Dr. Victor Carrion Bravo
PostdocMicrobial Ecology |
Research expertiseComparative genomics Metagenomics Molecular microbiology Plant-microbe interactions
Page last updated: 29-10-2018
2014 –present : Postdoctoral Researcher. Microbial Ecology. Netherlands Institute of Ecology.
2012-2014 : Postdoctoral Researcher. Phytopathology Department, Wageningen University
2008-2012 : PhD entitled: Mangotoxin biosynthesis and regulation in Pseudomonas syringae. Microbiology Department. University of Malaga (Spain).
2007-2009 : MSc Molecular Biology. University of Malaga (Spain).
2002-2007 : BSc Biology. University of Malaga (Spain).
Genomic and functional characterization of beneficial Burkholderia species from natural disease suppressive soils
Disease-suppressive soils are ecosystems in which crop plants suffer less from specific diseases than expected owing to the activities of antagonistic soil microorganisms. For most disease-suppressive soils the beneficial microbes and mechanisms involved in pathogen control are unknown. Members of the Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Actinobacteria were found to be consistently associated with disease suppression. Here we focus on the β-Proteobacteria, specifically on the Burkholderia genus. They exhibit specific activities for plant growth promotion and biological control. Using GC-MS, LC-MS and comparative genomics, several compounds and clusters have been detected. Mutagenesis, cloning, heterologous expression and chemical analyses are ongoing to resolve the functions of these compounds and novel gene clusters identified in the Burkholderia genomes.
Metagenomic mining of the endophytic plant microbiome
The plant microbiome represents an enormous untapped resource for discovering novel microorganisms, traits, genes and bioactive compounds. Endophytic bacteria can promote plant growth, act as biocontrol agents and can be beneficial to their host by producing a range of natural products. Here we focus on the diversity and metabolic potential of the endophytic community of plants grown in soils that are naturally suppressive to specific plant diseases. The endophytic communities of sugar beet plants grown in nonsuppressive soil, suppressive soil, and suppressive soil inoculated with the fungal pathogen Rhizoctonia solani were investigated by 16S amplicon sequencing. The results showed that the endophytic community is very similar between the different soil treatments. However, variations in the abundance of certain groups were observed, with Azospira, Chitinophagaceae, Devosia and Flavobacterium being more abundant in the roots of sugar beet plants grown in disease suppressive soil. Currently we are performing metagenome sequencing of the endophytic community to understand the functional potential of the microorganisms that live inside the plant root tissue.
Pedro Manuel Martínez-García · Pablo Rodríguez-Palenzuela · Eva Arrebola · Víctor J Carrión · José Antonio Gutiérrez-Barranquero · Alejandro Pérez-García · Cayo Ramos · Francisco M Cazorla · Antonio de de Vicente (2015). Bioinformatics Analysis of the Complete Genome Sequence of the Mango Tree Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae UMAF0158 Reveals Traits Relevant to Virulence and Epiphytic Lifestyle. PLoS ONE.
Eva Arrebola · Victor J Carrión · José Antonio Gutiérrez-Barranquero · Alejandro Pérez-Garcia · Pablo Rodriguez-Palenzuela · Francisco M Cazorla · Antonio de Vicente (2015). Cellulose production in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae: a compromise between epiphytic and pathogenic lifestyles. FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
Claudia E Calderón · Victor J Carrión · Antonio de Vicente · Francisco M Cazorla (2014). darR and darS are regulatory genes that modulate 2-hexyl, 5-propyl resorcinol transcription in Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1606. Microbiology.
Víctor J Carrión · Menno van der Voort · Eva Arrebola · José A Gutiérrez-Barranquero · Antonio de Vicente · Jos M Raaijmakers · Francisco M Cazorla (2014). Mangotoxin production of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae is regulated by MgoA. BMC Microbiology.
José A Gutiérrez-Barranquero · Víctor J Carrión · Jesús Murillo · Eva Arrebola · Dawn L Arnold · Francisco M Cazorla · Antonio de Vicente (2013). A Pseudomonas syringae Diversity Survey Reveals a Differentiated Phylotype of the Pathovar syringae Associated with the Mango Host and Mangotoxin Production. Phytopathology.
José A Gutiérrez-Barranquero · A de Vicente · Víctor J Carrión · George W Sundin · Francisco M Cazorla (2012).Recruitment and rearrangement of three different genetic determinants into a conjugative plasmid increase copper resistance in Pseudomonas syringae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Víctor J Carrión · José A Gutiérrez-Barranquero · Eva Arrebola · Leire Bardaji · Juan C Codina · Antonio de Vicente · Francisco M Cazorla · Jesús Murillo (2012).The mangotoxin biosynthetic operon (mbo) is specifically distributed within Pseudomonas syringae genomospecies 1 and was acquired only once during evolution. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Víctor J Carrión · Eva Arrebola · Francisco M Cazorla · Jesús Murillo · Antonio de Vicente (2012). The mbo Operon Is Specific and Essential for Biosynthesis of Mangotoxin in Pseudomonas syringae. PLoS ONE.
Eva Arrebola · Víctor J Carrión · Francisco M Cazorla · Alejandro Pérez-García · Jesús Murillo · Antonio de Vicente (2012). Characterisation of the mgo operon in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae UMAF0158 that is required for mangotoxin production. BMC Microbiology.
- Contreras-Dávila, C. A., Carrión, V. J., Vonk, V. R., Buisman, C. N. J., & Strik, D. P. B. T. B. (2019). Consecutive lactate formation and chain elongation to reduce exogenous chemicals input in repeated-batch food waste fermentation. Water Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115215
- Perez Jaramillo, J. E., De Hollander, M., Ramirez, C. A., Mendes, R., Raaijmakers, J. M., & Carrión, V. J. (2019). Deciphering rhizosphere microbiome assembly of wild and modern common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in native and agricultural soils from Colombia. Microbiome, 7, [114]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-019-0727-1
- Cordovez, V., Dini-Andreote, F., Carrión, V. J., & Raaijmakers, J. M. (2019). Ecology and Evolution of Plant Microbiomes. Annual Review of Microbiology, Online. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-micro-090817-062524
- Li, X. G., Jousset, A., De Boer, W., Carriön, V. J., Zhang, T., Wang, X., & Kuramae, E. E. (2019). Legacy of land use history determines reprogramming of plant physiology by soil microbiome. ISME Journal, 13, 738-751. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0300-0
- Carrión, V. J., Perez Jaramillo, J. E., Cordovez, V., Tracanna, V., De Hollander, M., Ruiz Buck, D.,... Raaijmakers, J. M. (2019). Pathogen-induced activation of disease-suppressive functions in the endophytic root microbiome. Science, 366(6465), 606-612. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw9285
- Carrion, V. J., Cordovez, V., Tyc, O., Etalo, D. W., De Bruijn, I., de Jager, V. C. L.,... Raaijmakers, J. M. (2018). Involvement of Burkholderiaceae and sulfurous volatiles in disease suppressive soils. ISME Journal, 12, 2307-2321. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0186-x
- Durán, P., Tortella, G., Viscardi, S., Barra, P. J., Carrión, V. J., Mora, M. D. L. L., & Pozo, M. J. (2018). Microbial Community Composition in Take-All Suppressive Soils. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02198
- Cordovez, V., Schop, S., Hordijk, C. A., Dupré de Boulois, H., Coppens, F., Hanssen, I.,... Carrion, V. J. (2018). Priming of plant growth promotion by volatile compounds of root-associated Microbacterium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 84(22), [e01865-18. ]. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01865-18
- Perez Jaramillo, J. E., Carrion, V. J., De Hollander, M., & Raaijmakers, J. M. (2018). The wild side of plant microbiomes. Microbiome, 6(143). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0519-z
- Perez Jaramillo, J. E., Carrion, V. J., Bosse, M., Ferrão, L. F. V., De Hollander, M., Garcia, A. A. F.,... Raaijmakers, J. M. (2017). Linking rhizosphere microbiome composition of wild and domesticated Phaseolus vulgaris to genotypic and root phenotypic traits. ISME Journal, 11, 2244-2257. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2017.85
- Cordovez, V., Mommer, L., Moisan, K., Lucas-Barbosa, D., Pierik, R., Mumm, R.,... Raaijmakers, J. M. (2017). Plant phenotypic and transcriptional changes induced by volatiles from the fungal root pathogen Rhizoctonia solani. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, [01262]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01262
- Durán, P., Jorquera, M., Viscardi, S., Carrión, V. J., Mora, M. D. L. L., & Pozo, M. J. (2017). Screening and Characterization of Potentially Suppressive Soils against Gaeumannomyces graminis under Extensive Wheat Cropping by Chilean Indigenous Communities. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 1552. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01552
- Nguyen, D., Melnik, A. V., Koyama, N., Lu, X., Schorn, M., Fang, J.,... Dorrestein, P. C. (2016). Indexing the Pseudomonas specialized metabolome enabled the discovery of poaeamide B and the bananamides. Nature Microbiology, 2, [16197]. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.197
- Cordovez, V., Carrion, V., Etalo, D. W., Mumm, R., Zhu, H., Van Wezel, G. P., & Raaijmakers, J. M. (2015). Diversity and functions of volatile organic compounds produced by Streptomyces from a disease-suppressive soil. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01081
- Carrión, V. J., van der Voort, M., Arrebola, E., Gurierrez-Barranquero, J. A., de Vicente, A., Raaijmakers, J. M., & Cazorla, F. M. (2014). Mangotoxin production of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae is regulated by MgoA. BMC Microbiology, 14, 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-14-46
