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Bernardo Franco
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Author 270
Reviewer 680
Editor 4,305

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Biochemistry
Microbiology
Mycology
Bioinformatics
Evolutionary Studies
Molecular Biology
Infectious Diseases
Drugs and Devices
Pharmacology
Cell Biology
Immunology
Oncology
Agricultural Science
Plant Science
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Epidemiology
Genetics
Genomics
Virology
COVID-19
Biotechnology
Computational Biology
Veterinary Medicine
Soil Science
Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Dermatology
Zoology
Gynecology and Obstetrics
Women's Health
Dentistry
Otorhinolaryngology
Public Health
Toxicology
Ecology
Marine Biology
Science and Medical Education
Population Biology
Bioengineering
Atmospheric Chemistry
Environmental Health
Freshwater Biology
Synthetic Biology
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Mathematical Biology
Histology
Neuroscience
Hematology
Psychiatry and Psychology
Mental Health
Data Mining and Machine Learning
Cognitive Disorders
Pediatrics
Andrology
Medical Genetics
Parasitology
Emergency and Critical Care
Conservation Biology
Neurology
Bronze Contributor

Bernardo Franco

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Dr. Franco has 20 years experience in academic research in microbiology, molecular biology, and biochemistry. Skills acquired during academic research include mainly nucleic acid manipulation, synthetic biology, bioinformatics, PCR, RT-PCR and qPCR, protein purification and characterization, light and confocal microscopy, flow cytometry and cell sorting, microbiological techniques (microorganism and cell culture, and collection management), good laboratory practices among others. He has eight years teaching experience in undergraduate and graduate programs (Signal transduction in bacteria and Molecular biology techniques, respectively).

Bioengineering Biomolecules Biotechnology Microbiology Molecular Biology Parasitology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Universidad de Guanajuato

Work details

Full professor

Universidad de Guanajuato
Biology
Full time professor at Guanajuato University. Teaching duties in immunology, microbiology, and general biology. Researcher in parasitology, microbiology and molecular biology.

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 4
  • Edited 31
  • Reviewed 13
June 24, 2024
The inorganic pyrophosphatases of microorganisms: a structural and functional review
Rodolfo García-Contreras, Javier de la Mora, Héctor Manuel Mora-Montes, José A. Martínez-Álvarez, Marcos Vicente-Gómez, Felipe Padilla-Vaca, Naurú Idalia Vargas-Maya, Bernardo Franco
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17496 PubMed 38938619
October 13, 2023
Theoretical study of ArcB and its dimerization, interaction with anaerobic metabolites, and activation of ArcA
Felipe Padilla-Vaca, Javier de la Mora, Rodolfo García-Contreras, Jorge Humberto Ramírez-Prado, Marcos Vicente-Gómez, Francisco Vargas-Gasca, Fernando Anaya-Velázquez, Itzel Páramo-Pérez, Ángeles Rangel-Serrano, Patricia Cuéllar-Mata, Naurú Idalia Vargas-Maya, Bernardo Franco
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16309 PubMed 37849831
December 7, 2022
Catalases in the pathogenesis of Sporothrix schenckii research
Naurú Idalia Vargas-Maya, Vianey Olmedo-Monfil, Jorge Humberto Ramírez-Prado, Ruth Reyes-Cortés, Felipe Padilla-Vaca, Bernardo Franco
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14478 PubMed 36523453
July 20, 2022
Escherichia coli transcription factors of unknown function: sequence features and possible evolutionary relationships
Isabel Duarte-Velázquez, Javier de la Mora, Jorge Humberto Ramírez-Prado, Alondra Aguillón-Bárcenas, Fátima Tornero-Gutiérrez, Eugenia Cordero-Loreto, Fernando Anaya-Velázquez, Itzel Páramo-Pérez, Ángeles Rangel-Serrano, Sergio Rodrigo Muñoz-Carranza, Oscar Eduardo Romero-González, Luis Rafael Cardoso-Reyes, Ricardo Alberto Rodríguez-Ojeda, Héctor Manuel Mora-Montes, Naurú Idalia Vargas-Maya, Felipe Padilla-Vaca, Bernardo Franco
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13772 PubMed 35880217

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June 20, 2025
Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in juvenile green turtle (Chelonia mydas) carcasses, rearing seawater, feed and their antibiotic resistances
Thanaporn Chuen-im, Korapan Sawetsuwannakun, Thongchai Taechowisan, Nakarin Kitkumthorn
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19579 PubMed 40552041
December 3, 2024
DNA shuffling to improve crude-water interfacial activity in biosurfactants with OmpA protein of Escherichia coli
Vanessa Lucía Nuñez Velez, Liseth Daniela Villamizar Gomez, Jhon E. Mendoza Ospina, Yasser Hayek-Orduz, Miguel Fernandez-Niño, Silvia Restrepo Restrepo, Óscar Alberto Álvarez Solano, Luis H. Reyes Barrios, Andres F. Gonzalez Barrios
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17239 PubMed 39650551
November 19, 2024
The DUF348 domains of resuscitation promoting factor 2 play important roles in the enzymatic and biological activities in Rhodococcus erythropolis KB1
Jianhui Fu, Jixiang Chen, Yonggang Wang, Dan Luo, Tianfeng Wang, Qingfang Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18561 PubMed 39583115
October 23, 2024
Surface-functionalized PAN fiber membranes for the sensitive detection of airborne specific markers
Leontyna Varvarovska, Bruno Sopko, Dana Gaskova, Tomas Bartl, Evzen Amler, Tatana Jarosikova
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18077 PubMed 39465161
July 9, 2024
Effects of mating-type ratio imbalance on the degeneration of Cordyceps militaris subculture and preventative measures
Xin Wang, Xiu’E Li, Wenxu Qiu, Fangping Sa, Yetong Feng, Yupeng Ge, Shude Yang, Yu Liu, Jinzhong Xie, Wei Zhang, Weihuan Li, Xianhao Cheng
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17648 PubMed 39006009
July 9, 2024
The ‘Erlenmeter’: a low-cost, open-source turbidimeter for no-sampling phenotyping of microorganism growth
João Serôdio, Alexandra Bastos, Silja Frankenbach, Jörg C. Frommlet, Ana Cristina Esteves, Henrique Queiroga
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17659 PubMed 39006034
November 6, 2023
PCMT1 knockdown attenuates malignant properties by globally regulating transcriptome profiles in triple-negative breast cancer cells
Aili Saiding, Dilinuer Maimaitiyiming, Minglan Chen, Futian Yan, Dong Chen, Xinyu Hu, Ping Shi
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16006 PubMed 37953789
September 28, 2023
Systematic bioprospection for cellulolytic actinomycetes in the Chihuahuan Desert: isolation and enzymatic profiling
Janneth Escudero-Agudelo, Juan Martínez-Villalobos, Hector Arocha-Garza, Luis Jesús Galán-Wong, Hamlet Avilés-Arnaut, Susana De la Torre-Zavala
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16119 PubMed 37790635
September 26, 2023
Effect of ethyl methanesulfonate mediated mutation for enhancing morpho-physio-biochemical and yield contributing traits of fragrant rice
Areeqa Shamshad, Muhammad Rashid, Ljupcho Jankuloski, Kamran Ashraf, Khawar Sultan, Saud Alamri, Manzer H. Siddiqui, Tehzeem Munir, Qamar uz Zaman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15821 PubMed 37780391
August 1, 2023
Protist taxonomic and functional diversity in aquatic ecosystems of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Vanessa Carvalho da Silva, Noemi Fernandes
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15762 PubMed 37547721
March 30, 2023
The prevalence of clarithromycin-resistant Helicobacter pylori isolates: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mohammad Sholeh, Saeed Khoshnood, Taher Azimi, Jasem Mohamadi, Vahab Hassan Kaviar, Marzieh Hashemian, Somayeh Karamollahi, Nourkhoda Sadeghifard, Hedayat Heidarizadeh, Mohsen Heidary, Morteza Saki
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15121 PubMed 37016679
February 7, 2023
Genomic relatedness and dissemination of blaNDM-5 among Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from hospital environments and clinical specimens in Thailand
Thawatchai Kitti, Suphattra Manrueang, Udomluk Leungtongkam, Supat Khongfak, Rapee Thummeepak, Surat Wannalerdsakun, Thanyasiri Jindayok, Sutthirat Sitthisak
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14831 PubMed 36778153
October 31, 2022
A Python script to design primers for overlap extension PCR to ligate two DNA fragments
Yunzhuo Hu, Fei Xu, Bifang Huang, Xuanyang Chen, Shiqiang Lin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14283 PubMed 36340189
October 25, 2022
Antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activity of Cystatin C on human gingival fibroblast incubated with Porphyromonas gingivalis
Blanca Esther Blancas-Luciano, Ingeborg Becker-Fauser, Jaime Zamora-Chimal, José Delgado-Domínguez, Adriana Ruíz-Remigio, Elba Rosa Leyva-Huerta, Javier Portilla-Robertson, Ana María Fernández-Presas
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14232 PubMed 36312752
September 28, 2022
BRCA1 overexpression attenuates breast cancer cell growth and migration by regulating the pyruvate kinase M2-mediated Warburg effect via the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway
Xiuli Liu, Hanxu Liu, Lei Zeng, Yuetao Lv
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14052 PubMed 36193432
September 8, 2022
The cold-stress responsive gene DREB1A involved in low-temperature tolerance in Xinjiang wild walnut
Liqun Han, Kai Ma, Yu Zhao, Chuang Mei, Aisajan Mamat, Jixun Wang, Ling Qin, Tianming He
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14021 PubMed 36101878
August 15, 2022
Neighborhood-based inference and restricted Boltzmann machine for microbe and drug associations prediction
Xiaolong Cheng, Jia Qu, Shuangbao Song, Zekang Bian
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13848 PubMed 35990901
July 12, 2022
Cyclocytidine hydrochloride inhibits the synthesis of relaxed circular DNA of hepatitis B virus
Xue Wang, Yihan Xiao, Zhigang Cui, Zongxin Li, Lihua Li, Lixian Wu, Feifei Yin, Xiuji Cui
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13719 PubMed 35846878
June 23, 2022
Natural selection plays a significant role in governing the codon usage bias in the novel SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC)
Neetu Tyagi, Rahila Sardar, Dinesh Gupta
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13562 PubMed 35765592
June 16, 2022
Agrochemical control of gene expression using evolved split RNA polymerase
Yuan Yuan, Jin Miao
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13619 PubMed 35729907
April 13, 2022
Identifying and characterizing Stagonosporopsis cucurbitacearum causing spot blight on Pinellia ternata in China
Jia Zhou, Jiawei Xu, Rong Xu, Qiaohuan Chen, Yunhan Wang, Bisheng Huang, Dahui Liu, Yuhuan Miao
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13278 PubMed 35437476
March 29, 2022
Faecal DNA metabarcoding reveals novel bacterial community patterns of critically endangered Southern River Terrapin, Batagur affinis
Mohd Hairul Mohd Salleh, Yuzine Esa, Mohamad Syazwan Ngalimat, Pelf Nyok Chen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12970 PubMed 35368336
March 10, 2022
A versatile isothermal amplification assay for the detection of leptospires from various sample types
Shuhaidah Othman, Pui-Yuei Lee, Jia-Yong Lam, Noraini Philip, Nurul Natasya Azhari, Norliza Bahtiar Affendy, Siti Norbaya Masri, Vasantha Kumari Neela, Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, Hui-Yee Chee
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12850 PubMed 35291487
February 7, 2022
Cross-sectional study of chromosomal aberrations and immunologic factors in Iraqi couples with recurrent pregnancy loss
Doaa A. Khamees, Mushtak T. S. Al-Ouqaili
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12801 PubMed 35186454
January 21, 2022
Antimicrobial peptides properties beyond growth inhibition and bacterial killing
Israel Castillo-Juárez, Blanca Esther Blancas-Luciano, Rodolfo García-Contreras, Ana María Fernández-Presas
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12667 PubMed 35116194
January 19, 2022
Prokaryotic expression, purification and evaluation of anti-cardiac fibrosis activity of recombinant TGF-β latency associated peptide
Xudong Song, Yufei Qiu, Jiayi Shi, Luxin Li, Xiaohuan Yuan, Dan Wu, Yanhui Chu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12797 PubMed 35111409
January 18, 2022
In vitro anti-Leishmania activity of 8-hydroxyquinoline and its synergistic effect with amphotericin B deoxycholate against Leishmania martiniquensis
Wetpisit Chanmol, Padet Siriyasatien, Nuchpicha Intakhan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12813 PubMed 35111411
January 18, 2022
Functional genetic variants in complement component 7 confer susceptibility to gastric cancer
Siyue Wang, Wenqian Hu, Yuning Xie, Hongjiao Wu, Zhenxian Jia, Zhi Zhang, Xuemei Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12816 PubMed 35111412
November 17, 2021
Rumen bacterial community profile and fermentation in Barki sheep fed olive cake and date palm byproducts
Alaa Emara Rabee, Khalid Z. Kewan, Ebrahim A. Sabra, Hassan M. El Shaer, Mebarek Lamara
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12447 PubMed 34820187
November 3, 2021
A chimeric vector for dual use in cyanobacteria and Escherichia coli, tested with cystatin, a nonfluorescent reporter protein
Mojca Juteršek, Marko Dolinar
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12199 PubMed 34760347
September 8, 2021
High throughput sequencing-based analysis of the soil bacterial community structure and functions of Tamarix shrubs in the lower reaches of the Tarim River
Fangnan Xiao, Yuanyuan Li, Guifang Li, Yaling He, Xinhua Lv, Li Zhuang, Xiaozhen Pu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12105 PubMed 34589303

Signed reviews submitted for articles published in PeerJ Note that some articles may not have the review itself made public unless authors have made them open as well.

May 20, 2024
A novel chaperone-effector-immunity system identified in uropathogenic Escherichia coli UMN026
América Casiano González, Arantxa Pacheco Villanueva, Natividad Castro-Alarcón, Julio Méndez, Ricardo Oropeza, Verónica I. Martínez-Santos
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17336 PubMed 38784397
February 28, 2024
Vegetative cell wall protein OsGP1 regulates cell wall mediated soda saline-alkali stress in rice
Fengjin Zhu, Huihui Cheng, Jianan Guo, Shuomeng Bai, Ziang Liu, Chunxi Huang, Jiayi Shen, Kai Wang, Chengjun Yang, Qingjie Guan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16790 PubMed 38436004
February 5, 2024
An aerotaxis receptor influences invasion of Agrobacterium tumefaciens into its host
Zhiwei Huang, Junnan Zou, Minliang Guo, Guoliang Zhang, Jun Gao, Hongliang Zhao, Feiyu Yan, Yuan Niu, Guang-Long Wang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16898 PubMed 38332807
January 15, 2024
Advances in macrophage and T cell metabolic reprogramming and immunotherapy in the tumor microenvironment
Hua Cheng, Yongbin Zheng
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16825 PubMed 38239299
November 15, 2023
In-silico study of antisense oligonucleotide antibiotics
Erica S. Chen, Eric S. Ho
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16343 PubMed 38025700
October 26, 2023
Comparative transcriptome analysis on candidate genes associated with fruiting body growth and development in Lyophyllum decastes
Shanwen Ke, LingQiang Ding, Xin Niu, Huajia Shan, Liru Song, Yali Xi, Jiuhai Feng, Shenglong Wei, Qianqian Liang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16288 PubMed 37904843
October 5, 2022
miR2Trait: an integrated resource for investigating miRNA-disease associations
Poornima Babu, Ashok Palaniappan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14146 PubMed 36217386
September 28, 2022
Comparative mitogenome analysis reveals mitochondrial genome characteristics in eight strains of Beauveria
Yu Bai, Xuyuan Gao, Hui Wang, Lin Ye, Xianqun Zhang, Wei Huang, Xiuzhen Long, Kang Yang, Guoyong Li, Jianlin Luo, Jiyue Wang, Yonghao Yu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14067 PubMed 36193428
September 19, 2022
Melanoleuca subgriseoflava and M. substridula—two new Melanoleuca species (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) described from China
Yue Qi, Cai-Hong Li, Yu-Meng Song, Ming Zhang, Hong-Bo Guo, Xiao-Dan Yu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13807 PubMed 36157063
May 6, 2022
Bacterial profile of bovine mastitis in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ephrem Toma Tora, Nahom Belay Bekele, R. S. Suresh Kumar
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13253 PubMed 35547189
February 15, 2022
Identification of novel prophage regions in Xenorhabdus nematophila genome and gene expression analysis during phage-like particle induction
Emilie Lefoulon, Natalie Campbell, S. Patricia Stock
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12956 PubMed 35186508
December 17, 2021
Characterizing the Type 6 Secretion System (T6SS) and its role in the virulence of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strain APECO18
Aline L. de Oliveira, Nicolle L. Barbieri, Darby M. Newman, Meaghan M. Young, Lisa K. Nolan, Catherine M. Logue
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12631 PubMed 35003930
March 10, 2021
Characterization of the first vaginal Lactobacillus crispatus genomes isolated in Brazil
Marcelle Oliveira de Almeida, Rodrigo Carvalho, Flavia Figueira Aburjaile, Fabio Malcher Miranda, Janaína Canário Cerqueira, Bertram Brenig, Preetam Ghosh, Rommel Ramos, Rodrigo Bentes Kato, Siomar de Castro Soares, Artur Silva, Vasco Azevedo, Marcus Vinicius Canário Viana
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11079 PubMed 33854845