Laura Gómez-Valero

The paper analyzes how water treatment affects microbial communities and opportunistic pathogens in two water sources, finding that treatment processes can enrich specific taxa despite reducing bacterial loads.

The paper characterizes avirulent P. aeruginosa strains lacking T3SS genes, showing they produce variable secondary metabolites despite low cytotoxicity.

This study identifies a unique capsule in Legionella longbeachae that enhances intracellular replication and immune evasion, distinguishing it from other Legionella species.

The paper identifies over 16,000 secreted proteins in Legionella species, revealing their ability to acquire eukaryotic-like genes for intracellular replication in human cells.