School of Microbiology

Notable Projects

• Bioprospecting of white-rot fungi as an alternative for the treatment of industrial residual dyes.
• Presence of antibiotics and resistant bacteria in affluents and effluents of the municipal wastewater treatment plant of the metropolitan area of Medellin.
• Systematization of professional practices of the Industrial and Environmental Microbiology course of the School of Microbiology, Universidad de Antioquia, from 2009 to 2017.

Main Research Results

• An investigation into the occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals in Colombian wastewater. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.088
• High clonal diversity of multidrug-resistant and extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in a wastewater treatment plant. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.073
• High frequency of gram-negative bacilli harboring blaKPC-2 in the different stages of wastewater treatment plant: A successful mechanism of resistance to carbapenems outside the hospital settings. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111046
• Impacto de las prácticas profesionales sobre las competencias de investigación formativa en estudiantes de Microbiología de la UdeA-Colombia. (Impact of professional practices on formative investigation competences in undergraduate students of Microbiology from Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.) ISSN-0124-5821.

Research Portafolio