Publications

Anatoxin biosynthesis gene abundance correlates with anatoxin concentration in freshwater benthic samples

Joshua R. Evans, Daniel G. Beach, Jake Stillwell, Meghann Bruce, Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Cecilio Valadez-Cano, Pearse McCarron, Janice Lawrence

Toxicon, vol. 273, 2026, p. 109011

Limnofasciculus delicatus (Coleofasciculaceae, Coleofasciculales), a Novel Mat-Forming Cyanobacterium From Shenandoah River, Virginia, USA.

Stancheva R, Valadez-Cano C, Van Aken B, Selckmann GM, Lawrence J, Cahoon AB

Environ Microbiol Rep, 2026

Phylogenomic and functional insights into Staphylococcus shinii from blueberry production environments: intra-species structure, probiotic traits and antimicrobial resistance

Cecilio Valadez-Cano, Rhiannonn L. Wallace, Jiacheng Chuan, David Mahoney, Xianhua Yin, Lindsey Clairmont, Dion Lepp, Sean Li, Moussa S. Diarra, Wen Chen

Microbial Genomics, vol. 12, Microbiology Society, 2026

The global proliferation of aquatic, benthic Microcoleus: Taxonomy, distribution, toxin production, ecology, and future directions

Laura T. Kelly, Daniel G. Beach, Joanna R. Blaszczak, Keith Bouma-Gregson, Sydney M. Brown, Haowu Cheng, Janette L. Davidson, Jutta Fastner, Marcus Francis, Andrea Garcia Jimenez, Laurel Genzoli, Ramesh Goel, Diego Gonzalez, Kim M. Handley, Sabine Hilt, Jean-François Humbert, Rob Jamieson, Lindsay Johnston, Pilar Junier, Janice Lawrence, Pearse McCarron, Sven Meissner, Jacob Mormando, Jonathan Puddick, Catherine Quiblier, Nagasaijanani Rajpirathap, Charlotte Schampera, Andy Selwood, Karen Shearer, Abeer Sohrab, Rosalina Stancheva, Cecilio Valadez-Cano, Jordan M. Zabrecky, Susanna A. Wood

Water Research, vol. 294, 2026, p. 125441

Gene expression analysis of carbohydrate catabolism in Leucoagaricus gongylophorus LEU18496

Freddy Castillo-Alfonso, Gabriela Cejas-Añón, Cecilio Valadez-Cano, Juan Carlos Sigala-Alanis, Gabriel Vigueras-Ramírez, Roberto Olivares-Hernández

Molecular Omics, vol. 22, 2026 Feb, pp. aaiag007

Draft genomes of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from an agriculturally-dominated watershed and dairy cattle feces

Cecilio Valadez-Cano, Izhar U. H. Khan, Jiacheng Chuan, Xiang (Sean) Li, David R. Lapen, Suzanne Gerdis, Jeremy Dettman, Wen Chen

Microbiology Resource Announcements, vol. 14, 2025, pp. e00829-25

Genetic diversity and anatoxin profiles of freshwater benthic cyanobacteria from Nova Scotia (Canada)

Cecilio Valadez-Cano, Nicolas Tromas, Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Lindsay Johnston, Yannan Huang, Hannah Morris, Lydia Zamlynny, Daniel G. Beach, Rob C. Jamieson, Janice Lawrence

Environmental Microbiology, vol. 27, 2025, pp. e70067

The co-existence of Microcoleus strains with gene variations in the anatoxin-a biosynthesis cluster can explain the different toxin profiles observed in freshwater benthic mats

Cecilio Valadez-Cano, Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Lindsay Johnston, Yannan Huang, Hannah Morris, Lydia Zamlynny, André M. Comeau, Daniel G. Beach, Rob C. Jamieson, Janice Lawrence

Toxicon, vol. 264, 2025, p. 108461

Genome-scale model of Rhizopus microsporus: metabolic integration of a fungal holobiont with its bacterial and viral endosymbionts

Cecilio Valadez-Cano, Roberto Olivares-Hernández, Astrid N. Espino-Vázquez, Laila P. Partida-Martínez

Environmental Microbiology, vol. 26, 2024, pp. e16551

Proliferation and anatoxin production of benthic cyanobacteria associated with canine mortalities along a stream-lake continuum

Lindsay H. Johnston, Yannan Huang, Tessa D. Bermarija, Cheryl Rafuse, Lydia Zamlynny, Meghann R. Bruce, Catherine Graham, André M. Comeau, Cecilio Valadez-Cano, Janice E. Lawrence, Daniel G. Beach, Rob C. Jamieson

Science of The Total Environment, vol. 917, 2024, p. 170476

Sequencing, assembly, and genomic annotation of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus LEU18496, a dikarya mutualistic species†

Freddy Castillo-Alfonso, Cecilio Valadez-Cano, Gabriela Cejas-Añón, José Utrilla, Juan-Carlos Sigala Alanis, Sylvie Le Borgne, Alfonso Mauricio Sales-Cruz, Gabriel Vigueras-Ramírez, Roberto Olivares-Hernández

Molecular Omics, vol. 20, 2024 Aug, pp. 524-531

Genomic characterization of coexisting anatoxin-producing and non-toxigenic Microcoleus subspecies in benthic mats from the Wolastoq, New Brunswick, Canada

Cecilio Valadez-Cano, Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Daniel G. Beach, Cheryl Rafuse, Pearse McCarron, Janice Lawrence

Harmful Algae, vol. 124, 2023, p. 102405

Novel virulent and temperate cyanophages predicted to infect Microcoleus associated with anatoxin-producing benthic mats

Cecilio Valadez-Cano, Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Janice Lawrence

Environmental Microbiology, vol. 25, 2023, pp. 3319-3332

Amplicon-based and metagenomic approaches provide insights into toxigenic potential in understudied Atlantic Canadian lakes

Cecilio Valadez-Cano, Kristen Hawkes, Rossella Calvaruso, Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Janice Lawrence

FACETS, vol. 7, 2022, pp. 194-214

The two-component regulatory system CenK–CenR regulates expression of a previously uncharacterized protein required for salinity and oxidative stress tolerance in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Eukene O. Bensig, Cecilio Valadez-Cano, ZiYu Kuang, Isabela R. Freire, Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Shawn R. MacLellan

Frontiers in Microbiology, Volume 13 - 2022, 2022

Massive protein import into the early-evolutionary-stage photosynthetic organelle of the amoeba Paulinella chromatophora

A. Singer, G. Poschmann, C. Mühlich, C. Valadez-Cano, S. Hänsch, V. Hüren, S.A. Rensing, K. Stühler, E.C.M. Nowack

Current Biology, vol. 27, 2017

Natural selection drove metabolic specialization of the chromatophore in Paulinella chromatophora

C. Valadez-Cano, R. Olivares-Hernández, O. Resendis-Antonio, A. DeLuna, L. Delaye

BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 17, 2017

How really ancient is Paulinella chromatophora?

Luis Delaye, Cecilio Valadez-Cano, Bernardo Pérez-Zamorano

PLoS Currents Tree of life, 2016, pp. 1--12