2025

o Vicente, J., Vidal, D., Tesfaye, W. et al. Ochratoxin A reduction in wine fermentation: evaluating the potential of Lachancea thermotolerans. AMB Expr. 15, 90 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-025-01896-4

o Duque, J., Besga-Oyanarte L., de Celis, M., Serrano, S., Alonso, JL., Santos, A., Arregui, L. Monitoring complete ammonia oxidizers bacteria: relevant players for nitrogen removal from wastewater. AMB Express. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-025-01878-6.

o Vicente J., Benito S., Marquina D., Santos A. Fermentative factors shape transcriptional response of Lachancea thermotolerans and wine acidification. npj Science of Food. 2025.  9, 97. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-025-00467-y

o Belda, I., Izquierdo-Gea, S., Benitez-Dominguez, B., Ruiz, J., Vila, J.C.C. Wine Fermentation as a Model System for Microbial Ecology and Evolution. Environmental Microbiology, 2025. 27: e70092. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.70092

o Belda, I., Benitez-Dominguez, B., Izquierdo-Gea, S., Vila, J.C.C., Ruiz, J. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology as Frameworks to Study Wine Fermentations. Microbial Biotechnology, 2025. 18: e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70078

o Vicente, J., Alonso de Robador, J. M., Pintos, B., & Gomez-Garay, A. Comprehensive Genomic Analysis of Meyerozyma guilliermondii CECT13190: An Outstanding Biocontrol Agent. Genes, 2025. 16(2), 214. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes16020214

o Vicente, J., Friedrich A., Schacherer, J., Freel, K., Marquina, D, Santos, A. Whole-genome sequencing and phenotyping reveal specific adaptations of Lachancea thermotolerans to the winemaking environment. Molecular Ecology. 2025. e17667. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17667

o Vicente, J., Benito, S., Marquina, D., Santos, A. Subpopulation-specific gene expression in Lachancea thermotolerans uncovers distinct metabolic adaptations to wine fermentation. Current Research in Food Science. 2025. 100954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crfs.2024.100954

2024

o Vicente, J., Li Wang, Silvia Brezina, Stefanie Fritsch, Eva Navascués, Antonio Santos, Fernando Calderón, Wendu Tesfaye, Domingo Marquina, Doris Rauhut, Santiago Benito. Enhancing wine fermentation through concurrent utilization of Lachancea thermotolerans and lactic acid bacteria (Oenococcus oeni and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum) or Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Food Chemistry: X. 2024. 102054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fochx.2024.102054 

o de Celis, M., Modin, O., Arregui, L., Persson, F., Santos, A., Belda, I., Wilen, B-M., Liebana, R. Community successional patterns and inter-kingdom interactions during granular biofilm development. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 2024. 10:109. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-024-00581-x

o de Celis, M., Ruiz, J., Benitez-Dominguez, B., Vicente, J., Tomasi, S., Izquierdo-Gea, S., Rozés, N., Ruiz-de-Vila, C., Gombau, J., Zamora, F., Barroso-delJesus, A., Terron-Camero, L., Andres-Leon, E., Santos, A., Belda, I. Multi-omics framework to reveal the molecular determinants of fermentation performance in wine yeast populations. Microbiome. 2024. 12:203. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-01930-w

o  Vicente, J., Kiene, F., Fracassetti, D., De Noni, I., Shemehen, R., Tarasov, A., Dobrydnev, A.V., Marquina, D., Santos, A., Rauhut, D., Belda, I. and J. Ruiz. Precursors consumption preferences and thiol release capacity of the wine yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Torulaspora delbrueckii, and Lachancea thermotolerans. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2024. 425:110858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2024.110858

o Ochoa-Hueso, R., Cantos-Villar, E., Puertas, B., Aguiar del Rio, J.F., Belda, I., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Fernández, V., Gallardo, A., García-Morales, J.L., Garde-Cerdán, T., Gonzaga-Santiesteban, L., Lazcano, C., Liberal, I.M., Serrano-Grijalva, L., Tortosa, G., Casimiro-Soriguer, R. Nature-based strategies to regenerate the functioning and biodiversity of vineyards. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 2024. 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/SAE2.12088

o Vicente, J., Vladic, L., Marquina, D., Brezina, S., Rauhut, D., & Benito, S. The Influence of Chitosan on the Chemical Composition of Wines Fermented with Lachancea thermotolerans. Foods, 2024 13(7), 987. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13070987

o Javier Vicente, Paul-Petrut Manea, Santiago Benito, Domingo Marquina, Niina Kelanne, Baoru Yang, Antonio Santos. Lachancea thermotolerans fermentative metabolism is enhanced by chitosan under winemaking conditions. LWT - Food Science and Technology. 2024. 115863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2024.115863

o Javier Vicente, Luka Vladic, Eva Navascués, Silvia Brezina, Antonio Santos, Fernando Calderón, Wendu Tesfaye, Domingo Marquina, Doris Rauhut, Santiago Benito. A comparative study of Lachancea thermotolerans fermentative performance under standardized wine production conditions. Food Chemistry: X. 2024. 101214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fochx.2024.101214

o Salvadó H., Oriol C., B. Pérez-Uz, L. Arregui, S. Serrano. Deactivation of internal recirculation in a full-scale Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) reveals outstanding microeukaryotic bioindicators. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2024, Volume 57, 104669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.104669

2023

o Vicente, J., Kelanne, N., Navascués, E., Calderón, F., Santos, A., Marquina, D., Yang, B., & Benito, S. (2023). Combined Use of Schizosaccharomyces pombe and a Lachancea thermotolerans Strain with a High Malic Acid Consumption Ability for Wine Production. Fermentation, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/FERMENTATION9020165

o Vicente, J., Ruiz, J., Tomasi Montes, S., de Celis, M., Ruiz-de-Villa, C., Gombau, J., Rozès, N., Zamora, F., Santos, A., Marquina, D., & Belda, I. (2023). Impact of rare yeasts in Saccharomyces cerevisiae wine fermentation performance: Population prevalence and growth phenotype of Cyberlindnera fabianii, Kazachstania unispora, and Naganishia globosa. Food Microbiology, 110:104189. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FM.2022.104189

o Vicente, J., Kelanne, N., Rodrigo-Burgos, L., Navascués, E., Calderón, F., Santos, A., Marquina, D., Yang, B., & Benito, S. (2023). Influence of different Lachancea thermotolerans strains in the wine profile in the era of climate challenge. FEMS Yeast Research, 23, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/FEMSYR/FOAC062

o Vicente, J., Navascués, E., Benito, S., Marquina, D., & Santos, A. (2023). Microsatellite typing of Lachancea thermotolerans for wine fermentation monitoring. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 394. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IJFOODMICRO.2023.110186

o Ruiz, J., de Celis, M., Diaz-Colunga, J., Vila, J. C., Benitez-Dominguez, B., Vicente, J., Santos, A., Sanchez, A., & Belda, I. (2023). Predictability of the community-function landscape in wine yeast ecosystems. Molecular Systems Biology, 19(9). https://doi.org/10.15252/MSB.202311613

2022

o Vicente, J.; Kelanne, N.; Rodrigo-Burgos, L.; Navascués, E.; Calderón, F.; Santos, A.; Marquina, D.; Yang, B.; Benito, S. Influence of different Lachancea thermotolerans strains in the wine profile in the era of climate challenge. FEMS Yeast Research. 2022. foac062. doi: 10.1093/femsyr/foac062

o Pucciarelli S, Sparvoli D, Ballarini P, Piersanti A, Mozzicafreddo M, Arregui L, Miceli C. Ciliate Microtubule Diversities: Insights from the EFBTU3 Tubulin in the Antarctic Ciliate Euplotes focardii. Microorganisms. 2022; 10(12):2415. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10122415

o de Celis, M., Ruiz, J., Vicente, J., Acedo, A., Marquina, D., Santos, A., Belda, I. Expectable diversity patterns in wine yeast communities.  FEMS yeast Research. 2022. 22(1):foac034. doi: 10.1093/femsyr/foac034

o Sánchez-Palencia, Y., Bolonio, D., Ortega, M.F., García-Martínez, M.J., Ortiz, J.E., Rayo, F., Arregui, L., Serrano, S., Llamas J. F. & Canoira L. 2022. Iron Removal from Kaolin Waste Dumps by Chemical (Oxalic and Citric Acids) and Biological (Bacillus Strain) Leaching. Clays and Clay Minerals. 70, 386–404. doi: 10.1007/s42860-022-00192-7

o Javier Vicente, Yasemin Baran, Eva Navascués, Antonio Santos, Fernando Calderón, Domingo Marquina, Doris Rauhut, Santiago Benito. Biological management of acidity in wine industry: A review. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 2022. 375,109726. doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2022.109726

o de Celis M, Duque J, Marquina D, Salvadó H, Serrano S, Arregui L, Santos A, Belda I. Niche differentiation drives microbial community assembly and succession in full-scale activated sludge bioreactors. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 2022. 8:23 doi: 10.1038/s41522-022-00291-2

o Gobbi A, Acedo A, Imam N, Santini RG, Ortiz-Álvarez R, Ellegaard-Jensen L, Belda I, Hansen LH. A global microbiome survey of vineyard soils highlights the microbial dimension of viticultural terroirs. Communications Biology. 2022. 5:241. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03202-5 (*co-supervision)

o de Celis, M; Belda, I; Marquina, D. and Santos A. Phenotypic and transcriptional study of the antimicrobial activity of silver and zinc oxide nanoparticles on a wastewater biofilm-forming Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain. Science of the Total Environment. 2022. 826: 153915. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153915

o Taladrid D, de Celis M, Belda I, Bartolomé B, Moreno-Arribas MV. Hypertension- and glycaemia-lowering effects of a grape-pomace-derived seasoning in patients and healthy volunteers. Interplay with the gut microbiome. Food & Function. 2022. 13, 2068.  doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1FO03942C

2021

o Cheviron, N., V. Grondin, C. Marrauld, F. Poiroux, I. Bertrand, J. Abadie, P. Pandard, W. Riah-Anglet, C. Dubois, S. Malý, C.R. Marques, I. Valverde, A. Alonso, D. Marquina, C. Mougin. Inter-laboratory validation of an ISO test method for measuring enzyme activities in soil samples using colorimetric substrates. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-17173-3.

o Javier Vicente, Eva Navascués, Fernando Calderón, Antonio Santos, Domingo Marquina, Santiago Benito. An Integrative View of the Role of Lachancea thermotolerans in Wine Technology. Foods. 2021. 10, 2878. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10112878.

o Imam N, Belda I, García-Jiménez B, Duehl AJ, Doroghazi JR, Almonacid DE, Thomas VP, Acedo A. Local network properties of soil and rhizosphere microbial communities in potato plantations treated with a biological product are important predictors of crop yield. mSphere. 2021. e0013021. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00130-21.

o de Celis M, Serrano-Aguirre, L, Belda I, Liébana-García R, Arroyo M, Marquina D, de la Mata I, Santos A. Acylase enzymes disrupting quorum sensing alter the transcriptome and phenotype of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the composition of bacterial biofilms from wastewater treatment plants. Science of the Total Environment. 2021. 799: 149401 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149401.

o Vicente J, de Celis M, Alonso A, Marquina D, Santos A. Microbial communities present in hydrothermal sediments from Deception Island, Antarctica. Microorganisms. 2021. 9, 1631. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9081631.

o Ruiz J, de Celis M, Martín-Santamaría M, Benito-Vázquez I, Pontes A, Lanza VF, Sampaio JP, Santos A, Belda I. Global distribution of IRC7 alleles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae populations: a genomic and phenotypic survey within the wine clade. Environmental Microbiology. 2021. 23(6) p. 3182-3195. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15540.

o   Ortiz-Álvarez R, Ortega-Arranz H, Ontiveros VJ, de Celis M., Ravarani C, Acedo A, Belda I. Network properties of local fungal communities reveal the anthropogenic disturbance consequences of farming practices in vineyard soils. mSystems. 2021. 6(3):e00344-21. doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00344-21.

o Belda I, Cueva C, Tamargo A, Ravarani C, Acedo A, Bartolomé B, Moreno-Arribas MV. A multi-omics approach for understanding the effects of moderate wine consumption on human intestinal health. Food & Function. 2021. 12: 4152-4164 doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0FO02938F.

o Ignacio Belda, Thomas C. Williams, Miguel de Celis, Ian T. Paulsen & Isak S. Pretorius. Seeding the idea of encapsulating a representative synthetic metagenome in a single yeast cell. Nature Communications. 2021. 12:1599. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21877-y.

o Javier Vicente, Fernando Calderón, Antonio Santos, Domingo Marquina and Santiago Benito. High potential of Pichia kluyveri and other Pichia species in wine technology. International Journal of Molecular Science. 2021. 22:1196. doi: 10.3390/ijms22031196.

o Pérez-Magariño, S., Cano-Mozo, E. Albors, C., Santos, A., Navascués, E. Autochtonous Oenococcus oeni strain to avoid histamine formation in red wines: A study in real winemaking conditions. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture. 2021. doi: 10.5344/ajev.2020.20010.

o Benito-Vázquez, I., Belda, I., Ruiz, J., Vicente, J., Navascués, E., Marquina, D., Santos, A. Direct detection of Brettanomyces bruxellensis in wine by PCR targeting the vinylphenol reductase gene. LWT-Food Science and Technology. 2021. 136. 110321. doi: 10.1016/j.lwt.2020.110321.

o Belda I, Gobbi A, Ruiz J, de Celis M, Ortiz-Álvarez R, Acedo A, Santos A. Microbiomics to Define Wine Terroir. In: Cifuentes, A. (Ed.) Comprehensive Foodomics. Reference Module in Food Science. 2021; vol. 3, 438-451. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-100596-5.22875-8. ISBN: 9780128163955.

2020

o Ruiz, J., de Celis, M., de Toro, M., Mendes-Ferreira, A., Rauhut, D., Santos, A., Belda, I. Phenotypic and transcriptional analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae during wine fermentation in response to nitrogen nutrition and co-inoculation with Torulaspora delbrueckii. Food Research International. 2020. 137, 109663. 10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109663.

o Vicente J, Ruiz J, Belda I, Benito-Vázquez I, Marquina D, Calderon F, Santos A, Benito S. The genus Metschnikowia in enology. Microorganisms. 2020.  8, 1038; doi:10.3390/microorganisms8071038.

o R. Velasco-Bucheli, D. Hormigo, J. Fernández-Lucas, P. Torres-Ayuso, Y. Alfaro-Ureña, A. I. Saborido, L. Serrano-Aguirre, J.L. García, F. Ramón, C. Acebal, A. Santos, M. Arroyo, I. de la Mata. Penicillin acylase from Streptomyces lavendulae and aculeacin A acylase from Actinoplanes utahensis: two versatile enzymes as useful tools for quorum quenching processes. Catalysts. 2020; 10, 730. doi: 10.3390/catal10070730.

o de Celis M, Belda I, Ortiz-Álvarez R, Arregui L, Marquina D, Serrano S, Santos A. Tuning up microbiome analysis to monitor WWTPs' biological reactors functioning. Scientific Reports. 2020; 10(1):4079. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61092-1.

o Vicente J, Alonso A, Navascués E, Marquina D, Santos A. Specific and sensitive PCR detection of Cadophora luteo-olivacea associated with grapevine trunk diseases. Crop Protection. 2020; 132: 105140. doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2020.105140.