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Prof. dr. Laura Villanueva

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Biology
Environmental Biology
Molecular Microbiology
Molecular Microbiology

Prof. dr. Laura Villanueva

Professor
Molecular Microbiology
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2024

Scholarly publications

Tamby, A., Sahonero-Canavesi, D. X., & Villanueva, L. (2024). Exploring robustness of hybrid membranes under high hydrostatic pressure and temperature. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15, Article 1470844. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1470844
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/248177197/fmicb-2-1470844.pdf
Keating, C., Fiege, K., Diender, M., Sousa, D. Z., & Villanueva, L. (2024). Microbial single-cell applications under anoxic conditions. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 90(11). https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01321-24
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/247312571/keating-et-al-2024-microbial-single-cell-applications-under-anoxic-conditions.pdf
Varma, D., Villanueva, L., Bale, N. J., Offre, P., Reichart, G. J., & Schouten, S. (2024). Controls on the composition of hydroxylated isoprenoidal glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (isoGDGTs) in cultivated ammonia-oxidizing Thaumarchaeota. Biogeosciences, 21(21), 4875-4888. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4875-2024
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/246896507/bg-21-4875-2024.pdf
Ding, S., von Meijenfeldt, F. A. B., Bale, N. J., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., & Villanueva, L. (2024). Production of structurally diverse sphingolipids by anaerobic marine bacteria in the euxinic Black Sea water column. ISME Journal, 18(1), Article wrae153. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae153
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/238798469/wrae153.pdf
Yadav, S., Koenen, M., Bale, N. J., Reitsma, W., Engelmann, J. C., Stefanova, K., Damsté, J. S. S., & Villanueva, L. (2024). Organic matter degradation in the deep, sulfidic waters of the Black Sea: insights into the ecophysiology of novel anaerobic bacteria. Microbiome, 12(1), Article 98. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-01816-x
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/226643084/s40168-024-01816-x.pdf
Egas, RA., Sahonero-Canavesi, DX., Bale, NJ., Koenen, M., Yildiz, C., Villanueva, L., Sousa, DZ., & Sánchez-Andrea, I. (2024). Acetic acid stress response of the acidophilic sulfate reducer Acididesulfobacillus acetoxydans. Environmental Microbiology, 26(2), Article e16565. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16565

2023

Scholarly publications

Hoshino, Y., & Villanueva, L. (2023). Four billion years of microbial terpenome evolution. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 47(2), 1-39. Article fuad008. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuad008
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434704/fuad008.pdf?sequence=1
Richter, N., Hopmans, E. C., Mitrović, D., Raposeiro, P. M., Gonçalves, V., Costa, A. C., Amaral-Zettler, L. A., Villanueva, L., & Rush, D. (2023). Distributions of bacteriohopanepolyols in lakes and coastal lagoons of the Azores Archipelago. Biogeosciences, 20(11), 2065-2098. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-2065-2023
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434702/bg-20-2065-2023.pdf?sequence=1
Cabrol, L., Capo, E., van Vliet, D. M., von Meijenfeldt, F. A. B., Bertilsson, S., Villanueva, L., Sánchez-Andrea, I., Björn, E., Bravo, A. G., & Boavida, L.-EH. (2023). Redox gradient shapes the abundance and diversity of mercury-methylating microorganisms along the water column of the Black Sea. mSystems, 8(4), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00537-23
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434700/cabrol-et-al-2023-redox-gradient-shapes-the-abundance-and-diversity-of-mercury-methylating-microorganisms-along-the.pdf?sequence=1
Pérez Gallego, R., Bale, N. J., Sinninghe Damste, J. S., & Villanueva, L. (2023). Developing a genetic approach to target cyanobacterial producers of heterocyte glycolipids in the environment. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, 1-14. Article 1257040. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1257040
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434694/fmicb-14-1257040.pdf?sequence=1
Tamby, A., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., & Villanueva, L. (2023). Microbial membrane lipid adaptations to high hydrostatic pressure in the marine environment. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 9, 1-11. Article 1058381. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2022.1058381
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434693/fmolb-09-1058381.pdf?sequence=1

2022

Scholarly publications

Ding, S., Henkel, J. V., Hopmans, E. C., Bale, N. J., Koenen, M., Villanueva, L., & Sinninghe Damsté, J. S. (2022). Changes in the membrane lipid composition of a Sulfurimonas species depend on the electron acceptor used for sulfur oxidation. ISME communications, 2(1), Article 121. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-022-00207-3
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/437141/43705_2022_article_207.pdf?sequence=1
Krause, S., Gfrerer, S., von Kügelgen, A., Reuse, C., Dombrowski, N., Villanueva, L., Bunk, B., Spröer, C., Neu, T. R., Kuhlicke, U., Schmidt-Hohagen, K., Hiller, K., Bharat, T. A. M., Rachel, R., Spang, A., & Gescher, J. (2022). The importance of biofilm formation for cultivation of a Micrarchaeon and its interactions with its Thermoplasmatales host. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1-15. Article 1735. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29263-y
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434705/s41467-022-29263-y.pdf?sequence=1
Villanueva, L., & Coolen, M. J. L. (2022). Contributions of Genomics to Lipid Biomarker Research: From Paleoclimatology to Evolution. Elements, 18(2), 87-92. https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.18.2.87
Sahonero-Canavesi, D. X., Siliakus, M. F., Asbun, A. A., Koenen, M., Von Meijenfeldt, F. A. B., Boeren, S., Bale, N. J., Engelman, J. C., Fiege, K., van Schijndel, L. S., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., & Villanueva, L. (2022). Disentangling the lipid divide: Identification of key enzymes for the biosynthesis of membrane-spanning and ether lipids in Bacteria. Science advances, 8(50), 1-15. Article eabq8652. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abq8652
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/425563/sciadv.abq8652.pdf?sequence=1
Suominen, S., Gomez-Saez, G. V., Dittmar, T., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., & Villanueva, L. (2022). Interplay between microbial community composition and chemodiversity of dissolved organic matter throughout the Black Sea water column redox gradient. Limnology and Oceanography, 67(2), 329-347. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11995
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/425848/Limnology_Oceanography_2021_Suominen_Interplay_between_microbial_community_composition_and_chemodiversity_of.pdf?sequence=1
Kemenade, Z. R. V., Villanueva, L., Hopmans, E. C., Kraal, P., Witte, H. J., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., & Rush, D. (2022). Bacteriohopanetetrol-x: constraining its application as a lipid biomarker for marine anammox using the water column oxygen gradient of the Benguela upwelling system. Biogeosciences, 19(1), 201-221. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-201-2022
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/419297/bg_19_201_2022.pdf?sequence=1
Sahonero-Canavesi, D. X., Villanueva, L., Bale, N. J., Bosviel, J., Koenen, M., Hopmans, E. C., & Sinninghe Damsté, J. S. (2022). Changes in the distribution of membrane lipids during growth of Thermotoga maritima at different temperatures: Indications for the potential mechanism of biosynthesis of ether-bound diabolic acid (membrane-spanning) lipids. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88(2), 1-17. Article e01763-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01763-21
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/419003/AEM.01763_21.pdf?sequence=1

2021

Scholarly publications

Fischer, P. Q., Sánchez-Andrea, I., Stams, A. J. M., Villanueva, L., & Sousa, D. Z. (2021). Anaerobic microbial methanol conversion in marine sediments. Environmental Microbiology, 23(3), 1348-1362. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15434
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/233450552/Environmental_Microbiology_-_2021_-_Fischer_-_Anaerobic_microbial_methanol_conversion_in_marine_sediments.pdf
Lara, P., Vega-Alvarado, L., Sahonero-Canavesi, D. X., Koenen, M., Villanueva, L., Riveros-Mckay, F., Morett, E., & Juárez, K. (2021). Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Cr(VI) Adaptation Mechanisms in Klebsiella sp. Strain AqSCr. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 1-17. Article 656689. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.656589
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/233545108/fmicb-12-656589.pdf
Suominen, S., van Vliet, D. M., Sánchez-Andrea, I., van der Meer, M. T. J., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., & Villanueva, L. (2021). Organic Matter Type Defines the Composition of Active Microbial Communities Originating From Anoxic Baltic Sea Sediments. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, Article 628301. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.628301
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/233450629/fmicb-12-628301.pdf
Yadav, S., Koenen, M., Bale, N., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., & Villanueva, L. (2021). The physiology and metabolic properties of a novel, low-abundance Psychrilyobacter species isolated from the anoxic Black Sea shed light on its ecological role. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 13(6), 899-910. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.13012
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434696/Environ_Microbiol_Rep_-_2021_-_Yadav_-_The_physiology_and_metabolic_properties_of_a_novel_low_abundance_Psychrilyobacter.pdf?sequence=1
Lattaud, J., Balzano, S., van der Meer, M. T. J., Villanueva, L., Hopmans, E. C., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., & Schouten, S. (2021). Sources and seasonality of long-chain diols in a temperate lake (Lake Geneva). Organic Geochemistry, 156, Article 104223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2021.104223
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/233305271/1-s2.0-S0146638021000449-main.pdf
Ding, S., Bale, N. J., Hopmans, E. C., Villanueva, L., Arts, M. G. I., Schouten, S., & Sinninghe Damsté, J. S. (2021). Lipidomics of Environmental Microbial Communities. II: Characterization Using Molecular Networking and Information Theory. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, Article 659315. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.659315
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/233450714/fmicb-12-659315.pdf
Bale, N. J., Ding, S., Hopmans, E. C., Arts, M. G. I., Villanueva, L., Boschman, C., Haas, A. F., Schouten, S., & Sinninghe Damsté, J. S. (2021). Lipidomics of Environmental Microbial Communities. I: Visualization of Component Distributions Using Untargeted Analysis of High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Data. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, Article 659502. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.659302
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/233450744/fmicb-12-659302.pdf
Baxter, A. J., van Bree, L. G. J., Peterse, F., Hopmans, E. C., Villanueva, L., Verschuren, D., & Sinninghe Damsté, J. S. (2021). Seasonal and multi-annual variation in the abundance of isoprenoid GDGT membrane lipids and their producers in the water column of a meromictic equatorial crater lake (Lake Chala, East Africa). Quaternary Science Reviews, 273, 1-21. Article 107263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107263
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/413674/1_s2.0_S0277379121004704_main.pdf?sequence=1
Grinsven, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., Harrison, J., Polerecky, L., & Villanueva, L. (2021). Nitrate promotes the transfer of methane‐derived carbon from the methanotroph Methylobacter sp. to the methylotroph Methylotenera sp. in eutrophic lake water. Limnology and Oceanography, 66(3), 878-891. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11648
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411631/lno.11648.pdf?sequence=1
Suominen, S., Doorenspleet, K., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., & Villanueva, L. (2021). Microbial community development on model particles in the deep sulfidic waters of the Black Sea. Environmental Microbiology, 23(6), 2729-2746. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15024
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411629/1462_2920.15024.pdf?sequence=1
Suominen, S., Dombrowski, N., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., & Villanueva, L. (2021). A diverse uncultivated microbial community is responsible for organic matter degradation in the Black Sea sulphidic zone. Environmental Microbiology, 23(6), 2709-2728. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14902
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411627/1462_2920.14902.pdf?sequence=1
Smit, N. T., Villanueva, L., Rush, D., Grassa, F., Witkowski, C. R., Holzheimer, M., Minnaard, A. J., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., & Schouten, S. (2021). Novel hydrocarbon-utilizing soil mycobacteria synthesize unique mycocerosic acids at a Sicilian everlasting fire. Biogeosciences, 18(4), 1463-1479. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1463-2021
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411625/bg_18_1463_2021.pdf?sequence=1
van Vliet, D. M., von Meijenfeldt, F. A. B., Dutilh, B. E., Villanueva, L., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., Stams, A. J. M., & Sánchez-Andrea, I. (2021). The bacterial sulfur cycle in expanding dysoxic and euxinic marine waters. Environmental Microbiology, 23(6), 2834-2857. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15265
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/409803/1462_2920.15265.pdf?sequence=1
Villanueva, L., von Meijenfeldt, F. A. B., Westbye, A. B., Yadav, S., Hopmans, E. C., Dutilh, B. E., & Damsté, J. S. S. (2021). Bridging the membrane lipid divide: bacteria of the FCB group superphylum have the potential to synthesize archaeal ether lipids. ISME Journal, 15(1), 168-182. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00772-2
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/409095/s41396_020_00772_2.pdf?sequence=1

2020

Scholarly publications

van Grinsven, S., Sinninghe Damste, J. S., Asbun, A. A., Engelmann, J. C., Harrison, J., & Villanueva, L. (2020). Methane oxidation in anoxic lake water stimulated by nitrate and sulfate addition. Environmental Microbiology, 22(2), 766-782. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14886
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/437231/Environmental_Microbiology_-_2019_-_Grinsven_-_Methane_oxidation_in_anoxic_lake_water_stimulated_by_nitrate_and_sulfate.pdf?sequence=1
van Grinsven, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., Harrison, J., & Villanueva, L. (2020). Impact of Electron Acceptor Availability on Methane-Influenced Microorganisms in an Enrichment Culture Obtained From a Stratified Lake. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, Article 00715. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00715
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/234736891/fmicb-11-00715.pdf
van Grinsven, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., & Villanueva, L. (2020). Assessing the effect of humic substances and fe(Iii) as potential electron acceptors for anaerobic methane oxidation in a marine anoxic system. Microorganisms, 8(9), Article 1288. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091288
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/234736846/microorganisms-08-01288.pdf
Yadav, S., Villanueva, L., Bale, N., Koenen, M., Hopmans, E. C., & Damsté, J. S. S. (2020). Physiological, chemotaxonomic and genomic characterization of two novel piezotolerant bacteria of the family Marinifilaceae isolated from sulfidic waters of the Black Sea. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 43(5), Article 126122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126122
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411871/1_s2.0_S0723202020300771_main.pdf?sequence=1
Besseling, M. A., Hopmans, E. C., Bale, N. J., Schouten, S., Damsté, J. S. S., & Villanueva, L. (2020). The absence of intact polar lipid-derived GDGTs in marine waters dominated by Marine Group II: Implications for lipid biosynthesis in Archaea. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 294. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-57035-0
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/410916/s41598_019_57035_0.pdf?sequence=1
Bale, N. J., Koenen, M., Yadav, S., Hopmans, E. C., Villanueva, L., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., & Schouten, S. (2020). Diagnostic amide products of amino lipids detected in the microaerophilic bacteria Lutibacter during routine fatty acid analysis using gas chromatography. Organic Geochemistry, 144, Article 104027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2020.104027
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/410914/1_s2.0_S0146638020300620_main.pdf?sequence=1
van Bree, L. G. J., Peterse, F., Baxter, A. J., De Crop, W., Van Grinsven, S., Villanueva, L., Verschuren, D., & Sinninghe Damsté, J. S. (2020). Seasonal variability and sources of in situ brGDGT production in a permanently stratified African crater lake. Biogeosciences, 17(21), 5443-5463. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5443-2020
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/409720/bg_17_5443_2020.pdf?sequence=1

2019

Scholarly publications

Sollai, M., Villanueva, L., Hopmans, E. C., Keil, R. G., & Damste, J. S. S. (2019). Archaeal Sources of Intact Membrane Lipid Biomarkers in the Oxygen Deficient Zone of the Eastern Tropical South Pacific. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00765
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