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  1. Adaptation to the environment by a single point mutation.

    Article • Genes, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  2. Cyanide forces bacterial evolution.

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Rafael Blasco, Faustino Merchan

  3. A Cyanide-Induced 3-Cyanoalanine Nitrilase in the Cyanide-Assimilating Bacterium Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes Strain CECT 5344

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  4. Finished genome sequence and methylome of the cyanide-degrading Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes strain CECT5344 as resolved by single-molecule real-time sequencing

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  5. Characterization of a ferric uptake regulator (Fur)-mutant of the cyanotrophic bacterium Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes CECT5344

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  6. Acerca de la biotecnología ambiental

    Article • Arbor, August 2014, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  7. Complete genome sequence of the cyanide-degrading bacterium Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes CECT5344

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  8. Draft whole genome sequence of the cyanide-degrading bacteriumPseudomonas pseudoalcaligenesCECT5344

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  9. Fipronil is a powerful uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation that triggers apoptosis in human neuronal cell line SHSY5Y

    Article • NeuroToxicology, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  10. Metabolic adaptation ofPseudomonas pseudoalcaligenesCECT5344 to cyanide: role of malate–quinone oxidoreductases, aconitase and fumarase isoenzymes

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, December 2011, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  11. Role of Fur on cyanide tolerance ofPseudomonas pseudoalcaligenesCECT5344

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, December 2011, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  12. Bacterial cyanide degradation is under review:Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenesCECT5344, a case of an alkaliphilic cyanotroph

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, February 2011, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  13. Cyanide degradation by Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes CECT5344 involves a malate : quinone oxidoreductase and an associated cyanide-insensitive electron transfer chain

    Article • Microbiology, December 2010, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  14. Alkaline cyanide degradation by Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes CECT5344 in a batch reactor. Influence of pH

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  15. Characterization of the Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes CECT5344 Cyanase, an Enzyme That Is Not Essential for Cyanide Assimilation

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  16. Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain RW41 mineralizes 4-chlorobenzenesulfonate, the major polar by-product from DDT manufacturing

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, March 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  17. Essential Role of Cytochrome bd-Related Oxidase in Cyanide Resistance of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes CECT5344

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  18. The cyanotrophic bacterium Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes CECT5344 responds to cyanide by defence mechanisms against iron deprivation, oxidative damage and nitrogen stress

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, June 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  19. Interactions Between Nitrate Assimilation and 2,4-Dinitrophenol Cometabolism in Rhodobacter capsulatus E1F1

    Article • Current Microbiology, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  20. Cyanide metabolism ofPseudomonas pseudoalcaligenesCECT5344: role of siderophores

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, February 2006, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  21. Regulation and Characterization of Two Nitroreductase Genes, nprA and nprB, of Rhodobacter capsulatus

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2005, ASM Journals

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  22. Bacterial Degradation of Cyanide and Its Metal Complexes under Alkaline Conditions

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2005, ASM Journals

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  23. Alkaline cyanide biodegradation byPseudomonas pseudoalcaligenesCECT5344: Figure 1

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, February 2005, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  24. Flow-injection spectrophotometric determination of cyanate in bioremediation processes by use of immobilised inducible cyanase

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, September 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  25. Assimilation of D -Malate by Rhodobacter capsulatus E1F1

    Article • Current Microbiology, June 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  26. Rhodococcus sp. RB1 grows in the presence of high nitrate and nitrite concentrations and assimilates nitrate in moderately saline environments

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, June 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  27. Role for draTG and rnf Genes in Reduction of 2,4-Dinitrophenol by Rhodobacter capsulatus

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2001, ASM Journals

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  28. Bioremediation of an area contaminated by a fuel spill

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  29. Interaction of Sphingomonas and Pseudomonas strains in the degradation of chlorinated dibenzofurans

    Article • Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, October 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  30. Microbial photodegradation of aminoarenes metabolism of 2-amino-4-nitrophenol byRhodobacter capsulatus

    Article • Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, March 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  31. Degradation of p -nitrophenol by the phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, December 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  32. The assimilatory nitrate reductase from the phototrophic bacterium,Rhodobacter capsulatusE1F1, is a flavoprotein

    Article • FEBS Letters, September 1997, Wiley

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  33. Superior survival and degradation of dibenzo- p -dioxin and dibenzofuran in soil by soil-adapted Sphingomonas sp. strain RW1

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, July 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  34. Characterization of 2,4-Dinitrophenol Uptake byRhodobacter capsulatus

    Article • Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, May 1997, Elsevier

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  35. Molecular and Regulatory Properties of the Nitrate Reducing Systems of Rhodobacter

    Article • Current Microbiology, December 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  36. From Xenobiotic to Antibiotic, Formation of Protoanemonin from 4-Chlorocatechol by Enzymes of the 3-Oxoadipate Pathway

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 1995, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  37. Photoinactivation of the detoxifying enzyme nitrophenol reductase from Rhodobacter capsulatus

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, April 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  38. Photoinactivation of the detoxifying enzyme nitrophenol reductase from Rhodobacter capsulatus

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, April 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  39. Regulation of isocitrate lyase inRhodobacter capsulatus E1F1

    Article • Current Microbiology, January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  40. Acetate metabolism in purple non-sulfur bacteria

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 1989, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  41. Metabolism of Cyanate and Cyanide in the Alkalophilic BacteriumPseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes CECT5344

    Article • Wiley

    Dr. Rafael Blasco

  42. Molecular Properties of Two Nitroreductases fromRhodobacter Capsulatus B10 Involved in 2,4-Dinitrophenol Reduction

    Article • Wiley

    Dr. Rafael Blasco