Dr. Adela Teban-Man

Dr. Adela Teban-Man

Scientific Researcher
INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH – ICB Cluj-Napoca

I am a microbiologist with expertise in molecular biology, environmental microbiology and water ecology. Passionate about understanding the interactions, dynamics and epidemiology of bacterial communities from different aquatic ecosystems (river, lake, wastewater).

Email:

adela.teban@icbcluj.ro

  • REASEARCH
  • PROJECTS
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Studying the interactions between bacteria functional groups in aquatic ecosystems.
     
    • Exploring new methods for surveillance and mitigation of antibiotic-resistance in natural environments.
     
    • PhD program – Investigation of carbapenem resistance in bacterial isolates and communities from municipal wastewaters.
    • PredAqua (2024): Predictive food web models for aquatic ecosystems (member)
     
    • Response (2023–2024): Integrated research and sustainable solutions for the protection and restoration of ecosystems in the lower Danube basin - coastal area of the Black Sea (member)
     
    • Antiversa (2020–2023): Biodiversity as an ecological barrier for the spread of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance in the environment (member)
    • Bagra, K., Kneis, D., Padfield, D., Szekeres, E., Teban-Man, A., Coman, C., Singh, G., Berendonk, T.U., Klümper, U., Contrary effects of increasing temperatures on the spread of antimicrobial resistance in river biofilms, mSphere, 2024,  9, https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00573-23
     
    • Bagra, K., Kneis, D., Padfield, D., Szekeres, E., Teban-Man, A., Coman, C., Singh, G., Berendonk, T.U., Klümper, U., Contrary effects of increasing temperatures on the spread of antimicrobial resistance in river biofilms, mSphere, 2024, doi: 10.1128/msphere.00573-23
     
    • Teban-Man, A., Szekeres, E., Fang, P., Klümper, U., Hegedus, A., Baricz, A., Berendonk, T.U., Pârvu, M., Coman, C., Municipal wastewaters carry important carbapenemase genes independent of hospital input and can mirror clinical resistance patterns, Microbiology Spectrum, 2022, 2, 10, doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02711-21
     
    • Farkas, A., Coman, C., Szekeres, E., Teban-Man, A., Carpa, R., Butiuc-Keul, A, Molecular typing reveals environmental dispersion of antibiotic-resistant Enterococci under anthropogenic pressure, Antibiotics, 2022, 11, 1213, doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11091213
     
    • Teban-Man, A., Farkas, A., Baricz, A., Hegedus, A., Szekeres, E., Pârvu, M., Coman, C, Wastewaters, with or without hospital contribution, harbour MDR, carbapenemase-producing, but not hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, Antibiotics, 2021, 10, 361, doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10040361
     
    • Baricz, A., Teban, A., Chiriac, C.M., Szekeres, E., Farkas, A., Nica, M., Dascălu, A., Oprișan, C., Lavin, P., Coman, C., Investigating the potential use of an Antarctic variant of Janthinobacterium lividum for tackling antimicrobial resistance in a One Health approach, Scientific Reports, 2018, 8, 15272, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33691-6 

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