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  1. Single-cell analysis reveals that cryptic prophage protease LfgB protects Escherichia coli during oxidative stress by cleaving antitoxin MqsA

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, February 2024, ASM Journals

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  2. «Control of the phage defense mechanism by Quorum Sensing (QS) in clinical isolates ofKlebsiella pneumoniae»

    Article • December 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  3. Phage-Defense Systems Are Unlikely to Cause Cell Suicide

    Article • Viruses, August 2023, MDPI AG

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  4. CRISPR-Cas Controls Cryptic Prophages

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, December 2022, MDPI AG

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  5. Reverse Transcription-Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification-CRISPR-Cas13a Technology as a Promising Diagnostic Tool for SARS-CoV-2

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, October 2022, ASM Journals

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  6. Molecular analysis of the interactions between phages and the bacterial host Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Article • September 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  7. «Application of RT-LAMP-CRISPR-Cas13a technology to the detection of OXA-48 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae»

    Article • August 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  8. Molecular characteristics of phages located in Carbapenemase-Producing Escherichia coli clinical isolates: New Phage-Like Plasmids

    Article • July 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  9. The role of PemIK (PemK/PemI) type II TA system from Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical strains in lytic phage infection

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  10. Adaptation of clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae to the combination of niclosamide with the efflux pump inhibitor phenyl-arginine-β-naphthylamide (PaβN): co-resistance to antimicrobials

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, March 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  11. Genomic Analysis of Molecular Bacterial Mechanisms of Resistance to Phage Infection

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2022, Frontiers

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  12. Phenotypic and Genomic Comparison of Klebsiella pneumoniae Lytic Phages: vB_KpnM-VAC66 and vB_KpnM-VAC13

    Article • Viruses, December 2021, MDPI AG

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  13. Enhanced Antibacterial Activity of Repurposed Mitomycin C and Imipenem in Combination with the Lytic Phage vB_KpnM-VAC13 against Clinical Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2021, ASM Journals

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  14. Genomic Analysis of Molecular Bacterial Mechanisms of Resistance to Phage Infection

    Article • August 2021, Research Square

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  15. «PemIK (PemK/PemI) type II TA system from Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical strains inhibits lytic phage»

    Article • July 2021, Research Square

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  16. CRISPR-Cas, a Revolution in the Treatment and Study of ESKAPE Infections: Pre-Clinical Studies

    Article • Antibiotics, June 2021, MDPI AG

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  17. CRISPR-Cas. A Revolution in the Treatment and Study of ESKAPE Infections: Pre-Clinical Studies

    Article • May 2021, MDPI AG

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  18. Viral Related Tools against SARS-CoV-2

    Article • Viruses, October 2020, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  19. Temperate Bacteriophages (Prophages) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Belonging to the International Cystic Fibrosis Clone (CC274)

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, September 2020, Frontiers

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  20. Mechanisms of Tolerance and Resistance to Chlorhexidine in Clinical Strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae Producers of Carbapenemase: Role of New Type II Toxin-Antitoxin System, PemIK

    Article • Toxins, September 2020, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  21. (p)ppGpp and Its Role in Bacterial Persistence: New Challenges

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2020, ASM Journals

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  22. Whole Transcriptomic Analysis of Mechanisms of Tolerance and Resistance to Chlorhexidine in Clinical Strains of Klebsiella Pneumoniae Producers of Carbapenemase

    Article • July 2020, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  23. Genomic analysis of 40 prophages located in the genomes of 16 carbapenemase-producing clinical strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Article • Microbial Genomics, May 2020, Society for General Microbiology

    lucia blasco, Dr Ferran Navarro, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  24. In vitro and in vivo efficacy of combinations of colistin and different endolysins against clinical strains of multi-drug resistant pathogens

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    lucia blasco, Dr Ferran Navarro, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  25. Strategies to Combat Multidrug-Resistant and Persistent Infectious Diseases

    Article • Antibiotics, February 2020, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  26. Combined Use of the Ab105-2φΔCI Lytic Mutant Phage and Different Antibiotics in Clinical Isolates of Multi-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Microorganisms, November 2019, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  27. Quorum and Light Signals Modulate Acetoin/Butanediol Catabolism in Acinetobacter spp.

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2019, Frontiers

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  28. Multiplex Real-Time PCR-shortTUB Assay for Detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Smear-Negative Clinical Samples with Low Mycobacterial Loads

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2019, ASM Journals

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  29. Relationship Between Quorum Sensing and Secretion Systems

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2019, Frontiers

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  30. Toxin Inactivation in Toxin/Antitoxin Systems

    Article • May 2019, MDPI AG

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  31. Relationship Between the Quorum Network (Sensing/Quenching) and Clinical Features of Pneumonia and Bacteraemia Caused by A. baumannii

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, December 2018, Frontiers

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  32. Mechanisms of Bacterial Tolerance and Persistence in the Gastrointestinal and Respiratory Environments

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, October 2018, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas, lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  33. Relationship between Tolerance and Persistence Mechanisms in Acinetobacter baumannii Strains with AbkAB Toxin-Antitoxin System

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 2018, ASM Journals

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco, Maria Tomas

  34. Evolution of the Quorum network and the mobilome (plasmids and bacteriophages) in clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumannii during a decade

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, Maria Tomas

  35. Clostridium difficile Infection: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment

    Article • September 2017, IntechOpen

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, Maria Tomas, lucia blasco

  36. Response to Bile Salts in Clinical Strains of Acinetobacter baumannii Lacking the AdeABC Efflux Pump: Virulence Associated with Quorum Sensing

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, May 2017, Frontiers

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  37. Quorum sensing network in clinical strains of A. baumannii: AidA is a new quorum quenching enzyme

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2017, PLOS

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  38. Genome Sequence of AirborneAcinetobactersp. Strain 5-2Ac02 in the Hospital Environment, Close to the Species ofAcinetobacter towneri

    Article • Genome Announcements, December 2016, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  39. Genomic Evolution of Two Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Strains from ST-2 Clones Isolated in 2000 and 2010 (ST-2_clon_2000 and ST-2_clon_2010)

    Article • Genome Announcements, October 2016, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  40. Genome Sequence of a Clinical Strain of Acinetobacter baumannii Belonging to the ST79/PFGE-HUI-1 Clone Lacking the AdeABC (Resistance-Nodulation-Cell Division-Type) Efflux Pump

    Article • Genome Announcements, September 2016, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  41. Toxin-Antitoxin Systems in Clinical Pathogens

    Article • Toxins, July 2016, MDPI AG

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco