Examinando por Autor "Pérez-Losada, M."

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    Grapevine treatment with bagasse vermicompost changes the microbiome of Albariño must and wine and improves wine quality
    (International Viticulture and Enology Society, 2022-08) Rosado, D.; Ramos-Tapia, I.; Crandall, K.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Domínguez, J.
    Winemaking is a well-known process comprising several steps to produce must and wine. Grape marc is a byproduct of wine production that can be vermicomposted and used as organic fertiliser. Grape marc vermicompost has a richer and more stable microbiome than grape marc alone and when added to the soil of vineyards it can improve grape production and wine quality. We compared Albariño must and wine microbiotas from grapevines treated with vermicompost derived from Albariño grape marc and controls (standard fertilisation). We hypothesised that observed microbial changes are connected to improved organoleptic properties observed in fertilised must and wine. Treated Albariño vines showed increased grape production and the final wine showed improved organoleptic properties. Metataxonomic analyses of the 16S rRNA and ITS gene regions showed that the Albariño must and wine microbiome varied in their taxonomic composition. Must bacteriotas showed no significant (p < 0.05) variation in alpha or beta-diversity, while wine bacteriotas and must and wine mycobiotas showed significant differences in richness and evenness, as well as in microbial structure (beta-diversity) between treated and control grapevines. Must and wine bacteriotas also showed significant (p < 0.05) changes in their predicted metabolic pathways. Our study suggests that changes in the abundance of specific bacterial and fungal taxa and the metabolic processes they carry out during Albariño winemaking can improve the productivity of the grapevine and the organoleptic properties of the wine.
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    The temporal dynamics of the tracheal microbiome in tracheostomised patients with and without lower respiratory infections
    (Public Library of Science, 2017-08) Pérez-Losada, M.; Graham, R.J.; Coquillette, M.; Jafarey, A.; Castro-Nallar, E.; Aira, M.; Freishtat, R.J.; Mansbach, J.M.
    Background: Airway microbiota dynamics during lower respiratory infection (LRI) are still poorly understood due, in part, to insufficient longitudinal studies and lack of uncontaminated lower airways samples. Furthermore, the similarity between upper and lower airway microbiomes is still under debate. Here we compare the diversity and temporal dynamics of microbiotas directly sampled from the trachea via tracheostomy in patients with (YLRI) and without (NLRI) lower respiratory infections. Methods: We prospectively collected 127 tracheal aspirates across four consecutive meteorological seasons (quarters) from 40 patients, of whom 20 developed LRIs and 20 remained healthy. All aspirates were collected when patients had no LRI. We generated 16S rRNA-based microbial profiles (~250 bp) in a MiSeq platform and analyzed them using Mothur and the SILVAv123 database. Differences in microbial diversity and taxon normalized (via negative binomial distribution) abundances were assessed using linear mixed effects models and multivariate analysis of variance. Results and discussion: Alpha-diversity (ACE, Fisher and phylogenetic diversity) and beta-diversity (Bray-Curtis, Jaccard and Unifrac distances) indices varied significantly (P<0.05) between NLRI and YLRI microbiotas from tracheostomised patients. Additionally, Haemophilus was significantly (P = 0.009) more abundant in YLRI patients than in NLRI patients, while Acinetobacter, Corynebacterium and Pseudomonas (P<0.05) showed the inverse relationship. We did not detect significant differences in diversity and bacterial abundance among seasons. This result disagrees with previous evidence suggesting seasonal variation in airway microbiotas. Further study is needed to address the interaction between microbes and LRI during times of health and disease.