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Glòria Caminal

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  • Researcher ID: D-2046-2009
  • ORCID: 0000-0001-9646-6099
  • Investigador Científico CSIC Quimica biológica y modelización molecular / Instituto de Quimica Avanzada de Cataluña (IQAC).

Bio

El objetivo principal a lo largo de mi carrera investigadora se ha centrado en el desarrollo de procesos biotecnológicos, es decir, la Ingeniería Bioquímica. He trabajado tanto en procesos enzimáticos como microbianos.

En cuanto a los procesos enzimáticos, se iniciaron estudios de degradación (hidrolasas) para evolucionar a síntesis sin cofactores (proteasas). Actualmente, el campo de investigación se basa en la síntesis o transformaciones con enzimas que requieren cofactores (oxidorreductasas) y se ha ampliado a la regeneración de cofactores y sistemas multienzimáticos.

En cuanto a los procesos microbianos, si bien inicialmente se desarrollaron para la obtención de sus propias enzimas o biomasa o bioetanol, evolucionaron en dos direcciones: la obtención de enzimas recombinantes y, por otro lado, el uso de microorganismos naturales (básicamente hongos) en la degradación de contaminantes tanto en matrices líquidas (aguas residuales o industriales), como en sólidos (suelos, lodos de depuradora) trabajando desde micro volúmenes, mediante Erlenmeyer, biorreactores de laboratorio de 1-2-5 L a planta piloto de 10-50-300 L .

Esto se puede resumir en: desarrollo de metodologías que puedan ser aplicadas a nivel de producción o tratamiento, conocimiento en profundidad de los ejemplos seleccionados, y aprovechamiento de todos los conocimientos previos para evolucionar y desarrollar nuevas aplicaciones que permitan la transferencia de conocimiento a nuestro entorno industrial.

Publications (since 2012)

  • Losantos D, Fernández-Arribas J, Pérez-Trujillo M, Eljarrat E, Sarrà M(*), Caminal G (2025).Degradation of organophosphate flame retardants by white-rot fungi: Degradation pathways and associated toxicity. Sci. Total Environ. 959, 178260  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178260. .
  • Losantos D, Palacios O, Berge MJ, Sarrà M(*), Caminal G, Eustaquio A (2024). Novel method for fast-monitoring of OPFRs by LLE and GC-MS as a tool for assessing biodegradation: validation and applicability. Anal. Bioanal Chem. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-024-05154-7. .
  • Losantos D, Sarrà M (*), Caminal G (2024). Removal of TBP sorbed on wood by Trametes versicolor through solid-state fermentation. J. Hazard Mater. 480, 136066 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136066. .
  • Losantos D, Sarrà M(*), Caminal G (2024). OPFR removal by white rot fungi:screening of removers and approach to removal mechanism. Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 1387541. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/ffunb.2024.1387541. .
  • Hu K, Sarrá M (*), Caminal G (2022). Oak wood provides suitable nutrients for long-term continuous pesticides removal by Trametes versicolor in a pilot plant trickle bed reactor. J. Clean. Prod. 380, 135059. DOI: http://10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135059. .
  • García-Vara M, Hu K, Postigo C (*), Olmo LL, Caminal G, Sarrà M, López de Alda M (2021). Remediation of bentazone contaminated water by Trametes versicolor: Characterization, identification of transformation products, and implementation in a trickle-bed reactor under non-sterile conditions. J. Hazard. Mater. 409, 124476. DOI: http://10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124476. .
  • Hu K, Barbieri MV, López-García E, Postigo C, López de Alda M (*), Caminal G, Sarrà M (2021). Fungal degradation of selected medium to highly polar pesticides byTrametes versicolor: kinetics, biodegradation pathways,and ecotoxicity of treated waters. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. DOI: http://10.1007/s00216-021-03267-x. .
  • Hu K, Sarrà M (*), Caminal G (2021). Comparison between two reactors using Trametes versicolor for agricultural wastewater treatment under non-sterile condition in sequencing batch mode. J. Environ. Manage. 293, 112859. DOI: http://10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112859. Repository.
  • Jaén-Gil A, Buttiglieria G, Benitoc A, Mir-Tutusaus JA, Gonzalez-Olmos R, Caminal G, Barceló D, Sarrà M,Rodriguez-Mozaz S (*) (2021). Combining biological processes with UV/H2O2 for metoprolol and metoprolol acid removal in hospital wastewater. Chem. Eng. J. 404, 126482. DOI: http://0.1016/j.cej.2020.126482. .
  • Mir-Tutusaus JA, Jaén-Gil A, Barceló D, Buttiglieri G, Gonzalez-Olmos R, Rodriguez-Mozaz S, Caminal G, Sarrà M (*) (2021). Prospects on coupling UV/H2O2 with activated sludge or a fungal treatment for the removal of pharmaceutically active compounds in real hospital wastewater.Sci.Total Environ. 773, 145374. DOI: http://10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.1453740048. Repository.
  • Beltrán-Flores E, Torán J, Caminal G, Blánquez P (*), Sarrà M (2020). The removal of diuron from agricultural wastewaters by Trametes versicolor immobilized on pinewood in simple channel reactors. Science of the Total Environment 728, 1–10. DOI: http://10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138414. .
  • Hu K, Peris A, Torán J, Eljarrat E, Sarrà M, Blánquez P, Caminal G (*) (2020) Exploring the degradation capability of Trametes versicolor on selected hydrophobic pesticides through setting sights simultaneously on culture broth and biological matrix. Chemosphere. 250, 126293 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126293%20. .
  • Hu K, Torán MJ, López-García E, Barbieri MV, Postigo C, López de Alda M, Caminal G, Sarrà M(*), Blánquez P (2020). Fungal bioremediation of diuron-contaminated waters: Evaluation of its degradation and the effect of amendable factors on its removal in a trickle-bed reactor under non-sterile conditions. Sci. Total Environ. 743, 140628. DOI: http://10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140628. Repository.
  • Mir-Tutusaus JA, Parladé E, Villagrasa M, Barceló D, Rodríguez-Mozaz S, Martínez-Alonso M, Gaju N, Sarrà M (*), Caminal G (2019). Long-term continuous treatment of non-sterile real hospital wastewater by Trametes versicolor.J. Biological Engineering. 13:47 . DOI: http://0.1186/s13036-019-0179-y. Repository.
  • Rosell M, Palau J (*), Mortan SH, Caminal G, Soler A,Shouakar-Stashe O, Marco-Urrea E (2019). Dual carbon – chlorine isotope fractionation during dichloro elimination of 1,1,2-trichloroethane by an enrichment culture containing Dehalogenimonas sp .Sci. Total Environ. 648, 422–429. DOI: http://0.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.071. Repository.
  • Llorens-Blanch G, Parladé E, Martínez-Alonso M, Gaju N, Caminal G, Blánquez P(*) (2018) A comparison between biostimulation and bioaugmentation in a solid treatment of anaerobic sludge : drug contentent and microbial evaluation. Waste Manage. 72, 206-217. DOI: http://10.1016/j.wasman.2017.10.0480956. Repository.
  • Lucas D, Castellet-Rovira F, Villagrasa M, Badia-Fabregat M, Barceló D, Vicent T, Caminal G, Sarrà M, Rodríguez-Mozaz S (*) (2018). The role of sorption processes in the removal of pharmaceuticals by fungal treatment of wastewater. Sci. Total Environ. 610–611, 1147–1153. DOI: http://10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.118. .
  • Mir-Tutusaus JA, Baccar R, Caminal G,Sarrà M (*) (2018). Can white-rot fungi be a real wastewater treatment alternative for organic micropollutants removal? A review. Water Res. 138, 137-151 DOI: http://10.1016/j.watres.2018.02.0560043. Repository.
  • Mir-Tutusaus JA, Caminal G, Sarrà M (2018). Influence of process variables in a continuous treatment of non-sterile hospital wastewater byTrametes versicolor and novel method for inoculum production. J. Environ. Manage.t 212, 415-423. DOI: http://0.1016/j.jenvman.2018.02.018. .
  • Badia-Fabregat M, Lucas D, Tuomivirta T, Fritzec H, Pennanen T, Rodríguez-Mozaz S, Barceló D, Caminal G (*), Vicent T (2017). Study of the effect of the bacterial and fungal communities present in realwastewater effluents on the performance of fungal treatments. Sci. Total Environ. 579, 366–377. DOI: http://10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.088. Repository.
  • Llorca M, Badia-Fabregat M, Rodríguez-Mozaz(*), Caminal G, Vicent T, Barceló D (2017). Fungal treatment for the removal of endocrine disrupting compoundsfrom reverse osmosis concentrate: Identification and monitoring oftransformation products of benzotriazoles. Chemosphere 184, 1054-1070. DOI: http://10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.06.053. .
  • Mir-Tutusaus JA, Parladé E, Llorca M, Villagrasa M, Barceló D, Rodriguez-Mozaz S, Martinez-Alonso M Gaju N, Caminal G, Sarrà M (*) (2017). Pharmaceuticals removal and microbial community assessment in a continuous fungal treatment of non-sterile real hospital wastewater after a coagulation-flocculation pretreatment. Water Res. 116, 65-75 DOI: http://10.1016/j.watres.2017.03.005. Repository.
  • Mortan SH, Martín-González L, Vicent T, Caminal G, Nijenhuis I, Adrian L, Marco-Urrea E (*) (2017). Detoxification of 1,1,2-trichloroethane to ethene in a bioreactor co-culture of Dehalogenimonas and Dehalococcoides mccartyi strains. J. Hazard. Mater. 331, 218–225. DOI: http://10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.02.043. .
  • Torán J, Blánquez P, Caminal G(*) (2017).Comparison between several reactors with Trametes versicolor immobilized on lignocellulosic support for the continuous treatments of hospital wastewater.Bioresource Technol. 243, 966–974. DOI: http://10.1016/j.biortech.2017.07.0550960. Repository.
  • Badia-Fabregat M, Lucas D, Pereira MA, Alves M, Pennanen T, Fritze H, Rodríguez-Mozaz S, Barceló D, Vicent T, Caminal G(*) (2016).Continuous fungal treatment of non-sterile veterinary hospital effluent: pharmaceuticals removal and microbialcommunity assessment. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 100, 2401–2415. DOI: http://10.1007/s00253-015-7105-0. .
  • Castro-Gutiérrez V, Masís-Mora M, Caminal G, Vicent T, Carazo-Rojas E, Mora-López M, Rodríguez-Rodríguez CE (*) (2016). A microbial consortium from a biomixture swiftly degrades high concentrations of carbofuran in fluidized-bed reactors. Process Biochem. 51, 1585–1593. DOI: http://10.1016/j.procbio.2016.07.003. .
  • Lucas D, Badia-Fabregat M, Vicent T, Caminal G, Rodríguez-Mozaz S(*), Balcázar JL, Barceló D (2016). Fungal treatment for the removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in veterinary hospital wastewater. Chemosphere 152, 301-308. DOI: http://10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.02.113. .
  • Mir-Tutusaus JA, Sarrà M (*), Caminal G (2016). Continuous treatment of non-sterile hospital wastewater by Trametes versicolor: How to increase fungal viability by means of operational strategies and pretreatments. J.Hazard. Mater. 318, 561–570. DOI: http://10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.07.036. Repository.
  • Badia-Fabregat M, Lucas D, Gros M, Rodríguez-Mozaz S, Barceló D, Caminal G (*),Vicent T (2015). Identification of some factors affecting pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) removal in real wastewater. Case study of fungal treatment of reverse osmosis concentrate.J.Hazard. Mater. 283, 663–671. DOI: http://10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.10.007. .
  • Llorens-Blanch G (*), Badia-Fabregat M, Lucas D, Rodriguez-Mozaz S, Barceló D, Pennanen T, Caminal G, Blánquez P (2015). Degradation of pharmaceuticals from membrane biological reactor sludge with Trametes versicolor. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts 17,429. DOI: http://10.1039/c4em00579a. .
  • Martín-González L, Mortan SH, Rosell M, Parladé E, Martínez-Alonso M,Gaju N, Caminal G, Adrian L, Marco-Urrea E(*) (2015). Stable carbon isotope fractionation during 1,2-dichloropropane-to-propene transformation by an enrichment culture containing Dehalogenimonas strains and a dcpA gene. Environ. Sci. Technol. 49, 8666−8674. DOI: http://10.1021/acs.est.5b00929. .
  • Vilaplana M, Rodríguez-Rodríguez CE (*), Barón E, Gorga M, Sarrà M, Caminal G, Eljarrat E, Barceló D (2015). Biodegradation of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Liquid Media andSewage Sludge by Trametes versicolor. Int. J. Environ. Res. 9(1), 273-280. . .
  • Badia-Fabregat M, Rosell M, Caminal G, Vicent T, Marco-Urrea E (*) (2014). Use of stable isotope probing to assess the fate of emerging contaminants degraded by white-rot fungus. Chemosphere 103, 336–342. DOI: http://10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.12.029. .
  • Mir-Tutusaus JA, Masís-Mora M, Corcellas C, Eljarrat E, Barceló D, Sarrà M, Caminal G, Vicent T, Rodríguez-Rodríguez CE (*) (2014). Degradation of selected agrochemicals by the white rot fungusTrametes versicolor. Sci.Total Environ. 500–501, 235–242. DOI: http://10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.116. Repository.
  • Rodríguez-Rodríguez CE (*), Lucas D, Barón E, Gago-Ferrero P, Molins-Delgado D, Rodríguez-Mozaz S, Eljarrat E, Díaz-Cruz MS, Barceló D, Caminal G, Vicent T (2014). Re-inoculation strategies enhance the degradation of emerging pollutants in fungal bioaugmentation of sewage sludge. Bioresour. Technol. 168, 180–189. DOI: http://10.1016/j.biortech.2014.01.124. .
  • Folch A (*), Vilaplana M, Amado L, Vicent T, Caminal G (2013). Fungal permeable reactive barrier to remediate groundwater in an artificial aquifer. J. Hazard. Mater. 262, 554-560. DOI: http://10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.09.004. .
  • Marco E, Font X, Sánchez A (*), Gea T, Gabarrell X, Caminal G (2013). Co-composting as a management strategy to reuse the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor after its use in a biotechnological process. Int. J.Environ.Waste Manage. 11,1, 100-108. DOI: http://10.1504/IJEWM.2013.050637. .
  • Badia-Fabregat M, Rodríguez-Rodríguez CE, Gago-Ferrero P, Olivares A, Piña B, Díaz-Cruz MS, Vicent T, Barceló D, Caminal G (*) (2012). Degradation of UV filters in sewage sludge and 4-MBC in liquid medium by the ligninolytic fungusTrametes versicolor. J. Environ. Manage. 104, 114-120. DOI: http://10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.03.039. .
  • Gabarrell X (*), Font M, Vicent T, Caminal G, Sarrà M, Blánquez P (2012). A comparative life cycle assessment of two treatment technologies for the Grey Lanaset G textile dye: biodegradation by Trametes versicolor and granular activated carbon adsorption. Int J Life Cycle Assess 17, 613-624 DOI: http://10.1007/s11367-012-0385-z. .
  • Gago-Ferrero P, Badia-Fabregat M, Olivares M, Piña B, Blánquez P, Vicent T, Caminal G, Díaz-Cruz MS (*), Barceló D (2012). Evaluation of fungal- and photo-degradation as potential treatments for the removalof sunscreens BP3 and BP1. Sci. Total Environ. 427–428, 355–363. DOI: http://10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.089. .
  • Rodríguez-Rodríguez CE (*), García-Galán MJ, Blánquez P, Díaz-Cruz MS, Barceló D, Caminal G, Vicent T (2012). Continuous degradation of a mixture of sulfonamides by Trametes versicolor and identification of metabolites from sulfapyridine and sulfathiazole. J. Hazard. Mater. 213–214, 347–354. DOI: http://10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.02.008. .
  • Rodríguez-Rodríguez CE (*),Jelić A, Pereira MA , Sousa DZ, Petrović M, Alves MM, Barceló D, Caminal G, Vicent T (2012). Bioaugmentation of sewage sludge with Trametes versicolor in solid-phase biopiles produces degradation of pharmaceuticals and affects microbial communities. Environ. Sci. Technol. 46, 12012−12020. DOI: http://10.1021/es301788n. .
  • Rodríguez-Rodríguez CE, Barón E, Gago-Ferrero P, Jelic A, Llorca M, Farré M, Díaz-Cruz MS, Eljarrat E, Petrovic M, Caminal G (*), Barceló D, Vicent T (2012). Removal of pharmaceuticals, polybrominated flame retardants and UV-filters from sludge by the fungusTrametes versicolor in bioslurry reactor. J. Hazard. Mater. 233–234, 235–243. DOI: http://10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.07.024. .
  • Vilaplana M, García AB, Caminal G, Guillén F, Sarrà M (*) (2012). Optimisation of the operational conditions of trichloroethylene degradation using Trametes versicolor under quinone redox cycling conditions using central composite design methodology. Biodegradation 23, 333–341. DOI: http://10.1007/s10532-011-9513-x. .