Author

Alfaro P

National Science Foundation - Cited by 8,462 - Microbial Ecology - Plant-Fungal Interactions - Mycology

Biography

Alfaro P is affiliated to Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. He is a recipient of many awards and grants for his valuable contributions and discoveries in major area of subject research. His international experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries for diverse fields of study.  His research interests reflect in his wide range of publications in various national and international journals.  
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Year
Ribosomal Database Project: data and tools for high throughput rRNA analysis
JR Cole, Q Wang, JA Fish, B Chai, DM McGarrell, Y Sun, CT Brown, ...Nucleic acids research 42 (D1), D633-D642, 2014201
3952
2014
Sequence-based classification and identification of Fungi
D Hibbett, K Abarenkov, U Kõljalg, M Öpik, B Chai, J Cole, Q Wang, ...Mycologia 108 (6), 1049-1068, 2016201
222
2016
Fungal identification using a Bayesian classifier and the Warcup training set of internal transcribed spacer sequences
V Deshpande, Q Wang, P Greenfield, M Charleston, A Porras-Alfaro, ...Mycologia 108 (1), 1-5, 2016201
181
2016
From genus to phylum: large-subunit and internal transcribed spacer rRNA operon regions show similar classification accuracies influenced by database composition
A Porras-Alfaro, KL Liu, CR Kuske, G XieApplied and environmental microbiology 80 (3), 829-840, 2014201
118
2014
Nitrogen deposition alters plant–fungal relationships: linking belowground dynamics to aboveground vegetation change
SL Dean, EC Farrer, DL Taylor, A Porras‐Alfaro, KN Suding, ...Molecular ecology 23 (6), 1364-1378, 2014201
79
2014
Genomes and secretomes of Ascomycota fungi reveal diverse functions in plant biomass decomposition and pathogenesis
JF Challacombe, CN Hesse, LM Bramer, LA McCue, M Lipton, S Purvine, ...BMC genomics 20 (1), 1-27, 2019201
68
2019
Psychrophilic and psychrotolerant fungi on bats and the presence of Geomyces spp. on bat wings prior to the arrival of white nose syndrome
LJAN Johnson, AN Miller, RA McCleery, R McClanahan, JA Kath, ...Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79 (18), 5465-5471, 2013201
64
2013
Western bats as a reservoir of novel Streptomyces species with antifungal activity
PS Hamm, NA Caimi, DE Northup, EW Valdez, DC Buecher, CA Dunlap, ...Applied and Environmental Microbiology 83 (5), e03057-16, 2017201
49
2017
Biogeography of root-associated fungal endophytes
A Jumpponen, J Herrera, A Porras-Alfaro, J RudgersBiogeography of mycorrhizal symbiosis, 195-222, 2017201
40
2017
Endophytic fungal symbionts associated with gypsophilous plants
A Porras-Alfaro, S Raghavan, M Garcia, RL Sinsabaugh, DO Natvig, ...Botany 92 (4), 295-301, 2014201
38
2014
Bifiguratus adelaidae, gen. et sp. nov., a new member of Mucoromycotina in endophytic and soil-dwelling habitats
TJ Torres-Cruz, TL Billingsley Tobias, M Almatruk, CN Hesse, CR Kuske, ...Mycologia 109 (3), 363-378, 2017201
35
2017
Assembly of root‐associated bacteria communities: interactions between abiotic and biotic factors
SL Dean, EC Farrer, A Porras‐Alfaro, KN Suding, RL SinsabaughEnvironmental Microbiology Reports 7 (1), 102-110, 2015201
27
2015
Presence and distribution of heavy metal tolerant fungi in surface soils of a temperate pine forest
TJ Torres-Cruz, C Hesse, CR Kuske, A Porras-AlfaroApplied Soil Ecology 131, 66-74, 2018201
27
2018
Skin and fur bacterial diversity and community structure on American southwestern bats: effects of habitat, geography and bat traits
AS Winter, JJM Hathaway, JC Kimble, DC Buecher, EW Valdez, ...PeerJ 5, e3944, 2017201
25
2017
Phylogenetic diversity of sponge-associated fungi from the Caribbean and the Pacific of Panama and their in vitro effect on angiotensin and endothelin receptors
J Bolaños, LF De León, E Ochoa, J Darias, HA Raja, CA Shearer, ...Marine Biotechnology 17, 533-564, 2015201
22
2015
Experimental drought re‐ordered assemblages of root‐associated fungi across North American grasslands
D Lagueux, A Jumpponen, A Porras‐Alfaro, J Herrera, YA Chung, ...Journal of Ecology 109 (2), 776-792, 212
20
2021
Microscopic characterization of orchid mycorrhizal fungi: Scleroderma as a putative novel orchid mycorrhizal fungus of Vanilla in different crop systems
MCA González-Chávez, TJ Torres-Cruz, SA Sánchez, ...Mycorrhiza 28, 147-157, 202
18
2018
Seed-associated fungi in the alpine tundra: Both mutualists and pathogens could impact plant recruitment
TB Tobias, EC Farrer, A Rosales, RL Sinsabaugh, KN Suding, ...Fungal Ecology 30, 10-18, 2017201
15
2017
Root-associated fungal community response to drought-associated changes in vegetation community
SL Dean, DD Warnock, ME Litvak, A Porras-Alfaro, R SinsabaughMycologia 107 (6), 1089-1104, 2015201
12
2015
Biogeography of root‐associated fungi in foundation grasses of North American plains
JA Rudgers, S Fox, A Porras‐Alfaro, J Herrera, C Reazin, DR Kent, ...Journal of Biogeography 49 (1), 22-37, 2022202
12
2022

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