Dr. Verónica Barrajón Santos
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science
✉ veronica.barrajon.santos(at)univie.ac.at
Publications
Barrajon-Santos V, Nepel M, Sudhaus W, Hausmann B, Woebken D, Mayer VE. Vertically transmitted bacterivorous nematodes are consistent nest inhabitants in the Azteca-Cecropia ant-plant mutualism. Scientific Reports. 2026 Feb 25;16(1):1-12. 9624. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-34231-9
Barrajon-Santos V, Nepel M, Hausmann B, Voglmayr H, Woebken D, Mayer VE. Dynamics and drivers of fungal communities in a multipartite ant-plant association. BMC Biology. 2024;22(1):112. doi: 10.1186/s12915-024-01897-y
Nepel M, Mayer VE, Barrajon-Santos V, Woebken D. Bacterial diversity in arboreal ant nesting spaces is linked to colony developmental stage. Communications Biology. 2023 Dec;6(1):1217. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05577-5
Barrajon Santos V, Nepel M, Kirkegaard RH, Wöbken D, Mayer V. Composting in an ant-plant nest? Metabolic potential of bacterial communities for degrading chitin- and cellulose-rich substrates from ant-made patches. 2023. Bageco - 16th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology, Copenhagen, Denmark.