• Reduced microbial diversity of the nasopharyngeal microbiome in household contacts with latent tuberculosis infection

    2023

    Ruiz-Tagle, C., Ugalde, J.A., Naves, R., Araos, R., Garcia, P., Balcells, M.E.

    Scientific Reports. 13:7301

  • Spatial co-occurrence patterns of benthic microbial assemblage in response to trace metals in the Atacama Desert Coastline

    2023

    Zarate, A., Molina, V., Valdés, J., Icaza, G., Vega, E.S., Castillo, A., Ugalde, J.A,. Dorador, C.

    Frontiers in Microbiology. 13:1020491

  • Role of the multi-drug efflux systems on the baseline susceptibility to ceftazidime/avibactam and ceftolozane/tazobactam in clinical isolates of noncarbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Contreras, M.J., Martinez, J.R., Rivas, L., Riquelme-Neira, R., Ugalde, J.A, Wozniak, A., Garcia, P., Munita, J.M., Olivares Pacheco, J.A., Alcalde-Rico, M.

    2022

    Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13 : 1007162

  • Genetic characterization of clinically relevant class 1 integrons carried by multi-drug resistant bacteria (MDRB) isolated from the gut microbiota of highly antibiotic treated Salmo salar

    Vasquez-Ponce, F., Higuera-Llanten, S., Paras-Silva, J., Gamboa-Acuña, N., Cortes, J., Opazo-Capurro, A., Ugalde, J.A, Alcalde-Rico, M., Olivares-Pacheco, J.

    2022

    Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 29:55-62

  • Digital Therapeutics Care Utilizing Genetic and Gut Microbiome Signals for the Management of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders : Results from a Preliminary Retrospective Study

    2022

    Kumbhare, S.V., Lyon-Francis, P.A., Kachru, D., Uday, T., Irudayanathan, C., Muthukumar, K.M., Ricchetti R.R., Singh-Rambiritch, S., Ugalde, J., Dulai, P.S., Almonacid, D.E., Sinha, R.

    Frontiers in Microbiology. 13

  • Annotating unknown species of urban microorganisms on a global scale unveils novel functional diversity and local environment association

    2022

    Wu, J., Danko, D., Afshinnekoo, E., Bezdan, D., Bhattacharya, M., Castro-Nallar, E., Chmielarczyk, A., Hazrin-Chong, N.H., Demg, Y., Dias-Neto, E., Frolova, A., Mason-Buck, G., Iraola, G., Jang, S., Łabaj, P., Lee, P.K.H., Nieto-Caballero, M., Osuolale, O., Ouzounis, C., Perlin, M.H., Prithiviraj, B., Rascovan, N., Rozanska, A., Schriml, L.M., Semmler, T., Suzuki, H., Ugalde, J.A., Young, B., Werner, J., Zambrano, M.M., Zhao, Y., Mason, C., Shi, T.

    Environmental Research, 207:112183

  • Antimicrobial Resistance Dynamics in Chilean Shigella sonnei Strains Within Two Decades : Role of Shigella Resistance Locus Pathogenicity Island and Class 1 and Class 2 Integrons

    2022

    Toro, C.S., Salazar, J.C., Montero, D.A., Ugalde, J.A., Diaz, J., Cadiz, L.A., Henriquez, T., Garcia, C., Diaz, P., Camponovo R., Hermosilla, G., Ulloa, M.T.

    Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:794470

  • COVID-19 y ciudad : hacia un modelo integrado de vivienda, microbiología, ambiente y urbanismo Item

    2021

    Encinas, F., Soto-Liebe, K., Aguirre-Ñuñez, C.A., Gonzalez, B., Bustamente, W., Schueftan, A., Ugalde, J., Blondel, C., Trufello, R, Araya, P., Freed, C.

    ACE : Architecture, City and Environment 16(46):9645

  • Validation of the COVID-19 Indoor Test by Phylagen for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Virus on Stainless Steel Surfaces AOAC Performance Tested Method 122004

    2021

    Fantin, N., Taft, B., Ugalde, J., Spring, K., Lam, H., Tran, A., Green, J.

    Journal of AOAC International 104, (4): 948-958.

  • Global Genetic Cartography of Urban Metagenomes and Anti-Microbial Resistance

    2021

    Danko, D., Bezdan, D., Afshinnekoo, E., Ahsanuddin, S., Bhattacharya, C., Butler, D., Chng, K., Donnellan, D., Hecht, J., Jackson, K., Kuchin, K., Karasikov, M., Lyons, A., Mak, L., Meleshko, D., Mustafa, H., Mutai, B., Neches, R., Ng, A., Nikolayeva, O., Nikolayeva, T., Png, E., Ryon, K., Sanchez, J., Shaaban, H., Sierra, M., Thomas, D., Young, B., Abudayyeh, O., Alicea, J., Bhattacharyya, M., Blekhman, R., Castro-Nallar, E., Cañas, A., Chatziefthimiou, A., Crawford, R., De Filippis, F., Deng, Y., Desnues, C., Dias-Neto, E., Dybwad, M., Elhaik, E., Ercolini, D., Frolova, A., Gankin, D., Gootenberg, J., Graf, A., Green, D., Hajirasouliha, I., Hernandez, M., Iraola, G., Jang, S., Kahles, A., Kelly, F., Knights, K., Kyrpides, N., Labaj, P., Lee, P., Leung, M., Ljungdahl, P., Mason-Buck, G., McGrath, K., Meydan, C., Mongodin, E., Moraes, M., Nagarajan, N., Nieto-Caballero, M., Noushmehr, H., Oliveira, M., Ossowski, S., Osuolale, O., Özcan, O., Paez-Espino, D., Rascovan, N., Richard, H., Rätsch, G., Schriml, L., Semmler, T., Sezerman, O., Shi, L., Shi, T., Song, L., Suzuki, H., Court, D., Tighe, S., Tong, X., Udekwu, K., Ugalde, J.A, Valentine, B., Vassilev, D., Vayndorf, E., Velavan, T., Wu, J., Zambrano, M., Zhu, J., Zhu, S., Mason, C.

    Cell 184(13), 3376-3393.

  • An Integrative Bioinformatic Analysis for Keratinase Detection in Marine-Derived Streptomyces

    2021

    Valencia, R., Gonzalez, V., Undabarrena, A., Zamora-Leiva, L., Ugalde, J.A., Camara B.

    Marine Drugs. 19(6), 286.

  • Bacteria isolated from the Antarctic sponge Iophon sp. reveals mechanisms of symbiosis in Sporosarcina, Cellulophaga, and Nesterenkonia

    2021

    Moreno-Pino, M., Ugalde, J.A., Vales, J.H., Rodriguez-Marconi, S., Parada-Pozo, G., Trefault, N.

    Frontiers in Microbiology. 12

  • Distinctive Gene and Protein Characteristics of Extremely Piezophilic Colwellia

    2020

    Peoples, L.M., Kyaw, T., Ugalde, J.A., Mullane, K., Chastain, R., Yayanos, A., Kusube, M., Methe, B., Bartlett, D.H

    BMC Genomics. 21:692.

  • Bacterially produced metabolites protect C. elegans neurons from degeneration

    2020

    Urrutia, A., Garcia-Angulo, V.A., Fuentes, A., Caneo, M., Legue, M., Urquiza, S., Delgado, S.E., Ugalde J.A., Burdisso, P., Calixto, A.

    PLoS Biology. 18(3) : e3000638

  • Draft Genome Sequence of Blautia luti DSM 14534T, Isolated from Human Stool

    2020

    Ortiz, R.L., Melis-Arcos, F., Covarrubias, P.C., Ugalde J.A, Apte, Z.S., Perez-Donoso, J., Cardenas, J.P., Almonacid, D.E.

    Microbiology Resource Announcements 9:e00088-20

  • Evidence of a large and unique reservoir of antimicrobial resistance genes in the intestinal bacterial resistome of long-term care facility residents

    2019

    Araos, R., Battaglia, T., Ugalde, J.A., Blaser, M.J., D’Agata, E.M.C.

    Frontiers in Microbiology. 10:2260.

  • A novel sequencing-based vaginal health assay combining self-sampling, HPV detection and genotyping, STI detection, and vaginal microbiome analysis

    2019

    Bik, E.M., Bird, S.W., Bustamante, J.P., Leon, L.E. Nieto, P.A., Addae, K., Alegria-Mera, V., Bravo, C., Bravo, D., Cardenas, J.P., Caughey, A., Covarrubias, P.C., Perez-Donoso, J., Gass, G., Gupta, S.L., Harman, K., Hongo, D.M.B., Jimenez, J.C., Kraal, L., Melis-Arcos, F., Morales, E.H., Morton, A., Navas, C.F., Nunez, H., Olivarez, E., Ordenes-Aenishanslins, N., Ossandon, F.J., Phan, R., Pino, R., Soto-Liebe, K., Varas, I., Walton, N.A., Vera-Wolf, P., Almonacid, D.E., Goddard, A.D., Ugalde, J.A., Richman, J., Apte, Z.S.

    PloS One. 14(5):e0215945.

  • Microbial biotransformations in the human distal gut

    2018

    Bik, E.M., Ugalde, J.A., Cousins, J., Goddard, A.D., Richman, J., Apte, Z.S.

    British Journal of Pharmacology 175:4404-4414.

  • Distinctive archaeal composition of an artisanal crystallizer pond and functional insights into salt-saturated hypersaline environment adaptation

    2018

    Plominsky, A.M., Henriquez, C.A., Delherbe, N., Podell, S., Ramirez, S., Ugalde, J.A., Santibañez, J.F., Van Den Engh, G., Hanselmann, K., Ulloa, O., De La Iglesia, R., Allen, E.E., Trefault, N.

    Frontiers in Microbiology 9:1800

  • Complete genome sequence of the marine Rhodococcus sp. H-CAF8f isolated from the Comau fjord in Northern Patagonia, Chile

    2018

    Undabarrena, A., Salva Serra, F., Jaen-Luchoro, D., Castro-Nallar, E., Mendez, K.N., Valencia, R., Ugalde, J.A., Moore, E., Seeger, M., Camara, B.

    Marine Genomics 40 :13-17

  • The fecal microbiome among nursing home residents with advanced dementia and Clostridium difficile

    2018

    Araos, R., Andreatos, N., Ugalde, J.A., Mitchel, S., Mylonakis, E., D’Agata, E.M.C.

    Digestive Diseases and Sciences 63:1525

  • Microbial disruption indices to detect colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms

    2017

    Araos, R., Montgomery, V., Ugalde, J.A., Snyder, G., D’Agata, E.M.C.

    Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 38:1312-1318.

  • The gut microbiota of healthy chilean subjects reveals a high abundance of the phylum Verrucomicrobia

    2017

    Fujio-Vejar, S., Vasquez, Y., Morales, P., Magne, F., Vera-Wolf, P., Ugalde, J.A., Navarrete, P., Gotteland, M.

    Frontiers in Microbiology 8:1221

  • Phylogenomics insight into Salinispora (Bacteria, Actinobacteria) Species Designations

    2017

    Millán-Aguiñaga, Chavarria, K.L., Ugalde, J.A., Letzel, C.A., Rouse, G.W., Jensen, P.R

    Scientific Reports 7 : 3564

  • Genomic data mining of the marine actinobacteria Streptomyces sp. H-KF8 unveils insights into multi-stress related genes and metabolic pathways involved in antimicrobial synthesis

    2017

    Undabarrena, A., Ugalde, J.A., Seeger, M., Cámara, B.

    PeerJ. 5:e2912

  • Genome sequence of Streptomyces sp. strain H-KF8, a marine actinomycete isolated from a northern Chilean Patagonian fjord

    2017

    Undabarrena, A., Ugalde, J.A., Castro-Nallar, E., Seeger, M., Cámara, B.

    Genome Announcements 5 : e01645-16

  • A novel gene cluster allows preferntial utilization of fucosylated milk oligosaccharides in Bifidobactierium longum subsp. longum SC596

    2016

    Garrido, D., Ruiz-Moyano, S., Kirmiz, N., Davis, J.C., Totten, S.M., Lemay, D.G., Ugalde, J.A.., German, J.B., Lebrilla, C.B., Mills, D.A.

    Scientific Reports, 6:35045

  • Comparative transcriptome assembly and genome-guided profiling for Brettanomyces bruxellensis LAMAP2480 during p-coumaric acid stress.

    2016

    Godoy, L., Vera-Wolf, P., Martinez, C., Ugalde, J.A., Ganga, M.A.

    Scientific Reports 6:34304

  • Genome Sequencing and Analysis of the First Complete Genome of Lactobacillus kunkeei strain MP2, an Apis mellifera gut isolate

    2016

    Asenjo, F., Olmos, A., Henriquez-Piskulich, P., Polanco, V., Aldea, P., Ugalde, J.A., Trombert, A.N

    PeerJ, 4:e1950

  • Impact of Dietary Lipids on Colonic Function and Microbiota : An Experimental Approach Involving Orlistat-Induced Fat Malabsoprtion in Human Volunteers

    2016

    Morales, P., Fujio, S., Ugalde, J.A., Magne, F., Carrasco-Pozo, C., Tralma, K., Quezada, M.P., Hurtado, C., Covarrubias, N., Brignaerdello, J., Henriquez, D., Gotteland, M.

    Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology 7:e161

  • Identification of Thiotetronic Acid Antibiotic Biosynthetic Pathways by Target-directed Genome Mining

    2015

    Tang, X., Li, J., Millán-Aguiñaga, N., Zhang, J.J., O’Neill, E., Ugalde, J.A., Jensen, P., Mantovani, S., Bradley, M.

    ACS Chemical Biology 10 : 2841-2849

  • Evolution in the Indoor Biome

    2015

    Martin, L.J., Adams, R., Bateman, A., Bik, H.M., Haws, J., Hird, S.M., Hughes, D., Kembel, S.W., Kinney, K., Kolokotronis, S., Levy, G., McClain, C., Meadow, J.F., Medina, R.F., Mhuireach, G., Moreau, C.S., Munshi-South, J., Nichols, L., Palmer, C., Popova, L., Schal, C., Taeubel, M., Trautwein, M., Ugalde, J.A., Dunn, R.R.

    Trends in Ecology and Evolution 30:223-232

  • Genome sequence of Vibrio VPAP30, isolated from an episode of massive mortality of reared larvae of the scallop Argopecten purpuratus

    2015

    Rojas, M., Miranda, C.D., Romer, J., Asenjo, F., Valderrama, K., Segovia, C., Ugalde, J.A., Santander, J.

    Genome Announc. 3 : e00745-1

  • Metagenome Sequencing of the Microbial Community of a Solar Saltern Crystallizer Pond

    2014

    Plominsky, A.M., Delherbe, N., Ugalde, J.A., Allen, E.E., Blanchet, M., Ikeda, P., Santibañez, Hanselmann, K., Ulloa, O., De La Iglesia, R., von Dassow, P., Astorga, M., Gálvez, M.J., González., M.L., Henríquez-Castillo, C., Vaulot, D., Lopes do Santos, A., van den Engh, G., Gimpel, C., Bertoglio, F., Delgado, Y., Docman, F., Elizondo-Patrone, C., Narváez, S., Sorroche, F., Rojas-Herrera, M., Trefault, N.

    Genome Announc. 2 : e01172-14

  • Draft genome sequence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strain STH2370

    2014

    Valenzuela, C., Ugalde, J.A., Mora, G.C., Alvarez, S., Contreras, I., Santiviago, C.A.

    Genome Announc. 2 : e00104-14

  • Microbial mechanisms coupling carbon and phosphorous cycles in phosphorous-limited northern Adriatic Sea, and response to phosphorous enrichment

    2014

    Malfatti, F., Turk, V., Tinta, T., Mozetič, P., Manganelli, M., Samo, T., Ugalde J.A., Kovač, N., Stefanelli, M., Antonioli, M., Fonda-Umani, S., Del Negro, P., Cataletto, B., Hozić, A., Ivošević Denardi, N., Žutić, V., Svetličić, V., Mišić Radić,T., Radić, T., Fuchs D., Azam, F.

    Science of the Total Environment 470:1173-1183

  • Seasonal Fluctuations in Ionic Concentrations Drive Microbial Succession in a Hypersaline Lake Community

    2014

    Podell, S., Emerson, J., Jones, C.M., Ugalde, J.A., Welch, S., Heidelberg, K.B., Banfield, J.F., Allen, E.E.

    ISME Journal, 8 : 979-990

  • Draft Genome Sequence of “Candidatus Halobonum tyrrellensis” Strain G22, Isolated from the Hypersaline Waters of Lake Tyrrell, Australia

    2013

    Ugalde, J.A., Narasingarao, P., Kuo, S., Podell, S., Allen, E.A.

    Genome Announc. 1:e01001-13

  • Diversity of composite bacterial hopanoids and their microbial producers across oxygen gradients in the water column of the California Current

    2013

    Kharbush, J., Ugalde J.A., Hogle, S., Allen, E.E., Aluwihare, L.

    Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79 : 7491-7501

  • Microbial Life in a Fjord : Metagenomic Analysis of a Microbial Mat in Chilean Patagonia

    2013

    Ugalde, J.A., Gallardo, M.J, Belmar, C., Muñoz, P., Ruiz-Tagle, N., Ferrada-Fuentes, S., Espinoza, C., Allen, E.E., Gallardo, V.A.

    PLoS ONE 8 : e71952

  • Assembly-Driven Community Genomics of a Hypersaline Microbial Ecosystem

    2013

    Podell, S., Ugalde, J.A., Narasingarao, P., Banfield, J.F., Heidelberg, K.B., Allen, E.E.

    PLoS ONE 8 : e61692

  • De novo metagenomic assembly reveals abundant novel major lineage of Archaea in hypersaline microbial communities

    2012

    Narasingarao, P., Podell, S., Ugalde, J.A., Brochier-Armanet, C., Emerson, J.B., Brocks, J.J., Heidelberg, K.B., Banfield, J.F., Allen, E.E.

    ISME Journal 6:81-93

  • Xenorhodopsins, an enigmatic new class of microbial rhodopsins horizontally transferred between archaea and bacteria

    2011

    Ugalde, J.A., Podell, S., Narasingarao P., Allen, E.E.

    Biology Direct 6:52

  • Comparative genomic analysis of carbon and nitrogen assimilation mechanisms in three indigenous bioleaching bacteria : predictions and validations

    2008

    Levican, G., Ugalde, J.A., Ehrenfeld N., Maass, A., Parada, P.

    BMC Genomics 9:581

  • Applications of ancestral protein reconstruction in understanding protein function : GFP-like proteins

    2005

    Chang, B.S., Matz, M.V., Ugalde, J.A.

    Methods in Enzynmology 395 : 652-670

  • GFP-like proteins as ubiquitous Metazoan superfamily : evolution of functional features and structural complexity

    2004

    Shagin, D.A., Barsova, E.V., Yanushevich, Y.G., Fradkov, A.F., Lukyanov, K.A., Labas, Y.A., Semenova, T.N., Ugalde, J.A., Meyer, A., Nunes, J.M., Widder, E.A., Lukyanov, S.A., Matz, M.V.

    Molecular Biology and Evolution 21:841-850

  • Evolution of coral colors recreated

    2004

    Ugalde, J.A., Chang, B.S., Matz, M.V.

    Science 305:1433