Jordi Urmeneta Masó

Senior lecturer

ORCID: 0000-0001-9779-0552
Scopus Author ID: 6602533709
Researcher ID: L-7944-2014
Knowledge area: Microbiologia

Academic Secretary of Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics

Research group: Mineralogia aplicada, geoquímica i geomicrobiologia

Contact Information
Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics
Facultad de Biología. Departamento de Genética, Microbiologia i Estadística. Sección Microbiología, Virología y Biotecnología. Av. Diagonal, 643
934034628
jurmeneta(a)ub.edu

Teaching

Microbial Ecology
Environment Biotechnology
Microbial Ecology
Microbiologia Industrial i Alimentària del Grau de Biotecnologia

Academic Training

Biología . Universitat de Barcelona . 06/1991 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Biología . Universitat de Barcelona . 10/1995 . (Ph.D.)

Research interests

Study of the biodiversity and the metabolic status of microbial mats communities by signature lipid biomarkers analysis
Dissimilatory reduction of minerals of iron oxides by microorganisms in marine sediments
Biodiversity and metabolic status of the biofilm communities of temporary hypersaline lagoons

Projects

Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates alongside industrial wastewater treatment by mixed cultures: a better value-added product . 2012 - 2012 . Ref.PROPHET2012 . Xarxa de Referència en Biotecnologia de la Generalitat de Catalunya . PI: María Eugenia Suárez-Ojeda
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 Economia y Competitividad . PI: Francisco Lucena Gutierrez
Estudio de las reacciones producidas en sedimentos y columna de agua por descargas mineras que afecten los recursos hidrobiológicos marinos . 2016 - 2017 . Ref.308680 . SUMIRCO Sustainable Mining Research and Consult. EIRL . PI: Albert Soler Gil
Mineralogia aplicada, geoquímica i geomicrobiologia . 2017 - 2021 . Ref.2017SGR1733 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Albert Soler Gil
Impacto de la sequía en sistemas acuáticos salinos extremos . 2019 - 2021 . Ref.RTI2018-097950-B-C21 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Andrea Butturini; Anna Romani Cornet

Journal Publications

Villanueva, L.; Navarrete, A; Urmeneta, J.; Geyer, R. White, D.C.; Guerrero, R. (2007). Monitoring Diel Variations of Physiological Status and Bacterial Diversity in an Estuarine Microbial Mat: An Integrated Biomarker Analysis. Microbial Ecology, 54(3), pp. 523 - 531 . ISSN: 0095-3628
Villanueva, L.; Navarrete, A; Urmeneta, J.; White, D.C.; Guerrero, R. (2007). Analysis of Diurnal and Vertical Microbial Diversity of Hypersaline Microbial Mat. Archives of Microbiology, 188(2), pp. 137 - 141 . ISSN: 0302-8933
Torrentó, C.; Cama, J.; Urmeneta, J.; Otero, N.; Soler, A. (2010). Denitrification of groundwater with pyrite and Thiobacillus denitrificans. Chemical Geology, 278(1-2), pp. 80 - 91 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0009-2541
Torrento, Clara; Urmeneta, Jordi; Edwards, Katrina J.; Cama, Jordi (2012). Characterization of Attachment and Growth of Thiobacillus denitrificans on Pyrite Surfaces. Geomicrobiology Journal, 29(4), pp. 379 - 388 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0149-0451
Torrentó, C.; Urmeneta, J.; Otero, N.; Soler, A.; Viñas, M., Cama, J. (2011). Enhanced denitrification in groundwater and sediments from a nitrate-contaminated aquifer after addition of pyrite. Chemical Geology, 287(1-2), pp. 90 - 101 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0009-2541
Benaiges-Fernandez, R.; Urmeneta, J. (2018). Use of specific PCR primers for the study of sulfate-reducing bacteria diversity in microbial mats of Ebro Delta, Spain. International Microbiology, 21(4), pp. 231 - 235 . ISSN: 1139-6709
Benaiges-Fernandez, R.; Palau, J.; Offeddu, F. G.; Cama, J.; Urmeneta, J.; Soler, J. M.; Dold, B. (2019). Dissimilatory bioreduction of iron (III) oxides by Shewanella loihica under marine sediment conditions. Marine Environmental Research, 151 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0141-1136
Villanueva, L.; Navarrete, A; Urmeneta, J.; White, D.C.; Guerrero, R. (2004). Combined phospholipid biomarker-16S rRNA gene denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of bacterial diversity and physiological status in an intertidal microbial mat. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70(11), pp. 6920 - 6926 . ISSN: 0099-2240
Benaiges-Fernandez, R.; Offeddu, F.G.; Margalef-Marti , R.; Palau, J.; Urmeneta, J.; Carrey, R.; Otero, N.; Cama, J. (2020). Geochemical and isotopic study of abiotic nitrite reduction coupled to biologically produced Fe(II) oxidation in marine environments. Chemosphere, 260, p. 127554 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0045-6535
Pascual-Benito,M.; Balleste,E.; Monleon-Getino,T.; Urmeneta,J.; Blanch,A.R.; Garcia-Aljaro,C.; Lucena,F. (2020). Impact of treated sewage effluent on the bacterial community composition in an intermittent mediterranean stream. Environmental Pollution, 266(1), p. 115254 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115254 . ISSN: 0269-7491

Others Publications

Urmeneta, J.; Navarrete, A. (2002). ¿Hay alguien ahí? . In Colección Quinta Esencia. Las Respuestas de la Ciencia. . (pp. 1 - 188) . Oceano . ISBN: 84-7556-158-6 .
Butturini A; García-Castellanos D; Jordi C; Ribas I; Urmeneta J. (2020). (In)Habitabilidad planetaria. Fundamentos de astrogeobiologia . (pp. 1 - 314) . Marcombo . ISBN: 9788426728340 .