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Shin, G. Y., De Armas, S., Galván, G. A., Siri, M. I., Rojas, M., Vinatzer, B. A., Asselin, J. A. E., Stodghill, P., Zhao, M., Dutta, B., Tambong, J., & Kvitko, B. H. (2026). Comparative genomics of Pantoea allii lineages and distribution of ecologically relevant traits. Microbial Genomics, 12, 001624.

Lapaz, M. I., Zeballos-Gorón, S., Croce, V., Huguet-Tapía, J. C., Pérez-Baldassari, M., López, A., Hudson, D., Forester, S., Loria, R., Moyna, G., Pianzzola, M. J., Siri, M. I., & Francis, I. M. (2026). Identification of the biosynthetic gene cluster for desmethylmensacarcin, a phytotoxic polyketide produced by Streptomyces niveiscabiei ST1015. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 142, 103072.

Magallanes, C., Eugster, E., Clavijo, F., Siri, M. I., Cantero, J., Echeverría, P., Torello, J., Castro, M., & Márquez, C. (2025). Emergence of multidrug-resistant NDM-5-producing ST307 Klebsiella pneumoniae in Uruguay, 2023. Microbial Drug Resistance, 31(2), 42–51.

D. Umpiérrez Puchalvert, F. Zoppolo, M. Bentura, A. Castilla, E. Savio, S. Rodríguez Giordano, G. Irazoqui, Feasibility of a stereoselective synthesis of [11C](S,S)-S-adenosylmethionine ([11C](S,S)-SAM) catalyzed by an immobilized enzyme, Process Biochemistry, Volume 149, 2025, Pages 137-143, ISSN 1359-5113

Clavijo, F., Román-Reyna, V., Curland, R. D., Dill-Macky, R., Jacobs, J. M., Leoni, C., Coimbra, L., Pereyra, S., & Siri, M. I. (2025). Emerging Xanthomonas prunicola strains cause bacterial leaf necrosis of wheat. Phytopathology, 115(9), 1097–1108.

Yañez-Olvera, A. G., Gómez-Díaz, A. G., Sélem-Mojica, N., Rodríguez-Orduña, L., Lara-Ávila, J. P., Varni, V., Alcoba, F., Croce, V., Legros, T., Torres, A., Torres Ruíz, A., Tarrats, F., Vermunt, A., Looije, T., Cibrian-Jaramillo, A., Valenzuela, M., Siri, M. I., & Barona-Gómez, F. (2024). A host shift as the origin of tomato bacterial canker caused by Clavibacter michiganensis. Microbial Genomics 10(10), 001309.

Osorio, J., Rosas, R. C., Vega, M. B., Reyes, A. L., Paolino, A., Menéndez, F., Vega‐Teijido, M., Savio, E., Giglio, J., Cecchetto, G., & Terán, M. (2024). Peptide derived from plant defensins: A promising 68 Ga radiolabelled agent for diagnostic of infection foci in PET. Chemical Biology & Drug Design, 104(1).

Jibrin, M. O., Sharma, A., Mavian, C. N., Timilsina, S., Kaur, A., Iruegas-Bocardo, F., Potnis, N., Minsavage, G. E., Coutinho, T. A., Creswell, T. C., Egel, D. S., Francis, D. M., Kebede, M. J., Miller, S. A., Montelongo, M. J., Nikolaeva, E., Pianzzola, M. J., Pruvost, O., Quezado-Duval, A., Ruhl, G. E., Shutt, V. M., Maynard, E., Maeso, D., Siri, M. I., Trueman, T. L., Salemi, M., Vallad, G., Roberts, P. D., Jones, J. B., & Goss, E. M. (2024). Phylodynamic insights into global emergence and diversification of the tomato pathogen Xanthomonas hortorum pv. gardneri. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 37(4), 352–365.

Ferreira, M. V., Naranjo, E., Denis, N., Cobine, P., De La Fuente, L., & Siri, M. I. (2024). Calcium modulation of bacterial wilt disease on potato. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 90(5), e00242-24.

Bonfiglio, F., Cagno, M., Nuñez, L., Castro, R., Botto, E., & Rodríguez, P. (2024). Xylitol production by a Wickerhamomyces anomalus strain adapted for enhanced tolerance to sugarcane bagasse hemicellulosic hydrolysate with high content of fermentation inhibitors. Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, 71, 37-46.

Barraco-Vega, M., Sanguinetti, M., Da Rosa, G., & Cecchetto, G. (2024). Mutational analysis of Phanerochaete chrysosporium´s purine transporter. PLOS ONE, 19(10), e0313174.

Villamil, V., Vairoletti, F., Tijman, A., López, G., Peixoto de Abreu Lima, A., Saiz, C., Iglesias, C., & Mahler, G. (2023). Novel kinetic resolution of thiazolo‑benzimidazolines using MAO enzymes. ACS Omega, 8(45), 42114–42125.

Terán, M., Osorio, J., Cardoso, E., Tejería, E., Paolino, A., Reyes, A. L., & Cecchetto, G. (2023). [ 99m Tc ] Tc‐HYNIC ‐ EcgDf21: A defensin short analogue with potential application in infection foci imaging. Chemical Biology & Drug Design, 101(3), 593–604.

Moraes, M.I., Iglesias, C., Teixeira, I.S., Milagre, HMS, Rodríguez Giordano, S., Milagre, CDF. “Biotransformations of nitriles mediated by in vivo nitrile hydratase of Rhodococcus erythropolis ATCC 4277 heterologously expressed in E. coli”, Results in Chemistry (2023), 5

Lowe-Power, L., Sharma, P., Alfenas-Zerbini, P., Álvarez, B., Arif, M., Baroukh, C., Bocsanczy, A. M., Biosca, E. G., Castillo, J. A., Cellier, G., Coutinho, T., Drenth, A., Friman, V.-P., Genin, S., Guidot, A., Hikichi, Y., Huang, Q., Iyer-Pascuzzi, A., Kai, K., Pecrix, Y., Poussier, S., Ray, J., Rossato, M., Schomer, R., Siri, M. I., Vinatzer, B., & Allen, C. (2023). Letter to the Editor: The Ralstonia research community rejects the proposal to classify phylotype I Ralstonia into the new species Ralstonia nicotianae. PhytoFrontiers™ 2023 3:4, 761-766.

Valle, D., Cabrera, N., Clavijo, F., Mujica, M. V., González Ritzel, A., Siri, M. I., & Lavandero, B. (2022). Who is feeding on the pear psylla? Applying molecular ecology for the biological control of Cacopsylla bidens. International Journal of Pest Management, 68(4), 390–401.

Sierra, W, Menéndez, P. and Rodríguez Giordano, S. “Metabolic engineered E. coli for the production of (R)-1,2-propanediol from biodiesel derived glycerol”. Biofuels (2022), 13, 8, 965-974.

González, M., Galván, G. A., Siri, M. I., Borges, A., & Vilaró, F. (2022). Resistance to bacterial wilt in Solanum commersonii Dun. Agrociencia Uruguay, 26(NE2), e1092.

De Armas, S., Galván, G. A., Lapaz, M. I., González-Barrios, P., Vicente, E., Pianzzola, M. J., & Siri, M. I. (2022). Phylogeny and identification of Pantoea species associated with bulb rot and bacterial leaf blight of onion crops in Uruguay. Plant Disease, 106(4), 1216–1225.

Clavijo, F., Curland, R. D., Croce, V., Lapaz, M. I., Dill-Macky, R., Pereyra, S., & Siri, M. I. (2022). Genetic and phenotypic characterization of Xanthomonas species pathogenic in wheat in Uruguay. Phytopathology, 112, 511–520.

Tano, J., Ripa, M. B., Tondo, M. L., Carrau, A., Petrocelli, S., Rodríguez, M. V., Ferreira, V., Siri, M. I., Piskulic, L., & Orellano, E. G. (2021). Light modulates important physiological features of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum during the colonization of tomato plants. Scientific Reports, 11, 14531.

Stice, S. P., Shin, G. Y., De Armas, S., Koirala, S., Galván, G. A., Siri, M. I., Severns, P., Coutinho, T. A., Dutta, B., & Kvitko, B. H. (2021). The distribution of onion virulence gene clusters among Pantoea spp. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 643787.

Rodríguez-Decuadro, S., da Rosa, G., Radío, S., Barraco-Vega, M., Benko-Iseppon, A. M., Dans, P. D., Smircich, P., & Cecchetto, G. (2021). Antimicrobial peptides in the seedling transcriptome of the tree legume Peltophorum dubium. Biochimie, 180, 229–242.

Iglesias, C., Tijman, A., López, G., Lapaz, M.I., Pianzzola, M.J., Panizza, P. and Rodríguez Giordano, S. “Identification, Characterization, and In Silico Analysis of New Imine Reductases From Native Streptomyces Genomes”. Frontiers in Catalysis (2021), 1, article 785963.

Croce, V., López-Radcenco, A., Lapaz, M. I., Pianzzola, M. J., Moyna, G., & Siri, M. I. (2021). An integrative approach for the characterization of plant-pathogenic Streptomyces spp. strains based on metabolomic, bioactivity and phylogenetic analysis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 643792.

Vila, M.A., Steck, V., Rodríguez Giordano, S., Carrera, I., Fasan, R. “C-H Amination via Nitrene Transfer Catalyzed by Mononuclear Non-Heme Iron-Dependent Enzymes”, Chembiochem (2020) 21, 1981-1987.

Rigual, A., Cantero, J., Risso, M., Rodríguez, P., Rodríguez Giordano, S., Paulino, M., Gamenara, D., Veiga, N. “New mechanistic insights into the reversible aldol reaction catalysed by rhamnulose-1-phosphate aldolase from Escherichia coli”, Molecular Catalysis (2020) 495, 11113.

Fort, S., Ferreira, V., Murchio, S., Schvartzman, C., Galván, G. A., Vilaró, F., Siri, M. I., & Dalla-Rizza, M. (2020). Potato plants transformed with the Arabidopsis EF-Tu receptor (EFR) show restricted pathogen colonization and enhanced bacterial wilt resistance under conditions resembling natural field infections. Agrociencia Uruguay, 24(NE2), 413.

Rodríguez, M. V., Tano, J., Anzaldi, N., Carrau, A., Srebot, M. S., Ferreira, V., Martínez, M. L., Cortadi, A. A., Siri, M. I., & Orellano, E. G. (2019). Anatomical and biochemical changes induced by Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus stand up for Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings from Ralstonia solanacearum infection. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 1618.

Rodríguez-Decuadro, S., Dans, P. D., Borba, M. A., Benko-Iseppon, A. M., & Cecchetto, G. (2019). Gene isolation and structural characterization of a legume tree defensin with a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity. Planta, 250(5), 1757–1772.

Montironi, I., Reinoso, E. B., Croce, V., Siri, M. I., Pianzzola, M. J., Moliva, M., Campra, N., Bagnis, G., Ferreira La Rocque-de-Freitas, I., Decote-Ricardo, D., Freire-de-Lima, C. G., Raviolo, J. M., & Cariddi, L. N. (2019). Minthostachys verticillata essential oil activates macrophage phagocytosis and modulates the innate immune response in a murine model of Enterococcus faecium mastitis. Research in Veterinary Science, 125, 333–344.

Gonda M, Rufo C, Cecchetto G, Vero S. 2019. Evaluation of different hurdles on Penicillium crustosum growth in sponge cakes by means of a specific real time PCR. Journal of Food Science and Technology 56 (4), 2195-2204.

Ansari, M., Taghavi, S. M., Hamzehzarghani, H., Valenzuela, M., Siri, M. I., & Osdaghi, E. (2019). Multiple introductions of tomato pathogen Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis into Iran as revealed by a global-scale phylogeographic analysis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 85(24), e02003-19.

Rodríguez-Decuadro, S., Barraco-Vega, M., Dans, P. D., Pandolfi, V., Benko-Iseppon, A. M., & Cecchetto, G. (2018). Antimicrobial and structural insights of a new snakin-like peptide isolated from Peltophorum dubium (Fabaceae). Amino Acids, 50(9), 1245–1259.

Marconi, F., Umpiérrez, M.L., Gonzalez, D., Rodríguez Giordano, S., Rodriguez, P. “Endophytic biocatalysts with enoate reductase activity isolated from Mentha pulegium”. World J Microbiol. Biotechnol. (2018), 34(4):50.

Vila, A., Umpierrez, D., Veiga, N., Seoane, G. Carrera, I., Rodríguez Giordano, S. “Site-Directed Mutagenesis Studies on the Toluene Dioxygenase Enzymatic System: Role of Phenylalanine 366, Threonine 365 and Isoleucine 324 in the Chemo-, Regio-, and Stereoselectivity”. Adv. Synth. Catal (2017), 359,2149 – 2157

Lapaz, M. I., Huguet-Tapia, J. C., Siri, M. I., Verdier, E., Loria, R., & Pianzzola, M. J. (2017). Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Streptomyces species causing potato common scab in Uruguay. Plant Disease, 101, 1362–1372.

Iglesias, C, Panizza, P., Rodríguez Giordano, S. “Identification, expression and characterization of a R- w-transaminase from Capronia semiimmersa”. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. (2017), 101, 5677 – 5687

Ferreira, V., Pianzzola, M. J., Vilaró, F., Galván, G. A., Tondo, M. L., Rodríguez, M. V., Orellano, E. G., Valls, M., & Siri, M. I. (2017). Interspecific potato breeding lines display differential colonization patterns and induced defense responses after Ralstonia solanacearum infection. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 1424.

Castilla, A., Panizza, P., Rodríguez, D., Bonino, L., Díaz, P., Irazoqui, G., Rodríguez Giordano, S. “A novel thermophilic and halophilic esterase from Janibacter sp. R02, the first member of a new lipase family (Family XVII)”. Enz. Microb. Technol. (2017), 98, 86 – 95

Boschi, F., Schvartzman, C., Murchio, S., Ferreira, V., Siri, M. I., Galván, G. A., Smoker, M., Stransfeld, L., Zipfel, C., Vilaró, F. L., & Dalla-Rizza, M. (2017). Enhanced bacterial wilt resistance in potato through expression of Arabidopsis EFR and introgression of quantitative resistance from Solanum commersonii. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 1642.

Barraco-Vega, M., Romero, H., Richero, M., Cerdeiras, M. P., & Cecchetto, G. (2017). Functional characterization of two novel purine transporters from the Basidiomycota Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Gene, 601, 1–10.

Vila, M. A., Pazos, M., Iglesias, C., Veiga, N., Seoane, G., & Carrera, I. (2016). Toluene Dioxygenase-Catalysed Oxidation of Benzyl Azide to Benzonitrile: Mechanistic Insights for an Unprecedented Enzymatic Transformation. Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 17(4), 291–295.

Vila, A., Umpierrez, D., Seoane, G. Rodríguez Giordano, S., Carrera, I., Veiga, N., “Computational insights into the oxidation of mono- and 1,4 disubstituted arenes by the Toluene Dioxygenase enzymatic complex”. J. Mol. Catal B-Enymatic (2016), 133, S410-S419

Rodríguez, P., Gonzalez, D., Rodríguez Giordano, S. “Endophytic microorganisms: a source of potentially useful biocatalysts”. J. Mol. Catalysis B-Enzymatic (2016). V133 Pp S569-S581

Guarischi-Sousa, R., Puigvert, M., Coll, N. S., Siri, M. I., Pianzzola, M. J., Valls, M., & Setubal, J. C. (2016). Complete genome sequence of the potato pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum UY031. Standards in Genomic Sciences, 11, 7.

Croce, V., Pianzzola, M. J., Durand, K., González-Arcos, M., Jacques, M.-A., & Siri, M. I. (2016). Multilocus sequence typing reveals high variability among Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis strains affecting tomato crops in Uruguay. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 144(1), 1–13.

Barneche S, Jorcín G, Cecchetto G, Cerdeiras MP, Vazquez A, Albores S. 2016. Screening For Antimicrobial Activity Of Wood Rotting Higher Basidiomycetes Mushrooms From Uruguay Against Phytopathogens. International Journal Of Medicinal Mushrooms 18, 261-267. ISSN: 15219437.

Rodríguez, P., Magallanes-Noguera, C., Menendez, P., Orden, A., Gonzalez, D., Kurina-Sanz, M., Rodríguez Giordano, S. (2015) 2. A study of Raphanus sativus and its endophytes as carbonyl group bioreducing agents. Biocat. Biotrans. 33, 121-129

Panizza, P, Díaz, P., Cesarini, S., Rodríguez Giordano, S. (2015) Saturation mutagenesis in selected amino acids to shift Pseudomonas sp acidic lipase Lip I.3 substrate specificity and activity. Chem. Comm. 51, 1330-1333

Zuluaga, A. P., Ferreira, M. V., Pianzzola, M. J., Siri, M. I., Coll, N. S., & Valls, M. (2014). A novel, sensitive method to evaluate potato germplasm for bacterial wilt resistance using a luminescent Ralstonia solanacearum reporter strain. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 27(3), 277–285.

Siri, M. I., Sanabria, A., Boucher, C., & Pianzzola, M. J. (2014). New type IV pili-related genes involved in early stages of Ralstonia solanacearum potato infection. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 27(7), 712–724.

Ibáñez C, Rabinovich M, Cecchetto G, Soubes M, Cerdeiras MP. 2014. Combined Effect of Zn2+ and Mn2+ on the Physiology of Wood-Rotting Basidiomycetes. International Wood Products Journal 4, 81 - 88. ISSN: 20426445

Coronel, C., Arce, G., Iglesias, C., Magallanes-Noguera, C., Rodríguez Bonnecarrere, P., Rodríguez Giordano, S., González, D.(2014) Chemoenzymatic synthesis of fluoxetine precursors. Reduction of B-substituted propiophenones. J. Mol. Catalysis, B Enzymatic., 102, 94-98

Vila, A., Brovetto, M., Gamenara, D., Bracco, P., Zinola, G., Seoane, G., Rodríguez, S., Carrera, I. (2013) Production of cis-1,2-dihydrocatechols of high synthetic value by whole-cell fermentation using Escherichia coli JM109 (pDTG601): A detailed study. J. Mol. Catalysis, B Enzymatic., 96, 14-20

Richero M, Barraco Vega M, Cerdeiras MP, Cecchetto G. 2013. Development of SCAR Molecular Markers for early and late differentiation of Eucalyptus globulus ssp globulus from E. globulus ssp maidenii. Trees-Structure and Function 27, 249 - 257.

Panizza, P., Syfantou, N., Pastor, F.I.J., Rodríguez, S., Díaz, P. (2013), Acidic lipase Lip I.3 from a Pseudomonas fluorescens-like strain displays unusual properties and shows activity on secondary alcohols. J. Appl. Microbiol. 114, 722-732

González, M., Galván, G., Siri, M. I., Borges, A., & Vilaró, F. (2013). Resistencia a la marchitez bacteriana de la papa en Solanum commersonii Dun. Agrociencia, 17(1), 45–54.

Sanabria, A., Siri, M. I., & Pianzzola, M. J. (2012). Aplicación de la técnica de PCR en la detección de Ralstonia solanacearum en campos paperos. INNOTEC, 7, 49–54.

Cecchetto G, Richero M, Oestreicher N, Muro-Pastor MI, Pantano S, Scazzocchio C. 2012. Mutations in the basic loop of the Zn binuclear cluster of the UaY transcriptional activator suppress mutations in the dimerisation domain. Fungal Genetics and Biology 49, 731 – 743.

Siri, M. I., Sanabria, A., & Pianzzola, M. J. (2011). Genetic and aggressiveness evaluation of Ralstonia solanacearum strains causing bacterial wilt of potato in Uruguay. Plant Disease, 95(10), 1292–1301.

Rodríguez, P., Reyes, B., Barton, M., Coronel, C., Menéndez, P., Gonzales, D. and Rodríguez, S. (2011), Stereoselective biotransformation of α-alkyl-β-keto esters by endophytic bacteria and yeast, J. Mol. Catalysis, B Enzymatic., 71, 90-94

Siri, M. I., Galván, G., Quirici, L., Villanueva, P., Ferreira, F., Franco Fraguas, L., & Pianzzola, M. J. (2009). Molecular marker diversity and bacterial wilt resistance in wild Solanum commersonii accessions from Uruguay. Euphytica, 165, 371–382.

Guidot, A., Elbaz, M., Siri, M. I., Pianzzola, M. J., Prior, P., & Boucher, C. (2009). Specific genes from the potato brown rot strains of Ralstonia solanacearum (phylotype IIB, sequevar 1) and their potential use for strain detection. Phytopathology, 99(9), 1105–1112.

Rodríguez, P., Barton, M., Aldabalde, V., Onetto, S., Menéndez, P., González, D. and Rodríguez, S. (2007), Are endophytic microorganisms involved in the stereoselective reduction of ketones by Daucus carota root? J. Mol. Catalysis, B Enzymatic., 49, 8-11

Panizza, P., Onetto, S., and Rodríguez, S. A recombinant E. coli expressing an α-alkyl-β-ketoester reductase with unusual stereoselectivity (2007). Biocat. Biotrans., 25, 414-417

Rodríguez, P., Sierra,W., Rodríguez, S. and Menéndez, P. Biotransformation of 1,8-cineole, the main product of Eucalyptus oil (2006), Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, 9, 232-236

Siri, M. I., Villanueva, P., Pianzzola, M. J., Franco Fraguas, L., Galván, G., Acosta, M., & Ferreira, F. (2005). In vitro antimicrobial activity of different accessions of Solanum commersonii Dun from Uruguay. Potato Research, 47, 127–138.