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Phyto-microbiomes as Biotechnological Tools

Ignacio D. Rodríguez-Llorente (IP)

Associate Professor (accredited as Full Professor)

Departamento Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla

0000-0001-7621-8303

irodri@us.es

PHONE NUMBER

+34-954-556924

Other group members

Miguel Ángel Caviedes Formento

Associate Professor

Eloísa Pajuelo Domínguez

Associate Professor, accredited as Full Professor

Salvadora Navarro de la Torre

Adjunct Professor

Noris Jarlene Flores-Duarte

PhD student

Research lines

  • Bacterial biofertilizers in the climate change scenario
  • Prospecting for halophytes for their potential in soil phytodesalination and as sources of high added value bioproducts
  • Description of new bacterial species of the phytomicrobiota of halophytes
  • Phytoremediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals
  • Bacteria producing ACC-deaminase to promote legume nodulation in arid zones
  • Synthesis and evaluation of unconventional chemical structures as an alternative to antibiotics in multi-resistant bacteria

Representative publications

  • Raklami A, Tahiri AI, Bechtaoui N, Abdelhay EG, Pajuelo E, Baslam M, Meddich A, Oufdou K (2021) Restoring the plant productivity of heavy metal-contaminated soil using phosphate sludge, marble waste, and beneficial microorganisms. J Environ Sci 99: 210-221.
  • Bessadok K, Navarro-Torre S, Pajuelo E, Mateos-Naranjo E, Redondo-Gómez S, Caviedes MA, Fterich A, Mars M, Rodríguez-Llorente ID (2020) The ACC-deaminase producing bacterium Variovorax CT7.15 as a tool for improving Calicotome villosa nodulation and growth in arid regions of Tunisia. Microorganisms 8: 541 (doi: 10.3390/microorganisms 8040541).
  • López-de-la-Cruz J, Pérez-Aranda Redondo MP, Alcudia A, Begines B, Caraballo T, Pajuelo E, Ginel PJ (2020) Dynamics and numerical simulations to predict empirical antibiotic treatment of multi-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Commun Nonlinear Sci Num Simul 91: 105418 (doi: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2020.105418).
  • Navarro-Torre S, Carro L, Rodriguez-Llorente ID, Pajuelo E, Caviedes MA, Igual JM, Klenk HP, Montero-Calasanz MC (2020) Pseudoalteromonas rhizosphaerae nov., a novel plant growth-promoting bacterium with potential use in phytoremediation. Inter J Syst Evol Microbiol 70: 3287-3294.
  • Hakkou K, Molina I, Rangel C, Suárez-Cruz A, Pajuelo E, Bueno M (2019) Synthesis of novel (bio)degradable linear azo polymers conjugated with olsalazine. Polym Degrad Stab 167: 302-312.
  • Mesa-Marín J, Perez-Romero JA, Mateos Naranjo E, Bernabeu Meana M, Pajuelo E, Rodríguez Llorente ID, Redondo-Gómez S (2019) Effect of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on Salicornia ramosissima seed germination under salinity, CO2 and temperature stress. Agronomy 9: 655 (doi: 10.3390/agronomy9100655).
  • Pérez-Palacios P, Funes-Pinter I, Agostini E, Talano MA, Ibáñez SG, Humphry M, Edwards K, Rodríguez-Llorente ID, Caviedes MA, Pajuelo E (2019) Targeting Acr3 from Ensifer medicae to the plasma membrane or to the tonoplast of tobacco hairy roots allows arsenic extrusion or improved accumulation. Effect of acr3 expression on the root transcriptome. Metallomics 11: (doi: 10.1039/C9MT00191C).
  • Raklami A, Oufdou K, Tahiri AI, Mateos-Naranjo E, Navarro-Torre S, Rodríguez-Llorente ID, Meddich A, Redondo-Gómez S, Pajuelo E (2019) Safe cultivation of Medicago sativa in metal-polluted soils from semi-arid regions assisted by heat- and metallo-resistant PGPR. Microorganisms 7: 212 (doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7070212).
  • Navarro-Torre S, Lorena Carro L, Rodríguez-Llorente ID, Pajuelo E​, Caviedes MA​, Igual JM​, Redondo-Gómez S​, Camacho M​, Klenk HP​, Montero-Calasanz MC (2018) Kushneria phyllosphaerae nov. and Kushneria endophytica sp. nov., plant growth promoting endophytes isolated from the halophyte plant Arthrocnemum macrostachyum. Inter J Syst Evol Microbiol 68: 2800-2806.
  • Lafuente A, Pérez-Palacios P, Doukkali B, Molina-Sánchez MD, Jiménez-Zurdo JI, Caviedes MA, Rodríguez-Llorente ID, Pajuelo E (2015) Unraveling the effect of arsenic on the model Medicago-Ensifer interaction: A transcriptomic meta-analysis. New Phytol 205: 255-272.
  • Mesa J, Mateos-Naranjo E, Caviedes MA, Redondo-Gómez S, Pajuelo E, Rodríguez-Llorente ID (2015) Endophytic cultivable bacteria of the metal bioaccumulator Spartina maritima improve plant growth but not metal uptake in polluted marshes soils. Front Microbiol 6: 1450 (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01450).

Grants

  • Rodríguez-Llorente ID (PI), Mateos-Naranjo E (co-PI), Redondo-Gómez S (2020) Improvement of strawberry sustainable cultivation by using biotools. Mejora de la sostenibilidad del cultivo de fresa mediante bioherramientas. Proyecto FEDER, Junta de Andalucía. 2020/00000092.
  • Rodríguez Llorente ID (PI) (2020) Ayuda a grupos PAIDI de la Junta de Andalucía. 2020/00000220.
  • Pajuelo E (PI) (2020) Ayudas a la investigación del Plan Propio de la Universidad de Sevilla. 2020/00001095.

Relevant methods

  • Microbiology methods, isolation, identification, sequencing, characterization of plant growth promoting bacteria
  • Use of biofertilizers, field experiments and in-greenhouse facilities for production
  • Determination of biochemical activities
  • qPCR, RNAseq, massive sequencing, bioinformatic sequence analysis, CMI, CMB
  • Other methods: transgenic plants

Collaborations with other national and international groups

  • Elizabeth Agostini (Universidad de Rio Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina)
  • Ana Alcudia Cruz (Departamento de Química Orgánica y Farmacéutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla)
  • Bernardo Duarte (Centro de investigación MARE, Universidad de Lisboa, Portugal)
  • Abdelkarim Filali-Maltouf (Universidad Mohamed V, Rabat, Marruecos)
  • Khalid Oufdou (Universidad Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Marruecos)
  • Susana Redondo – Gómez (Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla)
  • Mohamed Mars (Centro de Investigación Borj Cedrià, Túnez)