Pilar Junier

Micropollutant-driven bacterial adaptation enables resilient pharmaceuticals biodegradation at trace concentrations in biologically treated wastewater.

The paper shows that microbial consortia adapted to pharmaceuticals retain degradation capacity across wide concentration ranges and can be applied to real wastewater treatment.

Methods for evaluating bacterial dispersal on hyphal networks

This study develops 3D-printed devices to test bacterial dispersal via fungal hyphal networks, showing that nutrient conditions and inoculation strategies influence transport.

Prevalence of Oxalotrophy in the Human Microbiome

The paper identifies oxalotrophy as a rare metabolic trait in the human microbiome, primarily confined to the gut, and finds evidence of horizontal gene transfer for the trait.

A microfluidic platform for the observation and quantification of fungal highways

This paper introduces a microfluidic platform to study fungal highways, showing Pythium ultimum enables Pseudomonas putida movement through hyphal networks.

Fighting Aspergillus infection using biocontrol bacteria: A proof-of-concept of environmental interference in a translational setting

The paper demonstrates biocontrol using oxalotrophic bacteria to combat Aspergillus niger in a mouse infection model by interfering with oxalic acid production.

Microfluidic platform for microbial spore germination studies in multiple growth conditions

A microfluidic platform enables single-cell study of spore germination across multiple growth conditions, revealing new insights into germination dynamics in three soil-dwelling species.

Visualizing Liquid Distribution Across Hyphal Networks with Cellular Resolution

This study develops a microfluidic method to visualize and quantify liquid movement along hyphae of fungal and fungal-like organisms at the cellular level.

Co-isolation of Penicillium citrinum and its cell-switching partner Meyerozyma guilliermondii from a geothermal power plant

This paper isolates two fungal strains from geothermal fluids, showing a complex interaction where one strain switches cell morphology in response to the presence of the other.