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Agricultural and Environmental Bacteriology
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Agricultural and Environmental Bacteriology
Academic Unit: Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences
OECD
Discipline
Natural sciences
Subdiscipline
Biological sciences
Strategic Focus
Our group’s mission is to research the interaction of bacteria with plants and soils. by using the principles of evolutionary ecology of bacteria, we research basic and applied aspects for 1) control of phytopathogenic bacteria, and 2) the use of beneficial bacteria in the biocontrol of plant plagues and diseases and in the biofertilization of crops. thus, we seek to contribute to the construction of a sustainable and modern agriculture, and to the recovery of degraded soils in Colombia and the rest of the world.
Research Areas and Topics
- Beneficial bacteria for plants and soils.
- Phytopathogenic bacteria.
- Evolutionary ecology of bacteria.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Group Coordinator
Camilo Andrés Ramírez Cuartas, PhD
PhD in Biology.
Universidad de Antioquia - Colombia.
Scientific Cooperation
Collaborative Relationships
- Auburn University (United States).
- University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth (United States).
- Wesleyan University (United States).
- Netherlands Institute of Ecology - Wageningen University (Netherlands).
- University of Birmingham (United Kingdom).
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Colombia).
- EAFIT University.
- Centro de Investigaciones del Banano [Banana Research Center] (Colombia).
Notable Projects
- Evolutionary epidemiology of Ralstonia solanacearum causing banana and plantain moko, and its biocontrol by using lytic bacteriophages.
- Evolutionary ecology of aerobic endospore-forming bacteria, emphasizing in Bacillus velezensis, a wide spectrum biofungicidal agent.
- The effect of organic matter and vegetal sensitivity on the promotion of growth by auxin-producing aerobic endospore-forming bacteria.
- Use of beneficial bacteria in the rehabilitation of mining-degraded soils.
Main Research Results
- Identification of at least three variants of banana and plantain moko-causing bacteria in Colombia. Article: Ramírez et al., 2020. Phylogenetic and pathogenic variability of strains of Ralstonia solanacearum causing moko disease in Colombia.
- Evidence for considering lytic bacteriophages as promising agents for the biological control of moko disease in banana and plantain. Article: Ramírez et al., 2020. Bacteriophages as promising agents for the biological control of moko disease (Ralstonia solanacearum) of banana.
- Development of technologies using aerobic endospore-forming bacteria for diseases biocontrol and plants biofertilization.
Research Portafolio
- Phytopathological diagnosis.
- Soil health analysis.
- Identification of bacteria.
- Experimental data analysis.
- Implementation of R&D processes in agricultural production companies.
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AccionesUniversidad de Antioquia | Vigilada Mineducación | Acreditación institucional hasta el 2033 | NIT 890980040-8
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Recepción de correspondencia: calle 70 No. 52 - 21 | Apartado Aéreo 1226 | Dirección: calle 67 No. 53 - 108 | Horario de atención
Conmutador: [57 + 604] 219 8332 | Línea gratuita de atención al ciudadano: 018000 416384 | Fax: [57 + 604] 263 8282
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