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Ahrendt, S.R., Haridas, S., Stong, S., Salamov, A., Steindorff, A., LaButti, K., Riley, R., Shabalov, I., Lukashin, I., Dusheyko, S., Schulz, F., Romero, M. F., Villada, J. C., Grigoriev, I. V., Mondo, S. J. (2026) Comparative mitogenomics of kingdom Fungi – evolutionary insights and metagenomic applications. Nucleic Acids Research, Volume 54, Issue 2, 27 January 2026, gkaf1419.
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaf1419
Jara-Servin, A., Mejia, G., Romero, M.F., Peimbert, M. & Alcaraz, L.D. (2024). Unravelling the genomic and environmental diversity of the ubiquitous Solirubrobacter. Environmental Microbiology, e16685.
Romero, M. F., Krall, J. B., Nichols, P. J., Vantreeck, J., Henen, M. A., Dejardin, E., … & Diallo, M. A. (2024). Novel Z-DNA binding domains in giant viruses. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 107504.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107504
Hernández, A. M., Alcaraz, L. D., Hernández-Álvarez, C., Romero, M. F., Jara-Servín, A., Barajas, H., … & Peimbert, M. (2024). Revealing the microbiome diversity and biocontrol potential of field Aedes ssp.: Implications for disease vector management. PloS one, 19(4), e0302328.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302328
Hernández-Álvarez, C., García-Oliva, F., Cruz-Ortega, R., Romero, M. F., Barajas, H. R., Piñero, D., Alcaraz, L. D. (2021) Squash root microbiome transplants and metagenomic inspection for in situ arid adaptations. Science of The Total Environment, 2021, 150136.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150136
Romero, M. F., Gallego, D., Lechuga-Jiménez, A., Martínez, J. F., Barajas, H. R., Hayano-Kanashiro, C., … & Alcaraz, L. D. (2021). Metagenomics of mine tailing rhizospheric communities and its selection for plant establishment towards bioremediation. Microbiological Research, 247, 126732.
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2021.126732
Barajas, H. R., Martínez-Sánchez, S., Romero, M. F., Álvarez, C. H., Servín-González, L., Peimbert, M., … & Alcaraz, L. D. (2020). Testing the two-step model of plant root microbiome acquisition under multiple plant species and soil sources. Frontiers in microbiology, 11.
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.542742
Barajas, H. R., Romero, M. F., Martínez-Sánchez, S., & Alcaraz, L. D. (2019). Global genomic similarity and core genome sequence diversity of the Streptococcus genus as a toolkit to identify closely related bacterial species in complex environments. PeerJ, 6, e6233.
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6233
Romero, M., Cerritos, R., & Ximenez, C. (2016). Horizontal gene transfers from bacteria to entamoeba complex: a strategy for dating events along species divergence. Journal of parasitology research, 2016.
DOI: 10.1155/2016/3241027
Reyna-Fabián, M. E., Zermeño, V., Ximénez, C., Flores, J., Romero, M. F., Diaz, D., … & Cerritos, R. (2016). Analysis of the bacterial diversity in liver abscess: differences between pyogenic and amebic abscesses. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 94(1), 147-155.
Preprints
Vasquez, Y. M., Nardi, T., Terasaki, G. M., Byl, P. K., Bruna, T., Villada, J. C., Romero, M. F., … & Schulz, F. (2025). Genome-resolved expansion of Nucleocytoviricota and Mirusviricota reveals new diversity, functional potential, and biotechnological applications. bioRxiv, 2025-09.
DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.26.678796
Vasquez, Y., Romero-Gutierrez, M. F., Bower, R., Rohwer, R. R., McMahon, K., Woyke, T., & Schulz, F. (2025). Vicennial metagenomic time series unveils evolutionary dynamics of giant viruses in a freshwater ecosystem. bioRxiv, 2025-06.
DOI: 10.1101/2025.06.13.655548
Villada, J. C., Vasquez, Y., Szabo, G., Walker, E. W., Gutierrez, M. R., Qin, S., … & Schulz, F. (2025). A genomic catalog of Earth’s bacterial and archaeal symbionts. bioRxiv, 2025-05.
DOI: 10.1101/2025.05.29.656868
Romero, M. F., Krinos, A. I., Maurer-Alcala, X., Burns, J. A., Stepanauskas, R., Woyke, T., & Schulz, F. (2025). Global Metagenomics Reveals Hidden Protist Diversity. bioRxiv, 2025-03.
DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.26.645542
Shrestha, B., Romero, M. F., Villada, J. C., Plastid MAG Consortium, Crysten, B. H., & Schulz, F. (2025). Global metagenomics reveals plastid diversity and unexplored algal lineages. bioRxiv, 2025-03.
DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.28.644651
Vargas-Peralta, D., Narváez-Barragán, D. A., de Sandozequi, A., Romero-Gutiérrez, M. F., Segovia, L., Martínez-Anaya, C., … & de la Torre Almaraz, R. (2021). Identification of Pectobacterium species isolated from the soft rot of tetecho (Neobuxbaumia tetetzo), a columnar cactus, and associated metagenomics. bioRxiv, 2021-02.
DOI: 10.1101/2021.02.01.429127
Other publications
Romero, M.F. (2025). The intruders that stole the master key. Nature Reviews Microbiology.