Prof. Carlos A. Jerez
University
of Chile, Chile
Email:
cjerez@uchile.cl
Qualifications
1973 Ph.D.,
University of Iowa, USA
1968 B.Sc.,
University of Chile, Chile
Publications (Selected)
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Delgado, M.,
Toledo, H. and Jerez, C.A. (1998) Molecular cloning, sequencing and expression
of a chemoreceptor gene from Leptospirillum ferrooxidans. Appl. Environ.
Microbiol. 64: 2380-2385.
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Varela, P.,
Levicán, G. and Jerez, C.A. (1998) An immunological strategy to monitor in situ
the phosphate-starvation state in Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. Appl. Environ.
Microbiol. 64: 4990-4993.
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Guiliani, N.
and Jerez, C.A. (2000) Molecular cloning, sequencing and expression of Omp40,
the gene coding for the major outer membrane protein from the acidophilic
Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. Appl.Environ. Microbiol. 66: 2318-2324.
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Jerez, C.A.
(2001) Chemotactic transduction in biomining microorganisms. Hydrometallurgy.
59: 347-356.
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Cardona, S.,
Remonsellez, F., Guiliani, N. and Jerez, C.A. (2001) The alleged glycogen-bound
polyphosphate kinase from Sulfolobus acidocaldarius is actually a glycogen
synthase. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67: 4733-4780.
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Toledo, H.,
Valenzuela, M., Rivas, A. and Jerez, C.A. (2002). Acid stress response in
Helicobacter pylori. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 213:67-72.
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Ramírez, P.,
Toledo, H., Guiliani, N. and Jerez, C.A. (2002) An exported rhodanese-like
protein is induced during growth of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in metal
sulfides and different sulfur compounds. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
68:1837-1845.
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Cardona, S.
T., Chávez, F. P. and Jerez, C.A. (2002) The exopolyphosphatase gene from
Sulfolobus solfataricus: characterization of the first gene found to be
involved in polyphosphate metabolism in Archaea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
68:4812-4819.
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Vera, M.,
Guiliani, N. and Jerez, C.A. (2003) Proteomic and genomic analysis of the
phosphate starvation response of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans.
Hydrometallurgy. 71: 125-132.
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Chávez, F.,
Lünsdorf, H. and Jerez, C.A. (2004) Growth of polychlorinated biphenyl
(PCB)-degrading bacteria in the presence of biphenyl and chlorobiphenyls
generates oxidative stress and massive accumulation of inorganic polyphosphate.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:3064-3072.
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Ramírez.,
P., Guiliani, N., Valenzuela, L., Beard, S., and Jerez, C.A. (2004)
Differential protein expression during growth of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
on ferrous iron, sulfur compounds or metal sulfides. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
70: 4491-4498.
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Alvarez, S.
and Jerez, C.A. (2004) Copper ions stimulate polyphosphate degradation and
phosphate efflux in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
70: 5177-5182.
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Acosta, M.,
Beard, S., Ponce, J., Vera, M., Mobarec, J.C. and Jerez, C.A. (2005)
Identification of putative sulfurtransferase genes in the extremophilic
Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 genome: structural and functional
characterization of the proteins. OMICS. 9: 13-29.
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Farah, C.,
Vera, M., Morin, D., Haras, D., Jerez, C.A. and Guiliani, N. (2005) Evidence of
a functional quorum sensing type AI-1 system in the extremophilic bacterium
Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 7033-7040.
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Valenzuela,
L., Chi, A., Beard, S., Orell, A., Guiliani, N., Shabanowitz, J., Hunt, D.F.
and Jerez, C.A. (2006) Genomics, metagenomics and proteomics in biomining
microorganisms. Biotechnol. Adv. 24: 197-211.
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Chávez,
F.P., Gordillo, F. and Jerez, C.A. (2006) Adaptive responses and cellular
behaviour of biphenyl-degrading bacteria toward polychlorinated biphenyls.
Biotechnol. Adv. 24: 309-320.
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Remonsellez,
F., Orell, A. and Jerez, C.A. (2006) Copper tolerance of the thermoacidophilic
archaeon Sulfolobus metallicus: possible role of polyphosphate metabolism.
Microbiology 152: 59-66.
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Gordillo,
F., Chavez, F.P. and Jerez C.A. (2007) Motility and chemotaxis of Pseudomonas
sp. B4 towards polychlorobiphenyls and chlorobenzoates. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol.
60: 322-328.
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Jerez, C.A.
(2007) Biomining in the post-genomic age: advances and perspectives. Adv. Mat.
Res. 20-21: 389-400.
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Chi, A.,
Valenzuela, L., Beard, S., Mackey, A.J. , Shabanowitz, J., Hunt, D.F. and
Jerez, C.A. (2007) Periplasmic proteins of the extremophile Acidithiobacillus
ferrooxidans: a high throughput proteomic analysis. Mol. Cell. Proteomics. 6:
2239-2251.
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Soulère L.,
Guiliani N., Queneau Y., Jerez C.A., Doutheau A. (2008) Molecular insights into
quorum sensing in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans bacteria via molecular
modelling of the transcriptional regulator AfeR and of the binding mode of
long-chain acyl homoserine lactones. J. Mol. Model. 14:599-606.
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Frezza M,
Soulère L, Reverchon S, Guiliani N, Jerez C, Queneau Y, Doutheau A. (2008)
Synthetic homoserine lactone-derived sulfonylureas as inhibitors of Vibrio
fischeri quorum sensing regulator. Bioorg. Med. Chem.16:3550-3556.
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Ruiz, L.M.,
Valenzuela S., Castro M., Gonzalez A., Frezza M., Soulère L., Rohwerder T.,
Queneau Y., Doutheau A., Sand W., Jerez, C.A. and Guiliani, N. (2008) AHL
communication is a widespread phenomenon in biomining bacteria and seems to be
involved in mineral-adhesion efficiency. Hydrometallurgy. 94:133-137.
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Vera, M.,
Pagliai, F., Guiliani, N., and Jerez, C.A. (2008) The chemolithoautotroph
Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans can survive under phosphate limiting conditions
by the expression of a C-P lyase operon that allows it to grow in phosphonates.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74:1829-1835.
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Jerez, C.A.
(2008) The use of genomics, proteomics and other OMICS technologies for the
global understanding of biomining microorganisms. Hydrometallurgy. 94: 162-169.
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Chavez,
F.P., Mauriaca, C., and Jerez, C.A. (2009) Constitutive and regulated
expression vectors to construct polyphosphate deficient bacteria. BMC Research
Notes. 2: 50.
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Navarro,
C.A., Orellana, L.H., Mauriaca, C., and Jerez, C.A. (2009) Transcriptional and
functional studies of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans genes related to survival
in the presence of copper. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75:6102-6109.
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Varela C.,
Mauriaca C., Paradela A., Albar J.P., Jerez C.A, and Chávez F.P. (2010). New
structural and fuctional defects in polyphosphate deficient bacteria: A
cellular and proteomic study. BMC Microbiol. 10: 7.
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Orell, A.,
Navarro, C.A., Arancibia, R., Mobarec, J.C., and Jerez, C.A. (2010) Life in
blue: Copper resistance mechanisms of bacteria and Archaea used in industrial
biomining of minerals. Biotechnol. Adv. 28: 839- 848.
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Beard, S.,
Paradela, A., Albar, J.P., and Jerez
C.A. Growth of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 in thiosulfate under
oxygen-limiting conditions generate extracellular sulfur globules by means of a
secreted tetrathionate hydrolase. Front. Microbio. 2:79. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00079.
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Chavez,
F.P., Lagos, C.A., Reyes-Parada, M., Guiliani, N. and Jerez, C.A. (2011)
Polyphosphate synthesis as a target for novel antibiotics. Current Enzyme
Inhibition 7, 163-168.
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Ruiz, L.M.,
Castro, M., Barriga, A., Jerez, C.A., and Guiliani, N. (2011) The
extremophile Acidithiobacillus
ferrooxidans possesses a c-di-GMP
signaling pathway that could play a significant role during bioleaching of
minerals. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 54:133-139.
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Orellana,
L.H., and Jerez, C.A. (2011) A genomic island provides Acidithiobacillus
ferrooxidans ATCC 53993 additional copper resistance: a possible competitive
advantage. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 92:761-767.
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Orell, A.,
Navarro, C.A., Rivero, M., Aguilar, J.S., and Jerez, C.A. (2012) Inorganic
polyphosphates in extremophiles and their posible functions. Extremophiles.
DOI.1007/s00792-012-0457-9.
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Orell, A.,
Remonsellez, F., Arancibia R., and Jerez, C.A. (2013) Molecular
characterization of copper and cadmium resistance determinants in the biomining
thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus metallicus. Archaea. Volume 2013,
Article ID 289236, DOI: 10.1155/2013/289236, 16 pages.
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Jerez, C.A.
(2013) The use of extremophilic microorganisms in industrial recovery of
metals. In Extremophiles: Sustainable Resources and Biotechnological
Implications. Pp. 319-334. In Songh, O., ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Navarro,
C.A., von Bernath, D. and Jerez, C.A. (2013) Heavy metal resistance strategies
of acidophilic bacteria and their acquisition: importance for biomining and
bioremediation. Biol. Res. 46: 363-371.
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Almarcegui,
R.J., Navarro, C.A., Paradela, A., Albar, J.P., von Bernath, D. and Jerez, C.A.
(2014) New copper resistance determinants in the extremophile Acidithiobacillus
ferrooxidans: a quantitative proteomic analysis. J. Proteome Res. 13: 946-960.
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Almarcegui,
R.J., Navarro, C.A., Paradela, A., Albar, J.P., von Bernath, D. and Jerez, C.A.
(2014) Response to copper of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC
23270grown in elemental sulfur. Res Microbiol. 165: 761-772.