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Alejandro Marquiegui – Alvaro

University of ManchesterORCID 0009-0002-2065-2113Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 1 Synthetic Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Anastasia KottaraiD· 2 shared Micaela G. ChacóniD· 2 shared Michael A. BrockhurstiD· 2 shared Neil DixoniD· 2 shared Alberto ScarampiiD· 1 shared Lisa CliffeiD· 1 shared Matthew J. N. ThomasiD· 1 shared

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Using auxotrophic donor strains to explore pQBR57 plasmid host range among environmental soil bacterial isolates

Alejandro Marquiegui – Alvaro, Anastasia Kottara, Matthew J. N. Thomas, Alberto Scarampi, Micaela G. Chacón, Michael A. Brockhurst, Neil Dixon

The paper develops a method to screen plasmid host range using auxotrophic donors, finding that donor identity affects conjugation success in environmental soil bacteria.

Microbiology · Jul 10, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Genetic bioaugmentation-mediated bioremediation of terephthalate in soil microcosms using an engineered environmental plasmid

Alejandro Marquiegui – Alvaro, Anastasia Kottara, Micaela G. Chacón, Lisa Cliffe, Michael A. Brockhurst, Neil Dixon

The paper demonstrates the use of an engineered environmental plasmid to enable terephthalate degradation in soil by transferring synthetic genes to resident bacteria.

Microbial Biotechnology · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology