
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