Director: Dr María Virginia Bianchinotti
Principal Researcher,
National Research Council, CONICET
Associate Professor, UNS
CV

Lines of Research
Study of micromycetes associated to wild plants and soils from extreme natural environments. The aims of this line of research are: to identify micromycetes associated with native plant species, to describe possible new species by means of morphological and molecular techniques, to estimate alpha and beta diversity of soil fungal communities in selected environments using traditional and molecular tools, and to identify the species that produce active secondary metabolites by small scale cultivation.
Study of wild plant diseases. The purpose of this line of research is to study fungal pathogens that affect endemic, rare and iconic plants in order to generate information that could help protect them while in the case of species that are considered to be weeds, to use fungal disease-producing agents for their biological control. In addition to contributing to the knowledge of the diversity of plant pathogens associated with wild plants in Argentina, further aims of this line of research are: to investigate the effect of diseases on host fitness and to study plant-host-pathogen-hyperparasite tri-trophic interactions as well as to identify the potential inoculum reservoirs and sources of resistance to diseases of cultivated species. 

• Ramírez G.H., Bianchinotti M.V., Anderson F.E. 2023. Pathogenicity and host range of Pseudocercospora fumosa,a potential biological control agent for moth plant (Araujia hortorum) in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand,  https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2023.2190132
• Berasategui A.A., Calliari D.L., Amodeo M., Spetter C.V., Guinder V., Biancalana F. 2023. Interannual changes in winter-spring zooplankton estuarine community forced by hydroclimatic variability - With special reference to bioindicator species Eurytemora americana. Marine Environmental Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105898
• Hypocreodendron sanguineum. Sánchez, Dreschler-Santos, Raeneri, Pelissero, Nicolás Niveiro, Maubet, Hernández, Torres, Martínez. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022. Enviado 21/10/22: http://iucn.ekoo.se/iucn/species_view/155217
• Capronia capucina. Sánchez, Dreschler-Santos, Martins-Cunha. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022. Enviado 21/10/22: http://iucn.ekoo.se/iucn/species_view/827443
• Bartalinia mellea. Sánchez, Dreschler-Santos, Martins-Cunha. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022. Enviado 21/10/22: http://iucn.ekoo.se/iucn/species_view/436719
• Traversa G., Sosa A., Chantre G., Bianchinotti MV. 2022. Studies of Puccinia lantanae, a potential biocontrol agent of “Lippia” (Phyla nodiflora var. minor). Agronomía Colombiana 40: 420-431
• Ramírez G.H., Anderson F.E., Sánchez R.M., Díaz, M.L., Bianchinotti M.V. 2022. Colletotrichum araujiae. Fungal Planet 1439. Persoonia 49: 270-271. DOI: 10.3767/persoonia.2022.49.08
• Nuñez Otaño N.B., BianchinottiV., Romero I.C., Perez Pincheira E., Saxena R.K., Saparrat M.C.N. 2022. Fossil Tetraploa redefinition and potential contribution of dark pigments for the preservation of its spores in the fossil record. Mycosphere 13: 188-206. https://doi.org/10.5943 /mycosphere/si/1f/6
• Musotto L., Borromei A., Candel S., Mehl A., Bianchinotti M.V., Coronato A. 2022. Middle to late Holocene environmental conditions inferred from paleosols at the perched dune in the Laguna Arturo, Fuegian steppe, southern Argentina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 588: 1-15. DOI:10.1016/jpalaeo.2021.110806
• Forero-López A.D., Brugnoni L.I., Abasto B., Rimondino G.N., Lassalle V.L., Ardusso M.G., Nazzarro M.S., Martinez A.M., Spetter C.V., Biancalana F., Fernández-Severini M.D. 2022. Null Plastisphere on microplastics: In situ assays in an estuarine environment. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 440: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129737
• Daddario J.F., Tucat G., Fernández O.A., Bentivegna D.J. 2022.Seed production of common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) and the response to intraspecific competition in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. RIA-INTA 48(3), pp. 224 – 231
• Anderson F., Barton J. 2022. Notes On Puccinia graminella, A Rust of stipoid grasses in South America and a potential biocontrol agent for Nassella neesiana in New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Journal of Botany
• Vázquez M.B., Moreno M.V., Amodeo M.R., Bianchinotti M.V. 2021. Effects of glyphosate on soil fungal communities: a field study. Revista Argentina de Microbiología. doi.org/10.1016/j.ram.2020.10.005 0325-7541/© 2020
• Vázquez M.B., Matienzo A., Bianchinotti M.V., García-Carmona F., López-Nicolás J.M. 2021. Enhanced production of 2-phenylethanol by salicylic acid and cyclodextrins in cell suspension cultures of the unexplored filamentous fungus Monochaetinula geoffroeana. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. DOI 10.1002/jsfa.11497
• Ramírez G.H., Bianchinotti M.V., Anderson F.E. 2021. Single and combined effect of two fungal diseases on growth of moth plant, Araujia hortorum (Apocynaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2021.1954956
• O´Keefe J., Nuñez Otaño N., BianchinottiV. 2021. Nomenclature: How do we designate NPP taxa? Geological Society of London Special Publications 511: 2020-119. DOI: 10.1144/SP511-2020-119
• Nuñez Otaño N., Bianchinotti M.V., Saparrat M. 2021. Palaeomycology: A modern mycological view on fungal palynomorphs. Geological Society of London Special Publications 511: 2020-47. DOI: 10.1144/SP511-2020-47
• Mc Kay F., Djeddour D., Sosa A., Cabrera Walsh G., Anderson F.E., Sánchez-Restrepo A. 2021. Suitability for classical biological control of Hedychium coronarium in Argentina. BIOCONTROL (DORDRECHT)
• Giordano, L., Anderson, F.E. 2021. Detrimental effect of the rust Uromyces pencanus on the invasive species Nassella neesiana (Chilean needle grass). Australasian Plant Pathology
• Daddario J.F., Tucat G., Fernández O.A., Bentivegna D.J. 2021.Efficacy of increasing rates of herbicides and mowing at different growth stages of common teasel.Weed Technology 35(3), pp. 476 – 484
• Fernández L.A., Rodríguez M.A., Sánchez M., Pérez M., Gallez L.M. 2020. Long-term microbiological and chemical changes in bee pollen for human consumption: influence of time and storage conditions. Journal of Apicultural Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2020.1728867
• Reinoso Fuentealba C.G., Rodríguez Andrade E., Cano Lira J.F., Stchigel A.M., Bianchinotti M.V. 2020. Kosmimatamyces alatophylus, a new genus and species from Salitral de la Vidriera, Argentina, 1085. Persoonia 44: 402-403
• Fernández L.A., Rodríguez M. A., SánchezM., Pérez M., Gallez L.M. 2020. Long-term microbiological and chemical changes in bee pollen for human consumption: influence of time and storage conditions. Journal of Apicultural Research: 1 - 7
• Castillo L., Bianchinotti M.V., Murray M.G. 2020. Variación estacional de las ascosporas de Helicogermslita (Xylariaceae) en la atmósfera de Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Polibotánica 49: 1-12
• Biancalana F., Veit-Köhler G., Fricke A., Berasategui A.A. 2020. Harpacticoida (Copepoda) in the plankton of Ushuaia and Golondrina Bays, Beagle Channel, Argentina. Regional Studies in Marine Science 33: 100932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100932
• Biancalana & Berasategui A.A. 2020. Size-fractionated chitin contribution to seston, with linkages to the copepod Acartia tonsa. Ocean and Coastal Research, 68: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s2675-28242020068299
• Ramírez, G.H., Anderson, F.E. &  Bianchinotti, M.V. (2019). Induction of sporulation of cercosporoid pathogens of moth vine (Araujia hortorum). New Zealand Journal of Botany 57(3), 179-187.
• Sanchez, R.M., Miller, A.N. & Bianchinotti, M.V. (2019). New species of Capronia (Herpotrichiellaceae, Ascomycota) from Patagonian forests, Argentina. Plant and Fungal Systematics 64(1), 81-90.
• Kuhar, F., Postemsky, P.D. &  Bianchinotti, M.V. (2018). Conditions Affecting Ganoderma lucidum (Curt.: Fr.) P. Karst. (Ganodermataceae) Basidiome Quality, Morphogenesis and the Biodegradation of Wood By-products. International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms. DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2018026249.
• Sánchez, R.M., Carmarán, C.C. & Bianchinotti, M.V. (2018). Ostreichnion (Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota) en los bosques andino patagónicos. Darwiniana 6:1, 47-57.
• Grafia, A.L., Vázquez M.B., Bianchinotti, M.V. &  Barbosa, S.E. (2018). Antifungal film development by polyethylene surface modification with natamycin. Food Packaging and Shelf Life. (under revision).
• Musotto, L.L., Candel, M.S., Borromei, A.M., Ponce, J.M. & Bianchinotti, M.V. (2018). La palinología como una herramienta para la caracterización de paleoambientes continentales y marinos del Cuaternario Tardío en el Archipiélago de Tierra del Fuego. Asociación Paleontológica Argentina (PE-APA) 18(2), 131-155.
• Musotto, L.L., Borromei, A.M., Bianchinotti, M.V., Coronato, A., Menounos, B., Osborn, G. & Marr, R. (2017). Postglacial environments in the southern coast of Lago Fagnano, central Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, based on pollen and fungal microfossils analyses. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 238, 43-54.
• Musotto, L.L., Borromei, A.M., Bianchinotti, M.V., Coronato, A.M.J. (2017). Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of central Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) based on pollen and fungi. Quaternary International 442, 13-25.
• Nuñez Otaño, N., Di Pasquo, M., Bianchinotti, M.V. (2017). The occurrence of Potamomyces palmarensis sp. nov. in the Late Holocene at the El Palmar National Park (Colón, Entre Ríos, Argentina) and transfer of fossil species of Mediaverrunites to Potamomyces. Palynology 41, 267-277.
• Anderson, F.E., Gallego, L., Sánchez, R.M., Flemmer, A.C., Hansen, P.V, McLaren, D. &  Barton, J. (2017). Plant/pathogen interactions observed during host range testing of the rust fungus Uromyces pencanus, a classical biological control agent for Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana) in Australia and New Zealand. Biocontrol Science and Technology 27(9), 1096-1117 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2017.1384795. 

• Cabrera Walsh, G., Briano, J., Enrique de Briano, A. & Anderson, F.E. (2014). Control Biológico de Malezas. (Chapter XXIX),  801-821. In: Malezas e Invasoras de la Argentina. Tomo I: Ecología y Manejo. Eds: O.A. Fernández, E.S. Leguizamón & H. Acciaresi. Editorial UNS, Bahía Blanca, Argentina. 
• Moreno, M.V., Bianchinotti, M.V., Silvestro, L., Vázquez, M.B., Merlos, C. & Stenglein, S. (2013). Diversidad de Hongos en Suelos agrícolas. In: Microbiología Agrícola: un aporte de la investigación en Argentina, MAGNA, Argentina, 157-177.
• McLaren, D.A.,Anderson, F.E. & Barton, J. (2012). Nassella trichotoma (Nees) Hack. - serrated tussock, Nassella neesiana Trin. & Rup. -Chilean needle grass. Pp. 404-415. In: Biological control of weeds in Australia 1960 to 2010. Eds.: Julien M.H., McFadyen R.E. & Cullen J.M. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.

Funding

• PIP-CONICET: Primero conocerlos, después aplicarlos: diversidad, biología y potencial biotecnológico de hongos de suelos y plantas de interés en el Sudoeste Bonaerense, 2015-2018. 
• PICT2015-FONCYT: Identificación multigénica de las especies de Alternaria presentes en plantas nativas de interés agrícola y ecológico del sur bonaerense, 2017-2019.
• PGI-UNS: Estudios básicos y aplicados en algas y hongos de la República Argentina, 2017-2020. 

• Dr. Ana Paula Murray, Independent Researcher, CONICET, Instituto de Química del Sur, UNS-CONICET, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
• Dr. Ma. Virginia Moreno, Adjunct Researcher, CONICET, Laboratorio de Biología Funcional y Biotecnología, BIOLAB, Azul, Argentina
• Dr. Ma. Belén Pildaín, Adjunct Researcher, CONICET, and Dr. Mario Rajchenberg, Principal Researcher, CONICET, Laboratorio de Biología Molecular del Centro de Investigación y Extensión Forestal Andino Patagónico (CIEFAP), Esquel, Argentina
• Dr. Andrea I. Romero, Director of the Instituto de Micología y Botánica, FCEN-UBA-CONICET, and Dr. Cecilia C. Carmarán, Independent Researcher, CONICET, INMIBO, FCEN-UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argenina
• Dr. Alejandro Sosa, Fundación para el estudio de especies invasivas (FuEDEI), Adjunct Researcher, CONICET, Argentina
• Dr. Alberto M. Stchigel Glikman, Professor, Facultad de Enología, Tarragona, Spain and Researcher, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud (Reus) de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
• Dr. Andy N. Miller, Professor and Researcher, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of  Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, and Director of the Herbal House of Illinois Natural History Survey, USA
• Dr. Pedro Crous, Director of the CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Institute of the Royal Dutch Academy of Artsand Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlans, and Professor at Stellenbosch University and University of Pretory, South Africa, and at Utrecht University and Wageningen University, The Netherlands
• Dr. Jane Barton, Researcher, Landcare Research New Zealand, New Zealand
• Dr. Louise Morin, Researcher, SCIRO, Australia

Group Members:

Dr. Freda E. Anderson
Principal Professional, CONIC
Dr. Romina M. Sánchez
Assistant Researcher, CONICET
Teaching Assistant, UNS
Email: 

Dr. Florencia Biancalana
Independent Researcher, CONICET
Email: 

Dr. Juan Facundo Daddario
Assistant Researcher, CERZOS
Teaching Assistant, UNS
Email: 

Dr. Gustavo H. Ramírez
Ex-member and current collaborator
Teaching Assistant, UNS
Email:

Dr. M. Belén Vázquez
Assistant Researcher, CERZOS
Teaching Assistant, UNS
Email: 

Lic. Bárbara Angeletti
Doctoral Fellow, CONICET
Email: