Manuel Contreras
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Recent Articles
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Martins A, Contreras M, Furian T, Borges K, do Nascimento V
Res Vet Sci
. 2022 Nov;
154:37-43.
PMID: 36434851
Salmonella Gallinarum greatly impacts commercial flocks and vaccination with S. Gallinarum 9R (SG9R) is one of the most effective control strategies in some countries. However, mycotoxins can affect immunization success....
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Vignale F, Kurth D, Lencina A, Poire D, Chihuailaf E, Munoz-Herrera N, et al.
Front Microbiol
. 2021 Nov;
12:762076.
PMID: 34777316
The Salar de Atacama in the Chilean Central Andes harbors unique microbial ecosystems due to extreme environmental conditions, such as high altitude, low oxygen pressure, high solar radiation, and high...
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Collado G, Chihuailaf E, Munoz-Herrera N, Contreras M, Novoa F, Valladares M
PeerJ
. 2021 Aug;
9:e11550.
PMID: 34458016
Knowing the reproductive biology of threatened species is essential for conservation and to establish proper management plans. , a freshwater snail only known from two locations in the Atacama Saltpan,...
4.
Vignale F, Lencina A, Stepanenko T, Soria M, Saona L, Kurth D, et al.
Microb Ecol
. 2021 Mar;
83(1):1-17.
PMID: 33730193
The wetlands and salt flats of the Central Andes region are unique extreme environments as they are located in high-altitude saline deserts, largely influenced by volcanic activity. Environmental factors, such...
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Kurth D, Elias D, Rasuk M, Contreras M, Farias M
PLoS One
. 2021 Feb;
16(2):e0246656.
PMID: 33561170
In this work, molecular diversity of two hypersaline microbial mats was compared by Whole Genome Shotgun (WGS) sequencing of environmental DNA from the mats. Brava and Tebenquiche are lakes in...
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Ellsberg M, Ovince J, Murphy M, Blackwell A, Reddy D, Stennes J, et al.
PLoS One
. 2020 Oct;
15(10):e0237965.
PMID: 33044980
Background: Conflict and humanitarian crises increase the risk of both intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence against women and girls. We measured the prevalence and risk factors of different...
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Ordonez O, Rasuk M, Soria M, Contreras M, Farias M
Microb Ecol
. 2018 Mar;
76(3):695-705.
PMID: 29520450
Biofilms, microbial mats, and microbialites dwell under highly limiting conditions (high salinity, extreme aridity, pH, and elevated arsenic concentration) in the Andean Puna. Only recent pioneering studies have described the...
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Farias M, Rasuk M, Gallagher K, Contreras M, Kurth D, Fernandez A, et al.
PLoS One
. 2017 Nov;
12(11):e0186867.
PMID: 29140980
Benthic microbial ecosystems of Laguna La Brava, Salar de Atacama, a high altitude hypersaline lake, were characterized in terms of bacterial and archaeal diversity, biogeochemistry, (including O2 and sulfide depth...
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Fernandez A, Rasuk M, Visscher P, Contreras M, Novoa F, Poire D, et al.
Front Microbiol
. 2016 Sep;
7:1284.
PMID: 27597845
We combined nucleic acid-based molecular methods, biogeochemical measurements, and physicochemical characteristics to investigate microbial sedimentary ecosystems of Laguna Tebenquiche, Atacama Desert, Chile. Molecular diversity, and biogeochemistry of hypersaline microbial mats,...
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Rasuk M, Fernandez A, Kurth D, Contreras M, Novoa F, Poire D, et al.
Microb Ecol
. 2015 Jul;
71(1):44-56.
PMID: 26224164
The Atacama Desert has extreme environmental conditions that allow the development of unique microbial communities. The present paper reports the bacterial diversity of microbial mats and sediments and its mineralogical...