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Microbial Identification and Characterisation Unit
VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre
Universidad Complutense
Av. Puerta de Hierro s/n. 28040 Madrid. Spain
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Head office phone: (+34) 913 944 096
Laboratory phone: (+34) 913 944 002
Fax: (+34) 913 943 795
This unit is focused on the study at the phenotypic, genomic and protein leves of pathogenic bacteria of veterinary interest. The main activities of the Unit are divided into three research lines that are closely related: clinical diagnosis (using phenotypic, molecular and chemotaxonomic methods, the molecular characterization of pathogenic bacteria of relevant clinical significance for epidemiological purposes and description of new bacterial species (bacterial taxonomy). The molecular characterization allows tracing epidemiological links between strains associated with outbreaks of disease, global epidemiological studies, monitoring programs, etc. Studies of bacterial taxonomy not only allow the description of new species but also allow, for example, the association of different pathogens with atypical clinical processes. Additionally, this unit integrates the Mass Spectrometry VISAVET- Bruker Platform enabling developing proteomics research studies in the field of microbiology and molecular histology.
This platform was acquired in the 2011 call of the Equipment Acquisition and Scientific-Technical Infrastructure Adequacy (CAIMON) of Campus MONCLOA and enable the constitution of a service to enhance the research on campus.
The VISAVET-BRUKER service is made within the framework of a collaboration agreement between the Complutense University and Bruker Daltonik GMBH.
Application for identification and classification of bacteria and fungi. The identification is based on the comparison of the spectral fingerprints of the microorganism with those existing in the database (composed for more than 4000 entries). The technique is an accurate, simple, fast and reliable alternative for the identification of bacteria with traditional methods.
MALDI BIOTYPER analysis services (coming soon)
Application of MALDI TOF MS for the two dimensional acquisition of mass spectra from fresh tissue section. Image MALDI is ideal for the identification of protein markers and other small molecules in tissue sections.
IMAGE MALDI analysis services (coming soon)
System allowing the identification of proteins primarily by determining its peptide fingerprint. Enables Proteomics studies.
Servicios de Análisis por LC-MALDI (coming soon)
Investigation
Research lines:
Next scientific publications:
- Polo C., Hernandez M., Garcia-Seco T., Fernandez V., Briones V., Diez-Guerrier A., Abad D., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Dominguez L. and Perez-Sancho M.. Exploiting 16S rRNA-based metagenomics to reveal neglected microorganisms associated with infertility in breeding bulls in Spanish extensive herds. Research in Veterinary Science, 150:52-57. 2022. (A)
Last scientific publications:
- Agullo-Ros I., Andrada M., Perez-Sancho M., Roy A., Bezos J., Bonnet T., Moreno I., Paz-Sanchez Y., Dominguez M., Gomez-Villamandos JC., Dominguez L. and Risalde MA.. Effect of heat-inactivated Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) vaccine on the lesions and immunopathology developed in target tissues of naturally MAP-infected goats. Veterinary Microbiology, 273:109543. 2022. (A)
- Sánchez-Morales L., Sanchez-Vizcaino JM., Perez-Sancho M., Dominguez L. and Barroso-Arevalo S.. The Omicron (B.1.1.529) SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern also affects companion animals. Frontiers in veterinary science, 9:940710. 2022. (A)
- Fernandez A., Jepson PD., Diaz-Delgado J., Bernaldo de Quiros Y., Sierra E., Mompeo B., Vela AI., Di Guardo G., Suarez-Santana C., Espinosa de los Monteros A., Herraez P., Andrada M., Caballero MJ., Rivero M., Consoli F., Castro-Alonso A., Quesada-Canales O. and Arbelo M.. Budd-Chiari-like pathology in dolphins. Scientific reports, 12(1):12635. 2022. (A)
- Fernandez-Garayzabal JF., LaFrentz S., Casamayor A., Abarca E., Mohammed HH., Cuming RS., Arias CR., Dominguez L. and Vela AI.. Corynebacterium conjunctivae: A New Corynebacterium Species Isolated from the Ocular Surface of Healthy Horses. Animals, 12(14):1827. 2022. (A)
- Barroso-Arevalo S., Barneto A., Ramos AM., Rivera B., Sanchez R., Sánchez-Morales L., Perez-Sancho M., Buendia A., Ferreras E., Ortiz-Menendez JC., Moreno I., Serres C., Vela C., Risalde MA., Dominguez L. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM.. Large-scale study on virological and serological prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in cats and dogs in Spain. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 69(4):e759-e774. 2022. (A)
Last PhD thesis supervised:
- Leydis Zamora Morales. Estudio taxonómico de bacterias relacionadas con el Síndrome del Alevín de la trucha. 2015. (Premio Laboratorios Ovejero)
- Verónica Sánchez del Rey. Estructura y diversidad de la población de Streptococcus suis presente en el ganado porcino, jabalí y conejo silvestre. 2015.
- Monica Aguado Urda. Caracterización y análisis funcional del genoma de Lactococcus garvieae. 2014.
- Verena Blume Serrano. Molecular characterization of Streptococcus suis (serotypes 2 and 9) isolated from swine in Spain. 2010.
- Nerea García Benzaquén. Caracterización fenotípica y genética de aislados de Pasteurela multocida obtenidas de ganado porcino. 2009.
Outreach
Last outreach publications:
- Perez-Sancho M., Vela AI., Garcia-Seco T., Gottschalk M., Dominguez L. and Fernandez-Garayzabal JF.. Assessment of MALDI-TOF MS as alternative tool for Streptococcus suis identification. Applications of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) tools in microbiology of infectious diseases. Ed. 1. 113-118, Frontiers. 2017.
- Bezos J., Cots M. and Valls JL.. La Bronquitis Infecciosa Aviar. Merial Laboratorios S.A.. 2016.
- Lopez-Campos G., Aguado-Urda M., Blanco MM., Gibello A., Cutuli MT., Lopez-Alonso V., Martin-Sanchez F. and Fernandez-Garayzabal JF.. Lactococcus garvieae: a small bacteria and a big data world. Health Information Science and System, 24;3:S5, Universidad Complutense. 2015.
- Barrera R., Cerda P., Dominguez L., Fernandez-Garayzabal JF., Galiana F., Gomez J., Hernandez A., Hernandez JM., Herrero M., Lopez A., Lopez J., Meseguer E., Molina JR., Palacios E., Portela S., Ruiz F., Santiago JM., Seiz R., Tejedor JL., Torrent F., Valles M., Vela AI. and Villarroel M.. Acuicultura en aguas continentales. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino. 2011.
- Garcia N., Cebolla JA. and Lopez G.. Pasteurella multocida. Anaporc, 56:37-39, Asociacion Nacional de Porcicultura Científica. 2009.
Last communications:
- Perez-Sancho M., Garcia-Seco T., Herranz-Benito C., Buendia A., Fernandez-Manzano A., Casamayor A. and Dominguez L.. Q Fever: is the key in the environment?. Congress of the European Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. 2022. (Oral communication)
- Perez-Sancho M., Polo C., Fernadez V., Diez-Guerrier A., Herranz Benito C., Buendia A., Fernandez-Manzano A., Dominguez L. and Garcia-Seco T.. Comparative study of adapted transport media to improve Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis culture. Congress of the European Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. 2022. (Poster communication)
- Perez-Sancho M.. Vigilancia de la pandemia COVID-19 en animales de compañía en la Comunidad de Madrid. Curso One Health: coronavirus, animales y humanos. 2022. (Oral communication)
- Diaz-Santana P., Fernandez A., Diaz-Delgado J., Vela AI., Dominguez L., Suarez-Santana C., Puig-Lozano R., Fernandez-Maldonado C., Sierra E. and Arbelo M.. Nocardiosis en cetáceos de vida libre del océano Atlántico medio-oriental y del mar Mediterráneo contiguo. XXXIII Reunión de la Sociedad Española de Anatomía Patológica Veterinaria. 2022. (Oral communication)
- Polo C.. Nuevas aproximaciones en el control de problemas de fertilidad de origen infeccioso en ganado bovino de régimen extensivo. Concurso de Tesis en 3 minutos. 2022. (Oral communication)
