Publications by authors named "Chantal Renau-Minguez"
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- The genus Pseudochrobactrum includes bacteria related to both opportunistic pathogens like Ochrobactrum and the Brucella genus, known for causing the disease brucellosis.
- Recently, strains of Pseudochrobactrum were found in hosts that commonly carry Brucella, leading to potential mix-ups in diagnoses.
- The study of P. algeriensis revealed it has some characteristics similar to Brucella, such as certain lipopolysaccharide traits, but lacks key traits needed for Brucella's pathogenicity, indicating a complex relationship within the Brucellaceae family.
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- The study focuses on a non-pathogenic, rapidly-growing mycobacterial species originally isolated from environmental and human samples in Barcelona, detailing its 4 Mb genome and low intraspecies variability compared to other strains.
- The genome consists of a circular chromosome with 3,791 coding sequences and lacks virulence-related genes, confirming its non-pathogenic nature while displaying a similar immunogenic potential to BCG, a licensed cancer treatment mycobacterium.
- This research enhances our understanding of the genomic characteristics of this mycobacterial species, highlighting its therapeutic potential despite having fewer T cell and B cell antigens than BCG.
, the causative agent of tuberculosis, is composed of several lineages characterized by a genome identity higher than 99%. Although the majority of the lineages are associated with humans, at least four lineages are adapted to other mammals, including different ecotypes. Host specificity is associated with higher virulence in its preferred host in ecotypes such as .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnspecific peroxygenases (UPOs) constitute a new family of fungal heme-thiolate enzymes in which there is high biotechnological interest. Although several thousand genes encoding hypothetical UPO-type proteins have been identified in sequenced fungal genomes and other databases, only a few UPO enzymes have been experimentally characterized to date. Therefore, gene screening and heterologous expression from genetic databases are a priority in the search for UPOs for oxyfunctionalization reactions of interest.
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