Environmental Microbiology
Jesús González López (PI)
Professor
Other group members
Research lines
- Microbial ecology in advanced wastewater treatment systems (MBR, anammox, aerobic GSBR) and microbial fuel cells
- Biological treatment of subterranean water
- Waste valorization: production of microbial bioplastics and surfactants
- Bioremediation of xenobiotics from soil and water, including petroleum-derived PAH. Isolation and characterization of bacteria and fungi able to degrade xenobiotics. Rhizoremediation
- Dry environments and anhydrobiosis. Isolation and characterization of bacteria producing xeroprotectants
Representative publications
- González-López J, González-Martínez A (eds) (2021) Nitrogen Cycle: Ecology, Biotechnological Applications and Environmental Impacts. CRC Press.
- Manzanera M (2020) Dealing with water stress and microbial preservation. Environ Microbiol (in press) (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15096).
- Robledo-Mahón, Gómez-Silván C, Andersen GL, Calvo C, Aranda E (2020) Assessment of bacterial and fungal communities in a full-scale thermophilic sewage sludge composting pile under a semipermeable cover. Bioresour Technol 298: 122550 (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122550).
- Gallardo-Altamirano MJ, Maza-Márquez P, Montemurro N, Rodelas B, Osorio F, Pozo C (2019) Linking microbial diversity and population dynamics to the removal efficiency of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in an anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic (A2O) system. Chemosphere 233: 828-842.
- Maza-Márquez P, Castellano-Hinojosa A, González-Martínez A, Juárez-Jiménez B, González-López J, Rodelas B (2019) Abundance of total and metabolically active Candidatus Microthrix and fungal populations in three full-scale wastewater treatment plants. Chemosphere 232: 26-34
- Purswani J, Guisado IM, Coello-Cabezas J, González-López J, Pozo C (2019) Social microbial inocula confer functional stability in a methyl tert-butyl ether extractive membrane biofilm bioreactor. Environ Pollut 244: 855-860.
- Robledo-Mahón T, Silva-Castro GA, Kuhar U, Jamnikar-Ciglenečki U, Barlič-Maganja D, Aranda E, Calvo C (2019) Effect of composting under semipermeable film on the sewage sludge virome. Microb Ecol 78: 895-903.
- Camacho-Morales RL, García-Fontana C, Fernández-Irigoyen J, Santamaría E, González-López J, Manzanera M, Aranda E (2018) Anthracene drives sub-cellular proteome-wide alterations in the degradative system of Penicillium oxalicum. Ecotox Environ Safe 159: 127-135.
- Castellano-Hinojosa A, Maza-Márquez P, Melero-Rubio Y, González-López J, Rodelas B (2018) Linking nitrous oxide emissions to population dynamics of nitrifying and denitrifying prokaryotes in four full-scale wastewater treatment plants. Chemosphere 200: 57-66.
- García-Fontana C, Narváez-Reinaldo JJ, Castillo F, González-López J, Luque I, Manzanera M (2018) A new physiological role for the DNA Molecule as a protector against drying stress in desiccation-tolerant microorganisms. Front Microbiol 7: 2066 (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02066).
- Mtibaà R, Olicón-Hernández DR, Pozo C, Belbahri L, Nasri M, Mechichi T, González-López J, Aranda E (2018) Degradation of Bisphenol A by different thermo-tolerant ascomycete strains isolated from arid soils. Ecotox Environ Safe 156: 87-96.
- Robledo-Mahón T, Aranda E, Pesciaroli C, Rodríguez-Calvo A, Silva-Castro GA, González-López J, Calvo C (2018). Effect of semi-permeable cover system on the bacterial diversity during sewage sludge composting. J Environ Manag 215: 57-67.
- Vílchez JI, Niehaus K, Dowling DN, González-López J, Manzanera M (2018) Protection of pepper plants from drought by Microbacterium 3J1 by modulation of the plant’s glutamine and α-ketoglutarate content: a comparative metabolomics approach. Front Microbiol 9: 284 (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00284).
- Purswani J, Romero-Zaliz RC, Martín-Platero AM, Guisado IM, González-López J, Pozo C (2017) BSocial: Deciphering social behaviors within mixed microbial populations. Front Microbiol 8: 919 (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00919).
- Silva-Castro GA, Rodríguez-Calvo A, Laguna J, González-López J, Calvo C (2016) Autochthonous microbial responses and hydrocarbons degradation in polluted soil during biostimulating treatments under different soil moisture. Assay in pilot plant. Int Biodeterior Biodegradation 108: 91-8.
- Vílchez JI, García-Fontana C, Román-Naranjo D, González-López J, Manzanera M (2016) Plant drought tolerance enhancement by trehalose production of desiccation-tolerant microorganisms. Front Microbiol 7: 1577 (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01577).
- Reboleiro-Rivas P, Martín-Pascual J, Morillo JA, Juárez-Jiménez B, Poyatos JM, Rodelas B, González-López J (2016) Interlinkages between bacterial populations dynamics and the operational parameters in a moving bed membrane bioreactor treating urban sewage. Water Res 88: 796-807.
Grants
- Aranda Ballesteros E, Manzanera M (IPs) (2018-2021) Eliminación de contaminantes emergentes de lodos de depuradora mediante compostaje y bioaumento con microorganismos nativos para la obtención de enmiendas bioseguras de suelos. MINECO. CTM2017-84332-R.
- Fernández Ondoño E, González López J (IPs) (2018-2020) Transferencia de un método para el control de la erosión en el olivar (TRAMCE). Junta de Andalucía. Consejería de Agricultura, Pesca y Desarrollo Rural. Grupos Operativos de la Asociación Europea de Innovación. GOP3I-GR-16-0004.
- González-López J (IP) (2017-2020) Demonstration project for groundwater treatment with an innovative system based in aerobic granular technology. ECOGRANULARWATER. Programa LIFE-Environment and Resource Efficiency, Unión Europea. LIFE16ENV/ ES/000196.
- Manzanera M (IP) (2018-2020) Recuperación de tierras secas para agricultura por irrigación bacteriana. MINECO EXPLORA CIENCIA. CGL2017‐91737‐EXP.
- Manzanera M, Aranda Ballesteros E (IPs) (2020-2023) Recuperación de tierras de secano para cultivos de regadío mediante consorcios microbianos (Generagua). Junta de Andalucía- Fondos FEDER. P18-RT-976.
Relevant methods
- Methods in molecular microbial ecology: PCR / RT-PCR, qPCR / RT-qPCR, fingerprinting, biocomputing of massive parallel sequencing data (Illumina)
- Latest generation technologies in HPLC
- GC-MS technologies
- Bioreactor at lab scale and real-scale for wastewater treatment
Collaborations with other national and international research groups
- Gary Andersen (University of California at Berkeley, EEUU)
- Eulogio Bedmar (EEZ, CSIC, Granada)
- Masimiliano Fenice (University of Tuscia, Italia)
- Anuska Mosquera (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, España)
- Riku Vahala (Department of Built Environment, University of Aalto, Finlandia)
