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      Antarctic Soil Yeasts with Fermentative Capacity and Potential for the Wine Industry (2024) 

      Navarro, Laura; Gil i Cortiella, Mariona; Gutiérrez-Moraga, Ana; Calisto, Nancy; Ubeda, Cristina; Corsini, Gino (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023)
      Low fermentation temperatures are usually employed to obtain high-quality wines. This is especially interesting for white wine production since it prevents the loss of volatile compounds and a browning appearance; however, ...
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      Carotenoid cocktail produced by an antarctic soil flavobacterium with biotechnological potential (2021) 

      Pradel, Paulina; Calisto, Nancy; Navarro, Laura; Barriga González, Andrés; Vera, Nicolás; Aranda, Carlos; Simpfendörfer, Robert W.; Valdés, Natalia; Corsini, Gino; Tello, Mario; ... (MDPI, 2021-12)
      Carotenoids are highly important in pigmentation, and its content in farmed crustaceans and fish correlates to their market value. These pigments also have a nutritional role in aquaculture where they are routinely added ...
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      Characterization of Antibiotic-Resistance Antarctic Pseudomonas That Produce Bacteriocin-like Compounds (2024) 

      Calisto, Nancy; Navarro, Laura; Iribarren, Cristian; Orellana, Paz; Gómez, Claudio; Salazar, Lorena; Gutiérrez, Ana; Aranda, Carlos; González, Alex R.; Tello, Mario; ... (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024)
      In this study, bacterial isolates C1-4-7, D2-4-6, and M1-4-11 from Antarctic soil were phenotypically and genotypically characterized, and their antibacterial spectrum and that of cell-free culture supernatant were ...
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      Gut-Brain Axis Deregulation and Its Possible Contribution to Neurodegenerative Disorders (2024) 

      Villavicencio-Tejo, Francisca; Olesen, Margrethe A.; Navarro, Laura; Calisto, Nancy; Iribarren, Cristian; García, Katherine; Corsini, Gino; Quintanilla, Rodrigo A. (Springer, 2024)
      The gut-brain axis is an essential communication pathway between the central nervous system (CNS) and the gastrointestinal tract. The human microbiota is composed of a diverse and abundant microbial community that compasses ...
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      Identification of Antarctic Soil Bacteria Exhibiting Antiproliferative Activity Against a Colon Cancer Cell Line (2024) 

      Pavón, Alequis; Corsini, Gino; Orellana, Paz; Calisto, Nancy; Navarro, Laura; Wiese, Guillermo; Cortés-Cortés, Piedad; Gidekel, Manuel; Gutierrez-Moraga, Ana; Salazar, Lorena (Universidad de la Frontera, 2023)
      Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world and colorectal cancer is the only cancer that has shown a sustained increase in mortality in the last decade. In the search for new chemotherapeutic agents against ...