Research lines:

• Modification of intestinal microbiota, Healthy Gut (ZTA)
• Genetic characterization of Campylobacter (ZTA)
• Molecular characterization of human reservoirs potentially pathogenic Escherichia coli, animal and environmental (ZTA)
• Genetic characterization of antimicrobial resistance (ZTA)
• Genetic characterization of microorganisms populations (ZTA)
• Foodborne zoonoses in animals and meat, eggs and other products from animal origin intended for human consumption, mainly Salmonella spp. Campylobacter spp., Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Yersinia enterocolitica (ZTA)
• Antimicrobial resistances in pathogens, food-borne zoonotic agents and indicators (ZTA)

Last scientific publications:

• Miguela-Villoldo P., Hernandez M., Moreno MA., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Quesada A., Dominguez L. and Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Carbapenemase-producing Elizabethkingia meningoseptica from healthy pigs associated with colistin use in Spain. Antibiotics, 8,146. 2019. (A)
• Miguela-Villoldo P., Hernandez M., Moreno MA., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Quesada A., Dominguez L. and Ugarte-Ruiz M.. National colistin sales versus colistin resistance in Spanish pig production. Research in Veterinary Science, 123:141-143. 2019. (A)
• Hernandez M., Iglesias MR., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Gallardo A., Quijada NM., Miguela-Villoldo P., Campos MJ., Piriz S., Lopez G., De Frutos C., Saez JL., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Dominguez L. and Quesada A.. Co-occurrence of colistin-resistance genes mcr-1 and mcr-3 among multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from cattle, Spain, September 2015. Eurosurveillance, 22(31):3. 2017. (A)

Last communications:

• Miguela-Villoldo P.. Identification of Novel Mobilized Colistin Resistance Gene mcr-9 in a Multidrug-Resistant, Colistin-Susceptible Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Isolate. VISAVET Journal Club. 2019. (Oral communication)
• Miguela-Villoldo P.. Resistencia a colistina en animales de abasto en España. Estudio de prevalencia y su relación con el consumo. Seminarios de Investigación Doctorado en Veterinaria. 2019. (Oral communication)
• Miguela-Villoldo P., Maasoumi N., Hernandez M., Moreno MA., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Garcia M., Quesada M., Rivero E., Dominguez L. and Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Use of Quantitative Real-time PCR for Testing Trends of the mcr1 Colistin-resistance Gene in Spanish Pig Caecal Content. 1st One Health EJP Annual Scientific Meeting. 2019. (Poster communication)
• Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Hernandez M., Iglesias MR., Gallardo A., Quijada NM., Miguela-Villoldo P., Jorge Campo M., Piriz S., Lopez-Orozco G., De Frutos C., Saez JL., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Dominguez L. and Quesada A.. Nuevos determinantes de la resistencia a la colistina en Escherichia coli de origen animal. XXII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica. 2018. (Oral communication)
• Miguela-Villoldo P., Iglesias MR., Quijada NM., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Quesada A., Dominguez L. and Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Identificación y caracterización de bacterias resistentes a la colistina. Evaluación de su persistencia y posible diseminación. IV VETINDOC PhDay. 2018. (Poster communication)