selected publications
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article
- Description of Kushneria aurantia gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Halomonadaceae, and a proposal for reclassification of Halomonas marisflavi as Kushneria marisflavi comb. nov., of Halomonas indalinina as Kushneria indalinina comb. nov. and of Halomonas avicenniae as Kushneria avicenniae comb. nov.. Inter. J. Syst. and Evol. Microbiol.. 2008
- Halobacillus mangrovi sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from the black mangrove Avicennia germinans in Puerto Rico. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Micro.. 100-105. 2008
- Halomonas avicenniae sp. nov., isolated from the salty leaves of the black mangrove Avicennia germinans in Puerto Rico.. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Micro.. 900-905. 2007
- Halophilic Black Yeast Hortaea werneckii in the Cabo Rojo Solar Salterns: Its First Record for this Extreme Environment in Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science. 360-365. 2005
- Secreted Euryarchaeal Microhalocins Kill Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaea. J. Bact.. 287-291. 2001
- Autohydrolysis of Plant Polysaccharides Using Transgenic Hyperthermophilic Enzymes. Biotech. Bioeng.. 151-159. 2000
- Haloterrigena thermotolerans sp. nov., a Halophilic Archaeon from Puerto Rico. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Micro.. 1065-1071. 2000
- Coordinate Transcriptional Control in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. J. Bact.. 3920-3927. 1999
- Extragenic Pleiotropic Mutations that Repress Glycosyl Hydrolase Expression in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Genetics. 1353-1361. 1999
- Halogeometricum borinquense gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Halophilic Archaeon from Puerto Rico. Int. J. Syst. Bact.. 1305-1312. 1998
- New Isolates of Extremely Halophilic Archaebacteria (Halobacteria) from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Science. 98-104. 1997
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chapter
- The Genus Halogeometricum. Bergeys Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2001
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conference poster
- A survey of halophilic aerobic prokaryotes associated to the leaf surface of Avicennia germinans at the Solar Salterns of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. 107th ASM General Meeting 2007 in Toronto, Canada. 2007
- Bacterial Diversity Present at the Alkaline Thermal Waters of Coamo, Puerto Rico. 107th ASM General Meeting 2007 in Toronto, Canada. 2007
- Endophytic Prokaryotic Diversity in Sea Grass Beds of Thalassia Testudinum from Cabo Rojo, Lajas and Vieques, Puerto Rico. 107th ASM General Meeting 2007 in Toronto, Canada. 2007
- Determination Of The Prokaryotic Community Of The Coamos Alkaliphic Thermal Waters. ASM General Meeting. 2006
- Determination of the Prokaryotic Community of the Coamos Alkaliphilic Thermal Waters. Extremophiles 2006 conference in Brest, France . 2006
- Moderately Halophilic Aerobic Prokaryotic Diversity Present in the Leaf Surface of Avicennia Germinans. ASM General Meeting. 2006
- Determination of the Fungal Diversity Present at a Hypersaline Environment in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico by Phylogenetic Analysis of Isolates and Environmental rRNA Genes Clones Libraries. International Union of Microbiological Societies General Meeting in San Francisco. 2005
- Fungal communities present at the solar salterns of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico determined by internal transcribed spacers (ITS) regions of rRNA genes clones libraries. Extremophiles 2004 Conference in Maryland, USA. 2004
- Study of the Prokaryotic Community of a SolarSaltern using 16s rDNA Amplification of total population Genomic DNA. Latin American and Caribbean Biotechnology Congress 2004 in Mayaguez, P.R.. 2004
- Taxonomical Studies of Fungi Isolated from a Hypersaline Environment in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. 103rd ASM General Meeting 2004 in New Orleans, USA. 2004
- A global gene regulatory system of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. 99th General Meeting of the American society for Microbiology. Chicago, IL. 1999
- Isolation of Halophilic Bacteria from the Solar Salterns of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Annual Convention at Las Vegas, Nevada. 1994
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working paper