ANA M. MARQUES VILLAVECCHIA

ANA M. MARQUES VILLAVECCHIA

Full professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-4914-0472
Scopus Author ID: 7202134687
Researcher ID: L-2244-2014
Knowledge area: Microbiologia

Secretaria del Departament Microbiologia i Parasitologia Sanitàries
Secretaria del Departament Biologia Sanitat i Medi Ambient

Research group: Biotecnologia Sostenible i Bioremediació

Contact Information
Department of Biology, Healthcare and the Environment
Av. Diagonal, 643.
934024497
ammarques(a)ub.edu

Academic training

Farmacia
Farmaceutico especialista
Farmacia

Research interests

Producción de tensioactivos y emulsionantes por microoganismos
Recuperación de metales por acumulación microbiana
Estudi de la activitat antimicrobiana i sinèrgica de tensioactius catiònics i compostos de la família de les polimixines

Projects

Nuevos bioproductos para nuevos retos: desarrollo de biomateriales mediante estrategias microbianas y enzimáticas . 2015 - 2017 . Ref.CTQ2014-59632-R . Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad . PI: Maria Angeles Manresa Presas; Maria Elena Mercade Gil
BIOTECNOLOGIA SOSTENIBLE i BIOREMEDIACIÓ . 2014 - 2017 . Ref.2014SGR534 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Francisco Ignacio Javier Pastor Blasco
Aprenentatge de microbiologia clínica mitjançant la redacció i resolució de casos pràctics . 2012 - 2013 . Ref.2012PID-UB/137 . Universitat de Barcelona . PI: Rius Bofill Nùria
Biodegradació de xenobiòtics i Productes Naturals: aspectes bàsics i aplicacions a tècniques netes . 2009 - 2014 . Ref.2009 SGR 00327 . GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA I CONSELLERIA DE INNOVACIÓ,UNIVERSITAT I EMPRESA . PI: Pastor Blasco F.I.J.
Identificación, aislamiento y caracterización de nuevos tensioactivos biológicos de origen microbiano . 2007 - 2010 . Ref.CTQ2007-66244/PPQ . Universidad de Murcia . PI: Antonio Ortiz López

Relevant publications

Pinazo, A.; Manresa, MA.; Marqués, AM.; Bustelo, M.; Espuny, MJ.; Pérez, L. Amino-acid-based surfactants: New antimicrobial agents. In Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. Volume 228. 2016 . Institutional Repository
Coronel León, J.; Marqués, A.M.; Bastida, J.; Manresa, A. Optimizing the production of the biosurfactant lichenysin and its application in biofilm control. In Journal of Applied Microbiology. Volume 120. Number 1. 2016 . Institutional Repository
Burgos-Díaz, C.; Pons, R.; Teruel, J.A.; Aranda, A.; Ortiz, A.; Manresa, A.; Marqués, A.M. The production and physicochemical properties of a biosurfactant mixture obtained from Sphingobacterium detergens. In Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. Volume 394. 2013
Burgos-Diaz, C.; Pons, R.; Espuny, M. J.; Aranda, F. J.; Teruel, J. A.; Manresa, A.; Ortiz, A.; Marques, A. M. Isolation and partial characterization of a biosurfactant mixture produced by Sphingobacterium sp isolated from soil. In Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. Volume 361. Number 1. 2011 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2011.05.054
Marques, A. M.; Pinazo, A.; Farfan, M.; Aranda, F. J.; Teruel, J. A.; Ortiz, A.; Manresa, A.; Espuny, M. J. The physicochemical properties and chemical composition of trehalose lipids produced by Rhodococcus erythropolis 51T7. In Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. Volume 158. Number 2. 2009 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2009.01.001
Coronel-Leon, Jonathan; Pinazo, Aurora; Perez, Lourdes; Jose Espuny, Ma; Ma Marques, Ana; Manresa, Angeles. Lichenysin-geminal amino acid-based surfactants: Synergistic action of an unconventional antimicrobial mixture. In Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces. Volume 149. 2017 . Institutional Repository
Segovia R.; Solé J.; Marqués A.M.; Cajal Y.; Rabanal F. Unveiling the membrane and cell wall action of antimicrobial cyclic lipopeptides: Modulation of the spectrum of activity. In Pharmaceutics. Volume 13. Number 2180. 2021 . Institutional Repository
Ruiz, Albert; Pinazo, Aurora; Perez, Lourdes; Manresa, Angeles; Marques, Ana M. Green Catanionic Gemini Surfactant-Lichenysin Mixture: Improved Surface, Antimicrobial, and Physiological Properties. In ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Volume 9. Number 27. 2017 . Institutional Repository
Casino P., López A., Peiró S., Rios S., Porta A., Agustí G., Terlevich D., Asensio D., Marqués A.M., Piqué N. Polyethersulfone (PES) Filters Improve the Recovery of Legionella spp. and Enhance Selectivity against Interfering Microorganisms in Water Samples. In Polymers. Volume 15. Number 2670. 2023 . https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15122670
Folle C.; Díaz-Garrido N.; Mallandrich M.; Suñer-Carbnó J.; Sánchez-López E.; Halbaut L.; Marqués A.M.; Espina M.; Badía J.; Baldomá L.; Calpena A.C.; García M.L. Hydrogel of Thyme-Oli-PLGA Nanoparticles Designed for Skin Inflamation Treatment. In Gels. Volume 10. Number 149. 2024 . https://doi.org/10.3390/gels10020149