Institution: School of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences. National University of Río Cuarto, Argentina.
Current positions
Lecturer, Facultad de Agronomía - UBA.
Assistant Scientist, CONICET.
Research interests
Biocontrol of phytopathogens.
Plant-bacteria interaction.
Microbial genetics.
Publications in refereed journals (last 5 years)
Alvarez F, Simonetti E, Draghi WO, Vinacour M, Montecchia MS, Roberts IN, Ruiz JA. (2021) Genome mining of Burkholderia ambifaria strain T16, a rhizobacterium able to produce antimicrobial compounds and degrade fusaric acid. (Sent).
Simonetti E, Alvarez F, Feldman N, Vinacour M, Roberts IN, Ruiz JA. (2021) Genomic insights into the potent antifungal activity of B . ambifaria T16. Biological Control 155, 104530-12.
Draghi WO, Alvarez F, Russo DM, Lagares A, Wall LG, Zorreguieta A. (2021) Root-associated Burkholderia spp. on the hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth.) cover crop vary depending on soil history of use. Rhizosphere 17, 100297.
Iturralde ET, Covelli JM, Alvarez F, Perez-Gimenez J, Arrese-Igor C, Lodeiro AR. (2019) Soybean-nodulating strains with low intrinsic competitiveness for nodulation, good symbiotic performance, and stress-tolerance isolated from soybean-cropped soils in Argentina. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:1061.
López JL, Alvarez F, Príncipe A, Salas ME, Lozano MJ, Draghi WO, Jofré E, Lagares A. (2018) Isolation, taxonomic analysis, and phenotypic characterization of bacterial endophytes present in alfalfa (Medicago sativa) seeds. Journal of Biotechnology 267: 55-62.
Martina P, Leguizamón M, Prieto CI, Sousa SA, Montanaro P, Draghi WO, Stämmler M, Bettiol M, Carvalho CC, Palau J, Frigoli C, Alvarez F, Lejona S, Vescina C, Ferreras J, Lasch P, Lagares A, Bosch A. (2017) Burkholderia puraquae sp. nov., a novel Burkholderia cepacia complex species from hospital settings and agricultural soils. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 68 (1):14-20.
Medeot D, Bertorello-Cuenca M, Liaudat JP, Alvarez F, Flores-Cáceres ML, Jofré E. (2017) Improvement of biomass and cyclic lipopeptides production in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens MEP218 by modifying carbon and nitrogen sources and ratios of the culture media. Biological Control, 115: 119-128.
Toniutti MA, Fornasero LV, Albicoro FJ, Martini MC, Draghi WO, Alvarez F, Lagares A, Pensiero JF, Del Papa MF. (2017) Nitrogen-fixing rhizobial strains isolated from Desmodium incanum DC in Argentina: Phylogeny, biodiversity and symbiotic ability. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 40: 297-307.
Martina PF, Martínez M, Frada JG, Alvarez F, Leguizamón L, Prieto C, Barrias AC, Bettiol M, Lagares A, Bosch A, Ferreras JA, von Specht MH. (2017) First time identification of Pandoraea sputorum in a young child with cystic fibrosis in Argentina: a case report. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 17 (33) 1-5.
Grad Students
(2011-2013) Co-supervisor of a Master thesis.
Graduate courses I teach (last 5 years)
PICT-2017-3193: “Antifungal metabolites in Burkholderia ambifaria: genic screening and identification of potential inducers of expression secreted by Fusarium spp.”
