2025
Bacteriocin-Producing Enterococci Modulate Cheese Microbial Diversity
C Teso-Pérez, A López-Gazcón, JM Peralta-Sánchez, M Martínez-Bueno, E Valdivia, ME Fárez-Vidal, AM Martín-Platero
Microbial Ecology
doi: 10.1007/s00248-025-02491-7
2024
Colouration of the uropygial secretion in starling nestlings: a possible role of bacteria in parent-offspring communication
E Martínez-Renau, AM Martín-Platero, MD Barón, AJ García-Núñez, M Martínez-Bueno, C Ruiz-Castellano, G Tomás, JJ Soler
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1857
Microalgae and phytase dietary supplementation improved growth and gut microbiota in juvenile European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
JM Peralta-Sánchez, M Rabelo-Ruiz, AM Martín-Platero, AJ Vizcaíno, S Flores-Moreno, J Macías-Vidal, JA Martos-Sitcha, FJ Alarcón-López, A Baños, E Valdivia, M Martínez-Bueno
BMC genomics
doi: 10.1186/s12864-024-10760-x
Social environment influences microbiota and potentially pathogenic bacterial communities on the skin of developing birds
E Martínez-Renau, AM Martín-Platero, KH Bodawatta, M Martín-Vivaldi, M Martínez-Bueno, M Poulsen, JJ Soler
Animal Microbiome
doi: 10.1186/s42523-024-00327-2
Genomic Characterization of Piscicolin CM22 Produced by Carnobacterium maltaromaticum CM22 Strain Isolated from Salmon (Salmo salar)
E González-Gragera, JD García-López, C Teso-Pérez, I Jiménez-Hernández, JM Peralta-Sánchez, E Valdivia, M Montalban-Lopez, AM Martín-Platero, A Baños, M Martínez-Bueno
Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins
doi: 10.1007/s12602-024-10316-1
2023
Circular and L50-like leaderless enterocins share a common ABC-transporter immunity gene
C Teso-Pérez, M Martínez-Bueno, JM Peralta-Sánchez, E Valdivia, ME Fárez-Vidal, AM Martín-Platero
BMC Genomics
doi: 10.1186/s12864-023-09750-2
Lactiplantibacillus paraplantarum BPF2 and Pediococcus acidilactici ST6, Two Bacteriocinogenic Isolated Strains from Andalusian Spontaneous Fermented Sausages
JD García-López, C Teso-Pérez, AM Martín-Platero, JM Peralta-Sánchez, J Fonollá-Joya, M Martínez-Bueno, A Baños
doi: 10.3390/foods12132445
Allium-Derived Compound Propyl Propane Thiosulfonate (PTSO) Reduces Vibrio Populations and Increases Body Weight of European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Juveniles
M Rabelo-Ruiz, JM Peralta-Sánchez, AM Martín-Platero, AJ Ruiz, MM Agraso, L Bermúdez, JJ Ariza, A Baños, E Valdivia, M Martínez-Bueno
Antibiotics
doi: 10.3390/antibiotics12010134
2022
Microbial infection risk predicts antimicrobial potential of avian symbionts
E Martínez-Renau, M Mazorra-Alonso, C Ruiz-Castellano, M Martín-Vivaldi, AM Martín-Platero, MD Barón, JJ Soler
Frontiers in Microbiology
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1010961
Beneficial Shifts in the Gut Bacterial Community of Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) Juveniles Supplemented with Allium-Derived Compound Propyl Propane Thiosulfonate (PTSO)
M Rabelo-Ruiz, AM Newman-Portela, JM Peralta-Sánchez, AM Martín-Platero, MM Agraso, L Bermúdez, MA Aguinaga, A Baños, M Maqueda, E Valdivia, M Martínez-Bueno
Animals
doi: 10.3390/ani12141821
2021
Enterocin Cross-Resistance Mediated by ABC Transport Systems
C Teso-Pérez, M Martínez-Bueno, JM Peralta-Sánchez, E Valdivia, M Maqueda, ME Fárez-Vidal, AM Martín-Platero
Microorganisms
doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9071411
Allium Extract Implements Weaned Piglet’s Productive Parameters by Modulating Distal Gut Microbiota
M Rabelo-Ruiz, C Teso-Pérez, JM Peralta-Sánchez, JJ Ariza, AM Martín-Platero, O Casabuena-Rincón, P Vázquez-Chas, E Guillamón, MA Aguinaga-Casañas, M Maqueda, E Valdivia, A Baños, M Martínez-Bueno
Antibiotics (Basel)
doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10030269
Allium-Based Phytobiotic Enhances Egg Production in Laying Hens through Microbial Composition Changes in Ileum and Cecum
M Rabelo-Ruiz, JJ Ariza-Romero, MJ Zurita-González, AM Martín-Platero, A Baños, M Maqueda, E Valdivia, M Martínez-Bueno, JM Peralta-Sánchez
Animals (Basel)
doi: 10.3390/ani11020448
2020
Synergy of the bacteriocin AS-48 and antibiotics against uropathogenic enterococci
M Montalbán-López, R Cebrián, R Galera, L Mingorance, AM Martín-Platero, E Valdivia, M Martínez-Bueno, M Maqueda
Antibiotics (Basel)
doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090567
2019
Egg production in poultry farming is improved by probiotic bacteria
JM Peralta-Sánchez, AM Martín-Platero, JJ Ariza-Romero, M Rabelo-Ruiz, MJ Zurita-González, A Baños, SM Rodríguez-Ruano, M Maqueda, E Valdivia, M Martínez-Bueno
Frontiers in microbiology
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01042
Multiple Genome Sequences of Lactobacillus pentosus Strains Isolated from Biofilms on the Skin of Fermented Green Table Olives
B Calero-Delgado, AJ Pérez-Pulido, A Benítez-Cabello, AM Martín-Platero, CS Casimiro-Soriguer, M Martínez-Bueno, FN Arroyo-López, R Jiménez Díaz
Microbiology Resource Announcements
doi: 10.1128/MRA.01546-18
2018
Diversity and antimicrobial potential in sea anemone and holothurian microbiomes
E León-Palmero, V Joglar, PA Álvarez, AM Martín-Platero, I Llamas, I Reche
PLOS One
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196178
Draft genome sequences of six Lactobacillus pentosus strains isolated from brines of traditionally fermented Spanish-style green table olives
B Calero-Delgado, AM Martín-Platero, AJ Pérez-Pulido, A Benítez-Cabello, CS Casimiro-Soriguer, M Martínez-Bueno, FN Arroyo-López, F Rodríguez-Gómez, J Bautista-Gallego, A Garrido-Fernández, R Jiménez-Díaz
Genome Announcements
doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00379-18
Bacterial density rather than diversity correlates with hatching success across different avian species
JM Peralta-Sánchez, AM Martín-Platero, L Wegener-Parfrey, M Martínez-Bueno, S Rodríguez-Ruano, JA Navas-Molina, Y Vázquez-Baeza, D Martín-Gálvez, M Martín-Vivaldi, JD Ibáñez-Álamo, R Knight, JJ Soler
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiy022
High resolution time series reveals cohesive but short-lived communities in coastal plankton
AM Martin-Platero, B Cleary, K Kauffman, SP Preheim, DJ McGillicuddy, EJ Alm, MF Polz
Nature Communications
doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02571-4
2017
A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity
LR. Thompson, JG Sanders […], and The Earth Microbiome Project Consortium
Nature
doi: 10.1038/nature24621
BSocial: Deciphering Social Behaviors within Mixed Microbial Populations
J Purswani, RC Romero-Zaliz, AM Martín-Platero, IM Guisado, J González-López, C Pozo
Frontiers in microbiology
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00919
2016
Nestedness of hoopoes’ bacterial communities: symbionts from the uropygial gland to the eggshell
JJ Soler, Á Martínez-García, SM Rodríguez-Ruano, M Martínez-Bueno, AM Martín-Platero, JM Peralta-Sánchez, M Martín-Vivaldi
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
doi: 10.1111/bij.12772
2015
Preening as a vehicle for key bacteria in hoopoes
Á Martínez-García, JJ Soler, SM Rodríguez-Ruano, M Martínez-Bueno, AM Martín-Platero, N Juárez-García, M Martín-Vivaldi
Microbial Ecology
doi: 10.1007/s00248-015-0636-1
The hoopoe’s uropygial gland hosts a bacterial community influenced by the living conditions of the bird
SM Rodríguez-Ruano, M Martín-Vivaldi, AM Martín-Platero, J Pablo López-López, JM Peralta-Sánchez, M Ruiz-Rodríguez, JJ Soler, E Valdivia, M Martínez-Bueno
PloS One
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139734
2014
Special structures of hoopoe eggshells enhance the adhesion of symbiont‐carrying uropygial secretion that increase hatching success
M Martín‐Vivaldi, JJ Soler, JM Peralta‐Sánchez, L Arco, AM Martín‐Platero, M Martínez‐Bueno, M Ruiz‐Rodríguez, E Valdivia
Journal of Animal Ecology
doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12243
Eggshell bacterial load is related to antimicrobial properties of feathers lining barn swallow nests
JM Peralta-Sánchez, JJ Soler, AM Martín-Platero, R Knight, M Martínez-Bueno, A Pape Møller
Microbial Ecology
doi: 10.1007/s00248-013-0338-5
Environmental factors shape the community of symbionts in the hoopoe uropygial gland more than genetic factors
M Ruiz-Rodríguez, JJ Soler, M Martín-Vivaldi, AM Martín-Platero, M Méndez, JM Peralta-Sánchez, S Ananou, E Valdivia, M Martínez-Bueno
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
doi: 10.1128/AEM.02242-14
2013
Distribution-based clustering: using ecology to refine the operational taxonomic unit
SP Preheim, AR Perrotta, AM Martin-Platero, A Gupta, EJ Alm
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
doi: 10.1128/AEM.00342-13
2012
The evolution of size of the uropygial gland: mutualistic feather mites and uropygial secretion reduce bacterial loads of eggshells and hatching failures of European birds
JJ Soler, JM Peralta‐Sánchez, AM Martín‐Platero, M Martín‐Vivaldi, M Martínez‐Bueno, AP Møller
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02561.x
Avian life history traits influence eggshell bacterial loads: a comparative analysis
JM Peralta‐Sánchez, M Martín‐Vivaldi, AM Martín‐Platero, M Martínez‐Bueno, M Oñate, M Ruiz‐Rodríguez, JJ Soler
Ibis
doi: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01256.x
Antimicrobial activity and genetic profile of enteroccoci isolated from hoopoes uropygial gland
M Ruiz-Rodríguez, E Valdivia, M Martín-Vivaldi, AM Martín-Platero, M Martínez-Bueno, M Méndez, JM Peralta-Sánchez, JJ Soler
PLoS One
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041843
Horizontal transmission of Streptococcus mutans in schoolchildren
P Baca, AM Castillo, MJ Liébana, F Castillo, A Martín-Platero, J Liébana
Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal
doi: 10.4317/medoral.17592
Cognitive skills and bacterial load: comparative evidence of costs of cognitive proficiency in birds
JJ Soler, JM Peralta-Sánchez, M Martín-Vivaldi, AM Martín-Platero, E Flensted-Jensen, AP Møller
Naturwissenschaften
doi: 10.1007/s00114-011-0875-z
2011
Typing of bacteriophages by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR to assess genetic diversity
D Gutiérrez, AM Martín-Platero, A Rodríguez, M Martínez-Bueno, P García, B Martínez
FEMS Microbiology Letters
doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02342.x
DNA sampling from eggshell swabbing is widely applicable in wild bird populations as demonstrated in 23 species
D Martín-Gálvez, JM Peralta-Sánchez, DA Dawson, AM Martín-Platero, M Martínez-Bueno, T Burke, JJ Soler
Molecular Ecology Resources
doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02953.x
Innate humoural immunity is related to eggshell bacterial load of European birds: a comparative analysis
JJ Soler, JM Peralta-Sánchez, E Flensted-Jensen, AM Martín-Platero, AP Møller
Naturwissenschaften
doi: 10.1007/s00114-011-0830-z
Comparative analysis of microbial DNA extraction protocols for groundwater samples
J Purswani, AM Martín-Platero, P Reboleiro-Rivas, J González-López, C Pozo
Analytical Biochemistry
doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.05.024
2010
Number and colour composition of nest lining feathers predict eggshell bacterial community in barn swallow nests: an experimental study
JM Peralta‐Sanchez, AP Møller, AM Martin‐Platero, JJ Soler
Functional Ecology
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01669.x
Chelex-based DNA isolation procedure for the identification of microbial communities of eggshell surfaces
AM Martín-Platero, JM Peralta-Sánchez, JJ Soler, M Martínez-Bueno
Analytical Biochemistry
doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.10.041
2009
Characterization and safety evaluation of enterococci isolated from Spanish goats’ milk cheeses
AM Martín-Platero, E Valdivia, M Maqueda, M Martínez-Bueno
International Journal of Food Microbiology
doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.03.010
Symbiotic bacteria living in the hoopoe’s uropygial gland prevent feather degradation
M Ruiz-Rodríguez, E Valdivia, JJ Soler, M Martín-Vivaldi, , AM Martin-Platero, M Martínez-Bueno
Journal of Experimental Biology
doi: 10.1242/jeb.031336
Polyphasic study of microbial communities of two Spanish farmhouse goats’ milk cheeses from Sierra de Aracena
AM Martín-Platero, M Maqueda, E Valdivia, J Purswani, M Martínez-Bueno
Food Microbiology
doi: 10.1016/j.fm.2008.12.004
Seasonal, sexual and developmental differences in hoopoe Upupa epops preen gland morphology and secretions: evidence for a role of bacteria
M Martín‐Vivaldi, M Ruiz‐Rodríguez, J José Soler, JM Peralta‐Sánchez, M Méndez, E Valdivia, AM Martín‐Platero, M Martínez‐Bueno
Journal of Avian Biology
doi: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04393.x
2008
Symbiotic association between hoopoes and antibiotic‐producing bacteria that live in their uropygial gland
JJ Soler, M Martín‐Vivaldi, M Ruiz‐Rodríguez, E Valdivia, AM Martín‐Platero, M Martínez‐Bueno, JM Peralta‐Sánchez, M Méndez
Functional Ecology
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01448.x
Biodiversity of the microbial community in a Spanish farmhouse cheese as revealed by culture-dependent and culture-independent methods
H Abriouel, A Martín-Platero, M Maqueda, E Valdivia, M Martínez-Bueno
International Journal of Food Microbiology
doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.07.004
Polyphasic approach to bacterial dynamics during the ripening of Spanish farmhouse cheese, using culture-dependent and-independent methods
AM Martín-Platero, E Valdivia, M Maqueda, I Martín-Sánchez, M Martínez-Bueno
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
doi: 10.1128/AEM.00418-08
2007
Fast, convenient, and economical method for isolating genomic DNA from lactic acid bacteria using a modification of the protein “salting-out” procedure
AM Martín-Platero, E Valdivia, M Maqueda, M Martínez-Bueno
Analytical Biochemistry
doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.03.010
Characterisation ofEscherichia coli isolated from raw milk cheeses
M Zago, B Bonvini, AMM Platero, G Mucchetti, D Carminati, G Giraffa
Annals of Microbiology
doi: 10.1007/BF03175049
2006
Characterization of antimicrobial substances produced by Enterococcus faecalis MRR 10-3, isolated from the uropygial gland of the hoopoe (Upupa epops)
AM Martín-Platero, E Valdivia, M Ruíz-Rodríguez, JJ Soler, M Martín-Vivaldi, M Maqueda, M Martínez-Bueno
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
doi: 10.1128/AEM.02940-05