Ma. ISABEL FARFAN SELLARES

Ma. ISABEL FARFAN SELLARES

Associate professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-2671-5739
Scopus Author ID: 30767517700
Researcher ID: L-1240-2014
Knowledge area: Microbiologia

Research group: (ECODIMI)Ecogenètica i diversitat microbianes (2017SGR1488)

Contact Information
Department of Biology, Healthcare and the Environment
Avda. Joan XXIII 27-31
934024497
mfarfan(a)ub.edu

Academic profile

Microbiology I
Microbiology II
Food Microbiology

Academic training

Llicenciada en Farmàcia
Llicenciada en Ciència i Tecnologia dels Aliments
Doctora en Farmàcia

Research interests

Bacterial taxonomy and molecular phylogeny
Temporal diversification processes in bacteria
Antimicrobial activity of new products

Relevant publications

Farfán, M.; Miñana-Galbis, D.; Garreta, A.; Lorén, J.G.; Fusté, M.C. Malate dehydrogenase: A useful phylogenetic marker for the genus Aeromonas. In Systematic and Applied Microbiology. Volume 33. Number 8. 2010 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2010.09.005
Marqués, A.M.; Burgos-Díaz, C.; Aranda, F.J.; Teruel, J.A.; Manresa, A.; Ortiz, A.; Farfán, M. Sphingobacterium detergens sp. nov., a surfactant-producing bacterium isolated from soil. In International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Volume 62. 2012 . https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.036707-0
Spataro, N.; Farfán, M.; Albarral, V.; Sanglas, A.; Lorén, J.G.; Fusté, M.C.; Bosch, E. Draft Genome Sequence of Aeromonas molluscorum Strain 848TT, Isolated from Bivalve Molluscs. In Genome Announcements. Volume 1. Number 3. 2013 . Institutional Repository
Lorén, J.G.; Farfán, M.; Fusté, M.C. Molecular phylogenetics and temporal diversification in the genus Aeromonas based on the sequences of five housekeeping genes. In PLoS One. Volume 9. Number 2. 2014 . Institutional Repository
Coronel, J.; de Grau, G.; Grau-Campistany, A.; Farfán, M.; Rabanal, F.; Manresa, A.; Marqués, A.M. Biosurfactant production by AL 1.1, a Bacillus licheniformis strain isolated from the Antarctica: production, chemical characterization and properties. In Annals of Microbiology. Volume 65. 2015 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s13213-015-1045-x
Sanglas, A.; Albarral, V.; Farfán, M.; Lorén, J.G.; Fusté, M.C. Direct evidence of recombination in the recA gene of Aeromonas bestiarum. In Systematic and Applied Microbiology. Volume 39. Number 2. 2016 . Institutional Repository
Sanglas, A.; Albarral, V., Farfán, M.; Lorén, J.G.; Fusté, M.C. Evolutionary roots and diversification of the genus Aeromonas. In Frontiers in Microbiology. Volume 8. Number 127. 2017 . Institutional Repository
Lorén, J.G.; Farfán, M.; Fusté, M.C. Species delimitation, phylogenetic relationships, and temporal divergence model in the genus Aeromonas. In Frontiers in Microbiology. Volume 9. Number 770. 2018 . Institutional Repository
Pinazo, Aurora; Pons, Ramon; Marques, Ana; Farfan, Maribel; da Silva, Anderson; Perez, Lourdes. Biocompatible Catanionic Vesicles from Arginine-Based Surfactants: A New Strategy to Tune the Antimicrobial Activity and Cytotoxicity of Vesicular Systems. In Pharmaceutics. Volume 12(9). Number 857. 2020 . Institutional Repository