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Valeria Souza
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6,430 Points

Contributions by role

Author 1,615
Preprint Author 105
Reviewer 35
Editor 4,675

Contributions by subject area

Conservation Biology
Ecology
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Biosphere Interactions
Biodiversity
Evolutionary Studies
Biogeography
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Zoology
Soil Science
Biochemistry
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Mycology
Freshwater Biology
Ecosystem Science
Natural Resource Management
Biotechnology
Oncology
Entomology
Environmental Sciences
Computational Biology
Virology
Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Global Health
Public Health
Marine Biology
Genetics
Computational Science
Anthropology
Dentistry
Agricultural Science
Internal Medicine
Pediatrics
Ecotoxicology
Otorhinolaryngology
Respiratory Medicine
Veterinary Medicine
Plant Science
Drugs and Devices
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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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

Editing Sections

Microbiology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Work details

Investigador Titular C

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Ecologia evolutiva

Websites

  • molecular and experimental evolution
  • Google Scholar

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 13
  • Preprints 3
  • Edited 32
  • Reviewed 1
June 20, 2022
Diversity of an uncommon elastic hypersaline microbial mat along a small-scale transect
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
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13579 PubMed 35757167
September 10, 2020
Evolutionary history of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) demethylation enzyme DmdA in marine bacteria
Laura Hernández, Alberto Vicens, Luis E. Eguiarte, Valeria Souza, Valerie De Anda, José M. González
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9861 PubMed 32974097
March 12, 2020
In vitro anticancer activity of methanolic extract of Granulocystopsis sp., a microalgae from an oligotrophic oasis in the Chihuahuan desert
Faviola Tavares-Carreón, Susana De la Torre-Zavala, Hector Fernando Arocha-Garza, Valeria Souza, Luis J. Galán-Wong, Hamlet Avilés-Arnaut
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8686 PubMed 32201642
July 11, 2018
Experimental and molecular approximation to microbial niche: trophic interactions between oribatid mites and microfungi in an oligotrophic freshwater system
Patricia Velez, Margarita Ojeda, Laura Espinosa-Asuar, Tila M. Pérez, Luis E. Eguiarte, Valeria Souza
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5200 PubMed 30018858
November 9, 2017
The response of soil microbial communities to variation in annual precipitation depends on soil nutritional status in an oligotrophic desert
Cristina Montiel-González, Yunuen Tapia-Torres, Valeria Souza, Felipe García-Oliva
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4007 PubMed 29134149
September 4, 2017
Trophic analysis of the fish community in the Ciénega Churince, Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila
Ariana Hernández, Hector S. Espinosa-Pérez, Valeria Souza
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3637 PubMed 28890849
May 2, 2017
High diversity and suggested endemicity of culturable Actinobacteria in an extremely oligotrophic desert oasis
Hector Fernando Arocha-Garza, Ricardo Canales-Del Castillo, Luis E. Eguiarte, Valeria Souza, Susana De la Torre-Zavala
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3247 PubMed 28480140
April 19, 2017
The genomic sequence of Exiguobacterium chiriqhucha str. N139 reveals a species that thrives in cold waters and extreme environmental conditions
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
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3162 PubMed 28439458
September 8, 2016
Spatial heterogeneity of physicochemical properties explains differences in microbial composition in arid soils from Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico
Silvia Pajares, Ana E. Escalante, Ana M. Noguez, Felipe García-Oliva, Celeste Martínez-Piedragil, Silke S. Cram, Luis Enrique Eguiarte, Valeria Souza
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2459 PubMed 27652001
August 18, 2016
Agricultural land-use change in a Mexican oligotrophic desert depletes ecosystem stability
Natali Hernández-Becerra, Yunuen Tapia-Torres, Ofelia Beltrán-Paz, Jazmín Blaz, Valeria Souza, Felipe García-Oliva
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2365 PubMed 27602304
June 2, 2016
Microfungal oasis in an oligotrophic desert: diversity patterns and community structure in three freshwater systems of Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico
Patricia Velez, Jaime Gasca-Pineda, Edmundo Rosique-Gil, Luis E. Eguiarte, Laura Espinosa-Asuar, Valeria Souza
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2064 PubMed 27280070
December 16, 2014
Population expansions shared among coexisting bacterial lineages are revealed by genetic evidence
Morena Avitia, Ana E. Escalante, Eria A. Rebollar, Alejandra Moreno-Letelier, Luis E. Eguiarte, Valeria Souza
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.696 PubMed 25548732
March 5, 2013
Microbial secondary succession in soil microcosms of a desert oasis in the Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Mexico
Nguyen E. López-Lozano, Karla B. Heidelberg, William C. Nelson, Felipe García-Oliva, Luis E. Eguiarte, Valeria Souza
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.47 PubMed 23638384
March 28, 2017 - Version: 1
High diversity and suggested endemicity of culturable Actinobacteria in an extremely oligotrophic desert oasis
Hector Fernando Arocha-Garza, Ricardo Canales-Del Castillo, Luis E. Eguiarte, Valeria Souza, Susana De la Torre-Zavala
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2893v1
October 10, 2016 - Version: 1
Exiguobacterium pavilionensis str. N139, a halotolerant, UV-B and metal resistant bacteria from a high-altitude Andean lake
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
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2512v1
June 24, 2016 - Version: 1
Trophic analysis of the fish community in the Ciénega Churince, Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila
Ariana Hernández, Hector S Espinosa-Pérez, Valeria Souza
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2154v1

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November 30, 2021
The gut microbiota of wild wintering great bustard (Otis tarda dybowskii): survey data from two consecutive years
Zhiyuan Lu, Sisi Li, Hongxia Li, Zhucheng Wang, Derong Meng, Jingze Liu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12562 PubMed 34909281
November 25, 2021
Evaluating whole-genome sequencing quality metrics for enteric pathogen outbreaks
Darlene D. Wagner, Heather A. Carleton, Eija Trees, Lee S. Katz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12446 PubMed 34900416
August 17, 2021
Virulence effector SidJ evolution in Legionella pneumophila is driven by positive selection and intragenic recombination
Xiao-Yong Zhan, Jin-Lei Yang, Xuefu Zhou, Yi-Chao Qian, Ke Huang, Honghua Sun, Huacheng Wang, Yang Leng, Bihui Huang, Yulong He
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12000 PubMed 34458026
June 2, 2021
The gut microbiome of the Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) reveals its adaptation to specialized myrmecophagy
Fuhua Zhang, Na Xu, Wenhua Wang, Yishuang Yu, Shibao Wu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11490 PubMed 34141474
April 7, 2021
Diversity structure of the microbial communities in the guts of four neotropical termite species
Surendra Vikram, Joel D. Arneodo, Javier Calcagno, Maximiliano Ortiz, Maria Laura Mon, Clara Etcheverry, Don A. Cowan, Paola Talia
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10959 PubMed 33868801
January 6, 2021
Genomic diversity of Escherichia coli from healthy children in rural Gambia
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
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10572 PubMed 33505796
July 10, 2020
Methylobacterium, a major component of the culturable bacterial endophyte community of wild Brassica seed
Davood Roodi, James P. Millner, Craig McGill, Richard D. Johnson, Ruy Jauregui, Stuart D. Card
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9514 PubMed 32728495
April 6, 2020
Genetic editing of the virulence gene of Escherichia coli using the CRISPR system
Meijia Hou, Simeng Sun, Qizheng Feng, Xiumei Dong, Ping Zhang, Bo Shi, Jiali Liu, Dongfang Shi
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8881 PubMed 32292652
February 11, 2020
Phosphorylation systems in symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria and their role in bacterial adaptation to various environmental stresses
Paulina Lipa, Monika Janczarek
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8466 PubMed 32095335
September 13, 2018
Assessment of the bacterial community structure in shallow and deep sediments of the Perdido Fold Belt region in the Gulf of Mexico
Ma. Fernanda Sánchez-Soto Jiménez, Daniel Cerqueda-García, Jorge L. Montero-Muñoz, Ma. Leopoldina Aguirre-Macedo, José Q. García-Maldonado
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5583 PubMed 30225176
August 24, 2018
The relationship between phylogenetic classification, virulence and antibiotic resistance of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli in İzmir province, Turkey
Elif Bozcal, Vahap Eldem, Sohret Aydemir, Mikael Skurnik
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5470 PubMed 30155366
October 27, 2017
Skin and fur bacterial diversity and community structure on American southwestern bats: effects of habitat, geography and bat traits
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
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3944 PubMed 29093998
October 16, 2017
Microbial community diversity patterns are related to physical and chemical differences among temperate lakes near Beaver Island, MI
Miranda H. Hengy, Dean J. Horton, Donald G. Uzarski, Deric R. Learman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3937 PubMed 29062609
August 15, 2017
Taxonomic and chemical assessment of exceptionally abundant rock mine biofilm
Karolina Tomczyk-Żak, Paweł Szczesny, Robert Gromadka, Urszula Zielenkiewicz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3635 PubMed 28828247
May 9, 2017
Analysis of RecA-independent recombination events between short direct repeats related to a genomic island and to a plasmid in Escherichia coli K12
María F. Azpiroz, Magela Laviña
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3293 PubMed 28503377
April 6, 2017
Genomic comparisons of a bacterial lineage that inhabits both marine and terrestrial deep subsurface systems
Sean P. Jungbluth, Tijana Glavina del Rio, Susannah G. Tringe, Ramunas Stepanauskas, Michael S. Rappé
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3134 PubMed 28396823
March 16, 2017
Evaluation of procedures for typing of group B Streptococcus: a retrospective study
Hans-Christian Slotved, Steen Hoffmann
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3105 PubMed 28321367
February 14, 2017
­Genomic data mining of the marine actinobacteria Streptomyces sp. H-KF8 unveils insights into multi-stress related genes and metabolic pathways involved in antimicrobial synthesis
Agustina Undabarrena, Juan A. Ugalde, Michael Seeger, Beatriz Cámara
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2912 PubMed 28229018
March 15, 2016
Molecular evidence of Burkholderia pseudomallei genotypes based on geographical distribution
Noorfatin Jihan Zulkefli, Vanitha Mariappan, Kumutha Malar Vellasamy, Chun Wie Chong, Kwai Lin Thong, Sasheela Ponnampalavanar, Jamuna Vadivelu, Cindy Shuan Ju Teh
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1802 PubMed 26998408
October 13, 2015
No apparent correlation between honey bee forager gut microbiota and honey production
Melissa A. Horton, Randy Oliver, Irene L. Newton
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1329 PubMed 26623177
September 22, 2015
Humans differ in their personal microbial cloud
James F. Meadow, Adam E. Altrichter, Ashley C. Bateman, Jason Stenson, GZ Brown, Jessica L. Green, Brendan J.M. Bohannan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1258 PubMed 26417541
September 22, 2015
Metatranscriptomic analysis of a high-sulfide aquatic spring reveals insights into sulfur cycling and unexpected aerobic metabolism
Anne M. Spain, Mostafa S. Elshahed, Fares Z. Najar, Lee R. Krumholz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1259 PubMed 26417542
August 20, 2015
Response of the rare biosphere to environmental stressors in a highly diverse ecosystem (Zodletone spring, OK, USA)
Suzanne Coveley, Mostafa S. Elshahed, Noha H. Youssef
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1182 PubMed 26312178
July 28, 2015
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae–bacteriophage combination from the caecal effluent of a healthy woman
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
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1061 PubMed 26246963
January 13, 2015
Tandem-repeat protein domains across the tree of life
Kristin K. Jernigan, Seth R. Bordenstein
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.732 PubMed 25653910
August 19, 2014
Sequencing at sea: challenges and experiences in Ion Torrent PGM sequencing during the 2013 Southern Line Islands Research Expedition
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
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.520 PubMed 25177534
June 24, 2014
Mobile phones carry the personal microbiome of their owners
James F. Meadow, Adam E. Altrichter, Jessica L. Green
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.447 PubMed 25024916
March 4, 2014
Poppr: an R package for genetic analysis of populations with clonal, partially clonal, and/or sexual reproduction
Zhian N. Kamvar, Javier F. Tabima, Niklaus J. Grünwald
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.281 PubMed 24688859
February 6, 2014
Regulation of antimycin biosynthesis by the orphan ECF RNA polymerase sigma factor σAntA
Ryan F. Seipke, Elaine Patrick, Matthew I. Hutchings
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.253 PubMed 24688837
October 8, 2013
Antimicrobial resistance and molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Rajeshwari Nair, Blake M. Hanson, Karly Kondratowicz, Altantsetseg Dorjpurev, Bulgan Davaadash, Battumur Enkhtuya, Odgerel Tundev, Tara C. Smith
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.176 PubMed 24133636
June 25, 2013
Non-pneumococcal mitis-group streptococci confound detection of pneumococcal capsular serotype-specific loci in upper respiratory tract
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
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.97 PubMed 23825797
February 19, 2013
A metagenomic insight into freshwater methane-utilizing communities and evidence for cooperation between the Methylococcaceae and the Methylophilaceae
David A.C. Beck, Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, Stephanie Malfatti, Susannah G. Tringe, Tijana Glavina del Rio, Natalia Ivanova, Mary E. Lidstrom, Ludmila Chistoserdova
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.23 PubMed 23638358

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May 7, 2019
Deterministic processes dominate soil microbial community assembly in subalpine coniferous forests on the Loess Plateau
Pengyu Zhao, Jiabing Bao, Xue Wang, Yi Liu, Cui Li, Baofeng Chai
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6746 PubMed 31119067