https://oceanexpert.org/expert/balcazar

ORCID : 0000-0002-6866-9347
ResearcherID : 0000-0002-6866-9347

PhD

Research

Fisheries
Aquaculture
Pollution

My research interests are focused on host-microbe interactions, microbial diversity, and antibiotic resistance in the environment.

Selected publications

• Subirats J., Sanchez-Melsio A., Borrego C.M., Balcazar J.L., Simonet P. 2016. Metagenomic analysis reveals that bacteriophages are reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents Accepted.

• Lucas D., Badia-Fabregat M., Vicent T., Caminal G., Rodriguez-Mozaz S., Balcazar J.L., Barcelo D. 2016. Fungal treatment for the removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in veterinary hospital wastewater. Chemosphere 152, 301-308.

• Balcazar J.L. 2015. Effect of ciliates in transfer of plasmid-mediated quinolone-resistance genes in bacteria. Emerging Infectious Diseases 21, 547-549.

• Rodriguez-Mozaz S., Chamorro S., Marti E., Huerta B., Gros M., Sanchez-Melsio A., Borrego C.M., Barcelo D., Balcazar J.L. 2015. Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in hospital and urban wastewaters and their impact on the receiving river. Water Research69, 234-242.

• Etyemez M., Balcazar J.L. 2015. Bacterial community structure in the intestinal ecosystem of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) as revealed by pyrosequencing-based analysis of 16S rRNA genes. Research in Veterinary Science 100, 8-11.

• Balcazar J.L. 2014. Bacteriophages as vehicles for antibiotic resistance genes in the environment. PLoS Pathogens 10, e1004219.

• Marti E., Variatza E., Balcazar J.L. 2014. Bacteriophages as a reservoir of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase and fluoroquinolone resistance genes in the environment. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 20, O456-O459.

• Marti E., Variatza E., Balcazar J.L. 2014. The role of aquatic ecosystems as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance. Trends in Microbiology 22, 36-41.

• Marti E., Huerta B., Rodriguez-Mozaz S., Barcelo D., Jofre J., Balcazar J.L. 2014. Characterization of ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates from a wastewater treatment plant and its receiving river. Water Research 61, 67-76.

• Sidrach-Cardona R., Hijosa-Valsero M., Marti E., Balcazar J.L., Becares E. 2014. Prevalence of antibiotic-resistant fecal bacteria in a river impacted by both an antibiotic production plant and urban treated discharges. Science of the Total Environment 488-489, 220-227.

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

English

http://www.icra.cat/jlbalcazar