Joana Séneca

The paper identifies Esp and Csp as functional glutamyl endopeptidases from commensal staphylococci that activate itch signaling and disrupt skin barrier function in atopic dermatitis.

This study shows that gut-derived ammonia modulates hypothalamic stress responses during viral infection by increasing corticosterone levels and affecting antiviral responses.

This paper characterizes kineochelins, novel siderophores from an Antarctic actinomycete, showing their iron-chelating activity and ecological relevance.

The paper introduces improved 16S rRNA V4 primers that enhance detection of underrepresented microbial lineages across diverse environments.

This study uses model substrate particles to investigate how chitin and cellulose influence microbial community dynamics in soil over time.

The paper compares symbiont diversity in lucinid bivalves and seagrass roots, finding shared bacterial species between the two hosts.

This study investigates organosulfur cycling in lucinid bivalve symbioses, revealing host and microbial roles in DMSP synthesis and degradation.

This study links gut microbiota composition to personality traits in captive common marmosets, finding specific bacterial taxa associated with behavioral characteristics.

This study shows sponge-associated ammonia-oxidizing archaea use branched-chain amino acids as a carbon and nitrogen source, revealing a mixotrophic lifestyle and a new nutritional interaction in sponge holobionts.

The paper measures growth rates of Vibrio bacteria in seawater using a single-cell chemostat, finding they grow consistently and are carbon-limited despite being rare.

This study identifies high richness and novel taxa of sulfoquinovose-degrading bacteria in cow rumen using yihQ-targeted amplicon sequencing and metagenomics.

This study benchmarks shotgun sequencing depth in metagenomics, showing that strain-level analysis and functional insights require deep sequencing, while shallow sequencing has significant limitations.

This study identifies two novel nitrifying symbiont lineages in marine sponges, showing vertical transmission and suggesting their role in nitrogen cycling.