Erika Berenice Martínez-Ruiz

This study examines how chemical pollutants and parasitic fungi interact to affect cyanobacterial metabolism, finding synergistic and antagonistic effects depending on the pollutant and presence of the parasite.

This study shows how metolachlor herbicide alters gene expression in a cyanobacterium and its chytrid parasite, weakening parasite control and favoring cyanobacterial persistence.