio; Romero, María Victoria; Ducasse, Daniel Adrian; Prina, Alberto Raul; Moscone, Eduardo Alberto (2014)
      Purpose: To locate transient chromosome aberrations on a selected pepper cultivar and determine the tracing efficiency of different cytogenetic methods. Materials and methods: Seeds from Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum ...
    • Evidence for contemporary plant mitoviruses 

      Nibert, Max L.; Vong, Minh; Fugate, Karen K.; Debat, Humberto Julio (2018-05)
      Mitoviruses have small RNA(+) genomes, replicate in mitochondria, and have been shown to infect only fungi to date. For this report, sequences that appear to represent nearly complete plant mitovirus genomes were recovered ...
    • Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northwestern Argentina 

      Zambrana Montaño, Romina; Culasso, Andrés Carlos Alberto; Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Marquez, Nathalie; Debat, Humberto Julio; Salmerón, Mariana; Zamora, Ana María; Ruíz de Huidobro, Gustavo; Costas, Dardo; Alabarse, Graciela; Charre, Miguel Alejandro; Fridman, Ariel David; Mamani, Claudia; Vaca, Fabiana; Maza Diaz, Claudia; Raskovsky, Viviana; Lavaque, Esteban; Lesser, Veronica; Cajal, Pamela; Agüero, Fernanda; Calvente, Cintia; Torres, Carolina; Viegas, Mariana (Elsevier, 2022-09-28)
      Studies about the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 lineages in different backgrounds such as naive populations are still scarce, especially from South America. This work aimed to study the introduction and diversification pattern ...
    • Expanding the Repertoire of the Plant-Infecting Ophioviruses through Metatranscriptomics Data 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Garcia, Maria Laura; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban (MDPI, 2023-03-25)
      Ophioviruses (genus Ophiovirus, family Aspiviridae) are plant-infecting viruses with non-enveloped, filamentous, naked nucleocapsid virions. Members of the genus Ophiovirus have a segmented single-stranded negative-sense ...
    • Expanding the size limit of RNA viruses: Evidence of a novel divergent nidovirus in California sea hare, with a ~35.9 kb virus genome 

      Debat, Humberto Julio (BioRxiv, 2018-04-24)
      While RNA viruses thrive with massive structural and functional diversity, their genomes size variation is particularly low, ranging only from ~2-to-33 kb. Here, I present the characterization of RNA sequences corresponding ...
    • Exploring the genes of Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis A. St.-Hil.) by NGS and De Novo Transcriptome Assembly 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Grabiele, Mauro; Aguilera, Patricia Mabel; Bubillo, Rosana Elizabeth; Otegui, Mónica B.; Ducasse, Daniel Adrian; Zapata, Pedro Darío; Marti, Dardo Andrea (2014-10-16)
      Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis A. St.-Hil.) is an important subtropical tree crop cultivated on 326,000 ha in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, with a total yield production of more than 1,000,000 t. Yerba mate presents a ...
    • Exploring the tymovirales landscape through metatranscriptomics data 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Debat, Humberto Julio (Springer, 2022-06-16)
      Tymovirales is an order of viruses with positive-sense RNA genomes that mostly infect plants, but also fungi and insects. The number of genome sequences of viruses that could fit this taxon has been growing in the last few ...
    • Firefly genomes illuminate parallel origins of bioluminescence in beetles 

      Fallon, Timothy R; Lower, Sarah E.; Chang, Ching-Ho; Bessho-Uehara, Manabu; Martin, Gavin J.; Bewick, Adam J.; Behringer, Megan; Debat, Humberto Julio; Wong, Isaac; Day, John C.; Suvorov, Anton; Silva, Christian J.; Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F.; Hall, David W.; Schmitz, Robert J.; Nelson, David R.; Lewis, Sara M.; Shigenobu, Shuji; Bybee, Seth M; Larracuente, Amanda M.; Oba, Yuichi; Weng, Jing-Ke (eLife Sciences Publications, 2018-10-16)
      Fireflies and their luminous courtships have inspired centuries of scientific study. Today firefly luciferase is widely used in biotechnology, but the evolutionary origin of bioluminescence within beetles remains unclear. ...
    • First report of grapevine Pinot gris virus infecting grapevine in Argentina 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Luna,Facundo; Moyano, Sabrina Noé; Zavallo, Diego; Asurmendi, Sebastian; Gomez Talquenca, Gonzalo (Springer, 2020-07)
      Fourteen viruses have been associated to grapevine in Argentina (Debat et al. 2020; Luna et al. 2019). Grapevine Pinot gris virus (family Betaflexiviridae; genus Trichovirus, GPGV) was originally described in Italy and ...
    • First report of grapevine virus E infecting grapevine in Argentina 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Zavallo, Diego; Luna, Facundo; Moyano, Sabrina Noé; Asurmendi, Sebastian; Gomez Talquenca, Sebastian (Springer, 2019-03-12)
      To investigate the occurrence of GVE in Argentina, a survey was conducted in grapevines from three regions (Mendoza’s North Oasis, East Zone and Uco Valley) of Mendoza province, Argentina, during the 2017/2018 season. ...
    • FISH-mapping of the 5S rDNA locus in chili peppers (Capsicum-Solanaceae) 

      Aguilera, Patricia Mabel; Debat, Humberto Julio; Scaldaferro, Marisel Analia; Marti, Dardo Andrea; Grabiele, Mauro (2016)
      We present here the physical mapping of the 5S rDNA locus in six wild and fi ve cultivated taxa of Capsicum by means of a genus-specifi c FISH probe. In all taxa, a single 5S locus per haploid genome that persistently mapped ...
    • 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 ...