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Pedro Francisco Murúa Andrade

Profesor asistente

Universidad Austral de Chile

Puerto Montt, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Seaweed aquaculture; Phycopathology

Educación

  •  Biological Sciences, UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN. Reino Unido, 2018
  •  Ingeniero en Acuicultura, UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE. Chile, 2010
  •  Ciencias de la Acuicultura, UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE. Chile, 2009

Experiencia Académica

  •   Post-doctoral research associate in Molecular Algal Pathology Full Time

    Scottish Association for Marine Science

    Oban, Reino Unido

    2018 - 2019

  •   Asistente de investigacion Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE

    Instituto de Acuicultura

    Puerto Montt, Chile

    2010 - 2014

  •   Phd student Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN

    Aberdeen, Reino Unido

    2014 - 2018

  •   Profesor auxiliar (cat III) Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE

    Instituto de Acuicultura

    Puerto Montt, Chile

    2020 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Academico Full Time

    Universidad Austral de Chile

    Puerto Montt, Chile

    2020 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


Posgrado
• 2024. Sandra Saavedra. Modelamiento del sistema de cultivo de macroalgas en Chile: chicorea de mar (Chondracanthus chamissoi), como caso de estudio. Magister en medio ambiente y bioseguridad en acuicultura UACh. Patrocinante.
• 2025. Bianca Calva. Microbiota asociada al alga carragenofitica Chondracanthus chamissoi de la costa central del Perú. Magister en medio ambiente y bioseguridad en acuicultura UACh. Patrocinante.

Pregrado
• 2024. Carlos Stange. Determinación de variables de luminosidad y temperatura favorables para la proliferación de mareas verdes, asociadas a cultivos de pelillo (Gracilaria chilensis). Ingeniería ambiental UACh. Patrocinante.
• 2024. Cynthia Méndez. Detección de presencia de Maullinia en Durvillaea en Chile y en ejemplares varados en Antártica, a través de primers rt-qPCR específicos. Biología Marina UACh. Patrocinante.
• 2025. Thomas Rain. Impacto de Durvillaea incurvata (Cochayuyo) parasitada con Maullinia braseltonii (Phytomyxea) sobre la relación nutricional con un herbívoro marino ramoneador. Ingeniería ambiental UACh. Patrocinante.
• 2024. Vicente Amaya. Análisis de la presencia de coliformes fecales en la bahía de Puerto Montt. Ingeniería ambiental UACh. Informante
• 2024: Joaquín Soto. Respuesta fisiológica del dinoflagelado Alexandrium catenella al exceso de nutrientes derivados de la salmonicultura en un contexto de calentamiento global. Ingeniería ambiental UACh. Informante
• 2024. Iván Vera. Desarrollo de un sistema térmico más eficiente que biofiltro percolador para a la remoción de amonio en sistemas RAS para el cultivo de Salmón atlántico. Ingeniería ambiental UACh. Informante
• 2024. Callum Farmer. Efectos de estrés osmótico sobre las fases microscópicas de Macrocystis pyrifera (L.) C. Agardh (Phaeophyceae) en condiciones de laboratorio. Biologia Marina. Informante.



 

Article (33)

Local endoreduplication of the host is a conserved process during Phytomyxea-host interaction

Hittorf, M; Garvetto, A; Magauer, M; Kirchmair M.; Salvenmoser, W; Murúa P.; Neuhauser S.

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2025)

Biosecurity baseline for a sustainable development of seaweed aquaculture in Latin America

Mendez, Cynthia; Gauna, Cecilia; Hayashi, Leila; Tapia-Larios, Claudia; Campbell, Iona

Article ISI
MARINE POLICY  (2024)

Functional prediction based on 16S rRNA metagenome data from bacterial microbiota associated with macroalgae from the Peruvian coast

Vigil, Bianca E.; Ascue, Francisco; Ayala, Rosmery Y.

Article ISI
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS  (2024)

Holocarpic oomycete parasites of red algae are not Olpidiopsis , but neither are they all Pontisma or Sirolpidium (Oomycota)



Article ISI
ALGAE  (2024)

Natural biocontrol of a Porphyra sp. pest on farmed Gracilaria chilensis by a pythiosis outbreak



Article ISI
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY  (2024)

The first phycopathological atlas in Latin America unveils the underdocumentation of algal pathogens



Article ISI
ALGAL RESEARCH-BIOMASS BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS  (2024)

Phagocytosis underpins the biotrophic lifestyle of intracellular parasites in the class Phytomyxea (Rhizaria)

Salvenmoser, Willibald; Hittorf, Michaela; Ciaghi, Stefan; Harikrishnan, Srilakshmy L. L.; Burns, John A. A.

Article ISI
NEW PHYTOLOGIST  (2023)

The Reemergence of Phycopathology: When Algal Biology Meets Ecology and Biosecurity



Article WoS
ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY  (2023)

My seaweed looks weird: a community web portal to accelerate pathogen discovery in seaweeds

Perrineau, Marie-Mathilde

Article SCOPUS
Applied Phycology  (2022)

Seasonal variation of carrageenan yield, gel strength and viscosity in Sarcopeltis (ex Gigartina) skottsbergii from Southern Chile

Gonzalez, Carmen; Morales, Juan; Fabres, Natacha; Zamorano, Jaime

Article ISI
PHYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH  (2022)

Sexual compatibility in giant kelp gametophytes: inter-cultivar hybridization is average between parents but excels under harsher conditions



Article ISI
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY  (2021)

Host and pathogen autophagy are central to the inducible local defences and systemic response of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera against the oomycete pathogen Anisolpidium ectocarpii

Etemadi, Mohammad; van West, Pieter

Article
NEW PHYTOLOGIST  (2020)

Host and pathogen autophagy are central to the inducible local defences and systemic response of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera against the oomycete pathogen Anisolpidium ectocarpii

Mueller, Dieter G.

Article ISI
NEW PHYTOLOGIST  (2020)

Morphological, genotypic and metabolomic signatures confirm interfamilial hybridization between the ubiquitous kelps Macrocystis (Arthrothamnaceae) and Lessonia (Lessoniaceae)

Edrada-Ebel, RuAngelie; Soldatou, Sylvia; Legrave, Nathalie; West, Pieter Can; Peters, Akira F.

Article ISI
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS  (2020)

Diversity, biogeography and host specificity of kelp endophytes with a focus on the genera Laminarionema and Laminariocolax (Ectocarpales, Phaeophyceae)

Bernard, Miriam S.; Heesch, Svenja; Peters, Akira F.

Article ISI
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY  (2019)

Evaluation of kelp harvest strategies: recovery of Lessonia berteroana (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales) in Pan de Azucar, Atacama, Chile

Patino, DJ; Manoli, G; Muller, DG

Article ISI SCOPUS
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY  (2019)

Gall disease in the alginophyte Lessonia berteroana: A pathogenic interaction linked with host adulthood in a seasonal-dependant manner

Patiño D.J.; Küpper F.C.

Article ISI SCOPUS
ALGAL RESEARCH-BIOMASS BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS  (2019)

Novel species of the oomycete Olpidiopsis potentially threaten European red algal cultivation

Klochkova, Tatyana A.; Garvetto, Andrea; Sanderson, J. Craig

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY  (2019)

Population biology and chemical composition of the red alga Callophyllis variegata (Rhodophyta; Cryptonemiales) in southern Chile

Robles, Marcela; Barría, Marisol; Patiño, David J.; Müller, Dieter G.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Journal of Applied Phycology  (2019)

Chemically-Mediated Interactions Between Macroalgae, Their Fungal Endophytes, and Protistan Pathogens

Vallet, Marine; Strittmatter, Martina; Lacoste, Sandrine; Dupont, Joelle; Hubas, Cedric; Genta-Jouve, Gregory; Gachon, Claire M. M.; Kim, Gwang Hoon; Prado, Soizic

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2018)

Microspongium alariae in Alaria esculenta: a widely-distributed non-parasitic brown algal endophyte that shows cell modifications within its host

Kupper, Frithjof C.; Munoz, Liliana A.; Bernard, Miriam; Peters, Akira F.

Article ISI
BOTANICA MARINA  (2018)

Reproductive strategies of Lessonia berteroana (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) gametophytes from Chile: Apogamy, parthenogenesis and cross-fertility with L. spicata

Müller D.G.; Murúa P.

Article SCOPUS
Journal of Applied Phycology  (2018)

GIANT KELP VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION: ADVENTITIOUS HOLDFAST ELEMENTS REJUVENATE SENESCENT INDIVIDUALS OF THE MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA "INTEGRIFOLIA" ECOMORPH



Article ISI SCOPUS
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY  (2017)

Maullinia braseltonii sp nov (Rhizaria, Phytomyxea, Phagomyxida): A Cyst-forming Parasite of the Bull Kelp Durvillaea spp. (Stramenopila, Phaeophyceae, Fucales)



Article ISI SCOPUS
PROTIST  (2017)

Population biology and long-term mariculture studies in the brown alga Lessonia trabeculata in Atacama, Chile



Article ISI SCOPUS
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY  (2017)

Holdfast fragmentation of Macrocystis pyrifera (integrifolia morph) and Lessonia berteroana in Atacama (Chile): a novel approach for kelp bed restoration

Westermeier R.; Murúa P.; Muñoz, L

Article ISI SCOPUS
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY  (2016)

Giant kelp (Macrocystis) fishery in Atacama (Northern Chile): biological basis for management of the integrifolia morph

Westermeier R.; Murúa P.; Patino, DJ; Muñoz, L; Muller, DG

Article ISI SCOPUS
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY  (2014)

Repopulation techniques for Macrocystis integrifolia (Phaeophyceae: Laminariales) in Atacama, Chile

Westermeier R.; Murúa P.; Patino, DJ; Muñoz, L; Atero, C; Müller, D

Article ISI SCOPUS
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY  (2014)

Culture studies on early development of Lessonia trabeculata (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales): Seasonality and acclimation to light and temperature

Murúa P.; Westermeier R.; Patino, DJ; Muller, DG

Article ISI SCOPUS
Phycological Research  (2013)

Utilization of holdfast fragments for vegetative propagation of Macrocystis integrifolia in Atacama, Northern Chile

Westermeier R.; Murúa P.; Patino, DJ; Muñoz, L; Ruiz, A; Atero, C; Muller, DG

Article ISI SCOPUS
Journal of Applied Phycology  (2013)

A pilot-scale study of the vegetative propagation and suspended cultivation of the carrageenophyte alga Gigartina skottsbergii in southern Chile

Westermeier R.; Murúa P.; Correa, J; Buschmann A.H.; Barros I.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Journal of Applied Phycology  (2012)

Variations of chemical composition and energy content in natural and genetically defined cultivars of Macrocystis from Chile

Westermeier R.; Murúa P.; Muñoz, L; Ruiz, A

Article ISI SCOPUS
Journal of Applied Phycology  (2012)

Macrocystis mariculture in Chile: growth performance of heterosis genotype constructs under field conditions

Westermeier R.; Patino, DJ; Murúa P.; Muller, DG

Article ISI SCOPUS
Journal of Applied Phycology  (2011)

Abstract (1)

LAMINARIOCOLAX AECIDIOIDES AS THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF MALFORMATIONS IN LESSONIA BERTEROANA FROM ATACAMA: DNA BARCODING, ULTRASTRUCTURE AND FIELD PREVALENCE

Muller, DJ

Abstract ISI
PHYCOLOGIA  (2017)

Errata (1)

Holocarpic oomycete parasites of red algae are not Olpidiopsis, but neither are they all Pontisma or Sirolpidium (Oomycota) (vol 39, pg 43, 2024)

Zuccarello, GC; Gachon, CMM; Badis, Y; Murúa P.; Garvetto, A; Kim, GH

Errata ISI
ALGAE  (2024)

Proyecto (1)

HADES: Host-pAthogen Dynamics and Ecology in Seaweeds, using Maullinia gall disease of wild "cochayuyo"



Proyecto
 (2023)

1
Alejandro Buschmann

FULL PROFESSOR

UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS

PUERTO MONTT, Chile

1
Juan Correa

Full Profesor

Ecology

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

36
Pedro Murúa

Profesor asistente

Universidad Austral de Chile

Puerto Montt, Chile

11
Liliana Muñoz