Hernandez Garcia, Marcela Teresa - University of Southampton

个人简介

Career History 2016-Present: NERC Research fellow in Environmental Microbiology. Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK. 2015-2016: Visiting Fellow. Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK. 2012-2015: Max Planck Research Fellow. Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany. 2013-2015: Scientific Coordinator. International Max Planck Research School for Environmental, Cellular and Molecular Microbiology (IMPRS-Mic), Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany. 2010-2012: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow. Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany.

研究领域

I am fascinated by the important role of microorganisms (bacteria and archaea) in different ecosystems. I want to understand how communities can establish in soils that have been perturbed either by human manipulation or by a natural disturbance. My research area focuses on total microbial community (16S rRNA gene in bacteria and archaea) and specifically in herbicide-degrading bacteria (atz genes), ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms (nitrifiers AOA and AOB, amoA genes), methane-oxidizing bacteria (methanotrophs, pmoA genes) and anaerobic methane-producers by archaea (methanogens, mcrA genes). I study their role in several agricultural soils (from Chile, Germany and China), flooded rice and upland soybean fields (from China) and volcanic soils (from Chile). My current project is to identify antimicrobial resistant bacteria in soil by using stable isotope probing (SIP). We aim to discover which bacteria constitute the soil resistome in different British soils. We also want to understand if horizontal gene transfer (HGT) occurs between potential pathogens within soil microbiomes. I use culture-dependent (isolation, characterization and identification of bacteria) and culture-independent techniques, 13CO2-SIP and high throughput Illumina sequence to assess community diversity and obtain a distinctive fingerprint of the microbial community.

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Structure and function of methanogenic microbial communities in soils from flooded rice and upland soybean fields from Sanjiang plain, NE China - Hernandez Garcia, Marcela, Conrad, Ralf, Klose, Melanie, Ma, Ke and Lu, Yahai Published:2016Publication:Soil Biology and BiochemistryVolume:105Page Range:81-91doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.11.010 Changes in bacterial communities by post-emergent herbicides in an Andisol fertilized with urea as revealed by DGGE - Marileo, Luis G., Jorquera, Milko A., Hernandez, Marcela, Briceno, Gabriella, de La Luz Mora, Maria, Demanet, Rolando and Palma, Graciela Published:2016Publication:Applied Soil EcologyVolume:101Page Range:141-151doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2016.02.003 Different bacterial populations associated with the roots and rhizosphere of rice incorporate plant-derived carbon - Hernandez, Marcela, Dumont, Marc G., Yuan, Quan, Conrad, Ralf and , Published:2015Publication:Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyVolume:81, (6)Page Range:2244-2253doi:10.1128/AEM.03209-14PMID:25616793 Microbial diversity in hummock and hollow soils of three wetlands on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau revealed by 16S rRNA pyrosequencing - Deng, Yongcui, Cui, Xiaoyong, Hernandez, Marcela and Dumont, Marc G. Published:2014Publication:PLoS ONEVolume:9, (7)Page Range:1-10doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103115PMID:25078273 Ammonia oxidizers are pioneer microorganisms in the colonization of new acidic volcanic soils from South of Chile - Hernandez Garcia, Marcela, Dumont, Marc G., Calabi, Marcela, Basualto, Daniel and Conrad, Ralf Published:2013Publication:Environmental Microbiology ReportsVolume:6, (1)Page Range:70-79doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12109PMID:24596264