(2023)

Biomining Technologies

Castro C., Donati E., Vera M. (2023)

Characterization of Extracellular Polymeric Substances Produced by an Acidianus Species and Their Relevance to Bioleaching

Minerals 13 3

(2022)

Development of an implantable three?dimensional model of a functional pathogenic multispecies biofilm to study infected wounds

Scientific Reports

Vera M., Schippers A., Hedrich S., Sand W. (2022)

Progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of microbial metal sulfide oxidation – part A

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 106 21 6933-6952

Leiva-Aravena E., Vera M., Nerenberg R., Leiva E., Vargas I. (2021)

Biofilm formation of Ancylobacter sp. TS-1 on different granular materials and its ability for chemolithoautotrophic As(III)-oxidation at high concentrations

Journal of Hazardous Materials 126733

Bellenberg S., Salas B., Ganji S., Jorquera-Román C., Valenzuela M.L., Buetti-Dinh A., Unelius C.R., Dopson M., Vera M. (2021)

Diffusible signal factor signaling controls bioleaching activity and niche protection in the acidophilic, mineral-oxidizing leptospirilli

Scientific Reports 11 11 16275

Vargas-Straube M.J., Beard S., Norambuena R., Paradela A., Vera M., Jerez C.A. (2020)

High copper concentration reduces biofilm formation in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans by decreasing production of extracellular polymeric substances and its adherence to elemental sulfur

Journal of Proteomics 225 103874

Díaz M., San Martin D., Castro M., Vera M., Guiliani N. (2020)

Quorum Sensing Signaling Molecules Positively Regulate c-di-GMP Effector PelD Encoding Gene and PEL Exopolysaccharide Biosynthesis in Extremophile Bacterium Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans

Genes 12 1 69

Buetti-Dinh A., Herold M., Christel S., El Hajjami M., Delogu F., Illie O., Bellenberg S., Wilmes P., Poetsch A., Sand W., Vera M., Pivikin I.V., Friedman R., Dopson M. (2020)

Reverse engineering directed gene regulatory networks from transcriptomics and proteomics data of biomining bacterial communities with approximate Bayesian computation and steady-state signalling simulations

BMC Bioinformatics

Buetti-Dinh A., Herold M., Christel S., El Hajjami M., Delogu F., Ilie O., Bellenberg S., Wilmes P., Poetsch A., Sand W., Vera M., Pivkin IV., Friedman R., Dopson M. (2020)

Reverse engineering directed gene regulatory networks from transcriptomics and proteomics data of biomining bacterial communities with approximate Bayesian computation and steady-state signalling simulations

BMC Bioinformatics 21 1 23

Buetti-Dinh A., Herold M., Christel S., Hajjami M.E., Bellenberg S., Ilie O., Wilmes P., Poetsch A., Sand W., Vera M., Pivkin IV., Dopson M. (2020)

Systems biology of acidophile biofilms for efficient metal extraction

Scientific Data 7 1 215

Zhang R., Neu T.R., Blanchard V., Vera M., Sand W. (2019)

Biofilm dynamics and EPS production of a thermoacidophilic bioleaching archaeon

New Biotechnology 51 21-30

Bellenberg S, Huynh D, Poetsch A, Sand W, Vera M. (2019)

Proteomics Reveal Enhanced Oxidative Stress Responses and Metabolic Adaptation in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Biofilm Cells on Pyrite

Frontiers in Microbiology 10 592

Escudero C., Vera M., Oggerin M. and Amils R. (2018)

Active microbial biofilms in deep poor porous continental subsurface rocks

Scientific Reports 8 9 pp

Bellenberg S., Buetti-Dinh A., Galli V., Ilie O., Herold M., Christel S., Boretska M., Pivkin I.V., Wilmes P., Sand W., Vera M. and Dopson M. (2018)

Automated microscopical analysis of metal sulfide colonization by acidophilic microorganisms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology 84 2 15pp

Issotta F., Moya-Beltrán A., Mena C., Covarrubias P.C., Thyssen C., Bellenberg S., Sand W., Quatrini R. and Vera M. (2018)

Insights into the biology of acidophilic members of the Acidiferrobacteraceae family derived from comparative genomic analyses

Research in Microbiology 169 10 608-617

Anguita J.M., Vera M.A. and Vargas I.T. (2018)

The Electrochemically Active Arsenic Oxidising Bacterium Ancylobacter sp. TS‐1

ChemElectroChem 5 23 3633-3638

Christel S., Herold M., Bellenberg S., Buetti-Dinh A., El Hajjami M., Pivkin I.V., Sand W., Wilmes P., Poetsch A., Vera M. and Dopson M. (2018)

Weak Iron Oxidation by Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans Maintains a Favorable Redox Potential for Chalcopyrite Bioleaching

Frontiers in Microbiology 9 12pp

22nd International Biohydrometallurgy SymposiumEditors:Sabrina Hedrich, Kathrin Rübberdt, Franz Glombitza, Wolfgang Sand, Axel Schippers, Mario Vera Véliz and Sabine Willscher (2017)

22nd International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium

Solid State Phenomena 262 772

1.Orell A, Schopf S, Randau L, Vera M (2017) Biofilm Lifestyle of Thermophile and Acidophile Archaea. In Witzani G. (Ed) Biocommunication of Archaea, 133-146. Springer AG, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-319-65536-9 (2017)

Biofilm Lifestyle of Thermophile and Acidophile Archaea.

Biocommunication of Archaea, 133-146.

Castro C., Zhanh R., Liu J., Bellenberg S., Neu T.R., Donati E., Sand W. annd Vera M. (2016)

Biofilm formation and interspecies interactions in mixed cultures of thermo-acidophilic archaea Acidianus spp. and Sulfolobus metallicus

Research in Microbiology 167 7 604-612

Sabba F., De Vries A., Vera M., Druschel G., Bott C. and Nerenberg R. (2016)

Potential use of sulfite as a supplemental electron donor for wastewater denitrification

Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology 15 4 563-572

The Biofilm Lifestyle of Acidophilic Metal/Sulfur-Oxidizing Microorganisms.R Zhang, S Bellenberg, TR Neu, W Sand, M Vera. (2016), In Rampelotto, P. (Ed) Biotechnology of Extremophiles 177-213. Springer AG, Switzerland. (2016)

The Biofilm Lifestyle of Acidophilic Metal/Sulfur-Oxidizing Microorganisms.

Grand Challenges in Biotehnology Series 1 177-213

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2015 Oct;99(20):8337-50. doi: 10.1007/s00253-015-6903-8. Epub 2015 Aug 18.Omics on bioleaching: current and future impacts.Martinez P1, Vera M2, Bobadilla-Fazzini RA3.Author information 1BioSigma 'S.A.', Parque Industrial Los Libertadores, Lote 106, Colina, Chile. 2Biofilm Centre, Aquatische Biotechnologie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Universitätstraße 5, 45141, Essen, Germany. 3BioSigma 'S.A.', Parque Industrial Los Libertadores, Lote 106, Colina, Chile. rboba001@biosigma.cl. (2015)

Omics on bioleaching: current and future impacts

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 99 20 8337-50