CARMEN AMARO GONZALEZ
PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
Àrea de coneixement: MICROBIOLOGIA
Departament: Microbiologia i Ecologia
Departament: Microbiologia i Ecologia
(9635) 43104
Asignatures impartides i modalitats docents
Tutories
| 14/09/2026 - 21/05/2027 |
| VIERNES de 08:30 a 11:30 DESPATX Planta 2 EDIFICI INVESTIGACIÓ JERONI MUÑOZ |
| Observacions |
| Participa en el programa de tutories electròniques de la Universitat de València |
Formació acadèmica
- Microbiología. Facultad de Biología. 1987 (Doctorat ).
Publicacions en revistes
- Pajuelo D; Hernández-Cabanyero C; Sanjuan E; Lee CT; Silva-Hernández FX; Hor LI; MacKenzie S; Amaro C (2016) Iron and Fur in the life cycle of the zoonotic pathogen Vibrio vulnificus. Environmental Microbiology, 18(11), pp. 4005 - 4022 . ISSN: 1462-2912
- Pretzer C; Druzhinina IS; Amaro C; Benediktsdóttir E; Hedenström I; Hervio-Heath D; Huhulescu S; Schets FM; Farnleitner AH; Kirschner AK (2017) High genetic diversity of Vibrio cholerae in the European lake Neusiedler See is associated with intensive recombination in the reed habitat and the long-distance transfer of strains. Environmental Microbiology. ISSN: 1462-2912
- Carda-Diéguez M; Ghai R; Rodríguez-Valera F; Amaro C (2017) Wild eel microbiome reveals that skin mucus of fish could be a natural niche for aquatic mucosal pathogen evolution. Microbiome, 5(162), pp. 1 - 15 . ISSN: 2049-2618
- Murciano C; Lee CT:; Fernández-Bravo A; Hsieh TH; Fouz B; Hor LI; Amaro C (2017) MARTX Toxin in the Zoonotic Serovar of Vibrio vulnificus Triggers an Early Cytokine Storm in Mice. Frontiers In Cellular And Infection Microbiology, 7(332), pp. 1 - 19 . ISSN: 2235-2988
- Carda-Diéguez M; Silva-Hernández FX; Hubbard TP; Chao MC; Waldor MK; Amaro C. (2018) Comprehensive identification of Vibrio vulnificus genes required for growth in human serum. Virulence, 9(1), pp. 981 - 993 . ISSN: 2150-5594
- Roig,F.J; González-Candelas,F.; Sanjuán,E.; Feil,E.J.; Fouz,B.; Llorens,C.; Baker-Austin,C.; Oliver,J.D.; Danin-Poleg,Y.; Gibas,C.J.; Kashi,Y.; Gulig,P.A.; Morrison,S.S.; Amaro,C. (2018) Phylogeny of Vibrio vulnificus from the analysis of the core-genome: implications for intra-species taxonomy. Frontiers In Microbiology, 8, p. 2613 . ISSN: 1664-302X
- Gibello A; Vela AI; Martínez-Nevado E: Rodriguez-Bertos A; Casamayor A; García J; Domínguez L; Montoto P; Fernández-Garayzábal JF; Amaro C (2019) Potentially human-virulent Vibrio vulnificus isolates from diseased great pompano (Trachinotus goodei). Transboundary And Emerging Diseases, 66(4), pp. 1765 - 1770 . ISSN: 1865-1674
- Hernández-Cabanyero C; Lee CT; Tolosa-Enguis V; Sanjuán E; Pajuelo D; Reyes-López F; Tort L; Amaro C. (2019) Adaptation to host in Vibrio vulnificus, a zoonotic pathogen that causes septicemia in fish and humans. Environmental Microbiology, 21(8), pp. 3118 - 3139 . ISSN: 1462-2912
- Jesus Ruiz; Eva Sanjuan; Carmen Amaro; Monica Gordon: Esther Villarreal: Álvaro Castellanos-Ortega; Paula Ramirez (2019) In vitro study of antimicrobial activity on Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilms in endotracheal tubes. Journal of Chemotherapy. ISSN: 1120-009X
- Carla Hernández-Cabanyero; Eva Sanjuán; Belén Fouz; David Pajuelo; Eva Vallejos-Vidal; Felipe Reyes-López; Carmen Amaro (2020) The effect of the environmental temperature on the adaptation to host in the zoonotic pathogen Vibrio vulnificus. Frontiers In Microbiology. ISSN: 1664-302X
- Francisco J. Roig; González-Candelas F; Sanjuán E.; Fouz B.; Carmen Amaro (2019) Phylogeny of V. vulnificus from the analysis of the core genome: implications for intra-species taxonomy. Frontiers In Microbiology, 10(1904) . ISSN: 1664-302X
- Hernández-Cabanyero C; Amaro C. (2020) Phylogeny and life cycle of the zoonotic pathogen Vibrio vulnificus. Environmental Microbiology, 22(10), pp. 4133 - 4148 . ISSN: 1462-2912
- Maicas, S,; Biosca, E.G,; Fouz, B,; Rico, H,; Navarro, A,; Zueco, J,; Carbó, E,; Figàs, À,; Segura-García, J,; Alcaide, E,; Mateo, J.J,; Esteve, M.C,; Ruiz, P,; Pérez, A,; Pons, E,; Tortajada, C,; Romo, S,; Amaro, C,; Sanjuán, E.; Llorens, A. (2020) Micromón València (Universitat de València). SEM@foro (Madrid)(69), pp. 26 - 27 . ISSN: 2254-4399
- Carmona-Salido, H.; Fouz, B.; Sanjuán, E.; Carda Diéguez, M.; Delannoy, C.; García-González, N.; González-Candelas, F.; Amaro, C. (2021) Draft Genome Sequences of Vibrio vulnificus Strains Recovered from Moribund Tilapia. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10(22), pp. e0009421-1 - 3 . ISSN: 2576-098X
- Carmona-Salido, Hector; Fouz, Belen; Sanjuán, Eva; Carda Diéguez, Miguel; Delannoy, Christian; García-González, Neris; González-Candelas, Fernando; Amaro, Carmen (2021) The widespread presence of a family of fish virulence plasmids in Vibrio vulnificus stresses its relevance as a zoonotic pathogen linked to fish farms. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 10(1), pp. 2128 - 2140 . ISSN: 2222-1751
- Hector Carmona-Salido; Naiel Bisharat; Carmen Amaro (2021) Method for Specific Identification of the Emerging Zoonotic Pathogen Vibrio vulnificus Lineage 3 (Formerly Biotype 3). Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 59(2), p. e01763-20 . ISSN: 0095-1137
- Arnau Pérez Roig; Héctor Carmona-Salido; Eva Sanjuán; Belén Fouz; Carmen Amaro (2022) A multiplex PCR for the detection of Vibrio vulnificus hazardous to human and/or animal health from seafood. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 377(109778) . ISSN: 0168-1605
- Hernández-Cabanyero, C., Sanjuán, E., Vallejos-Vidal, E, Reyes-López, F.E., Tort, L., and Amaro, C (2022) A transcriptomic study reveals that fish vibriosis due to Vibrio vulnificus is an acute inflammatory disease in which erythrocytes may play an important role. Frontiers In Microbiology, 13 . ISSN: 1664-302X
- Boonstra, M.; Fouz, B.; Van Gelderen, B.; Dalsgaard, I.; Madsen, L.; Jansson, E.; Amaro, C.; Haenen, O. (2023) Fast and accurate identification by MALDI-TOF of the zoonotic serovar E of Vibrio vulnificus linked to eel culture. Journal of Fish Diseases, 46(4), pp. 445 - 452 . ISSN: 0140-7775
- Héctor Carmona-Salido; Carmen Amaro (2023) Vibrio vulnificus: un patógeno de peces que causa septicemia en el ser humano. SEM@foro (Madrid), 76 . ISSN: 2254-4399
- Roig Molina, FJ., Amaro, C., Alcaine, A, Carro, J (2023) Vibrio vulnificus mutation rate: an in vitro approach. Frontiers In Microbiology, 14, pp. 1 - 9 . ISSN: 1664-302X
- Hernández-Cabanyero, C., Sanjuán, E., Mercado, L., Amaro, C (2023) Evidence that fish death after Vibrio vulnificus infection is due to an acute inflammatory response triggered by a toxin of the MARTX family. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 142(109131), pp. 1 - 11 . ISSN: 1095-9947
- Héctor Carmona-Salido; Carmen Amaro (2023) La primavera¿ ¿las bacterias altera?. SEM@foro (Madrid)(75) . ISSN: 2254-4399
- Ibányez-Payá, P.; Blasco, A.; Ros-Lis, J.V.; Fouz, B.; Amaro, C. (2024) Electrolyzed Water Treatment for the Control of the Zoonotic Pathogen Vibrio vulnificus in Aquaculture: A One Health Perspective. Microorganisms, 12(10), p. 1992 . ISSN: 2076-2607
- Carmona-Salido, Héctor; López-Solís, Sofía; Lópes-Hontangas, José Luis; Amaro, Carmen (2024) First Report of a Fatal Septicemia Case Caused by Vibrio metoecus: A Comprehensive Functional and Genomic Study. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2024, pp. 1 - 8 . ISSN: 0022-1899
- Pérez-Roig A; Ibarlucea B; Amaro C; Cuniberti Gianaurelio (2024) Vibrio vulnificus marine pathogen detection with thin-film impedance biosensors. Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X, 17(April, 2024) . ISSN: 2590-1370
- Amaro C; Hernández-Cabanyero C (2024) Vibrio vulnificus and rising ocean temperatures: a threat to human and marine life. UCV-Scientia. ISSN: 2077-172X
- Rubén Salvador-Clavell; Héctor Carmona-Salido; Belén Fouz; Carmen Amaro (2024) ¡Hazte con todos, Pokémon! Una herramienta para la divulgación de la microbiología. SEM@foro (Madrid), 17, pp. 22 - 24 . ISSN: 2254-4399
- M. Pilar Escribano; Rubén Salvador-Clavell; Miguel Balado; Beatriz Magariños; Carmen Amaro; Manuel L. Lemos (2024) First complete genome sequence of Tenacibaculum maritimum serotype O4, en rising threat in marine aquaculture. Microbiology Resource Announcements. ISSN: 2576-098X
- Rubén Salvador-Clavell;Héctor Carmona-Salido;Carmen Amaro (2025) Draft genomes of Vibrio vulnificus strains from the Albufera ecosystem in Valencia: isolates from summer 2022 to summer 2023. Microbiology Resource Announcements, pp. 1 - 5 . ISSN: 2576-098X
- Pedro Quintero-Campos; Rubén Salvador-Clavell; Blanca Martín; Belen Fouz; Carmen Amaro; Luis A. Tortajada-Genaro; Ángel Maquieira (2025) Environmental monitoring of a climate change indicator (Vibrio vulnificus) in coastal wetland water samples based on field-deployable detection. Science of the Total Environment, 986(179791), pp. 1 - 9 . ISSN: 0048-9697
- Héctor Carmona-Salido; Rubén Salvador-Clavell; Claudia Jäckel; Isabelle Schulze; Karla J.F. Satchell; Jens Andre Hammerl; Carmen Amaro (2025) Emergence, climate-driven expansion, and diversification of a European Vibrio vulnificus lineage (L4) with multi-host pathogenic potential. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 15(2601370), pp. 1 - 13 . ISSN: 2222-1751
- Blasco, A., Ibányez-Payá, P., Fouz, B., Amaro, C., Amorós, P., & Ros-Lis, J. V. (2025) Use of Electrolyzed Water as Disinfection Technology in Aquaculture Systems: Effects on Vibrio harveyi, a Significant Marine Pathogen for Marine Fish and Invertebrates. Applied Sciences-Basel, 15(5), p. 2334 . ISSN: 2076-3417
- Carmona-Salido, Héctor; López-Solís, Sofía; Lópes-Hontangas, José Luis; Amaro, Carmen (2025) First Report of a Fatal Septicemia Case Caused by Vibrio metoecus: A Comprehensive Functional and Genomic Study. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 231(4), pp. 894 - 901 . ISSN: 0022-1899
Altres Activitats
- Premio JACUMAR Nacional de investigación en acuicultura. ().
Altres Publicacions
- Ceccarelli, D.; Amaro, C.; Romalde, J.; Suffredini, E.;Vezzulli, L. (2019). Vibrio species Food Microbiology: Fundamentals and Frontiers, 5th Edition. . (pp. 347 - 388) .
- Amaro, C.; Fouz, B.; Sanjuán, E.; Romalde, J. (2020). Chapter 10: Vibriosis Climate change and infectious fish diseases. . (pp. 182 - 210) .
- Carda-Diéguez, M.; Amaro C. (2022). A Method of Transposon Insertion Sequencing in Comprehensively Identifying Vibrio vulnificus Genes Required for Growth in Human Serum Methods in Molecular Biology (MIMB, volume 2377). Essential genes and genomes: methods and protocols . (pp. 158 - 178) .
- Quintero-Campos, P.; Fouz, B.; Amaro, C.; Tortajada-Genaro, L.A.; Maquiei-ra, A. (2023). Detection of a climate change marker (Vibrio vulnificus) by a lateral flow test strip assay. Chapter 13 Article Book: XVI International Workshop on sensors and molecular recognition . (pp. 67 - 70) .
- Amaro, Carmen; Carmona-Salido, Héctor (2023). Vibrio vulnificus, an Underestimated Zoonotic Pathogen Vibrio spp. Infections . (pp. 175 - 194) .
Altres Mèrits o aclariments
- Premio Extraordinario de Licenciatura. 1981 Premio Nacional Fin de Carrera (3º). 1982. .
- Miembro del Comité de Expertos JEMRA ( Microbial Risk Assessment) de la WHO/FAO Experta en Vibrio vulnificus. .
- Asesora experta en vibriosis para las siguientes compañías relacionadas con la Acuicultura: Skkreting España SA Valenciana de Acuicultura SA Acuipharma SA Andromeda group:. .
Línies d'activitat
- Patógenos en Acuicultura: patógenos de peces y zoonóticos. Instituto Universitario en Biotecnología y Biomedicina (Facultad de Biología). . (01/01/2013).
- Grupo de Innovación Docente en Microbiología (GCID23_2580699). Facultad de Biología. . (01/01/2023).
Conferències
- Vibrio vulnificus a zoonotic pathogen in expansion due to global warming ( asistencia por invitación por la WHO/FAO como experta en el patógeno ). (FAO/WHO Joint Expert Meeting on Microbial Risk Assessment (JEMRA) on Vibro parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus held May 13-15 in Weymouth, UK.), 13/05/2019. Weymouth. ANGLATERRA.
- Vibrio vulnificus: an underestimated zoonotic agent linked to fish farms. (Special Lecture at Department of Food Science and Engineering, ELTEC College of Engineering, Ewha Womans University, in June. 2. 2021 (online)), 02/06/2021. REPÚBLICA DE COREA.
- Vibrio vulnificus, un patógeno zoonótico ligado al cambio climático. (DISCUSIONES EN BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR del Máster en Genética Molecular y Biotecnología de la Universidad de Sevilla), 05/11/2021. ESPANYA.
- La anguila (Anguilla anguilla). ¿Una espacie amenazada?. (IV Jornada "la anguila en el mar, la angula en el Turia" Universidad de Otoño de Ribarroja del Turia), 05/05/2023. Ribarroja del Turia. ESPANYA.
- La anguila (Anguilla anguilla). ¿Una espacie amenazada?. (Día de la Acuicultura 2023. Consejo Superior de Investigación (CSIC)), 30/11/2023. Valencia. ESPANYA.
- Biología y enfermedades de la anguila Europea: precauciones en la cría y manejo en cautividad. (Jornada Formativa del Parque Natural del Turia), 2023. Ribarroja del Turia. ESPANYA.
- ¿Puede la Microbiología ayudar a la conservación de las especies en peligro de extinción?. (I Matinal de Microbiología en el Jardín Botánico), 25/05/2024. Valencia. ESPANYA.
Participacions a Congressos
- Kirschner AKT; Pretzer C;, Amaro C; Benediktsdóttir E; Hedenström I; Hervio-Heath D; Huhulescu S; Schets FM; Farnleitner A; Druzhinina I (2016). High micro-diversity of Vibrio cholerae in the Central European lake Neusiedler See is associated with intensive genetic recombination in the reed habitat and the long-distance transfer of strains. (Poster). Vibrio Conference 2016, Roscoff (France) . FRANÇA
- Sanjuán E; Silva-Hernandez F; Murciano C; Amaro C (2016). A first approach to the study of NO and virulence in Vibrio vulnificus. (Poster). Vibrio Conference 2016, Roscoff (France) . FRANÇA
- Carda-Diéguez M; Hor, L-I; Hubbard T; Chao MC; Waldor, MK; Amaro, C (2016). Genome-wide identification of Vibrio vulnificus genes critical for pathogen replication in serum. (Ponència). Vibrio 2016 . Roscoff . FRANÇA
- Murciano C; Fernández-Bravo A; Amaro C (2016). Host-Vibrio vulnificus interaction: Role of RTXA1in human sepsis. (Poster). Vibrio 2016 . Roscoff . FRANÇA
- Hernández-Cabanyero C; Pajuelo D; Sanjuán E.; Amaro C (2016). Iron and Fur in the life cycle of the zoonotic pathogen Vibrio vulnificus. (Poster). Vibrio Conference 2016, Roscoff (France) . FRANÇA
- Amaro C (2017). Vibrio Interactions with Aquatic Animals. (Presidència de sessió). ASM Conference on Vibrio 2017: The Biology of Vibrios . ESTATS UNITS D'AMÈRICA
- Amaro C (2017). Who, What and How: Insights into Vibrio vulnificus as a Fish Pathogenic Agent. (Ponència invitada). ASM Conference on Vibrio 2017: The Biology of Vibrios . ESTATS UNITS D'AMÈRICA
- Amaro C; Carda M; Fouz B (2017). Characterization of Vibrio vulnificus Clade A strains isolated from diseased tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in North Africa. (Poster). ASM Conference on Vibrio 2017: The Biology of Vibrios . ESTATS UNITS D'AMÈRICA
- Sanjuán E; Silva FX; Amaro C (2017). Nitric Oxide regulates biofilm formation in Vibrio vulnificus through a quòrum sensing independent pathway. (Poster). ASM Conference on Vibrio 2017: The Biology of Vibrios . ESTATS UNITS D'AMÈRICA
- Fouz B; Llorens A; Liz D; Isern-Subich M; AmaroC (2017). Emergence of a new serovar of Vibrio harveyi pathogenic for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax). (Poster). 18TH International Conference of Diseases of fish and Shellfish . IRLANDA DEL NORD
Projectes
- Relación hospedador-patógeno en Vibrio vulnificus: aproximación de gen simple y ómica II. 2015 - 2017. MINECO. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. . IP: Carmen Amaro González.
- Red de Excelencia MICROGEN. 2015 - 2018. Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad. . IP: Francisco Rodríguez-Valera.
- Relación hospedador-patógeno en Vibrio vulnificus: aproximación de gen simple y ómica III. 2018 - 2020. MINECO. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. . IP: Carmen Amaro González.
- VIBRIO VULNIFICUS, UN PATÓGENO ZOONÓTICO EMERGENTE ASOCIADO AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO. 2018 - 2019. Generalitat Valenciana. . IP: Carmen Amaro González.
- Divulgando la amenaza de las superbacterias entre el alumnado de educación secundaria de la CV en un nuevo escenario de docencia mixta (Divulsuperbac.2). 2020 - 2021. Universitat de València. . IP: Belén Fouz Rodríguez.
- VIBRIO VULNIFICUS, UN PATÓGENO ZOONÓTICO EMERGENTE ASOCIADO AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO (II). 2020 - 2021. Generalitat Valenciana. . IP: Carmen Amaro González.
- INTERACCIÓN HOSPEDADOR-PATÓGENO EN VIBRIO VULNIFICUS: NUEVAS ESTRATEGIAS DE CONTROL Y DIAGNÓSTICO. 2021 - 2025. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación MiCInn, Agencia Estatal de Investigación AEI, FEDER. . IP: Carmen Amaro González.
- IMPACTO DE LAS PATOLOGÍAS BACTERIANAS EN LA ACUICULTURA MEDITERRÁNEA (IMPACUMED). 2021 - 2025. Generalitat Valenciana. . IP: Carmen Amaro González y Belén Fouz Rodríguez.
Tesis, tesines i treballs
- Carda-Dieguez, Miguel, (2017). Vibrio vulnificus from water to host. (Tesi Doctoral amb Menció Internacional). Valencia..
- Carla Hernández Cabañero, (2020). Transcriptomic analysis of hots-pathogen relationship in Vibrio vulnificus. (Tesi Doctoral amb Menció Internacional). Universidad de Valencia..
- Francisco X. Silva, (2021). Type IV pili and their role in virulence in Vibrio vulnificus. (Tesi Doctoral). Universidad de Valencia..
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