December 2025

NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT. Rafael Giraldo.

OUR GROUPS. Report of the Specialized Groups

ARTICLES

María del Pilar Aznar Ortiz (1914-2005): Microbiologist and first scientist at the CSIC

XXIV Microbiology Research Initiation Course Professor J.R. Villanueva

XXX Congress of the Spanish Society of Microbiology in Jaén

XXVIII Initiation Course to Research in Microbiology “Prof. J. R. Villanueva”

The XIX Meeting of the National Network of Extremophilic Microorganisms held in Huelva

SPECIAL MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Presentation: Thirty years of the Molecular Microbiology Specialized Group

Cyanobacterial regulatory RNAs

Bacterial Genetics Macrogroup

Plant-bacteria communication and antimicrobial activities in phytobacteria

Biosafety, Zoonoses and Food Safety

MikroIker Group: Genomics and microbial characterization

Bacterial Infections and Antimicrobial Therapies Group (BIAT Group)

Listeria: Biology and infection (LisBio)

Bacterial Type IV Secretion Systems. Biology and Applications

On the hunt for signals recognized by bacterial receptors

Role of molecular messengers in bacterial adaptation to the host plant

Gut microbiota amyloids as turning points in health and disease

Development of multitarget therapies against intracellular infections of Staphylococcus aureus

Phase variation and the art of phenotypic plasticity as the secret to success in bacterial patho-adaptation

Regulatory network mediated by the quorum sensing system in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: challenges and potential applications

Molecular Basis of Adaptation Lab. Integrones: evolution and resistance to antibiotics and bacteriophages

Group Stress and Bacterial Evolution

Extreme ecosystems, extraordinary life: four decades of research on halophilic microorganisms

Mycobacteria Genetics Group

Antimicrobial Resistance Unit (ARU)

MicrobiomicsEHU Research Group

Functional Plasmidomics

Evasion of defenses in the plant-bacterial interaction

MICROMOL-UAB Group: Molecular mechanisms and innovative therapies for the control of antibiotic-resistant pathogens

Hidden elements in bacterial genomes: post-transcriptional regulators and mini-proteins

Plasmid Biology and Evolution lab

Bacterial infections: new targets and prevention and treatment strategies

Understanding evolution to fight antibiotic resistance

Biology and genetics of bacterial walls

Information from other Molecular Microbiology research teams

OUR SCIENCE

A novel peptidoglycan deacetylase modulates daughter cell separation in E. coli

Chemotaxis to acetylcholine in bacterial phytopathogens of global relevance

Global response to copper in predatory bacteria Myxococcus xanthus and its link with antibiotic resistance

Pathogenic fungi inherit resistance to treatment without changing their DNA

ICSP Statutes (July 2025 revision)

Positive microbiology in film and television

THESIS

Doctoral thesis summaries

COMIC BACTERIAS