Ing. Marco Antonio Lopez Marin

Education

• Bc. Biotechnology, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Mexico
• M.Sc. Environmental Technology and Engineering , IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Netherlands; University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic; Ghent University, Belgium
• Ph.D. Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic

Projects

• Arg Tech (removal of antibiotic resistance genes, Covid in wastewater)
• REPARES

Another area of interest

• Cultivation and Characterization of novel bacterial taxa
• Extremophile organisms
• Music

Publications

• Bartackova, J., Kouba, V., Dostalkova, A., Čermáková, E., Lopez Marin, M.A., Chmel, M., Milanová, M., Demnerová, K., Rumlová, M., Sýkora, P., Bartáček, J. and Zdeňková, K.  2023.  Monitoring of monkeypox viral DNA in Prague wastewater. Sci. Total Environ. accepted.
• Kapinusova, G., Lopez Marin, M. A. & Uhlik, O. (2023). Reaching unreachables: Obstacles and successes of microbial cultivation and their reasons. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14.
• Lopez Marin, M. A., Zdenkova, K., Bartackova, J., Cermakova, E., Dostalkova, A., Demnerova, K., Vavruskova, L., Novakova, Z., Sykora, P., Rumlova, M. & Bartacek, J. (2023). Monitoring COVID-19 spread in selected Prague's schools based on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater. Science of The Total Environment, 871 161935.
• M. A. Lopez Marin,  J. Suman, K. Jani, P. Ulbrich, T. Cajthaml, A. Filipova, P. Pajer, M. Neumann-Schaal, M. Strejcek, O. Uhlik: Solicola gregarius gen. nov., sp. nov., a soil actinobacterium isolated after enhanced cultivation with Micrococcus luteus culture supernatant. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 73,  (2023).
• Lopez Marin, M. A., J. Suman, K. Jani, P. Ulbrich, T. Cajthaml, P. Pajer, J. Wolf, M. Neumann-Schaal, M. Strejcek and O. Uhlik (2022). "Pedomonas mirosovicensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from soil with the aid of Micrococcus luteus culture supernatant containing resuscitation-promoting factor." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 72(8).
• Zdenkova, K., J. Bartackova, E. Cermakova, K. Demnerova, A. Dostalkova, V. Janda, J. Jarkovsky, M. A. Lopez Marin, Z. Novakova, M. Rumlova, J. R. Ambrozova, K. Skodakova, I. Swierczkova, P. Sykora, D. Vejmelkova, J. Wanner and J. Bartacek (2022). "Monitoring COVID-19 spread in Prague local neighborhoods based on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater collected throughout the sewer network." Water Research 216: 118343.
• LOPEZ MARIN, M. A., STREJCEK, M., JUNKOVA, P., SUMAN, J., SANTRUCEK, J. & UHLIK, O. 2021. Exploring the Potential of Micrococcus luteus Culture Supernatant With Resuscitation-Promoting Factor for Enhancing the Culturability of Soil Bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12.
• KOUBA, V., GERLEIN, J. C., BENAKOVA, A., LOPEZ MARIN, M. A., RYSAVA, E., VEJMELKOVA, D. & BARTACEK, J. 2021. Adaptation of flocculent anammox culture to low temperature by cold shock: long-term response of the microbial population. Environmental Technology, 1-8.