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2025

Journals Operating Predatory Practices Are Systematically Eroding the Science Ethos: A Gate and Code Strategy to Minimise Their Operating Space and Restore Research Best Practice

Timmis, K., Williams, P., Karahan, Z.C., López-García, P., Rainey, P., Chavarria, M., Greening, C., Steward, K., Hallsworth, J.E., Pereira, C.S., Giraldo, R., Verstraete, W., Jonjić, S., Ramos, J.L., Nunes, O., Ventosa, A., Armstrong, R., Sessitsch, A., Ron, E. and Wang, H. (2025), Journals Operating Predatory Practices Are Systematically Eroding the Science Ethos: A Gate and Code Strategy to Minimise Their Operating Space and Restore Research Best Practice. Microb. Biotechnol., 18: e70180. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70180

2025

Genomic insights reveal community structure and phylogenetic associations of endohyphal bacteria and viruses in fungal endophytes

Efraín Escudero-Leyva, Michal Belle, Abolfazl DadkhahTehrani, James N. Culver, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Joseph P. Kutza, Natasha Goldson, Max Chavarría and Priscila Chaverri. Environmental Microbiome. 2025; 20, 95. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-025-00757-8. 

2025

Diferential Microbial Composition and Fiber Degradation in Two Sloth Species (Bradypus variegatus and Choloepus hofmanni)

Chaverri, P., Escudero, E., Mora, D., Calvo, A., González, M., Escalante, E., Mesén, E., Wicki, D., Rojas, D., Avey, J., Campos, M., Castellón, E., Moreira, A., Felix, J. & Chavarría, M. Diferential Microbial Composition and Fiber Degradation in Two Sloth Species (Bradypus variegatus and Choloepus hofmanni). Current Microbiology, 82, 327. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-025-04303-0

2025

Juan Carlos Cambronero-Heinrichs, Daniela Wicki-Emmenegger, Noelia Rechnitzer, Carlos Víquez, Max Chavarría.  Microbiol Resour Announc 0:e00077-25. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00077-25 

2025

Unlocking the Microbial World: A Global Initiative for Education and Sustainability

Ramos JL, Lal R, Colom F, Chavarria M, Huang W, Wang Y, Udaondo Z, Timmis KN. Unlocking the Microbial World: A Global Initiative for Education and Sustainability. Microb Biotechnol. 2025 Apr;18(4):e70124. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.70124.

2025

Gamifying Science-Novel Strategies for Bringing Microbiology to the Classroom. 

Del Cerro-Sánchez C, Amarelle V, Platero R, Pérez-Pantoja D, Wicki-Emmenegger D, Chavarría M, Durante-Rodríguez G. Gamifying Science-Novel Strategies for Bringing Microbiology to the Classroom. Microb Biotechnol. 2025 Apr;18(4):e70141. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.70141

2025

Why are Latin American countries in the limbo of open-access scientific publications?

Max Chavarría, Bruno Lomonte, José María Gutiérrez, Edgardo Moreno, Alice L Pérez, Why are Latin American countries in the limbo of open-access scientific publications?, Science and Public Policy, 2024;, scae073, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scae073

2025

Words of advice for young scientists in developing countries

Max Chavarría. Words of advice for young scientists in developing countries. The FEBS Journal. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.17425


2024

Venom-microbiomics of eight species of Neotropical spiders from the Theraphosidae family

Viquez C, Rojas-Gätjens D, Mesén-Porras E, Avendaño R, Sasa M, Lomonte B, Chavarría M. Venom-microbiomics of eight species of Neotropical spiders from the Theraphosidae family. J Appl Microbiol. 2024;135(5):lxae113. https://doi.org/10.1093/jambio/lxae113

2024

Draft genome sequence of three hydrocarbon-degrading Pseudomonadota strains isolated from an abandoned century-old oil exploration well

Camacho J, Mesén-Porras E, Rojas-Gätjens D, Pérez-Pantoja D, Puente-Sánchez F, Chavarría M. Draft genome sequence of three hydrocarbon-degrading Pseudomonadota strains isolated from an abandoned century-old oil exploration well. Microbiol Resour Announc (2024) 13:e01076-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01076-23

2024

Diversity pattern and antibiotic activity of microbial communities inhabiting a karst cave from Costa Rica.

Vásquez-Castro F, Wicki-Emmenegger D, Fuentes-Schweizer P, Nassar-Míguez L, Rojas-Gätjens D, Rojas-Jimenez K, Chavarría M. Diversity pattern and antibiotic activity of microbial communities inhabiting a karst cave from Costa Rica. Microbiology. 2024;170(11):001513. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.001513

2024

Highly abundant bacteria in the gut of Triatoma dimidiata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) can inhibit the growth of Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatidae)

Juan Carlos Cambronero-Heinrichs, Diego Rojas-Gätjens, Mónica Baizán, Johan Alvarado-Ocampo, Keilor Rojas-Jimenez, Randall Loaiza, Max Chavarría, Ólger Calderón-Arguedas, Adriana Troyo, Highly abundant bacteria in the gut of Triatoma dimidiata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) can inhibit the growth of Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatidae), Journal of Medical Entomology, 2024; tjae012, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjae012

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