Actinomycete Chemical Ecology Group


Based in Costa Rica, our group integrates microbiology, genomics, metabolomics and natural products chemistry for the study of actinomycetes and their specialised metabolism.

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Last updated on Nov 14, 2024 1 min read
V Latin American Metabolic Profiling Society Meeting
V Latin American Metabolic Profiling Society Meeting

Douglas represented our group at V LAMPS Montevideo 2024. Douglas introduced IQ, a molecular network-based chemical novelty index for prioritizing samples using untargeted metabolomics

Project
Last updated on Oct 24, 2024 1 min read
COMPAC 2024
COMPAC 2024

Johana participated in the National Congress of Microbiology, Parasitology and Clinical Pathology. Johana presented the ongoing work on antifungals produced by Pseudonocardia.

Project
Last updated on Sep 11, 2024 1 min read
2nd Genome Mining of Natural Products, Latin America 2024
2nd Genome Mining of Natural Products, Latin America 2024

Melissa participated in the 2nd Genome Mining of Natural Products Latin America in Guanajuato, México.

Last updated on Sep 11, 2024 1 min read
Welcome Luz
Welcome Luz

We received a visit from Luz González from Centro de Biotecnología Femsa / Tecnológico de Monterrey as part of a collaboration with Professor Cuauhtémoc Licona-Cassani

Latest Publications

Bonnie Whatmough, Neil A. Holmes, Barrie Wilkinson, Matthew I. Hutchings​, Jonathan Parra Villalobos, Katherine R. Duncan (2024). Microbe Profile: Pseudonocardia: antibiotics for every niche. Whatmough, B., Holmes, N. A., Wilkinson, B., Hutchings, M. I., Parra, J., & Duncan, K. R. (2024). Microbe Profile: Pseudonocardia: antibiotics for every niche. Microbiology, 170(9), 001501..

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Jonathan Parra Villalobos, Scott A. Jarmusch, Katherine R. Duncan (2024). Multi-omics analysis of antagonistic interactions among free-living Pseudonocardia from diverse ecosystems. Parra, J., Jarmusch, S. A., & Duncan, K. R. (2024). Multi‐omics analysis of antagonistic interactions among free‐living Pseudonocardia from diverse ecosystems. Environmental Microbiology, 26(6), e16635..

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Jonathan Parra Villalobos, Ainsley Beaton, Ryan F. Seipke, Barrie Wilkinson, Matthew I. Hutchings, Katherine R. Duncan (2023). Antibiotics from rare actinomycetes, beyond the genus Streptomyces. Parra, J., Beaton, A., Seipke, R. F., Wilkinson, B., Hutchings, M. I., & Duncan, K. R. (2023). Antibiotics from rare actinomycetes, beyond the genus Streptomyces. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 76, 102385..

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Morgan Anne Feeney, Jake Terry Newitt, Emily Addington, Lis Algora-Gallardo, Craig Allan, Lucas Balis, Anna S. Birke, Laia Castaño-Espriu, Louise K. Charkoudian, Rebecca Devine, Damien Gayrard, Jacob Hamilton, Oliver Hennrich, Paul A. Hoskisson, Molly Keith-Baker, Joshua G. Klein, Worarat Kruasuwan, David R. Mark, Yvonne Mast, Rebecca E. McHugh, Thomas C. McLean, Elmira Mohit, John T. Munnoch, Jordan Murray, Katie Noble, Hiroshi Otani, Jonathan Parra Villalobos, Camila F. Pereira, Louisa Perry, Linamaria Pintor-Escobar, Leighton Pritchard, Samuel M. M. Prudence, Alicia H. Russell, Jana K. Schniete, Ryan F. Seipke, Nelly Sélem-Mojica, Agustina Undabarrena, Kristiina Vind, Gilles P. Van Wezel, Barrie Wilkinson, Sarah F. Worsley, Katherine R. Duncan, Lorena T. Fernández-Martínez, Matthew I. Hutchings (2022). ActinoBase: tools and protocols for researchers working on Streptomyces and other filamentous actinobacteria. Feeney, M. A., Newitt, J. T., Addington, E., Algora-Gallardo, L., Allan, C., Balis, L., … & Hutchings, M. I. (2022). ActinoBase: tools and protocols for researchers working on Streptomyces and other filamentous actinobacteria. Microbial genomics, 8(7), 000824..

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Jeffrey A. Van Santen, Ella F. Poynton, Dasha Iskakova, Emily McMann, Tyler A. Alsup, Trevor N. Clark, Claire H. Fergusson, David P. Fewer, Alison H. Hughes, Caitlin A. McCadden, Jonathan Parra Villalobos, Sylvia Soldatou, Jeffrey D. Rudolf, Elisabeth M-L. Janssen, Katherine R. Duncan, Roger G. Linington (2021). The Natural Products Atlas 2.0: a database of microbially-derived natural products. van Santen, J. A., Poynton, E. F., Iskakova, D., McMann, E., Alsup, T. A., Clark, T. N., … & Linington, R. G. (2022). The Natural Products Atlas 2.0: a database of microbially-derived natural products. Nucleic acids research, 50(D1), D1317-D1323..

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