Foodborne Zoonoses and Antimicrobial Resistance Unit

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)

Next scientific publications:

• 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)
• Elnekave E., Hong SL., Lim S., Hayer SS., Boxrud D., Taylor AJ., Lappi V., Noves N., Johnson TJ., Rovira A., Davies P., Perez A. and Alvarez J.. Circulation of plasmids harboring resistance genes to quinolones and/or extended spectrum cephalosporins in multiple Salmonella enterica serotypes from swine in the United States. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. In Press (A)

Last scientific publications:

• Moreno MA., Garcia-Soto S., Hernandez M., Barcena C., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Ugarte-Ruiz M. and Dominguez L.. Day-old chicks are a source of antimicrobial resistant bacteria for laying hen farms. Veterinary Microbiology, 230:221-227. 2019. (A)
• Gomez-Poveda B. and Moreno MA.. Antimicrobial Prescriptions for Dogs in the Capital of Spain. Frontiers in veterinary science, 5:309. 2018. (A)
• Hormeno L., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Palomo G., Borge C., Vadillo S., Piriz S., Dominguez L., Campos MJ. and Quesada A.. Ant(6)-I genes encoding aminoglycoside O-nucleotidyltransferases are widely spread among streptomycin resistant strains of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:2515. 2018. (A)
• Navarro Gonzalez N., Castillo Contreras R., Casas Diaz E., Morellet N., Porrero MC., Molina Vacas G., Torres RT., Fonseca C., Mentaberre G., Dominguez L., Lavin S. and Serrano E.. Carriage of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in urban versus rural wild boars. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 64: 60. 2018. (A)
• Bado I., Papa-Ezdra R., Delgado-Blas JF., Gaudio M., Gutierrez C., Cordeiro NF., Garcia-Fulgueiras V., Pirez LA., Seija V., Medina JC., Rieppi G., Gonzalez-Zorn B. and Vignoli R.. Molecular Characterization of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the Intensive Care Unit of Uruguays University Hospital Identifies the First rmtC Gene in the Species. Microbial Drug Resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.), 24(7):1012-1019. 2018. (A)

Last PhD thesis:

• Diego Flórez Cuadrado. Genomic characterization and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter. 2017. (Mención Europea)
• Cristina Martínez Ovejero. Mecanismos emergentes de resistencia a antibióticos en enterobacterias de origen humano, animal y ambiental. 2017. (Internacional)
• Andreas Hoefer. Regulation of the 16S rRNA resistance methyltransferases: A functional and mutational analysis of the armA 5´ UTR. 2017.
• Daniel Thomas López. Enterococcus, Salmonella y H2S: Control Remoto de la Resistencia a Antibioticos. 2017.
• Laura Carrilero Aguado. Resistance to cephalosporins in Enterococcus spp.. 2016. (Europea)

Last outreach publications:

• Florez-Cuadrado D., Moreno MA., Ugarte-Ruiz M. and Dominguez L.. Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain in the European Union. Biological Emerging Risks in Foods. Ed. 1. 86(5):115-136, Academic Press. 2018.
• Rodriguez Beltran J., Hernandez Beltran JCR., de la Fuente J., Escudero JA., Fuentres Hernandez A., Craig MacLean R., Pena Miller R. and San Millan A.. Multicopy plasmids allow bacteria to escape from fitness trade-offs during evolutionary innovation. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(5):873-881, Macmillan Publishers Limited. 2018.
• Leekitcharoenphon P., Garcia-Graels C., Botteldoorn N., Dierick K., Kempf I., Olkkola S., Rossi M., Nykasenoja S., Malorny B., Stingl K., Battisti A., Franco A., Mossong J., Veldman K., Mevius D., Wasyl D., Wieczorek K., Osek J., Clemente L., Lacatus A., Nicorescu I., Aguero Garcia M., de Frutos Escobar C., Duran Ferrer M., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Anjum MF., Teale C., Agren J., Hendriksen RS. and Aarestrup FM.. Comparative genomics of quinolone-resistantand susceptibleCampylobacter jejuniof oultry origin from major poultry producing European countries (GENCAMP). EFSA Journal, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). 2018.
• Moreno MA., Florez-Cuadrado D., Ugarte-Ruiz M. and Dominguez L.. Veterinarios y antibióticos: destinados a entenderse. Profesión Veterinaria, Asís. 2018.
• Delgado-Blas JF., Matamoros BR. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Ecology of blaNDM and mcr-1. Journal of Laboratory and Precision Medicine, AME Publishing Company. 2017.

Last communications:

• Rodriguez-Bertos A. y Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Changes on caecal mucosa morphology and microbiota in laying hens supplemented with a nutraceutical product obtained from olive oil production. MoMIR-PPC update 2019. 2019. (Oral communication)
• Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Los agentes zoonóticos en alimentos y su repercusión en salud pública, importancia de su vigilancia y control Principales agentes zoonóticos. Jornada Formativa sobre Agentes Zoonóticos y Resistencias Antimicrobianas en Alimentos. 2018. (Oral communication)
• Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Las resistencias antimicrobianas. Importancia para la salud pública de la vigilancia de las resistencias en patógenos zoonóticos y bacterias comensales. Jornada Formativa sobre Agentes Zoonóticos y Resistencias Antimicrobianas en Alimentos. 2018. (Oral communication)
• Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Pollos y cerdos dan una clave para reducir la resistencia a los antibióticos. Sputnik Mundo. 2018. (Web interview)
• Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Genes resistentes a los antibióticos. Planeta Vivo Radio. 2018. (Radio interview)