University of Valencia

Carmen Amaro González (IP1)

Institution: University of Valencia
Category: University Professor
E-Mail: carmen.amaro@uv.es

Belén Fouz Rodríguez (IP2)

Institution: University of Valencia
Category: Permanent Labor Professor
E-Mail: belen.fouz@uv.es

Eva Sanjuan Caro

Institution: University of Valencia
Category: Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Assistant Professor*

Carla Hernández Cabañero

Institution: University of Valencia
Category: Postdoctoral researcher
E-Mail: carla.hernandez@uv.es

Rubén Salvador Clavell

Institution: University of Valencia
Category: Postdoctoral Researcher
E-Mail: ruben.salvador@uv.es

Hector Carmona Salido

Institution: University of Valencia
Category: FPI Fellow
E-Mail: hector.salido@uv.es

Javier Barriga Cuartero

Institution: University of Valencia
Category: FPI Fellow
E-Mail: luis.barriga@uv.es

Pablo Ibañez Payá

Institution: University of Valencia
Category: Full-time Research Technician
E-Mail: pablo.ibanez-paya@uv.es

Sofia Lopez Solis

Institution: University of Valencia
Category: Full-time Research Technician
E-Mail: sofia.lopez@uv.es

Isis Gastaldo Jordan

Institution: University of Valencia
Category: Part-time Research Technician
E-Mail:isis.gastaldo@uv.es

Great Moses by Jesús Bogarín

Institution: University of Valencia
Category: Part-time Research Technician

Arnau Pérez Roig

Institution: University of Valencia
Category: ACIF Fellow
E-Mail: arnau.perez@uv.es

Carla Molina Sorribes

Institution: University of Valencia
Category: FDGENT Fellow
E-Mail: carla.molina@uv.es

Tasks responsible for WP4:

• Homework 4.3.2
• Homework 4.7.1

WP4 participant tasks:

• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3
• 4.1.5
• 4.2.2
• 4.4.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.5.1
• 4.6.1
• 4.7.2

Carmona-Salido, H., Fouz, B., Sanjuán, E., Carda, M., Delannoy, CMJ, García-González, N., González-Candelas, F., & Amaro, C. (2021). The widespread presence of a family of fish virulence plasmids in Vibrio vulnificus stresses its relevance as a zoonotic pathogen linked to fish farms. Emerging microbes & infections, 10

Carda-Diéguez, M., Ghai, R., Rodriguez-Valera, F., & Amaro, C. (2017). Wild eel microbiome reveals that skin mucus of fish could be a natural niche for aquatic mucosal pathogen evolution. microbiome, 5(1) 

Carmona-Salido, H., Bisharat, N., & Amaro, C. (2021). Method for Specific Identification of the Emerging Zoonotic Pathogen Vibrio vulnificus Lineage 3 (Formerly Biotype 3). Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 59(2)

Amaro, C.; Fouz, B.; Sanjuán, E.; Romalde, J. Chapter 10: Vibriosis in “Climate change and infectious fish diseases”, p 182-210. Cab International Eds. USA ISBN: 9781789243277.

Hernández-Cabanyero, C., Carrascosa, E., Jiménez, S., & Fouz, B. (2023). Exploring the Effect of Functional Diets Containing Phytobiotic Compounds in Whiteleg Shrimp Health: Resistance to Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrotic Disease Caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Animals, 13(8), 1354.

Salvador-Clavell, R., Carmona-Salido, H., & Amaro, C. (2025). Draft genomes of Vibrio vulnificus strains from the Albufera ecosystem in Valencia: isolates from summer 2022 to summer 2023. Microbiology Resource Announcements, e0003525. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00035-25

Blasco, A., Ibányez-Payá, P., Fouz, B., Amaro, C., Amorós, P., & Ros-Lis, JV (2025). Use of electrolyzed water as disinfection technology in aquaculture systems: Effects on Vibrio harveyi, a significant marine pathogen for marine fish and invertebrates. Applied Sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 15(5), 2334. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15052334

Escribano, MP, Salvador-Clavell, R., Balado, M., Magariños, B., Amaro, C., & Lemos, ML (2024). First complete genome sequence of Tenacibaculum maritimum serotype O4, a rising threat in marine aquaculture. Microbiology Resource Announcements. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01122-24

Amaro, C., & Hernández-Cabanyero, C. (2023). Vibrio vulnificus and rising ocean temperatures: A threat to human and marine life. Scientia. https://doi.org/10.33548/scientia942

Amaro, C., & Carmona-Salido, H. (2023). Vibrio vulnificus, an Underestimated Zoonotic Pathogen. in Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (pp. 175–194). Springer International Publishing.

Carmona-Salido, H., López-Solís, S., López-Hontangas, JL, & Amaro, C. (2024). First report of a fatal septicemia case caused by Vibrio metoecus: A comprehensive functional and genomic study. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiae481

Ibányez-Payá, P., Blasco, A., Ros-Lis, JV, Fouz, B., & Amaro, C. (2024). Electrolyzed water treatment for the control of the zoonotic pathogen Vibrio vulnificus in aquaculture: A One Health perspective. Microorganisms, 12(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12101992

Molina, FJR, González, CA, Otín, AA, & Fernández, JC (2023). Vibrio vulnificus mutation rate: An in vitro approach. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14. 

Amaro, C., & Hernández‐Cabanyero, C. (2023). Vibrio vulnificus and rising ocean temperatures: a threat to human and marine life. Scientia.

Hernández‐Cabanyero, C., Sanjuán, E., Mercado, L., & Amaro, C. (2023). Evidence that fish death after vibrio vulnificus infection is due to an acute inflammatory response triggered by a toxin of the MARTX family. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 142, 109131.

Sanjuán, E., Barriga-Cuartero, J., Andreu-Sánchez, Ó., González, A., & Fouz, B. (2023). Study of sustainable HDPE-based Materials for Aquaculture Applications: Effects on fouling. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10.

Hernández‐Cabanyero, C., Carrascosa, E., Jiménez, S., & Fouz, B. (2023). Exploring the effect of functional diets containing phytobiotic compounds in whiteleg shrimp health: Resistance to acute hepatopancreatic necrotic disease caused by vibrio parahaemolyticus. Animals, 13(8), 1354.

Boonstra, M., Fouz, B., Van Gelderen, B., Dalsgaard, I., Madsen, L., Jansson, E., Amaro, C., & Haenen, O. (2023). Fast and accurate identification by MALDI‐TOF of the zoonotic serovar E of Vibrio vulnificus linked to eel culture. Journal of Fish Diseases, 46

Roig, AV, Salido, HC, Sanjuán, E., Fouz, B., & Amaro, C. (2022). A multiplex PCR for the detection of Vibrio vulnificus hazardous to human and/or animal health from seafood. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 377, 109778

Pavlinec, Ž., Zupičić, I.G., Oraić, D., Lojkić, I., Fouz, B., & Zrnčić, S. (2022). Biochemical and molecular characterization of three serologically different Vibrio harveyi strains isolated from farmed Dicentrarchus labrax from the Adriatic Sea. Scientific Reports, 12(1) 

Roig, AP, Ibarlucea, B., Amaro, C., & Cuniberti, G. (2024). Vibrio vulnificus marine pathogen detection with thin-film impedance biosensors. Biosensors And Bioelectronics. X, 100454.