Valentina Parra

Reduced glutathione levels in Enterococcus faecalis trigger metabolic and transcriptional compensatory adjustments during iron exposure.

This study examines how Enterococcus faecalis adjusts its metabolism and transcriptional response when exposed to iron under glutathione deficiency, revealing compensatory mechanisms for oxidative stress.

Effects of Willow and Pine tree growth in bacterial abundance, interactions and metabolic profile in a copper mine tailing

This study examines how willow and pine tree growth affects bacterial abundance, interactions, and metabolic profiles in copper mine tailings, finding that tree growth reduces copper levels and promotes more active bacterial communities.

Profiling extremophile bacterial communities recovered from a mining tailing against soil ecosystems through comparative genome-resolved metagenomics and evolutionary analysis

The paper analyzes microbial communities from a copper tailing using metagenomics to compare their metabolic and evolutionary traits with soil bacteria, identifying new taxa and functional adaptations.