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                    Valeria Souza
    PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
                    Summary
Full professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Winner of several national conservation awards. Expert on microbial evolutionary ecology, works studying microbial mats and complex communities at Cuatro Ciénegas Coahuila, Mexico
Evolutionary Studies Genomics Infectious Diseases Microbiology
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MicrobiologyEditorial Board Member
PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences
                
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                            Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
                        
        
        
                    Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología
        
            PeerJ Contributions
September 4, 2025
    
    
    
                    Manuel Ochoa-Sánchez,                     Rosalinda Tapia-López,                     Ulises E. Rodriguez-Cruz,                     Eliana Paola Acuña Gomez,                     Luis E. Eguiarte,                     Valeria Souza            
            May 30, 2024
    
    
    
                    Mariette Viladomat Jasso,                     Manuel García-Ulloa,                     Icoquih Zapata-Peñasco,                     Luis E. Eguiarte,                     Valeria Souza            
            November 2, 2023
    
    
    
                    Manuel Ochoa-Sánchez,                     Eliana Paola Acuña Gomez,                     Lucila Moreno,                     Claudio A. Moraga,                     Katherine Gaete,                     Luis E. Eguiarte,                     Valeria Souza            
            October 3, 2023
    
    
    
                    Manuel Ochoa-Sánchez,                     Eliana Paola Acuña Gomez,                     Lia Ramírez-Fenández,                     Luis E. Eguiarte,                     Valeria Souza            
            June 20, 2022
    
    
    
                    Laura Espinosa-Asuar,                     Camila Monroy-Guzmán,                     David Madrigal-Trejo,                     Marisol Navarro-Miranda,                     Jazmin Sánchez-Pérez,                     Jhoselinne Buenrostro Muñoz,                     Juan Villar,                     Julián Felipe Cifuentes Camargo,                     Maria Kalambokidis,                     Diego A. Esquivel-Hernandez,                     Mariette Viladomat Jasso,                     Ana E. Escalante,                     Patricia Velez,                     Mario Figueroa,                     Anahi Martinez-Cardenas,                     Santiago Ramirez-Barahona,                     Jaime Gasca-Pineda,                     Luis E. Eguiarte,                     Valeria Souza            
            September 10, 2020
    
    
    
                    Laura Hernández,                     Alberto Vicens,                     Luis E. Eguiarte,                     Valeria Souza,                     Valerie De Anda,                     José M. González            
            March 12, 2020
    
    
    
                    Faviola Tavares-Carreón,                     Susana De la Torre-Zavala,                     Hector Fernando Arocha-Garza,                     Valeria Souza,                     Luis J. Galán-Wong,                     Hamlet Avilés-Arnaut            
            July 11, 2018
    
    
    
                    Patricia Velez,                     Margarita Ojeda,                     Laura Espinosa-Asuar,                     Tila M. Pérez,                     Luis E. Eguiarte,                     Valeria Souza            
            November 9, 2017
    
    
    
                    Cristina Montiel-González,                     Yunuen Tapia-Torres,                     Valeria Souza,                     Felipe García-Oliva            
            September 4, 2017
    
    
    
                    Ariana Hernández,                     Hector S. Espinosa-Pérez,                     Valeria Souza            
            May 2, 2017
    
    
    
                    Hector Fernando Arocha-Garza,                     Ricardo Canales-Del Castillo,                     Luis E. Eguiarte,                     Valeria Souza,                     Susana De la Torre-Zavala            
            April 19, 2017
    
    
    
                    Ana Gutiérrez-Preciado,                     Carlos Vargas-Chávez,                     Mariana Reyes-Prieto,                     Omar F. Ordoñez,                     Diego Santos-García,                     Tania Rosas-Pérez,                     Jorge Valdivia-Anistro,                     Eria A. Rebollar,                     Andrés Saralegui,                     Andrés Moya,                     Enrique Merino,                     María Eugenia Farías,                     Amparo Latorre,                     Valeria Souza            
            September 8, 2016
    
    
    
                    Silvia Pajares,                     Ana E. Escalante,                     Ana M. Noguez,                     Felipe García-Oliva,                     Celeste Martínez-Piedragil,                     Silke S. Cram,                     Luis Enrique Eguiarte,                     Valeria Souza            
            August 18, 2016
    
    
    
                    Natali Hernández-Becerra,                     Yunuen Tapia-Torres,                     Ofelia Beltrán-Paz,                     Jazmín Blaz,                     Valeria Souza,                     Felipe García-Oliva            
            June 2, 2016
    
    
    
                    Patricia Velez,                     Jaime Gasca-Pineda,                     Edmundo Rosique-Gil,                     Luis E. Eguiarte,                     Laura Espinosa-Asuar,                     Valeria Souza            
            December 16, 2014
    
    
    
                    Morena Avitia,                     Ana E. Escalante,                     Eria A. Rebollar,                     Alejandra Moreno-Letelier,                     Luis E. Eguiarte,                     Valeria Souza            
            March 5, 2013
    
    
    
                    Nguyen E. López-Lozano,                     Karla B. Heidelberg,                     William C. Nelson,                     Felipe García-Oliva,                     Luis E. Eguiarte,                     Valeria Souza            
            March 28, 2017 - Version: 1
    
    
    
                    Hector Fernando Arocha-Garza,                     Ricardo Canales-Del Castillo,                     Luis E. Eguiarte,                     Valeria Souza,                     Susana De la Torre-Zavala            
            October 10, 2016 - Version: 1
    
    
    
                    Ana Gutiérrez-Preciado,                     Carlos Vargas-Chávez,                     Mariana Reyes-Prieto,                     Omar F Ordoñez,                     Diego Santos-García,                     Tania Rosas-Pérez,                     Jorge Valdivia-Anistro,                     Eria A Rebollar,                     Andrés Saralegui,                     Andrés Moya,                     Enrique Merino,                     María Eugenia Farías,                     Amparo Latorre,                     Valeria Souza            
            June 24, 2016 - Version: 1
    
    
    
                    Ariana Hernández,                     Hector S Espinosa-Pérez,                     Valeria Souza            
            Academic Editor on
July 30, 2025
    
    
    
                    Chi-Sheng Tai,                     Ming-Jr Jian,                     Tai-Han Lin,                     Hsing-Yi Chung,                     Chih-Kai Chang,                     Cherng-Lih Perng,                     Po-Shiuan Hsieh,                     Hung-Sheng Shang            
            December 13, 2024
    
    
    
                    Ming Gao,                     Xiaoxu Yu,                     Xiaoxuan Liu,                     Yuan Xu,                     Hua Zhou,                     Yan Zhu            
            November 28, 2024
    
    
    
                    Juliana Mansor,                     Nazarudin Safian,                     Fatimah Abdul Razak,                     Halim Ismail,                     Muhammad Haikal Ghazali,                     Noriah Ismail            
            October 18, 2024
    
    
    
                    Hanaa Ghabban,                     Doha A. Albalawi,                     Amenah S. Al-otaibi,                     Dikhnah Alshehri,                     Asma Massad Alenzi,                     Marfat Alatawy,                     Hanan Ali Alatawi,                     Dalia Kamal Alnagar,                     Ahmad Bahieldin            
            September 23, 2024
    
    
    
                    Nataliia Khomutovska,                     Iwona Jasser,                     Polina Sarapultseva,                     Viktoria Spirina,                     Andrei Zaitsev,                     Jolanta Masłowiecka,                     Valery A. Isidorov            
            July 2, 2024
    
    
    
                    Jay Viswam,                     Mafalda Baptista,                     Charles K. Lee,                     Hugh Morgan,                     Ian R. McDonald            
            February 29, 2024
    
    
    
                    Baolin Han,                     Hucheng Gong,                     Xiaohu Ren,                     Shulin Tian,                     Yu Wang,                     Shufan Zhang,                     Jiaxu Zhang,                     Jing Luo            
            February 20, 2024
    
    
    
                    Maryam Banar,                     Dinesh Rokaya,                     Reza Azizian,                     Zohaib Khurshid,                     Morteza Banakar            
            September 20, 2023
    
    
    
                    Fátima Rodríguez-Ramos,                     Vilbett Briones-Labarca,                     Verónica Plaza,                     Luis Castillo            
            August 24, 2023
    
    
    
                    Beant Kapoor,                     Aaron Onufrak,                     William Klingeman III,                     Jennifer M. DeBruyn,                     Melissa A. Cregger,                     Emma Willcox,                     Robert Trigiano,                     Denita Hadziabdic            
            July 7, 2023
    
    
    
                    J. Eduardo Martinez-Hernandez,                     Pablo Berrios,                     Rodrigo Santibáñez,                     Yesid Cuesta Astroz,                     Carolina Sanchez,                     Alberto J. M. Martin,                     Annette N. Trombert            
            June 14, 2023
    
    
    
                    Jing Wang,                     Shuaimin Chen,                     Ruibo Sun,                     Binbin Liu,                     Tatoba Waghmode,                     Chunsheng Hu            
            May 16, 2023
    
    
    
                    Yanmeng Wang,                     Yiling Li,                     Yuehua Gong,                     Yuzhen Dong,                     Jing Sun,                     Moye Chen            
            January 30, 2023
    
    
    
                    Hussein A. Almehdar,                     Nawal Abd El-Baky,                     Ehab H. Mattar,                     Raed Albiheyri,                     Atif Bamagoos,                     Abdullah Aljaddawi,                     Vladimir N. Uversky,                     Elrashdy M. Redwan            
            October 5, 2022
    
    
    
                    Max Emil Schön,                     Kessy Abarenkov,                     Sigisfredo Garnica            
            July 21, 2022
    
    
    
                    Rafael J. Mendes,                     Conceição Amaro,                     João Pedro Luz,                     Fernando Tavares,                     Conceição Santos            
            November 30, 2021
    
    
    
                    Zhiyuan Lu,                     Sisi Li,                     Hongxia Li,                     Zhucheng Wang,                     Derong Meng,                     Jingze Liu            
            November 25, 2021
    
    
    
                    Darlene D. Wagner,                     Heather A. Carleton,                     Eija Trees,                     Lee S. Katz            
            August 17, 2021
    
    
    
                    Xiao-Yong Zhan,                     Jin-Lei Yang,                     Xuefu Zhou,                     Yi-Chao Qian,                     Ke Huang,                     Honghua Sun,                     Huacheng Wang,                     Yang Leng,                     Bihui Huang,                     Yulong He            
            June 2, 2021
    
    
    
                    Fuhua Zhang,                     Na Xu,                     Wenhua Wang,                     Yishuang Yu,                     Shibao Wu            
            April 7, 2021
    
    
    
                    Surendra Vikram,                     Joel D. Arneodo,                     Javier Calcagno,                     Maximiliano Ortiz,                     Maria Laura Mon,                     Clara Etcheverry,                     Don A. Cowan,                     Paola Talia            
            January 6, 2021
    
    
    
                    Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko,                     Nabil-Fareed Alikhan,                     Usman N. Ikumapayi,                     Golam Sarwar,                     Catherine Okoi,                     Peggy-Estelle Maguiagueu Tientcheu,                     Marianne Defernez,                     Justin O’Grady,                     Martin Antonio,                     Mark J. Pallen            
            July 10, 2020
    
    
    
                    Davood Roodi,                     James P. Millner,                     Craig McGill,                     Richard D. Johnson,                     Ruy Jauregui,                     Stuart D. Card            
            April 6, 2020
    
    
    
                    Meijia Hou,                     Simeng Sun,                     Qizheng Feng,                     Xiumei Dong,                     Ping Zhang,                     Bo Shi,                     Jiali Liu,                     Dongfang Shi            
            February 11, 2020
    
    
    
                    Paulina Lipa,                     Monika Janczarek            
            September 13, 2018
    
    
    
                    Ma. Fernanda Sánchez-Soto Jiménez,                     Daniel Cerqueda-García,                     Jorge L. Montero-Muñoz,                     Ma. Leopoldina Aguirre-Macedo,                     José Q. García-Maldonado            
            August 24, 2018
    
    
    
                    Elif Bozcal,                     Vahap Eldem,                     Sohret Aydemir,                     Mikael Skurnik            
            October 27, 2017
    
    
    
                    Ara S. Winter,                     Jennifer J.M. Hathaway,                     Jason C. Kimble,                     Debbie C. Buecher,                     Ernest W. Valdez,                     Andrea Porras-Alfaro,                     Jesse M. Young,                     Kaitlyn J.H. Read,                     Diana E. Northup            
            October 16, 2017
    
    
    
                    Miranda H. Hengy,                     Dean J. Horton,                     Donald G. Uzarski,                     Deric R. Learman            
            August 15, 2017
    
    
    
                    Karolina Tomczyk-Żak,                     Paweł Szczesny,                     Robert Gromadka,                     Urszula Zielenkiewicz            
            April 6, 2017
    
    
    
                    Sean P. Jungbluth,                     Tijana Glavina del Rio,                     Susannah G. Tringe,                     Ramunas Stepanauskas,                     Michael S. Rappé            
            March 16, 2017
    
    
    
                    Hans-Christian Slotved,                     Steen Hoffmann            
            February 14, 2017
    
    
    
                    Agustina Undabarrena,                     Juan A. Ugalde,                     Michael Seeger,                     Beatriz Cámara            
            March 15, 2016
    
    
    
                    Noorfatin Jihan Zulkefli,                     Vanitha Mariappan,                     Kumutha Malar Vellasamy,                     Chun Wie Chong,                     Kwai Lin Thong,                     Sasheela Ponnampalavanar,                     Jamuna Vadivelu,                     Cindy Shuan Ju Teh            
            October 13, 2015
    
    
    
                    Melissa A. Horton,                     Randy Oliver,                     Irene L. Newton            
            September 22, 2015
    
    
    
                    James F. Meadow,                     Adam E. Altrichter,                     Ashley C. Bateman,                     Jason Stenson,                     GZ Brown,                     Jessica L. Green,                     Brendan J.M. Bohannan            
            September 22, 2015
    
    
    
                    Anne M. Spain,                     Mostafa S. Elshahed,                     Fares Z. Najar,                     Lee R. Krumholz            
            August 20, 2015
    
    
    
                    Suzanne Coveley,                     Mostafa S. Elshahed,                     Noha H. Youssef            
            July 28, 2015
    
    
    
                    Lesley Hoyles,                     James Murphy,                     Horst Neve,                     Knut J. Heller,                     Jane F. Turton,                     Jennifer Mahony,                     Jeremy D. Sanderson,                     Barry Hudspith,                     Glenn R. Gibson,                     Anne L. McCartney,                     Douwe van Sinderen            
            January 13, 2015
    
    
    
                    Kristin K. Jernigan,                     Seth R. Bordenstein            
            August 19, 2014
    
    
    
                    Yan Wei Lim,                     Daniel A. Cuevas,                     Genivaldo Gueiros Z. Silva,                     Kristen Aguinaldo,                     Elizabeth A. Dinsdale,                     Andreas F. Haas,                     Mark Hatay,                     Savannah E. Sanchez,                     Linda Wegley-Kelly,                     Bas E. Dutilh,                     Timothy T. Harkins,                     Clarence C. Lee,                     Warren Tom,                     Stuart A. Sandin,                     Jennifer E. Smith,                     Brian Zgliczynski,                     Mark J.A. Vermeij,                     Forest Rohwer,                     Robert A. Edwards            
            June 24, 2014
    
    
    
                    James F. Meadow,                     Adam E. Altrichter,                     Jessica L. Green            
            March 4, 2014
    
    
    
                    Zhian N. Kamvar,                     Javier F. Tabima,                     Niklaus J. Grünwald            
            February 6, 2014
    
    
    
                    Ryan F. Seipke,                     Elaine Patrick,                     Matthew I. Hutchings            
            October 8, 2013
    
    
    
                    Rajeshwari Nair,                     Blake M. Hanson,                     Karly Kondratowicz,                     Altantsetseg Dorjpurev,                     Bulgan Davaadash,                     Battumur Enkhtuya,                     Odgerel Tundev,                     Tara C. Smith            
            June 25, 2013
    
    
    
                    Maria da Gloria Carvalho,                     Fabiana C. Pimenta,                     Iaci Moura,                     Alexis Roundtree,                     Robert E. Gertz,                     Zhongya Li,                     Geofrey Jagero,                     Godfrey Bigogo,                     Muthoni Junghae,                     Laura Conklin,                     Daniel R. Feikin,                     Robert F. Breiman,                     Cynthia G. Whitney,                     Bernard W. Beall            
            February 19, 2013
    
    
    
                    David A.C. Beck,                     Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya,                     Stephanie Malfatti,                     Susannah G. Tringe,                     Tijana Glavina del Rio,                     Natalia Ivanova,                     Mary E. Lidstrom,                     Ludmila Chistoserdova            
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November 29, 2023
    
    
    
                    Nan Nan Zhang,                     Xiao Xia Chen,                     Jin Liang,                     Chunzhang Zhao,                     Jun Xiang,                     Lin Luo,                     En Tao Wang,                     Fusun Shi            
            May 7, 2019
    
    
    
                    Pengyu Zhao,                     Jiabing Bao,                     Xue Wang,                     Yi Liu,                     Cui Li,                     Baofeng Chai