RESEARCH FIELDS:

• Utilization of microalgae and plant-growth-promoting bacteria immobilized for environmental purposes.
• Concervation of desert plants.

INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS:

1. Gonzalez, L.E., R.O. Cañizares & S. Baena. 1997. Efficiency of ammonia and phosphorus removal from a Colombian agroindustrial wastewater by the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and Scenedesmus dimorphus. Bioresoruce Technology 60: 259-262.
2. Bashan, Y. L.E. Gonzalez. 1999. Long-term survival of the plant growth-promoting bacteria Azospirillum brasilense and Pseudomonas fluorescens in dry alginate inoculant. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 51: 262-266
3. Bashan,Y., Gonzalez, L.E., Toledo,G., Leon de La Luz, J.L., Bethlenfalvay, G., Carrillo, A., Troyo, E., Rojas, A., Holguin,G., Puente, M.E., Lebsky, V.K., Vazquez, P., Castellanos, T. and Glazier, E. 2000. A need for conservation of exceptional stands of the giant cardon cactus ( Pachycereus pringlei) in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Natural Areas Journal 20: 197-200
4. Gonzalez, L.E. & Y. Bashan. 2000. Growth promotion of the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris when coimmobilized and cocultured in alginate beads with the plant growth-promoting bacteria Azospirillum brasilense. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66: 1537-1541
5. Gonzalez-Bashan, L.E., V. Lebsky, J. P. Hernandez, J.J. Bustillos & Y. Bashan. 2000. Changes in the metabolism of the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris when coimmobilized in alginate with the nitrogen-fixing Phyllobacterium myrsinacearum . Canadian Journal of Microbiology 46: 653-659.
6. Lebsky, V.K., Gonzalez-Bashan, L.E., and Bashan, Y. 2001. Ultrastructure of coimmobilization of the microalga Chlorella vulgaris with the plant growth-promoting bacterium Azospirillum brasilense and with its natural associative bacterium Phyllobacterium myrsinacearum in alginate beads. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 47: 1-8.
7. Bashan, Y., and de-Bashan, L.E. 2002. Protection of tomato seedlings against infection by Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato using the plant growth-promoting bacterium Azospirillum brasilense . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68: 2637-2643.
8. Bashan, Y. and de-Bashan, L.E. 2002. Reduction of bacterial speck (Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato) of tomato by combined treatments of plant growth-promoting bacterium, Azospirillum brasilense, streptomycin sulfate, and chemo-thermal seed treatment. European Journal of Plant Pathology 108: 821-829.
9. Bashan, Y., Li, C.Y., Lebsky, V.K., Moreno, M. and de-Bashan, L.E. 2002. Primary colonization of volcanic rocks by plants in arid Baja California, Mexico. Plant Biology 4: 392-402.
10. de-Bashan, L.E., Moreno, M., Hernandez, J.P., and Bashan, Y. 2002. Removal of ammonium and phosphorus ions from syntetic waste water by the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris coimmobilized in alginate beads with the microalgae growth-promoting bacterium Azospirillum brasilense . Water Research 36: 2941-2948.
11. de-Bashan, L.E., Bashan, Y., Moreno, M., Lebsky, V.K., and Bustillos,J.J. 2002. Increased pigment and lipid content, lipid variety, and cell and population size of the microalgae Chlorella spp. when co-immobilized in alginate beads with the microalgae-growth-promoting bacterium Azospirillum brasilense . Canadian Journal of Microbiology 48: 514-521.
12. Valderrama, L.T., Del Campo, C.M., Rodriguez, C.M., de-Bashan, L.E., and Bashan, Y. 2002. Treatment of recalcitrant wastewater from ethanol and citric acid production using the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and the macrophyte Lemna minuscule. Water Research 36: 4185-4192
13. de-Bashan L.E., Hernandez J.-P., Morey, T., and Bashan, Y. 2004. Microalgae growth-promoting bacteria as "helpers" for microalgae: a novel approach for removing ammonium and phosphorus for municipal wastewater. Water Research 38:466-474.
14. Bashan, Y., Holguin, G. and de-Bashan, L.E. 2004. Azospirillum-plant relationships: physiological, molecular, agricultural, and enviromental advances (1997 - 2003). Canadian Journal of Microbiology 50: 521 - 577
15. de-Bashan, L.E. and Bashan, Y. 2004. Recent advances in removing phosphorus from wastewater and its future use as fertilizer (1997-2003). Water Research 38: 4222-4246
16. Bashan, Y. and de-Bashan, L.E. 2005. Fresh-weigth measurements of roots provide inaccurate estimates of the effects of plant growth-promoting bacteria on root growth: a critical examination. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 37: 1795-1804
17. de-Bashan, L.E., Antoun H., and Bashan, Y. 2005. Cultivation factors and population size control uptake of nitrogen by the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris when interacting with the microalgae growth-promoting baterium Azospirillum brasilense. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 54: 197-203
18. Hernandez, J-P., de-Bashan, L.E., and Bashan, Y. 2006. Starvation enhances phosphorus removal from wastewater by the microalgae Chlorella spp.co-immobilized with Azospirillum brasilense. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 38: 190-198
19. Holguin, G., Gonzalez-Zamorano, P., de-Bashan, L.E., Mendoza, R., Amador, E., and Bashan, Y. 2006. Mangrove health in an arid environment encroached by urban development – a case study. Science of the Total Environment 363: 260-274
20. Bashan, Y., Vierheilig, H., Salazar, B.G., and de-Bashan, L.E. 2006. Primary colonization and breakdown of igneous rocks by endemic, succulent elephant trees (Pachycormus Discolor) of the deserts in Baja California, Mexico. Naturwissenschaften 93: 344–347

    PUBLICATIONS IN NATIONAL JOURNALS:
    

21. Gonzalez, L.E. & J. Donato. 1991. Perifiton de la laguna de Chingaza (Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza). Perez-Arbelaezia 3(9):81-100.
22. Gonzalez, L.E. & L.E. Mora-Osejo. 1996. Desmidioflórula de lagunas de páramo en Colombia. Caldasia 18(2):165-202.
23. Bashan, Y. & L.E. Gonzalez. 1998. The giant cardon of Baja California. Teva Hadvarim No. 33, pp. 50-61
24. Bashan, Y., Gonzalez, L.E., Toledo, G., Leon de la Luz, J.L. and Bethlenfalvay, G. 1998. Propuesta para la conservacion de areas excepcionales del cardon gigante (Pachycereus pringlei ) en Baja California Sur. Cactaceas y Suculentas Mexicanas 43: 85-89
25. Bashan, Y., Toledo, G., Gonzalez, L.E. and Holguin, G. 2000. La caida de los gigantes: un reconocimiento del decaimiento del cardon (Pachycereus pringlei) en Baja California Sur. Ciencia y Desarrollo 26: (no. 150) 30-37.
26. Bashan, Y., Gonzalez-Bashan, L.E., and Leon de la Luz, J.L. 2001. King cactus. The giant cardon cactus of Baja California. Wildflower. 17(1): 10-16 (English) (Canada).
27. de-Bashan, L. E. and Bashan, Y. 2003. Bacterias promotoras de crecimiento de microalgas: una nueva aproximación en el tratamiento de aguas residuales (Microalgae growth-proomoting bacteria: a novel approach in wastewater treatment). Revista Colombiana de Biotecnología 5: 85-90.
28. Holguin, G., Bashan, Y., Puente, E., Carrillo, A., Bethlenfalvay, G., Rojas, A., Vázquez, P., Toledo, G., Bacilio Jiménez, M., Glick, B. R., González de Bashan, L., Lebsky, V., Moreno, M. y Hernández, J. P. 2003. Promoción del crecimiento en plantas por bacterias de la rizosfera (Plant growth promotion by rhizosphere bacteria). Agricultura Técnica en México 29(2): 201-211. (en español, México)
29. Bashan, Y., Gonzalez-Bashan, L.E., and Leon de la Luz,J.L. 2003. Land of the strange trees & giant rocks. Wildflower 19 (1): 34-41.
30. Bashan, Y., Moreno, M., de-Bashan, L. E., Leyva, L. A., and de La Luz, J. L. 2003. Crawling Devil. A rare & mobile desert cactus. Wildflower 19 (4): 38-41.
31. de-Bashan, L. E., Hernandez, J. P. and Bashan, Y. 2003. Utilidad de las bacterias de uso agrícola, para el crecimiento de algas empleadas en el tratamiento de aguas residuales. Gaceta Biomédicas 8: (4): 8-9. (in Spanish, México)
32. Bashan, Y. and de-Bashan, L. E. 2004. The biggest of all; the gigant cardon cactus of Baja California, mexcio. Tzabar 11: 18 - 25 (hebrew) (cacti and Succulents Society of Israel)

PUBLICATION OF A BOOK:

33. Donato, J., L.E. Gonzalez y C.L. Rodriguez. 1996. Estudios ecológicos de dos sistemas acuáticos de páramo. Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Colección Jorge Alvarez Lleras No. 9. 164 p.

    CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:

34. Bashan, Y., and de-Bashan, L.E. 2005. Bacteria/Plant growth-promotion. In: Encyclopedia of soils in the environment. (Ed.) D. Hillel, Elsevier, Oxford, U.K.. Volume 1. pp.103-115.

    CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

35. Gonzalez, L.E. & L.T. Valderrama. 1997. Utilización de microalgas para el tratamiento terciario de aguas residuales agroindustriales. Proceedings of the First National Conference on Environmental Microbiology. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Santafé de Bogotá. Febrero 19-21 de 1997. 13 p.
36. Gonzalez, L.E., R. Vazquez-Juarez y Y. Bashan. 1998. Inmovilización de bacterias y microalgas en alginato para remover nitrógeno inogánico de aguas residuales agroindustriales. Proceedings of the Second Colombian Simposyum on Environmental Biotechnology. Fundación Universitaria de Boyacá, Centro de Investigaciones para el desarrollo "CIPADE". Tunja. Mayo 20-22 de 1998. 14 paginas
37. Lebsky, V.K., Gonzalez, L.E., Carrillo, A., and Bashan, Y. 2000. Ultrastructure of coimmobilization of the microalga Chlorella vulgaris with the plant growth-promoting bacterium Azospirillum brasilense and with its natural associative bacterium Phyllobacterium myrsinacearum in alginate beads. In: Nitrogen fixation: from molecules to crop productivity. (eds.) Pedrosa, F.O., Hungria, M., Yates, G., and Newton, W. Kluwer Academic publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. p. 583.
38. Bashan, L. E., Hernandez, J. P., Lebsky, V. K., Moreno, M. and Bashan, Y. 2000. Improved growth and water bioremediation capacity of the microalga Chlorella vulgaris when coimmobilized in alginate beads with the plant growth- promoting bacterium Azospirillum brasilense . In: Proceedings of the 5th International plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria conference.
39. Bashan, Y., Bashan, L.E., Moreno, M., Puente, M.E., Rojas, A., Bethlenfalvay, G.J., Carrillo, A., Holguin, G., Vazquez, P., and Glick, B.R. 2001. Environmental applications of plant growth-promoting bacteria of the genus Azospirillum. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. (Eds.) S.D. De Boer. International Society of Plant Pathology, Canada pp. 68-74.
40. Bashan, Y., and de-Bashan, L. E. 2003. Microalgae growth-promoting bacteria: a novel approach in water science; a micro-review. In: Vol 1. Oral presentations. 6th International PGPR workshop, 5-10 October 2003, Edited by: M. S. Reddy, M. Anandaraj, S. J. Eapen, Y. R. Sarma, and J. W. Kloepper. Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut, India. pp. 53-58.
41. de-Bashan, L. E., Hernandez, J. P., Antoun, H., and Bashan, Y. 2003. Enhanced removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater by microalgae Chlorella sp. using the microalgae growth-promoting bacterium Azospirillum brasilense. In: Vol 2. Abstracts and short papers. 6th International PGPR workshop, 5-10 October 2003, Edited by: M. S. Reddy, M. Anandaraj, S. J. Eapen, Y. R. Sarma, and J. W. Kloepper. Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut, India. pp. 294-300.