Juan Ramos

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Professor at Universidad del Valle de México

ABANICO MICROBIANO is a peer-reviewed, indexed international journal dedicated to disseminating advances in microbial sciences. It publishes original research, first reports, case studies, taxonomic descriptions, and literature reviews from around the world. Its scope includes agricultural, environmental, food, veterinary, marine microbiology, micr...

Microbial metallophores are low-molecular-weight chelating agents produced by microorganisms to acquire essential metal ions. Their biosynthesis, transport, and regulation involve complex processes, specialized enzymatic machinery, and intricate regulatory networks. This review examines the multifaceted roles of metallophores in microbial ecology a...

Wastewater Treatment Plants from industrial and municipal facilities are intended to remove diverse chemical and physical contaminants by using multistep processes. For a long time, research and development were focused on removal efficiency based on indicators like the chemical oxygen demand and the biochemical oxygen demand, among many others to...

The exploration of microbial strains for the biocontrol against Fusarium diseases in maize, from extreme environments within native ecosystems, holds significant importance. For these reasons, this study aimed to obtain bacterial strains from the soil of a Mexican oyamel-fir forest impacted by fire, with the goal of inhibiting the growth of strains...

Special Issue: Agriculture Assisted by Microbial Genetic Resources: Current and Future Scenarios. New due date: July 31, 2024. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/current-research-in-microbial-sciences/about/call-for-papers#agriculture-assisted-by-microbial-genetic-resources-current-and-future-scenarios

Microbial genetic resources, as part of world's biodiversity, are the backbone of all ecosystems. Their application in agri-food and industrial production has proven to be vital for the advancement of humankind. Today, amidst challenges stemming from population growth, climate change, shrinking arable land and increasing pollution, high-impact rese...

Current Research in Microbial Sciences Call for Papers Special Issue: Agriculture Assisted by Microbial Genetic Resources: Current and Future Scenarios This special issue will aim to bring together the advances and current status of cut-edge science in the search, characterization, identification, evaluation, transfer, and innovation of microbial g...

There is an increased interest for finding strains able to contribute to plant nutrition and health, since these are desirable for the formulation of agricultural bioinoculants. Obtaining a safe and efficient product requires exhaustive evaluations from which most methods used for this purpose involve the use of substrates or are established under...

Compared to agrochemicals, bioinoculants based on plant microbiomes are a sustainable option for increasing crop yields and soil fertility. From the Mexican maize landrace “Raza cónico” (red and blue varieties), we identified yeasts and evaluated in vitro their ability to promote plant growth. Auxin production was detected from yeast isolates and c...

recibido: 23 febrero 2022; aceptado 15 mayo 2022 artículo científico RESUMEN Las rizobacterias promotoras del crecimiento vegetal se han empleado para el desarrollo de biofertilizantes que ayuden en la generación de una producción agrícola sostenible, que ahora se emplean en los recubrimientos de semillas para mejorar su establecimiento y germinaci...

Environmental pollution as a result of heavy metals (HMs) is a worldwide problem and the implementation of eco-friendly remediation technologies is thus required. Metallophores, low molecular weight compounds, could have important biotechnological applications in the fields of agriculture, medicine, and bioremediation. This study aimed to isolate H...

Mexican maize landraces, produced for local consumption, are adapted to different environmental conditions, and their yield is affected by abiotic and biotic factors, including the use of agrochemicals. The search for sustainable alternatives to agrochemicals includes the study of the culturable microbial communities. In this study, the fungal comm...

Environmental pollution derived from heavy metals (HMs) is a worldwide problem and the implementation of eco-friendly technologies for remediation of the pollution are necessary. The metallophores are low-molecular weight compounds that have important biotechnological applications in agriculture, medicine and biorremediation. The aim of this work w...

Arsenic contamination is an important environmental problem around the world since its high toxicity, and bacteria resist to this element serve as valuable resource for its bioremediation. Aiming at searching the arsenic-resistant bacteria and determining their resistant mechanism, a total of 27 strains isolated from roots of Prosopis laevigata and...

To evaluate the interactions among endophytes, plants and heavy metal/arsenic contamination, root endophytic bacteria of Prosopis laevigata (Humb and Bonpl. ex Willd) and Sphaeralcea angustifolia grown in a heavy metal(loid)-contaminated zone in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, were isolated and characterized. Greater abundance and species richness were fo...

Yeasts were quantified and isolated from the rhizospheres of 5 plant species grown at 2 sites of a Mexican region contaminated with arsenic, lead, and other heavy metals. Yeast abundance was about 10² CFU/g of soil and 31 isolates were obtained. On the basis of the phylogenetic analysis of 26S rRNA and internal transcribed spacer fragment, 6 specie...

With the aim of studying the biodiversity and the biotechnological potential of endophytic fungi associated with the medicinal plant Dendropanax arboreus, 45 fungal isolates were recovered from ten plants grown at the “El Cielo” Biosphere Reserve, Mexico. Based on the sequence analysis of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions and the observatio...