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  1. Phage Therapy for Bone and Joint Infections: Towards Clinical Translation

    Article • Antibiotics, November 2025, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco

  2. Identification and Functional Insights into New Phage Tail-Like Bacteriocins (PTLBs) Targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa as new antimicrobials

    Article • August 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    lucia blasco

  3. An accurate amplification-free CRISPR/Cas12a-based assay for GES β-lactamase detection

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, July 2025, Elsevier

    lucia blasco

  4. Studies in vitro and in vivo of phage therapy medical products (PTMPs) Targeting Clinical Strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae belonging to the clone ST512

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2025, ASM Journals

    lucia blasco

  5. The world of phage tail-like bacteriocins: State of the art and biotechnological perspectives

    Article • Microbiological Research, June 2025, Elsevier

    lucia blasco

  6. The LAMP-CRISPR-Cas13a technique for detecting the CBASS mechanism of phage resistance in bacteria

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, March 2025, Frontiers

    lucia blasco

  7. Study of the probability of resistance to phage infection in a collection of clinical isolates of P s eudomonas aeruginosa in relation to the presence of Pf phages

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, March 2025, ASM Journals

    lucia blasco

  8. «The LAMP-CRISPR-Cas13a technique for detecting CBASS-mechanism of phage resistance in bacteria»

    Article • December 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    lucia blasco

  9. «Studiesin vitroein vivoof Phage Therapy Medical Products (PTMPs) targeting clinical strains ofKlebsiella pneumoniaebelonging to the clone ST512»

    Article • November 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    lucia blasco

  10. Mitomycin C as an Anti-Persister Strategy against Klebsiella pneumoniae: Toxicity and Synergy Studies

    Article • Antibiotics, August 2024, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco

  11. Mitomycin C as an Anti-persister Strategy Against Klebsiella Pneumoniae: Toxicity and Synergy Studies

    Article • August 2024, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco

  12. Resistance against two lytic phage variants attenuates virulence and antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, January 2024, Frontiers

    lucia blasco

  13. Improving phage therapy by evasion of phage resistance mechanisms

    Article • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, December 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    lucia blasco

  14. Use of Galleria mellonella as an Animal Model for Studying the Antimicrobial Activity of Bacteriophages with Potential Use in Phage Therapy

    Article • December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    lucia blasco

  15. «Control of the phage defense mechanism by Quorum Sensing (QS) in clinical isolates ofKlebsiella pneumoniae»

    Article • December 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  16. Molecular studies of phages-Klebsiella pneumoniae in mucoid environment: innovative use of mucolytic agents prior to the administration of lytic phages

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, October 2023, Frontiers

    lucia blasco

  17. Prophage identification and molecular analysis in the genomes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from critical care patients

    Article • mSphere, August 2023, ASM Journals

    lucia blasco

  18. CRISPR-Cas13a-Based Assay for Accurate Detection of OXA-48 and GES Carbapenemases

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, August 2023, ASM Journals

    lucia blasco

  19. Molecular Studies of Phages-Klebsiella pneumoniaein a Mucoid Environment: Innovative use of mucolytic agents prior to the administration of lytic phages

    Article • August 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    lucia blasco

  20. Proteomic Study of the Interactions between Phages and the Bacterial Host Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, April 2023, ASM Journals

    lucia blasco

  21. Study of 32 new phage tail-like bacteriocins (pyocins) from a clinical collection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and of their potential use as typing markers and antimicrobial agents

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    lucia blasco

  22. Reverse Transcription-Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification-CRISPR-Cas13a Technology as a Promising Diagnostic Tool for SARS-CoV-2

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, October 2022, ASM Journals

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  23. «Study of 32 new phage tail-like bacteriocins (pyocins) from a clinical collection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and of their potential use as typing markers and antimicrobial agents»

    Article • September 2022, Research Square

    lucia blasco

  24. Molecular characteristics of phages located in Carbapenemase-Producing Escherichia coli clinical isolates: New Phage-Like Plasmids

    Article • July 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  25. RT-LAMP-CRISPR-Cas13a technology as a promising diagnostic tool for the SARS-CoV-2 virus

    Article • June 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    lucia blasco

  26. The role of PemIK (PemK/PemI) type II TA system from Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical strains in lytic phage infection

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  27. Development of an Anti-Acinetobacter baumannii Biofilm Phage Cocktail: Genomic Adaptation to the Host

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 2022, ASM Journals

    lucia blasco

  28. Adaptation of clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae to the combination of niclosamide with the efflux pump inhibitor phenyl-arginine-β-naphthylamide (PaβN): co-resistance to antimicrobials

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, March 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  29. Genomic Analysis of Molecular Bacterial Mechanisms of Resistance to Phage Infection

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2022, Frontiers

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  30. Phenotypic and Genomic Comparison of Klebsiella pneumoniae Lytic Phages: vB_KpnM-VAC66 and vB_KpnM-VAC13

    Article • Viruses, December 2021, MDPI AG

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  31. Enhanced Antibacterial Activity of Repurposed Mitomycin C and Imipenem in Combination with the Lytic Phage vB_KpnM-VAC13 against Clinical Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2021, ASM Journals

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  32. Genomic Analysis of Molecular Bacterial Mechanisms of Resistance to Phage Infection

    Article • August 2021, Research Square

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  33. «PemIK (PemK/PemI) type II TA system from Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical strains inhibits lytic phage»

    Article • July 2021, Research Square

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  34. Blue light directly modulates the quorum network in the human pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    lucia blasco, Dr. Carlos Gabriel Nieto Peñalver

  35. CRISPR-Cas, a Revolution in the Treatment and Study of ESKAPE Infections: Pre-Clinical Studies

    Article • Antibiotics, June 2021, MDPI AG

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  36. CRISPR-Cas. A Revolution in the Treatment and Study of ESKAPE Infections: Pre-Clinical Studies

    Article • May 2021, MDPI AG

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  37. Blue Light Directly Modulates the Quorum Network in the Human Pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • March 2021, Research Square

    lucia blasco

  38. Analysis of Complete Genome Sequence of Acinetobacter baumannii Strain ATCC 19606 Reveals Novel Mobile Genetic Elements and Novel Prophage

    Article • Microorganisms, November 2020, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco

  39. Viral Related Tools against SARS-CoV-2

    Article • Viruses, October 2020, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  40. Temperate Bacteriophages (Prophages) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Belonging to the International Cystic Fibrosis Clone (CC274)

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, September 2020, Frontiers

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  41. Mechanisms of Tolerance and Resistance to Chlorhexidine in Clinical Strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae Producers of Carbapenemase: Role of New Type II Toxin-Antitoxin System, PemIK

    Article • Toxins, September 2020, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  42. (p)ppGpp and Its Role in Bacterial Persistence: New Challenges

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2020, ASM Journals

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  43. Whole Transcriptomic Analysis of Mechanisms of Tolerance and Resistance to Chlorhexidine in Clinical Strains of Klebsiella Pneumoniae Producers of Carbapenemase

    Article • July 2020, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  44. Genomic analysis of 40 prophages located in the genomes of 16 carbapenemase-producing clinical strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Article • Microbial Genomics, May 2020, Society for General Microbiology

    lucia blasco, Dr Ferran Navarro, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  45. In vitro and in vivo efficacy of combinations of colistin and different endolysins against clinical strains of multi-drug resistant pathogens

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    lucia blasco, Dr Ferran Navarro, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  46. Strategies to Combat Multidrug-Resistant and Persistent Infectious Diseases

    Article • Antibiotics, February 2020, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  47. Strategies to Combat Persistent Infectious Diseases

    Article • December 2019, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco

  48. Combined Use of the Ab105-2φΔCI Lytic Mutant Phage and Different Antibiotics in Clinical Isolates of Multi-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Microorganisms, November 2019, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  49. Combined Use of the Ab105-2фΔCI Lytic Mutant Phage and Different Antibiotics in Clinical Isolates of Multiresistant Acinetobacter Baumannii

    Article • October 2019, MDPI AG

    lucia blasco

  50. Quorum and Light Signals Modulate Acetoin/Butanediol Catabolism in Acinetobacter spp.

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2019, Frontiers

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  51. Multiplex Real-Time PCR-shortTUB Assay for Detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Smear-Negative Clinical Samples with Low Mycobacterial Loads

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2019, ASM Journals

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  52. In vitro and in vivo efficacy of the combination of colistin and endolysins against clinical strains of Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) pathogens

    Article • June 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    lucia blasco, Dr Ferran Navarro

  53. Relationship Between Quorum Sensing and Secretion Systems

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2019, Frontiers

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  54. Relationship Between the Quorum Network (Sensing/Quenching) and Clinical Features of Pneumonia and Bacteraemia Caused by A. baumannii

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, December 2018, Frontiers

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  55. Mechanisms of Bacterial Tolerance and Persistence in the Gastrointestinal and Respiratory Environments

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, October 2018, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas, lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  56. ighting antimicrobial resistance in ESKAPE pathogens

    Article • July 2018, International Association of Physical Chemists (IAPC)

    lucia blasco

  57. Relationship between Tolerance and Persistence Mechanisms in Acinetobacter baumannii Strains with AbkAB Toxin-Antitoxin System

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 2018, ASM Journals

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco, Maria Tomas

  58. Evolution of the Quorum network and the mobilome (plasmids and bacteriophages) in clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumannii during a decade

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, Maria Tomas

  59. Clostridium difficile Infection: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment

    Article • September 2017, IntechOpen

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, Maria Tomas, lucia blasco

  60. Response to Bile Salts in Clinical Strains of Acinetobacter baumannii Lacking the AdeABC Efflux Pump: Virulence Associated with Quorum Sensing

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, May 2017, Frontiers

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  61. Quorum sensing network in clinical strains of A. baumannii: AidA is a new quorum quenching enzyme

    Article • PLOS One, March 2017, PLOS

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  62. Genome Sequence of AirborneAcinetobactersp. Strain 5-2Ac02 in the Hospital Environment, Close to the Species ofAcinetobacter towneri

    Article • Genome Announcements, December 2016, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  63. Genomic Evolution of Two Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Strains from ST-2 Clones Isolated in 2000 and 2010 (ST-2_clon_2000 and ST-2_clon_2010)

    Article • Genome Announcements, October 2016, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  64. Genome Sequence of a Clinical Strain of Acinetobacter baumannii Belonging to the ST79/PFGE-HUI-1 Clone Lacking the AdeABC (Resistance-Nodulation-Cell Division-Type) Efflux Pump

    Article • Genome Announcements, September 2016, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  65. Toxin-Antitoxin Systems in Clinical Pathogens

    Article • Toxins, July 2016, MDPI AG

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  66. Recent Patents on Microbial Proteases for the Dairy Industry

    Article • Recent Advances in DNA & Gene Sequences (Formerly Recent Patents on DNA & Gene Sequences), October 2014, Bentham Science Publishers

    lucia blasco

  67. Cloning and Characterization of the Beer Foaming Gene CFG1from Saccharomyces pastorianus

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, October 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    lucia blasco

  68. Texture classification using a new version of local binary patterns

    Article • May 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    lucia blasco

  69. FPG1, a gene involved in foam formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Yeast, March 2011, Wiley

    lucia blasco

  70. Hydrolases as markers of wine aging

    Article • World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, April 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    lucia blasco