Marine Microbes Research Group

• Zuriñe Baña, Begoña Ayo, Cèlia Marrasé, Josep M Gasol, Juan Iriberri  Changes in bacterial metabolism as a response to dissolved organic matter modification during protozoan grazing in coastal Cantabrian and Mediterranean waters Environmental Microbiology, in press,  2013
• Azúa I, Goiriena I, Baña Z, Iriberri J, Unanue M.  Release and consumption of D-amino acids during growth of marine prokaryotes Microbial Ecology (in press),  2013
• B. Ayo, N. Abad, Z. Baña, I. Azua, M. Unanue, J. Iriberri  Actividad enzimática de los procariotas planctónicos In Expedición de circunnavegación Malaspina 2010. Cambio global y exploración de la biodiversidad del océano. Libro blanco de métodos y técnicas de trabajo oceanográfico,  2012;  579 - 586
• Ayo, B., A. Txakartegi, Z. Baña, I. Artolozaga and J. Iriberri  Chemosensory response of marine flagellate towards L- and D- dissolved free amino acids generated during heavy grazing on bacteria International Microbiology,  2010;  13,  151 - 158
• Alonso-Sáez, L., M. Unanue, A. Latatu, I. Azúa, B. Ayo I. Artolozaga and J. Iriberri  Changes in marine prokaryotic community induced by varying types of dissolved organic matter and subsequent grazing pressure Journal of Plankton Research,  2009;  31,  1373 - 1383
• Ayo, B., A. Latatu, I. Artolozaga, K. Jürgens and J. Iriberri  Factors affecting preference responses of the freshwater ciliate Uronema nigricans to bacterial prey Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology,  2009;  56,  188 - 193
• Azua, I., M. Unanue, B. Ayo, I. Artolozaga, and J. Iriberri  Influence of age of aggregates and prokaryotic abundance on glucose and leucine uptake by heterotrophic marine prokaryotes International Microbiology,  2007;  10,  13 - 18
• Azua, I., M. Unanue, B. Ayo, I. Artolozaga, J.M. Arrieta and J. Iriberri  Influence of organic matter quality in the cleavage of polymers by marine bacterial communities Journal of Plankton Research,  2003;  25,  1451 - 1460
• Guindulain, T., A. Latatu, B. Ayo, J. Iriberri, J. Comas and J. Vives-Rego  Flow cytometric detection and quantification of heterotrophic nanoflagellates in enriched seawater and cultures Systematic and Applied Microbiology,  2002;  25,  100 - 108
• Artolozaga, I., M. Valcárcel, B. Ayo, A. Latatu and J. Iriberri  Grazing rates of bacterivorous protists inhabiting diverse marine planktonic microenvironments Limnology and Oceanography,  2002;  47,  142 - 150
• Ayo, B., E. Santamaría, A. Latatu, I. Artolozaga, I. Azúa and J. Iriberri  Grazing rates of diverse morphotypes of bacterivorous ciliates feeding on four allochthonous bacteria Letters in Applied Microbiology,  2001;  33,  455 - 460
• Ayo, B., M. Unanue, I. Azúa, G. Gorsky, C. Turley and J. Iriberri  Kinetics of glucose and amino acids uptake by attached and free-living marine bacteria in oligotrophic waters Marine Biology,  2001;  138,  1071 - 1076
• Artolozaga, I., B. Ayo, A. Latatu, I. Azúa, M. Unanue and J. Iriberri  Spatial distribution of protists in the presence of macroaggregates in a marine system FEMS Microbiology Ecology,  2000;  33,  191 - 196
• Unanue, M., B. Ayo, M. Agis, D. Slezak, G.J. Herndl and J. Iriberri  Ectoenzymatic activity and uptake of monomers in marine bacterioplankton described by a biphasic kinetic model Microbial Ecology,  1999;  37,  36 - 48
• Agis, M., M. Unanue, J. Iriberri and G.J. Herndl  Bacterial colonization and ectoenzymatic activity in phytoplankton-derived model particles. part II. Cleavage and uptake of carbohydrates Microbial Ecology, 36: 66-74,  1998;  36,  66 - 74
• Unanue, M., I. Azúa, J. M. Arrieta, A. Labirua-Iturburu, L. Egea and J. Iriberri  Bacterial colonization and ectoenzymatic activity in phytoplankton-derived model particles. Cleavage of peptides and uptake of amino acids Microbial Ecology,  1998;  35,  136 - 146
• Unanue, M.A., I. Azúa, J.M. Arrieta, G.J. Herndl and J. Iriberri  Laboratory-made particles as a useful approach to analyse microbial processes in marine macroaggregates FEMS Microbiology Ecology,  1998;  26,  325 - 334
• Artolozaga, I., E. Santamaría, A. López, B. Ayo and J. Iriberri  Succession of bacterivorous protists on laboratory-made marine snow Journal of Plankton Research,  1997;  19,  1429 - 1440
• Iriberri, J., B. Ayo, E. Santamaría, I. Barcina and L. Egea  Influence of bacterial density and water temperature on the grazing activity of two freshwater ciliates Freshwater Biology,  1995;  33,  223 - 231
• Iriberri, J., I. Azúa, A. Labirua-Iturburu, I. Artolozaga and I. Barcina  Differential elimination of enteric bacteria by protists in a freshwater system Journal of Applied Bacteriology,  1994;  77,  476 - 483