Catalina Murillo‐Cruz

Universidad de Costa Rica — CR

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

9h-index500citations19works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Marine and coastal plant biology(4), Marine Biology and Ecology Research(4), Gut microbiota and health(3), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies(3), Plant and animal studies(3)

Publications19 total

Rhodolitica on rhodoliths: a new stoloniferan genus (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea)
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A new species of Heterogorgia Verrill, 1868 (Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea) from a mesophotic fishing shoal in the eastern Pacific
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Rhodolitica on rhodoliths: a new stoloniferan genus (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea)
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
The gut microbiome of the Passalid beetle has high cellulolytic potential and constitutes an unrecognized system for production of greenhouse gasses in neotropical forests
2025Open Access
Performance of 16S rRNA Taxonomic Classification Tools in Metagenomic Data From a Beetle's Gut Microbiome
2024
A new species of Heterogorgia Verrill, 1868 (Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea) from a mesophotic fishing shoal in the eastern Pacific
Zootaxa·2024Open Access
Standardized multi-omics of Earth’s microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity
Nature Microbiology·2022· 171 citedOpen Access
Discovery of a new species of Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from eastern tropical Pacific mesophotic reefs
Marine Biodiversity·2021· 4 cited
The genomic basis of army ant chemosensory adaptations
Molecular Ecology·2021· 19 citedOpen Access
Rhodolitica on rhodoliths: a new stoloniferan genus (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea)
ZooKeys·2021· 9 citedOpen Access
Streptomyces sp. M54: an actinobacteria associated with a neotropical social wasp with high potential for antibiotic production
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek·2021· 23 citedOpen Access
Genotyping and differential bacterial inhibition of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in threatened amphibians in Costa Rica
Microbiology·2021· 5 cited
Rhodolitica on rhodoliths: a new stoloniferan genus (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility·2021Open Access
Welcome to the <i>Atta</i> world: A framework for understanding the effects of leaf‐cutter ants on ecosystem functions
Functional Ecology·2019· 88 citedOpen Access
Phylogenetic analyses of antibiotic-producing Streptomyces sp. isolates obtained from the stingless-bee Tetragonisca angustula (Apidae: Meliponini)
Microbiology·2019· 41 citedOpen Access
Assessment of Bacterial Communities Associated With the Skin of Costa Rican Amphibians at La Selva Biological Station
Frontiers in Microbiology·2018· 26 citedOpen Access
Characterization of the Skin Microbiota of the Cane Toad Rhinella cf. marina in Puerto Rico and Costa Rica
Frontiers in Microbiology·2018· 30 citedOpen Access
Evidence for Widespread Associations between Neotropical Hymenopteran Insects and Actinobacteria
Frontiers in Microbiology·2017· 45 citedOpen Access
Population Genetic Analysis of Streptomyces albidoflavus Reveals Habitat Barriers to Homologous Recombination in the Diversification of Streptomycetes
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2014· 39 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Adrián A. Pinto‐Tomás(12), Odalisca Breedy(7), Catherine S. McFadden(4), Max Chavarría(3), Bernal Matarrita‐Carranza(3), Juan G. Abarca(3), Torsten Thomas(2), Ashley Shade(2), James Stegen(2), Diego Dierick(2), Ibrahim Zuñiga(2), Natalia Rodríguez‐Hernández(2), Gabriel Vargas(2), Steven M. Whitfield(2), Jacob L. Kerby(2), Giselle Tamayo‐Castillo(2), Leen van Ofwegen(2), Justin P. Shaffer(1), Louis‐Félix Nothias(1), Luke Thompson(1)