Elisenda Balleste Pau

Elisenda Balleste Pau

Senior lecturer

ORCID: 0000-0003-2523-8464
Scopus Author ID: 8566750800
Researcher ID: C-1727-2013
Knowledge area: Microbiologia

Research group: Microbiologia de l'aigua relacionada amb la salut (MARS)

Contact Information
Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics
Dept. Microbiologia. Edifici Prevosti. Facultat de Biologia. Diagonal 643

eballeste(a)ub.edu

Teaching

Coordinadora de Contaminació del Medi. Màster de Microbiologia Avançada
Coordinadora de Tractament i Usos de l'Aigua. Ciències Ambientals
Professora de Qualitat de les Aigües en funció dels usos. Màster de Ciència i Gestió Integral de l'Aigua
Professora d'Impacte Antropogènic al Medi Marí. Grau de Ciències del Mar

Research interests

Fecal pollution of aquatic environments
Environmental phages
Microbial communities associated to marine organisms

Projects

Protecting the health of Europeans by improving methods for the detection of pathogens in drinking water and water used in food preparation (AQUAVALENS) . 2013 - 2018 . Ref.311846 . Unió Europea . PI: Alberto Bosch Navarro; Anicet Blanch Gisbert
Mejora de la gestión de los recursos hídricos en cuencas mediterráneas con elevada demanda y escasez de agua, bajo la perspectiva de Una Sola Salud . 2015 - 2018 . Ref.CGL2014-59977-C3-3-R . Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad . PI: Francisco Lucena Gutierrez
Microplásticos como caballo de Troya de patógenos y resistencias antimicrobianas . 2020 - 2023 . Ref.PID2019-108957GA-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Elisenda Balleste Pau
Presiones humanas y riesgos naturales: retos en ecosistemas marinos antarticos . 2023 - 2027 . Ref.PID2022-141628NB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación . PI: Elisenda Balleste Pau; Concepción Avila Escartín
EsTRAtegias participativas para la gestión de la contaminación por Plástico del litoral transfronterizo . 2025 - 2028 . Ref.EFA0147/03 . Unió Europea . PI: Anna Sanchez Vidal

Journal Publications

Muniesa, M.; Ballesté, E.; Imamovic, L.; Pascual-Benito, M.; Toribio-Avedillo, D.; Lucena, L.; Blanch, A.R.; Jofre, J. (2018). Bluephage: a rapid method for the detection of somatic coliphages used as indicators of fecal pollution in water. Water Research, 128, pp. 10 - 19 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.10.030 . ISSN: 0043-1354
Ballesté, E.; Pascual-Benito, M.;Martín-Díaz, J.; Blanch, A.R.; Lucena, F.; Muniesa, M, Jofre, J.; García-Aljaro, C. (2019). Dynamics of crAssphage as a human source tracking marker in potentially faecally polluted environments. Water Research, 155, pp. 233 - 244 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0043-1354
Ballesté, E.; Belanche-Muñoz, L.A.; Farnleitner, A.H.; Linke, R.; Sommer, R.; Santos, R.; Monteiro, S.; Maunula, L.; Oristo, S.; Tiehm A.; Stange, C.; Blanch, A.R. (2020). Improving the identification of the source of faecal pollution in water using a modelling approach: From multi-source to aged and diluted samples. Water Research, 171, p. 115392 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0043-1354
Ballesté, E.; Demeter, K.; Masterson, B.; Timoneda, N.; Sala-Comorera, L.; Meijer W.G. (2020). Implementation and integration of microbial source tracking in a river watershed monitoring plan. Science of the Total Environment, 736, p. 139573 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0048-9697
Blanco-Picazo, P.; Roscales, G.; Toribio-Avedillo, D; Gómez-Gómez, C.; Avila, C.; Ballesté, E.; Muniesa, M.; Rodríguez-Rubio, L. (2020). Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Phage Particles from Antarctic and Mediterranean Seawater Ecosystems. Microorganisms, 8(9)(1293) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2076-2607
Carrey, R.; Balleste, E.; Blanch, A.R.; Lucena, F.; Pons, P.; López, J.M.; Rull, M.; Sola, J.; Micola, N.; Fraile, J.; Garrido, T.; Munné, T.; Soler, A.; Otero, N. (2021). Combining multi-isotopic and molecular source tracking methods to identify nitrate pollution sources in surface and groundwater. Water Research, 188(1165437) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0043-1354
Hongxia Liang; William P. de Haan; Marc Cerdà-Domènech; Javier Méndez; francisco lucena; Cristina García-Aljaro; Anna Sanchez-Vidal; Elisenda Balleste (2023). Detection of faecal bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in biofilms attached to plastics from human-impacted coastal areas. Environmental Pollution, 319(120983) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0269-7491
Demeter K; Linke R; Ballesté E; Reischer G; Mayer RE; Vierheilig J; Kolm C; Stevenson ME; Derx J; Kirschner AKT; Sommer R; Shanks OC; Blanch AR; Rose J; Ahmed W; Farnleitner AH (2023). Have genetic targets for faecal pollution diagnostics and source tracking revolutionised water quality analysis yet?. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 47(4), pp. 1 - 36 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0168-6445
Ballesté, E.; Liang, H.; Migliorato, L.; Sala-Comorera, L.; Méndez, J.; Garcia-Aljaro, C. (2024). Exploring plastic biofilm formation and Escherichia coli colonisation in marine environments. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 16(3), pp. 1 - 12 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1758-2229
Monràs-Riera, P.; Avila, C.; Ballesté, E. (2024). Plastisphere in an Antarctic environment: A microcosm approach. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 208, pp. 1 - 10 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0025-326X

Others Publications

Micola, N; Garrido, T; Ballesté, E.; Blanch, A.R.; Carrey, R.; Fraile Maseras, J.; Lucena, F.; Munne, A.; Otero, N.; Solà, J. (2018). Determinació de l'origen dels nitrats: tècniques isotòpiques, traçadors microbiològics i anàlisi de pressions. Caracterització de zones amb presència de contaminació difosa per nitrats, distribució en el medi hídric i discriminació de l'origen del nitrogen . aca.gencat.cat/web/.content/20_Aigua/04_estat_del_medi_hidric/04_zones_vulnerables_nitrats/03_Estudi_Origen_Nitrats_2018.pdf
Farnleitner, A.; Ballesté, E.; Blanch, A.R.; Belanche, L.A. (2016). Protecting the health of Europeans by improving methods for the detection of pathogens in drinking water and water used in food preparation. Deliverable D5.5: List of selected MST indicators or markers to include in the technological platforms . In European Project Aquavalens. Grant agreement number: 311846 . (pp. 1 - 15) .