Licenciada en ciencias Biológicas. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Doctora de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Área Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Argentina.
Cargos actuales
CONICET Investigadora adjunta.
UBA Ayudante primera, Cátedra de Microbiología Agrícola, Facultad de Agronomía.
Áreas de interés en investigación
Ecología microbiana molecular.
Microbiología del suelo.
Biofertilizantes.
Preservación de microorganismos.
Publicaciones en revistas con referato (últimos 5 años)
Pescie MA, Montecchia MS, Lavado RS, Chiocchio MV (2023) Inoculation with Oidiodendron maius BP improves nitrogen absorption from fertilizer and growth of Vaccinium corymbosum during the early nursery stage. Plants 12, 792. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12040792.
Toledo S, Peri PL, Correa OS, Montecchia MS, Gargaglione VB, Ladd B (2022) Structure and function of soil microbial communities in fertile islands in austral drylands. Austral Ecology 47, 663–673. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13151.
Álvarez F, Simonetti E, Draghi WO, Vinacour M, Palumbo MC, Fernández Do Porto D, Montecchia MS, Roberts IN, Ruiz JA (2022) Genome mining of Burkholderia ambifaria strain T16, a rhizobacterium able to produce antimicrobial compounds and degrade the mycotoxin fusaric acid. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 38:114 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-022-03299-0.
Tosi M, Chludil HD, Correa OS, Vogrig JA, Montecchia MS (2021) Long-term legacy of land-use change in soils from a subtropical rainforest: Relating microbiological and physicochemical parameters. European Journal of Soil Science, 72(2):1054-1069. doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13049.
Ambrosino ML, Montecchia MS, Torres YA, Ithurrart LS, Lucero CT, Busso CA (2021) Soil microbial structure and activity in a semiarid rangeland of Patagonia, Argentina: Plant species and defoliation effects. Rhizosphere, 19, Article 100382. doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2021.100382.
Wassermann E Montecchia MS, Garaventa VS, Correa OS, Romero AM (2020) Virulence and pCM1 plasmid carriage are related to BOX-PCR fingerprint type in strains of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis that cause bacterial wilt and canker of tomato in Argentina. Plant Pathology 69(4):723-732. doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13163.
Martins LNB, Santiago FLA, Montecchia MS, Correa OS, Saggin Junior OJ, Souza ED, Paulino HB, Carneiro MAC (2019) Biochemical and biological properties of soil from murundus wetlands converted into agricultural systems. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo. 2019;43: e0180183. doi: 10.1590/18069657rbcs20180183.