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Jesica M. Soder-Walz

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Graduated in Biochemistry (Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Paraguay, 2015) and Master’s in Advanced Microbiology from the University of Barcelona (2018). Currently finishing her doctoral thesis on the degradation of organochlorine contaminants in groundwater by anaerobic bacteria, for which she has enjoyed a grant from the ¨Personal Investigador Predoctoral en Formació¨ (PIF, UAB). She has done a predoctoral research stay in the group of Dr. Lorenz Adrian at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany (2021).

Current research interests

  • Assessment of the degradation potential of groundwater contaminated with chlorinated compounds.
  • Cultivation and enrichment of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria for contaminant degradation.
  • Study of the metabolism of anaerobic bacteria degrading chlorinated compounds.
  • Investigation of key enzymes for the degradation of chlorinated contaminants.

Publications (since 2012)

  • Soder-Walz JM, Salom D, Granados-Rigol E, Fernández-Verdejo D, Vicent T, Marco-Urrea E (*), Blanquez P (2025). Enhanced aerobic bioremediation of an aquifer heavily contaminated with a mixture of chlorobenzenes and hexachlorocyclohexanes at the Sardas landfill (Spain). J. Hazard. Mater. 484, 136717 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136717. .
  • Pinel-Cabello M, Wasmund K, Soder-Walz JM, Vega M, Rosell M, Marco-Urrea E (2024). Divergent dual C-H isotopic fractionation pattern during anaerobic biodegradation of toluene within Aromatoleum species under nitrate-reducing conditions. Environ Pollut. 361, 124823. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124823. .
  • Soder-Walz JM, Deobald D, Vicent T, E. Marco-Urrea (*), Adrian L (2024). MecE, MecB, and MecC proteins orchestrate methyl group transfer during dichloromethane fermentation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 25:e0097824. doi: 10.1128/aem.00978-24 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00978-24. .
  • Trueba-Santiso A, Torrentó C, Soder-Walz J.M., Fernández-Verdejo D, Rosell M, Marco-Urrea E (*) (2024). Dual C–Cl isotope fractionation offers potential to assess biodegradation of 1,2-dichloropropane and 1,2,3-trichloropropane by Dehalogenimonas cultures. Chemosphere. 358, 142170. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142170. .
  • Soder-Walz JM, Wasmund K, Deobald D, Vicent T, Adrian L (*), Marco-Urrea E (2023). Respiratory protein interactions in Dehalobacter sp. strain 8M revealed through genomic and native proteomic analyses. Environ. Microbiol. 1-17 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16464. .
  • Soder-Walz JM, Torrentó C, Algora C, Wasmund K, Cortés P, Soler A, Vicent T, Rosell M (*), Marco-Urrea E (2022). Trichloromethane dechlorination by a novel Dehalobacter sp. strain 8M reveals a third contrasting C and Cl isotope fractionation pattern within this genus. Sci. Total Environ. 813, 152659. DOI: http://10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152659. Repository.
  • Trueba-Santiso A, Palau J, Soder-Walz JM, Vicent T, Marco-Urrea E (*) (2022). Assessment of aerobic biodegradation of lower-chlorinated benzenes in contaminated ground water using field-derived microcosms and compound-specific carbon isotope fractionation. J.Environ. Sci.118, 204–213. DOI: http://10.1016/j.jes.2021.12.025. Repository.
  • Trueba-Santiso A, Wasmund K, Soder-Walz JM, Marco-Urrea E (*), Adrian L (2021). Genome sequence, proteome profile, and identification of a multiprotein reductive dehalogenase complex in Dehalogenimonas alkenigignens strain BRE15M. J. Proteome Res. 20, 613−623. DOI: http://10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00569J. Repository.
  • Trueba-Santiso A, Fernández-Verdejo D, Marco-Rius I, Soder-Walz JM, Casabella O, Vicent T, Marco-Urrea E (*) (2020). Interspecies interaction and effect of co-contaminants in an anaerobic dichloromethane-degrading culture. Chemosphere 240, 124877. DOI: http://0.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124877. Repository.