Marcela Villegas-Plazas

Variations in Microbial Diversity and Metabolite Profiles of the Tropical Marine Sponge Xestospongia muta with Season and Depth

Marcela Villegas-Plazas, Melissa L. Wos‐Oxley, Juan A. Sánchez et al. · Microbial Ecology · 2018 · 51 citations · Full text

Biology, Microbial Diversity, Engineering +10

Wild specimens of sand fly phlebotomine Lutzomyia evansi, vector of leishmaniasis, show high abundance of Methylobacterium and natural carriage of Wolbachia and Cardinium types in the midgut microbiome

Rafael José Vivero, Marcela Villegas-Plazas, Gloria Cadavid-Restrepo et al. · Scientific Reports · 2019 · 36 citations · Full text

Enrichment and key features of a robust and consistent indigenous marine-cognate microbial consortium growing on oily bilge wastewaters

Melina Nisenbaum, Georgina Corti-Monzón, Marcela Villegas-Plazas et al. · Biodegradation · 2020 · 27 citations

Microbial Diversity, Oily Bilge Wastewaters, Marine Biotechnology +8

Enrichment and characterization of a bilge microbial consortium with oil in water-emulsions breaking ability for oily wastewater treatment

Georgina Corti-Monzón, Melina Nisenbaum, Marcela Villegas-Plazas et al. · Biodegradation · 2020 · 21 citations

Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Bilge Microbial Consortium +7

Screening for biosurfactant production by 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene-transforming bacteria

Helena Avila-Arias, Hernán Avellaneda, Valeria Garzón et al. · Journal of Applied Microbiology · 2017 · 13 citations