Contact
Foodborne Zoonoses and Antimicrobial Resistance Unit
VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre
Universidad Complutense
Av. Puerta de Hierro s/n. 28040 Madrid. Spain
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Head office phone: (+34) 913 944 097
Laboratory phone: (+34) 913 944 083
Fax: (+34) 913 943 795
Foodborne Zoonoses and Antimicrobial Resistance Unit became operational in 1996 based on the Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (VAV). Nowadays, it includes the study of different food-borne zoonoses (Salmonella, Campylobacter, E. coli, Yersinia, Staphylococcus aureus ...). It is also responsible for analyzing antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic organisms, commensal bacteria of the intestinal tract or clinical isolates. The group has several lines of research on the characterization of important foodborne pathogens for Public Health and the mechanisms involved in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance by using molecular tecniques as well as sequencing. It is outstanding the leadership of this group in international research projects and its collaboration with Public Administrations and companies. ZTA gives support to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA) and the Community of Madrid developing surveillance programs for zoonotic agents.
Research
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:
- Hormeno Garcia L., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Palomo G., Borge C., Vadillo Machota S., Piriz S., Dominguez L., Jorge Campos M. 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. In Press (A)
Last scientific publications:
- 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, (2018) 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)
- Munk P., Knudsen BE., Lukjacenko O., Ribeiro Duarte AS., Van Gompel L., Luiken REC., Smit LAM., Schmitt H., Dorado Garcia A., Borup Hansen R., Nordahl Petersen T., Bossers A., Ruppe E., EFFORT Group., Lund O., Hald T., Pamp SJ., Vigre H., Heederik D., Wagenaar J., Mevius D. and Aarestrup FM.. Abundance and diversity of the faecal resistome in slaughter pigs and broilers in nine European countries. Nature microbiology, 3(8):898-908(2018). 2018. (A)
- Ugarte-Ruiz M., Dominguez L., Corcionivoschi N., Brendan WW., Dorrell N. and Gundogdu O.. Exploring the oxidative, antimicrobial and genomic properties of Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from poultry. Research in Veterinary Science, 119(2018)170-175. 2018. (A)
- Valderrama MJ., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Calvo de Pablo P., Diez Orejas R., Fernandez Acero T., Gil Serna J., de Juan L., Martin H., Molina M., Navarro Garcia F., Patino B., Pla J., Prieto D., Rodriguez C., Roman E., Sanz Santamaría AB., de Siloniz MI., Suarez M., Vazquez C. and Cid VJ.. Educating in antimicrobial resistance awareness: adaptation of the Small World Initiative program to service-learning. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 00. 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)
Outreach
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.
- 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.
- Florez-Cuadrado D., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Moreno MA. and Dominguez L.. Bacterias que no temen a los antibióticos. Profesión Veterinaria, 22(88):6-13, Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios de Madrid. 2017.
Last communications:
- 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)
- Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Resistencia a Antibióticos: tiempo de actuar. Cursos de La Granda. Tecnología microbiana, salud y calidad de vida. Un homenaje al profesor Julio R. Villanueva (1928-2017). 2018. (Oral communication)
- Hoet A.. Sistemas integrados de vigilancia de la resistencia antimicrobiana en la cadena agroalimenticia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Seminarios VISAVET 2018. 2018. (Oral communication)
- Saka, K.H. y Molecular Characterization of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Pathotypes Isolated from Children Younger than Five Years in Kano State, Nigeria. Seminarios VISAVET 2018. 2018. (Oral communication)
