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Valeria Souza

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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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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Ecologia evolutiva

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PeerJ Contributions

July 11, 2018

Experimental and molecular approximation to microbial niche: trophic interactions between oribatid mites and microfungi in an oligotrophic freshwater system

59 downloads

650 views

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

1 citation

231 downloads

1,468 views

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

3 citations

152 downloads

814 views

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

2 citations

475 downloads

2,524 views

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

287 downloads

1,940 views

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

2 citations

457 downloads

1,920 views

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

1 citation

340 downloads

1,369 views

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

3 citations

525 downloads

1,924 views

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

3 citations

863 downloads

2,217 views

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

16 citations

968 downloads

3,974 views

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

79 downloads

483 views

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

184 downloads

484 views

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

151 downloads

569 views

Ariana Hernández, Hector S Espinosa-Pérez, Valeria Souza

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2154v1

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October 27, 2017

Skin and fur bacterial diversity and community structure on American southwestern bats: effects of habitat, geography and bat traits

280 downloads

1,426 views

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

2 citations

202 downloads

1,340 views

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

183 downloads

936 views

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

137 downloads

826 views

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

2 citations

357 downloads

1,914 views

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

271 downloads

787 views

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

4 citations

688 downloads

2,662 views

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

1 citation

520 downloads

1,442 views

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

8 citations

983 downloads

2,322 views

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

60 citations

5,150 downloads

47,173 views

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

3 citations

468 downloads

2,024 views

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)

15 citations

408 downloads

1,977 views

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

8 citations

1,231 downloads

2,436 views

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

16 citations

763 downloads

2,421 views

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

7 citations

4,052 downloads

15,622 views

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

33 citations

2,546 downloads

19,879 views

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

290 citations

3,117 downloads

20,066 views

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 σ^AntA

16 citations

475 downloads

2,125 views

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

5 citations

1,792 downloads

3,376 views

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

40 citations

541 downloads

2,285 views

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

51 citations

1,242 downloads

4,127 views

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