2021

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C. Schampera, J. Wolinska, J. Bachelier, A. A. de Souza Machado, R. Rosal, M. González-Pleiter, R. Agha (2021). Exposure to nanoplastics affects the outcome of infectious disease in phytoplankton. Environmental Pollution. In press

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2020

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Y. Tao, J. Wolinska, F. Hölker, R. Agha (2020). Light intensity and spectral distribution affect chytrid infection of cyanobacteria via modulation of host fitness. Parasitogy. In press

 

T. Frenken, J. Wolinska, Y. Tao, T. Rohrlack, R. Agha (2020). Infection of filamentous phytoplankton by fungal parasites enhance herbivory in pelagic food webs. Limnology and Oceanography. DOI:10.1002/lno.11474

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M.González-Pleiter, S. Cirés L. Wörmer, R. Agha, G. Pulido-Reyes, K. Martín-Betancor, A. Rico, F. Leganés, A.Quesada, F. Fernández-Piñas (2020). Ecotoxicity assessment of microcystins from freshwater samples using a bioluminescent cyanobacterial bioassay. Chemosphere. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124966

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2019

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F. Manzi, R. Agha, Y. Lu, F. Ben‐Ami, J. Wolinska (2019). Temperature and host diet jointly influence the outcome of infection in a Daphnia‐fungal parasite system. Freshwater Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13464

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R. Taube., J. Fabian, S. Van den Wyngaert, R. Agha, C. Baschien, M.Gerphagnon, M. Kagami, A. Krüger and K. Premke (2019). Potentials and limitations of quantification of fungi in freshwater environments based on PLFA profiles. Fungal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2019.05.002

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T. Frenken, R. Agha, D. Schmeller, P. van West and J. Wolinska (2019). Biological concepts for the control of aquatic zoosporic diseases. Trends in Parasitology. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2019.04.003

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B. Ortiz-Canavate*, J. Wolinska, R. Agha (2019). Fungicides at environmentally relevant concentrations can promote the proliferation of toxic bloom-forming cyanobacteria by inhibiting natural fungal parasite epidemics. Chemosphere. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.04.203
                           * mentored Master student

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M.A. Lezcano, R. Agha, S. Cirés and A. Quesada (2019). Spatial-temporal survey of Microcystis oligopeptide chemotypes in reservoirs with dissimilar waterbody features and their relation to genetic variation. Harmful Algae. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2018.11.009

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M. Gerphagnon*, R. Agha*, D. Martin-Creuzburg, A. Bec, F. Perriere, C. Rad-Menéndez, C.M.M. Gachon and J. Wolinska (2019). Comparison of sterol and fatty acid profiles of chytrids and their hosts reveals trophic upgrading of nutritionally inadequate phytoplankton by fungal parasites. Environmental Microbiology. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14489

                            * these authors contributed equally

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2018

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R. Agha, A. Groß*, T. Rohrlack and J. Wolinska (2018). Adaptation of a chytrid parasite to its cyanobacterial host is hampered by host intraspecific diversity. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00921

                            * mentored Master student

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R. Agha, A. Groß*, M. Gerphagnon, T. Rohrlack and J. Wolinska (2018) Fitness and eco-physiological response of a chytrid fungal parasite infecting planktonic cyanobacteria to thermal and host genotype variation. Parasitology, doi:10.1017/S0031182018000215

                            * mentored Master student

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2017

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Frenken, T., Alacid, E., Berger, S. A., Bourne, E. C., Gerphagnon, M., Grossart, H.-P., Gsell, A. S., Ibelings, B. W., Kagami, M., Küpper, F. C., Letcher, P. M., Loyau, A., Miki, T., Nejstgaard, J. C., Rasconi, S., Reñé, A., Rohrlack, T., Rojas-Jimenez, K., Schmeller, D. S., Scholz, B., Seto, K., Sime-Ngando, T., Sukenik, A., Van de Waal, D. B., Van den Wyngaert, S., Van Donk, E., Wolinska, J., Wurzbacher, C. and R. Agha (2017) Integrating chytrid fungal parasites into plankton ecology. Research gaps and needs. Environmental Microbiology  doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13827

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2016

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M.A. Lezcano, J. Morón-López, R. Agha, I. López-Heras, L. Nozal, A. Quesada, R. El-Shehawy. (2016) Presence or absence of mlr genes and nutrient concentrations co-determine the microcystin biodegradation efficiency of a natural bacterial community. Toxins 8 (11) 318

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R. Agha, M. Saebelfeld, C. Manthey*, T. Rohrlack and J. Wolinska. (2016) Chytrid parasitism facilitates trophic transfer between bloom-forming cyanobacteria and zooplankton (Daphnia). Scientific Reports   6:35039 DOI: 10.1038/srep35039

                            * mentored undergraduate student

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R. Agha, M. M. Labrador, A*. de los Ríos and  A. Quesada (2016). Selectivity and detrimental effects of epiphytic Pseudanabaena on Microcystis colonies. Hydrobiologia 777(1)

                            * mentored Master student

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2014

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R. Agha and A. Quesada (2014). Oligopeptides as biomarkers of cyanobacterial subpopulations. Toward an understanding of their biological role. Toxins (6)6 1929-1950.

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R. Agha, M.A. Lezcano, M.M. Labrador, S. Cirés and A. Quesada (2014). Seasonal dynamics and sedimentation patterns of Microcystis oligopeptide-based chemotypes reveal subpopulations with different ecological traits. Limnology and Oceanography 59(3) 861-871.

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 J. Kleinteich, F. Hildebrand, S.A. Wood, S. Cirés, R. Agha, A. Quesada, D. A. Pearce, P. Convey, F.C. Küpper and D.R. Dietrich (2014). Diversity of toxin and non-toxin containing cyanobacterial mats of meltwater ponds on the Antarctic Peninsula: a pyrosequencing approach. Antarctic Science 2014 1-12

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M.C. Casero, A. Ballot, R. Agha, A. Quesada and S. Cirés (2014). Characterization of saxitoxin production and release and phylogeny of sxt genes in paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin-producing Aphanizomenon gracile. Harmful Algae 37: 28-37

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S. Cirés, L. Wörmer, A. Ballot, R. Agha, D. Velázquez, M.C. Casero, C. Wiedner and A. Quesada (2014). Phylogeography of cylindrospermopsin and paralytic shellfish toxin-producing Nostocales cyanobacteria from Mediterranean Europe. Applied Environmental Microbiology 80(4) 1359-1365. doi: 10.1128/aem.03002-13

 

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2013

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S. Cirés, L. Wörmer, R. Agha, A. Quesada (2013). Overwintering populations of Anabaena, Aphanizomenon and Microcystis as potential inocula for summer blooms. Journal of Plankton Research 08/2013.

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E. Campo, M. A. Lezcano, R. Agha, S. Cirés, A.Quesada, R. El-Shehawy (2013). First TaqMan assay to identify and quantify the cylindrospermopsin-producing cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon ovalisporum in water. Advances in Microbiology. 3:430-437

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R. Agha, S. Cirés, L. Wörmer, A. Quesada (2013). Limited stability of microcystins in oligopeptide compositions of Microcystis aeruginosa (Cyanobacteria): Implications in the definition of chemotypes. Toxins.; 5(6):1089-1104.

 

P. Urrutia-Cordero, R. Agha, S. Cires, M. A. Lezcano, K.O. Waara, H. Utkilen, A Quesada (2013). Effects of harmful cyanobacteria on the freshwater pathogenic free-living amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii. Aquatic Toxicology; 130-131:9-17.

 

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2012

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R. Agha, S. Cirés, L. Wörmer, J. A. Domínguez, A. Quesada (2012). Multi-scale strategies for the monitoring of freshwater cyanobacteria: reducing the sources of uncertainty. Water Research; 46(9):3043-53.

 

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2011

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L. Wörmer, S. Cirés, R. Agha, M. Verdugo, C. de Hoyos, A. Quesada (2011). First detection of cyanobacterial PSP (paralytic shellfish poisoning) toxins in Spanish freshwaters. Toxicon; 57(6):918-21.

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Older publications

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J. M. Peñalosa, R.O. Carpena, S. Vázquez, R. Agha, A. Granado, M.J. Sarro, E. Esteban (2007). Chelate-assisted phytoextraction of heavy metals in a soil contaminated with a pyritic sludge. Science of the Total Environment; 378(1-2):199-204.

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S. Vázquez, R. Agha, A. Granado, M.J. Sarro, E. Esteban, J.M. Peñalosa, R.O. Carpena (2006). Use of white lupin plant for phytostabilization of Cd and As polluted acid soil. Water Air and Soil Pollution; 177(1):349-365.

 

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